Bulletin Categories: FCC Regulatory Reform

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...

Stations might 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 May 10, 2018, adopted...

Stations can recycle their paper copies of the FCC’s rules. The requirement that certain television and radio broadcast entities (as well as certain cable operators) maintain paper copies of the...

Another FCC reporting requirement may also be on its way out.  Comments are due May 21, 2018, on the Commission’s Noticed of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) that would eliminate FCC Form 397,...

At its April meeting, the FCC is expected to adopt a Report and Order (a draft of which is available here) that will spare thousands of digital television broadcast licensees...