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Tom Wheeler Confirmed as Head of FCC

By Kevin Eck on Oct. 30, 2013 - 9:51 AM

Tom Wheeler has been confirmed by the Senate as FCC Chairman. According to The New York Times, “The vote came after Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, lifted a hold earlier in the day on the nomination of Tom Wheeler as ...

Small Market Stations To FCC: Shared Service Agreements Necessary For Survival

By Merrill Knox on Dec. 22, 2011 - 4:48 PM

Representatives from small-market local stations met with the FCC this week to argue the case for shared service agreements in the local news landscape, saying that such agreements can be necessary to survival for cash-strapped st ...

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LIN and DISH Stare Down Friday Retrans Deadline as FCC Meets to Discuss the Issue

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 2, 2011 - 10:44 AM

LIN Media‘s current retrans agreement with DISH Network expires at midnight on Friday and the company is ready to pull 27 of its stations off of the satellite service, just at the FCC plans to review the rules governing carr ...

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