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FCC Eliminates EEO Mid-Term Report Filings
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2019
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Updated:
Breaking News: FCC Extends Its Extension of Already Extended Deadlines
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Updated:
Broadcasters Scramble as FCC Reopens and Announces New Filing Deadlines
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Updated:
How to Tell an FCC Scam Call From a Department of Treasury Call
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Updated:
Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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Dozens of Stations Snared Every Hour by Trap Unwittingly Left by a Closed FCC
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Breaking News Alert: Scammers Impersonating the FCC Seeking to Scam Broadcasters During Government Shutdown
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Federal Shutdown Creates Public File and Repack Headaches for Broadcasters
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2018 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2018 Fourth Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on January 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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2018 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
What You Thought You Knew About 2018, and Need to Know About 2019
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2018
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2018
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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
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2018
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Updated:
FCC Retunes Rules For Citizens Broadband Radio Service
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Updated:
FCC Retires 80-Year-Old Contract Filing Rule
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Updated:
5G for People in a Hurry
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Breaking News: FCC Extends C-Band Registration Deadline
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2018
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2018 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Updated:
2018 Third Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on October 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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Updated:
2018 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
FCC Makes Fundamental Changes to Toll Free Number Marketplace
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Updated:
FCC Proposes Rules to Improve 911 Emergency Calling
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Updated:
Political Dollars, the Radio Show, and Broadcast Finance
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Updated:
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
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Breaking News: National EAS and WEA Tests Postponed Until October 3
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Broadcasters Prepare to Meet Their Obligations as “First Informers” in Hurricane Florence
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2018
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Updated:
FCC Clarifies Deadlines for Repack Phase 1, Establishing Template for All Future Repack Phases
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This Part Is Not a Test – Meeting Broadcasters’ Obligations to Prepare for the National EAS Test
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Updated:
Show Me the Money: FCC Launches Repack Reimbursement Proceeding for LPTV, TV Translator, and FM Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2018
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Updated:
Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2018
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Updated:
Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
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Updated:
2018 Second Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on July 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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2018 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2018 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2018
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2018
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Updated:
FCC Grants TV Stations Last-Minute Reprieve on Certain Audible Crawl Requirements
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Updated:
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
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2018
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Updated:
Better Late Than Never? Upload Those First Quarter Issues/Programs Lists
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Updated:
DTV Ancillary and Supplementary Services Report Goes Away for Most TV Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2018
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Updated:
2018 First Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on April 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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Updated:
2018 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Updated:
2018 First Quarter Issues/Programming List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
Broadcaster Access to Disaster Areas Becomes the Law of the Land
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Updated:
Court of Appeals Rolls Back Portions of the FCC’s 2015 Robocall and Text Ruling
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
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Updated:
Broadcasters Prepare for Their #MeToo Moment
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2018
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Updated:
Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2018
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Confused About Paying Interns? The Rules Just Changed Again
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2017 Fourth Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on January 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2017
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Updated:
Broadcasters Face a (Re)Packed 2018
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2017
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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
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Most TV Stations Can Stop Drafting Their DTV Ancillary Services Report
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Updated:
FCC Locks in Dates for Short Lifting of Upgrade Freeze for Unrepacked TV Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2017
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Updated:
Breaking News: FCC Releases Details of Its Proposed ATSC 3.0 Approval
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The Main Studio Rule Is Dead; Long Live the Main Studio
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Updated:
After Nearly 5 Years, FCC Lifting Freeze on Mods for Unrepacked Full-Power and Class A TV Stations
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Updated:
TV Stations’ First Ever Quarterly Transition Progress Report Due October 10
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Will Anyone Pay for 1-833-AUCTION?
