huntsville ala

Dial D for Disruption

Newsvine - business  Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:27

Want to build a phone company for $100? Give Mark Spencer a ring. In a research park outside the low-key bustle of downtown Huntsville, Ala.

Mark Spencer finishes his barbecue and resumes wreaking havoc on the multibillion-dollar phone equipment business.

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FCC Seeks Info from WHNT About 60 Minutes Blackout

Broadcasting & Cable - Business and Deals News  Tue, 03/04/2008 - 13:35

FCC chairman Kevin Martin directed the commission to send a letter of inquiry to WHNT-TV Huntsville, Ala., following complaints that its blackout of most of a 60 Minutes story might have been politically motivated rather than the technical glitch the station insisted it was.

But he assured reporters that it was part of the standard complaint-response process.

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Copps Pushes for Investigation of WHNT-TV Outage During 60 Minut...

Broadcasting & Cable - Business and Deals News  Mon, 03/03/2008 - 18:18

FCC commissioner Michael Copps formally asked FCC chairman Kevin Martin to investigate a "technical difficulty" at WHNT-TV Huntsville, Ala., that prevented some Alabama viewers from seeing a Feb. 24 60 Minutes story about an alleged campaign by Karl Rove, former aide to President George W.

Bush, against Don Siegelman, former Democrat governor of Alabama, who was eventually jailed for corruption.

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