Children’s Programming Reports – Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

January Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Expansion of Audio Description Requirements, Music Royalty Cost of Living Increases, Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, Childrens Television Programming Reporting, Political Windows, and More

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2023-12-19T09:23:57-06:00December 19th, 2023|Legal News|

The new year brings a series of noteworthy regulatory deadlines for broadcasters in January. As always, broadcasters should consult with their own attorneys and advisors to make sure that they are aware of and ready to act on any other deadlines that are not listed below. Congress still has not passed budget bills for the... Continue Reading…

Upcoming FCC Broadcast and Telecom Deadlines for November – January

By FHH Law|2020-10-27T09:09:22-05:00October 27th, 2020|Legal News|

Broadcast Deadlines: November 16, 2020 Amending the Schedule of FCC Application Fees – Comments are due in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC” or the “Commission”) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking requesting comments on proposed changes to its application fee schedule, which the FCC considers to be significant and which include fee amounts, most of...… Continue Reading

TV Stations Granted Limited Waiver to Pre-Empt Children’s Programming to Air Local Events in Support of Social Distancing

By Peter Tannenwald|2020-04-09T14:15:27-05:00April 9th, 2020|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) Media Bureau announced today that from now until April 30, 2020, full power and Class A TV stations may pre-empt children’s television programming to broadcast live or same-day, recorded community events to enable the public to view those events without attending in person, in furtherance of the “social distancing” advocated...… Continue Reading

FCC Extends Some April Broadcast Deadlines in Light of COVID-19

By Davina Sashkin|2020-03-27T14:46:21-05:00March 27th, 2020|Legal News|

In a Public Notice released today, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced extensions to certain April deadlines for broadcasters: Children’s Television Annual Report As discussed in our previous CommLawBlog post on the subject, the first annual Children’s Television Report (covering the period from September 16, 2019-December 31, 2019) was already extended to a March 30...… Continue Reading

FCC Announces Schedule for Transition to Annual Children’s Television Reports

By David Oxenford|2019-11-20T10:38:30-06:00November 20th, 2019|Legal News|

Earlier this week, the FCC released a Public Notice announcing its plans for the initiation of new annual reporting requirements for TV stations under the revised Children’s Television Rules. As we wrote here, the FCC this summer adopted changes in the rules governing the broadcast of educational and informational programming directed to children. These changes... Continue Reading…

FCC Issues Public Notice on Implementation of New Children’s Television Rules and the Filing of October’s Quarterly Children’s Television Reports

By David Oxenford|2019-09-05T10:50:41-05:00September 5th, 2019|Legal News|

Many of the revisions to the FCC’s Children’s Television rules become effective on September 16 (as we wrote here), though there are portions of the revised rules whose implementation will be delayed pending approval by the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The FCC earlier this week released a Public Notice... Continue Reading…

July Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues Programs and Children’s Television Reports, Renewal Announcements, Copyright Filings, EAS, EEO and More

By David Oxenford|2019-06-30T11:18:47-05:00June 30th, 2019|Legal News|

July is an important month for regulatory filings – even though it is one of those months with no FCC submissions tied to any license renewal dates. Instead, quarterly obligations arise this month, the most important of which will have an impact in the ongoing license renewal cycle that began in June (see last month’s...… Continue Reading

Upcoming FCC Broadcast and Telecom Deadlines for June-August

By FHH Law|2019-05-28T11:00:50-05:00May 28th, 2019|Legal News|

Broadcast Deadlines: June 1, 2019: License Renewal Pre-Filing Announcements – Radio stations located in North Carolina and South Carolina must begin broadcasts of their pre-filing announcements with regard to their applications for renewal of the license. These announcements must be continued on June 16, July 1, and July 16. Radio Post-Filing Announcements – Radio stations...… Continue Reading

Upcoming FCC Broadcast and Telecom Deadlines for March-May

By FHH Law|2019-02-25T10:14:31-06:00February 25th, 2019|Legal News|

Broadcast Deadlines – March 11, 2019: Additional Steps to Revitalize the AM Radio Service – Reply comments are due in response to the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with regard to revised alternative proposals regarding interference protection to Class A AM radio stations. April 1, 2019: Equal...… Continue Reading