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October 2025 Regulatory Updates for Broadcasters – Possible Government Shutdown, Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, EEO Public File Reports, EEO Audit Responses, ETRS Filing Deadline, LPTV/TV Translator Filing Windows, and More

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2025-09-28T22:31:57-05:00September 28th, 2025|Legal News|

October is, on paper, a busy month of regulatory deadlines for broadcasters. As set forth below, the month includes the requirement for almost all broadcasters to complete and upload to their public file their Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, as well as the date for broadcasters to submit to the FCC their ETRS Form One reporting basic... 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 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…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 30, 2024 to October 4, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-10-06T08:18:21-05:00October 6th, 2024|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. Continue Reading…

October 2024 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues Programs Lists, Annual EEO Public File Reports, ETRS Form One, Comment Deadlines, and More (If the Government is Open)

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-09-25T09:54:04-05:00September 25th, 2024|Legal News|

October is, on paper, another busy month of regulatory deadlines for broadcasters. But there is again the looming possibility of a federal government shutdown beginning October 1 if Congress fails to fund the government for the coming year (or pass a “continuing resolution” to allow government agencies to function at their current levels). While as... Continue Reading…

September 2024 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – FCC Regulatory Fees, LUC Window for the General Election, Comment Deadlines on AI in Political Advertising and More

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-08-28T10:50:45-05:00August 28th, 2024|Legal News|

It is time for our update on the coming month’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... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 12, 2024 to August 16, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-08-18T08:56:08-05:00August 18th, 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 obligation of EAS Participants, including broadcasters, to file their EAS Test Reporting... Continue Reading…

Even Though No Nationwide EAS Test is Scheduled, FCC Reminds Broadcasters – Both Commercial and Noncommercial – To File ETRS Form One by October 4, 2024

By David Oxenford|2024-08-16T11:27:08-05:00August 16th, 2024|Legal News|

With a number of upcoming regulatory deadlines approaching, including regulatory fees that will likely be announced in the next two weeks with a payment deadline before October 1, we thought that this would be a good time to remind broadcasters of EAS filing obligation that they may have missed as there has not been the... Continue Reading…

Even Though No Nationwide EAS Test is Scheduled, FCC Reminds Broadcasters – Both Commercial and Noncommercial – To File ETRS Form One by October 4, 2024

By David Oxenford|2024-08-16T11:27:08-05:00August 16th, 2024|Legal News|

With a number of upcoming regulatory deadlines approaching, including regulatory fees that will likely be announced in the next two weeks with a payment deadline before October 1, we thought that this would be a good time to remind broadcasters of EAS filing obligation that they may have missed as there has not been the... Continue Reading…