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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: November 10, 2025 to November 14, 2025
- Congress passed a bill ending the federal government shutdown which began on October 1, ensuring that the government will remain
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: 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: 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 21, 2025 to April 25, 2025
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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 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
By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on
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
By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on
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)