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2020-11-19: Updated: 2020-11-19 19:22:18 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

2020-10-29: Updated: 2020-10-29 15:42:03 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood

2020-09-30: Updated: 2020-09-30 14:23:50 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood

2020-09-24: Updated: 2020-09-24 17:28:36 First Electronic Must-Carry/Retransmission Consent Elections Due October 1

By Simone A. Wood

2020-09-22: Updated: 2020-09-22 17:25:18 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington

2020-09-22: Updated: 2020-09-22 17:22:17 2020 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2020-09-08: Updated: 2020-09-08 12:53:21 License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Iowa and Missouri and Television Stations in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

2020-08-31: Updated: 2020-08-31 11:27:06 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood

2020-08-20: Updated: 2020-08-20 17:31:11 C-Band Lump Sum Election Deadline Extended

2020-08-18: Updated: 2020-08-20 10:42:11 Interagency Advisory Provides Guidance on Drone Detection and Mitigation Technology

By Glenn S. Richards and Warren A. Kessler

2020-08-03: Updated: 2020-08-20 10:44:52 C-Band Relocation Cost Schedule Released, with Earth Station Elections Due August 31, 2020

2020-07-27: Updated: 2020-08-20 10:49:33 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood

2020-07-24: Updated: 2020-07-24 18:05:56 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin

2020-07-24: Updated: 2020-07-24 18:07:03 License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Illinois and Wisconsin and Television Stations in North Carolina and South Carolina

2020-07-20: Updated: 2020-07-23 11:43:34 Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2020

By Lauren Lynch Flick, Scott R. Flick and Warren A. Kessler

2020-07-08: Updated: 2020-07-08 21:50:44 2020 Second Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on July 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked

2020-07-08: Updated: 2020-07-08 21:49:04 First and Second Quarter 2020 Issues/Programs Lists Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2020-07-08: Updated: 2020-07-08 21:46:39 2019 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report Filing Due

2020-06-30: Updated: 2020-07-27 12:19:30 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood

2020-05-28: Updated: 2020-07-23 13:52:45 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood

2020-05-21: Updated: 2020-07-23 13:55:34 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, New Mexico, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming

2020-05-11: Updated: 2020-07-23 13:57:22 July 31, 2020 Marks First Deadline Under FCC’s New Must-Carry Election Regime

By Lee G. Petro and Lauren Lynch Flick

2020-05-04: Updated: 2020-05-04 15:47:40 FCC Adds EEO Relief to List of COVID-19 Actions

2020-05-01: Updated: 2020-05-01 19:00:43 FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program – One Month Later

2020-04-30: Updated: 2020-05-05 15:47:34 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood

2020-04-16: Updated: 2020-04-16 18:44:37 FCC Grants First Wave of Funding for COVID-19 Telehealth Programs

2020-04-10: Updated: 2020-04-10 17:38:55 Executive Order Establishes New Committee to Review Foreign Investment in Communications Companies

By Glenn S. Richards, Lee G. Petro and Jessica T. Nyman

2020-03-31: Updated: 2020-03-31 16:16:49 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood

2020-03-27: Updated: 2020-03-27 14:26:54 Breaking News: FCC Extends Deadlines for KidVid Reports and Programs/Issues Lists

2020-03-19: Updated: 2020-03-19 19:35:57 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas

2020-03-19: Updated: 2020-03-19 19:35:30 Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Michigan and Ohio and Television Stations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia

2020-03-12: Updated: 2020-03-12 18:14:14 FCC Locks the Front Door as Broadcasters Adapt to a Coronavirus World

2020-02-25: Updated: 2020-02-25 16:31:55 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2020

By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood

2020-01-29: Updated: 2020-01-29 11:14:11 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2020

2020-01-16: Updated: 2020-01-16 19:31:02 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma

2020-01-16: Updated: 2020-01-16 19:33:52 Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee

2020-01-15: Updated: 2020-01-24 15:25:09 2020 Political Broadcasting Advisory

By Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick, Jessica T. Nyman and Warren A. Kessler

2020-01-03: Updated: 2020-01-03 10:14:23 2019 Fourth Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on January 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked

2020-01-03: Updated: 2020-01-13 12:21:47 2019 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2020-01-03: Updated: 2020-01-03 10:14:16 2019 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2019-12-31: Updated: 2020-01-07 15:49:52 The Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar: A Look at the Year Ahead with 2020 Accuracy

