Genachowski Named as Obama’s FCC Choice

Julius Genachowski, a technology executive and former Federal Communications Commission official who worked for Barack Obama™s campaign, is the president-elect™s choice to lead the agency, a Democratic official said. As head of the body that regulates telephone, cable and broadcast companies, Genachowski will face pressure for action to expand Internet access and improve emergency wireless … Read more

OH NO! Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says –

ATLANTA ” Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal report released Wednesday. Read more: Radio Facts Legacy 30th Anniversary Issue. Mississippi's rate was more than 60 percent higher than the national average in 2006, the U.S. Centers for Disease … Read more