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...stations he runs because of "the arrogance of the Letterman organization and the weak ratings," he says. Viewers were treated instead to infomercials, reruns of Married...with Children and Judge Judy. Perhaps that's why a local lawyer filed an informal complaint against Evans with the FCC...
WASHINGTON: When AT&T and cable giant Telecommunications Inc.(TCI) announced merger plans last month, FCC chairman William Kennard jumped right in and gave his blessing. The merger promised new technologies and new conveniences for customers. So why has Congress been holding hearings on the merger when its members should be out campaigning or something? Two words: Ralph Nader...
However Wall Street may have viewed the deal, some regulators saw it as a welcome spur to local competition--even as the Baby Bells howled. William E. Kennard, chairman of the FCC, says the merger looks "eminently thinkable." That hardly heartened US West and Bell Atlantic--which last year gobbled up neighboring NYNEX--which demanded access to long-distance markets should the deal go through. So far, Washington has barred the Bells from offering long-distance service to their own local customers on ground that they have not yet opened their "loops" to such rivals...
...implementation of the Clinton Administration's vision of universally wired schools and libraries as carried out by the Federal Communications Commission is turning into a nightmare for small businesses and residential consumers, who will, after all, foot the bill for the e-rate program. The FCC has created an unnecessary and costly bureaucracy to administer a seemingly unlimited federal entitlement. While the FCC attempts to hide the true cost of the discounted Internet hookups, the intended beneficiaries of the e-rate program are told to wait to hear if their applications for funding have been approved. This program comes...
...campaign to enhance Gore's presidential prospects. "This was not to be a political cash-grant program so that Al Gore can run for President," Tauzin complains. Gore's allies insist it is the Republicans who are playing politics. "This is a Clinton and Gore signature item," says former FCC Chairman Hundt. "The divisive, partisan, do-nothing Congress would rather not see something succeed than see it succeed on terms that would be regarded as positive for the Democrats...