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News Headlines from the Jan. 6 Radioshow: New FCC Commissioners Sworn In; No Indecency Fines for 2005; CBS Splits from Viacom; Texas Is IPTV Frontier, but Problems Ahead for Public Interest

These are the media news headlines as read on the Jan. 6, 2006 edition of the mediageek radioshow: FCC Commissioners Sworn In On Jan. 3 Michael Copps and Deborah Taylor Tate were sworn in as FCC Comissioners. This will be a second term for Copps, a Democrat who has been on the FCC since 2001, […]

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News Headlines from the 11-25-05 Radioshow: Warner Pays for Payola; Abernathy Leaving FCC One Commissioner Short; UK Pirate Sweep

These are the news headlines as read on the Nov. 25 edition of the mediageek radioshow: Warner Pays for Payola; Abernathy Leaving FCC One Commissioner Short; UK Pirate Sweep Warner Pays for Payola Warner Music Group is the next major recording label to settle payola charges with New York State attorney general, Elliot Spitzer. According […]

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News Headlines from the Sept. 23 Radioshow

These are the news headlines as read on the Sept. 23 edition of the mediageek radioshow: Community Media Activists Speak Out Against Legislation; Roundup Bringing Western LPFMs Together; CT Cops Run Racist Pirate Radio Station; CPB Says It Doesn’t Have To Be Open; Radio Station for Katrina Evacuees Shuts Down.

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Headline News from Aug. 19 Radioshow

These are some of the news headlines as read on the Aug. 19, 2005 edition of the radioshow: Media Ownership Back on FCC Table in 30-60 Days; Two Big Telecomm Mergers on the Horizon; SBC Spends Big in Texas; CBC Labor Lockout; Indecency Complaints Down; Muni Broadband a Hot Topic with State Legislators.

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