2019-12-17: Updated: 2019-12-17 11:59:12 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2019

2019-12-02: Updated: 2019-12-02 16:36:47 FCC Opens New Filing Window For Displaced Rural LPTV Applicants

2019-11-26: Updated: 2019-11-26 14:09:44 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2019

2019-11-25: Updated: 2019-11-25 17:59:04 A Broadcaster’s Guide to the U.S. Department of Labor’s New Overtime Exemption Requirements

2019-11-19: Updated: 2019-11-19 12:27:13 Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi

2019-11-19: Updated: 2019-11-19 12:24:36 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

2019-10-30: Updated: 2019-10-30 14:03:44 Ready, Set, File! Broadcast Biennial Ownership Report Filing Window Opens November 1st

2019-10-17: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:46:40 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2019

2019-10-11: Updated: 2019-10-11 12:58:24 FM Broadcast Auction on the Horizon

2019-10-08: Updated: 2019-10-08 11:25:16 2019 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2019-09-30: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:46:48 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2019

2019-09-27: Updated: 2019-09-27 13:16:09 2019 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2019-09-27: Updated: 2019-09-27 13:15:11 2019 Third Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on October 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked

2019-09-19: Updated: 2019-09-26 18:52:45 Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Alabama and Georgia

2019-09-19: Updated: 2019-09-19 12:55:34 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington

2019-09-17: Updated: 2020-09-10 14:09:39 FCC Alters Filing Schedule for Biennial Broadcast Ownership Reports

2019-09-09: Updated: 2019-09-09 23:12:01 Proposed $272,000 FCC Fine Against CBS for False EAS Alert Tone Raises Intriguing First Amendment Debate

2019-08-29: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:46:58 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2019

2019-08-28: Updated: 2019-08-28 23:58:52 FCC Releases Final Regulatory Fees With Some Relief for Broadcasters

2019-08-23: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:47:04 Large Telecom Companies and State Attorneys General Agree on Anti-Robocall Principles

2019-07-31: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:47:34 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2019

2019-07-23: Updated: 2019-07-23 12:14:17 Don’t Wait to File Distant Signal Copyright Claims

2019-07-17: Updated: 2019-07-17 10:58:12 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin

2019-07-15: Updated: 2019-07-17 11:00:56 Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

2019-07-15: Updated: 2019-07-17 11:50:33 Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2019

2019-07-15: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:47:48 FCC Seeks Comment on Accelerating Broadband Deployment in Multi-Tenant Buildings and Preempts Wire-Sharing Requirement in San Francisco Ordinance

2019-07-12: Updated: 2019-07-17 15:02:38 A Look at This Week’s Changes to the FCC’s KidVid Rules

By Lee G. Petro and Lauren Lynch Flick

2019-06-27: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:48:53 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2019

2019-06-26: Updated: 2019-06-26 14:58:02 2019 Second Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on April 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked

2019-06-26: Updated: 2019-06-26 14:55:58 2019 Second Quarter Issues/Programming List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2019-06-26: Updated: 2019-06-26 14:54:33 2019 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2019-06-13: Updated: 2019-07-17 15:09:17 In Battle Against Robocalls, FCC Opens the Door to More Aggressive Call Blocking

By Glenn S. Richards and Warren A. Kessler

2019-05-30: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:49:01 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2019

2019-05-29: Updated: 2019-07-17 15:14:46 Next National EAS Test Is August 7, and Comes With a Twist

2019-05-24: Updated: 2019-07-17 15:22:46 A Radio Broadcaster’s Guide to License Renewal

By Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick and Warren A. Kessler

2019-05-24: Updated: 2019-05-24 12:04:47 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

2019-05-24: Updated: 2019-07-17 11:01:14 Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in North Carolina and South Carolina

2019-04-25: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:49:18 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2019

2019-04-22: Updated: 2019-07-17 15:27:59 C-Band Certification Deadline Nearing

2019-04-08: Updated: 2019-07-17 15:29:01 Deadline to Avoid Pre-1972 Sound Recording Statutory Damages Is Almost Here

2019-03-28: Updated: 2019-03-28 19:27:48 FCC Waives Quarterly Repack Reports for Certain TV Stations

2019-03-28: Updated: 2019-06-25 22:14:06 2019 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2019-03-28: Updated: 2019-06-25 22:20:39 2019 First Quarter Issues/Programming List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2019-03-28: Updated: 2019-03-28 18:18:35 2019 First Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on April 10 for Stations Being Repacked

