FM Programming Nonduplication Rule Goes Back into Effect – A Win for the Music Industry While the NAB Objects

By |2024-08-08T09:15:52-05:00August 8th, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, as we noted in our monthly look ahead at the regulatory dates of importance to broadcasters in August, the reinstatement of the rule prohibiting the duplication of programming on FM stations went into effect.  The FCC Order reinstating the rule is interesting both for its substance, and for the parties pushing for that... Continue Reading…

FM Programming Nonduplication Rule Goes Back into Effect – A Win for the Music Industry While the NAB Objects

By |2024-08-08T09:15:52-05:00August 8th, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, as we noted in our monthly look ahead at the regulatory dates of importance to broadcasters in August, the reinstatement of the rule prohibiting the duplication of programming on FM stations went into effect.  The FCC Order reinstating the rule is interesting both for its substance, and for the parties pushing for that... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 1, 2024 to July 5, 2024

By |2024-07-07T09:49:22-05:00July 7th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this 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 impact on broadcasters of the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Chevron Doctrine... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 1, 2024 to July 5, 2024

By |2024-07-07T09:49:22-05:00July 7th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this 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 impact on broadcasters of the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Chevron Doctrine... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 1, 2020 to August 7, 2020

By |2020-08-08T16:37:51-05:00August 8th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal actions and 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. The FCC acted this week on two media modernization items that had been teed up for... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 25, 2020 to July 31, 2020

By |2020-08-02T10:34:34-05:00August 2nd, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters – and a look ahead to the FCC’s consideration of two media modernization items in the coming week.  Links are also provided for you to find more information on how these actions may affect your operations. This week,... Continue Reading…

A Deeper Look at the FCC’s Proposal to Eliminate Program Duplication Rules for AM But Not FM Stations – Looking to All Digital AM? 

By |2020-07-21T09:39:59-05:00July 21st, 2020|Legal News|

FCC rules currently prohibit radio stations in the same service (AM or FM) that have over 50% overlap of their principal community contours (the 70 dBu for FM stations and the 5 mV/m contour for AM stations) from duplicating more than 25 per cent of the total hours in their average programming week.  In preparation... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 11, 2020 to July 17, 2020

By |2020-07-18T13:27:06-05:00July 18th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the FCC regulatory and legal actions of the last week—and congressional action in the coming 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. The Media Bureau reminded broadcasters that July 13, 2021—the hard deadline for... Continue Reading…

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