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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington

By Scott R. Flick, Elizabeth Craig and Adam J. Sandler|2024-09-19T14:27:17-05:00September 19th, 2024|Legal News|

October 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington 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 […]

FCC Applies Rural Radio Policy to Block Move of Silent AM Station to New City of License – Do We Still Need a Rural Radio Policy?

By David Oxenford|2024-09-19T11:12:15-05:00September 19th, 2024|Legal News|

Our recent posts have been obsessed with the FCC’s regulatory fees and the issues with the CORES fee filing system miscomputing the fees for many radio stations (an issue that seemingly has now been resolved so that payments can be made by the September 26 deadline). In doing so, we have minimized our coverage of... Continue Reading…

EAS Participants Must File FCC Form One by October 4, 2024

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Adam J. Sandler|2024-09-18T10:58:36-05:00September 18th, 2024|Legal News|

The FCC’s rules require that all Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants update their identifying information in the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) annually. Accordingly, all EAS Participants must update and submit their ETRS Form One for 2024 by Friday, October 4, 2024. For broadcasters, EAS Participants include full power radio and TV broadcast stations, low […]

FCC Announces Filing of Radio Regulatory Fees is Back On – Due Date Still September 26

By David Oxenford|2024-09-18T07:52:47-05:00September 18th, 2024|Legal News|

The FCC yesterday released a Public Notice announcing that its CORES system, through which regulatory fees are submitted, has been updated and the incorrect regulatory fee amounts for radio stations have been corrected. As we wrote last week, the FCC asked that radio broadcasters suspend their fee filings when it became apparent that many radio... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 9, 2024 to September 13, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-09-15T07:52:45-05:00September 15th, 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. Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 9, 2024 to September 13, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-09-15T07:52:45-05:00September 15th, 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. Continue Reading…

FCC Recognizes Issues with Regulatory Fee Amounts in CORES Filing System: Asks Broadcasters to Wait to Pay Fees While Problems are Addressed

By David Oxenford|2024-09-13T16:41:51-05:00September 13th, 2024|Legal News|

As we noted on our Blog earlier this week, there were reported problems with the system for filing annual regulatory fees. Fee amounts in the FCC’s CORES system, where the fee payments are made, were not corresponding in some cases to the FCC’s look-up system for checking what a station’s regulatory fees were supposed to... Continue Reading…

FCC Advises AM and FM Broadcasters Not to Pay 2024 Regulatory Fee Payments Pending Resolution of System Errors

By Jessica T. Nyman|2024-09-13T13:51:53-05:00September 13th, 2024|Legal News|

Earlier this week, the FCC opened CORES to accept FY 2024 regulatory fee payments and announced a payment deadline of September 26, 2024. Since that time, however, broadcasters have encountered a number of issues when trying to pay their fees. The most common issues include: Difficulty accessing the system Assessment of inaccurate fees Failure to […]

FEC to Consider AI in Political Ads at Their September 19 Meeting – A New Compromise Proposal is Advanced

By David Oxenford|2024-09-13T11:01:18-05:00September 13th, 2024|Legal News|

After postponing consideration of a proposal (which we wrote about here) from the Republican Commissioners at the Federal Election Commission to reject calls for a rulemaking to look at whether to require that there be labeling of political ads generated by artificial intelligence that falsely depicts a candidate, the AI item is back on the... Continue Reading…