Television stations licensed in New Jersey and New York must file license renewal applications by Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) public notice rule, a...more
Television stations licensed in Texas must file license renewal applications by Friday, April 1, 2022. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) public notice rule, a television station must...more
On August 3, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Public Notice seeking comment on a Petition for Clarification (Petition) filed by the ABC Television Affiliates Association, CBS Television...more
Radio stations licensed in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma must file license renewal applications by Monday, February 1, 2021. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) new public notice rule,...more
The public notice announcing the lifting of multiple freezes affecting television applications and petitions is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on November 12, 2020, according to an advanced notice of...more
On October 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Public Notice clarifying certain aspects of its new rules governing the way that broadcasters must provide the public with notice of a...more
On October 29, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announced that significant changes to its requirements governing the way that broadcasters must provide the public with notice of a variety of...more
Full power commercial and noncommercial radio stations and LPFM stations licensed to communities in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee must begin airing pre-filing license renewal announcements on February 1, 2020. License...more
Yesterday, we advised that the Federal Communications Commission had extended the deadline for uploading Issues/Programs Lists to stations’ online public files to January 30, 2019....more
The FCC has resumed normal operations after the end of the recent partial government shutdown. During the shutdown, broadcast stations were unable to upload documents to the FCC’s online public files, including the 4th...more
Perhaps indicating that the rapid conclusion of Stage 1 of the Incentive Auction was not a surprise to the FCC, the Commission moved with lightning speed to announce that Stage 2 of the auction will commence on September 13...more
In a Public Notice released June 2, 2016, the FCC has taken the next steps towards implementing the expanded online public inspection file, which is set to go live on June 24th. Specifically, the FCC announced that on June...more
Fulfilling Chairman Wheeler’s promise at the NAB Show to launch a proceeding before the end of the month commencing the process of authorizing use of ATSC 3.0 by TV broadcasters, the FCC today released a Public Notice on the...more