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October 1 Deadline Approaching for TV Stations’ Must-Carry/Retransmission Consent Elections
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 […]
FCC Sets September 24 as Deadline for FY 2026 Regulatory Fees
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 […]
FCC Sets 2026 Regulatory Fees
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 […]
FCC Enforcement Monitor — August 2026
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 […]
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October 1 Deadline Approaching for TV Stations’ Must-Carry/Retransmission Consent Elections
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 […]
FCC Sets September 24 as Deadline for FY 2026 Regulatory Fees
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 […]