- The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced that October 4 is the deadline for EAS Participants to file
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 6, 2024 to May 10, 2024
- The FCC announced that comments are due June 6 on its April Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, exploring state of
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 22, 2024 to April 26, 2024
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- Perhaps the biggest regulatory news of the past week came not from the FCC, but instead from the Federal Trade
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- The FCC held its March regular monthly open meeting and adopted two items of interest:
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 15 to January 19, 2024
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- President Biden signed a Continuing Resolution passed by Congress averting a federal government shutdown that was to begin on January
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Expecting quiet weeks, we took the holidays off from providing our weekly summary of regulatory actions of interest to broadcasters. But, during that period, there actually were many regulatory developments. Here are some of those developments, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your…
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 25-September 30, 2023
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- In a last-minute reprieve, the House and Senate agreed on Saturday, September 30 to fund the government for another 45
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 26 to June 30, 2023
- The FCC released late on Friday a Third Report and Order and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking resolving many
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 15 to May 19, 2023
- On May 17, the AM For Every Vehicle Act was introduced in both the US Senate and the House of
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 3 to April 7, 2023
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- Since the February 24 hearing designation order (HDO) from the FCC’s Media Bureau referring questions about Standard General Broadcasting’s proposed