Bulletin Categories: Contests

Thus far in 2024, the FCC has issued two Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “NALs”) preliminarily determining that several radio licensees apparently violated the FCC’s rules governing station-conducted...

A Florida FM station’s recent slate of FCC rule violations have been resolved by a Consent Decree (the “Decree”) that levels the highest fine discussed in this “Eye on Enforcement”...

In a pair of recent Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “First Notice” and “Second Notice”), the FCC has proposed fines of $5,200 and $6,000, respectively, for two radio...

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...

At 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...

When 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...

On 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...

The 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...

A 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...