The FCC recently reopened for comments a 2020 proposal to allow radio broadcasters to use FM booster stations to air “geo-targeted” content—independent of their primary stations—in certain limited circumstances. Although the broadcast...
Read moreAn FM translator licensee (the “Licensee”) was the recent recipient of two Notices of Violation (the “NOVs”) (1, 2) relating to two of its California translators. According to the NOVs,...
Read moreBroadcasters thus far appear divided on the merits to and potential risks arising from a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”) in which the Commission has proposed allowing radio broadcasters...
Read moreWith the COVID-19 situation currently dominating so much of our collective time and attention, other items may have been placed on the backburner. Accordingly, and to help ensure that Ohio...
Read moreThe FCC recently announced that several broadcast application forms related to constructing, licensing, and/or modifying commercial and noncommercial FM, LPFM, and FM translator stations will be available for filing in...
Read moreThe FCC recently announced the initial filing deadline for reimbursement submissions by LPTV stations, TV translators, FM stations, low-power FM stations, and FM translators (collectively referred to herein as “Affected...
Read moreThe Commission’s recently overhauled FM translator interference rules have been given final regulatory approval and will officially take effect next week—on August 13, according to an FCC Public Notice (the...
Read moreAt its open meeting earlier this month, the FCC adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) that streamlines the rules relating to FM translator interference vis-à-vis full-power FM stations and...
Read moreThe rules and resolution processes regarding FM translator interference complaints may soon receive a long-awaited overhaul. According to a draft Report and Order (the “Draft Order”) released last week by...
Read moreThe FCC is giving stations and other interested parties an extra month to comment on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) that proposes to “streamline” and “expedite” the FM translator...
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