By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer and Jarrett S. Taubman November 2006 Sample questions include: What is the source of the Commission’s authority to limit “obscene,” “indecent,” and “profane” program material? What FCC regulations prohibit “obscene” or “indecent” program material? What Commission regulations prohibit “profane” program material? What about the First Amendment?…
By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski October 2006 TV, Class A TV, LPTV and TV translator stations licensed to communities in New York and New Jersey should be receiving soon a postcard from the FCC reminding them that their license renewal applications…
By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski October 2006 Content of the Quarterly List The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2006, reflecting information for the months of July, August, and September. A PDF…
September 2006 The Commission has designated a Texas radio station’s license renewal application for hearing after determining that the licensee apparently made several false certifications to the Commission, calling the licensee’s basic character qualifications into question. In January 2003, the licensee applied for a license to cover a previously-granted construction…
By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Clifford M. Harrington and Richard R. Zaragoza September 2006 FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology Announces Schedule for Proceeding on Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands As we reported earlier, on March 6, 2006, the FCC released an Order in Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts…
By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski August 2006 TV, Class A TV, LPTV and TV translator stations licensed to communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont should be receiving soon a postcard from the FCC reminding them that…
July 2006 On July 24, 2006, the FCC released the text of the Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“FNPRM”) in the broadcast ownership proceeding that was adopted at the FCC’s June 21, 2006 agenda meeting. The FNPRM encompasses a number of docketed rule makings – a 2006 quadrennial regulatory…
By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski July 2006 This Broadcast Station EEO Advisory is directed to radio and television stations licensed to communities in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin and highlights the upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC’s EEO rule. A…
By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer June 2006 At its June 21, 2006 Open Agenda Meeting, the FCC adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“FNPRM”) concerning its broadcast multiple ownership rules and at the same time announced the beginning of its quadrennial ownership review required by Congress. The FNPRM has…
By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski June 2006 Content of the Quarterly List The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2006, reflecting information for the months of April, May and June, 2006. The…