FCC Repeals Radio Duplication Prohibitions

By |2020-08-10T15:17:00-05:00August 10th, 2020|Legal News|

On Thursday, August 6, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) voted to repeal Section 73.3556 of its Rules and Regulations – a rule that formerly prohibited more than 25% duplication of programming by commonly owned radio stations in the same service (AM or FM) that have 50% or more overlap of their primary service contours. We...… Continue Reading

FCC Proposes to End Radio Station Program Duplication Restrictions

By |2020-01-03T11:30:33-06:00January 3rd, 2020|Legal News|

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has proposed to repeal Section 73.3556 of its Rules, which prohibits two commercial AM or two commercial FM radio stations from devoting more than 25% of the hours in an average broadcast week to duplicating programming if they are commonly controlled (through either common ownership or time brokerage) and the...… Continue Reading

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