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The holder of a construction permit for a new AM station that had already been tolled two years has been denied a request for further tolling based on, among other things, allegations of CDBS and FRN account hacking, along with gender discrimination. We thought these arguments novel enough to give them some space here. Apparently, […]
Read More →January 29, 2016 – July 28, 2016: 1st AM window for Class C and D AM stations to file modification applications for commercial band FM translators. Window closes July 28, 2016. April 1, 2016: AM & FM Stations in Indiana, Kentucky & Tennessee: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and […]
Read More →From April 16-19, 2016, HCCB Managing Partner Joe Chautin will be attending the National Association of Broadcasters’ convention in Las Vegas. If you’re attending and would like to meet with Joe, please email him at jchautin@hardycarey.com. At the convention, Joe can be reached by phone or text at 504-439-2350.
Read More →On March 29, 2016, the FCC’s TV Incentive Auction officially began as of the closing of the initial commitment window at 6 p.m. EST. The auction is technically in round one, but subsequent rounds will not begin until the clock phase of the auction, estimated for early May. The FCC’s computers are crunching station initial […]
Read More →The FCC’s efforts to continue revitalizing the AM radio service are alive and well. The comment period on the FCC’s further proposed rulemaking and notice of inquiry has now closed, and many voiced their support for further rule changes. There is no specific timeline for the FCC to act on these additional rule changes, and […]
Read More →In late-February, the FCC sent letters to 279 radio and television stations requesting an audit of their EEO compliance. If your station received one, the deadline for responding is April 11, 2016. If you’re worried that an EEO audit letter intended for your station perhaps didn’t make it all the way from your mailbox to […]
Read More →In case you haven’t started preparing your quarterly children’s television report, don’t go to the old filing system to do so. Beginning with the first 2016 quarterly report, which must be filed between April 1-10, 2016 and will cover the first three months of the year, the FCC’s Form 398 Children’s Television Programming Report will […]
Read More →January 29, 2016 – July 28, 2016: 1st AM window for Class C and D AM stations to file modification applications for commercial band FM translators. Window closes July 28, 2016. February 29, 2016: tutorial on bidding and post-auction process. March 11, 2016: FCC workshop on how to make initial commitment in reverse auction. Event […]
Read More →The FCC’s steady march toward the TV Incentive Auction continues unabated, despite a few looming legal proceedings in the D.C. Circuit. The FCC last week declined to stay the auction on behalf of certain Class A TV license holders, and now that question will be decided by the D.C. Circuit, with a briefing schedule that […]
Read More →The FCC’s first 2016 filing window for Class C and D AM stations to file modification applications relocating commercial band FM translators up to 250 miles opened on January 29, 2016, with over 400 applications filed that day. The FCC has already processed and granted over 300 of those applications, and expects to act on […]
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