This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  September 8, 2025 to September 12, 2025

By |2025-09-13T21:22:01-05:00September 13th, 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 highlighted the FCC Public Notices and Fact Sheets detailing the procedures for paying broadcasters’... Continue Reading…

The Last Two Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 25, 2025 to September 5, 2025

By |2025-09-07T09:48:23-05:00September 7th, 2025|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past two weeks, 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, in addition to the articles on regulatory fees and the LPTV/TV translator windows mentioned... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 4, 2025 to August 8, 2025

By |2025-08-10T08:51:09-05:00August 10th, 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 discussed the FCC’s decision last week to delay the filing date for broadcasters’ biennial... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 28, 2025 to August 1, 2025

By |2025-08-03T08:00:35-05:00August 3rd, 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 took a look at broadcasters’ regulatory deadlines in August, discussing the likely release of... Continue Reading…

Comment Dates Set on the FCC Request to Update the Record on the 39% National TV Ownership Cap

By |2025-07-09T10:02:26-05:00July 9th, 2025|Legal News|

Only three weeks ago, we published an article on the FCC’s request for public comment to update the record in the 2018 proceeding looking at whether to change the 39% national cap on the ownership of television stations. That request for comments was published in the Federal Register yesterday, setting the deadline for comments. Comments... Continue Reading…

FCC Asks for Public Comment on Proposal to Update the 39% National Ownership Cap for Television

By |2025-06-26T21:16:01-05:00June 26th, 2025|Legal News|

Last week, the FCC released a Public Notice requesting comments to refresh the record compiled in 2018 in a proceeding that proposed to review the TV national ownership cap.  That cap limits any company from having attributable interests in full-power TV stations that reach more than 39% of the nationwide TV audience.  That 2018 proceeding... Continue Reading…

July 2025 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters –Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, Comment Deadlines, Political Windows, and more

By |2025-06-24T11:51:09-05:00June 24th, 2025|Legal News|

The lazy days of summer provide little respite from the regulatory actions of importance to broadcasters.  July brings quarterly requirements, including most importantly, the obligation to upload Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists to a station’s online public file.  There are comment deadlines in July in three FCC proceedings: on regulatory fees, on a proposal for LPTV stations... Continue Reading…

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