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By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski

June 2006
Content of the Quarterly List

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2006, reflecting information for the months of April, May and June, 2006.

The FCC requires each broadcast station to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to significant community needs, issues, and problems as determined by the station. The FCC gives each station the discretion to determine which issues facing the community served by the station are the most significant and how best to respond to them in the station’s overall programming.

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May 2006
The FCC recently fined a television licensee $4,000 for violations that occurred during a contest run by the station in 2004. The FCC determined that the station failed to conduct the contest substantially as announced and advertised, a violation of Section 73.1216 of the Commission’s Rules. It was discovered during the investigation that the licensee excluded multiple entries from consideration, misplaced legitimate entries, and failed to award all announced prizes.

A PDF version of this entire article can be found at FCC Fines Television Licensee $4,000 for Violations of Contest Rules.

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April 2006
On June 29, the FCC will begin one of its biggest spectrum auctions ever. The FCC will auction a total of 1,122 licenses in 90 MHz of spectrum at 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz, known as Advanced Wireless Services (“AWS”) or Third Generation (“3G”) spectrum. This is the largest auction of spectrum for wireless services since the auction of Personal Communications Services (“PCS”) licenses in the mid-1990s.

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