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Media Businesses Breathe a Sigh of Relief as Texas Judge Blocks New Overtime Rules
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont
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FCC Enforcement Monitor October 2024
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FCC Provides Stations Affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton More Time to Upload Third Quarter Issues/Programs Lists
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2024 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor September 2024
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington
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EAS Participants Must File FCC Form One by October 4, 2024
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FCC Advises AM and FM Broadcasters Not to Pay 2024 Regulatory Fee Payments Pending Resolution of System Errors
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FCC Announces September 26, 2024 Payment Deadline for Regulatory Fees
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FCC Releases Order Setting FY2024 Regulatory Fees
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FCC Enforcement Monitor August 2024
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FCC Enforcement Monitor July 2024
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FCC Attempts to Regulate Artificial Intelligence in Political Advertising Through New Disclosure Requirements
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FCC’s Universal Service Fund Found Unconstitutional by Fifth Circuit
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FCC Releases Draft NPRM Considering Broader Regulation of AI-Generated Robocalls
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A New Headache for Landowners: FCC Liability for Radio Pirates Operating on Your Property
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
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Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2024
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FCC Enforcement Monitor June 2024
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2024 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor May 2024
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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Broadcasters and Other Media Employers Must Navigate the New 2024 Overtime Requirements
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FCC Enforcement Monitor April 2024
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Heard About the FTC’s Ban on Non-Competes? The Truth Is Worse
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FCC Enforcement Monitor March 2024
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2024 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
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FCC Enforcement Monitor February 2024
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Broadcasters Once Again Face Reporting Employee Race, Ethnicity and Gender to the FCC
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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FCC Enforcement Monitor January 2024
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Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations
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And They’re Off: FCC Jumps Out of the Gate with Back-to-Back Enforcement Actions and NPRMs
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Media and Telecom Companies Must Adapt to New DOL Rule on Classifying Employees and Independent Contractors
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Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content in Political Ads Raises New Concerns for Broadcasters
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FCC 2018 Quadrennial Order Largely Maintains Status Quo, But Local Television Ownership Rule Modifications Create New Uncertainty
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FCC Enforcement Monitor December 2023
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2023 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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The Pillsbury 2024 Broadcasters’ Calendar–Another Year of Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines
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FCC Enforcement Monitor November 2023
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont
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Broadcast Station Biennial Ownership Reports Due December 1, 2023
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FCC Enforcement Monitor October 2023
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FCC Enforcement Monitor September 2023
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2023 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Sets September 20 Payment Deadline for Reduced Radio and TV Regulatory Fees
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FCC Enforcement Monitor August 2023
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington
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FCC Moves to Prevent Unwanted and Illegal Phone Calls and Texts
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FCC Enforcement Monitor July 2023
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin
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FCC Enforcement Monitor June 2023
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FCC’s ATSC 3.0 Order Takes Long-Awaited Steps to Facilitate Multicast Hosting Arrangements
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FCC Enforcement Monitor May 2023
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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FCC Enforcement Monitor April 2023
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FCC Enforcement Monitor March 2023
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Television Stations in Delaware and Pennsylvania
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FCC Enforcement Monitor February 2023
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FCC Enforcement Monitor January 2023
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FCC Extends Public File Deadlines Yet Again, and Adds LMS Filings to the Mix
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Television Stations in New Jersey and New York
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Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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FCC Adopts Rules Requiring Broadband Providers to Display Point-of-Sale Labels and Proposes New Rules Promoting Equal Access to Broadband Services
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January Online Public File Deadlines Extended to January 31
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EAS Test Reporting System Form One Due by February 28, 2023
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FCC Enforcement Monitor December 2022
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2023 Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar
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FCC Enforcement Monitor November 2022
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Television Stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont
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FCC Enforcement Monitor October 2022
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FCC Enforcement Monitor September 2022
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2022 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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New Fee Filing System Adds to September 28 FCC Regulatory Fee Deadline Challenges
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Television Stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Guam, Mariana Islands, and American Samoa
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington
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Foreign Sponsorship Disclosure Compliance Deadline for Existing Programming Is Upon Us
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FCC Enforcement Monitor August 2022
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Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by August 1, 2022
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FCC Enforcement Monitor July 2022
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Television Stations in California
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
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2022 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor June 2022
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FCC Enforcement Monitor May 2022
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Television Stations in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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FCC Enforcement Monitor April 2022
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2022 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
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FCC Enforcement Monitor March 2022
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Delaware and Pennsylvania and Television Stations in Texas
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FCC Enforcement Monitor February 2022
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FCC Enforcement Monitor January 2022
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Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in New Jersey and New York and Television Stations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
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2021 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Out With the Old, In With the New: The 2022 Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar
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FCC Enforcement Monitor December 2021
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FOX NFL Pre-Game Emergency Alert Tone Puts Affiliates in a Difficult Position
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A Thanksgiving Surprise — Your Public File Link Is Broken
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FCC Enforcement Monitor November 2021
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December 1, 2021 Filing Deadline for DTV Stations Providing Ancillary or Supplementary Services
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Biennial Ownership Reports Are Due by December 1, 2021 for All Broadcast Stations
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont and Television Stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont
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FCC Enforcement Monitor October 2021
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2021 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor September 2021
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Guam, Mariana Islands, and American Samoa and Television Stations in Iowa and Missouri
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FCC Announces Extension of Regulatory Fee Deadline to Monday, September 27
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FCC Announces September 24 Regulatory Fee Deadline and Launches Proceeding on Who Should Pay the Fees
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FCC Enforcement Monitor August 2021
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2021
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
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Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by August 2, 2021
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in California and Television Stations in Illinois and Wisconsin
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2021 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2021
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2021
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming and Television Stations in Michigan and Ohio
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2021
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2021 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Supreme Court Broadcast Ownership Decision a Simple Matter
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2021
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
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FCC Releases List of Communications Equipment and Services Raising National Security Risks
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Texas and Television Stations in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2021
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Deadline for 2020 Children’s Television Filings Fast Approaching
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2021
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma and Television Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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FCC Proposes Changes to Direct-to-Consumer and Importation Rules for Pre-Authorization RF Devices
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2020 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Latest COVID-19 Relief and Government Funding Package Includes Key Communications Provisions
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2020
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2020
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota and Television Stations in Alabama and Georgia
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2020
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2020
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First Electronic Must-Carry/Retransmission Consent Elections Due October 1
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington
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2020 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Iowa and Missouri and Television Stations in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2020
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C-Band Lump Sum Election Deadline Extended
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Interagency Advisory Provides Guidance on Drone Detection and Mitigation Technology
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C-Band Relocation Cost Schedule Released, with Earth Station Elections Due August 31, 2020
