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May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – EEO Audit Responses, Comment Deadlines on Emergency Broadcasting Matters, Effective Date for Zonecasting with FM Boosters, LUC Windows, and More

By |2024-04-30T08:14:54-05:00April 30th, 2024|Legal News|

While May is one of those months that does not have any routine, scheduled FCC filing deadlines, there are still a number of regulatory dates and deadlines for broadcasters that are worthy of note.  As detailed below, this includes comment deadlines in several FCC rulemaking proceedings, a response deadline for broadcasters caught in the first... Continue Reading…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 22, 2024 to April 26, 2024

By |2024-04-28T10:35:10-05:00April 28th, 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 11 states that had enacted state laws regulating the use of artificial... Continue Reading…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 22, 2024 to April 26, 2024

By |2024-04-28T10:35:10-05:00April 28th, 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 11 states that had enacted state laws regulating the use of artificial... Continue Reading…

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11 States Now Have Laws Limiting Artificial Intelligence, Deep Fakes, and Synthetic Media in Political Advertising – Looking at the Issues

By |2024-04-22T10:29:33-05:00April 22nd, 2024|Legal News|

Artificial Intelligence was the talk of the NAB Convention last week.  Seemingly, not a session took place without some discussion of the impact of AI.  One area that we have written about many times is the impact of AI on political advertising.  Legislative consideration of that issue has exploded in the first quarter of 2024,... Continue Reading…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 15, 2024 to April 19, 2024

By |2024-04-21T09:26:41-05:00April 21st, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this 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 regulations on how broadcasters conduct on-air contests, and the importance that... Continue Reading…

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April Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – EEO Reports, Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, LUC Windows, Rulemaking Comments, and More

By |2024-03-27T15:11:19-05:00March 27th, 2024|Legal News|

For the first time since October, we can say that the federal government is funded for the rest of the fiscal year (through the end of September) so we do not expect to have to report on any threats of a government shutdown for many months. With that worry off our plate, we can look... Continue Reading…

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FCC Still Reviewing Plan to Expand Broadcasters’ Obligations to Obtain Certifications from All Program Buyers on their Connection to Foreign Governments – What is Being Proposed? 

By |2024-03-26T11:13:16-05:00March 26th, 2024|Legal News|

In October 2022, I noted in an article that many broadcasters were totally confused by the FCC’s rules requiring that they seek certifications as to whether or not a foreign government is behind anyone buying programming time on a broadcast station.  In our 2022 article, we noted that, even though broadcasters did not fully understand the existing... Continue Reading…

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