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2017
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Updated:
911 Concerns Fuel New FCC Proceeding
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Updated:
Today’s the Day: Nationwide EAS Test and Form 2 Deadline Arrive
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Updated:
FCC Announces Modification Window for Repacked and Band-Changing Stations
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Updated:
2017 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
2017 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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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
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Updated:
FCC Announces Annual Regulatory Fee Deadline, Gives Break to Small Market Radio Stations and Stations in Hurricane-Affected Areas
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Updated:
FCC Pushes Back New Unified Ownership Report Filing Deadline for Commercial and NCE Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2017
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Broadcasters Encounter FCC System Obstacles in Meeting Monday Deadline for EAS Form 1 Filing
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2017
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Updated:
Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2017
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Updated:
Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
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Updated:
Show Me the Money: Broadcaster Auction Payments Coming in Next Few Days
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2017 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Updated:
2017 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2017
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Updated:
As of Today, Letters From the Public Are a Thing of the Past
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Updated:
FCC Will Revisit Building Access Rules
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Updated:
No Stay for You: UHF Discount Now in Effect
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2017
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Updated:
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
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Updated:
Details of FCC’s Repack Plans for LPTV and TV Translator Stations Emerge
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2017
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Updated:
You Can’t Have One Without the Other: FCC Restores UHF Discount to National Cap
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FCC Announces Auction Results and Sets TV Repack Deadlines
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2017
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2017 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Updated:
2017 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas
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Updated:
Federal Law Now Prohibits Censoring Unfavorable Reviews
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FCC Proposes Answers to Unwanted Calls
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ATSC 3.0 and the Perennial Transition
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2017
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Updated:
Pai FCC Moves Quickly to Rescind Wheeler FCC Actions
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FCC’s Media Bureau Rescinds Ruling on New Noncom Ownership Reporting Rules
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2017
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Updated:
Letters From the Public: Pai FCC Takes First Step on Broadcast Deregulation
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Updated:
Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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Breaking News: FCC Moves Forward on Eliminating the Need to Maintain a Local Public File
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Updated:
FCC Makes Airing Political Ads Much More Complicated
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Updated:
2016 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Updated:
2016 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2016
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How to Predict an Unpredictable 2017: The Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar
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Updated:
FCC Postpones 2017 Noncommercial Biennial Ownership Report Deadlines Until December 1
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Updated:
First-Wave Radio Stations Must Upload Existing Public File Materials by December 24
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Updated:
One and Done: Stage 3 Forward Auction Ends After Just One Round of Bidding
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2016
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Client Alert: Federal Court Rules New Overtime Requirements Won’t Go Into Effect on December 1
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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
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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
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Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report Due for Commercial and Noncommercial Digital Television Stations
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Updated:
FCC Imposes Privacy Restrictions on Broadband Providers … for Now
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Updated:
Ain’t No Cure for the Overtime Blues
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2016
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Updated:
NAB Agreement With Sony Brings Flexibility Back to Music Streaming
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Updated:
Blink and You Missed It: Stage 2 of the Incentive Auction Ends
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Updated:
Try, Try Again: Stage 2 Reverse Auction Concludes at $54.6B
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Updated:
Newsgathering Drones Take Flight
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Updated:
Keep Calm and Broadcast On: Broadcasters as Hurricane First Responders
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2016 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
2016 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2016
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Updated:
Hoping to Avoid Website Crash, FCC Urges EAS Participants to Stagger Filings
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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
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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
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Updated:
Broadcast Finance at the Radio Show
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Updated:
September 27 Is the Deadline for 2016 Regulatory Fees
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Updated:
FCC Takes a Mulligan, Announces September 13 as the Start Date for Stage 2 of the Spectrum Auction
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Updated:
Incentive Auction Stage 1 Falls ($66 Billion) Short of the Target—On to the Next One!
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2016
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Updated:
Nationwide EAS Test Comes With a “To Do” List for Broadcasters and Other EAS Participants
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2016
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Updated:
TV Broadcasters Filing Royalty Claims Will Need to Hustle
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Updated:
Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin
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Updated:
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
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Updated:
A Good Faith Disconnect on Retrans
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FM Translators for AM Stations: When One Window Closes, Another Opens
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Updated:
Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by August 1, 2016
:
Updated:
2016 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2016
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Updated:
Chairman Wheeler Circulates Proposed Multiple Ownership Rules That Expand Regs for TV
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Updated:
A Broadcaster’s Guide to the U.S. Department of Labor’s New Overtime Exemption Requirements
