Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The Senate voted 53-45 to
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FCC Announces Effective Date of Modifications to Rules Governing the Purchase of Broadcast Airtime By Agents of Foreign Governments
Just about a year ago, the FCC issued an Order which, as we wrote here, contained some good news and some bad news for broadcasters. The good news was that the FCC came up with a relatively short form…
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 9, 2025 to June 13, 2025
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC’s Media Bureau announced
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FCC Loses Two Commissioners and a Quorum – What Does It Mean for Broadcasting?
It was just a few weeks ago when we posted our article talking about how June would bring a Republican majority to the FCC, speculating as to what deregulatory issues would be on the Chairman’s agenda. Last Wednesday morning, I…
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: June 3, 2025 to June 6, 2025
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 27, 2025 to May 29, 2025
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC sent to Congress
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June 2025 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Annual EEO Public File Reports, Comment Deadlines, and More
Though school may be letting out for many, the FCC does not take a summer recess. Instead, regulation continues. Perhaps most importantly, Chairman Carr will have a Republican majority on the FCC for the first time since the change in…
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 19, 2025 to May 23, 2025
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The U.S. Court of Appeals
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A Republican FCC Majority Coming Soon as Commissioner Starks Announces Imminent Departure – What Broadcast Issues May be Affected?
At Thursday’s FCC monthly open meeting, FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks announced that it would be his last meeting. In March, he said that he would be departing soon, so the announcement that he would be gone before the FCC’s next…
Court Finds FCC Has No Authority to Require EEO Form 395-B – And Narrows Scope of the Public Interest Standard
The FCC’s 2024 decision to reinstate Form 395-B, after its use had been paused for over 20 years, was invalidated this week by a decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In yet another instance…