News – Page 20 – Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

Corporate Transparency Act Triggers New Federal Filing Requirement for Most Small and Medium Companies.

By Paul J. Feldman|2024-02-05T14:44:31-06:00February 5th, 2024|Legal News|

The federal Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), enacted by Congress on January 1, 2021, established new ownership disclosure and reporting requirements for most small and medium sized U.S. companies (“Reporting Companies”), including both existing and newly created companies. The deadline for filing the required report is January 1, 2025, but companies should not wait to review...… Continue Reading

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 29, 2024 to February 2, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-02-04T09:43:34-06:00February 4th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, summarized upcoming February regulatory dates for broadcasters. We reminded commercial radio stations of the April... Continue Reading…

FCC Nears Decision on Zonecasting for FM Stations – What’s at Stake?

By David Oxenford|2024-02-02T11:28:38-06:00February 2nd, 2024|Legal News|

This week, Commissioners Carr and Starks issued a joint statement congratulating Chairwoman Rosenworcel for circulating an order to resolve the FCC’s long-pending proceeding about whether to authorize “zonecasting” or “geo-targeting” for FM stations. Zonecasting would allow FM broadcasters to use FM booster stations operating on the same channel as their main signal, within a station’s... Continue Reading…

FCC Nears Decision on Zonecasting for FM Stations – What’s at Stake?

By David Oxenford|2024-02-02T11:28:38-06:00February 2nd, 2024|Legal News|

This week, Commissioners Carr and Starks issued a joint statement congratulating Chairwoman Rosenworcel for circulating an order to resolve the FCC’s long-pending proceeding about whether to authorize “zonecasting” or “geo-targeting” for FM stations. Zonecasting would allow FM broadcasters to use FM booster stations operating on the same channel as their main signal, within a station’s... Continue Reading…

2024 Update on Super Bowl Advertising and Promotions

By Mitchell Stabbe|2024-02-01T09:25:07-06:00February 1st, 2024|Legal News|

Mitchell Stabbe, our resident trademark law specialist, today takes his annual look at the legal issues in Super Bowl advertising and promotions (see some of his past articles here, here, and here). Take it away, Mitch: As a life-long fan of the Baltimore Ravens (the life of the Ravens, not my life), my interest... Continue Reading…

Commercial Radio Station Revenue Must Be Reported to ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC by April 1

By David Oxenford|2024-01-31T10:08:02-06:00January 31st, 2024|Legal News|

We often write about issues concerning the royalties paid by radio stations for their various uses of music. It is not just paying the royalties that are important, but stations must also observe all of all the other obligations under each of their license agreements. The Radio Music License Committee asked us to remind commercial... Continue Reading…

February Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Annual EEO Public File Reports, C-Band Transition Reimbursement, Political Windows, and More

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-01-29T21:55:42-06:00January 29th, 2024|Legal News|

President Biden’s signing of the Continuing Resolution last week (see our discussion here) has kept the federal government open, with the FCC and FTC having money to stay open through March 8. So the FCC will be open and thus there are February regulatory dates to which broadcasters should be paying attention. February 1 is... Continue Reading…

Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma

By Scott R. Flick, Elizabeth Craig and Adam J. Sandler|2024-01-29T15:31:28-06:00January 29th, 2024|Legal News|

February 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma to place their Annual EEO Public File Report in their Public Inspection File and post the report on their station website. Under the FCC’s EEO Rule, all radio and television station employment […]

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 22, 2024 to January 26, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-01-28T09:07:12-06:00January 28th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. As we discussed on our Blog this week, the Copyright Royal Board corrected the deadline for interested parties to file... Continue Reading…