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October 30, 2026
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The TV Incentive Auction now won’t be happening until early 2016. That’s according to an FCC hosted blog that assessed the need for a delay based upon the pending legal challenges to the FCC’s Incentive Auction Report & Order. We’re not surprised. The FCC’s Incentive Auction has been a moving target thus far. An initial […]
Read More →Most of the FCC’s new tower regulations adopted in early August 2014 became effective October 24, 2014. A few others require information collection approvals first, so their effectiveness will trickle in over the next few months. Tower owners should fully expect the FCC’s Field Office personnel to know and apply the new rules when they […]
Read More →Three years ago, the FCC first began granting waivers for the relocation of certain FM translators so they could be used with AM stations. Called Mattoon waivers, the FCC adopted four criteria for granting such FM translator moves, waiving its major change rules to help AM stations. The first of the four criteria was designed […]
Read More →It’s rare, but every now and again, the FCC grants a renewal, but for less than a normal 8 year term because of some (really) bad regulatory oversights by the broadcaster. And sometimes, they pile on with a monetary forfeiture as well. The latest station to experience this treatment found out about it a few […]
Read More →This past February, the FCC adopted some new closed captioning requirements for TV stations, but staggered the effective dates of the new rules. One rule change will become effective January 15, 2015, so long as the FCC has gotten approval for the information collection. This rule requires stations to “maintain records” of their efforts to […]
Read More →About a month ago, with little fanfare, the FCC issued a public notice announcing the availability of the first phase of a new broadcaster e-filing system called the Licensing and Management System (LMS). LMS will ultimately replace the current CDBS system used for filing broadcast applications. It has been in the works for years. For […]
Read More →Previously, all LPTV stations that had not yet built out digital facilities had until September 1, 2015 to do so. In light of the planned incentive auction, the FCC has decided to suspend that deadline indefinitely. Before you get that nice warm fuzzy feeling about the FCC’s generosity here, you’ll want to remember that the […]
Read More →September 5, 2014 – November 4, 2014: lowest unit charge for federal election in place. September 23, 2014: Regulatory fees must be paid by 11:59pm Eastern time. October 1, 2014: TV & Eligible Class A & LPTV Stations: your must-carry letters to cable and DBS providers must be sent to elect carriage for the cycle […]
Read More →Have you paid 2014 regulatory fees yet? If not, make sure you do before Tuesday, September 23, 2014, the deadline for all non-exempt broadcast stations to remit their annual regulatory fee to the FCC for the privilege of being an FCC licensee. Stations must use the FCC’s online Fee Filer system, paying by credit card, […]
Read More →Tower owners have a little more time to become familiar with and prepare for the FCC’s streamlined and revised tower regulations. Though adopted in early August 2014, the rules do not go into effect until 30 days after the FCC publishes a notice in the Federal Register. So breathe easy for now, and take another […]
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