SAN ANTONIO -- AT&T agreed to pay $2.5 billion for licenses that will allow it to expand wireless services or enable video broadcasts in much of its coverage area, the company announced Tuesday.
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The Cold War era was a confusing time for a teenager. I thought I wanted to be a ham. No, not the kind of ham that's a nickname for a bad actor. (Although I was once almost that too, but that's another story.) And also not the pink meat that goes perfectly with green eggs. Nope, this was a different kind of ham -- for a while in my early teens, I wanted to be a ham radio operator. I think...
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Madison's newest radio station is on air, broadcasting a low-power signal at 99.1 WIDE-FM. Six years in the planning, the station is the collaborative work of local nonprofits and church groups. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., community access programming airs under the moniker CityWIDE. At night, SoulWIDE plays a mix of Christian music. When the signal went live last Saturday, the first broadcast ...
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The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc., the trade association for the Broadway industry, is joining with major sports leagues, television broadcasters and houses of worship to urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to not allow major tech companies - such as Google and Microsoft - the use of personal wireless devices on frequencies heretofore reserved for wireless ...
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For the average cable customer, the inner workings of their TV sets or the intricacies of how their set-top cable boxes are constructed are inconsequential provided they can access their favorite programming.
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Both Republicans and Democrats competing in 2008 presidential race have largely ignored national cable networks and local cable systems in their attempts to woo voters through political advertising, according to a report from Nielsen Co. Almost 95% of the total 28,725 presidential campaign ads purchased by candidates this year were on local TV stations, and more than 71% of those were placed in ...
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By Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) Even after we complete the digital television transition on Feb. 17, 2009, broadcasters will not be using all the spectrum allocated for television. The unused spectrum left over throughout the country has been dubbed the “white spaces.”
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