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Updated:
Making the Move to the New Online Public Inspection File System This Friday
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Updated:
Special Advisory for Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcasters: Meeting the Radio and Television Public Inspection File Requirements
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New Online Public File Demonstration Set for June 13
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2016
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Updated:
Prometheus Court Vacates FCC’s JSA Ban; Asks FCC for New Ownership Rules by Year-End
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FCC Issues NPRM to Remove Correspondence From Public File
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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
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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
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Updated:
All New Online Public File for TV, Radio, Cable and Satellite Coming June 24th
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Updated:
FCC Takes Next Step to Move Public Files Out of the Main Studio
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2016
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Updated:
FCC Sets Clearing Target and Starting Date for Incentive Auction
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Updated:
FCC Starts Down the Path to ATSC 3.0
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Updated:
FCC Proposes Privacy Rules for Broadband Providers
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Updated:
FCC’s Efforts to Expand Video Description May Spark Debate on Statutory Authority
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2016
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Updated:
2016 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
2016 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Updated:
FTC Action Against Lord & Taylor Social Media Campaign Has Repercussions for Broadcasters
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Updated:
Broadcast Incentive Auction SecurID Tokens Are in the Mail
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Updated:
FCC Releases Spectrum Auction User Guide and Online Tutorial for March 28-29 Initial Commitment Window
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2016
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Updated:
The FCC Has Written Good Contest Rules, Now You Should Too
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Neither Sleet Nor Snow Can Keep the Radio Public File From Going Online
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Updated:
FCC Makes “FRNdamental” Changes to Broadcast Ownership Reports
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Updated:
Radio Public Inspection File Coming Online
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
New Webcasting Rates a Win for Radio Broadcasters
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
FCC Releases Form 177 Auction Application Instructions
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Updated:
FCC Moves Spectrum Auction Application Deadline After Making Changes to Opening Bids
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December Filing Deadlines Are Upon Us
:
Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
FCC Finally Moves Forward on AM Revitalization Order with Delayed FM Translator Window
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Scary Warning Accompanies FCC Announcement of Auction Application Window
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2015 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Updated:
2015 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Financing the Future of Radio: Pillsbury at the Radio Show
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[UPDATED] FCC Permits Online Contest Disclosures
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FCC Permits Online Contest Disclosures
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Client Alert: FCC Sets September 24, 2015 Deadline for 2015 Regulatory Fees
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
FCC Moves Forward on Modernizing Station-Conducted Contest Rule
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Updated:
FCC Chairman Signals Mixed Bag of Changes to Media Rules
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Digital (Im)permanence and the FCC’s Online Public File
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Everything You’ve Been Told About Paying Interns May Now Be Wrong
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Updated:
FCC Releases Baseline Station Coverage for Auction and Repacking
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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50 Hour Video Description Obligation Expands to Top 60 Markets on July 1
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FCC Adopts New National EAS Test Rules and Accessibility Standards
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Announces Eligibility List for Spectrum Auction and Deadline for Pre-Auction Filing
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
FCC Grants Temporary Waiver of Audible Crawl Rule
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Updated:
FCC Proposes 2015 Regulatory Fees
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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
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Updated:
Cascading False EAS Alerts Bring Million Dollar Penalty
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Updated:
FCC Outlines the Path to Spectrum Repack as May 29 TV Buildout Deadline Looms
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Updated:
FCC Ponders Extending Emergency Alert Accessibility Rules to “Second Screens”
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
FCC Suspends September 1, 2015 Deadline for LPTV and Translator Stations to Shift from Analog to Digital
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Updated:
Mistaken Assumptions Block Translators for AM Stations
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Updated:
NAB 2015 Marks a Return to Form
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
FCC Reveals the Details of Its Preemption of Municipal Broadband Restrictions
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Indecency Meets Big-Screen TVs: FCC Proposes Mammoth $325K Fine
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Updated:
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
:
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
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Updated:
2015 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory – Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
2015 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
:
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FCC Releases Text of Net Neutrality Order
:
Updated:
New Closed Captioning Rules Take Effect Monday, March 16
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Updated:
An Epitaph for Aereo
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Updated:
FCC Preempts State Laws Restricting Municipal Broadband Deployment
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Updated:
The Net Neutrality Drama Plays On
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
:
Updated:
Bringing the FCC’s Contest Rule Up to Date
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Can a Consumer Give Up the Right to Opt-Out of Robocalls and Texts?
:
Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
FCC Announces May 29, 2015 Licensing Deadline for Spectrum Repacking Protection
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Updated:
FCC Doesn’t Back Down on $1.4 Million in Fines Against Viacom and ESPN for False EAS Tones
:
Updated:
Comment Dates Set in FCC’s Heavily Anticipated MVPD Definition Proceeding
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
2015 Off to a Fast Start for Broadcasters’ Regulatory Obligations
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
:
Updated:
FCC Proposes Moving Radio, Satellite TV/Radio, and Cable TV Public Files Online
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Updated:
FCC Announces New End Date for JSA Grandfathering
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Updated:
2014 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
:
Updated:
FCC Proposes to Clear Airwaves of Boring Contest Rules, But State Law Issues Remain
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Breaking News: FCC Suspends Construction Deadlines and Expiration Dates for New LPTVs and Translators
:
Updated:
FCC Announces Grant of 700 Delayed Broadcast License Renewals
:
Updated:
Hotels Jamming Wi-Fi Signals?
