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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 3 to July 7, 2023

By David Oxenford on July 9, 2023

Posted in Advertising Issues, Broadcast Auctions, Digital Television, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Intellectual Property, Multiple Ownership Rules, Music Rights, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Television

• The Senate Commerce, Science, and Technology Committee this week scheduled an executive session for July 12 to consider the nomination

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 26 to June 30, 2023

By David Oxenford & Robert Primosch on July 2, 2023

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Broadcast Performance Royalty, Cable Carriage, Digital Television, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Intellectual Property, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Music Rights, Noncommercial Broadcasting, On Line Media, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Website Issues

• Chairwoman Rosenworcel announced that the FCC, at its open meeting on July 20, intends to allow 13 “Franken FM” or

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 26 to June 30, 2023

By David Oxenford & Robert Primosch on June 25, 2023

Posted in Assignments and Transfers, Cable Carriage, Digital Television, FCC Fines, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The FCC released late on Friday a Third Report and Order and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking resolving many

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 12 to June 16, 2023

By David Oxenford & Robert Primosch on June 18, 2023

Posted in FCC Fines, General FCC, Incentive Auctions/Broadband Report, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Noncommercial Broadcasting, On Line Media, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The Senate Commerce, Science, and Technology Committee announced that it will hold a hearing on June 22, 2023 on the

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 5 to June 9, 2023

By David Oxenford & Robert Primosch on June 11, 2023

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Television

• On Tuesday, the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing, “Listen Here:

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  May 29 to June 2, 2023

By David Oxenford & Robert Primosch on June 4, 2023

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Political Broadcasting, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The House Energy and Commerce Committee, through its Communications and Technology Subcommittee, announced that its hearing on the AM For

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  May 15 to May 19, 2023

By David Oxenford & Robert Primosch on May 20, 2023

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Intellectual Property, On Line Media, Political Broadcasting, Television, Website Issues

• On May 17, the AM For Every Vehicle Act was introduced in both the US Senate and the House of

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  May 8 to May 12, 2023

By David Oxenford & Robert Primosch on May 14, 2023

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Television

• The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released a Public Notice announcing that EEO Mid-Term Reviews for radio and television stations will start

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 24 to April 28, 2023

By David Oxenford & Robert Primosch on April 29, 2023

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Cable Carriage, Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued the first of its Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) audit letters for 2023 to randomly selected

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 17 to April 21, 2023

By David Oxenford & Robert Primosch on April 23, 2023

Posted in Assignments and Transfers, Digital Television, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Television

• At the NAB show last week, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced a new public-private initiative led by NAB to guide

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