On October 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a draft Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (draft FNPRM) that, if adopted at the October 2025 Open Commission Meeting, would have...more
10/10/2025
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On September 30, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) voted 3-0 to approve a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), starting the next phase of the FCC’s 2022 Quadrennial Review to examine whether certain...more
10/3/2025
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On September 9, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (draft NPRM) that, if adopted at the September 2025 Open Commission Meeting, would commence the next phase of the...more
9/11/2025
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) is now open for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file Form One. Under the FCC’s rules, EAS...more
8/7/2025
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There are several things you can count on in life as a broadcaster: death, taxes, and the need to file biennial ownership reports in odd-numbered years. But now you can scratch the last one (at least for the time being). ...more
On April 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Public Notice seeking comment on the Petition for Rulemaking (the Petition) filed by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) asking...more
On October 1, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) extended the deadline for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) Form One to October 18, 2024. The...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) is now open for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file Form One. Under the FCC’s rules, EAS...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) recently released an Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that reaches several tentative conclusions designed to give digital FM stations more flexibility to...more
On June 23, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Third Report and Order (Order) in its Next Generation Broadcast Television (ATSC 3.0 or Next Gen TV) docket, as well as a Fourth Further...more
On June 22, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that seeks comment on the state of the Next Generation Television (Next Gen TV or ATSC...more
On February 10, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Economic Analytics and Media Bureau released a Public Notice detailing the procedures for the forthcoming auction of 27 new full power television...more
On June 11, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released what is likely to be a final reminder to licensees of low power television (LPTV) and TV translator stations and to permittees of new digital LPTV and TV...more
On January 19, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order adopting technical changes to the agency’s rules pertaining to the use of a distributed transmission system (DTS), or...more
On December 10, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order that it hopes will encourage the deployment of the ATSC 3.0 Next Generation Television Standard (ATSC 3.0) and...more
On December 1, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on changes to its retransmission rules for FM booster stations that would allow...more