:
Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
:
Updated:
October 1 Must-Carry/Retrans Elections Drive the Future of Local Broadcast TV
:
Updated:
FCC Moves Quickly to Reject Political Ad Sponsorship ID Complaints
:
Updated:
Client Alert: FCC Sets September 23, 2014 Deadline for 2014 Regulatory Fees
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
:
Updated:
At Long Last, FCC Updates Its Tower Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Radio Public File Going Online?
:
Updated:
FCC’s New Video Captioning Rules Go Online
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Comments Due August 14 For Latest EAS NPRM
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Supreme Court Finds That Aereo’s Major Innovation Is Copyright Infringement
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Updated:
FCC Releases 2014 Regulatory Fee Proposals
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Updated:
FCC Announces June 19, 2016 Deadline for Revising TV Joint Sales Agreements
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FCC Announces Freeze on LPTV Displacements and New Digital Replacement Translator Applications
:
Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
FCC Extends Waiver Allowing False Emergency Tones in FEMA PSAs
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Updated:
FCC Adopts Rules for the Broadcast Spectrum Auction
:
Updated:
Political Broadcasting Advisory
:
Updated:
Knock Knock. Who’s There? The FCC and an $89,200 Fine.
:
Updated:
Client Alert: All Class A and Full-Power Television Stations Must Comply with Online Political File Requirements as of July 1, 2014
:
Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Extends Comment Deadlines for Multilingual EAS
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Supreme Court Seems Skeptical About Aereo’s Business Model
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Broadcasters Get a Free Throw in Aereo Case
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Updated:
The Supreme Court Giveth Where the FCC Taketh Away
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Updated:
IRS Ruling Affects Media (and Other) Businesses Dabbling in Bitcoin Use
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for TV Stations in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming
:
Updated:
Big Fines for False EAS Tones Demonstrate the Need for a Good Indemnification Clause
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Updated:
Breaking News: FCC Kills Critical Information Needs Study
:
Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
:
Updated:
Aereo Stumbles in Utah on Its Way to the Supreme Court
:
Updated:
Marijuana Advertising: Don’t Get Fooled Again
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Aereo’s Rocky Path Ahead
:
Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
:
Updated:
Another Year Over and a New One Just Begun
:
Updated:
FCC Prophecy on False EAS Alerts Comes True to the Tune of $200,000
:
Updated:
Unhappy With the Communications Act? Congress Wants to Know
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Updated:
Comment Dates Set for FCC’s Proposal to Mandate Captioning of IP-Delivered “Video Clips”
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Breaking News: FCC Moves Up Ownership Report Deadline (Slightly)
:
Updated:
FCC Detective Work Leads to Renewal Fines
:
Updated:
FCC Provides LPFM Window Debriefing
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Breaking News: FCC Extends Ownership Reporting Deadline
:
Updated:
Taking a Narrow View of the UHF Discount
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FCC Reaches Tipping Point on False EAS Alerts
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Updated:
FCC Moves Forward on Revitalizing AM Radio
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
FCC Announcement Provides Guidance on Post-Shutdown Filing Deadlines
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Breaking News: FCC Reopens and Suspends Filing Deadlines
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New “Robocall” Rules Impact How Businesses Can Text Consumers
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Updated:
A Lesson for Congress on Retrans Negotiations?
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
DOJ Clears the Air on E-Cigarette Ads
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Updated:
A New Term for Retrans
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Updated:
Pillsbury at the NAB Show
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CBS/Time Warner Deal Marks the Beginning of Retrans Version 3.0
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Client Alert: FCC Sets September 20, 2013 Deadline for Payment of 2013 Annual Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Commences E-Rate Program Overhaul
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Updated:
FCC Adopts Proposed FY 2013 Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Grants More Time for 2013 Commercial Station Ownership Reports
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
One More Piece of the TV Auction Puzzle
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Today’s Aereo Decision: Technology Takes a Backseat
:
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FCC Seeks Greater Clarity on IP Video Captioning Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
What’s the Cost of Not Having a Retrans Agreement? $2.25 Million
:
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Comments Due Soon on FCC’s Proposed 2013 Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Stations Find Out When Airing a Fake EAS Tone Is Okay
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
:
Updated:
FCC Grants Extension of Indecency Comment Deadlines
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
:
Updated:
FCC Modernizes Its Experimental Licensing Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Free TV Doesn’t Mean Free Lunch
:
Updated:
FCC Issues Lessons Learned From First Ever Nationwide EAS Test
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Announces Immediate Freeze on TV Modification Applications
:
Updated:
Pillsbury Attorneys Heading to NAB Show in Vegas
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Hits Reset Button on Indecency
:
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
:
Updated:
First Quarter FCC KidVid Reports Confirm Accuracy of Mayan Calendar
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Second Online Captioning Deadline Arrives March 30
By Paul A. Cicelski
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A Farewell to Commissioner McDowell and a Nod to the “Rational Regulator”
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FCC Mulls Over Raising Limits on Foreign Ownership of Broadcast Stations
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FCC Reduces Station Filing Burden For 2013 EEO Audits
By Paul A. Cicelski
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The FCC’s Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies – A Guide for Broadcasters
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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EAS Alerts and the Zombie Apocalypse Make Skynet a Reality
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FCC Urges IMMEDIATE Action to Prevent Further Fake EAS Alerts
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Should the Entire TV Band Be Repurposed?
