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Reinstating FCC Form 395-B Reporting on the Race and Gender of Broadcast Employees – What the Action Means for Broadcasters

By |2024-02-27T09:06:14-06:00February 27th, 2024|Legal News|

On February 22, the FCC released an Order reinstating the requirement for radio and television broadcasters, commercial and noncommercial, to annually file an FCC Form 395-B.  All station employment groups with 5 or more full-time employees would need to classify all station employees, both full-time and part-time, by race or ethnicity and gender, as well... Continue Reading…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  January 29, 2024 to February 2, 2024

By |2024-02-04T09:43:34-06:00February 4th, 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, summarized upcoming February regulatory dates for broadcasters.  We reminded commercial radio stations of the April... Continue Reading…

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Commercial Radio Station Revenue Must Be Reported to ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC by April 1

By |2024-01-31T10:08:02-06:00January 31st, 2024|Legal News|

We often write about issues concerning the royalties paid by radio stations for their various uses of music.  It is not just paying the royalties that are important, but stations must also observe all of all the other obligations under each of their license agreements.  The Radio Music License Committee asked us to remind commercial... Continue Reading…

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February Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Annual EEO Public File Reports, C-Band Transition Reimbursement, Political Windows, and More

By |2024-01-29T21:55:42-06:00January 29th, 2024|Legal News|

President Biden’s signing of the Continuing Resolution last week (see our discussion here) has kept the federal government open, with the FCC and FTC having money to stay open through March 8.  So the FCC will be open and thus there are February regulatory dates to which broadcasters should be paying attention.  February 1 is... Continue Reading…

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FCC Proposes to Prioritize Processing of Applications by Stations with Local Programming – And Asks Many Questions About Whether the FCC Should Have Abolished the Main Studio Rule

By |2024-01-26T09:37:14-06:00January 26th, 2024|Legal News|

The FCC last week issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed to give incentives to broadcasters to air more local journalism and local programming by prioritizing the processing of certain applications by stations that feature local programming.  That decision drew dissents from both of the FCC’s Republican Commissioners, not because of the proposal for the... Continue Reading…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  January 8 to January 12, 2024

By |2024-01-14T09:09:39-06:00January 14th, 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. Our Broadcast Law Blog, we looked at the Copyright Royalty Board’s announcement of the start of a new proceeding to... Continue Reading…

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

By |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…

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