The CALM Act, originally proposed by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), has made it through the full Senate, by way of the Commerce Committee, and is that much closer to becoming the law of the land. It would ...

WASHINGTON—In the run-up to its Feb. 27th Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission has issued further details on its plans to possibly update CALM Act rules that prohibit overly loud ...

Ever notice how the chirpy television announcer on the Levitra ads sounds so much louder than, say, the actor who discloses in a soap opera that his potency is on the wane? Or the volume of just about ...

The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says the agency has received an influx of complaints over the years ...

The FCC has implemented a ban against loud television commercials in the United States, after passing a bill back in 2010. The bill - known as the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act ...

Though Congress still bickers over net neutrality, spying on Americans, and universal health care, at least Democrats and Republicans can agree on one thing: TV commercials are too damned loud. Read ...

Cable is frequently worse than broadcast for loud commercials and uneven commercial loudness. The worst, of course, is commercially-supported online TV. Weigel Broadcasting Co. is using Cobalt Digital ...