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“Stay there without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit-and-loss sheet or rating book to distract you, and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland." Those are the infamous words shared in 1961 by then-FCC Chair Newton Minow, who has died at the age of 97.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America today announced that Dan Mason, former chief executive officer of CBS Radio and previous chairman of the Broadcasters Foundation, is the recipient of this year’s Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award. The award is bestowed annually on an individual in broadcasting whose work exemplifies innovation, community service, advocacy, and entrepreneurship. Mason will be presented […]

And Dan Cox defeated the Hogan-endorsed Kelly Schulz in Maryland's gubernatorial primary.

Retired Army Gen. Don Bolduc, waging an "outsider" campaign for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire, is adding some help from a well-known national political consultant.

transactions when you go out to buy a gm car, can they require you to. the answer is pretty obvious. even the government didnt really push that argument. their argument was a series of cases that you guys know about from the 1930s, most notably wi wickard against fillburn, congress can get at people who substantially affect interstate commerce and regulate people who are only selling or involved in a small amount of wheat and thats the famous case. and our point was that wickard did sa...

>> host: we are on the floor here, and this is your first in the new role for you as head of the national cable association industrys trade group. whats it like to be here versus your old role of a regulator? >> guest: its different. ive been to many of these shows as a guest speaker, and you dont realize the half of what it goes into putting it on. its an extraordinary undertaking done by staff committed to it and for 20-30 years the same group puts it together. i feel like its runnin...