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• FCC Releases “Must Carry” Order. Text | Word97 | Acrobat  1/23/01

• Statement of Michael K. Powell on Designation as Chairman, Federal Communications Commission. 1/22/01

• Press Statement of Commissioner Susan Ness Regarding Designation of Michael K. Powell as FCC Chairman. 1/22/01

• FCC Adopts Rules For Cable Carriage Of Digital TV Signals; Requests Further Information Regarding Dual Carriage of Analog and Digital TV Signals. 1/22/01

• FCC Releases Memorandum Opinion and Order on AOL - Time Warner Merger. 1/22/01

• Furchtgott-Roth Praises Powell Selection. 1/22/01

• FCC Issues Further Order in Digital Television Transition; asks for Further Comments on DTV Receiver Issues. 1/19/01

• Chairman Kennard DTV Legislative Recommendations. 1/19/01

• FCC Grants “Must Carry” Status to Digital-Only TV Station. 1/19/01

• Chairman Kennard Appoints 39 Members to the FCC’s Consumer/Disability Telecommunications Advisory Committee. 1/19/01

• Chairman Kennard Releases Report on FCC's First Global Telecommunications Development Initiative. 1/19/01

• FCC Broadly Affirms the Decisions Reached in Three TV Ownership And Mass Media Attribution Orders. 1/19/01

• Chairman Kennard Thanks his Chief of Staff Kathryn C. Brown. 1/18/01

• Report of Chairman Kennard, "Report to Congress on the Public Interest Obligations of Television Broadcasters as They Transition to Digital Television" [ News Release | Letter | Report ] 1/18/01

• Mass Media Bureau Report and Tables, Three Year Review of the Implementation of the Children’s Television Rules and Guidelines 1997-1999. [ News Release ] 1/18/01

• Notice of Inquiry of Interactive Television Services Over Cable. [ Acrobat | Word97 | Text ] Statements: [ Kennard | Furchtgott-Roth | Tristani ] 1/18/01

• FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani Alerts FOX Television of Parents' Concerns Over Ads for "Temptation Island". 1/18/01

• Chairman Kennard's Statement Regarding the D.C. Circuit's Decision in MD/D.C./DE Broadcasters Association v. FCC. 1/16/01

• Press Statement of Commissioner Tristani On D.C. Circuit’s EEO Decision. 1/16/01

• Cable and Multi-channel Video Program Distributor Employment Report. 1/16/01

• Press Statement Clarifying Commissioner Powell’s Position on the Approval of AOL-Time Warner Merger. 1/12/01

• FCC Chairman William E. Kennard Announces His Resignation - Effective January 19. 1/12/01

• Principal FCC Achievements During Chairman Kennard’s Tenure. 1/12/01

• FCC Webcast of 10:00am Press Conference on AOL-Time Warner Merger. 1/12/01

• FCC Gives Conditoned Approval to AOL - Time Warner Merger. 1/11/01

• FCC Adopts Interoperability Standard to Ensure Effective Public Safety Communications Between Different Agencies. 1/11/01

• FCC Adopts Seventh Annual Report on Competition in Video Markets. 1/8/01

• FCC Looks to Allocate Additional Spectrum for New Advanced Wireless Systems. 1/5/01

• Report to Congress on the Extent to Which Licenses and Other Authorizations Have Facilitated the Delivery of Local Signals to Satellite TV Subscribers in Unserved and Underserved Local TV Markets. [Text | Word97 | Acrobat] 1/2/01