This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  October 13, 2025 to October 17, 2025 – Special Shutdown Issue

By |2025-10-18T13:34:34-05:00October 18th, 2025|Legal News|

We would normally provide you with 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.  But, as the government shutdown has drastically limited activity at the FCC, and as Congress did... Continue Reading…

The Government Shutdown and Issues it Raises for Broadcasters

By |2025-10-03T12:04:16-05:00October 3rd, 2025|Legal News|

With the federal government shutdown now in its third day, having started on October 1, 2025, after Congress failed to fund the government for the coming year or to pass a “continuing resolution” to allow government agencies to function at their current levels, we thought that we should summarize the FCC’s guidance as to what... Continue Reading…

October 2025 Regulatory Updates for Broadcasters – Possible Government Shutdown, Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, EEO Public File Reports, EEO Audit Responses, ETRS Filing Deadline, LPTV/TV Translator Filing Windows, and More

By |2025-09-28T22:31:57-05:00September 28th, 2025|Legal News|

October is, on paper, a busy month of regulatory deadlines for broadcasters.  As set forth below, the month includes the requirement for almost all broadcasters to complete and upload to their public file their Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, as well as the date for broadcasters to submit to the FCC their ETRS Form One reporting basic... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  September 22, 2025 to September 26, 2025

By |2025-09-27T18:39:29-05:00September 27th, 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. Watch for a post early in the week highlighting October regulatory dates and deadlines for broadcasters (assuming that those dates... Continue Reading…

The Last Two Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 25, 2025 to September 5, 2025

By |2025-09-07T09:48:23-05:00September 7th, 2025|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, in addition to the articles on regulatory fees and the LPTV/TV translator windows mentioned... Continue Reading…

September 2025 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – FCC Regulatory Fees, Political Windows, EAS Event Code, Rulemaking Comment Deadlines, and more

By |2025-08-26T10:33:37-05:00August 26th, 2025|Legal News|

It is time for our look at September’s regulatory dates and deadlines to which broadcasters should be paying attention – and the deadline that probably is most important to all commercial broadcasters is not yet known.  That, of course, is the deadline for the payment of annual regulatory fees – which must be made before... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 11, 2025 to August 15, 2025

By |2025-08-17T08:46:23-05:00August 17th, 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 discussed the FCC’s release last week of its first EEO audit notice for 2025... Continue Reading…

August 2025 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Watching for the Annual Reg Fee Announcement, EEO Annual Filings, Comment Deadlines, and Political Windows

By |2025-08-01T09:51:58-05:00August 1st, 2025|Legal News|

Although many, including Congress, take the last of their summer vacations in August, there are still many dates to which broadcasters should be paying attention this month.  One deadline that most commercial broadcasters should be anticipating is the FCC’s order that will set the amount of their Annual Regulatory Fees, which will be paid sometime... Continue Reading…

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