Out with CDBS! In with LMS! A new broadcast e-filing system is about to be rolled out,… Continue Reading
Like HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, CDBS may be developing a mind of its own.… Continue Reading
Maybe the folks at the Commission know something we don't.… Continue Reading
When full-power stations changed channels as part of the 2009 digital transition, and low-powers adjusted their receivers accordingly, many forgot to tell the FCC. That could give them problems in the near future.… Continue Reading
The Media Bureau has announced that it is now accepting application-related pleadings electronically, through CDBS.… Continue Reading
From a cartographical standpoint,CDBS's geographic coordinates do not reflect physical reality.… Continue Reading
Responding to our post about the apparent glitch in CDBS, our colleague Peter Tannenwald has provided a possible work-around.… Continue Reading
Because of a glitch which we don't fully comprehend, Form 314 is "locked" - and therefore inaccessible through the normal CDBS interface - when it comes to proposed assignments of AM or FM (and possibly TV) CP's. But there's good news.… Continue Reading
Before you even think about trying to pull the wool over the Commission's eyes by hiding behind the anonymity that CDBS might seem to provide, think again. Any thought of Internet anonymity is largely illusory. Some folks in Michigan recently found that out the hard way.… Continue Reading
Word is that the Commission is embarking on a quest for what some might view as the bureaucratic equivalent of the Impossible Dream: an Uber-consolidated on-line licensing system to unify the balkanized collection of existing systems currently in use. Paul Feldman was recently invited to participate in a brainstorming session with FCC representatives. Read his report here.… Continue Reading
Another omen of the coming DTV Transition – the FCC has added a new search option to its CDBS Public Access menu. Now you have the option of clicking on “Search for DTV Station Information”, which will whisk you to a query page that permits searches based on call sign, facility ID number, channel, city/state of … Continue Reading