2019-03-28: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:49:23 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2019

2019-03-27: Updated: 2019-03-28 18:49:37 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas

2019-03-27: Updated: 2019-03-28 18:43:07 Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia

2019-02-28: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:49:29 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2019

2019-02-14: Updated: 2019-02-14 14:04:54 FCC Eliminates EEO Mid-Term Report Filings

2019-01-31: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:49:35 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2019

2019-01-29: Updated: 2019-01-29 18:34:15 Breaking News: FCC Extends Its Extension of Already Extended Deadlines

2019-01-28: Updated: 2019-01-28 18:23:40 Broadcasters Scramble as FCC Reopens and Announces New Filing Deadlines

2019-01-15: Updated: 2019-01-15 14:56:38 How to Tell an FCC Scam Call From a Department of Treasury Call

2019-01-14: Updated: 2019-01-14 17:51:10 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma

2019-01-08: Updated: 2019-01-08 12:14:40 Dozens of Stations Snared Every Hour by Trap Unwittingly Left by a Closed FCC

2019-01-04: Updated: 2019-01-10 15:56:20 Breaking News Alert: Scammers Impersonating the FCC Seeking to Scam Broadcasters During Government Shutdown

2019-01-04: Updated: 2019-01-04 16:02:32 Federal Shutdown Creates Public File and Repack Headaches for Broadcasters

2018-12-31: Updated: 2018-12-31 10:48:06 2018 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2018-12-31: Updated: 2018-12-31 10:42:23 2018 Fourth Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on January 10 for Stations Being Repacked

2018-12-31: Updated: 2018-12-31 10:37:22 2018 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2018-12-27: Updated: 2018-12-27 13:43:20 What You Thought You Knew About 2018, and Need to Know About 2019

2018-12-19: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:49:42 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2018

2018-11-29: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:49:47 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2018

2018-11-12: Updated: 2018-11-12 14:03:20 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

2018-10-31: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:49:52 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2018

2018-10-29: Updated: 2018-10-29 20:16:51 FCC Retunes Rules For Citizens Broadband Radio Service

2018-10-23: Updated: 2018-10-23 12:56:42 FCC Retires 80-Year-Old Contract Filing Rule

2018-10-22: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:50:01 5G for People in a Hurry

2018-10-17: Updated: 2018-10-17 15:20:17 Breaking News: FCC Extends C-Band Registration Deadline

2018-09-28: Updated: 2018-09-28 18:37:35 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2018

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica T. Nyman and Warren A. Kessler

2018-09-28: Updated: 2018-09-28 12:14:43 2018 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2018-09-28: Updated: 2018-09-28 12:13:49 2018 Third Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on October 10 for Stations Being Repacked

2018-09-28: Updated: 2018-09-28 12:11:59 2018 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2018-09-28: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:48:46 FCC Makes Fundamental Changes to Toll Free Number Marketplace

2018-09-26: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:50:47 FCC Proposes Rules to Improve 911 Emergency Calling

2018-09-21: Updated: 2019-07-17 12:00:42 Political Dollars, the Radio Show, and Broadcast Finance

2018-09-20: Updated: 2018-09-20 16:44:34 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

2018-09-17: Updated: 2018-09-17 16:31:55 Breaking News: National EAS and WEA Tests Postponed Until October 3

2018-09-11: Updated: 2018-09-11 20:33:34 Broadcasters Prepare to Meet Their Obligations as “First Informers” in Hurricane Florence

2018-08-30: Updated: 2018-09-05 14:48:49 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2018

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica T. Nyman and Warren A. Kessler

2018-08-29: Updated: 2018-08-30 15:27:53 FCC Clarifies Deadlines for Repack Phase 1, Establishing Template for All Future Repack Phases

By Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick and Warren A. Kessler

2018-08-20: Updated: 2018-08-20 16:19:04 This Part Is Not a Test – Meeting Broadcasters’ Obligations to Prepare for the National EAS Test

2018-08-06: Updated: 2018-08-06 15:44:41 Show Me the Money: FCC Launches Repack Reimbursement Proceeding for LPTV, TV Translator, and FM Stations

2018-07-30: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:51:01 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2018

2018-07-19: Updated: 2018-07-19 14:07:15 Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2018

2018-07-17: Updated: 2018-07-17 11:45:52 Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin

