FCC Recognizes Issues with Regulatory Fee Amounts in CORES Filing System: Asks Broadcasters to Wait to Pay Fees While Problems are Addressed

By |2024-09-13T16:41:51-05:00September 13th, 2024|Legal News|

As we noted on our Blog earlier this week, there were reported problems with the system for filing annual regulatory fees.  Fee amounts in the FCC’s CORES system, where the fee payments are made, were not corresponding in some cases to the FCC’s look-up system for checking what a station’s regulatory fees were supposed to... Continue Reading…

FCC Regulatory Fees Due September 26  – FCC CORES Database Available for Payment, Some Filing Glitches Reported

By |2024-09-12T10:33:32-05:00September 12th, 2024|Legal News|

As we noted this past weekend in our weekly update of regulatory actions, the FCC last Friday released its Order setting the regulatory fees due from broadcasters and other FCC regulated entities – fees that the FCC is required to collect each year the start of the federal government’s new fiscal year which begins in... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 12, 2024 to August 16, 2024

By |2024-08-18T08:56:08-05:00August 18th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this 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 obligation of EAS Participants, including broadcasters, to file their EAS Test Reporting... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 24, 2024 to June 28, 2024

By |2024-06-30T06:53:22-05:00June 30th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this 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 highlighted upcoming regulatory deadlines for broadcasters in July and early August, including Quarterly Issues... Continue Reading…

FCC Annual Regulatory Fees are Due September 20 – Flurry of FCC Notices and Fact Sheets Detailing Payment Procedures

By |2023-08-29T11:04:10-05:00August 29th, 2023|Legal News|

The FCC issued its Public Notice announcing that Annual Regulatory Fees must be paid by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on September 20, 2023.  As we noted two weeks ago, the FCC earlier this month released its Report and Order setting the amount of the annual regulatory fees that broadcasters must pay, but the Commission had not, until yesterday,... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 17, 2022 to September 23, 2022

By |2022-09-25T10:17:45-05:00September 25th, 2022|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. The FCC’s Media Bureau issued a Notice of Apparent Liability proposing to fine licensees of over 100 television stations for... Continue Reading…

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