Bulletin Categories: Enforcement Actions

Across the last two months, the Commission has continued its enforcement of the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act (the “PIRATE Act” or “Act”) by issuing forfeitures in two...

In an Order to Pay or Show Cause (the “Order”), the Media Bureau initiated a proceeding to revoke the licenses held by a licensee of three radio stations in Texas...

In two Notices of Violation (the first and second, the “Notices”) issued to the licensee of two Illinois radio stations (the “Licensee”) and the owner of the two antenna structures...

In a May Order, the FCC adopted a Consent Decree (the “Consent Decree”) with the licensee of a Pennsylvania full service television station (the “Licensee”). Under the Consent Decree, the...

In early July, the FCC announced that it has entered into a Consent Decree (the “Decree”) with a large radio ownership group (the “Group”) to resolve an ongoing investigation into...

In a recent Memorandum Opinion and Order (the “Order”), the Commission upheld an earlier, 2024 Media Bureau (the “Bureau”) decision cancelling a New Jersey AM station’s (the “Station”) license because...

Across the summer and into the fall, the FCC has continued to leverage its authority under the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act (the “PIRATE Act” or “Act”) by...

Since we last wrote about a spate of FCC Consent Decrees resolving investigations into violations of the limits on the amount of commercial matter in children’s programming, additional Consent Decrees...

A mid-September Notice of Violation (the “NOV”) alleges that the licensee of a New Hampshire AM radio station (the “Station”) failed to make hourly station identifications as required by FCC...

By a mid-September Order, the FCC entered into a Consent Decree with a Louisiana FM translator station licensee (the “Licensee”) resolving an ongoing FCC investigation into a years-old Notice of...