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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  September 22, 2025 to September 26, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on September 27, 2025

Posted in FCC Fees, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• Congress has thus far failed to pass any legislation to provide funding for government operations after the September 30 end

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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:  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:  January 6, 2025 to January 10, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on January 12, 2025

Posted in Assignments and Transfers, Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Emergency Communications, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Television

• The FCC released an Order increasing by an average of more than 17% its application fees, including those for broadcast

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