Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: FCC Seeks $20,000 Fine for Long-Term Unauthorized Operations at California AM Station Failure to File License Applications Brings $13,000 Proposed Fine for Washington LPTV Stations […]
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: FCC Shifts Battle Against Pirates to Landowners of Pirate Radio Sites Nevada Company Faces $100,000 Fine for Engaging in Prohibited Communications During FCC Auction FCC […]
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: FCC Orders Dismantling of Unlit Arkansas Tower New York Man Ordered to Cease Operating Interference-Causing Device Louisiana Corporation Fined for Engaging in Prohibited Communications during […]
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: Broadcasters Fined for Late-Filed Issues/Programs Lists Cable Sports Network Receives Proposed Fine of $20,000 for EAS Violation FCC Enters Consent Decrees with Wireless Providers for […]
On October 10, 2019, the FCC announced that it will hold a full-power FM Broadcast auction for 130 new construction permits starting on April 28, 2020. For now, the FCC is seeking comment on the procedures for the auction, although it does not propose any significant changes from past FM broadcast auctions. In connection with […]
Court green lights FCC use of updated software for OET-69 calculations A seemingly small but crucial element of the FCC’s incentive auction preparations has survived a broadside attack in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. As...
Latest Greenhill estimates incorporate more sophisticated procedures and analytics, results of AWS-3 auction. Let’s say that you’re a TV broadcaster (full-service or Class A), and you’ve been thinking about participating in the Incen...
FCC tries to tie down crucial elements of underlying auction design, including definitions of “clearing targets”, “spectrum impairments” While the schedule may have slipped some, the Incentive Auction is still on its way. And ev...
Last week we reported on the establishment of opposition and reply deadlines with respect to a couple dozen or so petitions seeking reconsideration of the Commission’s spectrum auction Report and Order. According to a follow-up notice in the Fede...