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Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Proposes $8000 Fine for Failure to Award $396 Prize Within Time Period Set Out in the Contest Rules
Last week, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Apparent Liability proposing an $8000 fine on a Los Angeles radio broadcaster that did not award a contest prize until…
Broadcast Law Blog
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 8, 2024 to April 12, 2024
By David Oxenford, Keenan Adamchak
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can find more information as to how these actions may…
Global Policy Watch
FCC Approves Rule Change Revolutionizing Radio Industry
By Gerard J. Waldron, Conor Kane
On April 2, 2024, the FCC released a Report and Order (the “Order”) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Further Notice”) approving a rule change on a bipartisan, unanimous basis to…
Inside Global Tech
FCC Approves Rule Change Revolutionizing Radio Industry
By Gerard J. Waldron, Conor Kane
On April 2, 2024, the FCC released a Report and Order (the “Order”) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Further Notice”) approving a rule change on a bipartisan, unanimous…
Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Approves Origination of Programming on FM Boosters to Facilitate Geocasting – Targeting Different Ads or Programming to Different Parts of FM Station’s Service Area
Last week, the FCC approved a long-pending request by GeoBroadcast Solutions to allow FM boosters to originate limited amounts of programming that is different from what is broadcast on the…
Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Nears Decision on Zonecasting for FM Stations – What’s at Stake?
This week, Commissioners Carr and Starks issued a joint statement congratulating Chairwoman Rosenworcel for circulating an order to resolve the FCC’s long-pending proceeding about whether to authorize “zonecasting” or “geo-targeting”…
Broadcast Law Blog
Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Turns 85 – Could the Panic It Caused Happen Today?
Monday was the 85th anniversary of the Mercury Players broadcast of the Orson Welles production of The War of the Worlds – a radio broadcast that seemingly scared many Americans into thinking that…
CommLawBlog
FCC Announces FM/LPFM Modification Application Filing Freeze
This week, the FCC announced that between September 1, 2023 and November 8, 2023, it will not accept LPFM and FM translator minor modification applications. This application freeze arises in…
Broadcast Law Blog
The Congressional Hearing on AM Radio – A Look at the Future of Audio Entertainment in the Car?
AM radio (and broadcast radio in general) received strong support from Congressional representatives during this week’s hearing before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Communications and Technology subcommittee. Significant…
Comm Law Center
FCC Enforcement Monitor May 2023
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…