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Playing in the C-Band – Carr Eying Auction of 180 Megahertz to Sustain U.S. Wireless Leadership
Agency leader sets Nov. 20, 2025, vote to advance a key communications provision in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Ted Hearn
Ted Hearn is Managing Editor for Broadband Breakfast. He is also Editor and Publisher of Policyband, a website dedicated to comprehensive coverage of the broadband communications market.
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Turmoil in Arkansas over Financial Strength of Top BEAD Grant Winner
Arkansas State Broadband Director Glen Howie Vowed to Keep a Close Eye on the Finances of Hometown Internet
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John Malone Files to Take Majority Control of GCI Liberty in Alaska
Libertarian cable TV pioneer would control a company that derives 42% of annual revenue from a single source − the FCC’s $8.5 billion Universal Service Fund
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Colorado Democrats Demand FCC Block Nexstar-TEGNA Merger
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) said the $6.2 billion TV station deal would violate federal ownership limits and hurt Rocky Mountain State consumers.
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GOP Sen. Fischer Pressuring Lutnick to Give Nebraska More BEAD Money for Fiber
Only 9.37% of Cornhusker State locations getting fiber, compared to 66% nationally
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ACLP Study Predicts Lutnick's BEAD Rules Will Leave 1 Million Locations Unserved
Analysts Santorelli and Karras support a BEAD reserve fund to connect any remaining unconnected locations.
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Carr Warns Broadcasters He's ‘Open to Idea’ of License Revocation
'If you think there's nothing you can do to lose a license, then it's not a license,” Carr says on the Media Research Center’s NewsBusters Podcast.
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Does the Government Shutdown Put Another Dent in the Senate Filibuster?
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) says it’s time to use a simple Senate majority to fund the government.
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Sen. Blackburn Demanding Probe of Special Counsel Smith over DOJ Collection of Her Cell Phone Records
Calls Smith “a rogue special counsel on a weaponized witch hunt against Republican Senators.”
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Call Him Crypto Chris? Newsmax CEO Ruddy to Invest $5 Million in Bitcoin and Trump Coin
Cable news leader plowing into an asset category that Warren Buffet has called 'rat poison squared.'
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Sen. Ed Markey, Invincible at the Polls Since 1976, Has to Reckon with a New Foe – Ageism
Boston Herald conservative columnist Joe Battenfeld accused Markey's primary opponent of naked 'age discrimination.'
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Sen. Blackburn Calls Cell Phone Records Scandal an 'Egregious Invasion of Privacy’ by AT&T, T-Mobile & Verizon
Senate Republican wants to know why carriers rolled over for the Biden Justice Department.
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Iran to Impose Death Penalty if Caught Using Starlink to Spy
Draft law also makes it illegal to own or use Elon Musk's low Earth orbit satellite Internet service.
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Sen. Markey Can't Recall His Own Effort to Revoke Sinclair's TV Licenses
Veteran Massachusetts Democrat called out on his attacks on the First Amendment in 2018 by freshman Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio.
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Sen. Kennedy Wants Answers from Phone Companies on Handing Over Senate GOP Calls Records to Biden DOJ
Louisiana Republican shocked the telecom firms rolled over and failed to fight the privacy invasion of eight Senate Republicans.
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FCC’s Carr to TV Stations: You Decide When to Pull the Plug on ATSC 1.0
But the agency leader left a lot of jump balls and industry brawls in a draft NPRM released yesterday
