The FCC’s Christmas Gift to Big Media

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/26/6001/
by Amy Goodman

On Dec. 18, the five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission met in Washington, D.C., and, by a 3 to 2 vote, passed new regulations that would allow more media consolidation. This, despite the U.S. public’s increasing concern over the nation’s media being controlled by a few giant corporations.
Dissident FCC Commissioner Michael Copps [...]

‘Today’s Decision Would Make George Orwell Proud’- FCC Commissioner Michael Copps on the FCC’s Vote to Rewrite the Nation’s Media Ownership Rules

12/26/07

The Federal Communications Commission voted three-to-two on party lines last week to approve a measure that would increase media consolidation. The new rule pushed through by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin lifts a thirty-year old ban on companies seeking to own both a newspaper and television or radio station in the same city. Michael Copps was [...]

FCC Chair Kevin Martin Refuses to Delay Vote on Proposed Rewrite of Media Ownership Rules

December 17, 2007
From Democracy Now!

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has refused to delay a vote on his proposed changes to rewrite media ownership laws. The vote is set for Tuesday. We speak with Craig Aaron of Free Press, a national media reform organization.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has refused to delay a vote [...]

FCC Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Low Power FM

On December 11th, the Federal Communications Commission released a new set of rules on low power FM radio. They also asked a number of other important questions on how to change and adapt low power FM now, and in the future! What do these rules mean? How will they affect current LPFM radio stations, and [...]

Clear Channel sells 57 stations in six states

Denver-Based Company Buys Spots on the Western Radio Dial
http://www.newwest.net/city/article/denver_based_company_buys_spots_on_the_western_radio_dial/C8/L8/
By Robert Struckman, 11-29-07
A new Denver-based media company called Gap West is buying and is already running 57 radio stations from Clear Channel Communications, including six in Missoula.
The sale has yet to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission, but all signs point to a done deal. [...]