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…
October 2006 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 to the FCC whether its station provided ancillary or supplemental services at any time during the…
By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer and Tony Lin October 2006 On September 29, 2006, the FCC released the Second Order on Reconsideration and Second Report and Order (hereafter “Second Order”) regarding the children’s television rules and policies it had established in 2004 but for which it had suspended implementation pending reconsideration.…
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…
By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski October 2006 The next Children’s Television Programming Report must be filed with the FCC and placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2006, reflecting programming aired during the months of July, August, and September. A PDF…
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…
July 2006 This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s DMA or by a satellite provider which provided service to at least one viewer outside the station’s DMA. You are eligible to file royalty…