This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  September 5, 2020 to September 11, 2020

By |2020-09-13T10:38:30-05:00September 13th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal actions and developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Information on the FY 2020 regulatory fee process continues to roll out, in advance of the... Continue Reading…

Media Bureau Regulatory Fee Instructions Issued – No Fees for Translator CPs

By |2020-09-09T10:16:22-05:00September 9th, 2020|Legal News|

The Media Bureau yesterday issued its Fact Sheet for the Annual Regulatory Fees for 2020 – expanding on the information available in the various public notices released last week, about which we wrote here.  This Fact Sheet sets out the general information as to how much is owed by various classes of broadcast stations.  The... Continue Reading…

2020 Annual Regulatory Fees Due by September 25 – Fee Filer Now Open and FCC Accepting Waiver Requests

By |2020-09-08T11:16:01-05:00September 8th, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC released a Public Notice late Friday afternoon announcing the annual regulatory fees for 2020 will be due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on September 25, and setting out the procedures for payment.  Another Public Notice announced that the fee filing system is now open to accept fee payment.  A third Public Notice set... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 29, 2020 to September 4, 2020

By |2020-09-07T10:08:31-05:00September 7th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal actions and developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC released its Report and Order on annual regulatory fees for fiscal year 2020 and,... Continue Reading…

FCC Releases Order on Regulatory Fees – No Widespread Waivers of Fees But Some Deferred Payments Possible – Payment Dates Coming Soon

By |2020-09-02T10:38:49-05:00September 2nd, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC’s order on this year’s annual regulatory fees was released by the FCC this week.  The FCC rejected calls to forgive broadcast regulatory fees because of the economic fallout of the pandemic, noting that only Congress could pass such relief, as the FCC is required by law to collect fees sufficient to cover the... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 22, 2020 to August 28, 2020

By |2020-08-30T22:57:01-05:00August 30th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how they may affect your operations. The FCC this week released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing changes to the fees it charges broadcasters for... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation: August 15, 2020 to August 21, 2020

By |2020-08-23T09:57:48-05:00August 23rd, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal actions and developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. We noted in last week’s update that the FCC’s Annual Regulatory Fees Order, setting the the... Continue Reading…

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