Dockets at the FCC
Below you'll find a list of Dockets at the FCC relevant to media reform. Click on a Docket to view more details and ongoing commentary from Free Press policy staffers.
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Unlicensed operation in the TV broadcast band
December 31.2007
Yes, "white spaces" are vitally important. Not only in the Arctic, but here at home. A fight for universal Internet access is being waged in Washington over spectrum white spaces -- empty frequencies between television channels that have the potential to connect millions to the information superhighway. The powerful broadcaster lobby would rather horde this spectrum for themselves.
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In the Matter of Service Rules for the 698-746 747-762 and 777-792 MHz Bands.
May 30.2007
The FCC is on the verge of turning over a large chunk of the public airwaves to the same giant phone and cable companies that control high-speed Internet access for 96 percent of American home users.
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In the Matter of Broadband Industry Practices
July 16.2007
Last year, more than 1.5 million Americans contacted Congress and stopped phone and cable company efforts to kill Net Neutrality.
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Reexamination of the Comparative Standards for Noncommercial Educational Applicants
September 6.2007
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Minority Ownership Task Force
October 1.2007
The state of minority media ownership in the United States is in crisis.
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Wireless Broadband Task Force Notice of Inquiry
November 30.2005
In May 2004, the FCC formed a wireless task force to take a hard look at what the FCC can do to help both licensed wireless and unlicensed wireless deploy broadband networks.
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Low Power FM
September 6.2005
Follow these easy steps to deliver your comments on low power FM (LPFM) to the Federal Communications Commission.
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Second Further Notice Regarding Cable Horizontal and Vertical Ownership Limits
August 8.2005
Follow these easy steps to deliver your comments directly to the FCC, before they decide whether to allow the largest cable companies to become even larger — letting as few as three companies contro
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Interference Temperature Operation
November 30.2004
This would set a new metric for measuring the potential for harmful interference by analyzing the background RF, the robustness of a given licensed service within a band, and its tolerance for further
