- The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced that October 3 is the deadline for EAS Participants, including broadcasters,
direct final rule
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 28, 2025 to August 1, 2025
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- The FCC’s Media Bureau waived the requirement that broadcasters file their biennial ownership reports by December 1 of this year,
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 21, 2025 to July 25, 2025
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Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Children's Programming and Advertising, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FCC’s decisions in the 2018 Quadrennial Review to retain
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 14, 2025 to July 18, 2025
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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
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 30, 2025 to July 3, 2025
- Paramount/CBS settled its lawsuit with President Trump for $16 million. Last Fall, President Trump sued CBS for its supposed deceptive