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2020
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
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License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Illinois and Wisconsin and Television Stations in North Carolina and South Carolina
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Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2020
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2020 Second Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on July 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked
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First and Second Quarter 2020 Issues/Programs Lists Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2019 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report Filing Due
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2020
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2020
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, New Mexico, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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July 31, 2020 Marks First Deadline Under FCC’s New Must-Carry Election Regime
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FCC Adds EEO Relief to List of COVID-19 Actions
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FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program – One Month Later
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2020
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FCC Grants First Wave of Funding for COVID-19 Telehealth Programs
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Executive Order Establishes New Committee to Review Foreign Investment in Communications Companies
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2020
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Breaking News: FCC Extends Deadlines for KidVid Reports and Programs/Issues Lists
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
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Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Michigan and Ohio and Television Stations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia
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FCC Locks the Front Door as Broadcasters Adapt to a Coronavirus World
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2020
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2020
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee
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2020 Political Broadcasting Advisory
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2019 Fourth Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on January 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked
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2019 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2019 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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The Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar: A Look at the Year Ahead with 2020 Accuracy
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2019
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FCC Opens New Filing Window For Displaced Rural LPTV Applicants
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2019
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A Broadcaster’s Guide to the U.S. Department of Labor’s New Overtime Exemption Requirements
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Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont
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Ready, Set, File! Broadcast Biennial Ownership Report Filing Window Opens November 1st
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2019
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FM Broadcast Auction on the Horizon
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2019 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2019
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2019 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2019 Third Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on October 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked
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Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Alabama and Georgia
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington
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FCC Alters Filing Schedule for Biennial Broadcast Ownership Reports
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Proposed $272,000 FCC Fine Against CBS for False EAS Alert Tone Raises Intriguing First Amendment Debate
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2019
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FCC Releases Final Regulatory Fees With Some Relief for Broadcasters
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Large Telecom Companies and State Attorneys General Agree on Anti-Robocall Principles
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2019
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Don’t Wait to File Distant Signal Copyright Claims
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
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Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
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Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2019
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FCC Seeks Comment on Accelerating Broadband Deployment in Multi-Tenant Buildings and Preempts Wire-Sharing Requirement in San Francisco Ordinance
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A Look at This Week’s Changes to the FCC’s KidVid Rules
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2019
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2019 Second Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on April 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked
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2019 Second Quarter Issues/Programming List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2019 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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In Battle Against Robocalls, FCC Opens the Door to More Aggressive Call Blocking
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2019
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Next National EAS Test Is August 7, and Comes With a Twist
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A Radio Broadcaster’s Guide to License Renewal
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in North Carolina and South Carolina
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2019
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C-Band Certification Deadline Nearing
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Deadline to Avoid Pre-1972 Sound Recording Statutory Damages Is Almost Here
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FCC Waives Quarterly Repack Reports for Certain TV Stations
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2019 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2019 First Quarter Issues/Programming List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2019 First Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on April 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2019
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas
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Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2019
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FCC Eliminates EEO Mid-Term Report Filings
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2019
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Breaking News: FCC Extends Its Extension of Already Extended Deadlines
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Broadcasters Scramble as FCC Reopens and Announces New Filing Deadlines
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How to Tell an FCC Scam Call From a Department of Treasury Call
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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Dozens of Stations Snared Every Hour by Trap Unwittingly Left by a Closed FCC
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Breaking News Alert: Scammers Impersonating the FCC Seeking to Scam Broadcasters During Government Shutdown
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Federal Shutdown Creates Public File and Repack Headaches for Broadcasters
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2018 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2018 Fourth Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on January 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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2018 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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What You Thought You Knew About 2018, and Need to Know About 2019
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2018
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2018
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2018
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FCC Retunes Rules For Citizens Broadband Radio Service
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FCC Retires 80-Year-Old Contract Filing Rule
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5G for People in a Hurry
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Breaking News: FCC Extends C-Band Registration Deadline
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2018
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2018 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2018 Third Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on October 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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2018 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Makes Fundamental Changes to Toll Free Number Marketplace
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FCC Proposes Rules to Improve 911 Emergency Calling
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Political Dollars, the Radio Show, and Broadcast Finance
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
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Breaking News: National EAS and WEA Tests Postponed Until October 3
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Broadcasters Prepare to Meet Their Obligations as “First Informers” in Hurricane Florence
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2018
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FCC Clarifies Deadlines for Repack Phase 1, Establishing Template for All Future Repack Phases
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This Part Is Not a Test – Meeting Broadcasters’ Obligations to Prepare for the National EAS Test
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Show Me the Money: FCC Launches Repack Reimbursement Proceeding for LPTV, TV Translator, and FM Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2018
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Updated:
Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2018
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Updated:
Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
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2018 Second Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on July 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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2018 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2018 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2018
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2018
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FCC Grants TV Stations Last-Minute Reprieve on Certain Audible Crawl Requirements
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2018
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Better Late Than Never? Upload Those First Quarter Issues/Programs Lists
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DTV Ancillary and Supplementary Services Report Goes Away for Most TV Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2018
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2018 First Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on April 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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Updated:
2018 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2018 First Quarter Issues/Programming List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Broadcaster Access to Disaster Areas Becomes the Law of the Land
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Court of Appeals Rolls Back Portions of the FCC’s 2015 Robocall and Text Ruling
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
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Broadcasters Prepare for Their #MeToo Moment
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2018
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2018
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Confused About Paying Interns? The Rules Just Changed Again
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2017 Fourth Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on January 10 for Stations Being Repacked
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2017
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Broadcasters Face a (Re)Packed 2018
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2017
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont
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Most TV Stations Can Stop Drafting Their DTV Ancillary Services Report
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FCC Locks in Dates for Short Lifting of Upgrade Freeze for Unrepacked TV Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2017
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Breaking News: FCC Releases Details of Its Proposed ATSC 3.0 Approval
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The Main Studio Rule Is Dead; Long Live the Main Studio
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After Nearly 5 Years, FCC Lifting Freeze on Mods for Unrepacked Full-Power and Class A TV Stations
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TV Stations’ First Ever Quarterly Transition Progress Report Due October 10
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Will Anyone Pay for 1-833-AUCTION?
