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October 30, 2026
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Speaking of Chairman Pai and deregulation for broadcasters, there might just be a chance later this year for a common sense change under the FCC’s EEO rules. For stations that meet the minimum full-time staff threshold under the EEO rules, wide dissemination is a requirement when recruiting for a full-time job vacancy. And the FCC’s […]
Read More →Yes. On January 18, 2017, the FCC’s Auction Dashboard boldly declared that forward auction bidders had committed to paying enough to trigger the final stage auction rule. There’s much to celebrate with that development, since we now know for certain that the incentive auction will officially end in the current stage four. Eighty-four Mhz of […]
Read More →All stations streaming music on the internet must file their annual statement of use and make minimum payments of $500 per channel to SoundExchange no later than today, January 31, 2017. So if that slipped your mind (or your employee that was going to do it has been out sick), make sure you check that […]
Read More →Another reminder. New performance rights organization Global Music Rights (GMR), embroiled in copyright litigation demanding royalty payments for artists it represents, has offered an interim license agreement to commercial stations that wish to avoid liability. But you must have entered into that agreement by today January 31, 2017. It’s only good through September 30, 2017, […]
Read More →The final days of Chairman Tom Wheeler’s stint at the FCC were busy, and one of the items that he decided to act upon was a petition for reconsideration of a requirement adopted early last year related to ownership reporting. The requirement? That all individuals included in ownership reporting – even for non-commercial station non-profit […]
Read More →As of the last day of every calendar year (or thereabouts), the FCC publishes a list of broadcast station totals. It is something that Congress requires them to do, and it’s just a list of the current totals, by type. No comparison to prior years is provided, so this one page news release is mostly […]
Read More →The day after the final stage rule was met in the TV incentive auction, the FCC announced a freeze on the filing of digital companion channel applications by existing LPTV and TV translator stations. Digital companion channel applications specify a channel for digital operations other than the existing LPTV and TV translator station channel (as […]
Read More →January 10, 2017 TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 4th quarter 2016 issues/program reports. TV & Class A stations post the report to your online public file. AM & FM Stations place in your public file (if already moved online, place in online public file). TV & Class A stations […]
Read More →As readers may recall from last month’s newsletter, we predicted a 2-1 Republican majority at the FCC after President-Elect Trump’s inauguration. In the days after that prediction, we then cringed to read what appeared to be a resignation holdout by Chairman Wheeler in hopes of a Senate confirmation of Commissioner Rosenworcel for a new term […]
Read More →By now, you may have overheard, read or concluded that the FCC has done away with its 13-year policy of finding exclusive online recruiting for broadcaster position vacancies insufficient to satisfy the EEO broad outreach requirement. If so, you would be wrong. But your confusion would be understandable. Much has now been written about a […]
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