David Oxenford, Author at Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

FCC Proposes $512,228 in Fines to TV Stations for Violating Rules Requiring Good Faith Negotiation of Retransmission Consent Agreements

By David Oxenford|2020-09-21T11:06:43-05:00September 21st, 2020|Legal News|

With the October 1 deadline coming up for retransmission consent/must carry elections, and the likely commencement of many retransmission consent negotiations throughout the country, the FCC last week issued a decision that emphasizes the importance of “good faith” retransmission consent negotiations. In this action, the full Commission denied an Application for Review that sought to... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 12, 2020 to September 18, 2020

By David Oxenford|2020-09-19T13:41:46-05:00September 19th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal actions and developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Political advertising will continue to blanket the airwaves for the next month and a half and... Continue Reading…

Sponsorship of Political Advertising On-Air and On-Line – A Video Presentation and a Congressional Research Service Study

By David Oxenford|2020-09-17T22:28:30-05:00September 17th, 2020|Legal News|

Now that we are immersed in the heart of the political broadcasting season, issues of sponsorship identification regularly arise. For on-air broadcasts, any paid advertisement that conveys a message dealing with any controversial issue of public importance (state or federal) requires at a minimum an on-air sponsorship identification stating that the ad was “paid for”... Continue Reading…

Media Bureau Regulatory Fee Instructions Issued – No Fees for Translator CPs

By David Oxenford|2020-09-09T10:16:22-05:00September 9th, 2020|Legal News|

The Media Bureau yesterday issued its Fact Sheet for the Annual Regulatory Fees for 2020 – expanding on the information available in the various public notices released last week, about which we wrote here. This Fact Sheet sets out the general information as to how much is owed by various classes of broadcast stations. The... Continue Reading…

2020 Annual Regulatory Fees Due by September 25 – Fee Filer Now Open and FCC Accepting Waiver Requests

By David Oxenford|2020-09-08T11:16:01-05:00September 8th, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC released a Public Notice late Friday afternoon announcing the annual regulatory fees for 2020 will be due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on September 25, and setting out the procedures for payment. Another Public Notice announced that the fee filing system is now open to accept fee payment. A third Public Notice set... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 29, 2020 to September 4, 2020

By David Oxenford|2020-09-07T10:08:31-05:00September 7th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal actions and developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC released its Report and Order on annual regulatory fees for fiscal year 2020 and,... Continue Reading…

FCC Dismisses Petition for Reconsideration of Reexamination of Noncommercial Licensing Policy – Next Step, Window for New Applications?

By David Oxenford|2020-09-03T10:35:56-05:00September 3rd, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC yesterday dismissed a Petition for Reconsideration of its reexamination of the criteria that it uses for determining which application is granted when there are conflicting applications filed in any window for the filing of new noncommercial FM stations. We wrote about the reexamination of the noncommercial selection criteria in our article here. We... Continue Reading…

FCC Dismisses Petition for Reconsideration of Reexamination of Noncommercial Licensing Policy – Next Step, Window for New Applications?

By David Oxenford|2020-09-03T10:35:56-05:00September 3rd, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC yesterday dismissed a Petition for Reconsideration of its reexamination of the criteria that it uses for determining which application is granted when there are conflicting applications filed in any window for the filing of new noncommercial FM stations. We wrote about the reexamination of the noncommercial selection criteria in our article here. We... Continue Reading…

FCC Releases Order on Regulatory Fees – No Widespread Waivers of Fees But Some Deferred Payments Possible – Payment Dates Coming Soon

By David Oxenford|2020-09-02T10:38:49-05:00September 2nd, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC’s order on this year’s annual regulatory fees was released by the FCC this week. The FCC rejected calls to forgive broadcast regulatory fees because of the economic fallout of the pandemic, noting that only Congress could pass such relief, as the FCC is required by law to collect fees sufficient to cover the... Continue Reading…

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