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2018-04-30: Updated: 2018-04-30 14:14:24 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2018

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Warren Kessler

2018-04-26: Updated: 2018-04-26 13:25:16 Better Late Than Never? Upload Those First Quarter Issues/Programs Lists

By Warren Kessler

2018-04-13: Updated: 2018-04-13 19:58:12 DTV Ancillary and Supplementary Services Report Goes Away for Most TV Stations

By Warren Kessler

2018-03-29: Updated: 2018-04-13 19:14:19 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2018

By Scott R. Flick, Joseph A. Cohen and Warren Kessler

2018-03-26: Updated: 2018-03-28 15:59:36 2018 First Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on April 10 for Stations Being Repacked

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Warren Kessler

2018-03-26: Updated: 2018-03-26 13:52:11 2018 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2018-03-26: Updated: 2018-03-26 13:44:37 2018 First Quarter Issues/Programming List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Warren Kessler

2018-03-24: Updated: 2018-03-28 16:01:35 Broadcaster Access to Disaster Areas Becomes the Law of the Land

2018-03-19: Updated: 2018-03-28 16:03:46 Court of Appeals Rolls Back Portions of the FCC’s 2015 Robocall and Text Ruling

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Amy Pierce

2018-03-15: Updated: 2018-03-15 13:45:18 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas

2018-03-13: Updated: 2018-03-28 16:05:42 Broadcasters Prepare for Their #MeToo Moment

2018-02-28: Updated: 2018-02-28 15:47:11 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2018

By Scott R. Flick, Joseph A. Cohen and Warren Kessler

2018-01-30: Updated: 2018-01-30 19:16:01 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma

2018-01-30: Updated: 2018-01-30 14:58:42 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2018

By Scott R. Flick, Joseph A. Cohen and Warren Kessler

2018-01-11: Updated: 2018-01-11 18:20:02 Confused About Paying Interns? The Rules Just Changed Again

2018-01-05: Updated: 2018-01-05 14:48:57 2017 Fourth Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on January 10 for Stations Being Repacked

By Lauren Lynch Flick, Jessica Nyman and Warren Kessler

2017-12-28: Updated: 2017-12-28 15:47:12 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Warren Kessler

2017-12-21: Updated: 2017-12-21 13:31:12 Broadcasters Face a (Re)Packed 2018

2017-11-30: Updated: 2017-11-30 09:24:15 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Joseph A. Cohen and Warren Kessler

2017-11-21: Updated: 2017-11-21 15:58:09 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont

2017-11-15: Updated: 2017-11-15 16:02:20 Most TV Stations Can Stop Drafting Their DTV Ancillary Services Report

2017-11-06: Updated: 2017-11-06 14:49:15 FCC Locks in Dates for Short Lifting of Upgrade Freeze for Unrepacked TV Stations

2017-10-31: Updated: 2017-10-31 16:44:33 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Joseph A. Cohen and Warren Kessler

2017-10-26: Updated: 2017-10-26 21:35:53 Breaking News: FCC Releases Details of Its Proposed ATSC 3.0 Approval

2017-10-24: Updated: 2017-10-24 12:55:32 The Main Studio Rule Is Dead; Long Live the Main Studio

2017-10-19: Updated: 2017-10-19 19:07:05 After Nearly 5 Years, FCC Lifting Freeze on Mods for Unrepacked Full-Power and Class A TV Stations

2017-10-04: Updated: 2017-10-04 20:41:58 TV Stations’ First Ever Quarterly Transition Progress Report Due October 10

2017-10-02: Updated: 2017-10-09 12:11:12 Will Anyone Pay for 1-833-AUCTION?

2017-09-29: Updated: 2017-10-02 10:37:05 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2017-09-28: Updated: 2017-10-04 13:44:01 911 Concerns Fuel New FCC Proceeding

2017-09-27: Updated: 2017-09-27 05:05:17 Today’s the Day: Nationwide EAS Test and Form 2 Deadline Arrive

2017-09-21: Updated: 2017-09-21 16:14:10 FCC Announces Modification Window for Repacked and Band-Changing Stations

2017-09-21: Updated: 2017-11-08 14:33:44 2017 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2017-09-21: Updated: 2017-09-21 13:09:13 2017 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2017-09-19: Updated: 2017-09-19 16:58:51 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands

2017-09-15: Updated: 2017-09-15 13:38:26 FCC Announces Annual Regulatory Fee Deadline, Gives Break to Small Market Radio Stations and Stations in Hurricane-Affected Areas

2017-09-05: Updated: 2017-09-05 18:39:37 FCC Pushes Back New Unified Ownership Report Filing Deadline for Commercial and NCE Broadcast Stations

2017-08-31: Updated: 2017-08-31 16:16:13 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2017-08-22: Updated: 2017-08-24 15:37:35 Broadcasters Encounter FCC System Obstacles in Meeting Monday Deadline for EAS Form 1 Filing

2017-07-27: Updated: 2017-07-27 12:42:19 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2017-07-24: Updated: 2017-07-24 16:44:21 Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2017

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Jessica Nyman

2017-07-24: Updated: 2017-07-24 16:32:41 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin

2017-07-21: Updated: 2017-07-21 03:09:20 Show Me the Money: Broadcaster Auction Payments Coming in Next Few Days

2017-07-06: Updated: 2017-11-10 14:42:31 2017 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2017-07-06: Updated: 2017-11-10 14:40:05 2017 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2017-06-30: Updated: 2017-06-30 11:58:00 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2017-06-29: Updated: 2017-06-29 14:17:36 As of Today, Letters From the Public Are a Thing of the Past

