Dates to Remember
July 10, 2024
TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial &a... Read More
July 10, 2024 TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 2nd Quarter 2024 issues/program lists and any foreign sponsorship identification reports Class A TV Stations Only: deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 2nd Quarter 2024 certification of […]
Read More →In a long-awaited decision that followed a 2022 effort to impose new foreign sponsorship identification requirements on broadcasters, and a legal challenge that followed it, the FCC has now issued a Report & Order that amends and clarifies the existing rules. One clarification related to short-form advertising was not contemplated by the FCC in its […]
Read More →Sixteen years ago, the FCC adopted a rule prohibiting stations from discriminating in advertising contracts on the basis of race or ethnicity, requiring that ad contracts contain nondiscrimination clauses. At the time, the Commission had become aware that certain advertising sales practices on commercial stations allowed advertisers to prohibit their ads from airing on stations […]
Read More →The FCC’s Order reinstating the EEO Form 395-B filing requirement for broadcasters became effective June 3, 2024, but the Media Bureau has not yet issued the public notice announcing that stations must file the form by September 30th of this year. Given the status of legal challenges to the new mandate and that the form […]
Read More →There’s been plenty to write about in the first half of 2024 when it comes to broadcast regulation. From the ordinary to the new, here’s what to look for in the second half of 2024. On the “ordinary” side, it is quite possible that there will be a scheduled National EAS test this fall where […]
Read More →On June 27, 2024, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued a report on the outcome of the 2023 Nationwide EAS Test. There was significant improvement in the reception and retransmission rates of the test due to use of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), which was more reliable than over-the-air methods. More test […]
Read More →The FCC has adopted a rulemaking to overhaul its Class A, low power television and television translator rules, and announced a July 29th deadline to file comments in the proceeding. The scope of the rule changes is broad, and several new rules are proposed. The rulemaking considers requiring certain LPTV stations to maintain an online […]
Read More →June 1, 2024 Radio and TV Stations located in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024, upload it to the station […]
Read More →The FCC’s Media Bureau recently announced that the Order reinstating the EEO Form 395-B filing requirement for broadcasters was published in the Federal Register and will become effective on June 3, 2024. In the days just before that announcement, two petitions for reconsideration of the Order were filed with the FCC, and separate petitions for […]
Read More →In a May 22nd news release, the FCC announced that FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel has circulated a new proposal with the other four FCC commissioners on whether the FCC should require broadcasters to include disclosures in political ads when they contain AI-generated content. Commissioner Carr immediately labeled the effort ill-advised and without authority, raising concerns […]
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