- The FCC released an Order increasing by an average of more than 17% its application fees, including those for broadcast
fines for pirate radio
The Past Two Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters: December 23, 2024 to January 3, 2025
- The Commission released a Report and Order
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- 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
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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
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- 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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- Perhaps the biggest regulatory news of the past week came not from the FCC, but instead from the Federal Trade
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- The FCC announced that March 18 is the effective date of the rules adopted in its December 2023 Report and Order
The Last Three Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters: December 18, 2023 to January 5, 2024
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Expecting quiet weeks, we took the holidays off from providing our weekly summary of regulatory actions of interest to broadcasters. But, during that period, there actually were many regulatory developments. Here are some of those developments, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your…