Complaint process

FCC Adopts New FM Translator Interference Complaint Procedures

By Dan Kirkpatrick and Keenan Adamchak|2019-06-21T09:23:23-05:00June 21st, 2019|Legal News|

On May 9, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) issued a Report and Order in which it adopted new procedures used to resolve interference complaints against FM translator stations. We previously blogged about the proposed reforms to the complaint procedures in a May 21, 2018 article. Sections 74.1203(a) and 74.1204(f) of the...… Continue Reading

FCC Adopts Uniform Formal Complaint Procedural Rules

By Helena Okolicsanyi|2018-07-26T15:53:55-05:00July 26th, 2018|Legal News|

After decades of handling formal complaints using no less than three different sets of rules, the FCC has finally adopted uniform procedures that generally apply to all formal complaints filed with the Commission. Alongside Chairman Ajit Pai, Commissioners Michael O’Rielly and Brendan Carr praised the measure to get formal complaints all under one roof. However,...… Continue Reading