David Oxenford, Author at Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

The FCC Proposes Requirements for Disclosures About the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Political Ads – Looking at Some of the Many Issues for Broadcasters

By David Oxenford|2024-08-01T12:02:10-05:00August 1st, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that was first announced by the FCC Chairwoman three months ago (see our article here), proposing to require that the use of artificial intelligence in political advertising be disclosed when it airs on broadcast stations, local cable systems, or satellite radio or TV. This proposal... Continue Reading…

Update on Expansion of Foreign Government Sponsorship Certifications to Issue Ads – Apparently Not Effective on August 15

By David Oxenford|2024-07-26T11:25:19-05:00July 26th, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, we wrote about the impact of the FCC’s decision to standardize certifications from program buyers verifying that they are not representatives of foreign governments – and the accompanying decision to expand that requirement to political issue advertising and paid PSAs. In that article, we noted the August 15 effective date for most of... Continue Reading…

Update on Expansion of Foreign Government Sponsorship Certifications to Issue Ads – Apparently Not Effective on August 15

By David Oxenford|2024-07-26T11:25:19-05:00July 26th, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, we wrote about the impact of the FCC’s decision to standardize certifications from program buyers verifying that they are not representatives of foreign governments – and the accompanying decision to expand that requirement to political issue advertising and paid PSAs. In that article, we noted the August 15 effective date for most of... Continue Reading…

August 15 Is the Effective Date of Requirements for Foreign Government Certifications for Political Issue Advertising and Paid PSAs

By David Oxenford|2024-07-18T10:35:09-05:00July 18th, 2024|Legal News|

The FCC this week issued a Public Notice announcing the effective date of certain portions of the FCC Order released in June adopting changes to its requirements that broadcasters obtain certifications from buyers of program time on their stations that the sponsors are not foreign governments or agents of those governments. As we wrote when... Continue Reading…

Supreme Court Rejects the Chevron Doctrine – What Does it Mean for Broadcasters Regulated By the FCC?

By David Oxenford|2024-07-02T10:30:25-05:00July 2nd, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine, which required courts to defer to expert regulatory agencies, like the FCC, when interpreting ambiguous statutes, unless the agency acted unreasonably. Since the decision, we have seen all sorts of TV pundits predicting the end of “the administrative state” (presumably meaning the end of the many... Continue Reading…

FCC Releases Decision on Broadcaster’s Obligations to Identify Foreign Government Sponsored Programming – There is Some Good News, and Some Bad News Affecting Issue Ads

By David Oxenford|2024-06-25T14:55:06-05:00June 25th, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, the FCC released its long-expected decision on foreign government sponsored programming. As you will recall, in 2022, the FCC adopted rules that required enhanced sponsorship identifications when program time bought (or, in the FCC’s words, “leased”) on broadcast stations was sponsored by a foreign government or an agent of a foreign government. In... Continue Reading…

FCC Releases Decision on Broadcaster’s Obligations to Identify Foreign Government Sponsored Programming – There is Some Good News, and Some Bad News Affecting Issue Ads

By David Oxenford|2024-06-25T14:55:06-05:00June 25th, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, the FCC released its long-expected decision on foreign government sponsored programming. As you will recall, in 2022, the FCC adopted rules that required enhanced sponsorship identifications when program time bought (or, in the FCC’s words, “leased”) on broadcast stations was sponsored by a foreign government or an agent of a foreign government. In... Continue Reading…

FCC Admonishes Three TV Stations for Not Having Clauses in Sales Agreements Requiring Non- discrimination in the Purchase of Advertising Time – A Reminder to Broadcasters

By David Oxenford|2024-06-18T11:29:47-05:00June 18th, 2024|Legal News|

As we wrote in Sunday’s weekly summary of broadcast actions, last week was a very active one at the FCC. The FCC released the texts of rulemaking proposals on annual regulatory fees and on new regulatory proposals for LPTV and TV translator stations. The Commission also released orders reinstating rules prohibiting FM stations serving the... Continue Reading…

Trump Verdict Raises Concerns About A Nasty Election Campaign Getting Nastier – Looking at a Broadcaster’s Potential Liability for Attack Ads

By David Oxenford|2024-05-31T09:38:54-05:00May 31st, 2024|Legal News|

With the verdict in the first criminal case against former President (and now candidate) Trump having been released, we can envision a whole raft of attack ads likely to be airing before the November elections. The verdict is likely to also increase political divisions within the country, and potentially fuel many other nasty attack ads... Continue Reading…

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