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FCC Releases Annual Regulatory Fee NPRM; Proposed Changes to Regulatory Fee Calculations Could Again Reduce Broadcasters’ Fee Obligations, Although Earth Station Fees Remain in Flux June 9, 2025

The FCC has released its annual Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”) setting forth its proposed division of regulatory fees to be owed by each type of fee payor for...

NAB Files Ex Parte Letter Seeking Repeal of National Ownership Cap April 21, 2025

In addition to its advocacy in the above-described Delete, Delete, Delete proceeding, NAB recently filed an extensive ex parte letter in the long-pending 2017 docket regarding elimination of the broadcast...

More than 900 Comments Filed Thus Far in FCC’s Delete, Delete, Delete Proceeding April 21, 2025

As we have previously written, in early March Chairman Carr released a Public Notice launching a new proceeding with the stated purpose of “seeking public input on identifying FCC rules...

Comment Dates Set in FCC Rulemaking Considering Updates to Various Radio and Television Rules March 24, 2025

The FCC recently set comment dates regarding its late-2024 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”) considering various revisions to its broadcast radio and television rules. Issued in the final stretch...

FCC Seeks Comment on Efficacy of Current CALM Act Rules March 17, 2025

The FCC recently set comment deadlines for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”) seeking comment on any “need for updates to the Commission’s rules implementing the Commercial Advertisement Mitigation...

FCC Seeks Comment on “Expanded Use” of Upper C-Band, Including Potential Displacement of Incumbent Broadcast Operations March 17, 2025

The Commission recently released a Notice of Inquiry (the “NOI”) considering the feasibility of further opening “some or all” of the upper portion of the C-band (3.98-4.2 GHz; the “Upper...

FCC Launches “Delete, Delete, Delete” Proceeding, Seeks Comment on “Unnecessary” Regulations FCC Should Eliminate or Modify March 17, 2025

Last week, via a March 12, 2025, Public Notice (the “Notice”), the FCC launched a new proceeding with the stated purpose of “seeking public input on identifying FCC rules for...

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...