9/22/2010 This Broadcast Station EEO Advisory is directed to radio and television stations licensed to communities in: Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon,…
…FCC Form 398 and creating documentation concerning commercialization is made easier. A station should prepare all documentation in time for it to be placed in the public inspection file by…
…at the beginning of the spot. The Society of Broadcast Engineers has posted an MP3 of the ad here. The EAS tone differs from police sirens in two important…
…at the Commission’s St. Louis, Missouri address by 11:59 PM, Eastern Daylight Time. As in previous years, failure of a licensee to submit the required regulatory fees in a timely…
The FCC has opened a rulemaking proposing reforms to its broadband health care initiatives for rural and tribal areas. The FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking originally released…
At a recent presentation on legislative matters affecting the communications industry, I noted that broadcasters, while lately feeling much under siege, should not underestimate their part in the…
…contract to sell the station expired before the FCC could resolve the indecency complaint and approve the sale. Under these circumstances, it is pretty easy to see how a…
One of many questions persisting since the release of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan has been “what is the impact on low power television stations?” Officially, the…
…thresholds. Among the potentially beneficial changes, the NPRM proposes to replace the current tower inspection and observation requirements with a simple rule mandating only prompt reporting of outages, ease the…
Given that low power television (LPTV) stations have been trying unsuccessfully for many years to obtain must-carry rights comparable to those enjoyed by full-power stations, it is often…
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