Bulletin Categories: Political Broadcasting

As political ads increasingly fill stations’ advertising inventory, there’s no doubt election season is in full swing!  With the November 5, 2024, general election only a few short months away,...

In yet another 3-2 vote along party lines, late last week the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”) regarding disclosure and transparency of AI-generated content in broadcast...

By recent Public Notice (the “Notice”), the FCC’s Media Bureau formally rescinded the prior political advertising “temporary relief” it afforded stations calculating their lowest unit charge (“LUC”) during the COVID-19...

Introduction With the 2022 election cycle behind us, it is already time to start looking ahead to the 2024 election cycle (which will get underway in 2023).  Of course, broadcasters...

Relatively minor revisions to a couple of the FCC’s political advertising rules adopted by the Commission back in January will formally become effective on July 5, 2022.  As we have...

A recent federal court decision is bringing at least some certainty to the ongoing disputes as to when some of Ohio’s 2022 primary elections will occur.  In particular, pursuant to...

As an already-busy primary elections season heats up, earlier this week, the FCC issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order (the “Order”) regarding its political advertising rules, in which the Commission clarified a...

As you’re well aware, it’s an election year!  And as you’re also likely well aware, Ohio is in the midst of a complicated redistricting process that has yet to generate...

As part of the FCC’s agenda for its January 2022 open meeting, the Commission adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) revising several of its political programming rules in relatively minor ways. ...

As first officially stated in an announcement by acting FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel, the FCC is likely to consider minor political file rule changes at its forthcoming August 5, 2021, open...