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January 2026 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, Children’s Television Programming Reporting, New Webcasting Royalties, Expansion of Audio Description Requirements, Comment Deadlines, Political Windows, and More

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2025-12-28T09:46:55-06:00December 28th, 2025|Legal News|

Today, we would normally publish our look back at the prior week’s regulatory activity of importance to broadcasters but, as we noted last week, we are taking this week off and will publish a summary of the regulatory activity during the two week holiday period next Sunday. But, as the start of a new month... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: November 17, 2025 to November 21, 2025

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2025-11-23T09:31:06-06:00November 23rd, 2025|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. Continue Reading…

November 2025 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Federal Government Shutdown, Daylight Savings Time, Comment Deadlines, FCC Open Meeting, and more

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2025-11-02T13:50:10-06:00November 2nd, 2025|Legal News|

In November, the biggest regulatory news may be the continuing federal government shutdown is continuing. If the shutdown persists, comment deadlines discussed below may shift until after the government resumes normal operations. As we discussed here, the FCC provided guidelines before the shutdown began on how regulatory deadlines would be impacted during the government shutdown,... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 24, 2025 to February 28, 2025

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2025-03-02T08:08:43-06:00March 2nd, 2025|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 provided our regular monthly look ahead at the important regulatory dates for broadcasters in... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 6 to March 10, 2023

By David Oxenford and Robert Primosch|2023-03-12T09:22:35-05:00March 12th, 2023|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. Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 14, 2021 to August 20, 2021

By David Oxenford|2021-08-22T10:03:46-05:00August 22nd, 2021|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Two Federal Register notices set dates for changes to the FCC’s EAS rules. We wrote about these issues here and... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 14, 2021 to August 20, 2021

By David Oxenford|2021-08-22T10:03:46-05:00August 22nd, 2021|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Two Federal Register notices set dates for changes to the FCC’s EAS rules. We wrote about these issues here and... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 10, 2021 to April 16, 2021

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2021-04-18T07:22:15-05:00April 18th, 2021|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. According to press reports, broadcasters should pencil in August 11, 2021 on their calendars for the next national test of... Continue Reading…

April Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: License Renewal, Issues/Programs Lists, EEO, Webcasting Royalties and More

By David Oxenford|2021-03-26T09:37:26-05:00March 26th, 2021|Legal News|

After a long winter, spring has finally arrived and has brought with it more daylight and warmer temperatures—two occurrences that do not necessarily pair well with keeping up with broadcast regulatory dates and deadlines. Here are some of the important dates coming in April. Be sure to consult with your FCC counsel on all other... Continue Reading…