While we can’t have everyone together in-person this year Midwest Broadcast & Multimedia Technology Conference, we do want to support engineering and multimedia professionals at our member stations during these...
Read moreAs we’ve previously reported, stations that stream pre-1972 sound recordings have until today, April 9, 2019, if they wish to avail themselves of a temporary safe harbor from copyright infringement...
Read moreAs you may recall, legislation bringing sweeping reforms to music copyright law for the first time in decades became law last fall. Among other changes, that legislation—the Orrin G. Hatch...
Read morePerforming rights organization Global Music Rights (“GMR”) is again offering an extension of its interim license. Commercial radio stations wishing to extend their interim license with GMR must take action...
Read moreComment dates are set on the FCC’s Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Second Further Notice”) that seeks, among other things, input on several proposals for reducing the extensive interference...
Read moreAs part of its ongoing efforts to revitalize the AM service, the FCC earlier this month released a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Second Further Notice”) that seeks, among...
Read moreAlso last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected an appeal from SoundExchange and upheld the royalty rates that the Copyright Royalty Board (“CRB”)...
Read moreCommercial radio stations wishing to extend their interim license with performing rights organization GMR (Global Music Rights) must take action by September 30, 2018. You’ll recall that GMR was formed...
Read moreThe FCC announced in a Public Notice (“Notice”) released on July 23, 2018, that it is seeking comment on “the state of competition in the marketplace for the delivery of...
Read moreComment dates are now set on the Notice of Inquiry (“Notice”) in which the FCC (1) explores the possibility of creating a new intermediate class of FM radio stations—to be...
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