- The FCC’s Media Bureau released a Public Notice purporting to provide guidance directed to broadcast TV stations on whether the
LPFM processing
The Last Two Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 25, 2025 to September 5, 2025
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Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Broadcast Auctions, Cable Carriage, Digital Television, Emergency Communications, FCC Fees, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Incentive Auctions/Broadband Report, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism
Updated, 9/9/25 to correct typo in opening date for the filing of applications for new LPTV and TV translator stations in the second bullet below.
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past two weeks, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how…
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 19, 2025 to May 23, 2025
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Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Radio, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FCC Fees, 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
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: April 7, 2025 to April 11, 2025
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Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Broadcast Performance Royalty, Cable Carriage, Digital Television, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Intellectual Property, Internet Radio, Multiple Ownership Rules, Music Rights, Noncommercial Broadcasting, On Line Media, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television
- The NAB and SoundExchange filed with the Copyright Royalty Board a proposed settlement of the pending litigation over the 2026-2030
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 31, 2025 to April 4, 2025
- On the eve of its national convention in Las Vegas, the National Association of Broadcasters filed a letter with the
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 24, 2025 to March 28, 2025
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- FCC Chairman Carr stated on X that the FCC is prepared to block transactions among FCC-regulated companies, including broadcasters, where
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: February 3, 2025 to February 7, 2025
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Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Broadcast Auctions, Broadcast Performance Royalty, Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Intellectual Property, Internet Radio, Music Rights, Noncommercial Broadcasting, On Line Media, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Podcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television
- Payola on broadcast stations suddenly was in the news this past week. Early in the week, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
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