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FCC Seeks Comment on ATSC 3.0/Next Gen TV Transition

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

FCC Proposes Significant Fine Against Broadcaster for Several Emergency Alert System Violations

On January 8, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) proposing a $369,190 penalty against a television licensee for willfully and...more

December 2, 2024 FCC EEO Deadlines for Stations in AL, GA, CO, MN, MT, ND, SD, CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, and VT

Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont with five...more

FCC Extends ETRS Form One Filing Deadline to October 18, 2024

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

Children’s Programming Commercial Limits Violations Result in $3M Fine for Broadcasters

For one of our authors, their kids’ current favorite treat is a chocolate bar sold by a popular YouTube personality (and philanthropist!). The kids know about this particular chocolate bar because the personality promotes it...more

Annual Update to ETRS Form One Due By October 4, 2024

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

Radio Duplication Rule for Commercial FM Stations Goes Into Effect on August 2, 2024

On July 3, 2024, the Federal Register published a summary of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Order on Reconsideration (Order) that reinstated section 73.3556 of the Commission’s rules (the radio...more

FCC Grants Rare Waiver of Its Prohibition on Ownership of Top-Four TV Stations

On June 18, 2024, the Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Memorandum Opinion and Order (Order) granting a rare waiver of its Top-Four Prohibition to allow Marquee Broadcasting...more

FCC Reinstates Radio Duplication Rule for Commercial FM Stations

On June 10, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released an Order on Reconsideration (Order) reinstating section 73.3556 of the Commission’s rules (the radio duplication rule) for commercial FM...more

FCC to Accept Applications for Low Power TV Channel Changes

On May 28, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Media Bureau announced that it will partially lift its long-standing freeze on major modification applications and permit all Class A, low power...more

Say What? FCC Fines NCE Broadcaster for Underwriting and Sponsorship ID Violations

In 1972, comedian George Carlin famously released a bit on the seven “Filthy Words” you can never say on the public airwaves. The bit became the subject of a landmark Supreme Court decision, FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, in...more

Failure to Promptly Award $396 Contest Prize Results in $8K Penalty for Broadcaster

If you’re a contestant in a radio or TV contest, it’s important to follow the rules of the contest, lest you be disqualified. Likewise, if you’re a broadcaster conducting an on-air contest, it’s important to follow the rules...more

FCC Restarts Collection of EEO Workforce Data on Form 395-B

As anyone who has shopped for jeans recently can appreciate, sometimes what’s old is new again. Indeed, some of us wish we had not been quite so hasty in Marie Kondo-ing our closets now that ‘90s-style jeans are making a...more

FCC Proposes “Priority” Application Review Proposal for Broadcasters Providing Local Journalism

On January 17, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to prioritize review of certain applications submitted by commercial and...more

FCC Adopts Procedures for Limited New Class A Television Window

On December 12, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order (Order) that adopted rules to implement the Low Power Protection Act (LPPA). The rules, consistent with the FCC’s...more

FCC Grants Limited Extension of EAS Compliance Deadline for Customers Using Sage Equipment

On November 28, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) granted a limited extension of the deadline to prioritize Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)-formatted emergency alerts for customers of equipment...more

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