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August 1, 2025
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On January 15, 2021, the FCC’s Order increasing its fines for rule violations were adjusted upward for inflation. Anyone fined after that date will have the privilege of paying the higher amounts. Pursuant to an Order adopted at the end of last year, FCC broadcast application fees will increase in coming weeks. The increases are […]
Read More →At outgoing Chairman Ajit Pai’s last FCC open meeting in January, the various FCC Bureaus provided summaries of actions and accomplishments since 2017, which were numerous. We can only describe the last four years of broadcast regulatory oversight by the FCC as mind-bending given the number of proceedings, rule changes, and rule eliminations. If your […]
Read More →The Media Bureau and the Incentive Auction Task Force have provided the latest status of the post-incentive auction transition and reimbursement program, and announced a further allocation from the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund for LPTV/Translator stations. As of January 4, 2021, 95% of all full power and Class A television stations had completed the transition […]
Read More →Another Low Power FM station has signed a consent decree with the FCC Enforcement Bureau and agreed to pay a fine for violating the FCC’s rules prohibiting the broadcast of advertisements on noncommercial stations. In this case, the Commission received a complaint alleging that the station broadcast prohibited advertisements and provided audio samples of advertisements […]
Read More →January 4, 2021 New FCC rules for voluntary all-digital AM radio go into effect. January 10, 2021 TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 4th Quarter 2020 issues/program lists and upload to online public file. Class A TV Stations Only: complete and post to your online public file a certification of […]
Read More →We count it as a privilege to serve many of our newsletter readers as FCC counsel, and look forward to assisting you in 2021. Best wishes for a safe, healthy and prosperous 2021!
Read More →Unlike the many rule changes for broadcasters that we’ve covered in the pages of this newsletter since Ajit Pai became FCC Chairman, this article is about some personnel changes. Chairman Pai has announced that he will resign his position as Chairman on Inauguration Day, ending a long tenure at the FCC, with his last four […]
Read More →January 30, 2021 is the deadline for commercial full power and Class A television stations to take two actions. The first is to upload materials to the station online public file necessary to show compliance with the FCC’s rules on commercial limits in children’s television programming for all of 2020. This requirement was previously completed […]
Read More →The FCC has initiated a rulemaking proceeding seeking comment on a proposal by GeoBroadcast Solutions to allow FM booster stations to originate limited amounts of programming different from their primary station. The proposal would allow FM broadcasters to employ geographically targeted ads and news via FM boosters at locations in the primary station’s service area. […]
Read More →The FCC has continued its rule modifications to support the roll out and full use of ATSC 3.0, and in its latest efforts, has adopted new rules governing the provision of ancillary and supplementary services, whether those services are provided using the ATSC 1.0 standard or the new IP-based ATSC 3.0 standard. As a reminder, […]
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