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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 11, 2024 to March 15, 2024
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC held its March regular monthly open meeting and adopted two items of interest:A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in… .
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: March 4, 2024 to March 8, 2024
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Last week, we noted that petitions for review of the FCC’s December 2023 Report and Order which concluded its 2018… .
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: February 26, 2024 to March 1, 2024
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Congress passed, and the President signed, a continuing resolution to extend funding for the Federal government, including the FCC, averting… .
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March Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Sage EAS Compliance Deadline, Effective Dates of New FCC Rules, Comment Deadlines, Daylight Savings Time, Political Windows, and More
While there are a number of regulatory deadlines scheduled for broadcasters in the month of March, there is also the potential for some of those to shift if we have a federal government shutdown. As of the date of the publication of this article, we do not know if a federal government shutdown will occur… .
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Just Because the FCC Can Regulate Broadcasting, Should It?
When you have been representing broadcasters in Washington for as long as I have, you see cycles in regulation of the industry. I was reminded of how long the FCC has been on a deregulatory cycle in reading today’s Washington Post obituary of former Democratic FCC Chair Charlie Ferris, who headed the FCC many decades… .
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Reinstating FCC Form 395-B Reporting on the Race and Gender of Broadcast Employees – What the Action Means for Broadcasters
On February 22, the FCC released an Order reinstating the requirement for radio and television broadcasters, commercial and noncommercial, to annually file an FCC Form 395-B. All station employment groups with 5 or more full-time employees would need to classify all station employees, both full-time and part-time, by race or ethnicity and gender, as well… .