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FCC Provides a Little Online Public File Relief for “Some” TV Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Recent Decisions Make Too Much Employee Confidentiality a Problem
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Online Public Inspection File Deadline Fast Approaching
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Yes, the FCC Still Wants Your Social Security Number
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Time to Get CALM for the Holidays
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FCC Provides Clarity for Businesses Responding to Texting Opt-Outs
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2012 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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FCC Expands LPFM Service and Raises Translator Cap
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2012 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Reminder: FCC Form 317 Deadline is Near
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Does Your Mobile App Provide Reasonable Access to Your Privacy Policy?
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Randall Terry Focuses His Campaign on the FCC
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Randall Terry Pushes the FCC’s Political Envelope
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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The FCC’s Spectrum Incentive Auction NPRM: A Condensed and Abridged Version
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Drawing the Line Online: Employers’ Rights to Employees’ Social Media Accounts
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A Spectral Incentive Auction?
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FCC Proposes Wholesale Examination of Satellite and Earth Station Licensing and Operating Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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First Online Video Closed Captioning Deadline Is Here
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Takes First Steps Towards Telecom Foreign Ownership Reform
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Rabbit Season? Duck Season? No, Lowest Unit Charge Season!
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Adopts Equipment-Related Consent Decree With Guitar Manufacturer to the Tune of a Quarter Million Dollars
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Alert: FCC Sets September 13, 2012 Deadline for Payment of FY 2012 Annual Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Online Public File for TV Launches and Stations Need to Adapt; Particularly Those with August 16th License Renewal Announcements
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Online Public File Stay Denied – Online Public Inspection File Interface Demonstrations Scheduled for Monday and Tuesday
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FCC Announces FY2012 Regulatory Fee Amounts
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Conducts Demo of Its New Online Public Inspection File Interface
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FCC Denies NAB Online Public File Stay Request as Focus Moves to Court
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Online Public/Political File Rules Are Effective August 2
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Piles $65,000 in Fines on Small AM Station in Less Than a Year
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Office of Management and Budget, Keeping in Character, Approves FCC Online Public File Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Supreme Court Kicks the Indecency Can Down the Road
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Broadcasters Challenge FCC’s Proposed Online Public/Political File Rules on Multiple Fronts
By Paul A. Cicelski
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If the Broadcast/Newspaper Cross-Ownership Rule Falls, Will It Make a Sound?
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Retransmission Consent (but were afraid to ask)
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC’s TV Channel Sharing Rules Go Into Effect Soon But the Picture Isn’t Clear
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I Know What You Watched Last Summer – Video Privacy Protection Act Creates Risks for All Video Programming Distributors
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FCC Proposes FY 2012 Annual Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Death, Taxes and Voluntary Spectrum Auctions
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Client Alert: FCC Votes to Require Online Posting of TV Public Inspection/Political Files
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Online Political File a Hot Topic at Vegas NAB Show and Beyond
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Road Trip! Pillsbury at the NAB Show
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Court of Appeals Finds Prohibition on Political Ads on Noncommercial Stations Unconstitutional
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FCC’s Motive for Demanding Copies of TV Station Public Files Confirmed
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Equipment Vendors Will Be Making CALM Act Noise at NAB Show
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Online or Out of Line? FCC Requests Copies of Entire Public Files
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Revamped EAS Rules Go Into Effect April 23
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Retransmission Without an Agreement Is an Expensive Mistake
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FCC Declares Open Season on Television License Renewal Applications
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A Reprieve–and a Lesson–for Class A TV Stations?
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Spectrum Auction Legislation Becomes Law, But Now What?
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Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for TV Stations in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington DC
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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
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Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Michigan and Ohio