The Senate Commerce Committee approved April 7, 2009 as the day analog spectrum must be returned to the government

Last week the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Rural Consumer Access to Digital Television Act of 2004. The Commerce Committee's news release listed the key items in the bill, including the requirement for a single dish per market for local-into-lo

Clyburn and Attwell Baker next face full floor

The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved the nominations of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and John Kneuer, nominee to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the agency charged with distributing coupons for digital-to-analog converters. The nominees were approved following an off-the

The votes came several days after hearings in which the Senate panel expressed concerns over how the FCC was run during the Bush era.

The White House has nominated three individuals to fill vacant seats for the nine-member board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Warren Bell, National Review contributor and TV writer, has been nominated to fill the remainder of a six-year term expiring Jan. 31, 2012. Chris Boskin, a magazine publishing v