Fines

An FCC fine levied this week against a broadcaster for “premature construction” serves as a good reminder—and cautionary tale—for stations that may be making (or are planning to make) changes...

The FCC’s random Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) audits are not just busy work!  They can sometimes lead to fines for broadcasters, and that’s exactly what happened recently as the Commission...

As we have previously advised, the deadline for paying regulatory fees is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 27.  Payments that are even one minute late face a penalty...

As we have previously advised, the deadline for paying regulatory fees is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 27.  Payments that are even one minute late face a penalty...

The FCC has adopted its regulatory fees for fiscal year (“FY”) 2016. The Commission seeks to collect $384,012,497 in regulatory fees from all regulatees. The regulatory fees relevant to broadcasters...

The Commission has imposed a large penalty—finally—on a group of cable operators for unauthorized retransmission of the broadcast signals of six different television stations.  The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has imposed...

The FCC has continued enforcement against misuse of Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) sounds by imposing staggering fines for violations of the Commission’s rules prohibiting the broadcast of actual or simulated...

The FCC recently fined two broadcasters $20,000 each for violations of the Commission’s EEO rules. In one instance, the Commission fined a television broadcaster in large part for failing to...