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Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Clarifies Upcoming Windows for Construction Permits for New Commercial and Noncommercial FM Stations (and a Few AMs Too)
At the end of last week, the FCC released several orders clarifying the rules for upcoming windows where construction permits for new FM channels will be made available to parties…
Broadcast Law Blog
FCC Starts Rulemaking on Possible Adoption of GeoBroadcast Solutions Zonecasting Proposal to Allow FM Boosters to Originate Limited Amounts of Programming
Zonecasting – the proposal by GeoBroadcast Solutions to allow FM boosters to originate limited amounts of programming different than their primary station – has advanced at the FCC though the…
Comm Law Center
FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2020
By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler, Simone A. Wood
By Scott R. Flick, Warren A. Kessler and Simone A. Wood Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement…
CommLawBlog
Now in Effect: FCC Repeals Radio Duplication Prohibitions
By FHH Law
Back in August, we wrote about the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) decision to end the prohibition of commonly owned radio stations in the same service (AM or FM) that have 50% or…
Broadcast Law Blog
Abolition of the Radio Program Nonduplication Rules Effective October 22, 2020
The FCC’s abolition of the rule that prohibited same-service radio stations serving the same area from substantially duplicating their programming becomes effective today, as the FCC order repealing the rule…
CommLawBlog
The Upcoming FCC Noncommercial FM and LPFM Filing Windows: What You Need to Know
By FHH Law
FCC Chairman Pai recently announced that for the first time in a decade, the FCC will in the near future accept applications for full-power noncommercial radio stations across the nation.…
Future Lawyer
WKRP Gets A New Station Manager.
By rickgeorges
What happens when a sleepy radio station and a has been disc jockey get a young, hip station manager with the authority to shake things up? Why, Johnny Fever is…
CommLawBlog
RMLC and SESAC Strike New Music License Agreement; Filing Due Sept. 23
The uncertainty regarding the rates that commercial radio broadcasters will pay to play music in the repertory of SESAC, Inc. (SESAC) is over. Following extensive negotiations, the Radio Music License…
CommLawBlog
FCC Repeals Radio Duplication Prohibitions
By FHH Law
On Thursday, August 6, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) voted to repeal Section 73.3556 of its Rules and Regulations – a rule that formerly prohibited more than 25% duplication of…
Broadcast Law Blog
A Deeper Look at the FCC’s Proposal to Eliminate Program Duplication Rules for AM But Not FM Stations – Looking to All Digital AM?
FCC rules currently prohibit radio stations in the same service (AM or FM) that have over 50% overlap of their principal community contours (the 70 dBu for FM stations and…