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October 30, 2026
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Ever wanted to give your opinion on whether the FCC should still mandate that a station have a main studio with 2 full time employees during normal business hours from which it can originate programming for broadcast? The FCC’s proposed rulemaking released May 18th is seeking comment on whether the main studio rule should be […]
Read More →The FCC has announced an 8-day auction filing window for Class C and D AM stations to file for new FM translator permits. The filing window will open on July 26, 2017 at 12:01 a.m. EDT, and will close at 6:00 p.m. EDT on August 2, 2017. This filing window has been designated as Auction […]
Read More →We’ve talked a lot about regulatory reform at the FCC lately, but one thing appears very clear in the Ajit Pai-led Commission – if a rule is on the books, it will be enforced. We’ve seen the FCC aggressively pursuing unlicensed radio operators in recent weeks, issuing numerous notices to pirate radio stations in several […]
Read More →It seems like only yesterday that the FCC finished their last National Test of the Emergency Alert System (but it was last year). A few days ago, in a notice that was easy to miss, the FCC announced that all broadcasters must create an FCC Username within the FCC’s Commission Registration System (CORES) in order […]
Read More →June 1, 2017 AM & FM Stations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia & West Virginia: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and place same in public file as well as post on station website. AM & FM Stations in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah & […]
Read More →At its May meeting, the FCC kept up its rapid pace of change, boldly launching a “catch all” Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative to review all media regulations for the purpose of eliminating or modifying rules that are outdated, unnecessary or unduly burdensome. Rather than suggest what rules might need to be changed, the FCC […]
Read More →That is a correct headline. And the tone of the FCC’s proposed rulemaking released May 18th sounds like elimination is precisely where we’re going to end up. The issue here is whether the FCC should still mandate that a station have a main studio with two full-time employees during normal business hours from which it […]
Read More →We’re just shy of two months into a 39-month post-television auction repack of all television stations between channels 2 and 36. Every affected station knows its assigned transition phase, and the various deadlines to get there. Next up is June 12, 2017, the deadline for stations that cannot build its post-auction facilities to ask for […]
Read More →Yes, that annual ritual of paying a fee for the privilege of holding a commercial broadcast license is indeed around the corner. It always falls sometime in September. But around now, four months out, the FCC initiates a little proceeding to discuss how much stations will pay. The proposed regulatory fee amounts are either the […]
Read More →It’s the date the FCC has refused to announce – the date that the 175 winning broadcasters in the auction will be paid what they were promised. The day that their “provisional” status becomes reality. Without saying a date, the FCC has suggested that it may be able to pay all the winning broadcasters in […]
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