- The FCC’s Media Bureau announced that June 10 is the effective date for the FCC’s modified broadcast foreign sponsorship identification
late license renewal
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 14, 2025 to April 18, 2025
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Posted in AM Radio, Cable Carriage, Children's Programming and Advertising, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Fairness Doctrine, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television
- The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision that raises significant questions about the FCC’s ability
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 17, 2025 to March 21, 2025
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Posted in AM Radio, Broadcast Auctions, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Fairness Doctrine, FCC Fines, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television
- FCC Commissioner Starks announced that he informed President Trump and Senator Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) that he will resign his
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 19, 2024 to August 23, 2024
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Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Artificial Intelligence, Assignments and Transfers, Cable Carriage, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Television, Tower Issues
- Some of the big news for broadcasters this week came not from the FCC, but from the Federal Trade Commission:
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 29, 2024 to August 2, 2024
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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
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: October 30 to November 3, 2023
- The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released its second EEO audit notice for 2023, which targets 150 radio and television stations for
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 28 to September 8, 2023
- The Senate approved Anna Gomez to be
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 14 to August 18, 2023
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Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Broadcast Performance Royalty, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Intellectual Property, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Music Rights, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television
- In the last two license renewal cycles, more fines have been issued for full-power stations violating the requirement that they
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 20 to March 25, 2023
- FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel announced a proposal which would require that all pay TV providers prominently display “all in” pricing on
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 27 to March 3, 2023
- FCC Commissioner Simington issued a statement supporting a recent letter from former FEMA leaders to the Department of Transportation highlighting