2017-06-23: Updated: 2017-06-23 16:36:20 FCC Will Revisit Building Access Rules

2017-06-15: Updated: 2017-06-15 12:58:01 No Stay for You: UHF Discount Now in Effect

2017-05-24: Updated: 2017-05-24 16:22:42 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2017-05-23: Updated: 2017-05-23 11:07:39 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming

2017-05-17: Updated: 2017-05-19 01:04:20 Details of FCC’s Repack Plans for LPTV and TV Translator Stations Emerge

2017-04-27: Updated: 2017-04-27 16:04:18 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2017-04-20: Updated: 2017-04-20 13:08:23 You Can’t Have One Without the Other: FCC Restores UHF Discount to National Cap

2017-04-13: Updated: 2017-04-13 18:24:16 FCC Announces Auction Results and Sets TV Repack Deadlines

By Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick and Joseph A. Cohen

2017-03-30: Updated: 2017-03-30 19:46:07 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2017-03-28: Updated: 2017-03-28 16:47:37 2017 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2017-03-28: Updated: 2017-11-10 14:46:57 2017 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2017-03-20: Updated: 2017-03-20 10:45:44 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas

2017-03-13: Updated: 2017-03-13 09:37:11 Federal Law Now Prohibits Censoring Unfavorable Reviews

By Michael P. Heuga, Amy Pierce and Catherine D. Meyer

2017-03-06: Updated: 2017-03-06 18:15:50 FCC Proposes Answers to Unwanted Calls

2017-03-02: Updated: 2018-02-02 17:38:44 ATSC 3.0 and the Perennial Transition

2017-02-23: Updated: 2017-03-01 15:06:20 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2017-02-06: Updated: 2017-02-07 12:17:50 Pai FCC Moves Quickly to Rescind Wheeler FCC Actions

2017-02-02: Updated: 2017-02-03 14:23:35 FCC’s Media Bureau Rescinds Ruling on New Noncom Ownership Reporting Rules

2017-01-31: Updated: 2017-03-01 15:00:23 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2017

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2017-01-31: Updated: 2017-02-03 14:21:35 Letters From the Public: Pai FCC Takes First Step on Broadcast Deregulation

2017-01-25: Updated: 2017-02-08 09:22:46 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma

2017-01-10: Updated: 2017-01-10 17:38:47 Breaking News: FCC Moves Forward on Eliminating the Need to Maintain a Local Public File

2017-01-09: Updated: 2017-01-10 00:04:33 FCC Makes Airing Political Ads Much More Complicated

2016-12-30: Updated: 2017-03-17 12:37:10 2016 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2016-12-30: Updated: 2016-12-30 11:07:56 2016 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2016-12-30: Updated: 2016-12-30 10:58:09 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-12-22: Updated: 2016-12-22 13:31:19 How to Predict an Unpredictable 2017: The Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar

2016-12-20: Updated: 2016-12-20 14:55:49 FCC Postpones 2017 Noncommercial Biennial Ownership Report Deadlines Until December 1

2016-12-14: Updated: 2016-12-14 19:22:33 First-Wave Radio Stations Must Upload Existing Public File Materials by December 24

2016-12-05: Updated: 2016-12-05 16:24:58 One and Done: Stage 3 Forward Auction Ends After Just One Round of Bidding

2016-11-30: Updated: 2016-12-14 14:58:50 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-11-22: Updated: 2017-07-24 16:19:40 Client Alert: Federal Court Rules New Overtime Requirements Won’t Go Into Effect on December 1

2016-11-11: Updated: 2016-12-14 15:02:18 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont

2016-11-11: Updated: 2016-11-11 14:51:01 Biennial Ownership Reports are due by December 1, 2016 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota and Noncommercial Television Stations in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont

2016-11-11: Updated: 2016-11-11 14:40:38 Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report Due for Commercial and Noncommercial Digital Television Stations

2016-11-10: Updated: 2017-07-24 15:49:23 FCC Imposes Privacy Restrictions on Broadband Providers … for Now

2016-11-03: Updated: 2017-07-25 16:55:29 Ain’t No Cure for the Overtime Blues

2016-10-31: Updated: 2016-10-31 14:16:02 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-10-26: Updated: 2016-11-16 14:13:49 NAB Agreement With Sony Brings Flexibility Back to Music Streaming

2016-10-19: Updated: 2016-10-19 15:11:25 Blink and You Missed It: Stage 2 of the Incentive Auction Ends

2016-10-13: Updated: 2016-10-13 13:25:46 Try, Try Again: Stage 2 Reverse Auction Concludes at $54.6B

2016-10-12: Updated: 2018-01-19 15:01:54 Newsgathering Drones Take Flight

By Joseph A. Cohen

2016-10-05: Updated: 2016-10-05 21:17:00 Keep Calm and Broadcast On: Broadcasters as Hurricane First Responders

2016-10-04: Updated: 2016-10-04 14:30:01 2016 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2016-10-04: Updated: 2017-03-17 12:39:13 2016 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2016-09-28: Updated: 2016-10-31 13:50:22 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-09-27: Updated: 2016-09-27 14:16:55 Hoping to Avoid Website Crash, FCC Urges EAS Participants to Stagger Filings

By Joseph A. Cohen

2016-09-19: Updated: 2016-09-19 13:26:06 Biennial Ownership Reports are due by October 3, 2016 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Iowa and Missouri and Noncommercial Television Stations in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands

2016-09-19: Updated: 2016-09-19 13:09:08 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands

2016-09-16: Updated: 2016-09-16 12:48:20 Broadcast Finance at the Radio Show

2016-09-06: Updated: 2016-09-06 19:52:20 September 27 Is the Deadline for 2016 Regulatory Fees

2016-08-31: Updated: 2016-08-31 15:50:32 FCC Takes a Mulligan, Announces September 13 as the Start Date for Stage 2 of the Spectrum Auction

2016-08-30: Updated: 2016-08-30 19:06:08 Incentive Auction Stage 1 Falls ($66 Billion) Short of the Target—On to the Next One!

