This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 30, 2022 to May 6, 2022

By |2022-05-08T07:30:09-05:00May 8th, 2022|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. Follow field testing by GeoBroadcast Solutions of its zonecasting system, the FCC opened a new comment period for interested parties... Continue Reading…

More FCC Broadcast Applications Moving to LMS – Including Requests for STAs

By |2022-05-04T09:56:07-05:00May 4th, 2022|Legal News|

The FCC this week released a Public Notice (that we mentioned in our update on regulatory dates for May) announcing that, on May 17, many new applications and other filings will be migrating to the FCC’s newer LMS filing platform.  These include many of the documents that had been until recently filed in the FCC’s... Continue Reading…

May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: LMS Migration of FCC Forms, Lowest Unit Rate Windows, EEO Audits, TV Auction, FM Antenna Rulemaking, and More

By |2022-05-02T09:20:03-05:00May 2nd, 2022|Legal News|

May is one of the few months on the calendar where there are not routine FCC regulatory deadlines.  Yet there are still a number of important dates and deadlines this month (and early next) that broadcasters should note.  Some of those dates and deadlines are below. On March 17, the migration of applications and forms... Continue Reading…

FCC Gives Additional Guidance For Filings that Had Been Made in the CDBS Filing System

By |2022-01-28T11:22:05-06:00January 28th, 2022|Legal News|

As we noted two weeks ago, the FCC has stopped accepting new filings through its CDBS database.  This week, the FCC released a Public Notice which provides further details on how filings that were made in CDBS should now be submitted.  As we noted when the announcement of the end of submissions to the database... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 8, 2022 to January 14, 2022

By |2022-01-16T10:32:37-06:00January 16th, 2022|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. The FCC announced that CDBS, the database where all broadcast applications were filed before most migrated to the newer LMS... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 8, 2022 to January 14, 2022

By |2022-01-16T10:32:37-06:00January 16th, 2022|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. The FCC announced that CDBS, the database where all broadcast applications were filed before most migrated to the newer LMS... Continue Reading…

A Broadcaster’s Regulatory Calendar for 2022 – Looking at Some of the Important Dates for the Year Ahead 

By |2022-01-13T08:22:23-06:00January 13th, 2022|Legal News|

2022 has begun – and we are all wondering what will lie ahead in the New Year.  Each year, at about this time, we put together a look at highlights of the regulatory dates ahead for broadcasters.  This year is no different – and we offer for your review our Broadcaster’s Regulatory Calendar for 2022.  While... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: November 7, 2020 to November 13, 2020

By |2020-11-15T10:05:44-06:00November 15th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On November 12, the notice was published in the Federal Register of the lifting of the filing freeze for certain... Continue Reading…

Broadcast Assignments and Transfer Applications Transition to the LMS Database

By |2020-11-05T10:08:56-06:00November 5th, 2020|Legal News|

While much of the world was focused on election results, the FCC announced its transition of a few more of its applications from the CDBS database that it has used for several decades to its newer LMS database.  The FCC’s Public Notice released earlier this week announced that assignments and transfer applications (both long-form Form... Continue Reading…

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