- The AM for Every Vehicle Act was scheduled for a US Senate vote this week through an expedited process
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: November 20 to December 1, 2023
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- The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau partially granted NAB and REC Networks’ waiver request (discussed in our
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: November 13 to November 17, 2023
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Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Digital Television, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Intellectual Property, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues
- The NAB and REC Networks, an LPFM advocacy organization, jointly requested an extension of the December 12, 2023 deadline for
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: November 6 to November 10, 2023
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- The FCC has until December 27th to comply with a court order requiring the agency to conclude its still-pending
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 16 to 20, 2023
- The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released a Notice of Apparent Liability proposing a $25,000 fine on two commonly-owned clusters of broadcast
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 2 – October 6, 2023
- The re-nominations of FCC Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Brendan Carr were approved by the Senate late the week before last
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 18-September 22, 2023
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Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Intellectual Property, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Music Rights, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Television
- The FCC’s Media Bureau released a Public Notice reminding commercial and noncommercial broadcasters of their upcoming obligation to file biennial
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 28 to September 8, 2023
- The Senate approved Anna Gomez to be
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 21 to August 25, 2023
- The FCC’s Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing changes to the digital audio broadcasting rules to facilitate greater
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 24 to July 28, 2023
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- On July 28, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion rejecting appeals