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2017
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911 Concerns Fuel New FCC Proceeding
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Today’s the Day: Nationwide EAS Test and Form 2 Deadline Arrive
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FCC Announces Modification Window for Repacked and Band-Changing Stations
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2017 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
2017 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands
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Updated:
FCC Announces Annual Regulatory Fee Deadline, Gives Break to Small Market Radio Stations and Stations in Hurricane-Affected Areas
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Updated:
FCC Pushes Back New Unified Ownership Report Filing Deadline for Commercial and NCE Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2017
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Broadcasters Encounter FCC System Obstacles in Meeting Monday Deadline for EAS Form 1 Filing
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2017
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Updated:
Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by July 31, 2017
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin
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Show Me the Money: Broadcaster Auction Payments Coming in Next Few Days
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2017 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2017 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2017
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Updated:
As of Today, Letters From the Public Are a Thing of the Past
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FCC Will Revisit Building Access Rules
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Updated:
No Stay for You: UHF Discount Now in Effect
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2017
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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Updated:
Details of FCC’s Repack Plans for LPTV and TV Translator Stations Emerge
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2017
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Updated:
You Can’t Have One Without the Other: FCC Restores UHF Discount to National Cap
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FCC Announces Auction Results and Sets TV Repack Deadlines
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2017
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2017 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2017 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas
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Updated:
Federal Law Now Prohibits Censoring Unfavorable Reviews
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FCC Proposes Answers to Unwanted Calls
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ATSC 3.0 and the Perennial Transition
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2017
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Pai FCC Moves Quickly to Rescind Wheeler FCC Actions
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FCC’s Media Bureau Rescinds Ruling on New Noncom Ownership Reporting Rules
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2017
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Letters From the Public: Pai FCC Takes First Step on Broadcast Deregulation
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma
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Breaking News: FCC Moves Forward on Eliminating the Need to Maintain a Local Public File
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FCC Makes Airing Political Ads Much More Complicated
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2016 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2016 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ December 2016
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How to Predict an Unpredictable 2017: The Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar
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FCC Postpones 2017 Noncommercial Biennial Ownership Report Deadlines Until December 1
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First-Wave Radio Stations Must Upload Existing Public File Materials by December 24
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One and Done: Stage 3 Forward Auction Ends After Just One Round of Bidding
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ November 2016
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Client Alert: Federal Court Rules New Overtime Requirements Won’t Go Into Effect on December 1
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont
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Biennial Ownership Reports are due by December 1, 2016 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota and Noncommercial Television Stations in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
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Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report Due for Commercial and Noncommercial Digital Television Stations
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FCC Imposes Privacy Restrictions on Broadband Providers … for Now
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Ain’t No Cure for the Overtime Blues
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ October 2016
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NAB Agreement With Sony Brings Flexibility Back to Music Streaming
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Blink and You Missed It: Stage 2 of the Incentive Auction Ends
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Try, Try Again: Stage 2 Reverse Auction Concludes at $54.6B
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Newsgathering Drones Take Flight
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Keep Calm and Broadcast On: Broadcasters as Hurricane First Responders
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2016 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2016 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ September 2016
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Updated:
Hoping to Avoid Website Crash, FCC Urges EAS Participants to Stagger Filings
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Biennial Ownership Reports are due by October 3, 2016 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Iowa and Missouri and Noncommercial Television Stations in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands
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Broadcast Finance at the Radio Show
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September 27 Is the Deadline for 2016 Regulatory Fees
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FCC Takes a Mulligan, Announces September 13 as the Start Date for Stage 2 of the Spectrum Auction
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Incentive Auction Stage 1 Falls ($66 Billion) Short of the Target—On to the Next One!
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ August 2016
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Nationwide EAS Test Comes With a “To Do” List for Broadcasters and Other EAS Participants
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ July 2016
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TV Broadcasters Filing Royalty Claims Will Need to Hustle
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin
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Biennial Ownership Reports are due by August 1, 2016 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Illinois and Wisconsin and Noncommercial Television Stations in California, North Carolina and South Carolina
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A Good Faith Disconnect on Retrans
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FM Translators for AM Stations: When One Window Closes, Another Opens
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Cable and Satellite Royalty Claims Due to the Copyright Royalty Board by August 1, 2016
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2016 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2016
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Chairman Wheeler Circulates Proposed Multiple Ownership Rules That Expand Regs for TV
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A Broadcaster’s Guide to the U.S. Department of Labor’s New Overtime Exemption Requirements
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Making the Move to the New Online Public Inspection File System This Friday
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Special Advisory for Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcasters: Meeting the Radio and Television Public Inspection File Requirements
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New Online Public File Demonstration Set for June 13
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2016
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Prometheus Court Vacates FCC’s JSA Ban; Asks FCC for New Ownership Rules by Year-End
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FCC Issues NPRM to Remove Correspondence From Public File
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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Biennial Ownership Reports are due by June 1, 2016 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Michigan and Ohio and Noncommercial Television Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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All New Online Public File for TV, Radio, Cable and Satellite Coming June 24th
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FCC Takes Next Step to Move Public Files Out of the Main Studio
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2016
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Updated:
FCC Sets Clearing Target and Starting Date for Incentive Auction
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Updated:
FCC Starts Down the Path to ATSC 3.0
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FCC Proposes Privacy Rules for Broadband Providers
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FCC’s Efforts to Expand Video Description May Spark Debate on Statutory Authority
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2016
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2016 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2016 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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FTC Action Against Lord & Taylor Social Media Campaign Has Repercussions for Broadcasters
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Broadcast Incentive Auction SecurID Tokens Are in the Mail
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FCC Releases Spectrum Auction User Guide and Online Tutorial for March 28-29 Initial Commitment Window
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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ February 2016
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The FCC Has Written Good Contest Rules, Now You Should Too
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Neither Sleet Nor Snow Can Keep the Radio Public File From Going Online
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FCC Makes “FRNdamental” Changes to Broadcast Ownership Reports
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Radio Public Inspection File Coming Online
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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New Webcasting Rates a Win for Radio Broadcasters
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Releases Form 177 Auction Application Instructions
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FCC Moves Spectrum Auction Application Deadline After Making Changes to Opening Bids
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December Filing Deadlines Are Upon Us
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Finally Moves Forward on AM Revitalization Order with Delayed FM Translator Window
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Scary Warning Accompanies FCC Announcement of Auction Application Window
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2015 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2015 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Financing the Future of Radio: Pillsbury at the Radio Show
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[UPDATED] FCC Permits Online Contest Disclosures
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FCC Permits Online Contest Disclosures
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Client Alert: FCC Sets September 24, 2015 Deadline for 2015 Regulatory Fees
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Moves Forward on Modernizing Station-Conducted Contest Rule
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FCC Chairman Signals Mixed Bag of Changes to Media Rules
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Digital (Im)permanence and the FCC’s Online Public File
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Everything You’ve Been Told About Paying Interns May Now Be Wrong
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FCC Releases Baseline Station Coverage for Auction and Repacking
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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50 Hour Video Description Obligation Expands to Top 60 Markets on July 1
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FCC Adopts New National EAS Test Rules and Accessibility Standards
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Announces Eligibility List for Spectrum Auction and Deadline for Pre-Auction Filing
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Grants Temporary Waiver of Audible Crawl Rule
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FCC Proposes 2015 Regulatory Fees
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
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Cascading False EAS Alerts Bring Million Dollar Penalty
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FCC Outlines the Path to Spectrum Repack as May 29 TV Buildout Deadline Looms
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FCC Ponders Extending Emergency Alert Accessibility Rules to “Second Screens”
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Suspends September 1, 2015 Deadline for LPTV and Translator Stations to Shift from Analog to Digital
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Mistaken Assumptions Block Translators for AM Stations
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NAB 2015 Marks a Return to Form
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Reveals the Details of Its Preemption of Municipal Broadband Restrictions
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Indecency Meets Big-Screen TVs: FCC Proposes Mammoth $325K Fine
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Biennial Ownership Reports are due by April 1, 2015 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Texas and Noncommercial Television Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
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2015 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory – Broadcast Stations
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2015 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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FCC Releases Text of Net Neutrality Order
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New Closed Captioning Rules Take Effect Monday, March 16
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An Epitaph for Aereo
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FCC Preempts State Laws Restricting Municipal Broadband Deployment
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The Net Neutrality Drama Plays On
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Bringing the FCC’s Contest Rule Up to Date
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Can a Consumer Give Up the Right to Opt-Out of Robocalls and Texts?
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Announces May 29, 2015 Licensing Deadline for Spectrum Repacking Protection
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FCC Doesn’t Back Down on $1.4 Million in Fines Against Viacom and ESPN for False EAS Tones
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Comment Dates Set in FCC’s Heavily Anticipated MVPD Definition Proceeding
By Paul A. Cicelski
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2015 Off to a Fast Start for Broadcasters’ Regulatory Obligations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Proposes Moving Radio, Satellite TV/Radio, and Cable TV Public Files Online
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FCC Announces New End Date for JSA Grandfathering
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2014 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Proposes to Clear Airwaves of Boring Contest Rules, But State Law Issues Remain
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Breaking News: FCC Suspends Construction Deadlines and Expiration Dates for New LPTVs and Translators
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FCC Announces Grant of 700 Delayed Broadcast License Renewals
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Hotels Jamming Wi-Fi Signals?
