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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 14, 2025 to July 18, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on July 20, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Cable Carriage, Children's Programming and Advertising, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues

• FCC Chairman Carr announced the agenda for the Commission’s regular monthly open meeting scheduled for August 7, and it contains

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 9, 2025 to June 13, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on June 15, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Digital Television, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The FCC’s Media Bureau announced that June 10 is the effective date for the FCC’s modified broadcast foreign sponsorship identification

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 3, 2025 to June 6, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on June 7, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Broadcast Auctions, Cable Carriage, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• FCC Commissioners Simington and Starks both announced that they were leaving the FCC as of June 6.  Starks stated at

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  May 19, 2025 to May 23, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on May 25, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Artificial Intelligence, Digital 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, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected the FCC’s 2024 attempt to reinstate Form 395-B which, had

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 12, 2025 to May 16, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on May 18, 2025

Posted in Emergency Communications, Fairness Doctrine, FCC Fines, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues

• The FCC’s Media Bureau extended the deadline for TV broadcasters to comply with the audible crawl rule’s until the earlier

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  May 5, 2025 to May 9, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on May 11, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Cable Carriage, Digital Television, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Internet Video, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• FCC Commissioner Simington and his Chief of Staff, Gavin Wax, published an article advocating for DOGE-style reform of the FCC. 

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 21, 2025 to April 25, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on April 27, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, Fairness Doctrine, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Multiple Ownership Rules, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The FCC announced that May 23 is the effective date of its January Order increasing its application fees, including those

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 14, 2025 to April 18, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on April 20, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Cable Carriage, Children's Programming and Advertising, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Fairness Doctrine, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision that raises significant questions about the FCC’s ability

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 7, 2025 to April 11, 2025

By David Oxenford on April 13, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Broadcast Performance Royalty, Cable Carriage, Digital Television, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Intellectual Property, Internet Radio, Multiple Ownership Rules, Music Rights, Noncommercial Broadcasting, On Line Media, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The NAB and SoundExchange filed with the Copyright Royalty Board a proposed settlement of the pending litigation over the 2026-2030

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  March 24, 2025 to March 28, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on April 1, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Emergency Communications, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• FCC Chairman Carr stated on X that the FCC is prepared to block transactions among FCC-regulated companies, including broadcasters, where

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