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…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  December 11 to December 15, 2023

By |2023-12-17T08:32:53-06:00December 17th, 2023|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past two weeks, 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 this week, we reminded broadcasters that special elections and state and local elections trigger... Continue Reading…

Two Million Dollar Fine for Pirate Radio – Don’t Cross the Commission Again After You’ve Been Caught Once, Especially as More Enforcement Appears to be on the Way

By |2023-03-17T11:29:33-05:00March 17th, 2023|Legal News|

This week, the FCC released two Notices of Apparent Liability proposing to impose big fines on two pirate radio operators.  Using the enforcement tools – particularly the higher fines – authorized by the PIRATE Act passed by Congress in 2020, the FCC proposed a to impose a fine of $2,316,034 on one alleged operator of... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 30, 2022 to May 6, 2022

By |2022-05-08T07:30:09-05:00May 8th, 2022|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Follow field testing by GeoBroadcast Solutions of its zonecasting system, the FCC opened a new comment period for interested parties... Continue Reading…

Landowners Warned of Potential Liability of Up to $2,000,000 for Pirate Radio Operations on Their Property

By |2022-05-05T09:39:18-05:00May 5th, 2022|Legal News|

The FCC yesterday made public four letters to landowners warning them that there were unlicensed FM radio operations coming from their properties and warning that, if the transmissions continued past the 10-business day response period, the landowners could be held liable for penalties up to $2,000,000 for the unlicensed operations coming from their properties.  The... Continue Reading…

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