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FCC Delays Filing Date for Biennial Ownership Report While Considering Its Value – What Other Broadcast Regulatory Obligations May Be Under Review?

By |2025-08-08T11:07:23-05:00August 8th, 2025|Legal News|

Last week, as we noted in our last regular summary of the prior week’s regulatory activity, the FCC’s Media Bureau announced that it had waived the requirement for broadcasters to file their next Biennial Ownership Reports while the FCC considers whether to even continue to require the use of this form.  Ownership reports were set... Continue Reading…

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EAS Participants Must File FCC Form One by October 3, 2025

By |2025-08-05T07:52:22-05:00August 5th, 2025|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, the FCC has released a Public Notice announcing that the deadline for updating and submitting the ETRS Form One for 2025 will be Friday, October 3, 2025. For broadcasters, EAS Participants include […]

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 28, 2025 to August 1, 2025

By |2025-08-03T08:00:35-05:00August 3rd, 2025|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, we took a look at broadcasters’ regulatory deadlines in August, discussing the likely release of... Continue Reading…

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Streamline, Simplify, Deregulate: The FCC Adopts “Direct Final Rule” Approach to Expedite Rule Deletions

By |2025-08-01T10:08:55-05:00August 1st, 2025|Legal News|

Earlier this year, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr initiated a sweeping initiative to review “every rule, regulation, or guidance document” that could be eliminated “for the purposes of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.”  At its July Open Meeting, the Commission voted 2-1 to adopt a Direct Final Rule framework to enable it to act expeditiously in the […]

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August 2025 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Watching for the Annual Reg Fee Announcement, EEO Annual Filings, Comment Deadlines, and Political Windows

By |2025-08-01T09:51:58-05:00August 1st, 2025|Legal News|

Although many, including Congress, take the last of their summer vacations in August, there are still many dates to which broadcasters should be paying attention this month.  One deadline that most commercial broadcasters should be anticipating is the FCC’s order that will set the amount of their Annual Regulatory Fees, which will be paid sometime... Continue Reading…

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FCC Enforcement Monitor July 2025

By |2025-07-31T13:27:46-05:00July 31st, 2025|Legal News|

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: TV Group Owner Enters $222,500 Consent Decree Over Pornographic Broadcast Hack Kentucky Radio Station License Revoked Over Unpaid Regulatory Fees FCC Threatens Chinese Telecom […]

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FCC Temporarily Suspends Biennial Ownership Reporting Requirement

By |2025-07-29T19:05:40-05:00July 29th, 2025|Legal News|

While at this stage it is only a temporary win, in the spirit of Chairman Carr’s Delete, Delete, Delete proceeding, the FCC today released a Public Notice announcing that the Commission is suspending the requirement that broadcasters file Biennial Ownership Reports until June 1, 2027 or further notice, whichever occurs first.  The reports are normally […]

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