Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
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Tower owners should take note of a recent letter from the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) addressed generally to any “communication tower industry employer.” The letter notes a spike in deaths in the communication tower industry (13 in 2013 and 4 already in 2014), noting that the total of 17 deaths is […]
Read More →The broadcast industry has become quite accustomed to the FCC’s Consolidated Database System (CDBS) since it was launched several years ago. Under normal circumstances, the system generally performs well. But regular users of the CDBS system, which allows the electronic filing of virtually every regulatory filing required of broadcasters, have experienced and are familiar with […]
Read More →January 31, 2013: minimum fees due to SoundExchange for 2014. Renewal of royalty plan may also be required. February 1 & 16, 2014: AM & FM Stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, & Vermont: air your POST-filing announcements. TV, Class A & LPTV Stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota & South […]
Read More →The more than 150 parties filing comments in the FCC’s AM Revitalization rulemaking proceeding have made it abundantly clear that they desire changes to the AM rules, and quickly. While many commenters voiced support for the 6-7 concrete proposals offered by the FCC, including an AM-only FM translator filing window, many more provided specific details […]
Read More →Back in November, the FCC issued an enforcement advisory and a few fines for the transmission of commercial or other content that contained an EAS tone or something close to it as attention-getters. One of the victims last time was the Turner Broadcasting System, which earned the privilege of paying $25,000 for preparing and distributing […]
Read More →In early January, the FCC promised a workshop/webinar on TV repacking in February to discuss some tweaks to software they hope to use during the repacking phase of the planned incentive auction that will repurpose some TV spectrum for broadband use. In late January, the FCC’s Office of Engineering & Technology issued a public notice […]
Read More →Two television stations in California, KJLA and KLCS, are planning a test with the assistance of wireless trade associations to see if the FCC’s suggested channel-sharing solution to incentivize broadcaster participation in the auction will actually work as advertised. Though news and blog reports suggest that the stations plan on seeking FCC approval for the […]
Read More →The DC Circuit has denied a legal challenge to the FCC’s 2012 action changing how it interpreted a requirement in the Communications Act to ensure that television channels carried by cable operators be “viewable” to subscribers. Originally adopted in 2007 to ensure that stations converting to digital-only would still be viewable by analog cable providers, […]
Read More →According to numerous reports, new FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has put a hold on processing pending or future applications for television station license assignments if they include shared services agreements with other stations in the same market. The FCC has routinely approved such transactions in the past. The move comes on the heels of his […]
Read More →A few years ago, the FCC made several cosmetic changes to its www.fcc.gov website that structured the delivery of information by topic instead of by Bureau or Division. Despite that change, the “old” home page remained live and a saved link to the old website was still available and updated. Now, apparently due to a […]
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