This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 29, 2020 to September 4, 2020

By |2020-09-07T10:08:31-05:00September 7th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal actions and developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC released its Report and Order on annual regulatory fees for fiscal year 2020 and,... Continue Reading…

FCC Dismisses Petition for Reconsideration of Reexamination of Noncommercial Licensing Policy – Next Step, Window for New Applications?

By |2020-09-03T10:35:56-05:00September 3rd, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC yesterday dismissed a Petition for Reconsideration of its reexamination of the criteria that it uses for determining which application is granted when there are conflicting applications filed in any window for the filing of new noncommercial FM stations.  We wrote about the reexamination of the noncommercial selection criteria in our article here.  We... Continue Reading…

FCC Dismisses Petition for Reconsideration of Reexamination of Noncommercial Licensing Policy – Next Step, Window for New Applications?

By |2020-09-03T10:35:56-05:00September 3rd, 2020|Legal News|

The FCC yesterday dismissed a Petition for Reconsideration of its reexamination of the criteria that it uses for determining which application is granted when there are conflicting applications filed in any window for the filing of new noncommercial FM stations.  We wrote about the reexamination of the noncommercial selection criteria in our article here.  We... Continue Reading…

Window for Filing Applications for New Noncommercial FM Stations Appears to be Coming Soon – With an LPFM Window to Follow

By |2020-08-10T09:03:01-05:00August 10th, 2020|Legal News|

A window for the filing of applications for new noncommercial FM stations in the reserved FM band (below 92.1 FM) appears to be on its way – either later this year or early next.  As we reported in our summary of last week’s broadcast legal actions, Chairman Pai last week responded to a Congressional inquiry... Continue Reading…

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