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August 1, 2025
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The FCC issued a public notice announcing the applicants submitting short-form applications for the June 2022 auction of 27 full power television station construction permits. Separate lists of applicants whose applications are complete, incomplete, or rejected are included. Upfront payments via wire transfer are due no later than May 6, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. ET. […]
Read More →The April 12, 2022 oral argument in the DC Circuit case by broadcasters challenging the constitutionality of the FCC’s new foreign sponsorship identification rules revealed few clues about the potential outcome or the timing of a decision in the case. Broadcasters are arguing that the scope of the requirements is overly broad and burdens their […]
Read More →On April 18, 2022, the FCC issued a public notice setting new comment and reply comment periods for its ongoing rulemaking proposing the use of FM booster stations for geo-targeted content. The request comes after testing of the proposed technology was conducted in California and Mississippi under experimental authority, and reports were issued addressing the […]
Read More →March 31, 2022 Deadline for all commercial radio stations playing music licensed by Global Music Rights (GMR) to either sign the licensing agreement reached in the litigation with the Radio Music Licensing Committee or to cease playing GMR licensed music. April 1, 2022 Radio Stations located in Delaware and Pennsylvania – deadline to file license […]
Read More →Safe travels to all attending the NAB Convention in Las Vegas. HCCB’s managing partner Joe Chautin will be there April 23-26. If you’d like to meet with him while there, let him know by email at jchautin@hardycarey.com or call/text to 504-439-2350.
Read More →On March 21, 2022, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced an EEO Audit of 280 broadcast television and radio stations, giving them until May 5, 2022 to respond to the audit. The notice and list of stations can be found here. Double check to see if any of your stations are on it. This is the […]
Read More →In a Public Notice last month, the FCC announced that a post-implementation site visit program was beginning and that its third-party contractor would be reaching out to randomly selected repack stations to schedule visits. To our knowledge, those contacts have not yet begun, and we have heard no reports from TV stations scheduling a visit. […]
Read More →The short-form application deadline of March 30th has now passed for entities interested in bidding on 27 full power television station construction permits. The FCC’s TV Auction 112 Public Notice provides additional details about the auction and related procedures. The FCC will next issue a public notice announcing those applicants whose short form applications are […]
Read More →Despite pending litigation over the legality of the new foreign sponsorship identification rules, the FCC announced that they became effective March 15, 2022. A court hearing in April will consider whether the new rules impose unnecessary burdens under the First Amendment, but a decision in that case is not expected for several months, and may […]
Read More →During March, the FCC issued two orders tentatively selecting applicants from mutually exclusive groups to be awarded NCE radio station construction permits. The first was issued on March 9 and the second on March 24. An earlier decision also selected a tribal entity as selectee. Applicants selected in the orders must now wait for 30 […]
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