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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  September 8, 2025 to September 12, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on September 13, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, Assignments and Transfers, Digital Radio, Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The FCC released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking initiating its 2022 Quadrennial Review of its media ownership rules.  Congress

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 18, 2025 to August 22, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on August 24, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Broadcast Performance Royalty, Cable Carriage, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FCC Fees, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Intellectual Property, Music Rights, Programming Regulations, Television

• The Radio Music License Committee announced settlements with both ASCAP and BMI of rate court litigation over the royalties to

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 4, 2025 to August 8, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on August 10, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Cable Carriage, Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Multiple Ownership Rules, On Line Media, Television, Tower Issues

• The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced that October 3 is the deadline for EAS Participants, including broadcasters,

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 21, 2025 to July 25, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on July 27, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Children's Programming and Advertising, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FCC’s decisions in the 2018 Quadrennial Review to retain

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 30, 2025 to July 3, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on July 6, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, Digital Television, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, License Renewal, Multiple Ownership Rules, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• Paramount/CBS settled its lawsuit with President Trump for $16 million.  Last Fall, President Trump sued CBS for its supposed deceptive

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  June 3, 2025 to June 6, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on June 7, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Broadcast Auctions, Cable Carriage, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• FCC Commissioners Simington and Starks both announced that they were leaving the FCC as of June 6.  Starks stated at

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 12, 2025 to May 16, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on May 18, 2025

Posted in Emergency Communications, Fairness Doctrine, FCC Fines, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues

• The FCC’s Media Bureau extended the deadline for TV broadcasters to comply with the audible crawl rule’s until the earlier

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  March 10, 2025 to March 14, 2025

By David Oxenford on March 16, 2025

Posted in Uncategorized

• The FCC released a Public Notice titled “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete,” requesting public input on what FCC rules can

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  March 3, 2025 to March 7, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on March 9, 2025

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Assignments and Transfers, Digital Television, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, General FCC, Multiple Ownership Rules, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• The FCC released a draft Notice of Inquiry to explore how the FCC can support industry efforts to develop new

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  February 17, 2025 to February 21, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on February 23, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Broadcast Performance Royalty, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Fairness Doctrine, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Internet Radio, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Music Rights, On Line Media, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Website Issues

• In an effort to exert more control over independent federal agencies, including the FCC, President Trump signed an Executive Order

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