David Oxenford, Author at Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

FCC Hearing Designation Order Reminds Broadcasters that Long Periods Where They are Not Operating May Lead to License Renewal Problems

By David Oxenford|2021-03-15T11:04:56-05:00March 15th, 2021|Legal News|

Last week, the FCC issued a hearing designation order, sending to an Administrative Law Judge the question of whether an AM station’s license renewal application should be granted. The hearing seeks to gather evidence as to whether the renewal should be granted despite the station’s record, under its current licensee, where it was operating for... Continue Reading…

FCC Hearing Designation Order Reminds Broadcasters that Long Periods Where They are Not Operating May Lead to License Renewal Problems

By David Oxenford|2021-03-15T11:04:56-05:00March 15th, 2021|Legal News|

Last week, the FCC issued a hearing designation order, sending to an Administrative Law Judge the question of whether an AM station’s license renewal application should be granted. The hearing seeks to gather evidence as to whether the renewal should be granted despite the station’s record, under its current licensee, where it was operating for... Continue Reading…

FCC Reminds Analog LPTV/TV Translators of July 13 Digital Transition Deadline – Extensions Due by March 15

By David Oxenford|2021-03-05T10:50:39-06:00March 5th, 2021|Legal News|

In a Public Notice, the FCC has reminded all analog LPTV stations and TV translators that they need to convert to digital by July 13, 2021 or cease operations. The Notice reminds operators of these stations that, if they cannot meet the July 13 deadline, they can request an extension by March 15. Upon a... Continue Reading…

FCC Reminds Analog LPTV/TV Translators of July 13 Digital Transition Deadline – Extensions Due by March 15

By David Oxenford|2021-03-05T10:50:39-06:00March 5th, 2021|Legal News|

In a Public Notice, the FCC has reminded all analog LPTV stations and TV translators that they need to convert to digital by July 13, 2021 or cease operations. The Notice reminds operators of these stations that, if they cannot meet the July 13 deadline, they can request an extension by March 15. Upon a... Continue Reading…

FCC Notes Violations for Two LPFM Operators for Spurious Emissions – Make Sure that Your Station is Transmitting Only Within Its Assigned Frequency

By David Oxenford|2021-03-05T10:45:32-06:00March 5th, 2021|Legal News|

In two Notices of Violation issued on one day this week, an FCC Field Office cited Low Power FM operators for using transmission systems that, in addition to transmitting signals on their authorized channels, were also emitting signals on other channels that posed the potential for interference with other users on those other frequencies –... Continue Reading…

FCC Notes Violations for Two LPFM Operators for Spurious Emissions – Make Sure that Your Station is Transmitting Only Within Its Assigned Frequency

By David Oxenford|2021-03-05T10:45:32-06:00March 5th, 2021|Legal News|

In two Notices of Violation issued on one day this week, an FCC Field Office cited Low Power FM operators for using transmission systems that, in addition to transmitting signals on their authorized channels, were also emitting signals on other channels that posed the potential for interference with other users on those other frequencies –... Continue Reading…

FCC Notes Violations for Two LPFM Operators for Spurious Emissions – Make Sure that Your Station is Transmitting Only Within Its Assigned Frequency

By David Oxenford|2021-03-05T10:45:32-06:00March 5th, 2021|Legal News|

In two Notices of Violation issued on one day this week, an FCC Field Office cited Low Power FM operators for using transmission systems that, in addition to transmitting signals on their authorized channels, were also emitting signals on other channels that posed the potential for interference with other users on those other frequencies –... Continue Reading…

GMR Offers to Extend Its Interim License With Commercial Radio Stations – But It Wants a 20% Increase in Royalty Payments

By David Oxenford|2021-03-02T17:33:00-06:00March 2nd, 2021|Legal News|

Global Music Rights, one of the newest performing rights organization licensing the public performance of musical compositions, has agreed to extend its interim license with commercial radio broadcasters. That license is set to expire at the end of March (see our article here). This interim license has been offered and extended for the last several... Continue Reading…

Everyone Seems to Want to Regulate Online Media – But Can They? Setting the Stage- Looking at the Range of Regulatory Proposals

By David Oxenford|2021-03-02T11:26:12-06:00March 2nd, 2021|Legal News|

In recent months, we have seen concerted attempts to reign in digital and social media from all along the political spectrum – from Washington, in the states and even internationally. We thought that we would look at some of those efforts and their motivations today. We will look at many of these issues in more... Continue Reading…

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