Right around a year ago, we were pretty excited when the House passed the Local Community Radio Act, a bill that would open up the radio waves to many different low power radio stations like our good friends at CHIRP. The House bill and its Senate companion (S.592) enjoy plenty of bipartisan support, including John McCain, Hillary Clinton, President Obama and Ron Paul. In fact, it's been suggested that LPFM could help heal our partisan wounds, since support for the legislation brought the folks like the Christian Coalition, Free Press and Reason Magazine to the same table. more ›

Jacob Meister, an underdog candidate for the Democratic nomination to the Burris U.S. Senate seat, filed a complaint with the FCC today against WTTW Channel 11 for excluding him from a debate scheduled for this evening. Meister says the station's action is in violation of both FCC equal-access election rules and the Communications Act of 1934. more ›

Last night's fatal crash of an Air Angels helicopter flight in west suburban Aurora still has no apparent cause, but more information is coming out. The victims have been identified as William Mann of Chicago, Dell Waugh of Carmel, Indiana, and Ronald Battiato of Peotone; the infant patient has been identified as Kirstian Blockinger of Leland. more ›