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Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Postpones NCE Translator Window – Filing Window Delayed Until November
The FCC had scheduled an August 2026 filing window for licensees of noncommercial AM or FM stations and LPFM operators to file applications for new FM translators in the Reserved…
Broadcast Law Blog
Window for Filing Applications for New Noncommercial FM Translators Set – Applications Due by August 25
In January, the FCC announced it would be opening a filing opportunity for new FM translators to operate in the FM Reserved Band (88.1-91.9 MHz) (see our article here). Applications…
Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Proposes Auction for New FM Stations – 132 Channels to be Available in February 2027 Auction
The FCC this week proposed an auction for the rights to construct new FM stations on 132 FM channels – the first such auction of new FM stations since 2021. …
Comm Law Center
FCC Enforcement Monitor August 2025
By Scott R. Flick, Adam J. Sandler
By Scott R. Flick and Adam J. Sandler Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against…
Broadcast Law Blog
The AM for Every Vehicle Act Introduced in the New Congress – What Does It Provide?
The AM for Every Vehicle Act has been introduced in the new Congress after dying when the last session of Congress ended in December without it getting to a vote,…
Comm Law Center
FCC Enforcement Monitor September 2024
By Scott R. Flick, Elizabeth Craig, Adam J. Sandler
By Scott R. Flick, Elizabeth Craig and Adam J. Sandler Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement…
Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Announces Filing of Radio Regulatory Fees is Back On – Due Date Still September 26
The FCC yesterday released a Public Notice announcing that its CORES system, through which regulatory fees are submitted, has been updated and the incorrect regulatory fee amounts for radio stations…
Broadcast Law Blog
FM Programming Nonduplication Rule Goes Back into Effect – A Win for the Music Industry While the NAB Objects
Last week, as we noted in our monthly look ahead at the regulatory dates of importance to broadcasters in August, the reinstatement of the rule prohibiting the duplication of programming…
Comm Law Center
A New Headache for Landowners: FCC Liability for Radio Pirates Operating on Your Property
By Scott R. Flick, Adam J. Sandler
By Scott R. Flick and Adam J. Sandler The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week warned 13 property owners in the New York City area that illegal FM radio broadcasts…
CommLawBlog
New Commercial FM Programming Non-Duplication Rule Goes Into Effect on August 2, 2024
The FCC recently announced that August 2, 2024, is the effective date of its newly reinstated programming non-duplication rule for commercial FM stations. As we have previously noted here, that…