- The FCC’s Media Bureau extended the deadline for TV broadcasters to comply with the audible crawl rule’s until the earlier
landlord liability for pirate radio
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.
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- 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
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- The Commission released a Report and Order
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- The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced that the deadline for EAS Participants to file their annual Emergency
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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- The FCC’s weekly list of items on circulation (those orders or rulemaking proposals that have been drafted and are currently
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 5, 2024 to February 9, 2024
- The FCC removed from its list of tentative written decisions circulating among the Commissioners for review and approval an item
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 22, 2024 to January 26, 2024
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- The FCC released its agenda for its Open Meeting scheduled for February 15. The FCC will consider two items of