2018-06-29: Updated: 2018-07-02 10:01:18 2018 Second Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on July 10 for Stations Being Repacked

2018-06-29: Updated: 2018-07-02 10:04:26 2018 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

2018-06-29: Updated: 2018-07-02 09:40:40 2018 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

2018-06-25: Updated: 2018-06-25 16:22:05 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2018

2018-05-30: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:51:09 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2018

2018-05-25: Updated: 2018-05-25 16:11:53 FCC Grants TV Stations Last-Minute Reprieve on Certain Audible Crawl Requirements

2018-05-14: Updated: 2018-05-14 11:33:15 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

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

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica T. Nyman and Warren A. Kessler

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

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

2018-03-29: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:51:16 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2018

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 T. Nyman and Warren A. 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 T. Nyman and Warren A. 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: 2019-04-11 11:47:03 Court of Appeals Rolls Back Portions of the FCC’s 2015 Robocall and Text Ruling

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: 2020-02-05 13:51:22 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2018

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: 2020-02-05 13:51:28 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2018

2018-01-11: Updated: 2019-10-25 11:19:16 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 T. Nyman and Warren A. Kessler

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

By Scott R. Flick, Jessica T. Nyman and Warren A. Kessler

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

2017-11-30: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:51:33 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2017

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: 2020-02-05 13:51:37 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2017

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: 2020-02-05 13:51:41 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2017

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: 2020-02-05 13:51:45 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2017

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: 2020-02-05 13:51:51 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2017

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 T. 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: 2020-02-05 13:50:54 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2017

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: 2020-02-05 13:52:57 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2017

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: 2020-02-05 13:53:03 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2017

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: 2020-02-05 13:53:09 FCC Announces Auction Results and Sets TV Repack Deadlines

2017-03-30: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:53:15 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2017

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: 2019-04-11 11:51:25 Federal Law Now Prohibits Censoring Unfavorable Reviews

By Michael P. Heuga 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: 2020-02-05 13:53:20 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2017

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: 2020-02-05 13:57:35 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2017

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: 2020-02-05 13:53:25 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2016

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: 2020-02-05 13:53:30 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2016

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: 2020-02-05 13:53:35 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2016

2016-10-26: Updated: 2019-04-26 12:19:52 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: 2020-02-05 13:54:46 Newsgathering Drones Take Flight

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: 2020-02-05 13:57:43 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2016

2016-09-27: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:59:32 Hoping to Avoid Website Crash, FCC Urges EAS Participants to Stagger Filings

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: 2019-04-26 12:20:05 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: 2020-02-05 13:57:48 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2016

2016-08-04: Updated: 2020-02-05 14:10:27 Nationwide EAS Test Comes With a “To Do” List for Broadcasters and Other EAS Participants

2016-07-29: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:57:53 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2016

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: 2019-04-26 12:20:18 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: 2020-02-05 13:58:00 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2016

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 T. 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 T. Nyman

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

2016-05-31: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:58:06 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2016

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: 2019-04-26 12:20:29 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: 2020-02-05 13:58:20 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2016

2016-04-29: Updated: 2019-04-26 12:20:42 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: 2020-02-05 13:58:28 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2016

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: 2020-02-05 13:57:27 FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2016

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: 2020-02-05 14:10:34 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2016-01-28: Updated: 2019-04-26 12:24:22 Neither Sleet Nor Snow Can Keep the Radio Public File From Going Online

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: 2020-02-05 14:10:39 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-12-17: Updated: 2019-04-26 12:21:50 New Webcasting Rates a Win for Radio Broadcasters

2015-11-30: Updated: 2020-02-05 14:10:48 FCC Enforcement Monitor

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: 2020-02-05 14:10:54 FCC Enforcement Monitor

2015-10-25: Updated: 2020-02-05 13:59:50 FCC Finally Moves Forward on AM Revitalization Order with Delayed FM Translator Window

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 T. Nyman and Scott R. Flick

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

By Jessica T. Nyman and Scott R. Flick

2015-09-02: Updated: 2019-04-26 12:22:03 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: 2019-04-26 12:22:28 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: 2019-04-26 12:22:49 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: 2019-04-26 12:27:43 NAB 2015 Marks a Return to Form

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

2015-03-27: Updated: 2019-04-26 12:23:53 FCC Reveals the Details of Its Preemption of Municipal Broadband Restrictions

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: 2019-04-26 12:23:02 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: 2019-04-11 11:51:15 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