FCC, Broadcasting, Telecommunications

FCC Extends ETRS Form One Filing Deadline to October 18, 2024

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/3/2024

On October 1, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) extended the deadline for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) Form One to October 18, 2024. The...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 9/26/2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

EAS Participants Must File FCC Form One by October 4, 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 9/20/2024

The FCC’s rules require that all Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants update their identifying information in the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) annually. Accordingly, all EAS Participants must update and submit their...more

FCC Advises AM and FM Broadcasters Not to Pay 2024 Regulatory Fee Payments Pending Resolution of System Errors

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 9/17/2024

Last week, the FCC opened CORES to accept FY 2024 regulatory fee payments and announced a payment deadline of September 26, 2024. Since that time, however, broadcasters have encountered a number of issues when trying to pay...more

FCC Announces September 26, 2024 Payment Deadline for Regulatory Fees

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 9/12/2024

Following last week’s adoption of the 2024 Regulatory Fee Report and Order, which we discussed here, the Federal Communications Commission has released its annual Public Notice setting 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 26,...more

Broadcast FY 2024 Regulatory Fees Due by September 26, 2024

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/12/2024

By September 26, 2024, broadcast (radio and television) licensees must pay all required annual regulatory fee payments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission). Payments received after the deadline will be...more

FCC Releases Order Setting FY2024 Regulatory Fees

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 9/11/2024

Friday, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order setting this year’s annual regulatory fee amounts. Payments will be made electronically via the FCC’s Commission Registration System (CORES), but...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 8/30/2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

Annual Update to ETRS Form One Due By October 4, 2024

Wiley Rein LLP on 8/12/2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) is now open for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file Form One. Under the FCC’s rules, EAS...more

Certain Foreign Sponsorship Identification Requirements for Broadcasters Effective August 15

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/7/2024

Section 317 of the Communications Act requires broadcast licensees to inform their audiences of when programming is being aired in exchange for payment or compensation to the station....more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 8/2/2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

Portions of New FCC Broadcast Foreign Sponsorship Identification Requirements Go Into Effect August 15, 2024

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/26/2024

On August 15, 2024, portions of the Federal Communications Commission’s recent amendments to its broadcast sponsorship identification requirements for leased programming provided by foreign governmental entities (FSID Rules)...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 7/1/2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

FCC Grants Rare Waiver of Its Prohibition on Ownership of Top-Four TV Stations

Wiley Rein LLP on 6/21/2024

On June 18, 2024, the Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Memorandum Opinion and Order (Order) granting a rare waiver of its Top-Four Prohibition to allow Marquee Broadcasting...more

FCC Releases Proposed Changes to Rules for Low Power Television Stations

Wiley Rein LLP on 6/17/2024

On June 10, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on revisions to Commission rules related to the Low Power Television (LPTV) Service,...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 5/31/2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

Say What? FCC Fines NCE Broadcaster for Underwriting and Sponsorship ID Violations

Wiley Rein LLP on 5/3/2024

In 1972, comedian George Carlin famously released a bit on the seven “Filthy Words” you can never say on the public airwaves. The bit became the subject of a landmark Supreme Court decision, FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, in...more

What NCE Broadcasters Need to Know About the FCC’s EEO Workforce Data Collection

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/8/2024

The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) newly reinstated requirement (which we discussed here) that broadcasters annually report workforce composition data, including the gender, race, and ethnicity of their employees,...more

FCC Restarts Collection of EEO Workforce Data on Form 395-B

Wiley Rein LLP on 2/29/2024

As anyone who has shopped for jeans recently can appreciate, sometimes what’s old is new again. Indeed, some of us wish we had not been quite so hasty in Marie Kondo-ing our closets now that ‘90s-style jeans are making a...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 2/27/2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

FCC Reinstates Collection of Broadcast Employment Data on Form 395-B

Lerman Senter PLLC on 2/26/2024

After a hiatus of more than 20 years, the FCC will again require radio and television broadcasters to submit information about the race, ethnicity, and gender of their employees. The information, to be filed on FCC Form...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2024

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 1/29/2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

The Pillsbury 2024 Broadcasters’ Calendar–Another Year of Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 12/20/2023

The origins of the annual Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar have been lost to time, but it’s safe to say the new 2024 version is at least the 50th edition of this guidebook for the broadcast industry. While your own personal...more

FCC Adopts Procedures for Limited New Class A Television Window

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/18/2023

On December 12, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order (Order) that adopted rules to implement the Low Power Protection Act (LPPA). The rules, consistent with the FCC’s...more

An Overview of FCC Media Initiatives with a Five-Member Commission

Lerman Senter PLLC on 12/7/2023

Gomez, Carr, and Starks Confirmations - After functioning for nearly two years without a full Commission, the FCC welcomed its fifth Commissioner in September 2023 when Anna Gomez was confirmed by the Senate. Gigi Sohn...more

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