NCE – Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

Now Available: The New FCC Radio License Filing Window – What You Need to Know

By FHH Law|2020-11-03T08:47:43-06:00November 3rd, 2020|Legal News|

On October 29, Fletcher Heald attorneys Frank Montero and Keenan Adamchak in cooperation with the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (“NFCB”) presented a webinar on the upcoming noncommercial educational (“NCE”) FM and lower power FM (“LPFM”) filing windows. In this webinar, they explored the NCE and LPFM application forms, processes, and FCC tie-breaking criteria, as well as pointing out...… Continue Reading

The Upcoming FCC Noncommercial FM and LPFM Filing Windows: What You Need to Know

By FHH Law|2020-10-19T12:08:12-05:00October 19th, 2020|Legal News|

FCC Chairman Pai recently announced that for the first time in a decade, the FCC will in the near future accept applications for full-power noncommercial radio stations across the nation. This filing window is expected to be followed by a filing window for new low-power FM (LPFM) stations. What’s involved in filing an application with...… Continue Reading

Picking NCE and LPFM Winners Simplified: NCE and LPFM Station Transfer Rules Relaxed

By Peter Tannenwald|2019-12-30T15:29:18-06:00December 30th, 2019|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has changed in its rules for selecting winners from groups of mutually exclusive (“MX”) noncommercial educational full-power radio (“NCE”) and Low Power FM (“LPFM”) applicants and has made it easier for MX applicants to negotiate voluntary time-sharing agreements. In the FCC’s Report and Order, it has also shortened the minimum...… Continue Reading

FCC Ponders Revising Several NCE and LPFM Procedures

By Matt McCormick and Keenan Adamchak|2019-02-21T08:23:08-06:00February 21st, 2019|Legal News|

Anyone who has filed an application for a new noncommercial educational (NCE) station or a new Low Power FM (LPFM) station knows that many traps beset the unwary throughout the process. If you fall into one of those traps, your chance of success can be severely injured. On Valentine’s Day, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”...… Continue Reading

Noncommercial Stations Beware: When ‘Underwriting’ Spots Turn into Advertising, a Big Penalty Can Follow

By Matt McCormick and Peter Tannenwald|2018-02-06T15:38:14-06:00February 6th, 2018|Legal News|

Many noncommercial educational (NCE) stations – and their lawyers – were caught by surprise last week when the FCC issued a $115,000 civil penalty against an NCE licensee. The Cesar Chavez Foundation (CCF) was hit for running underwriting spots promoting for-profit entities. CCF agreed to the monetary penalty as part of an FCC approved consent...… Continue Reading

Rates to Perform Musical Compositions in 2018-2022 Published for Noncommercial Broadcasters

By Karyn K. Ablin|2018-01-23T17:08:06-06:00January 23rd, 2018|Legal News|

Attention, noncommercial educational (NCE, a/k/a “public”) broadcasters! If you have been wondering how much you’ll have to pay to broadcast musical compositions this year (and beyond), wonder no more. The rates for 2018 through 2022 were published in the Federal Register on January 19. For those new to the issue, these rates have been administered...… Continue Reading

CPB IG: Re-think Inclusion of In-Kind Trades for CSG/NFFS Purposes?

By Bob Winteringham|2014-11-17T13:28:30-06:00November 17th, 2014|Legal News|

Low-profile Inspector General Report includes recommendation with potentially serious budgetary repercussions. Noncommercial (NCE) stations that receive grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) should pay attention to a recommendation ...