RADIO related term(s) News Media; Public Broadcasting; Telecommunications

Articles and editorials

Cornett Looks Back on Her Career With WYMT, S6425 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions

Copyrights: adopt fair standards and procedures by which determinations of Copyright Royalty Judges are made with respect to webcasting (see S. 3609), S6625 [21SE] (see H.R. 6480), H6273 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: certify that American Forces Radio and Television Service programming communicates departmental policies, priorities, goals, and initiatives and supports basic values of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4189), H1304 [8MR]

Telecommunications: continue an advisory committee considering optimal security, reliability, and interoperability of communications systems (see H.R. 6552), H6276 [21SE]

——— encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available to rural and smaller carriers to expand wireless coverage (see S. 3516), S5978 [2AU]

——— ensure that security is taken into account in certain efforts relative to interconnectivity of telecommunications networks (see H.R. 6551), H6276 [21SE]

——— establish an advisory committee on national security telecommunications (see H.R. 6550), H6276 [21SE]

——— require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see S. 3433), S5381 [25JY]

Remarks in House

Benn, Alvin: Alabama Press Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E204 [15FE]

Dept. of Defense: report on status of work on cognitive radio, dynamic spectrum access, software-defined radio, and other spectrum-sharing techniques and technologies, H5033 [19JY]

Disasters: express support and thanks to radio and television broadcasters for keeping people safe in emergency situations, H3271, H3278, H3279, H3281 [31MY], H3584 [7JN], E932, E942 [31MY], E954, E956 [1JN], E1007 [7JN]

——— provide local free radio broadcasting on mobile devices, H3584 [7JN], E1007 [7JN]

Hughes, Cathy: NAACP Chairman’s Award recipient, E263 [28FE]

Hurricanes: implement emergency preparedness plans, H3279, H3281 [31MY], H6357–H6362 [14NO], E956 [1JN]

KATM–Radio (Stockton, CA): Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music Station of the Year Awards recipient, E789 [15MY]

Kinard & Myles True Gospel Productions, Inc.: tribute, E1713 [19OC]

KTXR–Radio (Springfield, MO): anniversary, E991 [6JN]

KYGT–Radio (Clear Creek, CO): anniversary, E1809 [27NO]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (H.R. 365), H2636 [10MY], H2673–H2676 [15MY], E882 [22MY]

Limbaugh, Rush: condemn comments relative to women and access to birth control, H1138 [5MR], H1157 [6MR], H1213, H1218 [7MR], H1300 [8MR]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content, H5014 [19JY]

Public broadcasting: funding, H4911 [18JY], H5014 [19JY], E1328 [25JY]

Rowan University: tribute to RCA Heritage Program Museum, E1053 [18JN]

WVOW–Radio (Logan, WV): anniversary, E1490 [12SE]

WXRT–Radio (Chicago, IL): anniversary, H119 [24JA]

Remarks in Senate

Copyrights: adopt fair standards and procedures by which determinations of Copyright Royalty Judges are made with respect to webcasting (S. 3609), S6628 [21SE]

Telecommunications: encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available to rural and smaller carriers to expand wireless coverage (S. 3516), S5988 [2AU]

——— require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (S. 3433), S5385 [25JY]

Reports filed

National Blue Alert Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 365) (H. Rept. 112–478), H2662 [11MY]

Texts of

H.R. 365, National Blue Alert Act, H2673 [15MY]