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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October 1 Must-Carry/Retrans Elections Drive the Future of Local Broadcast TV
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FCC Moves Quickly to Reject Political Ad Sponsorship ID Complaints
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Client Alert: FCC Sets September 23, 2014 Deadline for 2014 Regulatory Fees
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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At Long Last, FCC Updates Its Tower Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Radio Public File Going Online?
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FCC’s New Video Captioning Rules Go Online
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Comments Due August 14 For Latest EAS NPRM
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Supreme Court Finds That Aereo’s Major Innovation Is Copyright Infringement
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FCC Releases 2014 Regulatory Fee Proposals
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FCC Announces June 19, 2016 Deadline for Revising TV Joint Sales Agreements
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FCC Announces Freeze on LPTV Displacements and New Digital Replacement Translator Applications
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Extends Waiver Allowing False Emergency Tones in FEMA PSAs
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FCC Adopts Rules for the Broadcast Spectrum Auction
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Political Broadcasting Advisory
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Knock Knock. Who’s There? The FCC and an $89,200 Fine.
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Client Alert: All Class A and Full-Power Television Stations Must Comply with Online Political File Requirements as of July 1, 2014
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Extends Comment Deadlines for Multilingual EAS
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Supreme Court Seems Skeptical About Aereo’s Business Model
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Broadcasters Get a Free Throw in Aereo Case
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The Supreme Court Giveth Where the FCC Taketh Away
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IRS Ruling Affects Media (and Other) Businesses Dabbling in Bitcoin Use
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for TV Stations in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming
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Big Fines for False EAS Tones Demonstrate the Need for a Good Indemnification Clause
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Breaking News: FCC Kills Critical Information Needs Study
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Aereo Stumbles in Utah on Its Way to the Supreme Court
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Marijuana Advertising: Don’t Get Fooled Again
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Aereo’s Rocky Path Ahead
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Another Year Over and a New One Just Begun
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FCC Prophecy on False EAS Alerts Comes True to the Tune of $200,000
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Unhappy With the Communications Act? Congress Wants to Know
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Comment Dates Set for FCC’s Proposal to Mandate Captioning of IP-Delivered “Video Clips”
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Breaking News: FCC Moves Up Ownership Report Deadline (Slightly)
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FCC Detective Work Leads to Renewal Fines
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FCC Provides LPFM Window Debriefing
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Breaking News: FCC Extends Ownership Reporting Deadline
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Taking a Narrow View of the UHF Discount
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FCC Reaches Tipping Point on False EAS Alerts
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FCC Moves Forward on Revitalizing AM Radio
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Announcement Provides Guidance on Post-Shutdown Filing Deadlines
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Breaking News: FCC Reopens and Suspends Filing Deadlines
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New “Robocall” Rules Impact How Businesses Can Text Consumers
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A Lesson for Congress on Retrans Negotiations?
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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DOJ Clears the Air on E-Cigarette Ads
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A New Term for Retrans
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Pillsbury at the NAB Show
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CBS/Time Warner Deal Marks the Beginning of Retrans Version 3.0
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Client Alert: FCC Sets September 20, 2013 Deadline for Payment of 2013 Annual Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Commences E-Rate Program Overhaul
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FCC Adopts Proposed FY 2013 Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Grants More Time for 2013 Commercial Station Ownership Reports
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
By Paul A. Cicelski
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One More Piece of the TV Auction Puzzle
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Today’s Aereo Decision: Technology Takes a Backseat
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FCC Seeks Greater Clarity on IP Video Captioning Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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What’s the Cost of Not Having a Retrans Agreement? $2.25 Million
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Comments Due Soon on FCC’s Proposed 2013 Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Stations Find Out When Airing a Fake EAS Tone Is Okay
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Grants Extension of Indecency Comment Deadlines
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Modernizes Its Experimental Licensing Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Free TV Doesn’t Mean Free Lunch
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FCC Issues Lessons Learned From First Ever Nationwide EAS Test
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Announces Immediate Freeze on TV Modification Applications
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Pillsbury Attorneys Heading to NAB Show in Vegas
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Hits Reset Button on Indecency
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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First Quarter FCC KidVid Reports Confirm Accuracy of Mayan Calendar
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Second Online Captioning Deadline Arrives March 30
By Paul A. Cicelski
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A Farewell to Commissioner McDowell and a Nod to the “Rational Regulator”
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FCC Mulls Over Raising Limits on Foreign Ownership of Broadcast Stations
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FCC Reduces Station Filing Burden For 2013 EEO Audits
By Paul A. Cicelski
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The FCC’s Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and Policies – A Guide for Broadcasters
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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EAS Alerts and the Zombie Apocalypse Make Skynet a Reality
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FCC Urges IMMEDIATE Action to Prevent Further Fake EAS Alerts
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Should the Entire TV Band Be Repurposed?
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FCC Provides a Little Online Public File Relief for “Some” TV Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Recent Decisions Make Too Much Employee Confidentiality a Problem
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Online Public Inspection File Deadline Fast Approaching
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Yes, the FCC Still Wants Your Social Security Number
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Time to Get CALM for the Holidays
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FCC Provides Clarity for Businesses Responding to Texting Opt-Outs
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Updated:
2012 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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FCC Expands LPFM Service and Raises Translator Cap
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Updated:
2012 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Reminder: FCC Form 317 Deadline is Near
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Does Your Mobile App Provide Reasonable Access to Your Privacy Policy?
:
Updated:
Randall Terry Focuses His Campaign on the FCC
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Randall Terry Pushes the FCC’s Political Envelope
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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The FCC’s Spectrum Incentive Auction NPRM: A Condensed and Abridged Version
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Drawing the Line Online: Employers’ Rights to Employees’ Social Media Accounts
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A Spectral Incentive Auction?
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Updated:
FCC Proposes Wholesale Examination of Satellite and Earth Station Licensing and Operating Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
First Online Video Closed Captioning Deadline Is Here
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Takes First Steps Towards Telecom Foreign Ownership Reform
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Rabbit Season? Duck Season? No, Lowest Unit Charge Season!
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Adopts Equipment-Related Consent Decree With Guitar Manufacturer to the Tune of a Quarter Million Dollars
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Alert: FCC Sets September 13, 2012 Deadline for Payment of FY 2012 Annual Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Online Public File for TV Launches and Stations Need to Adapt; Particularly Those with August 16th License Renewal Announcements
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Online Public File Stay Denied – Online Public Inspection File Interface Demonstrations Scheduled for Monday and Tuesday
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FCC Announces FY2012 Regulatory Fee Amounts
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Conducts Demo of Its New Online Public Inspection File Interface
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FCC Denies NAB Online Public File Stay Request as Focus Moves to Court
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Online Public/Political File Rules Are Effective August 2
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Piles $65,000 in Fines on Small AM Station in Less Than a Year
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Updated:
Office of Management and Budget, Keeping in Character, Approves FCC Online Public File Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Supreme Court Kicks the Indecency Can Down the Road
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Broadcasters Challenge FCC’s Proposed Online Public/Political File Rules on Multiple Fronts
By Paul A. Cicelski
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If the Broadcast/Newspaper Cross-Ownership Rule Falls, Will It Make a Sound?
