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October Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Nationwide EAS Test, Annual EEO Public File Reports, Retransmission Consent Elections, Biennial Ownership Reports, and More (If the Government is Open)

By David Oxenford|2023-09-28T10:13:07-05:00September 28th, 2023|Legal News|

On paper, this October appears to be a busy month for regulatory deadlines. But the lack of congressional action to fund the federal government for the coming year (or “continuing resolutions” adopted to allow government agencies to function at their current levels) is making a federal government shutdown appear inevitable. If a government shutdown does... Continue Reading…

October Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: License Renewals, EEO Reports, Carriage Elections, Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists and More

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2020-09-29T09:18:39-05:00September 29th, 2020|Legal News|

In many parts of the country, the air is turning crisp, the leaves are changing color, and kids are back in school (in some form), making it the perfect time to get caught up with regulatory dates and deadlines coming in October. This is an unusual month where there are several routine regulatory deadlines –... Continue Reading…

FCC Proposes $512,228 in Fines to TV Stations for Violating Rules Requiring Good Faith Negotiation of Retransmission Consent Agreements

By David Oxenford|2020-09-21T11:06:43-05:00September 21st, 2020|Legal News|

With the October 1 deadline coming up for retransmission consent/must carry elections, and the likely commencement of many retransmission consent negotiations throughout the country, the FCC last week issued a decision that emphasizes the importance of “good faith” retransmission consent negotiations. In this action, the full Commission denied an Application for Review that sought to... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 5, 2020 to September 11, 2020

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2020-09-13T10:38:30-05:00September 13th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal actions and developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Information on the FY 2020 regulatory fee process continues to roll out, in advance of the... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 25, 2020 to July 31, 2020

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2020-08-02T10:34:34-05:00August 2nd, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory and legal developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters – and a look ahead to the FCC’s consideration of two media modernization items in the coming week. Links are also provided for you to find more information on how these actions may affect your operations. This week,... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 11, 2020 to July 17, 2020

By David Oxenford|2020-07-18T13:27:06-05:00July 18th, 2020|Legal News|

Here are some of the FCC regulatory and legal actions of the last week—and congressional action in the coming week—of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The Media Bureau reminded broadcasters that July 13, 2021—the hard deadline for... Continue Reading…

July Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: End of the TV Repacking, Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, Children’s Television Reporting, EEO, Carriage Election Public File Information Deadline, LPTV Settlement Window, Rulemaking Comments and More

By David Oxenford and Adam Sandler|2020-06-29T10:58:30-05:00June 29th, 2020|Legal News|

July is usually a month of family vacations and patriotic celebrations. While the pandemic has seen to it that those activities, if they happen at all, will look different than they have in years past, there are plenty of regulatory obligations to fill a broadcaster’s long, summer days. Here are a few of the dates... Continue Reading…

Must-Carry and Retransmission Consent Notices Going Electronic – TV and MVPDs Required to Update Public File Contact Information by July 31

By David Oxenford|2020-03-06T11:12:59-06:00March 6th, 2020|Legal News|

Notifications about cable carriage have now gone electronic – and contact people at stations and MVPDs for notices about carriage issues are now to be provided in the FCC-hosted online public inspection file and in the Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS). According to an FCC Public Notice released last week, in those databases there... Continue Reading…

Effective Date of New Rules for Email Notices of Retransmission Consent/Must Carry Elections October 29, 2019

By David Oxenford|2019-09-09T11:14:03-05:00September 9th, 2019|Legal News|

Just before Labor Day, the FCC published in the Federal Register the new rules regarding notice of Must Carry and Retransmission Consent elections. Those rules, as we summarized in more detail here, provide that, before the next election cycle deadline on October 1, 2020, TV stations need to provide notice in their online public files... Continue Reading…