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December 1, 2024
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The FCC has fined a Houston, Texas-based cable operator $2.25 Million because it retransmitted broadcast television signals without first obtaining the consent of the stations whose signals it was using. The FCC had previously warned the cable operator and also conducted a full investigation of the cable operator after receiving complaints from four TV stations […]
Read More →At its June 27th open meeting, the FCC Acting Chair and two sitting Commissioners got an update and progress report on the Incentive Auction rulemaking from the Incentive Auction Task Force. If Commissioner Rosenworcel’s issued statement is any measure, there hasn’t been much progress. Rosenworcel said that “we are at the early stages” of conducting […]
Read More →In most cases when items are missing from a station’s public file, the FCC only has sympathy when a natural disaster or some equally momentous circumstance has caused their loss. We’ve even seen a situation where even the death of a former employee that exclusively prepared public file items did not warrant any leniency from […]
Read More →After more than a decade since the last filing opportunity for new low power FM stations, the FCC has announced a 15-day LPFM filing window for this fall. The window will begin on October 15, 2013 and close at 6 pm EDT on October 29, 2013. Though LPFM stations must operate non-commercially, applicants will be […]
Read More →Because of low budgets and high staff turnover as well as a desire to foster continued interest and training in broadcasting by the younger generation, the FCC has announced a new and more lenient enforcement policy for certain rule violations by college radio stations that are student-run. The new policy is significant and groundbreaking, and […]
Read More →The FCC’s freeze on the ability of full power and Class A stations to expand their facilities is now nearly two months old. And despite loud calls and heavy lobbying by the National Association of Broadcasters and others, the FCC seems quite content to leave the freeze in place for what could be an extended […]
Read More →With the departure of Former Chairman Genachowski, and the wait for Senate approval of Chairman nominee Tom Wheeler, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is now Acting FCC Chairwoman until such time as Wheeler is confirmed and sworn in. The timeline for Wheeler’s approval is uncertain. He has largely been hailed as wellqualified, which bodes well for his […]
Read More →The FCC has extended the deadline by a month for the public and broadcasters to file comments on potential revisions to the FCC’s current indecency enforcement policy. The new deadline is June 19, 2013, with reply comments due July 18, 2013. Comments should be filed electronically. Among other things, the Commission wants input on how […]
Read More →A candidate for a new Low Power FM station recently learned the hard way that non-profit existence is a key to being a qualified LPFM applicant. In 2000, the company filed an application for a new LPFM station, only to find its application dismissed because at the time of the filing, it was not a […]
Read More →Many have been suspicious of the government’s objectives in connection with the TV spectrum auction that is designed to re-purpose TV spectrum to mobile broadband use. Well, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai has now unequivocally confirmed that those who are suspicious have every reason to be. After an early May 2013 workshop where broadcasters and wireless […]
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