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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  April 28, 2025 to May 2, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on May 4, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Cable Carriage, Children's Programming and Advertising, Digital Television, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• President Trump signed an Executive Order purporting to end federal subsidies for NPR and PBS provided through the Corporation for

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  February 24, 2025 to February 28, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on March 2, 2025

Posted in Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Internet Video, Noncommercial Broadcasting, On Line Media, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Programming Regulations, Television, Website Issues

• The National Association of Broadcasters filed a Petition for Rulemaking asking the FCC to require that full-power television stations complete

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  January 13, 2025 to January 17, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on January 18, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Digital Television, Emergency Communications, Fairness Doctrine, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues

• The FCC’s Enforcement and Media Bureaus, under a new Docket opened by the Commission called “Preserving the First Amendment,” dismissed

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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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The Past Two Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters: December 23, 2024 to January 3, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on January 5, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Cable Carriage, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The Commission released a Report and Order

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  December 9, 2024 to December 13, 2024

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on December 15, 2024

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Broadcast Auctions, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Television

• At its December regular monthly Open Meeting, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to update several broadcast

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  September 23, 2024 to September 27, 2024

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on September 29, 2024

Posted in Digital Radio, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The FCC released a Report and Order permitting digital FM radio stations to operate at different power levels on their

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 29, 2024 to August 2, 2024

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on August 4, 2024

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

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 22, 2024 to July 26, 2024

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on July 28, 2024

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Artificial Intelligence, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Intellectual Property, License Renewal, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Television, Trademark

• The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing that broadcasters and cable operators make on-air disclosures regarding the use

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 8, 2024 to July 12, 2024

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on July 14, 2024

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

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