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October 2024 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues Programs Lists, Annual EEO Public File Reports, ETRS Form One, Comment Deadlines, and More (If the Government is Open)

By |2024-09-25T09:54:04-05:00September 25th, 2024|Legal News|

October is, on paper, another busy month of regulatory deadlines for broadcasters.  But there is again the looming possibility of a federal government shutdown beginning October 1 if Congress fails to fund the government for the coming year (or pass a “continuing resolution” to allow government agencies to function at their current levels).  While as... Continue Reading…

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 16, 2024 to September 20, 2024

By |2024-09-21T21:00:19-05:00September 21st, 2024|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 how the recent use of the rural radio policy by the FCC’s Media... Continue Reading…

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FEC to Consider AI in Political Ads at Their September 19 Meeting – A New Compromise Proposal is Advanced

By |2024-09-13T11:01:18-05:00September 13th, 2024|Legal News|

After postponing consideration of a proposal (which we wrote about here) from the Republican Commissioners at the Federal Election Commission to reject calls for a rulemaking to look at whether to require that there be labeling of political ads generated by artificial intelligence that falsely depicts a candidate, the AI item is back on the... Continue Reading…

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The Past Two Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 26, 2024 to September 6, 2024

By |2024-09-07T22:08:08-05:00September 7th, 2024|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, we highlighted the regulatory dates of importance to broadcasters in September.  We also looked... Continue Reading…

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Window for Lowest Unit Rates for Candidate Advertising for the November Election Opens Today, September 6 – Are You Ready? 

By |2024-09-06T11:18:04-05:00September 6th, 2024|Legal News|

The lowest unit rate window for the November 5 general election opens today, September 6.  With that date in mind, we thought that it was a good idea to review the basic FCC rules and policies affecting those charges. In this election, with the Presidency and control in both houses of Congress at stake as... Continue Reading…

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Using Artificial Intelligence in Developing Broadcast Programming – Watch for Legal Issues

By |2024-09-05T11:55:28-05:00September 5th, 2024|Legal News|

It seems like virtually every panel at every broadcast and media convention, at some point, ends up involving a discussion of Artificial Intelligence. Sessions on AI are filled to capacity, and sessions unrelated to the topic seem to have to mention AI to appear relevant.  Whenever there is a topic that so thoroughly takes over... Continue Reading…

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Using Artificial Intelligence in Developing Broadcast Programming – Watch for Legal Issues

By |2024-09-05T11:55:28-05:00September 5th, 2024|Legal News|

It seems like virtually every panel at every broadcast and media convention, at some point, ends up involving a discussion of Artificial Intelligence. Sessions on AI are filled to capacity, and sessions unrelated to the topic seem to have to mention AI to appear relevant.  Whenever there is a topic that so thoroughly takes over... Continue Reading…

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