This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 15, 2024 to April 19, 2024

By |2024-04-21T09:26:41-05:00April 21st, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we discussed the FCC’s regulations on how broadcasters conduct on-air contests, and the importance that... Continue Reading…

FCC Proposes $8000 Fine for Failure to Award $396 Prize Within Time Period Set Out in the Contest Rules

By |2024-04-18T11:03:42-05:00April 18th, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Apparent Liability proposing an $8000 fine on a Los Angeles radio broadcaster that did not award a contest prize until over a year after the contest rules called for the prize to be delivered.  The contest rules called for the prize to be awarded within... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 8, 2024 to April 12, 2024

By |2024-04-13T21:19:51-05:00April 13th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we discussed the FCC’s decision to allow FM boosters to originate limited amounts of programming that is... Continue Reading…

FCC Approves Origination of Programming on FM Boosters to Facilitate Geocasting – Targeting Different Ads or Programming to Different Parts of FM Station’s Service Area

By |2024-04-09T12:10:32-05:00April 9th, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, the FCC approved a long-pending request by GeoBroadcast Solutions to allow FM boosters to originate limited amounts of programming that is different from what is broadcast on the booster’s primary station.  Boosters operate on the same channel as an FM broadcast station and have traditionally been used to fill in holes in an... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 25, 2024 to March 29, 2024

By |2024-03-30T22:08:14-05:00March 30th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. This past week on our Broadcast Law Blog, we looked at the upcoming April regulatory deadlines for broadcasters.  We also... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 25, 2024 to March 29, 2024

By |2024-03-30T22:08:14-05:00March 30th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. This past week on our Broadcast Law Blog, we looked at the upcoming April regulatory deadlines for broadcasters.  We also... Continue Reading…

April Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – EEO Reports, Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, LUC Windows, Rulemaking Comments, and More

By |2024-03-27T15:11:19-05:00March 27th, 2024|Legal News|

For the first time since October, we can say that the federal government is funded for the rest of the fiscal year (through the end of September) so we do not expect to have to report on any threats of a government shutdown for many months. With that worry off our plate, we can look... Continue Reading…

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