An FCC fine levied this week against a broadcaster for “premature construction” serves as a good reminder—and cautionary tale—for stations that may be making (or are planning to make) changes...
Read moreThe Commission last week released a Public Notice (“Notice”) that provided a not-so-subtle hint to any radio stations that have yet to transition to the Online Public Inspection File (“OPIF”):...
Read moreSeveral days ago, Reuters reported that a television station ownership group was going to be fined a significant amount of money for violations of the sponsorship identification laws. On December...
Read moreThe FCC’s random Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) audits are not just busy work! They can sometimes lead to fines for broadcasters, and that’s exactly what happened recently as the Commission...
Read moreA recent FCC case illustrates how seriously the FCC takes its rules. So seriously, in fact, that the FCC not only fined a station but also renewed the station’s license...
Read moreDay-to-day broadcast operations are subject to a wide variety of FCC regulations, each of which presents an opportunity for an operational slip-up that may result in FCC enforcement action. In...
Read moreThe Commission has imposed a large penalty—finally—on a group of cable operators for unauthorized retransmission of the broadcast signals of six different television stations. The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has imposed...
Read moreThe FCC has continued enforcement against misuse of Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) sounds by imposing staggering fines for violations of the Commission’s rules prohibiting the broadcast of actual or simulated...
Read moreThe FCC recently fined two broadcasters $20,000 each for violations of the Commission’s EEO rules. In one instance, the Commission fined a television broadcaster in large part for failing to...
Read moreEmergency Alert System (EAS) sound-alikes in advertisements have recently drawn the attention of the Commission’s Enforcement Bureau. The FCC’s rules prohibit the broadcast of false, deceptive, or simulated alert signals...
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