- The FCC released an Order increasing by an average of more than 17% its application fees, including those for broadcast
changes in FCC application fees
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 13, 2021 to March 19, 2021
Here are some of the regulatory developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- At this week’s FCC March Open Meeting, the Commissioners unanimously adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry
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The Last Two Weeks in Broadcast Regulation: December 19, 2020 to January 1, 2021
Here are some of the regulatory developments in the last two weeks of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC released an order revising its fees for broadcast applications and other filings. The fees were adjusted to
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 10, 2020 to October 16, 2020
Here are some of the regulatory developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC set the comment dates for its proposal for changing the cost to file various broadcast applications. The new
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 22, 2020 to August 28, 2020
Here are some of the regulatory and legal developments of the last week of significance to broadcasters, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how they may affect your operations.
- The FCC this week released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing changes to the fees it charges broadcasters for
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More September Regulatory Dates – Effective Date of New Application Fees, Filing Deadline for TV Shared Services Agreements, Lowest Unit Rate For September Election and Reminder on Repacking Requirements
Yesterday, we wrote about the regulatory dates coming up for broadcasters in September. Even though that was an extensive list, we realized later that we left a few off. So here are a few more issues to consider in September. Plus, the FCC yesterday reminded repacked TV stations of all of the requirements for TV stations involved in the repacking of the TV band following the Incentive Auction which, as we noted in our post yesterday, formally begins this month.
One date that we overlooked was the effective date for a general increase in FCC application fees – those fees that commercial broadcasters pay every time they file an application for a construction permit, approval of a purchase or sale of a station, a license renewal, an STA or many other requests for FCC action. As we wrote here, the FCC recently announced that the fees were going up to reflect inflation. Last week, the FCC issued a Public Notice announcing that those new fees are effective on September 4. So commercial stations filing applications on September 4 or afterward need to remember to pay the new fees, or risk having their applications returned.
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FCC Application Fees Going Up
The FCC yesterday released an Order announcing its adjustments to its application fees for commercial broadcasters and other FCC licensees. The fee schedule reflects a 3.7% cost of living increase in the processing fees that are paid when broadcasters file an application with the FCC. Fees for broadcast applications can be found starting at page…
Reminder on August 30 Effective Date for Increases in FCC Application Fees
While most broadcasters are awaiting word of when the FCC’s annual regulatory fees will be due (an announcement that should be coming any day now as regulatory fees will be paid in September by all commercial broadcasters to offset the cost of being regulated), the FCC announced yesterday that its application fees are going up…
FCC Releases Guide to New Broadcast Application Fees
The FCC fees that must be paid by commercial broadcasters when they file most applications with the Commission went up as of July 3. See our article here about the July 3 effective date, and our article here about the adoption of the new higher fees. The FCC yesterday released a full…
FCC Application Fees Going Up on February 18
Update – February 25, 2009 – The change in fees did not become effective as planned – see our post here.
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Months ago, the FCC announced that the fees paid by broadcasters (and other services) for the processing of applications and other filings would be going up. It was only recently that the notice was published…