Bulletin Categories: FCC Regulatory Reform

Today, the FCC unanimously adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Order”) that moves broadcasters’ carriage election notices to primarily electronic means, significantly modernizing the...

Also on the agenda at the Commission’s July 10 open meeting is a draft Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Draft Order”) that proposes to move...

At its open meeting earlier this month, the FCC adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) that streamlines the rules relating to FM translator interference vis-à-vis full-power FM stations and...

The rules and resolution processes regarding FM translator interference complaints may soon receive a long-awaited overhaul.  According to a draft Report and Order (the “Draft Order”) released last week by...

Broadcasters will soon have one less regulatory requirement to worry about.  That’s because the Commission at its February open meeting adopted an Order eliminating the Mid-Term EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity)...

Another FCC rule bites the dust.  Broadcasters can take down and recycle (or frame for history’s sake!) their physical station licenses.  That’s because, effective February 8, 2019, the FCC has...

The FCC is further revising—and extending—some of its filing and other deadlines in the wake of the partial government shutdown.  In a Public Notice (“Notice”) released on Tuesday afternoon, January...

Broadcasters will soon be able to put away some of their thumb tacks and scotch tape and recycle some old binders.  That’s because the FCC, on December 11, 2018, adopted...

As part of its ongoing efforts to revitalize the AM service, the FCC earlier this month released a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Second Further Notice”) that seeks, among...

At its October 23 open meeting, the Commission adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) eliminating the requirement—which dates back to the 1930s!—that broadcasters file paper copies of certain contracts...