2016-08-23: Updated: 2016-08-23 17:30:39 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-08-04: Updated: 2016-08-04 16:20:29 Nationwide EAS Test Comes With a “To Do” List for Broadcasters and Other EAS Participants

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-07-29: Updated: 2016-07-29 14:59:21 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-07-28: Updated: 2017-07-24 14:17:52 TV Broadcasters Filing Royalty Claims Will Need to Hustle

2016-07-27: Updated: 2016-07-27 13:50:11 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin

2016-07-27: Updated: 2017-07-24 17:23:21 Biennial Ownership Reports are due by August 1, 2016 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Illinois and Wisconsin and Noncommercial Television Stations in California, North Carolina and South Carolina

2016-07-21: Updated: 2016-07-21 14:35:02 A Good Faith Disconnect on Retrans

2016-07-20: Updated: 2016-07-20 18:53:49 FM Translators for AM Stations: When One Window Closes, Another Opens

2016-07-20: Updated: 2017-07-24 14:07:45 Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by August 1, 2016

2016-07-07: Updated: 2017-03-17 12:41:56 2016 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2016-06-30: Updated: 2016-06-30 17:29:36 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-06-27: Updated: 2016-06-28 12:02:51 Chairman Wheeler Circulates Proposed Multiple Ownership Rules That Expand Regs for TV

2016-06-24: Updated: 2016-06-24 11:09:32 A Broadcaster’s Guide to the U.S. Department of Labor’s New Overtime Exemption Requirements

By Julia E. Judish, Scott R. Flick and Jessica Nyman

2016-06-20: Updated: 2016-06-20 20:51:56 Making the Move to the New Online Public Inspection File System This Friday

2016-06-20: Updated: 2016-06-20 13:33:56 Special Advisory for Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcasters: Meeting the Radio and Television Public Inspection File Requirements

By Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick and Jessica Nyman

2016-06-02: Updated: 2016-06-02 19:39:13 New Online Public File Demonstration Set for June 13

2016-05-31: Updated: 2016-07-29 12:37:46 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-05-25: Updated: 2016-05-25 23:42:10 Prometheus Court Vacates FCC’s JSA Ban; Asks FCC for New Ownership Rules by Year-End

2016-05-25: Updated: 2016-05-25 23:44:43 FCC Issues NPRM to Remove Correspondence From Public File

2016-05-19: Updated: 2016-05-19 15:37:45 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming

2016-05-19: Updated: 2016-05-19 14:44:03 Biennial Ownership Reports are due by June 1, 2016 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Michigan and Ohio and Noncommercial Television Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming

2016-05-12: Updated: 2016-05-12 19:31:28 All New Online Public File for TV, Radio, Cable and Satellite Coming June 24th

2016-05-04: Updated: 2016-05-04 20:30:04 FCC Takes Next Step to Move Public Files Out of the Main Studio

2016-04-30: Updated: 2016-05-01 17:47:22 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-04-29: Updated: 2016-04-29 17:10:14 FCC Sets Clearing Target and Starting Date for Incentive Auction

2016-04-26: Updated: 2016-04-26 16:48:46 FCC Starts Down the Path to ATSC 3.0

2016-04-07: Updated: 2016-04-07 12:22:16 FCC Proposes Privacy Rules for Broadband Providers

2016-03-31: Updated: 2016-03-31 19:45:46 FCC’s Efforts to Expand Video Description May Spark Debate on Statutory Authority

2016-03-31: Updated: 2016-03-31 14:15:18 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-03-28: Updated: 2016-03-28 19:19:23 2016 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2016-03-28: Updated: 2017-03-17 12:48:28 2016 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2016-03-24: Updated: 2017-07-26 11:34:45 FTC Action Against Lord & Taylor Social Media Campaign Has Repercussions for Broadcasters

2016-03-18: Updated: 2016-03-18 13:33:28 Broadcast Incentive Auction SecurID Tokens Are in the Mail

2016-02-29: Updated: 2016-02-29 22:09:40 FCC Releases Spectrum Auction User Guide and Online Tutorial for March 28-29 Initial Commitment Window

2016-02-26: Updated: 2016-03-02 15:50:14 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2016

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-02-15: Updated: 2016-02-15 21:38:40 The FCC Has Written Good Contest Rules, Now You Should Too

2016-01-31: Updated: 2016-02-02 16:18:10 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2016-01-28: Updated: 2016-01-28 23:36:37 Neither Sleet Nor Snow Can Keep the Radio Public File From Going Online

By Lauren Lynch Flick and David D. Burns

2016-01-21: Updated: 2016-01-21 02:38:01 FCC Makes “FRNdamental” Changes to Broadcast Ownership Reports

2016-01-07: Updated: 2016-01-07 23:59:11 Radio Public Inspection File Coming Online

2015-12-30: Updated: 2015-12-30 16:51:02 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2015-12-17: Updated: 2015-12-17 02:06:47 New Webcasting Rates a Win for Radio Broadcasters

2015-11-30: Updated: 2015-11-30 17:22:39 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2015-11-19: Updated: 2015-11-19 17:41:08 FCC Releases Form 177 Auction Application Instructions

