- The FCC’s Media Bureau released a Public Notice purporting to provide guidance directed to broadcast TV stations on whether the
landlord liability for pirate radio
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 11, 2025 to August 15, 2025
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Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Children's Programming and Advertising, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Fairness Doctrine, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues
- The FCC released the full text of its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted at its regular monthly Open Meeting earlier
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
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 9, 2025 to June 13, 2025
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- The FCC’s Media Bureau announced that June 10 is the effective date for the FCC’s modified broadcast foreign sponsorship identification
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 12, 2025 to May 16, 2025
- The FCC’s Media Bureau extended the deadline for TV broadcasters to comply with the audible crawl rule’s until the earlier
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 5, 2025 to May 9, 2025
- FCC Commissioner Simington and his Chief of Staff, Gavin Wax, published an article advocating for DOGE-style reform of the FCC.
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 28, 2025 to May 2, 2025
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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
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: September 30, 2024 to October 4, 2024
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Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Children's Programming and Advertising, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television
- The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced that the deadline for EAS Participants to file their annual Emergency