Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: Online Drone Retailer Fined Nearly $3 Million for Marketing Unauthorized Devices FCC Denies Motion to Quash Letter of Inquiry Concerning…
FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2021
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: FCC Fines Colorado Wireless Operators for Use of Unauthorized Equipment and Unauthorized Operations VoIP Provider Enters Into Consent Decree With…
License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming and Television Stations in Michigan and Ohio
Full power commercial and noncommercial radio, LPFM, and FM Translator stations, licensed to communities in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming and full power TV, Class A TV, LPTV, and TV Translator stations licensed to communities in Michigan and Ohio, must file their license renewal applications by June…
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
This Pillsbury Broadcast Station Advisory is directed to radio and television stations in the areas noted above, and highlights upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC’s EEO Rule. June 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico,…
FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ April 2021
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: FCC Fines Long-Distance Carrier $4.1 Million Over Cramming and Slamming Violations Wireless Internet Service Provider’s Unauthorized Operations Lead to Consent…
2021 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by April 10, 2021, reflecting information for the months of January, February, and March 2021. Content of the Quarterly List The FCC requires each broadcast station to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to…
Supreme Court Broadcast Ownership Decision a Simple Matter
Turns out, some things are simpler than you think. Few rules in the Code of Federal Regulations have as tortured a history as 47 CFR § 73.3555—the broadcast multiple ownership rules. The subject of court decisions too numerous to count, a brief review of FCC decisions revising (or deciding not…
FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ March 2021
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: Texas-Based Telemarketers Fined Record $225 Million for Robocall Campaign Georgia AM License Renewal Designated for Hearing Over Extended Periods of…
Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
This Pillsbury Broadcast Station Advisory is directed to radio and television stations in the areas noted above, and highlights upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC’s EEO Rule. April 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas to place their…
FCC Releases List of Communications Equipment and Services Raising National Security Risks
Bringing to a close the process initiated with the adoption of the Secure and Trusted Communications Act of 2019, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau released its list of communications equipment and services that it has deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security. U.S.-based service…