The 25th Annual FCBA Charity Auction (a joint production of the FCBA’s Young Lawyers Committee and the FCBA Foundation) is happening on Thursday, November 7, 2014, from 6:30-10:00 p.m. in the Sphinx Ballroom at the Almas Temple, 1615 K Street, N....
Wireless Bureau invites comments on possible ways to encourage “more intensive” use of Part 22 spectrum. Late on a Friday afternoon in mid-October, the Wireless Bureau issued a curious public notice reminding licensees in the Paging and Ra...
Wilkommen, Bienvenu, Welcome! Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth is pleased to announce that Bob Winteringham has joined us as Of Counsel. A former Deputy General Counsel at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Bob will focus on assisting clients in th...
Last week we reported on the establishment of opposition and reply deadlines with respect to a couple dozen or so petitions seeking reconsideration of the Commission’s spectrum auction Report and Order. According to a follow-up notice in the Fede...
Almost a year ago we reported on the adoption of a number of rules designed to improve performance of the 911 system in the aftermath of the 2012 “derecho” storm. Most of the new rules had taken effect by February of this year, but a couple...
Lawsuit begun in 2009 could be wrapped up next March. Check your mailbox for more details. If you’re a full-power TV licensee, in the near future you can expect to be receiving (or you may already have received) a note from the Television Music L...
Since our note Friday about November regulatory dates for broadcasters, it’s become clear that the FCC will be acting on two more matters of interest to broadcasters – particularly radio broadcasters though each have some implications for TV as well. First, as we hinted at the end of our article on Friday (the rumors that … Continue Reading
Wireless Bureau sets final deadline for M-LMS build-outs. Way back before GPS was so widely available, the Commission created the Multilateration Location and Monitoring Service (M-LMS). Its purpose: keeping track of vehicles. Think operators pinpointi...
The month of November is one of those rare months on the FCC calendar when there are few routine regulatory filing deadlines for broadcasters. In odd years, we would have Biennial Ownership Reports but, being an even year, we can wait until 2015 for that obligation for commercial broadcasters. There is a new November 28 … Continue Reading