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Experiencing a life in poverty during the Community Action Poverty Simulation on Friday was an eye-opening experience for some Frederick Community College students. The United Way of Frederick County and FCC intended the event to inspire participants...
Tags: FCC, Frederick County, Rick Weldon, United Way CAPS, Frederick, Simulation, Operations research, Federal Communications Commission, Social Issues
The Federal Communications Commission has notified U.S.
Tags: Neil Abercrombie, Honolulu, KFVE, Abercrombie, Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission, Raycom Media, KGMB, KHNL
This means one company can own all the radio stations, television stations, newspapers and cable systems it can gobble up. Since the 1940s, the rules limited one company from owning TV stations that reach more than 35% of American households, prohibit...
Tags: FCC, tv stations, Iraq, Baghdad, Clear Channel Communications, Business Finance, Federal Communications Commission, Fairness Doctrine, Concentration of media ownership, Entertainment Culture
But Pirate Cat Radio isn't going quietly into the night. Not only is the thirteen-year-old San Francisco station still quasi-legally streaming to half a million listeners online per month, but the 1,200-watt station formerly broadcasting at 87.9 FM is...
Tags: American Idiot, FCC, Bay Area, Pirate Cat Radio, Washington, San Francisco, Low-power broadcasting, Federal Communications Commission, Pirate radio in North America, Mbanna Kantako, Pirate radio, The Boat That Rocked, Entertainment Culture
The Federal Communications Commission began to lay the groundwork for a bigger federal role in the broadband business Wednesday, offering a glimpse of the hurdles the U.S. needs to overcome to improve the availability of high-speed Internet access. The...
Tags: Washington, Universal Service Fund, Broadband Internet access, Internet access, Telecommunications Act, Internet in the United States, Broadband, Censorship in the United States, Federal Communications Commission, Business Finance, Technology Internet
People have little trust in our judiciary system, including police, prosecutors and judges. The Constitutional Court last week allowed the playing of wiretapped conversations that reportedly involved senior police generals and prosecutors suspected of...
Tags: live broadcasts, Indonesian Broadcasting Commission, Indonesia, Surabaya, Censorship in the United States, Federal Communications Commission, Live television, Corruption Eradication Commission, Economy of Indonesia, Law enforcement in Indonesia, Entertainment Culture
Each day a call would come, telling the Midlothian woman a few million more was just waiting out there for her to claim. Claiming the prize was so simple. Mike Bennett says he is concerned with the amount of calls from fraudulent contest organizations...
Tags: Marie Bennett, Mike Bennett, Bennetts, junk mail, Mitch Katz, Costa Rica, San José, Federal Trade Commission, National Do Not Call Registry, Sweepstakes, Telemarketing, Marketing, Federal Communications Commission
An ice-skating rink will be set up downtown during the holiday season for the first time, and organizers hope that the attraction will encourage local shopping. The city's proximity to Tulsa and Oklahoma City makes it easy for families to leave Stillwater...
Tags: Oklahoma City, Stillwater Minnesota, Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area, Payne County Oklahoma, Stillwater Oklahoma, Vexillology, Federal Communications Commission, Flag of the United States, Flag, Computer law, Internet access, Network neutrality
We may see a degradation of internet service” Published 23 October, 2009, 19:31 The US congress should make no law regarding internet regulation says Jim Harper of the Cato Institute, who discussed with RT the decision by the FCC to start exploring possible...
Tags: FCC, Federal Communications Commission, network neutrality, net neutrality, neutrality rules, internet service, pc world
Federal regulators are expected to take a step forward Thursday on rules that would prohibit broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against Internet traffic. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission says "network neutrality"...
Tags: net neutrality, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, commission votes, broadband provide, Washington Post