2015-11-12: Updated: 2015-11-12 13:51:15 FCC Moves Spectrum Auction Application Deadline After Making Changes to Opening Bids

2015-11-06: Updated: 2015-11-10 16:32:10 December Filing Deadlines Are Upon Us

2015-10-29: Updated: 2015-10-29 14:02:06 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica Nyman and Joseph A. Cohen

2015-10-25: Updated: 2015-10-27 15:34:21 FCC Finally Moves Forward on AM Revitalization Order with Delayed FM Translator Window

By David D. Burns and Joseph A. Cohen

2015-10-15: Updated: 2015-10-27 15:35:37 Scary Warning Accompanies FCC Announcement of Auction Application Window

2015-10-01: Updated: 2017-03-17 12:55:11 2015 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2015-10-01: Updated: 2015-10-01 13:46:16 2015 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2015-09-30: Updated: 2015-10-01 12:10:56 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-09-28: Updated: 2015-10-01 12:08:10 Financing the Future of Radio: Pillsbury at the Radio Show

2015-09-17: Updated: 2015-09-17 17:10:46 [UPDATED] FCC Permits Online Contest Disclosures

By Jessica Nyman and Scott R. Flick

2015-09-17: Updated: 2015-10-01 12:09:08 FCC Permits Online Contest Disclosures

By Jessica Nyman and Scott R. Flick

2015-09-02: Updated: 2015-10-01 12:09:40 Client Alert: FCC Sets September 24, 2015 Deadline for 2015 Regulatory Fees

2015-08-31: Updated: 2015-10-01 12:13:55 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-08-27: Updated: 2015-08-27 17:33:56 FCC Moves Forward on Modernizing Station-Conducted Contest Rule

2015-08-12: Updated: 2015-08-12 16:36:18 FCC Chairman Signals Mixed Bag of Changes to Media Rules

2015-07-30: Updated: 2015-07-30 14:58:50 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-07-24: Updated: 2015-07-24 19:01:53 Digital (Im)permanence and the FCC’s Online Public File

2015-07-10: Updated: 2015-07-10 13:51:11 Everything You’ve Been Told About Paying Interns May Now Be Wrong

2015-06-30: Updated: 2015-06-30 14:05:30 FCC Releases Baseline Station Coverage for Auction and Repacking

2015-06-30: Updated: 2015-06-30 11:12:51 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-06-25: Updated: 2015-06-25 15:06:27 50 Hour Video Description Obligation Expands to Top 60 Markets on July 1

2015-06-12: Updated: 2015-06-12 16:46:13 FCC Adopts New National EAS Test Rules and Accessibility Standards

By Paul A. Cicelski

2015-06-09: Updated: 2015-06-09 19:24:34 FCC Announces Eligibility List for Spectrum Auction and Deadline for Pre-Auction Filing

2015-05-27: Updated: 2015-05-27 16:39:17 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-05-26: Updated: 2015-05-26 18:25:22 FCC Grants Temporary Waiver of Audible Crawl Rule

2015-05-22: Updated: 2015-05-22 14:43:18 FCC Proposes 2015 Regulatory Fees

2015-05-22: Updated: 2015-05-22 11:10:03 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming

2015-05-19: Updated: 2015-05-19 15:58:54 Cascading False EAS Alerts Bring Million Dollar Penalty

2015-05-13: Updated: 2015-05-13 17:57:49 FCC Outlines the Path to Spectrum Repack as May 29 TV Buildout Deadline Looms

2015-05-12: Updated: 2015-05-12 17:50:51 FCC Ponders Extending Emergency Alert Accessibility Rules to “Second Screens”

2015-04-29: Updated: 2015-04-29 16:05:49 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-04-24: Updated: 2015-04-24 16:46:33 FCC Suspends September 1, 2015 Deadline for LPTV and Translator Stations to Shift from Analog to Digital

2015-04-20: Updated: 2015-04-20 16:52:08 Mistaken Assumptions Block Translators for AM Stations

2015-04-10: Updated: 2018-02-02 17:51:25 NAB 2015 Marks a Return to Form

2015-03-31: Updated: 2015-03-31 20:35:26 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-03-27: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:05 FCC Reveals the Details of Its Preemption of Municipal Broadband Restrictions

By Scott R. Flick and David D. Burns

2015-03-23: Updated: 2015-03-31 13:33:29 Indecency Meets Big-Screen TVs: FCC Proposes Mammoth $325K Fine

2015-03-20: Updated: 2017-03-09 20:08:24 Biennial Ownership Reports are due by April 1, 2015 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Texas and Noncommercial Television Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee

2015-03-20: Updated: 2015-03-31 14:26:07 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas

2015-03-19: Updated: 2015-03-31 14:26:50 2015 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory – Broadcast Stations

2015-03-19: Updated: 2017-03-17 12:47:29 2015 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2015-03-12: Updated: 2015-03-31 14:29:56 FCC Releases Text of Net Neutrality Order

2015-03-12: Updated: 2015-03-31 14:31:07 New Closed Captioning Rules Take Effect Monday, March 16

2015-03-04: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:06 An Epitaph for Aereo

2015-02-27: Updated: 2015-03-31 14:32:25 FCC Preempts State Laws Restricting Municipal Broadband Deployment

2015-02-26: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:13:05 The Net Neutrality Drama Plays On

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2015-02-25: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:13:39 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-02-20: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:14:25 Bringing the FCC’s Contest Rule Up to Date

By Paul A. Cicelski

2015-02-12: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:15:42 Can a Consumer Give Up the Right to Opt-Out of Robocalls and Texts?

