December 2007 At an open meeting on December 18, 2007, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted a Report on the results of its “Localism Proceeding” along with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) seeking comments on the tentative findings included in the Report. The findings are based on a series…
December 2007 Content of the Quarterly List The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ local public inspection files by January 10, 2008, reflecting information for the months of October, November, and December. The FCC’s recent action adopting a new program report form, which is intended…
December 2007 The next Children’s Television Programming Report must be filed with the FCC and placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by January 10, 2008, reflecting programming aired during the months of October, November, and December. A PDF version of this entire article can be found at 2007 Fourth…
November 2007 Television stations will now be required to file a new quarterly programming report and post their public inspection files online. A PDF version of this entire article can be found at New Program Reporting and Public Inspection File Posting Requirements for Television Stations.
November 2007 This Advisory provides a review of the FCC’s political broadcasting regulations. A PDF version of this entire article can be found at Political Broadcasting Advisory
November 2007 Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report for Commercial Digital Television Stations Each commercial and noncommercial educational television broadcast station that has received its digital television license must file FCC Form 317 to report whether its station provided ancillary or supplemental services at any time during the twelve-month period ending…
November 2007 This Broadcast Station EEO Advisory is directed to radio and television stations licensed to communities in: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont, and highlights the upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC’s EEO rule. A PDF…
November 2007 Commercial and noncommercial Radio stations licensed to communities in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont must file their Biennial Ownership Reports with the FCC by December 1, 2007. Reports for commercial and noncommercial Television stations licensed to communities in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North…
September 2007 The next Children’s Television Programming Report must be filed with the FCC and placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2007, reflecting programming aired during the months of July, August, and September. A PDF version of this entire article can be found at 2007 Third…
September 2007 At a late-night meeting on September 11, 2007, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted a “viewability” rule that will govern cable carriage of must-carry stations after analog broadcasting terminates in 2009. The rule requires cable operators to deliver the primary digital stream of a must-carry television station in…