Bulletin Categories: FCC Regulatory Reform

Home » FCC Regulatory Reform

Current Waiver of Non-Textual Component of Audible Crawl Rule Expires; FCC Seeks Comment on Renewed Waiver and Rulemaking November 27, 2024

As of today, November 27, 2024, the FCC appears to have let expire the existing waiver of the portion of the so-called “audible crawl” rule that would require broadcasters to...

FCC Receives Mixed Feedback on Proposal to Create New FM Station Class “A10” July 30, 2024

Thus far, the FCC has received more than thirty comments in response to a Petition for Rulemaking (“Petition”) that urges the FCC to create a new FM station class “A10”...

For Second Consecutive Year, FCC Proposes to Reduce Nearly All Broadcast Regulatory Fees June 20, 2024

The FCC recently released a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) in which it proposes the methodology and allocation of regulatory fee obligations for each type of entity the agency...

Divided FCC Adopts More Broadcast Regulations, Including Expanded Foreign Sponsorship ID Requirements and Reinstated FM Duplication Prohibition June 11, 2024

Late yesterday, June 10, 2024, a sharply divided FCC released decisions expanding and/or reinstating several crucial broadcast regulations applicable to television and radio stations. We are currently evaluating each of...

Commission Adopts Minor Changes to Political Programming Rules February 11, 2022

As part of the FCC’s agenda for its January 2022 open meeting, the Commission adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) revising several of its political programming rules in relatively minor ways. ...

FCC Adopts Minor Changes to EAS Rules, Considering More at FEMA’s Request June 17, 2021

At the Commission’s June open meeting today (June 17), the FCC adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Order” and “Notice,” respectively), aimed at enhancing...

FCC Considering Major Overhaul of Application Fees, Including Substantial Changes to Those for Broadcast Services and Authorizations September 28, 2020

Broadcasters could see the first major overhaul to FCC application fees in over 30 years, according to a recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”). The Notice seeks comment on...

FCC Adopts NPRM Proposing FY 2020 Regulatory Fees; Proposes Fees Increase for Radio but Seeks Comment on Avenues to Provide Relief Related to Economic Effects of COVID-19 May 22, 2020

The Commission has now officially adopted its Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”) proposing regulatory fees for Fiscal Year 2020 (“FY 2020”). Of particular significance to...

Commission Considers Loosening Restrictions on Television Broadcasters’ Use of Distributed Transmission Systems in Light of Impending ATSC 3.0 Deployment April 8, 2020

A petition filed late last year by America’s Public Television Stations (“APTS”) and NAB related to the deployment of ATSC 3.0 (the next generation broadcast television standard) may have struck...

FCC Opens Rulemaking to Revise “Significantly Viewed” Process April 8, 2020

The Commission has targeted the “significantly viewed” rules as the latest regulation in need of a fresh look in its ongoing “Media Modernization Initiative.” In a recently adopted Notice of...