By Paul A. Cicelski and Lauren Lynch Flick

2015-01-30: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:16:23 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-01-28: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:16:45 FCC Announces May 29, 2015 Licensing Deadline for Spectrum Repacking Protection

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2015-01-20: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:07 FCC Doesn’t Back Down on $1.4 Million in Fines Against Viacom and ESPN for False EAS Tones

2015-01-15: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:25:48 Comment Dates Set in FCC’s Heavily Anticipated MVPD Definition Proceeding

By Paul A. Cicelski

2015-01-05: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:18:38 2015 Off to a Fast Start for Broadcasters’ Regulatory Obligations

2014-12-29: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:27:31 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-12-19: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:08 FCC Proposes Moving Radio, Satellite TV/Radio, and Cable TV Public Files Online

2014-12-11: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:30:07 FCC Announces New End Date for JSA Grandfathering

2014-12-01: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:31:06 2014 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2014-11-25: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:42:46 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-11-21: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:44:09 FCC Proposes to Clear Airwaves of Boring Contest Rules, But State Law Issues Remain

2014-10-22: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:45:29 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-10-10: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:49:19 Breaking News: FCC Suspends Construction Deadlines and Expiration Dates for New LPTVs and Translators

2014-10-09: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:49:47 FCC Announces Grant of 700 Delayed Broadcast License Renewals

2014-10-03: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:50:13 Hotels Jamming Wi-Fi Signals?

2014-09-30: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:50:45 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-09-18: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:25:49 October 1 Must-Carry/Retrans Elections Drive the Future of Local Broadcast TV

2014-09-02: Updated: 2015-03-31 15:52:24 FCC Moves Quickly to Reject Political Ad Sponsorship ID Complaints

2014-08-29: Updated: 2016-11-14 17:53:34 Client Alert: FCC Sets September 23, 2014 Deadline for 2014 Regulatory Fees

2014-08-22: Updated: 2015-03-31 16:47:14 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-08-15: Updated: 2015-03-31 16:11:12 At Long Last, FCC Updates Its Tower Rules

By Paul A. Cicelski

2014-08-08: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:09 Radio Public File Going Online?

2014-08-07: Updated: 2015-04-01 17:16:37 FCC’s New Video Captioning Rules Go Online

By Paul A. Cicelski

2014-07-25: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:25:49 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-07-15: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:10 Comments Due August 14 For Latest EAS NPRM

By Paul A. Cicelski

2014-06-30: Updated: 2015-03-31 16:15:13 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-06-25: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:25:50 Supreme Court Finds That Aereo’s Major Innovation Is Copyright Infringement

2014-06-20: Updated: 2016-11-14 17:53:59 FCC Releases 2014 Regulatory Fee Proposals

2014-06-18: Updated: 2015-04-02 13:21:05 FCC Announces June 19, 2016 Deadline for Revising TV Joint Sales Agreements

2014-06-12: Updated: 2016-11-14 17:54:20 FCC Announces Freeze on LPTV Displacements and New Digital Replacement Translator Applications

2014-05-29: Updated: 2015-04-02 13:21:06 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-05-21: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:12 FCC Extends Waiver Allowing False Emergency Tones in FEMA PSAs

2014-05-15: Updated: 2015-04-01 17:14:35 FCC Adopts Rules for the Broadcast Spectrum Auction

2014-05-14: Updated: 2015-03-31 16:24:49 Political Broadcasting Advisory

2014-05-02: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:26:14 Knock Knock. Who’s There? The FCC and an $89,200 Fine.

2014-05-01: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:26:36 Client Alert: All Class A and Full-Power Television Stations Must Comply with Online Political File Requirements as of July 1, 2014

2014-04-30: Updated: 2015-03-31 16:29:27 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Paul A. Cicelski

2014-04-25: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:04:37 FCC Extends Comment Deadlines for Multilingual EAS

By Paul A. Cicelski

2014-04-23: Updated: 2015-04-10 13:24:31 Supreme Court Seems Skeptical About Aereo’s Business Model

By Paul A. Cicelski

2014-04-17: Updated: 2015-01-28 16:24:28 Broadcasters Get a Free Throw in Aereo Case

2014-04-02: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:11:11 The Supreme Court Giveth Where the FCC Taketh Away

2014-03-26: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:07:57 IRS Ruling Affects Media (and Other) Businesses Dabbling in Bitcoin Use

2014-03-18: Updated: 2015-03-31 16:46:40 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-03-14: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:09:37 Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for TV Stations in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming

2014-03-03: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:12 Big Fines for False EAS Tones Demonstrate the Need for a Good Indemnification Clause

2014-02-28: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:52:13 Breaking News: FCC Kills Critical Information Needs Study

2014-02-26: Updated: 2015-03-31 17:14:15 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-02-20: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:47 Aereo Stumbles in Utah on Its Way to the Supreme Court

2014-02-19: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:08:23 Marijuana Advertising: Don’t Get Fooled Again

2014-02-06: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:48 Aereo’s Rocky Path Ahead

2014-01-24: Updated: 2015-03-31 17:16:35 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2014-01-17: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:52 Another Year Over and a New One Just Begun

2014-01-14: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:13 FCC Prophecy on False EAS Alerts Comes True to the Tune of $200,000

2014-01-08: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:11:35 Unhappy With the Communications Act? Congress Wants to Know

2013-12-26: Updated: 2015-04-01 17:14:03 Comment Dates Set for FCC’s Proposal to Mandate Captioning of IP-Delivered “Video Clips”

