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July Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues Programs and Children’s Television Reports, Renewal Announcements, Copyright Filings, EAS, EEO and More

By David Oxenford|2019-06-30T11:18:47-05:00June 30th, 2019|Legal News|

July is an important month for regulatory filings – even though it is one of those months with no FCC submissions tied to any license renewal dates. Instead, quarterly obligations arise this month, the most important of which will have an impact in the ongoing license renewal cycle that began in June (see last month’s...… Continue Reading

Upcoming FCC Broadcast and Telecom Deadlines for July-September

By FHH Law|2019-06-28T11:04:14-05:00June 28th, 2019|Legal News|

Broadcast Deadlines: July 3, 2019: Emergency Alert System National Test – Participants’ EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) Form One Due – In preparation for this year’s national EAS test on August 7 at 2:20 p.m. EDT, all EAS participants must file ETRS Form One, which sets forth the EAS equipment that the participant has and...… Continue Reading

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2019

By Scott R. Flick, Joseph A. Cohen and Warren Kessler|2019-06-27T15:29:43-05:00June 27th, 2019|Legal News|

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: Investigation Into Undisclosed Radio Station Owner With a History of Felonies Leads to Hearing Designation Order FCC Settles With Alaskan Broadcaster After Disastrous Station Inspection […]

Supreme Court Rules that Public Access Television is Actually Private

By Kevin Goldberg|2019-06-27T13:29:30-05:00June 27th, 2019|Legal News|

As we neared the end of the 2018-2019 Supreme Court term, I was watching with bated breath for the issuance of three opinions relevant to my work and, I assumed, to the interests of our CommLawBlog readers. The cases affected my interests in distinctly different ways: from my “extracurricular” activities to the participation of clients...… Continue Reading

Supreme Court Rules that Public Access Television is Actually Private

By Kevin Goldberg|2019-06-27T13:29:30-05:00June 27th, 2019|Legal News|

As we neared the end of the 2018-2019 Supreme Court term, I was watching with bated breath for the issuance of three opinions relevant to my work and, I assumed, to the interests of our CommLawBlog readers. The cases affected my interests in distinctly different ways: from my “extracurricular” activities to the participation of clients...… Continue Reading

Equal Employment Opportunity Mid-Term Report Form Elimination Now Official

By Steve Lovelady|2019-06-26T14:10:26-05:00June 26th, 2019|Legal News|

Remember our article in February about the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) eliminating a requirement for certain broadcast television and radio stations to file a Broadcast Mid-Term Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Report (a/k/a Form 397)? If you’re a regular CommLawBlog reader you might have noticed that fact in our monthly deadlines articles too....… Continue Reading

2019 Second Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on April 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Warren Kessler|2019-06-26T13:57:43-05:00June 26th, 2019|Legal News|

Each full power and Class A TV station being repacked must file its next quarterly Transition Progress Report with the FCC by July 10, 2019. The Report must detail the progress a station has made in constructing facilities on its newly-assigned channel and in terminating operations on its current channel during the months of April, May […]

2019 Second Quarter Issues/Programming List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

By Scott R. Flick and Warren Kessler|2019-06-26T13:55:58-05:00June 26th, 2019|Legal News|

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2019, reflecting information for the months of April, May and June 2019. Content of the Quarterly List The FCC requires each broadcast station to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to significant community needs, issues, and problems […]

2019 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Scott R. Flick|2019-06-26T13:54:33-05:00June 26th, 2019|Legal News|

The next Children’s Television Programming Report must be filed with the FCC and placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2019, reflecting programming aired during the months of April, May and June 2019. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements As a result of the Children’s Television Act of 1990 (“Act”) and the FCC rules adopted under […]