News – Page 92 – Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

FCC License Renewal Applications due on February 1st for Radio Stations in New York and New Jersey, and TV stations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma

By Sara Hinkle|2022-01-12T13:54:13-06:00January 12th, 2022|Legal News|

FCC License renewal applications and associated EEO Program Reports are due on or before Tuesday, February 1st for radio licensees located in New Jersey and New York and television licensees in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Radio and television stations must file renewals regardless of commercial or noncommercial status in the FCC’s licensing Management System (LMS). Both television and radio...… Continue Reading

FCC Ends the CDBS Filing Era with switch to LMS

By FHH Law|2022-01-12T13:21:53-06:00January 12th, 2022|Legal News|

Effective at 5 p.m. EST today, Wednesday, January 12, the FCC’s Media Bureau will no longer accept filings in the Consolidated Database System (CDBS). This move by the Media Bureau is part of the ongoing transition to the Licensing and Management System (LMS) database. The Media Bureau’s sunsetting of CDBS filings will be permanent. The...… Continue Reading

FCC Announces End of Filings in their CDBS Database As of 5 PM Eastern Time Today!

By David Oxenford|2022-01-12T09:28:28-06:00January 12th, 2022|Legal News|

Since the 1990s, the FCC’s Consolidated Database System (CDBS) has been used for filing broadcast applications. In recent years, though, much of the filing activity has been migrated to the FCC’s Licensing and Management System (LMS). While in some ways not as user-friendly as CDBS, LMS apparently has some advantages in, among other things, its... Continue Reading…

Attention Webcasters: January 31 Deadline for Filing Minimum Fee for Webcasting is Rapidly Approaching

By Karyn K. Ablin|2022-01-11T11:46:55-06:00January 11th, 2022|Legal News|

The January 31, 2022 deadline for filing your annual minimum fee and related statement of account with SoundExchange under the webcasting statutory licenses under 17 U.S.C. § 112 and 114 allowing radio broadcasters and others to stream sound recordings (the “statutory licenses”) is just around the corner. The easiest way to pay this fee is to...… Continue Reading

Political Broadcast Rules on the Agenda for FCC’s January Open Meeting

By FHH Law|2022-01-11T10:31:00-06:00January 11th, 2022|Legal News|

On January 27, 2022, the FCC will hold its monthly open meeting. The meeting will address increasing the transparency of internet access service providers, amending the definition of a library to clarify that Tribal libraries are eligible for support from the E-Rate program, and resolving issues associated with white space devices and databases. The most...… Continue Reading

Political Broadcast Rules on the Agenda for FCC’s January Open Meeting

By FHH Law|2022-01-11T10:31:00-06:00January 11th, 2022|Legal News|

On January 27, 2022, the FCC will hold its monthly open meeting. The meeting will address increasing the transparency of internet access service providers, amending the definition of a library to clarify that Tribal libraries are eligible for support from the E-Rate program, and resolving issues associated with white space devices and databases. The most...… Continue Reading

FCC Plans to Adopt Two Minor Changes to its Political Broadcasting Rules – What is Being Changed?

By David Oxenford|2022-01-10T10:43:07-06:00January 10th, 2022|Legal News|

The FCC, at its January 27 monthly open meeting, will be voting on the adoption of two relatively minor changes to its political broadcasting rules. While some press reports suggested that the changes would expand the FCC’s jurisdiction into online political advertising, in fact the draft of the FCC’s Report and Order released last week... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 1, 2022 to January 7, 2022

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2022-01-09T10:32:16-06:00January 9th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC this week announced that it will vote on two items of interest to broadcasters at its next Open... Continue Reading…

GMR and RMLC Announce Confidential Settlement on Music Royalties for Commercial Radio Stations – Broadcasters Must Decide Whether to Opt In by January 31

By David Oxenford|2022-01-07T10:58:00-06:00January 7th, 2022|Legal News|

A conditional settlement of the long-running litigation between Global Music Rights (GMR), a relatively new performing rights organization formed to license the public performance rights to certain musical works, and the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) was announced this week. The terms of the agreement are confidential, so we can’t comment on the specifics of... Continue Reading…