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Commission Postpones Opening of Window to File Biennial Ownership Reports; Filing Window Will Open November 1, 2019 and Close January 31, 2020 September 23, 2019

Broadcasters will have some extra time to prepare and then file their biennial ownership reports. In a recent Order, the Media Bureau announced that it is postponing (and also lengthening)...

Breaking News: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects FCC’s Deregulatory Actions on Media Ownership; Court Remands Orders Back to Agency September 23, 2019

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday released an opinion (“Opinion”) in which it vacated and remanded back to the FCC certain of the Commission’s Orders that sought to...

Comment Dates Set on FCC’s Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules March 1, 2019

Comment dates have been set on the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) in the 2018 Quadrennial Review of media ownership rules. Comments are due April 29, 2019, and reply...

Commission Initiates 2018 Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules December 13, 2018

The FCC kicked off its 2018 Quadrennial Review of media ownership rules with the adoption, by a 3 to 1 vote (Commissioner Rosenworcel dissented in part), of a Notice of...

FCC Releases Order Liberalizing Local Media Ownership Rules November 21, 2017

The FCC on November 20, 2017 released the text of the highly anticipated media ownership Order on Reconsideration (“Order on Reconsideration”). The FCC significantly liberalized its local media ownership rules...

FCC Significantly Relaxes Local Media Ownership Rules November 16, 2017

As expected, the FCC significantly liberalized its local media ownership rules today, adopting, by a 3-2 vote split along party lines, an Order on Reconsideration (“Order on Reconsideration”) that modernizes...

Local Media Ownership Rules to Be Relaxed Significantly at FCC’s November 16 Meeting October 27, 2017

Significant relaxation of the FCC’s local media ownership rules is close to becoming reality. At its November 16 meeting, the FCC will consider adopting an Order on Reconsideration that would...

NOT Due December 1, 2017: FCC Biennial Ownership Reports September 5, 2017

Until the FCC released an Order on Friday, all broadcast stations—commercial and noncommercial alike—were scheduled to compile and file their biennial ownership reports (FCC Form 323 for commercial stations; FCC Form...

NOT Due June 1, 2016: Ohio Noncommercial Television Station Biennial Ownership Reports; Biennial Ownership Reports for All Ohio Stations Are Due December 1, 2017 May 2, 2017

Historically, FCC Biennial Ownership Reports for Ohio noncommercial television stations were due to be filed with the FCC by June 1 of odd-numbered years (unless a station is owned as...

FCC Approves 49% Foreign Ownership for Univision January 10, 2017

The FCC’s Media Bureau in early January granted a petition (“Petition”) for a declaratory ruling filed by Univision Holdings, Inc. (“Univision”) and Mexican media conglomerate Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (“Televisa”) permitting...