- The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Communications & Technology Subcommittee held an FCC oversight hearing. The hearing featured written
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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: May 27, 2025 to May 29, 2025
- The FCC sent to Congress its Budget Estimates request for Fiscal Year 2026. The budget request contains a few specific
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 30, 2024 to October 4, 2024
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- The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced that the deadline for EAS Participants to file their annual Emergency
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- Perhaps the biggest regulatory news of the past week came not from the FCC, but instead from the Federal Trade
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 8, 2024 to April 12, 2024
- The debate over the AM for Every Vehicle Act intensified this week, with the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board publishing an article
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 2, 2024 to April 5, 2024
- The FCC adopted a decision resolving the FCC’s long-pending proceeding on whether to authorize FM “zonecasting” or “geo-targeting,” permitting FM
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- The FCC announced that March 18 is the effective date of the rules adopted in its December 2023 Report and Order
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 22, 2024 to January 26, 2024
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- The FCC released its agenda for its Open Meeting scheduled for February 15. The FCC will consider two items of