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TV Must-Carry/Retransmission Consent Elections Must Be Made This Year: Election Notification System Will Now Be All Electronic

By |2020-03-10T10:30:25-05:00March 10th, 2020|Legal News|

In Report and Orders released in July of 2019 and February of 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has converted the system for television broadcast stations to notify multichannel video program distributors (“MVPDs”), of their election of must-carry or retransmission status from paper sent by certified mail to electronic notices posted on the FCC’s website,...… Continue Reading

Radiofrequency Exposure Limits Revised: FCC Proposes Expanding Rules to Cover Higher Frequencies

By |2020-01-09T11:45:09-06:00January 9th, 2020|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has resolved many of the issues that it has been considering since 2013 with respect to limits on exposure of human beings to radiofrequency (“RF”) energy. An important aspect of the decision is that existing exposure limits will not be tightened. However, the environmental rules dealing with RF exposure have...… Continue Reading

FCC Wants You to Dial 988 Before It’s Too Late: Abbreviated 3-Digit Access to Suicide Help Line Proposed

By |2020-01-07T11:30:49-06:00January 7th, 2020|Legal News|

The Federal Communication Commission (“FCC”) has proposed to establish “988” as a nationwide abbreviated telephone dialing code to reach the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis hotline. An 800 number (1-800-273-TALK) already universally connects to suicide counselors, but people facing a suicide crisis might not remember such a long number. The same hotline will...… Continue Reading

FCC Proposes to End Radio Station Program Duplication Restrictions

By |2020-01-03T11:30:33-06:00January 3rd, 2020|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has proposed to repeal Section 73.3556 of its Rules, which prohibits two commercial AM or two commercial FM radio stations from devoting more than 25% of the hours in an average broadcast week to duplicating programming if they are commonly controlled (through either common ownership or time brokerage) and the...… Continue Reading

Who Should Say What to Whom When Cable TV Retransmission Consent Negotiations Fail?

By |2020-01-02T15:00:55-06:00January 2nd, 2020|Legal News|

Retransmission consent negotiations have been coming down to the wire more and more in recent years, as broadcasters have sought to recoup more of the value they feel their signals have, and cable operators have resisted increases in their expenses. Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) rules currently require cable operators to notify both subscribers and the...… Continue Reading

Picking NCE and LPFM Winners Simplified: NCE and LPFM Station Transfer Rules Relaxed

By |2019-12-30T15:29:18-06:00December 30th, 2019|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has changed in its rules for selecting winners from groups of mutually exclusive (“MX”) noncommercial educational full-power radio (“NCE”) and Low Power FM (“LPFM”) applicants and has made it easier for MX applicants to negotiate voluntary time-sharing agreements. In the FCC’s Report and Order, it has also shortened the minimum...… Continue Reading

Is it Time for All-Digital AM Radio?

By |2019-12-05T11:30:05-06:00December 5th, 2019|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has invited comments on whether it should allow AM radio broadcast stations to abandon their analog signals in favor of an all-digital signal format. Preliminary tests have shown that all-digital signals provide improved audio quality and immunity from interference. While the FCC does not propose to require any AM station...… Continue Reading

To Be or Not to Be – That is the Channel 6 Analog LPTV Question

By |2019-12-04T16:05:14-06:00December 4th, 2019|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has invited a new round of comments on the fate of analog Low Power Television (“LPTV”) stations that transmit on Channel 6 and target their audio channel to FM radio receivers. Nearly all of the television broadcast industry has already converted to digital operation. There are no more analog full...… Continue Reading

Displacement Application Window for Pending Rural LPTV Applicants Opens Today

By |2019-12-02T11:31:03-06:00December 2nd, 2019|Legal News|

If you filed any applications for new Low Power Television (LPTV) stations during the 2009 application window, your applications have not yet been granted, and channels you requested have been displaced by a full power or Class A TV station as a result of the spectrum repack, you now have an opportunity to request new...… Continue Reading

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