Articles Posted in Ownership Law & Regulation

Published on: September 5, 2007

Biennial Ownership Reports Due October 1, 2007 for Broadcasters in AK, MO, OR, HI, IA, WA, FL, Am. Samoa, Guam, Mariana Isl., Virgin Isl., and Puerto Rico

September 2007
Radio stations licensed to communities in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Florida, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico must file their Biennial Ownership Reports with the FCC by October 1, 2007. Reports for Television stations licensed to communities in Iowa and Missouri must also file their Biennial Ownership Reports by the same date.

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Published on: June 21, 2006

FCC Adopts Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Broadcast Ownership Rules

By Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

Pillsbury's Comm Law Center Team

By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer
June 2006
At its June 21, 2006 Open Agenda Meeting, the FCC adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“FNPRM”) concerning its broadcast multiple ownership rules and at the same time announced the beginning of its quadrennial ownership review required by Congress. The FNPRM has two purposes: (1) it seeks comment on how to address the issues raised by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Prometheus Radio Project, et al. v. FCC, 373 F. 3d 372 (3rd Cir. 2004), and (2) it opens a comprehensive review of all the FCC’s multiple ownership rules.

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