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July Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists and Other Public File Obligations, Lowest Unit Charge Periods, License Renewal, Copyright Filings and More

By David Oxenford|2022-06-28T08:45:31-05:00June 28th, 2022|Legal News|

The lazy days of summer continue to provide little respite from the regulatory actions of importance to broadcasters. The good news is that there are no license renewal or EEO deadlines during the month of July. Nonetheless, there will be a number of July deadlines that require attention. On July 1, comments are due on... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 28, 2022 to June 3, 2022

By David Oxenford|2022-06-05T09:09:12-05:00June 5th, 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. The FCC issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing the annual regulatory fees to be paid by September 30, the... Continue Reading…

June Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: TV Renewals, EEO Public File Reports, Comments on Zonecasting, Start of Channel 6 FM Rulemaking and More

By David Oxenford|2022-05-31T10:22:19-05:00May 31st, 2022|Legal News|

With the traditional beginning of summer upon us, there is no vacation from the regulatory actions of importance to broadcasters. Let’s start with the routine actions for the upcoming month. With the radio license renewal cycle having ended with the filing of the last set of renewal applications in April, we enter the last year... Continue Reading…

Does the FCC Regulate Internet Content and Companies?

By David Oxenford|2022-05-12T11:26:40-05:00May 12th, 2022|Legal News|

In our summary of last week’s regulatory actions, I was struck by a common thread in comments made by several FCC Commissioners in different contexts – the thread being the FCC’s role in regulating Internet content companies. As we noted in our summary, both Republican commissioners issued statements last week in response to a request... Continue Reading…

May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: LMS Migration of FCC Forms, Lowest Unit Rate Windows, EEO Audits, TV Auction, FM Antenna Rulemaking, and More

By David Oxenford|2022-05-02T09:20:03-05:00May 2nd, 2022|Legal News|

May is one of the few months on the calendar where there are not routine FCC regulatory deadlines. Yet there are still a number of important dates and deadlines this month (and early next) that broadcasters should note. Some of those dates and deadlines are below. On March 17, the migration of applications and forms... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 16, 2022 to April 22, 2022

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2022-04-24T11:12:33-05:00April 24th, 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. The FCC this week released a Public Notice announcing that it is soliciting public comment on the recent tests of... Continue Reading…

Reasonable Access and the Problem Candidate – FCC Declares a Write-In Candidate Not Entitled to Buy Radio Spots, But That May Not Be the End of the Story

By David Oxenford|2022-04-21T11:34:43-05:00April 21st, 2022|Legal News|

Last week, much was made of an FCC Media Bureau decision rejecting the “reasonable access” claim of a write-in candidate for a Congressional seat in Ohio against radio stations which, after initially running his spots, decided to pull those spots because he had not made a “substantial showing” of his candidacy. Candidates for federal office... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 9, 2022 to April 15, 2022

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2022-04-17T07:57:32-05:00April 17th, 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. A list of “ex parte” presentations made to the FCC (disclosures of presentations made to FCC decision makers outside of... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation For Broadcasters: April 2, 2022 to April 8, 2022

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2022-04-09T15:03:36-05:00April 9th, 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. Broadcast operations that use uninterruptable power supply (UPS) devices as either a primary or backup power source should be alert... Continue Reading…