- President Trump signed an Executive Order purporting to end federal subsidies for NPR and PBS provided through the Corporation for
fines for pirate radio
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 24, 2025 to February 28, 2025
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- The National Association of Broadcasters filed a Petition for Rulemaking asking the FCC to require that full-power television stations complete
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 13, 2025 to January 17, 2025
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- The FCC’s Enforcement and Media Bureaus, under a new Docket opened by the Commission called “Preserving the First Amendment,” dismissed
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 6, 2025 to January 10, 2025
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- The FCC released an Order increasing by an average of more than 17% its application fees, including those for broadcast
The Past Two Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters: December 23, 2024 to January 3, 2025
- The Commission released a Report and Order
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: December 9, 2024 to December 13, 2024
- At its December regular monthly Open Meeting, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to update several broadcast
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 23, 2024 to September 27, 2024
- The FCC released a Report and Order permitting digital FM radio stations to operate at different power levels on their
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 29, 2024 to August 2, 2024
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- 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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