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Retransmission Consent (but were afraid to ask)
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
FCC’s TV Channel Sharing Rules Go Into Effect Soon But the Picture Isn’t Clear
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I Know What You Watched Last Summer – Video Privacy Protection Act Creates Risks for All Video Programming Distributors
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FCC Proposes FY 2012 Annual Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Death, Taxes and Voluntary Spectrum Auctions
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Client Alert: FCC Votes to Require Online Posting of TV Public Inspection/Political Files
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Online Political File a Hot Topic at Vegas NAB Show and Beyond
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Road Trip! Pillsbury at the NAB Show
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Updated:
Court of Appeals Finds Prohibition on Political Ads on Noncommercial Stations Unconstitutional
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FCC’s Motive for Demanding Copies of TV Station Public Files Confirmed
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Equipment Vendors Will Be Making CALM Act Noise at NAB Show
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Online or Out of Line? FCC Requests Copies of Entire Public Files
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Revamped EAS Rules Go Into Effect April 23
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
Retransmission Without an Agreement Is an Expensive Mistake
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FCC Declares Open Season on Television License Renewal Applications
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A Reprieve–and a Lesson–for Class A TV Stations?
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Updated:
Spectrum Auction Legislation Becomes Law, But Now What?
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Updated:
Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for TV Stations in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington DC
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Updated:
Biennial Ownership Reports are due by April 2, 2012 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, and for Noncommercial Television Stations in Texas
:
Updated:
Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in Michigan and Ohio
:
Updated:
Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
:
Updated:
2012 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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2012 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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TV Stations’ Class A Status on the Chopping Block
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The FCC’s “Stopwatch” Proposal to Evaluate Station Program Content
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FCC Enforcement and the Five-Percent Solution
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Increase in HSR Thresholds Makes More Room for Larger Communications Transactions
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When Is a Coordinate Correction Just a Coordinate Correction?
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FCC Rejects Randall Terry Political Complaint in Illinois
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Federal Candidates Have Much to Fear From Randall Terry Ads
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Sets Comment Dates in Broadcast Ownership Proceeding
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Client Advisory – Reminder: Annual Minimum Fee Statements for Streaming Due to SoundExchange by January 31, 2012
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FCC Makes Online Contest Expensive
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FCC Revamps Its EAS Rules
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Oral Arguments Bring Supreme Court’s Indecency Case into Focus
By Paul A. Cicelski
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50+ Sure Fire Predictions for Broadcasters in 2012
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Filings on National EAS Test Results Due Next Week
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Announces Comment Deadlines on Replacement for Television Quarterly Issues Programs Lists
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Following the Thanksgiving Holiday, A Reminder That Many December 1 FCC Deadlines Loom
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Comment Deadlines Set in FCC’s Effort to Expand TV Public Inspection File Obligations
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Client Advisory: Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report Due for Television Stations
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FCC Commences Effort to Replace Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists
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Breaking In the EAS System
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Telecom Monitor
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Breaking News: National EAS Test Shortened
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Proposal for Online Public Files for TV Moves to the Front Burner
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National EAS Test: FCC Online Reporting System & Test Handbook Now Available
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Overturns 298 Prior Closed Captioning Waivers
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Time to Prepare — November 9 National EAS Test Draws Near
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Updated:
The Smoke Thickens for Both Radio and TV on Marijuana Ads
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Retransmission Consent Reform – Where Does it Stand?
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Medical Marijuana Advertising Becomes a Definite Liability for Broadcasters and Other Media
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National EAS Test Raises Interesting Issues for Participants
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Broadcasters Hustling to Meet Numerous October Deadlines
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Time for Cable and Satellite Carriage Elections, and the Stakes Have Never Been Higher
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FCC Further Extends EAS CAP-Compliance Deadline
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Rare Reprieve for Last Minute Regulatory Fee Filers
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Should Media Lenders Feel Less Secure?
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Spectrum Fees and the Urban Legend of Free Spectrum
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FCC’s Video Description Rules Have Been Officially Reinstated
By Paul A. Cicelski
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The FCC Makes Its Indecency Case at the Supreme Court, But Has the Court Already Shown Its Cards?
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Client Advisory: Preserving and Maximizing Insurance Claims in the Aftermath of Hurricane Irene
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Moves Biennial Ownership Report Deadline to December 1
By Paul A. Cicelski
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The First Domino Falls: Say Goodbye to Channel 51
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Client Alert: FCC Sets September 14, 2011 as the Deadline for Payment of FY 2011 Annual Regulatory Fees
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Public File Fines Catching the Attention of Broadcasters at License Renewal Time
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Special Advisory for Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcasters: Meeting the Radio and Television Public Inspection File Requirements
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“Regulatory Uncertainty” Prompts Further EAS CAP Extension Request
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Announces FY2011 Regulatory Fee Amounts
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August 1 Deadline Looms For Copyright Royalty Claims
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FCC Announces Deadlines for Ending All Analog and Channel 52-69 LPTV Operations
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FCC Launches National EAS Test Information Page
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Another Third Circuit Setback for Media Interests
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2011 Second Quarter Issues/Programs List Alert for Broadcast Stations
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2011 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Alert
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Broadcasters: It’s Quarterly Filing Time Again
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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The Supreme Court Joins the Indecency Battle
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FCC Cracks Down on Cramming
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November 9, 2011 Announced as First National EAS Test Date
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FCC Releases Long-Awaited Emergency Alert System NPRM
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Freezes TV Station Channel Changes in Preparation for Spectrum Repacking
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Client Alert: Biennial Ownership Reports are due by June 1, 2011 for Noncommercial Educational Radio Stations in AZ, DC, ID, MD, NV, NM, UT, VA, WV, and WY and for Noncommercial Educational Television Stations in MI and OH
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You Can’t File That Renewal Too Early, Or Can You?
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Client Advisory: Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in North Carolina and South Carolina
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Bouncing Checks at the FCC an Expensive Proposition
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FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker Leaving FCC for NBC-Universal
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Asserts New Ex Parte Rules Not Intended as a Revenue Generator
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Will Marijuana Ads Make License Renewals Go Up in Smoke?
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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The FCC Takes Its Indecency Case to the Supreme Court, But Without Enthusiasm
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California Court Decision Applies CAN-SPAM Act to Social Media
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Alert: Clock is Ticking on ICANN gTLD Process: As More Entities Seek New Domain Names, Others Should Doublecheck Their Trademarks
By John L. Nicholson
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Client Alert–The CAN-SPAM Act Applies to Social Media Messaging, Rules Federal Court in California
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The iPad App Flap – What’s the Big Deal?