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-12-19: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:04:00 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-12-09: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:52:14 Breaking News: FCC Moves Up Ownership Report Deadline (Slightly)

2013-12-05: Updated: 2017-01-12 11:27:50 FCC Detective Work Leads to Renewal Fines

2013-12-03: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:06:01 FCC Provides LPFM Window Debriefing

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-11-26: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:04:00 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-11-15: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:52:12 Breaking News: FCC Extends Ownership Reporting Deadline

2013-11-14: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:10:42 Taking a Narrow View of the UHF Discount

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-11-05: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:14 FCC Reaches Tipping Point on False EAS Alerts

2013-11-01: Updated: 2015-03-31 17:24:55 FCC Moves Forward on Revitalizing AM Radio

2013-10-25: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:03:59 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-10-18: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:00:20 FCC Announcement Provides Guidance on Post-Shutdown Filing Deadlines

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-10-17: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:52:14 Breaking News: FCC Reopens and Suspends Filing Deadlines

2013-10-15: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:08:32 New “Robocall” Rules Impact How Businesses Can Text Consumers

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Andrew Bluth

2013-10-02: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:21 A Lesson for Congress on Retrans Negotiations?

2013-09-30: Updated: 2015-03-31 17:30:04 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-09-18: Updated: 2017-03-10 13:12:51 DOJ Clears the Air on E-Cigarette Ads

2013-09-16: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:22 A New Term for Retrans

2013-09-12: Updated: 2018-03-12 19:38:25 Pillsbury at the NAB Show

2013-09-04: Updated: 2015-04-02 13:21:06 CBS/Time Warner Deal Marks the Beginning of Retrans Version 3.0

2013-08-29: Updated: 2015-03-31 17:37:32 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-08-23: Updated: 2015-04-01 17:18:03 Client Alert: FCC Sets September 20, 2013 Deadline for Payment of 2013 Annual Regulatory Fees

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-08-22: Updated: 2017-07-24 16:57:44 FCC Commences E-Rate Program Overhaul

By Glenn S. Richards and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2013-08-15: Updated: 2015-04-15 01:58:01 FCC Adopts Proposed FY 2013 Regulatory Fees

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-08-06: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:04:44 FCC Grants More Time for 2013 Commercial Station Ownership Reports

2013-07-31: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:03:39 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-07-23: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:08:58 One More Piece of the TV Auction Puzzle

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-07-16: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:11:16 Today’s Aereo Decision: Technology Takes a Backseat

2013-07-12: Updated: 2015-04-01 17:11:30 FCC Seeks Greater Clarity on IP Video Captioning Rules

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-06-30: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:15 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-06-25: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:11:38 What’s the Cost of Not Having a Retrans Agreement? $2.25 Million

2013-06-05: Updated: 2017-01-12 11:28:15 Comments Due Soon on FCC’s Proposed 2013 Regulatory Fees

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-05-31: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:10:38 Stations Find Out When Airing a Fake EAS Tone Is Okay

2013-05-23: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:03:37 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-05-10: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:04:43 FCC Grants Extension of Indecency Comment Deadlines

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-04-30: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:03:37 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-04-29: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:05:22 FCC Modernizes Its Experimental Licensing Rules

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-04-16: Updated: 2018-02-02 17:39:01 Free TV Doesn’t Mean Free Lunch

2013-04-14: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:16 FCC Issues Lessons Learned From First Ever Nationwide EAS Test

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-04-05: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:00:25 FCC Announces Immediate Freeze on TV Modification Applications

2013-04-04: Updated: 2017-03-09 20:09:36 Pillsbury Attorneys Heading to NAB Show in Vegas

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-04-01: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:04:45 FCC Hits Reset Button on Indecency

2013-03-29: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:03:36 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-03-26: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:07:27 First Quarter FCC KidVid Reports Confirm Accuracy of Mayan Calendar

2013-03-25: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:10:10 Second Online Captioning Deadline Arrives March 30

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-03-20: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:19 A Farewell to Commissioner McDowell and a Nod to the “Rational Regulator”

2013-03-13: Updated: 2017-01-12 11:29:09 FCC Mulls Over Raising Limits on Foreign Ownership of Broadcast Stations

2013-03-07: Updated: 2015-04-01 17:10:37 FCC Reduces Station Filing Burden For 2013 EEO Audits

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-02-28: Updated: 2015-03-31 18:21:59 The FCC’s Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies – A Guide for Broadcasters

2013-02-25: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:03:35 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-02-14: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:58:35 EAS Alerts and the Zombie Apocalypse Make Skynet a Reality

2013-02-12: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:17 FCC Urges IMMEDIATE Action to Prevent Further Fake EAS Alerts

2013-02-07: Updated: 2018-02-02 17:39:19 Should the Entire TV Band Be Repurposed?

2013-01-31: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:05:59 FCC Provides a Little Online Public File Relief for “Some” TV Stations

2013-01-31: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:03:34 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2013-01-22: Updated: 2017-07-24 17:11:39 Recent Decisions Make Too Much Employee Confidentiality a Problem

2013-01-11: Updated: 2015-04-01 17:10:00 Online Public Inspection File Deadline Fast Approaching

By Paul A. Cicelski

2013-01-03: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:11:42 Yes, the FCC Still Wants Your Social Security Number

2012-12-27: Updated: 2015-03-31 18:26:05 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2012-12-13: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:17 Time to Get CALM for the Holidays

2012-12-03: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:06:00 FCC Provides Clarity for Businesses Responding to Texting Opt-Outs

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Andrew Bluth

2012-12-01: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:16 2012 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2012-12-01: Updated: 2015-03-31 18:30:34 FCC Expands LPFM Service and Raises Translator Cap

2012-12-01: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:17 2012 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2012-11-30: Updated: 2015-03-31 18:38:20 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2012-11-27: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:09:45 Reminder: FCC Form 317 Deadline is Near

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-11-19: Updated: 2016-10-21 16:53:22 Does Your Mobile App Provide Reasonable Access to Your Privacy Policy?

