Today television stations KLCS and KJLA released a comprehensive report on their channel sharing pilot in Los Angeles. For broadcasters, the results are not a …
Spectrum
What Consensus Really Means and the Importance of Driving It
In December, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee conducted an oversight hearing on the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) implementation of the Spectrum Act, and …
Working Toward an Effective Band Plan
Today AT&T, the National Association of Broadcasters and Verizon jointly posted the following blog: The TV broadcast spectrum incentive auction proceeding raises some of the …
Broadcasting as an engine for local economies
The following column was published in the May 21, 2012 edition of Politico. * * Congress has been consumed in recent years with contentious debate …
CTIA Diminishes Broadcast Diversity. Really?
Sometimes statements get made inside the Beltway that are so shockingly arrogant that one has to step back and ask: Really? That moment came after …
What’s the Best Use of Broadcast Airwaves?
The following column was published in the July 14, 2011 edition of Missouri News Horizon. * * * As the debate rages in Washington, DC …
You Don’t Have to Be Einstein to Understand Broadcasters Are Efficiently Using Spectrum
A bad combination last night — catching up on reading the latest in the broadcast spectrum debate followed by a book on the life and …
Verbatim Quotes are Stubborn Things
It’s been said by cynics that the only real gaffe committed inside the Beltway is when someone actually tells the truth. That’s why we’ve gotten …
Your Favorite TV Shows: Could Government Policy Impact Them?
I have a confession to make – I’m hooked on “American Idol.” Not many people know that about me. But it’s hard to resist watching …
The overlooked spectrum squatters
SNL Kagan media reporter Tim Doyle uncovered an interesting factoid this week when he reported that SpectrumCo, a cable-backed consortium, is sitting on $2.4 billion …