EEO Compliance/Diversity

FTC Drops Appeal of Court’s Rejection of Nationwide Ban on Noncompete Agreements – To Pursue Individual Cases Where Noncompetes are an Unfair Trade Practice

By David Oxenford|2025-09-10T09:19:50-05:00September 10th, 2025|Legal News|

The Federal Trade Commission last week announced that it was dropping its appeal of a court decision which put on hold an FTC order adopted during the Biden administration which banned noncompete agreements in all industries across the country (see our note here). This ban was a concern to many in the broadcast industry as... Continue Reading…

September 2025 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – FCC Regulatory Fees, Political Windows, EAS Event Code, Rulemaking Comment Deadlines, and more

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2025-08-26T10:33:37-05:00August 26th, 2025|Legal News|

It is time for our look at September’s regulatory dates and deadlines to which broadcasters should be paying attention – and the deadline that probably is most important to all commercial broadcasters is not yet known. That, of course, is the deadline for the payment of annual regulatory fees – which must be made before... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 18, 2025 to August 22, 2025

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2025-08-24T07:30:59-05:00August 24th, 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. With the upcoming long Labor Day weekend, depending on the news in the next week, we may not publish this... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 11, 2025 to August 15, 2025

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2025-08-17T08:46:23-05:00August 17th, 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 release last week of its first EEO audit notice for 2025... Continue Reading…

A Closer Look At the FCC’s First EEO Notice of 2025 – New Questions to Root Out DEI Issues

By David Oxenford|2025-08-12T09:25:14-05:00August 12th, 2025|Legal News|

In our recent post on the FCC’s first EEO audit of the Carr administration at the FCC, we expressed surprise that the audit was released, thinking that the Commission might move to revise the EEO rules and put enforcement of the current rules on hold, just as it has done with the Biennial Ownership Reports. ... Continue Reading…

FCC Issues First EEO Audit Notice of 2025 – To Audit 300 Radio and TV Stations

By David Oxenford|2025-08-10T16:53:34-05:00August 10th, 2025|Legal News|

On Friday, the FCC released its first EEO audit notice for 2025 – and the first to be issued under the new administration at the FCC. The FCC’s Public Notice, audit letter, and the list of the 400 radio and TV stations selected for audit is available here. Those stations, and the station employment units (commonly owned or... Continue Reading…

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

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|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…

FCC Delays Filing Date for Biennial Ownership Report While Considering Its Value – What Other Broadcast Regulatory Obligations May Be Under Review?

By David Oxenford|2025-08-08T11:07:23-05:00August 8th, 2025|Legal News|

Last week, as we noted in our last regular summary of the prior week’s regulatory activity, the FCC’s Media Bureau announced that it had waived the requirement for broadcasters to file their next Biennial Ownership Reports while the FCC considers whether to even continue to require the use of this form. Ownership reports were set... Continue Reading…

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

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|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…