Inside Radio October 17, 2018   Supporters of a performance royalty on AM/FM radio have said they’ll work to make life difficult for broadcasters until the industry begins paying the fee. The latest evidence that strategy is still part of the playbook comes from the Federal Communications Commission, where the musicFirst Coalition and the Future…

Bob Fernandez The Philadelphia Inquirer   The countdown has begun: NBC10 and Telemundo62, both owned by Comcast Corp. through NBCUniversal, are relocating to the 12th, 13th, and 14th floors of the $1.5 billion new Comcast tower, leaving their legacy studios in Bala Cynwyd. That means news anchors and control-room crews are doing double duty, as…

At issue is who gets to control the location of antennas for 5G. Philadelphia Inquirer, September 27, 2018 By Bob Fernandez STAFF WRITER   Verizon and AT&T won big at the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday as the agency voted to make it easier and cheaper to place 800,000 small antennas for super-fast 5G services…

Philadelphia Inquirer, September 15, 2018 By Bob Fernandez STAFF WRITER Entercom Communications Corp. CEO David Field says the radio giant’s retooling is over and now revenues are projected to grow for the first time since the CBS Radio deal closed in late 2017. “We have accomplished essentially everything we set out to accomplish and we…

Pillsbury CommLawCenter August 29, 2018   Many thought the broadcast incentive auction was the most complex task ever undertaken by the FCC, but the ten-phase spectrum repack following the auction is running a close second.  The TV stations being repacked in Phase 1 are serving as the pioneers of the repack process, and since they…