FCC, Television Programming, Television Broadcast Stations

Readily Accessible Closed Captioning Requirements Take Effect on September 16, 2024

Wiley Rein LLP on 8/26/2024

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Closed Captioning Display Settings Report and Order (Order) takes effect on September 16, 2024. Subject to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval, covered...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 Adopts New Accessibility Rules for Closed Captioning Settings

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/26/2024

On July 18, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") adopted a Report and Order ("R&O") imposing new rules on manufacturers and multichannel video programming distributors ("MVPDs") requiring them...more

Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 1/25/2024

The deadline to file the 2023 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2024, reflecting programming aired during the 2023 calendar year. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of...more

FCC 2018 Quadrennial Order Largely Maintains Status Quo, But Local Television Ownership Rule Modifications Create New Uncertainty

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 12/29/2023

Bookending the Christmas weekend, the FCC’s long-awaited 2018 Quadrennial Review Report and Order was adopted on Friday, December 22 and released Tuesday, December 26. The Commission is required by Congress to conduct a...more

2023 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 12/20/2023

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by January 10, 2024, reflecting information for the months of October, November, and December 2023. Content...more

FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2023

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 6/28/2023

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’s ATSC 3.0 Order Takes Long-Awaited Steps to Facilitate Multicast Hosting Arrangements

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 6/27/2023

This past Friday, the FCC released a Third Report and Order and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Multicast Licensing Order), setting forth rules regarding Next Gen multicast hosting arrangements and seeking...more

Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations - January 2023

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/19/2023

The deadline to file the 2022 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2023, reflecting programming aired during the 2022 calendar year. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of...more

January Online Public File Deadlines Extended to January 31

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 1/11/2023

The FCC announced late this afternoon that all items required to be placed in the Online Public Inspection File (“OPIF”) between January 1 and January 31, 2023 may now be uploaded to the OPIF by January 31, 2023 and be...more

Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 1/17/2022

The deadline to file the 2021 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2022, reflecting programming aired during the 2021 calendar year. Note that because this deadline falls on a weekend,...more

Meeting Your 2021 Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/13/2022

The deadline to file the 2021 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2022, reflecting programming aired during the 2021 calendar year. Note that because this deadline falls on a weekend,...more

2021 2nd Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/7/2021

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2021, reflecting information for the months of April, May and June 2021. Content of the Quarterly...more

2020 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/4/2021

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by January 10, 2021, reflecting information for the months of October, November, and December 2020. Content of...more

December Television License Renewal and Announcements Reminder: AL & GA

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/10/2020

Television stations licensed in Alabama and Georgia must file license renewal applications by Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) new public notice rule,...more

FCC Proposes Disclosure Rules for Certain Programming Provided by Foreign Governments

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/3/2020

On October 26, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in which the Commission proposes to amend its sponsorship identification rules to require...more

2020 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 9/23/2020

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2020, reflecting information for the months of July, August, and September 2020. Content of the...more

First and Second Quarter 2020 Issues/Programs Lists Advisory for Broadcast Stations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/8/2020

The Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) for each of the First Quarter and Second Quarter of 2020 must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2020, reflecting information for the months of...more

2019 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report Filing Due

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/8/2020

With FCC’s Children’s Rules in Transition, Interim Reporting Requirements Apply - Stations must file their first Annual Children’s Television Programming Report by July 10, 2020, reporting on educational and informational...more

2019 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/6/2020

The fourth quarter of 2019 represents the last time that full power and Class A television stations will submit documentation of compliance with the Children’s Television Act of 1990 on a quarterly basis. Following rule...more

2019 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/3/2020

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by January 10, 2020, reflecting information for the months of October, November, and December 2019. ...more

2019 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 10/8/2019

With FCC’s Children’s Rules in Transition, Interim Reporting Requirements Apply. Quarterly documentation of stations’ compliance with their obligations under the Children’s Television Act of 1990 for the Third Quarter of...more

A Look at This Week’s Changes to the FCC’s KidVid Rules

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter on 7/15/2019

At its July 2019 Open Meeting this week, the FCC voted to make several changes to its Children’s Television Programming rules. It released its final Order adopting the changes this afternoon. ...more

FCC Makes Significant Changes to Children's Programming Rules

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/11/2019

At today’s open meeting, the FCC voted 3-2 on party lines to amend its rules that currently require television stations to broadcast specific amounts of educational and informational programming directed to children, also...more

Broadcast Station Quarterly Reports due April 10, 2019

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/26/2019

By April 10, 2019, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license, and the programs aired during January, February,...more

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