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Amy Pierce

2012-11-07: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:09:42 Randall Terry Focuses His Campaign on the FCC

2012-10-31: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:09:42 Randall Terry Pushes the FCC’s Political Envelope

2012-10-31: Updated: 2015-03-31 18:40:07 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2012-10-22: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:11:06 The FCC’s Spectrum Incentive Auction NPRM: A Condensed and Abridged Version

2012-10-17: Updated: 2015-06-12 17:31:33 Drawing the Line Online: Employers’ Rights to Employees’ Social Media Accounts

By Julia E. Judish, Thomas N. Makris, Amy Pierce and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2012-10-12: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:44 A Spectral Incentive Auction?

2012-10-04: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:05:59 FCC Proposes Wholesale Examination of Satellite and Earth Station Licensing and Operating Rules

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-09-28: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:18 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2012-09-26: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:07:26 First Online Video Closed Captioning Deadline Is Here

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-09-20: Updated: 2015-03-31 18:45:48 FCC Takes First Steps Towards Telecom Foreign Ownership Reform

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-09-05: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:09:40 Rabbit Season? Duck Season? No, Lowest Unit Charge Season!

2012-08-30: Updated: 2015-03-31 18:49:52 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2012-08-21: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:00:16 FCC Adopts Equipment-Related Consent Decree With Guitar Manufacturer to the Tune of a Quarter Million Dollars

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-08-13: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:57:37 Client Alert: FCC Sets September 13, 2012 Deadline for Payment of FY 2012 Annual Regulatory Fees

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-08-06: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:09:01 Online Public File for TV Launches and Stations Need to Adapt; Particularly Those with August 16th License Renewal Announcements

By Paul A. Cicelski and Lauren Lynch Flick

2012-07-30: Updated: 2015-03-31 18:53:25 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2012-07-27: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:09:02 Online Public File Stay Denied – Online Public Inspection File Interface Demonstrations Scheduled for Monday and Tuesday

By Paul A. Cicelski and Lauren Lynch Flick

2012-07-23: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:00:25 FCC Announces FY2012 Regulatory Fee Amounts

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-07-18: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:02:24 FCC Conducts Demo of Its New Online Public Inspection File Interface

By Paul A. Cicelski and Lauren Lynch Flick

2012-07-12: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:02:26 FCC Denies NAB Online Public File Stay Request as Focus Moves to Court

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-07-03: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:05:24 FCC Online Public/Political File Rules Are Effective August 2

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-06-29: Updated: 2015-03-31 18:56:00 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2012-06-28: Updated: 2015-03-31 18:57:24 FCC Piles $65,000 in Fines on Small AM Station in Less Than a Year

2012-06-22: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:08:40 Office of Management and Budget, Keeping in Character, Approves FCC Online Public File Rules

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-06-21: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:10:39 Supreme Court Kicks the Indecency Can Down the Road

2012-06-15: Updated: 2017-03-06 18:17:22 Broadcasters Challenge FCC’s Proposed Online Public/Political File Rules on Multiple Fronts

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-06-07: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:07:51 If the Broadcast/Newspaper Cross-Ownership Rule Falls, Will It Make a Sound?

2012-06-01: Updated: 2018-02-02 17:53:41 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Retransmission Consent (but were afraid to ask)

2012-05-31: Updated: 2015-04-01 17:09:16 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2012-05-25: Updated: 2018-02-02 17:49:40 FCC’s TV Channel Sharing Rules Go Into Effect Soon But the Picture Isn’t Clear

By Paul A. Cicelski and Lauren Lynch Flick

2012-05-15: Updated: 2015-04-01 19:22:19 I Know What You Watched Last Summer – Video Privacy Protection Act Creates Risks for All Video Programming Distributors

2012-05-08: Updated: 2017-01-04 17:29:58 FCC Proposes FY 2012 Annual Regulatory Fees

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-05-02: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:58:06 Death, Taxes and Voluntary Spectrum Auctions

2012-04-30: Updated: 2015-04-01 17:02:47 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2012-04-27: Updated: 2016-05-25 21:50:07 Client Alert: FCC Votes to Require Online Posting of TV Public Inspection/Political Files

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-04-20: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:09:00 Online Political File a Hot Topic at Vegas NAB Show and Beyond

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-04-13: Updated: 2017-03-09 20:09:23 Road Trip! Pillsbury at the NAB Show

2012-04-12: Updated: 2018-03-12 19:41:53 Court of Appeals Finds Prohibition on Political Ads on Noncommercial Stations Unconstitutional

2012-04-10: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:07:21 FCC’s Motive for Demanding Copies of TV Station Public Files Confirmed

2012-04-06: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:58:41 Equipment Vendors Will Be Making CALM Act Noise at NAB Show

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-03-30: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:27:23 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2012-03-29: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:08:59 Online or Out of Line? FCC Requests Copies of Entire Public Files

2012-03-22: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:10:08 Revamped EAS Rules Go Into Effect April 23

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-03-19: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:10:07 Retransmission Without an Agreement Is an Expensive Mistake

2012-03-12: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:28:44 FCC Declares Open Season on Television License Renewal Applications

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2012-03-07: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:23 A Reprieve–and a Lesson–for Class A TV Stations?

