FCC Regulatory Reform

As part of the FCC’s agenda for its January 2022 open meeting, the Commission adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) revising several of its political programming rules in relatively minor ways. ...

The Commission has now officially adopted its Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”) proposing regulatory fees for Fiscal Year 2020 (“FY 2020”).  Of particular significance to...

A petition filed late last year by America’s Public Television Stations (“APTS”) and NAB related to the deployment of ATSC 3.0 (the next generation broadcast television standard) may have struck...

Today, the FCC unanimously adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Order”) that moves broadcasters’ carriage election notices to primarily electronic means, significantly modernizing the...

Also on the agenda at the Commission’s July 10 open meeting is a draft Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Draft Order”) that proposes to move...

Another FCC rule bites the dust.  Broadcasters can take down and recycle (or frame for history’s sake!) their physical station licenses.  That’s because, effective February 8, 2019, the FCC has...

Broadcasters will soon be able to put away some of their thumb tacks and scotch tape and recycle some old binders.  That’s because the FCC, on December 11, 2018, adopted...

At its October 23 open meeting, the Commission adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) eliminating the requirement—which dates back to the 1930s!—that broadcasters file paper copies of certain contracts...

Stations might soon be able to put away some of their thumb tacks and scotch tape and recycle some old binders.  That’s because the FCC, on May 10, 2018, adopted...

Stations can recycle their paper copies of the FCC’s rules. The requirement that certain television and radio broadcast entities (as well as certain cable operators) maintain paper copies of the...