- The FCC’s Media Bureau released a Public Notice purporting to remind broadcasters about their lowest unit charge (LUC) obligations for
PBS funding
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 21, 2025 to July 25, 2025
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- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the FCC’s decisions in the 2018 Quadrennial Review to retain
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 14, 2025 to July 18, 2025
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- FCC Chairman Carr announced the agenda for the Commission’s regular monthly open meeting scheduled for August 7, and it contains
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 23, 2025 to June 27, 2025
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- Olivia Trusty was sworn in as an FCC Commissioner, restoring the Commission’s quorum just before its regular monthly Open Meeting.
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 9, 2025 to June 13, 2025
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- The FCC’s Media Bureau announced that June 10 is the effective date for the FCC’s modified broadcast foreign sponsorship identification
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 3, 2025 to June 6, 2025
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 28, 2025 to May 2, 2025
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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: April 14, 2025 to April 18, 2025
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- 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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- 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)