The FCC will consider a Report and Order at its July 10 open meeting that, if adopted, would change the Commission’s children’s television programming rules to provide stations with reasonable...
Read moreOhio broadcast stations—both radio and television—with five or more full-time employees must upload their annual EEO Public File Report in their online public inspection file and post it to their...
Read moreBroadcasters now have one less report to worry about, as the Mid-Term Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) Report, known as the Form 397 report, is officially gone. You may recall that...
Read moreEarlier this week, FCC staff began sending a second round of emails to numerous radio stations that, according to the Commission’s records, have not yet uploaded all necessary documents to...
Read moreBroadcasters 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)...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreIn a Public Notice (“Notice”) released late Monday afternoon, the FCC announced that any filings that would have been due between January 3 and January 29, 2019, are now due...
Read moreWhile we welcome the development that the partial federal government shutdown has come to an end, it immediately brings to mind questions about the FCC implications for broadcast stations. When...
Read moreThe FCC’s online public inspection file (“OPIF”) system has been shuttered and unavailable since January 3, 2019, as part of the government shutdown. However, it turns out that the FCC’s...
Read moreAs the government shutdown enters its third week, we write with a few reminders for broadcasters regarding FCC filings: FCC Filing Deadlines Extended. The FCC has extended normal filing deadlines...
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