This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  January 29, 2024 to February 2, 2024

By |2024-02-04T09:43:34-06:00February 4th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the 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, summarized upcoming February regulatory dates for broadcasters.  We reminded commercial radio stations of the April... Continue Reading…

February Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Annual EEO Public File Reports, C-Band Transition Reimbursement, Political Windows, and More

By |2024-01-29T21:55:42-06:00January 29th, 2024|Legal News|

President Biden’s signing of the Continuing Resolution last week (see our discussion here) has kept the federal government open, with the FCC and FTC having money to stay open through March 8.  So the FCC will be open and thus there are February regulatory dates to which broadcasters should be paying attention.  February 1 is... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  January 22, 2024 to January 26, 2024

By |2024-01-28T09:07:12-06:00January 28th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. As we discussed on our Blog this week, the Copyright Royal Board corrected the deadline for interested parties to file... Continue Reading…

FCC Proposes to Prioritize Processing of Applications by Stations with Local Programming – And Asks Many Questions About Whether the FCC Should Have Abolished the Main Studio Rule

By |2024-01-26T09:37:14-06:00January 26th, 2024|Legal News|

The FCC last week issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed to give incentives to broadcasters to air more local journalism and local programming by prioritizing the processing of certain applications by stations that feature local programming.  That decision drew dissents from both of the FCC’s Republican Commissioners, not because of the proposal for the... Continue Reading…

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

By |2024-01-14T09:09:39-06:00January 14th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Our Broadcast Law Blog, we looked at the Copyright Royalty Board’s announcement of the start of a new proceeding to... Continue Reading…

The Last Three Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters: December 18, 2023 to January 5, 2024

By |2024-01-07T10:36:02-06:00January 7th, 2024|Legal News|

Expecting quiet weeks, we took the holidays off from providing our weekly summary of regulatory actions of interest to broadcasters.  But, during that period, there actually were many regulatory developments.  Here are some of those developments, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your... Continue Reading…

Gazing into the Crystal Ball at Legal and Policy Issues for Broadcasters in 2024 – Part II: What to Expect from the Courts and Agencies Other than the FCC

By |2024-01-04T11:31:08-06:00January 4th, 2024|Legal News|

Earlier this week, we covered the broadcast issues that the FCC may be facing in 2024.  But the FCC is just one of the many branches of government that regulates the activities of broadcasters.  There are numerous federal agencies, the Courts, Congress, and even state legislatures that all are active in adopting rules, making policies,... Continue Reading…

Gazing into the Crystal Ball at Legal and Policy Issues for Broadcasters in 2024 – Part I: What to Expect From the FCC

By |2024-01-02T10:30:26-06:00January 2nd, 2024|Legal News|

A new year – and our annual opportunity to pull out the crystal ball and look at the legal issues that will be facing broadcasters in the new year.  We’ve already published our 2024 Broadcasters Calendar and, as we noted before the holidays, it highlights the many lowest unit rate windows for the November election. ... Continue Reading…

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