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Media and Broadcasting Policy

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    FCC Narrows Inquiry Into KUSF 90.3 FM Sale

    KUSF friends enjoying a gentler time​The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to narrow its request for documents from the University of San Francisco, as the regulator investigates the transaction that turned KUSF from community radio programming to a classical music format."With this lat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    FCC Scrutinizes KUSF Sale, Demands E-Mails from USF President

    What did USF President Stephen Privett know, and when did he know it?​The Federal Communications Commission is taking a hard look at the proposed sale of KUSF, as evidenced by a letter demanding receipts, communications, and other inside documents and correspondence among participants in the deal. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    KUSF Sale: FCC Wants to Sweat the Details

    Chris StevensKUSF supporters at a hearing on the station's closure earlier this year.​ Doesn't look like the FCC is going to just rubber-stamp USF's sale of the beloved community radio station KUSF. In a letter yesterday, the FCC's audio honcho asked to see all the documents generated in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    KUSF to Get Harold Camping's FCC License Post Rapture

    Post rapture, KUSF-in-Exile will be heard in ex-Family Radio Inc. srongholds such as Europe, Asia, Russia, South America and Sub-Saharan Africa​Here is one group that will truly benefit from not being raptured. Former KUSF DJs, who lost their terrestrial radio station when the University of San F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    KUSF Transmitter Sale Denied

    The FCC is listening ​The Federal Communications Commission has denied the University of San Francisco's application to move the 90.3 FM dial to Marin.Now this doesn't mean that sale of the college station won't go through; the FCC has yet to consider USF's application to sell the KUSF license to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    KUSF Staff Files Petition to Block Sale of Radio Station

    KUSF needs the FCC to listen​We had almost gotten used to the idea that KUSF would not longer be the indie college radio station we had known. But the station's staff reminded us this week when they filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission, officially asking it to block the sale ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Internet 'Kill Switch' Bill -- What Is This, Egypt?

    You can find Uma on the internet, too...​Looking back at the momentous goings on in Egypt of late, there are plenty of takeaways to go around. Here's one: Should the government have the power to sever society from the Internet?  U.S. lawmakers are considering another attempt to push through a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    USF Faculty Asks University to Cancel Sale of KUSF

    Even teachers and librarians like music​The University of San Francisco is already feeling the pressure from the community to back off the sale of the college radio station, KUSF. There have been protests, rallies, and even the city's politicians are supporting the student body in its effort get i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    KUSF Needs You To Write the FCC

    Only Uncle Sam can save you now....​On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors will likely approve a symbolic resolution opposing the University of San Francisco's decision to sell KUSF, the community-based radio station that was abruptly shut down two weeks ago. Even if the vote is unanimous, as author ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    R.E.M., The Roots, and a Bunch of Waffles Tell Feds To Preserve Net Neutrality

    R.E.M. loves net neutrality! ​A group of musicians that includes R.E.M., Jackson Browne, The Roots, Moby, and OK Go has sent a letter to the FCC urging legal protection for net neutrality, the principle (and current reality) that all information can travel equally quickly on the Internet.The FCC i ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2010

    State bill makes malicious sock puppets a crime

    R.E.M. loves net neutrality! ​A group of musicians that includes R.E.M., Jackson Browne, The Roots, Moby, and OK Go has sent a letter to the FCC urging legal protection for net neutrality, the principle (and current reality) that all information can travel equally quickly on the Internet.The FCC i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Do You Have First Amendment Rights in San Francisco Parks or Not?

    Now valid in National Parks! Right?​Jurisdictional lines are funny things. Here in San Francisco you can hoist your banners and beat your drum to express the message of your choosing per your First Amendment Rights -- until you tread onto Ocean Beach, the Presidio, or other federal land. The Natio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Cell Phone Industry Suing San Francisco For Your Good, Lawsuit Claims

    techzblog.inHey, Mom! I want a rainbow in my brain, too! ​Lobbyists from the Cellular Telephone Industry Association are suing San Francisco over the Cell Phone Right-To-Know ordinance, claiming the city is not allowed to make decisions involving the wireless industry. But they're not doing th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Don't Expect Court Ruling to Lead to Loads of On-Air Cursing

    ​It appears that George Carlin's "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" still are the seven words you can never say on television. Despite a federal court ruling yesterday that fining broadcasters for uttering, say, "shit; piss, fuck; cunt; cocksucker; motherfucker; and tits" on TV or radio ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2010

    The Radio Pirate Goes Legit

    Now Pirate Cat Radio is following the rules.

  • Music

    November 11, 2009

    Pirate Cat Radio slapped with hefty fine, pushed off the FM dial

    Now Pirate Cat Radio is following the rules.

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: Big money! Big money! Oh God, Make It Stop!

    What an exciting week! Your Host Gaaaaaaavin Newson! will be giving away big money prizes! And how much would you pay for this PUC headquarters? Find out in our Showcase Showdown! That's not actually a joke. In fact, there is an awful lot of government happening this week, squeezing big money ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Roto-Nerds of the World Rejoice as Fantasy Football Site Spikes NFL in Court

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    FCC Holding Public Hearing at Stanford this Week

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Fox Refuses to Pay FCC Fine, FCC Forced to Graphically Describe Whip Cream Striptease

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    Fox to FCC: Fuck You and Your Fleeting Expletive Rules

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    Swiss Bank Tells Wikileaks: "Just Kidding!"

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • News

    January 23, 2008

    BitTorrent, Comcast, EFF Antipathetic To FCC Regulation of P2P Traffic

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2007

    Howl Howl Howl

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2007

    Fun with Trial Transcripts

    Can you imagine paying licensing fees to use Alex Smith's stats?Aficionados of Pleistocene-era sports video games may remember how "Player No. 16" on the nameless San Francisco team with crimson uniforms was really good -- but the lack of licensing fees forbade any notion of the terms "Joe Montana," ... More >>

  • Music

    January 5, 2005

    Meow Mix

    Tune in, turn on, say "fuck": This is the story of a man named Monkey and his very special Pirate Cat Radio

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2004

    Our Man Flynt

    Thirty years of naked truths

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003

    Best Use of Corporate Radio

    Wobbly's Wild Why

  • Culture

    May 7, 2003

    Get On the Bus

    Sarah Jones' characters aren't just studies in race and prejudice; they're studies in contradiction

  • News

    March 6, 2002

    The Chess Man of Market Street

    Every morning the old man brings the boards, pieces, tables, and chairs. All you need to bring is 50 cents.

  • Music

    June 27, 2001

    The FCC wants to shut down "Your Revolution"

    The revolution will not be televised, or broadcast, or even relayed via smoke signals.

  • News

    July 5, 2000

    You Could Be Jammin'

    There's a way to foil rude cell phone users. But it's illegal.

  • News

    June 30, 1999

    SF Weekly Wins Newsrack Injunction

    There's a way to foil rude cell phone users. But it's illegal.

  • News

    January 21, 1998

    Buffy the Empire Slayer

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • Music

    November 5, 1997

    Riff Raff

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • News

    March 5, 1997

    Taking Howard Stern Seriously

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • Calendar

    January 1, 1997

    Unspun

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • Calendar

    November 6, 1996

    Unspun

    Chronicle Publishing petitions the FCC -- but why?

  • News

    February 7, 1996

    Bitch, Bitch, Bitch

    Politicos, prudes, and the paranoid protest the programming heard on Bay Area radio stations to the highest authority in the land -- the Federal Communications Commission

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