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Broadcast Law Blog
Monkee Business in DC: musicFIRST Capitol Hill Rally Shows that Broadcast Performance Royalty is Still Actively Being Pursued
In an email blast that went out this morning, the musicFIRST Coalition, the group organized to pursue a performance royalty on radio broadcasters for the use of music in their over-the-air broadcasts, announced…
Broadcast Law Blog
Commissioner Clyburn Suggests TV Channels 5 and 6 Could Be Used For Radio – Will It Happen?
In a recent speech before the Community Radio Conference, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn suggested that the proposal to reallocate Channels 5 and 6 for FM radio use had merit and…
CommLawBlog
Form 323 Update: FCC Has Some ‘Splaining To Do
By Harry Cole
With the July 8 deadline for filing commercial ownership reports fast approaching, the D.C. Circuit has ordered the FCC to respond to claims that the revised Form 323 filing requirements…
The Right Coast
Rush the Great Tom Smith
This is some kind of spin within the spin. Of course perish the thought that anyone should enquire as to why Rush resonates with the clinging masses. This reminds me…
CommLawBlog
Higher AM Power In The Early AM Hour?
By FHH Law
The Commission has invited comments on a proposal that would permit the early commencement of Presunrise Service (PSR) by Class D and Class B AM Channels on Regional Channels.
In Solvency
Regent Communications Files for Bankruptcy, Seeking to Pay General Unsecured Claims in Full
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
Regent Communications, a radio broadcasting company that operates 62 stations throughout the U.S., filed chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court on March 1, 2010. According to documents…
CommLawBlog
Moment Method Modeling: Update V
By Harry Cole
The Media Bureau has issued a Public Notice clarifying a number of questions that have arisen about who gets to use the moment modeling method (for AM directional proofs) and…
Broadcast Law Blog
STA Request Saves Broadcast Station License From Cancellation For Being Off the Air for A Full Year
Section 312(g) of the Communications Act authorizes the FCC to cancel the license of any broadcast station that has not operated for a full year. In a recent case, the…
CommLawBlog
Moment Method Modeling Manumits AMers From Measurement Manacles
By Harry Cole
The Commission has given the thumbs-up to the use of moment method computer modeling for directional AM proofs in many, but not all, circumstances. This should ease one of the most…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Tweety Bird and 18,000 Angelenos Become U.S. Citizens!
A previous Immigrant of the Day, Eddie "Piolín" (Tweety Bird) Sotelo is a Los Angeles radio personality, born in Mexico in 1972. His influential show "Piolín por la Mañana" is…