An FM translator licensee (the “Licensee”) was the recent recipient of two Notices of Violation (the “NOVs”) (1, 2) relating to two of its California translators. According to the NOVs,...
Read moreBroadcasters should take note of a recent FCC Order (the “Order”) addressing the amount of diligence the FCC expects a licensee to demonstrate when faced with a persistent technical issue...
Read moreA national programmer (the “Programmer”) is facing a proposed $20,000 fine (the “NAL”) for its unauthorized 1.83-second transmission of the EAS tones as part of a sports documentary program. The...
Read moreA collection of recent FCC Media Bureau releases have run the gamut from simply admonishing several stations (admonishments: 1, 2, 3) to proposing fines ranging from $9,000, to $15,000, to...
Read moreIn a recent significant Forfeiture Order (the “Order”), issued by the three current FCC Commissioners and Acting FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel, the FCC formally imposed a per-station fine of $512,228 against...
Read moreThe FCC recently released an “Enforcement Advisory” (complete with the colorful graphic you see immediately above) reminding broadcasters of their obligations to comply with the Commission’s sponsorship identification requirements. The...
Read moreThe FCC’s Enforcement Bureau recently issued a Public Notice (the “Notice”) reminding broadcasters (and all emergency alert system (“EAS”) participants) of their EAS compliance obligations and warning of the potential...
Read morePolitical file consent decrees continue to be inked between the Commission and various radio broadcasters at a fairly steady clip. By our count, approximately a dozen additional political file consent...
Read moreWe’re continuing to see multiple Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “Notices”) roll in for radio licensees’ apparent failures to timely file license renewal applications. Some of the latest...
Read moreThe FCC’s underwriting rules were at issue in a recent Consent Decree (the “Decree”) resolving the broadcast by a noncommercial educational (“NCE”) low power FM (“LPFM”) licensee of nine announcements...
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