Bulletin Categories: Enforcement Actions

As we’ve previously reported, several (but not all) of the FCC’s revised Children’s Television Programming Rules take effect today, September 16th, 2019.  One thing that will not be changing, to...

In a Notice of Apparent Liability (“Notice”) released last week, the FCC proposed a fine of $272,000 against CBS Corporation and several of its subsidiaries for “apparently willfully and repeatedly”...

Remember how we just mentioned that timely payment of regulatory fees is critical?  The Media Bureau proved just how seriously it takes reg fee payments in a Revocation Order released...

The FCC recently issued a Public Notice (the “Notice”) seeking comment on a petition filed by a coalition of consumer and academic organizations that asks the Commission to examine its...

Citing multiple flawed filings and failures to follow Commission instructions, the Enforcement Bureau recently issued a Forfeiture Order (the “Order”) affirming a $25,000 penalty against a Pennsylvania church (the “Licensee”)...

While we’re on the subject of the EAS, we want to bring your attention to a recent Notice of Violation (the “Notice”) issued by the FCC that provides stations with...

On Thursday, August 15, 2019, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau released four Orders adopting Consent Decrees to resolve investigations into alleged violations of the Commission’s rules prohibiting the misuse of EAS...

A proposed fine of $233,000 is serving as a reminder to broadcasters of the potentially costly consequences that can result from violating the Commission’s sponsorship identification requirements.  The Commission proposed...

Two FCC orders issued in just the past week involving broadcasters who failed to pay required regulatory fees serve as a reminder (as if licensees needed one!) that when it...

Question: How important is the timely payment of annual FCC regulatory fees? Answer: For a radio station, it is of life and death importance—the Commission recently initiated a license revocation...