David Oxenford, Author at Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

GMR and RMLC Announce that Radio Royalty Settlement is Effective – Gives Commercial Radio Stations One Last Chance to Join Licensing Agreement by March 31

By David Oxenford|2022-02-07T11:10:13-06:00February 7th, 2022|Legal News|

In a press release issued today, the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) and performing rights organization Global Music Rights (GMR) announced that enough commercial radio stations signed the GMR licensing agreement to allow the settlement of the RMLC/GMR litigation to become effective. As we wrote when the settlement was announced early last month, enough radio... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 29, 2022 to February 4, 2022

By David Oxenford|2022-02-06T10:04:21-06:00February 6th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced several leadership changes at the FCC. The changes include a new head of the Media... Continue Reading…

FCC Gives Additional Guidance For Filings that Had Been Made in the CDBS Filing System

By David Oxenford|2022-01-28T11:22:05-06:00January 28th, 2022|Legal News|

As we noted two weeks ago, the FCC has stopped accepting new filings through its CDBS database. This week, the FCC released a Public Notice which provides further details on how filings that were made in CDBS should now be submitted. As we noted when the announcement of the end of submissions to the database... Continue Reading…

FCC Follow Up to Stations that Did Not File Biennial Ownership Reports Last December – Fines to Follow?

By David Oxenford|2022-01-28T11:19:19-06:00January 28th, 2022|Legal News|

The FCC sent out a flurry of reminders to broadcasters who did not file their Biennial Ownership Reports by the December 1, 2021 deadline. As we wrote in our reminder in November, these reports were to be filed by licensees of all full-power radio and TV stations (commercial and noncommercial), as well as by LPTV... Continue Reading…

February Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: Children’s TV Reporting, License Renewals, EEO Filings, FCC Proceedings, and More

By David Oxenford|2022-01-26T10:40:07-06:00January 26th, 2022|Legal News|

Before we jump into February dates, let’s take a look at some important dates still to come in January. Noncommercial radio applicants whose applications were found to be mutually exclusive (MX) with one or more other applications filed in the reserved band window have through January 28 to submit technical amendments or work with others in their MX group... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 15, 2022 to January 21, 2022

By David Oxenford|2022-01-23T09:50:57-06:00January 23rd, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC issued a Public Notice urging all communications companies to take steps to ensure the security of their facilities... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 15, 2022 to January 21, 2022

By David Oxenford|2022-01-23T09:50:57-06:00January 23rd, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC issued a Public Notice urging all communications companies to take steps to ensure the security of their facilities... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 8, 2022 to January 14, 2022

By David Oxenford|2022-01-16T10:32:37-06:00January 16th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC announced that CDBS, the database where all broadcast applications were filed before most migrated to the newer LMS... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 8, 2022 to January 14, 2022

By David Oxenford|2022-01-16T10:32:37-06:00January 16th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC announced that CDBS, the database where all broadcast applications were filed before most migrated to the newer LMS... Continue Reading…

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