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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  September 22, 2025 to September 26, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on September 27, 2025

Posted in FCC Fees, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• Congress has thus far failed to pass any legislation to provide funding for government operations after the September 30 end

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  September 15, 2025 to September 19, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on September 21, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues

• FCC Chairman Carr suggested in a podcast interview that the FCC could penalize ABC/Disney if the company failed to discipline

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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 14, 2025 to July 18, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on July 20, 2025

Posted in Advertising Issues, AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Cable Carriage, Children's Programming and Advertising, Emergency Communications, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues

• FCC Chairman Carr announced the agenda for the Commission’s regular monthly open meeting scheduled for August 7, and it contains

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 7, 2025 to July 11, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on July 13, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Digital Television, FCC Fines, FM Radio, General FCC, Indecency, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Security, Television

• The FCC announced that comments and reply comments are due August 4 and August 22, respectively, responding to its Public

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  March 24, 2025 to March 28, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on April 1, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Emergency Communications, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television

• FCC Chairman Carr stated on X that the FCC is prepared to block transactions among FCC-regulated companies, including broadcasters, where

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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:  February 24, 2025 to February 28, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on March 2, 2025

Posted in Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Internet Video, Noncommercial Broadcasting, On Line Media, Payola and Sponsorship Identification, Programming Regulations, Television, Website Issues

• The National Association of Broadcasters filed a Petition for Rulemaking asking the FCC to require that full-power television stations complete

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  January 13, 2025 to January 17, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on January 18, 2025

Posted in AM Radio, Assignments and Transfers, Digital Television, Emergency Communications, Fairness Doctrine, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Political Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television, Tower Issues

• The FCC’s Enforcement and Media Bureaus, under a new Docket opened by the Commission called “Preserving the First Amendment,” dismissed

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  January 6, 2025 to January 10, 2025

By David Oxenford & Keenan Adamchak on January 12, 2025

Posted in Assignments and Transfers, Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, Emergency Communications, FCC Fees, FCC Fines, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Television

• The FCC released an Order increasing by an average of more than 17% its application fees, including those for broadcast

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