Bulletin Categories: License Renewal

In a recent Order, the Media Bureau waived the requirement that Ohio radio stations schedule and air pre license-renewal-application filing announcements.  The Order waives the pre-filing announcement requirement for all...

We write with a deadline reminder for commercial radio stations.  As you may recall from our legal memo earlier this month, performance rights organization Global Music Rights (“GMR”) has agreed...

We write today with a reminder for Ohio radio stations that the first of the four required license renewal pre-filing announcements must be broadcast on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Scheduling...

At license renewal time, broadcast stations are required to air pre-filing (and post-filing) renewal announcements designed to alert viewers and listeners to the fact that the FCC will be considering...

A recent Order to Show Cause, Hearing Designation Order, and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing (the “Notice”) issued by the Commission’s Enforcement Bureau offers a timely reminder—as the license renewal...

With the license renewal cycle for radio stations set to get underway in about a year, the FCC continues to signal that it will take a hard, critical look at...

The license renewal cycle for radio stations gets underway in little more than a year, and the FCC is making clear that it will take a hard—and, perhaps, unfavorable—look at...

A recent FCC case illustrates how seriously the FCC takes its rules.  So seriously, in fact, that the FCC not only fined a station but also renewed the station’s license...

In a blog entry posted to the FCC’s website on Thursday, Oct. 9, the following news was announced: The Enforcement Bureau has largely completed its review of pending complaints, clearing...