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Stations Continue to Receive License Renewal Penalties for Failure to Timely Upload OPIF Documentation September 20, 2024

Although a meaningful amount of time has now passed since the last radio and television station license renewal deadlines (which fell in 2022 and 2023, respectively), penalties continue to roll...

Georgia and Texas FM Stations Face Potential $3,000 Fines for Late-Filed Renewal Applications September 20, 2024

In two recently released Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “NALs”), the FCC proposed $3,000 fines against the licensees of Georgia and Texas radio stations (the “Licensees”), respectively, for...

Tennessee and Mississippi FM Translators Face Fines for Late-Filed Renewal Applications August 23, 2024

Two licensees of FM Translator Stations (each a “Translator”), in Tennessee and Mississippi, respectively, are facing FCC monetary fines for failing to timely file license renewal applications and for continuing...

NCE Radio Station Receives Short-Term, 1-Year License Renewal Contingent on Ensuring Station OPIF Compliance by March 1, 2024 February 2, 2024

As we have previously reported, across the last broadcast license renewal cycle the FCC continued its practice of granting only short-term renewals to broadcast stations that were silent for prolonged...

$6,500 Fine and Short-Term License Renewal for Untimely License Application and Unauthorized Operation March 28, 2023

As noted above, the Commission will not excuse rule violations due to a licensee’s inadvertence. In a recent Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the...

Sixteen Stations Fined for Untimely License Renewal Applications March 28, 2023

Broadcasters must remain vigilant and knowledgeable as to their filing deadlines. This year, the Commission has released a number of Memorandum Opinions and Orders and Notices of Apparent Liability for...

FCC Upholds Cancellation of AM Station’s License March 28, 2023

In a recent Letter Order (the “Order”), the FCC upheld its cancellation of a Kentucky AM station’s (the “Station”) license. The Order serves as an important reminder of a broadcaster’s...

$11,000 Fine for Unauthorized Silence, Late Renewal December 22, 2022

Another relatively common enforcement “trap” for stations is when technical or other issues require a station to go silent and the station fails to provide the FCC with requisite notice...

FCC Limits Several Recent Radio Station License Renewal Grants to One Year Terms Due to Lengthy Periods of Station Silence July 25, 2022

Two recent FCC Orders and Consent Decrees (the “First Order” and “Second Order”, and collectively the “Orders”) highlight the importance of broadcast licensees’ adherence to regular station operating schedules. Specifically,...

GMR Offering Three-Month Interim License Extension; RMLC / GMR Litigation Potentially Moving Toward Resolution December 17, 2021

As the December 31, 2021, expiration deadline approaches for the current crop of interim licenses granted by Global Music Rights (“GMR”) to commercial radio stations, we have learned that GMR...