2012-03-02: Updated: 2018-02-02 17:48:29 Spectrum Auction Legislation Becomes Law, But Now What?

2012-03-01: Updated: 2016-10-24 11:53:43 Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for TV Stations in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington DC

2012-03-01: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:29:05 Biennial Ownership Reports are due by April 2, 2012 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, and for Noncommercial Television Stations in Texas

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2012-03-01: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:29:43 Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Michigan and Ohio

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2012-03-01: Updated: 2017-03-10 12:25:17 Broadcast Station EEO Advisory

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2012-03-01: Updated: 2017-03-17 13:23:30 2012 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

By Lauren Lynch Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2012-03-01: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:31:48 2012 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

By Scott R. Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2012-02-29: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:32:12 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2012-02-28: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:11:34 TV Stations’ Class A Status on the Chopping Block

2012-02-24: Updated: 2017-01-12 11:29:28 The FCC’s “Stopwatch” Proposal to Evaluate Station Program Content

2012-02-15: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:02:28 FCC Enforcement and the Five-Percent Solution

2012-02-09: Updated: 2017-07-26 11:29:21 Increase in HSR Thresholds Makes More Room for Larger Communications Transactions

By Miles S. Mason

2012-02-06: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:32:52 When Is a Coordinate Correction Just a Coordinate Correction?

2012-02-03: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:06:04 FCC Rejects Randall Terry Political Complaint in Illinois

2012-02-03: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:07:24 Federal Candidates Have Much to Fear From Randall Terry Ads

2012-01-31: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:33:17 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2012-01-27: Updated: 2015-04-01 13:45:06 FCC Sets Comment Dates in Broadcast Ownership Proceeding

By Paul A. Cicelski and Lauren Lynch Flick

2012-01-27: Updated: 2017-03-15 14:28:04 Client Advisory – Reminder: Annual Minimum Fee Statements for Streaming Due to SoundExchange by January 31, 2012

2012-01-20: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:05:21 FCC Makes Online Contest Expensive

2012-01-12: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:06:29 FCC Revamps Its EAS Rules

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-01-10: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:09:05 Oral Arguments Bring Supreme Court’s Indecency Case into Focus

By Paul A. Cicelski

2012-01-05: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:49:18 50+ Sure Fire Predictions for Broadcasters in 2012

2011-12-29: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:33:44 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2011-12-22: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:07:25 Filings on National EAS Test Results Due Next Week

By Paul A. Cicelski

2011-12-15: Updated: 2015-04-01 16:53:22 FCC Announces Comment Deadlines on Replacement for Television Quarterly Issues Programs Lists

2011-12-01: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:38:31 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2011-11-30: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:07:27 Following the Thanksgiving Holiday, A Reminder That Many December 1 FCC Deadlines Loom

By Paul A. Cicelski

2011-11-22: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:57:40 Comment Deadlines Set in FCC’s Effort to Expand TV Public Inspection File Obligations

2011-11-22: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:55:48 Client Advisory: Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report Due for Television Stations

By Paul A. Cicelski and Lauren Lynch Flick

2011-11-14: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:02:22 FCC Commences Effort to Replace Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists

2011-11-11: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:50:36 Breaking In the EAS System

By Scott R. Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

2011-11-04: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:39:00 Telecom Monitor

By Glenn S. Richards and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2011-11-03: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:52:15 Breaking News: National EAS Test Shortened

2011-10-31: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:39:48 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2011-10-27: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:05:53 FCC Proposal for Online Public Files for TV Moves to the Front Burner

2011-10-26: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:08:29 National EAS Test: FCC Online Reporting System & Test Handbook Now Available

By Paul A. Cicelski

2011-10-21: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:05:25 FCC Overturns 298 Prior Closed Captioning Waivers

2011-10-20: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:11:15 Time to Prepare — November 9 National EAS Test Draws Near

By Paul A. Cicelski

2011-10-14: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:11:11 The Smoke Thickens for Both Radio and TV on Marijuana Ads

2011-10-10: Updated: 2018-02-02 17:47:25 Retransmission Consent Reform – Where Does it Stand?

2011-10-06: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:08:24 Medical Marijuana Advertising Becomes a Definite Liability for Broadcasters and Other Media

2011-10-06: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:08:28 National EAS Test Raises Interesting Issues for Participants

By Paul A. Cicelski

2011-09-30: Updated: 2016-11-14 18:40:25 FCC Enforcement Monitor

By Scott R. Flick and Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

2011-09-23: Updated: 2014-09-09 16:52:54 Broadcasters Hustling to Meet Numerous October Deadlines

2011-09-19: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:11:14 Time for Cable and Satellite Carriage Elections, and the Stakes Have Never Been Higher

2011-09-16: Updated: 2017-03-06 18:16:52 FCC Further Extends EAS CAP-Compliance Deadline

By Paul A. Cicelski

2011-09-15: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:09:43 Rare Reprieve for Last Minute Regulatory Fee Filers

2011-09-15: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:10:13 Should Media Lenders Feel Less Secure?

By Miles S. Mason

2011-09-13: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:10:37 Spectrum Fees and the Urban Legend of Free Spectrum

2011-09-09: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:07:23 FCC’s Video Description Rules Have Been Officially Reinstated

By Paul A. Cicelski

2011-09-07: Updated: 2014-09-09 17:10:46 The FCC Makes Its Indecency Case at the Supreme Court, But Has the Court Already Shown Its Cards?