2018 quadrennial review

March Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Sage EAS Compliance Deadline, Effective Dates of New FCC Rules, Comment Deadlines, Daylight Savings Time, Political Windows, and More

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-02-29T10:55:18-06:00February 29th, 2024|Legal News|

While there are a number of regulatory deadlines scheduled for broadcasters in the month of March, there is also the potential for some of those to shift if we have a federal government shutdown. As of the date of the publication of this article, we do not know if a federal government shutdown will occur... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 12, 2024 to February 16, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-02-18T08:58:54-06:00February 18th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Continue Reading…

Sports Rights, the Super Bowl, and the Perception of Local Over-the-Air TV

By David Oxenford|2024-02-07T10:02:23-06:00February 7th, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, when the NFL playoffs and upcoming Super Bowl had everyone thinking football, Congress held a hearing on how streaming media has affected sports and other video programming rights. We noted that hearing in our weekly update this weekend. As we said in our update, the hearing touched on all the video media issues... Continue Reading…

Sports Rights, the Super Bowl, and the Perception of Local Over-the-Air TV

By David Oxenford|2024-02-07T10:02:23-06:00February 7th, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, when the NFL playoffs and upcoming Super Bowl had everyone thinking football, Congress held a hearing on how streaming media has affected sports and other video programming rights. We noted that hearing in our weekly update this weekend. As we said in our update, the hearing touched on all the video media issues... Continue Reading…

The Last Three Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters: December 18, 2023 to January 5, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-01-07T10:36:02-06:00January 7th, 2024|Legal News|

Expecting quiet weeks, we took the holidays off from providing our weekly summary of regulatory actions of interest to broadcasters. But, during that period, there actually were many regulatory developments. Here are some of those developments, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your... Continue Reading…

Gazing into the Crystal Ball at Legal and Policy Issues for Broadcasters in 2024 – Part I: What to Expect From the FCC

By David Oxenford|2024-01-02T10:30:26-06:00January 2nd, 2024|Legal News|

A new year – and our annual opportunity to pull out the crystal ball and look at the legal issues that will be facing broadcasters in the new year. We’ve already published our 2024 Broadcasters Calendar and, as we noted before the holidays, it highlights the many lowest unit rate windows for the November election. ... Continue Reading…

Broadcast Regulation Does Not Take a Vacation: FCC Resolves 2018 Quadrennial Review with No Significant Changes in Ownership Rules; Proposes a Reporting System for Retransmission Blackouts; and Advances New EEO Reporting Rules

By David Oxenford|2023-12-28T10:48:32-06:00December 28th, 2023|Legal News|

While we normally publish a weekly summary of regulatory actions relevant to broadcasters, the weekend before last we said that we would take the holiday weeks off – and return with a summary on January 7 of all that occurred over the break – unless there was news in the interim. Well, there has been... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: November 20 to December 1, 2023

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2023-12-03T09:33:56-06:00December 3rd, 2023|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past two weeks, 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 wrote an article setting out many of the most significant regulatory dates for... Continue Reading…

December Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Biennial Ownership Reports, Annual EEO Public File Reports, LPFM Filing Window, LUC Political Windows for 2024 Election, and More

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2023-11-29T08:58:14-06:00November 29th, 2023|Legal News|

Even with the holidays upon us, regulation never stops. There are numerous regulatory dates in December to which broadcasters need to keep in mind. Furthermore, as the 2024 presidential campaign is already underway, there are political advertising deadlines to watch out for. Here are some of the upcoming deadlines: December 1 is the filing deadline... Continue Reading…