This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 19, 2026 to January 23, 2026

By |2026-01-25T07:08:43-06:00January 25th, 2026|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 published our annual article explaining the legal issues that can arise from advertising and... Continue Reading…

FCC Media Bureau Tells Broadcasters that Candidate Appearances on Talk Programs Could Subject Them to Equal Time Demands – More Review of Such Programs Expected From the FCC

By |2026-01-23T10:16:30-06:00January 23rd, 2026|Legal News|

The FCC’s Media Bureau, in a Public Notice released this week, provided guidance that changed the common interpretation of one of the fundamental principles of political broadcasting law for the last thirty years – that a candidate appearance on a regularly scheduled talk program subject to broadcaster control was not subject to equal opportunities claims... Continue Reading…

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

By |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…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  May 27, 2025 to May 29, 2025

By |2025-06-01T07:25:04-05:00June 1st, 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 the upcoming regulatory dates and deadlines in June impacting broadcasters. Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  May 27, 2025 to May 29, 2025

By |2025-06-01T07:25:04-05:00June 1st, 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 the upcoming regulatory dates and deadlines in June impacting broadcasters. Continue Reading…

A Republican FCC Majority Coming Soon as Commissioner Starks Announces Imminent Departure – What Broadcast Issues May be Affected? 

By |2025-05-25T07:23:58-05:00May 25th, 2025|Legal News|

At Thursday’s FCC monthly open meeting, FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks announced that it would be his last meeting.  In March, he said that he would be departing soon, so the announcement that he would be gone before the FCC’s next scheduled open meeting on June 26 was not a surprise.  But as one of two... Continue Reading…

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