John Eggerton
John Eggerton, Washington Bureau Chief for B&C and editor of the daily TV Fax, has been with the magazine, based in Washington, since 1981 as a copy boy, editorial assistant, reporter, editor, assistant managing editor, to name only a few titles. He is also a principal contributor to the breaking news section of broadcastingcable.com.
Title: Washington Bureau Chief for B&C
Email: jeggerton@nbmedia.com
Capital LettersLink This | Email This | Comments (0) C-SPAN: Don't Kill TV MessengerA C-SPAN spokesperson said the Twittersphere lit up Wednesday–after House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said the plug had been pulled on TV coverage Wednesday after the Republican acting speaker walked out. Some of that Twitter reaction was seeking answers from C-SPAN on why it pulled the plug. It didn’t.”It was not us,” said the spokesman. “We take a... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Was That Julius Genachowski or Julius Marx?FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski skewered friend and foe alike at a banquet Thursday during a stand-up routine that included a bleeped F-word from his chief of staff, clips from South Park, and words he said the Third Circuit court found indecent. And that was just for appetizers. The decibel level in a roomful of lawyers is akin to that on the tarmac of a major airport. Such was the... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Mixed SignalsAt least in Washington, the FCC’s coordinated national test of the Emergency Alert System at 2 p.m. Wednesday seemed to be all over the map. Of course, the test was an effort to reveal any issues, and it may have.Unless I had my mute button on, I did not hear the tone when I tuned to the test on one channel. And the alert had must have already ended on WRC, though one viewer said they... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) Approval, Of Portion, of Net Neutrality Rules To Be Published...We ThinkThe seemingly endless paperwork of getting the FCC’s network neutrality rules into effect is almost over, but not quite.According to the FCC, look for the Federal Register Wednesday (Sept. 21) to publish the Office of Management and Budget’s approval of the paperwork-related portions of the new rules, which were adopted by the FCC last December but have yet to go into effect.... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) NamesI was proud to be a journalist covering television Sunday. The TV and radio coverage of the 9/11 memorial services In New York and Washington and Shanksville, Pa., was as diverse and moving as the names being read at Ground Zero, an honor roll but also families talking directly to their loved ones, a father who loved Gummy bears, a son that the world had seen as a single person, but for... More |
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