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Deadline to Obtain Interference Protection From White Spaces Devices Just Days Away
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FCC to Advertisers: Don’t Discriminate or We’ll Punish the Broadcasters
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Client Alert: Biennial Ownership Reports are due by April 1, 2011 for Noncommercial Educational Radio Stations in Texas, and for Noncommercial Television Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Tennessee
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Client Advisory: Pre-Filing and Post-Filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Radio Stations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia
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2011 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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2011 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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Broadcasters Catch a Break on License Renewal Advertising Certification
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Client Alert: New Generic Top-Level Domain Application Process Brings Business Opportunities, Issues
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Client Advisory: FCC Adopts Order in its Proceeding to Promote Rural Radio Service
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Alert: FCC Proposes Rules to Reinstate and Expand Video Description Obligations for Television Stations
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Client Advisory: A Look at the Decision Enjoining ivi TV From Streaming Broadcast Content on the Internet
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Perspectives on the FCC’s First Broadcast Spectrum Reallocation Rulemaking
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FCC’s Release of Ownership Report Data Reveals Something More
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Preparing for Retrans Negotiations: Closing the Network Nonduplication Gap
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EAS Tests Soon to Become a National Affair
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New FCC License Renewal Certification Requires Special Attention
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Renew Now to Avoid Children’s Television Fines
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Client Alert: 2010 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Client Alert: 2010 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Due By January 10, 2011
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Client Alert: 2010 Fourth Quarter FCC Form 388 DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report for Certain Television Stations Must Be Filed By January 10, 2011
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Don’t Forget the Upcoming January 10 Deadline for Broadcasters’ Fourth Quarter Reports
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Assess or Be Assessed When It Comes to EEO
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A Look Ahead at 2011 Reveals an Interesting Year for Retrans, Renewals, and Indecency
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Net Neutrality Debate Shows Exactly “What’s in a Name”
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Legislative Trickle Becomes a Flood in Lame Duck Session
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2011 Broadcasters’ Calendar
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Retrans Watchers Focused on FCC In-State Broadcast Programming Report to Congress
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Begins Proposed Reallocation of TV Broadcast Spectrum
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Retransmission Concerns Make FCC’s STELA Implementation a Mixed Bag for Broadcasters and Satellite Providers
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Client Alert: FCC Implements Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act
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Big CAP Extension Win at the FCC for Broadcasters/Cable Operators
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Client Alert: December 1 FCC Deadlines Approaching for Many Broadcasters
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Advisory: Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report Due for Commercial and Noncommercial Digital Television Stations
By Paul A. Cicelski
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The Phantom Menace: Return of the EAS False Alerts
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Many Broadcasters Must Be Open for Business This Weekend
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Alert: FCC Announces Freeze on Filing of Most Applications in the Low Power Television Service
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Alert: FCC Seeks Additional Comments on Pending Proceedings to Augment Closed Captioning Requirements
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Broadcasters and Cable Operators Find Something They Can Agree On: an EAS CAP Extension
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The FCC — Caught Between a Retrans Rock and a Hard Place
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The Un-Free State of Retransmission Consent
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Alert: Comment Dates Set in FCC Proceeding Transitioning Low Power Television Stations to Digital Operations
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If We’re Over-the-Top, Is It All Downhill?
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Alert: President Signs the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, Creating Wide-Ranging Video Programming Accessibility Requirements Intended to Assist Those with Disabilities
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Client Alert: Effective Immediately, FCC Requires FRN and Password to File Form 398, the Quarterly Children’s Programming Report
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180 Days to Implement EAS Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)? Not So Fast!
By Paul A. Cicelski
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White Spaces and the FCC: A Decision Behind It and a Challenge Ahead
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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2010 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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2010 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Client Advisory: Biennial Ownership Reports Are Due by October 1, 2010 for Noncommercial Educational Radio Stations in IA and MO, and for Noncommercial Educational Television Stations in AK, AS, FL, GU, HI, MP, OR, PR, VI and WA
By Paul A. Cicelski
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EAS False Alerts in Radio Ads and Other Reasons to Panic
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Is It Game Time or Gambling? Prize, Chance, Consideration, NCAA Tickets and Your Next Promotion
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Product Placement and the FCC
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Alert: FCC Fiscal Year 2010 Annual Regulatory Fees Are Due Today
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Performance Tax Anxiety
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Client Alert: FCC Announces Comment Dates in Rural Health Care Broadband Proceeding
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Advisory: FCC Issues Two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking to Implement STELA
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Client Alert: FCC Sets August 31, 2010 Deadline for Payment of FY 2010 Annual Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Releases Final Regulatory Fee Amounts
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Senate Amends DISCLOSE Act to Delete Lowest Unit Charge Provisions
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Let Them Eat Fees: Broadcasters and the Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act
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Senate Disclose Act Bill Raises Serious Concerns For Broadcasters
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Indecency Ruling Changes the Game
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Bonus Spots, No Charge Spots, and the Lowest Unit Charge
By Paul A. Cicelski
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The National Broadband Plan’s Other Shoe Drops… on LPTV Applicants
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A Few More Twists on the FCC’s Long and Winding Road to Its New Ownership Report Form
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Stop the Presses! Federal Trade Commission Does Not Support Taxes on Broadcasters and Others to Help “Reinvent” Newspapers After All?
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Drop That Microphone and Slowly Back Away
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FCC Ups the Ante on Indecency and Fox Affiliates Are the Poker Chips
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A $270,000 Reminder to Broadcasters on the Importance of Kidvid Compliance
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Biennial Ownership Reports Are Due by June 1, 2010 for Noncommercial Educational Radio Stations in Michigan and Ohio, and for Noncommercial Educational Television Stations in AZ, DC, ID, MD, NV, NM, UT, VA, WV and WY
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FCC Seeks Comment on Possible Revisions to Its Rules Regarding the Construction, Marking, and Lighting of Towers
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Comment Dates Set for FCC Proposals To Modify Tower Regulations
By Paul A. Cicelski
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CARD Act Will Exempt Prepaid Phone Cards (Not Mobile Broadband/Internet Access)
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Congress Passes Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010
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Must-Carry: The Supreme Court Takes a Pass
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Court Gives Radio Stations a Break on ASCAP Fees
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Some LPTV Stations Have Must-Carry Rights Too
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Supports Watching Movies at Home (to the Dismay of Theater Owners)
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Chairman Genachowski’s “Third Way” to Net Neutrality
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Biennial Ownership Reports are due by June 1, 2010 for Noncommercial Educational Radio Stations in Michigan and Ohio, and for Noncommercial Educational Television Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Vi
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The DISCLOSE Act: Nothing Good for Broadcast, Cable, and Satellite Operators
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Who Owns Your Operation’s Custom Software?
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DISCLOSE Act Released in Response to Supreme Court’s Citizens United Ruling; Senate Version Would Greatly Impact Broadcasters, Cable, and Satellite Television Operators
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Cell Phone Jamming: At the FCC, Silence Is Expensive
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Retransmission Consent Isn’t Broken, So Why Fix It?
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Blair Levin to Leave the FCC
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FCC Proposes FY 2010 Annual Regulatory Fees
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Another Downside of Downsizing
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Are the Broadband Headwinds Lessening for Broadcasters?
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FCC Announces New Ownership Report Form for Commercial Broadcast Stations and a July 8, 2010 Filing Deadline
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Commercial Broadcast Stations, Including Class A and LPTV Stations, Must File Biennial Ownership Reports on New Form 323 by July 8, 2010
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The Launch of CommLawCenter.com – Pillsbury v.2.0 or Fisher Wayland v.4.0?
