- Some of the big news for broadcasters this week came not from the FCC, but from the Federal Trade Commission:
License Renewal
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 12, 2024 to August 16, 2024
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- The FCC announced that oppositions are due August 27 in response to the National Association of Broadcasters’ petition for reconsideration
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 5, 2024 to August 9, 2024
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- The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced that October 4 is the deadline for EAS Participants to file
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 29, 2024 to August 2, 2024
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Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Television, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television
- Through a Federal Register publication, the FCC announced comment dates on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing that broadcasters
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 8, 2024 to July 12, 2024
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Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Artificial Intelligence, Broadcast Performance Royalty, FCC Fines, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Multiple Ownership Rules, Music Rights, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television
- 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
FCC Admonishes Three TV Stations for Not Having Clauses in Sales Agreements Requiring Non- discrimination in the Purchase of Advertising Time – A Reminder to Broadcasters
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As we wrote in Sunday’s weekly summary of broadcast actions, last week was a very active one at the FCC. The FCC released the texts of rulemaking proposals on annual regulatory fees and on new regulatory proposals for LPTV and TV translator stations. The Commission also released orders reinstating rules prohibiting FM stations serving…
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