Dates to Remember
May 7, 2025
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In a news release, the FCC announced that it has adopted a rulemaking to eliminate outdated analog television rules that are no longer necessary because of the completion of the digital television transition. The rulemaking is available here. It is quite lengthy but especially worth reading where the FCC proposes to clarify a rule based […]
Read More →The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau recently entered into a Consent Decree that included a $38,000 fine and compliance plan requirements related to tower construction violations. The recipient? An electric cooperative that had begun construction on multiple towers without first getting FAA clearance, registering the towers, or conducting required pre-construction environmental reviews. For any broadcaster that owns […]
Read More →The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued its second broadcast station EEO audit of 2022 in August and the deadline for all responses is October 7, 2022. The notice and list of stations can be found here. Stations no longer have to mail documents to the FCC to respond to EEO audits – an upload to the […]
Read More →If your television station does not have clear review protocols set up to screen children’s programming for commercial limits compliance before airing, the FCC’s recent Notice of Apparent Liability will surely prompt you to clarify or adopt them now. The children’s television commercial limits rule restricts the amount of commercial matter that may be aired […]
Read More →September 6, 2022 LPTV, TV Translator and FM Stations That Incurred Repack Costs – deadline for submitting all invoices supporting request for reimbursement of expenses, and final Form 399. September 9, 2022 Lowest Unit Rate – LUR period start date for the November 8, 2022 general election in all states and territories. September 15, 2022 […]
Read More →In the next several days, the FCC is expected to issue its Report & Order adopting the annual regulatory fees that will be due in September. Broadcasters have uniformly opposed the proposed 13% increase in broadcast station fees, but various media reports indicate that the FCC will proceed with the increase. Commercial station licensees should […]
Read More →On August 19, 2022, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced a second round of EEO Audits for this calendar year. Unlike the March 2022 audit, which included 280 broadcast television and radio stations, this audit includes only 152 stations. The notice and list of stations can be found here. Stations on the list have until October […]
Read More →On August 5, 2022, the FCC released an order fining a low power television station $60,000 for violations of the sponsorship identification rules. In addition, the station entered into a consent decree with a five-year compliance plan and reporting obligations. The station admitted to broadcasting appearances by various legally qualified candidates and spokespersons for commercial […]
Read More →On August 2, 2022, the FCC released an order selecting the highest-points winning applications from 27 mutually exclusive groups of applications filed in its November 2021 filing window. With the adoption of the order, the FCC accepted the tentative selectees’ applications for filing and the time periods for legal challenges began running. In coming weeks, […]
Read More →On August 5, 2022, the Chief of the FCC’s Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau sent out emails to EAS participants titled “EAS Security Advisory” announcing that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had issued an advisory on a potential vulnerability in certain EAS encoder/decoder devices that have not been updated to the most recent […]
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