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November 2024 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: AM Stations Need to Adjust to the End of Daylight Savings Time, Deadline for Aural Description of Visual Emergency Alerts for TV, Final Rules for FM Zonecasting, and More

By |2024-10-31T09:33:29-05:00October 31st, 2024|Legal News|

With much of everyone’s focus on the outcome of the November 5 general election, broadcasters can’t forget the regulatory dates and deadlines in November and early December.  While the dates and deadlines in November are lighter than in many other months, many routine deadlines do fall in early December, and even the upcoming month does... Continue Reading…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  October 21, 2024 to October 25, 2024

By |2024-10-27T08:32:23-05:00October 27th, 2024|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 discussed the FCC’s announcement last week regarding the second round of 2024 EEO audit... Continue Reading…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  October 7, 2024 to October 11, 2024

By |2024-10-13T08:44:03-05:00October 13th, 2024|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 discussed how broadcasters, in the last weeks before the November election, should evaluate political... Continue Reading…

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Broadcasters Should Evaluate Attack Ads for Liability Concerns in the Final Weeks Before the November Election

By |2024-10-10T10:32:50-05:00October 10th, 2024|Legal News|

With less than a month to go before the November election, we can expect more and more attack ads, some of which may lead to cease and desist letters from the candidate being attacked.  These letters can raise the risk of defamation claims against broadcasters and cable companies when the ads are not bought by... Continue Reading…

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Broadcasters Should Evaluate Attack Ads for Liability Concerns in the Final Weeks Before the November Election

By |2024-10-10T10:32:50-05:00October 10th, 2024|Legal News|

With less than a month to go before the November election, we can expect more and more attack ads, some of which may lead to cease and desist letters from the candidate being attacked.  These letters can raise the risk of defamation claims against broadcasters and cable companies when the ads are not bought by... Continue Reading…

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October 2024 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues Programs Lists, Annual EEO Public File Reports, ETRS Form One, Comment Deadlines, and More (If the Government is Open)

By |2024-09-25T09:54:04-05:00September 25th, 2024|Legal News|

October is, on paper, another busy month of regulatory deadlines for broadcasters.  But there is again the looming possibility of a federal government shutdown beginning October 1 if Congress fails to fund the government for the coming year (or pass a “continuing resolution” to allow government agencies to function at their current levels).  While as... Continue Reading…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 16, 2024 to September 20, 2024

By |2024-09-21T21:00:19-05:00September 21st, 2024|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 discussed how the recent use of the rural radio policy by the FCC’s Media... Continue Reading…

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