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Pending Applications for New Analog Low Power Television and TV Translator Stations Must Be Amended to Specify Digital Operation
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Despite Numerous Changes in FCC Leadership and Several Court Decisions Over the Years, the Ultimate Future of the FCC’s Multiple and Cross-Ownership Limits Remains Unclear
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The National Broadband Plan: Understanding the Proposed Reallocation of Broadcast Spectrum and What It Means for All Users of Spectrum
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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National Broadband Plan Proposes Significant Challenges for Television Broadcasters
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Advisory–2010 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Advisory–2010 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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Biennial Ownership Reports Are Due by April 1, 2010 for Noncommercial Educational Radio Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, and for Noncommercial Educational Television Stations in Texas
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Pillsbury Attorneys to Attend 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas
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Political Broadcasting Advisory
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Court Says Copyright Royalty Board Can Legally Set Webcasters’ Royalty Payments
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FCC Proposes Rule Changes to Improve Decision-Making and Promote Participation in FCC Proceedings
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FCC Announces Effective Date of Revised Closed Captioning Complaint Procedures
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FCC Grants Limited Waiver of Requirement to Publish Closed Captioning Contact Information in Local Telephone Directories
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The FCC Proposes National Emergency Alert System Testing Rules
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FCC Approves Digital Power Increase for Most FM IBOC Stations
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Radio, Television, and Other Users of Wireless Microphones Must Migrate Out of the 700 MHz Band
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Supreme Court Opens the Way to Expanded Advertising Revenues by Invalidating Limits on Corporate Political Ad Spending
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FCC Extends Comment Deadlines in Its “Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape” Proceeding
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Biennial Ownership Reports Are Due by February 1, 2010 for Noncommercial Radio Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and New York, and for Noncommercial Television Stations in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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2010 Broadcasters’ Calendar
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Suspends the Use of the New FCC Form 323 and Postpones the January 11, 2010 Deadline for Filing Biennial Ownership Reports by Commercial Broadcast Licensees
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2009 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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2009 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2009 Fourth Quarter FCC Form 388 DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report for Certain Television Stations Must Be Filed by January 10, 2010
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FCC Announces New Address for Filing of Paper Documents
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Advertising Resources
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Gives Television Broadcast Industry Little Time to Defend Its Spectrum Allocation; Comment Deadline Is Set at December 21, 2009
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Communications and Technology Legal Law Reviews
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Announces Online Availability of New FCC Form 323 Ownership Report and Provides Interim Response to Concerns Regarding Use of Social Security Number
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Communications Industry Resources
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Congressional Resources
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Engineering Resources
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Bureaus and Offices
By Paul A. Cicelski
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FCC Website Links
By Paul A. Cicelski
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First Amendment Resources
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Industry Trade Associations
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Music Licensing Resources
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Non-FCC Federal Agency Resources
By Paul A. Cicelski
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Assessing the Impact on Radio and Television Stations of the Federal Trade Commission’s Recently Revised Guidance on Endorsements and Testimonials
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Commercial Radio and Television Stations Given Until January 11, 2010 to File Their Biennial Ownership Reports on FCC Form 323
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Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report for Commercial Digital Television Stations
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Ninth Circuit Ruling Leads to Spike in Class Actions Over Text Messages from Retailers
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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FCC Shifts Net Neutrality Debate into High Gear
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FCC Announces Filing Freeze for FM Minor Change Applications and Allotment Petitions and Creates Filing Window for Noncommercial Educational FM New Station Construction Permits
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FTC Updates Guidance on Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising
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FCC Postpones November 1 Ownership Report Filing Deadline
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2009 Third Quarter FCC Form 388 DTV Activity Station Report Due October 10th
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2009 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Noncommercial Stations’ Biennial Ownership Reports: Due October 1, 2009
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2009 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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FY 2009 Regulatory Fees Payment Deadline: September 22, 2009
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Commercial Stations’ Biennial Ownership Reports: File by November 1, 2009
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Changes to Cuba Embargo Will Give Telecom and Satellite Providers More Opportunities
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Paying the Piper: Avoiding Payola/Plugola Violations and Minimizing Liability
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FY 2009 Annual Regulatory Fees’ Current Payment Deadline: September 22, 2009
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Internet Radio Royalty Dispute Reaching End–For Now
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FCC Sets Annual Regulatory Fees for 2009; Payment Deadline Expected in September
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Latest 9th Circuit Decision on Wireless Facilities Leaves Key Questions Unanswered
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Reminder: Biennial Ownership Reports Are Due August 1, 2009 for Select Noncommercial Educational Radio and Television Stations
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Advisory–Biennial Ownership Reports: Filing Deadline Changes to Nov. 1, 2009 for All Radio and TV Stations Nationwide
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Drawing the Line: A Guide to Avoiding Illegal Content for the On-Air Performer
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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FCC Announces Filing ‘Windows’ for New Digital-Only LPTV, TV Translator Stations in Rural Areas (Beginning August 25, 2009) and Nationwide (Beginning January 25, 2010)
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FCC Adopts New Regulations Allowing AM Broadcast Stations to Use FM Translator Stations For “Fill-in” Purposes
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FCC Proposal to Promote Rural Radio Service and Simplify Allotment/Assignment Process: Comments Due July 13, Replies Due Aug. 11
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FCC Makes Available its Revised 2009 Second Quarter DTV Consumer Education Report (Form 388) for Television Stations, Which Must Be Filed by July 10, 2009
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2009 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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FCC Recommends That Viewers With DTV Reception Problems Try ‘Double Rescanning’ Their Digital Converter Box or Digital TV
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Updated:
FCC Reminds TV Stations Transitioning on June 12 They Must Have Adequate Staff Available to Answer Viewer Phone Calls During the Cut-over and the Entire Weekend
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FCC Issues a Notice of Inquiry Seeking Public Comment Regarding Arbitron’s Use of Portable People Meters
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FCC Proposes FY 2009 Regulatory Fees
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FCC Creates Digital Television Translator Service
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EEO in 2009 and Forward: A Legal Guide to the FCC’s Equal Employment Opportunity Rule and Policies for Broadcasters
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FCC Releases Revised List of Stations that are Eligible for Statutory Analog Nightlight Program
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Supreme Court Narrowly Rules in Favor of FCC’s “Fleeting Expletives” Ban
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Reminder: Increased FCC Application Filing Fees Will Become Effective April 28, 2009
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Telecommunications Update
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FCC Clarifies Requirement to Publicize Local DTV Walk-In Centers
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Licensing and Royalty Requirements for Webcasters: Details and Deadlines
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2009 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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2009 First Quarter FCC Form 388 DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Updated:
2009 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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Updated:
Biennial Ownership Reports Due By April 1, 2009, for Certain Radio and Television Broadcasters
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Updated:
Managing Debt Covenants in Hard Times
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President Obama Signs DTV Delay Act Into Law
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FCC Issues Order Extending February 17, 2009 Expiration Dates and Allowing Certain Stations to Withdraw February 9, 2009 Notices of Intent to Terminate Analog Operation
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FCC Identifies Stations Which Must Undertake Additional DTV Transition-Related Information/Assistance Efforts in Order to Terminate Analog Service on February 17, 2009
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FCC Releases List of Stations that Intend to Terminate Analog Operation On or Before February 17, 2009
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Supplement to February 5th Advisory Entitled “FCC Issues Procedures Relating to Delay of DTV Transition to June 12, 2009”
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Webinar – Retrans Agreements: What the Other Side Knows…That You May Not
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FCC Issues Procedures Relating to Delay of DTV Transition to June 12, 2009
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Digital TV’s Big Deadline, or Delay?
