By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer June 2006 At its June 21, 2006 Open Agenda Meeting, the FCC adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“FNPRM”) concerning its broadcast multiple ownership rules and at the same time announced the beginning of its quadrennial ownership review required by Congress. The FNPRM has…

By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski June 2006 TV, Class A TV, LPTV and TV translator stations licensed to communities in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam and the Mariana Islands should be receiving soon a postcard from the FCC reminding…

By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski June 2006 Statutory and Regulatory Requirements As a result of the Children’s Television Act of 1990 and the FCC Rules adopted under the Act, full power and Class A television stations are required, among other things, to: (1) limit…

By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski June 2006 Content of the Quarterly List The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2006, reflecting information for the months of April, May and June, 2006. The…