November 2007 Commercial and noncommercial Radio stations licensed to communities in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont must file their Biennial Ownership Reports with the FCC by December 1, 2007. Reports for commercial and noncommercial Television stations licensed to communities in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North…
October 2007 Topics include: FCC Fines Owner of California Cable System $6,400 for Failing to Maintain Operational EAS Equipment Commission Fines Radio Station Licensee $12,000 for Failure to Properly Enclose Antenna Tower and Failure to Maintain Operational EAS FCC Issues Several Citations for Failure to Conspicuously Display a Registration Number…
September 2007 The next Children’s Television Programming Report must be filed with the FCC and placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2007, reflecting programming aired during the months of July, August, and September. A PDF version of this entire article can be found at 2007 Third…
September 2007 At a late-night meeting on September 11, 2007, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted a “viewability” rule that will govern cable carriage of must-carry stations after analog broadcasting terminates in 2009. The rule requires cable operators to deliver the primary digital stream of a must-carry television station in…
September 2007 Topics include: FCC Fines Licensee $10,000 for Unauthorized Operation After License Expiration FCC Fines Licensee $2,000 for Operation at an Unauthorized Location FCC Fines Two Licensees for Failure to Maintain a Complete Public Inspection File A PDF version of this entire article can be found at FCC Enforcement…
September 2007 This Broadcast Station EEO Advisory is directed to radio and television stations licensed to communities in: Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, as well as American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and highlights the upcoming deadlines for compliance with…
September 2007 Content of the Quarterly List The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2007, reflecting information for the months of July, August, and September. A PDF version of this entire article can be found at 2007 Third…
September 2007 The next Children’s Television Programming Report must be filed with the FCC and placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2007, reflecting programming aired during the months of July, August, and September. A PDF version of this entire article can be found at 2007 Third…
September 2007 Radio stations licensed to communities in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Florida, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico must file their Biennial Ownership Reports with the FCC by October 1, 2007. Reports for Television stations licensed to communities in Iowa and…
8/28/2007 On Tuesday, August 21, SoundExchange–the organization representing copyright owners in connection with statutory licenses for broadcasting music on the Internet–began sending formal offers of discounted royalty rates through the year 2010 to qualified small webcasters. These are generally those webcasters earning $1.25 million or less in gross revenues. A…