- Through a Federal Register publication, the FCC announced comment dates on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing that broadcasters
FCC Fines
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 22, 2024 to July 26, 2024
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- The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing that broadcasters and cable operators make on-air disclosures regarding the use
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 15, 2024 to July 19, 2024
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- The FCC’s Media Bureau announced that August 15 is the effective date of the FCC’s expanded foreign government sponsorship identification
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 8, 2024 to July 12, 2024
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- The FCC’s weekly list of items on circulation (those orders or rulemaking proposals that have been drafted and are currently
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 1, 2024 to July 5, 2024
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- The National Religious Broadcasters, American Family Association, and the Texas Association of Broadcasters jointly requested that the FCC stay the
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 24, 2024 to June 28, 2024
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- The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine, which required Courts to defer to expert regulatory agencies, like the
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 17, 2024 to June 21, 2024
- The FCC’s Media Bureau asked for comments on a petition for rulemaking proposing the creation of a new class of
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 10, 2024 to June 14, 2024
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Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Children's Programming and Advertising, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues
- The FCC released a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking asking for comments on the 2024 FCC annual regulatory fees, which
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 20, 2024 to May 24, 2024
- FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel announced that she had circulated among the Commissioners for their review and approval a draft Notice of
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 22, 2024 to April 26, 2024
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Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Artificial Intelligence, Assignments and Transfers, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues
- Perhaps the biggest regulatory news of the past week came not from the FCC, but instead from the Federal Trade