FCC Form 395B

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: July 1, 2024 to July 5, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|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 David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|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…

Supreme Court Rejects the Chevron Doctrine – What Does it Mean for Broadcasters Regulated By the FCC?

By David Oxenford|2024-07-02T10:30:25-05:00July 2nd, 2024|Legal News|

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine, which required courts to defer to expert regulatory agencies, like the FCC, when interpreting ambiguous statutes, unless the agency acted unreasonably. Since the decision, we have seen all sorts of TV pundits predicting the end of “the administrative state” (presumably meaning the end of the many... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 3, 2024 to June 7, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-06-08T23:56:59-05:00June 8th, 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. Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 29, 2024 to May 3, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-05-05T09:47:38-05:00May 5th, 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. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we took a look at the upcoming regulatory deadlines affecting broadcasters in May, including comment... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 25, 2024 to March 29, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-03-30T22:08:14-05:00March 30th, 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. This past week on our Broadcast Law Blog, we looked at the upcoming April regulatory deadlines for broadcasters. We also... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 25, 2024 to March 29, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-03-30T22:08:14-05:00March 30th, 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. This past week on our Broadcast Law Blog, we looked at the upcoming April regulatory deadlines for broadcasters. We also... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 26, 2024 to March 1, 2024

By David Oxenford and Keenan Adamchak|2024-03-03T09:27:11-06:00March 3rd, 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. Also on our Broadcast Law Blog, we discussed what the FCC’s reinstatement of the FCC Form 395-B EEO reporting requirement... Continue Reading…