The FCC issued a Forfeiture Order this week, fining a station $7000 for violations of the main studio rule. The facts of the case were set out in a Notice of Apparent Liability issued back in February, where the licensee had claimed that its studio was in a location that was shared with another broadcaster … Continue Reading
In a case decided last week, the FCC decided to clarify its policies on typos in FCC applications for radio stations. While one might not think that a typo is such a big idea, in connection with FCC application filing windows, when multiple applicants may be seeking the same frequency or channel in the same … Continue Reading
Wi-Fi jammers, too! Having recently spanked Marriott for $600K for interrupting private Wi-Fi use at one of its hotel properties – concern about which presumably prompted Marriott to seek formal guidance about just how far they can go in managing...
Agency looks to tighten up vague standards that have led to inconsistent access decisions. If you as a broadcaster, producer, or artist want to head into a congressionally-designated wilderness area to create some programming (both newsgathering and ot...
The FCC on Friday adopted a Fact Sheet on tentative procedures for the incentive auction, by which it plans to buy back spectrum from broadcasters and resell it to wireless companies for wireless broadband uses. The tentative procedures, along with the recent “Greenhill Report” setting possible prices to be paid to television stations who are … Continue Reading
In 2011, licensees of FM translators who wanted to move those translators to areas where there was a need for their service thought that the FCC had done a great thing by authorizing the use of the “Mattoon” waiver (see our article here). The Mattoon waiver allowed the processing of an FCC application to move … Continue Reading
Mitch came to the law the long way around and relatively late in life. Mitchell Lazarus, FHH veteran and CommLawBlog regular, has announced he will retire at the end of this year. But not completely. Mitch will stay on the FHH letterhead as Of Counsel,...
New “Submit a Non-Docketed Filing” module allows some filers to eschew paper. In a move presumably designed to make everybody’s lives easier, the Commission has expanded its Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) to accept a wide ran...
By Scott R. Flick The FCC announced in March of this year that it would begin treating TV Joint Sales Agreements between two local TV stations involving more than 15% of a station's advertising time as an attributable ownership interest. However, it...