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Options for Television Stations: Navigating the Uncertainty of a Delay in the DTV Transition Date
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Enforcement Monitor: FCC Finds Six Broadcasters Apparently Liable for Violations of Equal Employment Opportunity Rule
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2009 Broadcaster’s Calendar
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Updated:
Biennial Ownership Reports Due by February 1, 2009 for Certain Radio and Television Broadcasters
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Telecommunications Update
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FCC Issues Procedures Relating to Delay of DTV Transition to June 12, 2009
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2008 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2008 Fourth Quarter FCC Form 388 DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2008 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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Beginning January 5, 2009, the FCC Will Accept Applications for Fill-in Digital Television Translator Stations and Requests for Special Temporary Authority to Avoid Loss of Service in Connection With the Digital Transition
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FCC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Analog Nightlight Program
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Analog Nightlight Program
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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FCC Universal Service Fund Proceeding Expected to Impact Telecom Charges for End Users; New Reply Comment Date Established
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Special Advisory for Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcasters: Radio and Television Station Public Inspection File Requirements
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Reminder: $1000 Federal Grants Available to Eligible Low-Power Television Stations to Purchase Digital-to-Analog Conversion Devices
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Biennial Ownership Reports Due by December 1, 2008 for Certain Radio and Television Broadcasters
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report for Commercial Digital Television Stations
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Congress Gives SoundExchange and Webcasters Authority to Settle Royalty Rates
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EEO in 2008 and Forward: A Legal Guide to the FCC’s EEO Rule and Policies for Broadcasters
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FCC Issues Declaratory Order Regarding October 1 Cable Carriage Elections
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Internet Music Breakthrough: Industry Groups Agree on Mechanical Royalties for Interactive Streaming and Limited Downloads
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2008 Third Quarter FCC Form 388 DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report Advisory for Full-Power Television Broadcast Stations
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2008 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisor
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Biennial Ownership Reports Due by October 1, 2008 for Certain Radio and Television Broadcasters
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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2008 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Warns Regulatory Fee Filing Payers About Potential “Phishing”
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Assessment and Collection of Fiscal Year 2008 Regulatory Fees
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FCC Releases Updated Version of “The Public and Broadcasting”
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Upcoming Deadlines Relating to Cable and Satellite Carriage of Television Stations
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Broadcast EEO Advisory
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Biennial Ownership Reports Due by August 1, 2008 for Certain Radio and Television Broadcasters
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The FCC Lifts the Freeze on the Filing of Class A Television Station Displacement and Expansion Applications
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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DTV Consumer Education Quarterly Activity Report (FCC Form 388) Now Available to be Filed in CDBS
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Unlicensed But Not Unregulated: An Overview of the FCC’s Regulations Regarding Part 15 Devices
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2008 Second Quarter FCC Form 388 DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Proposes Fiscal Year 2008 Regulatory Fees
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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Biennial Ownership Reports Due by June 1, 2008 for Certain Radio and Television Broadcasters
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FCC Releases Updated Version of its “The Public and Broadcasting” Manual
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Releases DTV Consumer Education Form 388 Which Must Be Filed by April 10, 2008
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DTV Consumer Education and Reporting Requirements Effective Monday, March 31, 2008
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FCC Admonishes Station Group Owner for Failing to Widely Recruit Under Commission’s EEO Rules
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Alert: FCC Adopts New DTV Consumer Education and Reporting Requirements
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2008 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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Biennial Ownership Reports Due By April 1, 2008 for Certain Radio and Television Broadcasters
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2008 First Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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New Comment Deadline of April 28th and Reply Comment Deadline of June 11th Announced in the FCC’s “Broadcast Localism” Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Proceeding
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FCC Announces Special Daylight Savings Operating Conditions for AM Stations During March 2008
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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New Program Reporting and Public Inspection File Online Posting Requirements for Television Stations
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FCC Releases New Station DTV Transition Readiness Report Form
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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Biennial Ownership Reports Due By February 1, 2008 for Certain Radio and Television Broadcasters
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2008 Broadcasters’ Calendar
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FCC Adopts New Station DTV Transition Readiness Report
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Congress Considers New Bill Seeking Performance Royalties for Performing Artists and Record Labels
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Increased Closed Captioning Requirements Beginning January 1, 2008
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FCC Seeks Comment on Localism Proposals to Impose New Requirements on Broadcasters and Limit Licensee Flexibility to Serve Local Communities
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2007 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2007 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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New Program Reporting and Public Inspection File Posting Requirements for Television Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Political Broadcasting Advisory
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FCC Form 317 Filing Reminder
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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Biennial Ownership Reports Due By December 1, 2007 for Certain Radio and Television Broadcasters
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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2007 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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FCC Requires Cable Systems to Format Must-Carry Signals to Ensure “Viewability” on Both Analog and Digital Televisions After the Termination of Analog Broadcasts in 2009
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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2007 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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2007 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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Biennial Ownership Reports Due October 1, 2007 for Broadcasters in AK, MO, OR, HI, IA, WA, FL, Am. Samoa, Guam, Mariana Isl., Virgin Isl., and Puerto Rico
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Webcaster Royalties Update: Discount Offer for Small Webcasters, Fee Caps for the Largest
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Emergency Broadcasting Readiness in the Midst of Hurricane Season
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Broadcasters Pay $12.5 Million to Settle Payola Allegations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Licensing and Royalty Basics for “Broadcasting” Music over the Internet
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein Continues to Make “News” Regarding Video News Releases
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Political Broadcasting Advisory
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EEO in 2006 and Forward: A Legal Guide to the FCC’s New EEO Rule and Policies for Broadcasters
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Reaffirmed Principles and New “Clarifications” of the FCC’s Obscenity, Indecency and Profanity Regulations and Policies
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Frequently Asked Questions About FCC Regulation of Obscenity, Indecency, and Profanity
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Pre-filing and Post-filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for New York and New Jersey TV, Class A TV, LPTV and TV Translator Stations
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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FCC Form 317 Reminder
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FCC Issues Order Clarifying Television Broadcasters’ Children’s Television Programming Obligations
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2006 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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FCC Designates Texas Radio Station’s License Renewal Application for Hearing in Response to Apparently False Certifications
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Second Circuit Court of Appeals Remands Portion of March 2006 Indecency Decisions and FCC Seeks Comments
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Pre-filing and Post-filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont TV, Class A TV, LPTV and TV Translator Stations
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FCC Releases Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in Broadcast Ownership Proceeding
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New “Junk Fax” Rules Take Effect August 1, 2006
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FCC Rescinds Grant of Two California Low Power Television Licenses
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Copyright Office Royalty Claims Due July 31
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FCC Enforcement Monitor
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Broadcast Station EEO Advisory
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FCC Adopts Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Broadcast Ownership Rules
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Pre-filing and Post-filing License Renewal Announcement Reminder for Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam and the Mariana Islands TV, Class A TV, LPTV and TV Translator Stations
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2006 Second Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory
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2006 Second Quarter Issues / Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
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FCC Fines Television Licensee $4,000 for Violations of Contest Rules
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FCC Announces Schedule for Advanced Wireless Services Spectrum Auction; FCC Auction Seminar to Be Held Monday, April 24, 2006; Small Business Bidding Discounts Still Under Review
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Seeing Clearly Through Thick Smoke: Tobacco Advertising on Broadcast Stations
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