Children’s Programming and Advertising – Page 5 – Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

FCC Provides Broadcasters Limited Relief on April Children’s Programming Preemptions and Pre-Filing Notices for June 1 Renewal Filings

By David Oxenford|2020-04-10T09:28:46-05:00April 10th, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC announced two actions yesterday providing broadcasters targeted relief during the heart of this pandemic. In a Public Notice released yesterday, the FCC announced that it will waive its rules to allow the preemption of children’s educational and informational programs during the month of April to allow TV stations to air live or near-live... Continue Reading…

A Webinar on FCC Issues for Broadcasters During the Current Crisis – And One More FCC Action on Sponsorship Identification on Paid PSAs

By David Oxenford|2020-04-06T09:24:10-05:00April 6th, 2020|Legal News|

In the last three weeks, we have written about actions that the FCC has taken to help broadcasters through the current crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus. The FCC appears to realize that the business of broadcasting in the current crisis is vastly different than it was just a month ago. The FCC has provided... Continue Reading…

FCC Announces Extensions of Deadlines to Upload Quarterly Issues Programs List and to File Annual Children’s Television Report

By David Oxenford|2020-03-29T11:24:48-05:00March 29th, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC on Friday released a Public Notice announcing that they are giving stations more time in which to upload their Quarterly Issues Programs lists to their online public file and to file their first Annual Children’s Television Report. In our list of April regulatory dates for broadcasters last week, we had highlighted both of... Continue Reading…

FCC Activity in the Time of COVID-19 – Commission Meeting to be Held Virtually, Commissioner O’Rielly Nominated for New Term

By David Oxenford|2020-03-25T10:51:36-05:00March 25th, 2020|Legal News|

FCC business marches on in this time of social distancing and mandatory lockdowns, though with modifications caused by the circumstances in which we find ourselves. The FCC released a Public Notice yesterday announcing that its monthly open meeting scheduled for March 31 will be held by teleconference rather than live in the FCC meeting room. ... Continue Reading…

FCC Activity in the Time of COVID-19 – Commission Meeting to be Held Virtually, Commissioner O’Rielly Nominated for New Term

By David Oxenford|2020-03-25T10:51:36-05:00March 25th, 2020|Legal News|

FCC business marches on in this time of social distancing and mandatory lockdowns, though with modifications caused by the circumstances in which we find ourselves. The FCC released a Public Notice yesterday announcing that its monthly open meeting scheduled for March 31 will be held by teleconference rather than live in the FCC meeting room. ... Continue Reading…

April Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: The FCC May Be Teleworking, But Regulation Goes On

By David Oxenford|2020-03-24T10:20:19-05:00March 24th, 2020|Legal News|

Life has been upended for most Americans due to the spread of the coronavirus and that tumult is, of course, reaching broadcasters as it reaches others throughout the country. As we wrote here, like many agencies and businesses, as part of its COVID-19 response, the FCC has moved most of its workforce to teleworking in... Continue Reading…

March Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters—Children’s Television Reports, Lowest Unit Rate Windows, EEO Audit Responses, AM Revitalization Comments, License Renewal Preparation and More

By David Oxenford|2020-02-24T11:06:39-06:00February 24th, 2020|Legal News|

As the calendar flips to March, many of us have put our trust in Punxsutawney Phil’s weather forecasting expertise that an early spring is coming. A surer place to put our trust, however, is in the guarantee that there are always some regulatory dates about which broadcasters should be aware. While March is a month... Continue Reading…

A Broadcaster’s 2020 Regulatory Calendar – Looking at Some of the Important Dates for the Year Ahead

By David Oxenford|2020-01-09T08:23:47-06:00January 9th, 2020|Legal News|

Here we are, more than a week into the New Year, and already we’ve written about a host of regulatory issues that will be facing broadcasters in the first month of the year (see for instance our articles here and here). But what about the rest of the year? As we do most years, we’ve... Continue Reading…

While You Were on Vacation….Looking at FCC Regulatory Actions over the Holidays and Deadlines for January

By David Oxenford|2020-01-06T10:45:49-06:00January 6th, 2020|Legal News|

While many of us were trying to enjoy the holidays, the world of regulation kept right on moving, seemingly never taking time off. So we thought that we ought to highlight some of the actions taken by the FCC in the last couple weeks and to also remind you of some of the upcoming January... Continue Reading…