Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
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April 1, 2017: AM & FM Stations in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Delaware & Pennsylvania: 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 Texas: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report […]
Read More →Joe Chautin will be in Las Vegas, Nevada for the National Association of Broadcasters convention from April 22nd to 26th. If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet with Joe in Las Vegas, please email him at jchautin@hardycarey.com. At the convention, Joe can be reached on cell 504-439-2350. Looking forward to seeing many […]
Read More →Many of our clients and friends will remember Brad Carey, who, with the firm’s founder, Ashton Hardy, helped to establish our law firm and its history of serving broadcasters nationwide. In 2003, Brad suffered a stroke and could no longer practice law. However, he graciously allowed us to continue using his name in the firm’s […]
Read More →Sometime in mid-April 2017, the future of TV broadcasting between channels 2 and 36 will become clear. Or perhaps we should say clearer. That’s when the FCC plans to publish its auction closing notice, identifying stations that had successful auctions, what stations will cease broadcasting, and the channels on which remaining stations will be assigned. […]
Read More →Although adopted February 23, 2017, the FCC’s new siting rule for AM station FM translators won’t become effective until April 10, 2017. On that date, the new rule allowing the 60 dBu contour of an AM station’s FM translator can be located within the greater of either (a) the 2 mV/m daytime contour of the […]
Read More →New FCC Chairman Pai has implemented more than a few reforms in his first weeks, but there’s one discussed in an FCC Blog post by Commissioner O’Rielly that has peeled back the curtain on some inside-the-agency practices from the last administration (and likely those before). In short, the previous administration apparently closed down certain internal […]
Read More →The FCC recently adopted an order expanding the concept of channel sharing among television stations outside of the incentive auction context. Previously, stations participating in the auction could enter into channel sharing agreements so some stations could give up their spectrum in the auction yet continue broadcasting by sharing space on another station. In this […]
Read More →In February, the FCC released a notice of proposed rulemaking asking for comment on its proposal to authorize television broadcasters to use a “next generation” broadcast television transmission standard (ATSC 3.0) on a voluntary basis, so long as they continue to deliver at least a ATSC 1.0 digital signal to viewers. Comments in this proceeding […]
Read More →March 13, 2017 TV & Class A Stations Changing Channels Post-Auction: FCC work shop on post-auction procedures; time and web access details forthcoming. April 1, 2017: AM & FM Stations in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Delaware & Pennsylvania: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and place same in public file as […]
Read More →New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has wasted no time changing things at the FCC, instituting several process reforms. On process reforms, the new Chairman has instituted a pilot program to increase the transparency of Commission rulemaking proceedings and draft orders being submitted for a Commissioner vote. The program involves the release of the full text […]
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