January 31 is usually marked on every employer’s calendar because IRS Form W-2 wage statements must be issued to all employees by that date. But another IRS obligation—the issuance of...
Read moreAt long last, the promise of greater flexibility in the on-air disclosures required for station-conducted contests has been realized: The effective date of the new disclosure rules was Feb. 12. As we...
Read moreWhen stations conduct contests and promotions, they must keep in mind the FCC’s following rules: if a station mentions on air how to enter or participate in a contest, all...
Read moreOn August 27, the FCC released the “tentative” agenda for its open meeting scheduled for September 17, and we are excited to report that the following item is listed: Modernizing...
Read moreIn our Nov. 25 Legal Update, we reported on the FCC’s proceeding to “modernize” its decades-old station-conducted contest rule. In that proceeding, the FCC has proposed, among other things, to give...
Read moreThe Commission has issued a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) to “modernize” its station-conducted contest rule and allow stations to meet the requirement to disclose material terms of the...
Read moreA one-line item on the FCC’s tentative agenda, released Oct. 31, announcing the topics for its Nov. 21 meeting may have been the least scary thing to be released on Halloween...
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