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Licensees and Telecom/Video Service Providers Must File and Pay FCC Regulatory Fees by Sept. 26, 2024

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 9/12/2024

The FCC has released its annual Report and Order showing the regulatory fees due for the 2024 fiscal year. Fees must be paid by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on September 26. The FCC's CORES payment module is accepting fee payments...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 8/30/2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 8/2/2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 5/31/2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

Comments Due April 29, 2024 on FCC's New Rules to Govern In-Space Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing

Lerman Senter PLLC on 3/18/2024

The FCC has proposed new rules to permit issuance of spectrum licenses to companies proposing operations in space other than deployment of traditional satellite space stations, including services such as assembly and...more

Reminder of Post-Thanksgiving Deadlines for Broadcasters

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/22/2023

For many, Thanksgiving is a time for some combination of family, food, football, and deal hunting. At the risk of contributing to your heartburn, we want to remind you of three upcoming deadlines that you do not want to wait...more

NCE Broadcaster Fined $9K for Issues/Programs Report Violations

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/8/2023

There are certain regulatory “perks” to being a non-commercial educational (NCE) broadcaster, such as not paying regulatory fees. There are also certain regulatory drawbacks (looking at you, underwriting rules). One thing in...more

Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline December 2023

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 11/3/2023

Under the FCC’s EEO Rule, all radio and television station employment units (“SEUs”), regardless of staff size, must afford equal opportunity to all qualified persons and practice nondiscrimination in employment....more

The Delaware Chancery Court Finds That an Unfair Process Resulted in a Fair Price

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 10/10/2023

Executive Summary- A recent Delaware Court of Chancery post-trial decision, In re Straight Path Communications, is another example of: • “fair price” immunizing “unfair process” in the “entire fairness” analysis, and - •...more

FCC Updates Frequency Allocations and Licensing Rules for Commercial Space Launch Operations

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/27/2023

In an effort to support commercial space launch operations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a Report and Order (Order) enhancing access to 2200-2290 MHz band spectrum and revising spectrum licensing...more

FCC Modernizes Satellite and Earth Station Licensing Process

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/26/2023

Looking to keep pace with the rapid evolution of the space industry, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a Report and Order (Order) to accelerate existing processes for licensing satellite and earth stations....more

ALJ Declines to Rubber Stamp EB Position on License Revocation

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/20/2023

According to the internet, rubber stamps can be traced back to 100 AD, when people in China carved text into wood (rubber as we know it in the 21st century wasn’t around until the 1800s) and then dipped the carved wood into...more

Weighing in on a Debate: The Audio Division Finds No Consent Needed for Gradual Changes in Governing Boards

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/12/2023

For many years, attorneys who represent public broadcasters and other non-commercial educational licensees (NCEs) have debated whether an application for Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) consent must be...more

Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands,...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 8/24/2023

October 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington to place...more

Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico,...

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 5/18/2023

June 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming to place their Annual...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2023

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 4/28/2023

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: ...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2023

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 3/29/2023

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

FCC Media Bureau Announces Further Extension of Filing Deadlines

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/30/2023

On January 27, The FCC’s Media Bureau issued a Public Notice announcing that it is extending through February 28, 2023 the deadline for licensees to: (1) upload any documents into the Online Public Inspection File (OPIF)...more

February 1, 2023 FCC EEO Deadlines for Stations in AR, LA, MS, KS, NE, OK, NJ, NY

Wiley Rein LLP on 1/13/2023

Annual EEO Public File Report- Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New Jersey and New York with five or more full-time employees must...more

ALERT: FCC Opens Rulemaking on Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Licensed Spectrum

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/5/2023

On January 4, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) setting forth proposed rules for the operation of unmanned aircraft systems in the 5030-5091 MHz band...more

2023 Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 12/30/2022

With the end of another year soon upon us, we have begun to look forward to the highs, lows, joys, and filings that 2023 has in store. In accordance with a Pillsbury holiday tradition, earlier this month we published our...more

2023 Broadcasters’ Calendar

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 12/15/2022

Items of Note in 2023 - I. Commercial and Noncommercial Biennial Ownership Report: December 1, 2023 is the deadline by which all commercial and noncommercial radio and television stations must file their biennial ownership...more

December Television License Renewal and Announcements Reminder: CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, & VT

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/14/2022

Television stations licensed in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont must file license renewal applications by Thursday, December 1, 2022. Pursuant to the Federal Communications...more

License Renewal Application Reminder for Television Stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,...

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 11/11/2022

Full power TV, Class A TV, LPTV, and TV Translator stations licensed to communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont must file their license renewal applications by December 1,...more

License Renewal Application Reminder for Television Stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 11/9/2022

ecember 1, 2022 is the license renewal application filing deadline for commercial and noncommercial TV broadcast stations licensed to communities in the following states: Full Power TV, Class A, LPTV, and TV Translator...more

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