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July 7, 2025
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With the departure of Former Chairman Genachowski, and the wait for Senate approval of Chairman nominee Tom Wheeler, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is now Acting FCC Chairwoman until such time as Wheeler is confirmed and sworn in. The timeline for Wheeler’s approval is uncertain. He has largely been hailed as wellqualified, which bodes well for his […]
Read More →The FCC has extended the deadline by a month for the public and broadcasters to file comments on potential revisions to the FCC’s current indecency enforcement policy. The new deadline is June 19, 2013, with reply comments due July 18, 2013. Comments should be filed electronically. Among other things, the Commission wants input on how […]
Read More →A candidate for a new Low Power FM station recently learned the hard way that non-profit existence is a key to being a qualified LPFM applicant. In 2000, the company filed an application for a new LPFM station, only to find its application dismissed because at the time of the filing, it was not a […]
Read More →Many have been suspicious of the government’s objectives in connection with the TV spectrum auction that is designed to re-purpose TV spectrum to mobile broadband use. Well, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has now unequivocally confirmed that those who are suspicious have every reason to be. After an early May 2013 workshop where broadcasters and wireless […]
Read More →Sometimes the FCC appears to take a position on an issue without ever publishing a written opinion about it. When it comes to whether something violates a rule or policy, that “unofficial” practice or policy creates a bit of a tightrope walk, with stations acting in ways that they believe the FCC approves of, but […]
Read More →In a series of forfeiture notices, the FCC has fined numerous stations and tower owners for various tower regulation, main studio staffing, and public inspection file availability and completeness. The fines range from $7,000 to $25,000 for failing to maintain effective locked fencing around AM towers, failure to have or staff a main studio (upward […]
Read More →The FCC has proposed regulatory fees for Fiscal Year 2013, with potential increases on the way for those regulated by the Media Bureau (that’s you, broadcasters). The FCC is trying to update its formula for how regulatory fees are computed and allocated among the FCC’s Bureaus for collection. Under one proposal, the formula would change […]
Read More →May 1 & 16, 2013: TV, Class A & LPTV stations in Michigan & Ohio: air your PRE-filing announcements AM & FM Stations in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, & Wyoming: air your PRE-filing announcements. May 1 & 16, and June 1 & 16, 2013: TV, Class A & LPTV Stations in Indiana, Kentucky […]
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