Category: Federal Communications Commission
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Turmoil at Miami public radio station WDNA leads to accusations of wage-theft, misuse of grant funds
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
The jazzy vibes at Miami-based public access radio station WDNA have been less than harmonious the past two years. -
How a Broward crook who stole $100 million got a Murder One charge cut to a misdemeanor
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Q Link Wireless CEO Issa Asad and his company pleaded guilty on Oct.15 in Miami federal court to bilking more than $100 million from a government program that provides free or discounted phone service to people in need. The sentence prosecutors are recommending: five years, which is equal to one year for every $20 million he stole. Ten years earlier, while the feds say Asad was in the middle of committing his enormous fraud, he got an even better deal in Broward Circuit Court. -
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Wireless companies fight to control your cell phone as rare frequency auction looms
By Allan Holmes
Center for Public Integrity
The setting was ornate, the subject esoteric, but the implications huge. The crowd that filed last month into the wood-paneled room 226 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building included lawmakers, lobbyists, company executives, and a few mystery guests — a roster that reflected the enormity of the issue at hand: nothing less than control of the growing wireless market and the hundreds of billions of dollars that go with it. -
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Comcast Foundation gives to minority groups likely to aid approval of Time Warner buyout
By Jason McLure
Center for Public Integrity
s Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. roll out a massive lobbying effort to win regulatory approval for the merger of the nation’s two largest cable companies, one key step for the companies will be garnering the support of prominent civil rights and minority groups. -
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Broadcasters are ‘against transparency,’ says FCC chairman
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
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