Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the 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: Numerous Rule Violations Lead to Consent Decree and Sale for Kentucky FM Stations Notice of Violation Issued to Michigan FM Translator Licensee for Excess […]
Broadcasters’ next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2026, reflecting information for the months of July, August, and September 2026. 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 […]
Broadcasters’ next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2026, reflecting information for the months of July, August, and September 2026. 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 […]
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 […]
October 1, 2026 is the deadline for commercial TV stations to (1) upload to their online Public Inspection File their must-carry/retransmission consent carriage election statements for the three-year cycle covering January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2029, and (2) directly notify MVPDs of any changes to their carriage elections. Under the FCC’s electronic carriage election […]
As we reported last week, the FCC adopted its Report and Order establishing the annual regulatory fees for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. Today, the FCC released a Public Notice announcing that those regulatory fees must be paid no later than 11:59 PM, Eastern Daylight Time, on September 24, 2026. In a second Public Notice, the […]
Yesterday, the FCC released its Report and Order adopting a schedule of regulatory fees to cover the Commission’s Fiscal Year 2026 salaries and expenses appropriation of $416,112,000.00. The Order largely follows the approach set out in the FCC’s April 2026 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”), continuing the full-time employee (“FTE”)-based methodology the FCC has used […]
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the 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: Georgia GMRS Licensee Receives Notice of Violation for Improperly Linking Repeaters FCC Cites Electronic Billboard Owner in Colorado for Years of Harmful Interference Three […]
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the 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: FCC Proposes $25,000 Fines Against Eight Companies for Failing to Respond to Enforcement Bureau Letters of Inquiry Louisiana Broadband Provider Enters $10,000 Consent Decree […]