Joe Armstrong, the owner of WJBE, is shown outside the station. A Federal Communications Commission judge rejected an effort by the agency to strip the license of WJBE 99.7 FM/1040 AM — whose call letters pay tribute to the original WJBE’s owner, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown — Knoxville’s
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Black-owned radio station may lose license over FCC 'character qualifications' policy
Joe Armstrong, the owner of WJBE 99.7 FM/1040 AM — whose call letters pay tribute to the original WJBE’s owner, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown — says the Federal Communications Commission is threatening to revoke his broadcast license over his prior conviction for a tax crime, one that occurred
Newton Minow, former FCC chief and public TV advocate, has died at 97
Newton Minow, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, appears before the House Antitrust Subcommittee which was probing newspaper competition, in 1963, in Washington, D.C. Minow died on Saturday. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Newton Minow, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, appears before the House Antitrust Subcommittee