- On Tuesday, the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing, “Listen Here:
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 25, 2022 to July 8, 2022
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 these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC has issued a Public Notice confirming the comment and reply comment dates for its Third Further Notice
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 8, 2022 to January 14, 2022
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC announced that CDBS, the database where all broadcast applications were filed before most migrated to the newer LMS
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 14, 2021 to August 20, 2021
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- Two Federal Register notices set dates for changes to the FCC’s EAS rules. We wrote about these issues here and
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Comment Dates Set on FCC Proposals for Dealing with False EAS Alerts
By David Oxenford on
Posted in Emergency Communications
Last week, we wrote about FCC changes to its EAS rules, including the adoption (not yet effective) of a requirement that a broadcast station report to the FCC when they broadcast a false EAS alert. In the order adopting that requirement and other changes to EAS practices, the FCC also issued a Further Notice…
FCC Requires Updating By Broadcasters of EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) Form One By August 27
The FCC recently released a Public Notice reminding all EAS participants that they need to file ETRS Form One by August 27, 2018. This form needs to be filed by all radio and TV stations, including LPFM and LPTV stations (unless those LPTV stations simply act as a translator for another station). While the…
EAS Coordinators in Each State Have One Year to Gather Information about Emergency Alerts to Non-English Speaking Listeners
By David Oxenford on
Posted in Emergency Communications
Earlier this year, the FCC decided not to adopt a proposal that would have required at least one broadcast station in each community to provide emergency alerts to local listeners who do not speak English. The FCC decision deciding to not mandate multilingual EAS alerts is here, and our article on the initial proposal…