This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: December 15, 2025 to December 19, 2025

By |2025-12-21T08:20:35-06:00December 21st, 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 looked at some of the issues raised by the Senate Judiciary Committee’s recent hearing... Continue Reading…

President Trump Issues Executive Order to Remove Marijuana from Schedule I – Concerns about Broadcast Advertising Remain

By |2025-12-19T08:37:38-06:00December 19th, 2025|Legal News|

Yesterday, we saw President Trump issue an Executive Order instructing various government agencies to take steps to move marijuana from Schedule I (an illegal controlled substance with no medical uses and a high degree of potential abuse) to Schedule III, which includes many other drugs, such as ketamine and Tylenol with codeine, that require a... Continue Reading…

July Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, Comment Deadlines in Multiple Proceedings, Political Windows, and More

By |2024-06-27T07:46:36-05:00June 27th, 2024|Legal News|

The lazy days of summer continue to provide little respite from the regulatory actions of importance to broadcasters.  This month brings quarterly requirements, including most importantly, the obligation to upload Quarterly Issues Programs Lists to a station’s online public file, and a number of comment deadlines in important FCC proceedings, as well as the opening... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 6, 2024 to May 10, 2024

By |2024-05-12T07:32:19-05:00May 12th, 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 discussed why broadcasters should remain cautious about accepting marijuana advertising despite the Attorney General’s... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 6, 2024 to May 10, 2024

By |2024-05-12T07:32:19-05:00May 12th, 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 discussed why broadcasters should remain cautious about accepting marijuana advertising despite the Attorney General’s... Continue Reading…

Don’t Start Counting Marijuana Advertising Dollars Yet – Cautions Despite Possible Changes in Its Federal Classification

By |2024-05-10T10:17:34-05:00May 10th, 2024|Legal News|

In recent weeks, we saw press reports on a recommendation from the Attorney General to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana – reclassifying it by moving it off Schedule I (an illegal controlled substance with no medical uses and a high degree of potential abuse) to Schedule III, where many other drugs, including some requiring a... Continue Reading…

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