Radio

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...

Comment 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...

As 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...

Also 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”)...

Commercial 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...

The 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...

Comment 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...

The 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...

The FCC wasted little time in dismissing and denying an Informal Objection (“Informal Objection”) filed in late May by three so-called advocacy groups against almost 1,000 pending FM translator applications. ...

Deadlines for comments and reply comments are now set on the FCC’s long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) that proposes to “streamline” and “expedite” the FM translator complaint resolution process.  Comments...