Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 8, 2014

'The FCC has asked for public comment on whether it should extend the online public inspection file obligation to radio , and also whether it should adopt an online public file obligation for cable television and satellite television operators. The latter proposal originates in a recent petition by the Sunlight Foundation and two other public interest groups seeking an online political file for cable and satellite television providers. Sunlight has been active in filing complaints with the F

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Paralegal Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2014

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2014

'Extensions of time were just announced in two proceedings affecting music licensing – one a Copyright Office proceeding studying music licensing generally, and another a Copyright Royalty Board proceeding on webcasting recordkeeping. Only a week after announcing that it would take another round of comments on its music licensing study, the Copyright Office announced an extension of the due dates for those comments – moving the deadline to September 12.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2014

'Right as everyone was preparing to leave town for the long weekend, the FCC issued its Report and Order on the regulatory fees for 2014 , and also issued a Public Notice setting the deadline for paying those fees as 11:59 PM on September 23. For broadcasters, the FCC also issued a Mass Media Fee Filing Guide providing details on the fee filing process, and provided a fee “look-up” tool on the Commission’s website to see what the fees are for a particular station.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 28, 2014

'September is one of those few months of the year where there are no regular FCC filing deadlines – no quarterly issues programs lists, no children’s television reports, no annual EEO public file reports, and no ownership reports or renewal deadlines. For TV stations that recently filed a renewal, or which are about to file one, there are the pre-or post-filing notices.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 15, 2014

'The FCC yesterday issued a public notice extending the time for comments on a Petition for Rulemaking seeking, among other things, to create a Class C4 FM station with maximum power levels at about 12 kW, twice the power of the least powerful class of FM stations – Class A stations that are limited to 6 kW in power. As we wrote earlier this month when we first addressed this topic, this request for comments is only a preliminary request seeking input as to whether the Commission should even co

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 14, 2014

'It’s come to our attention that the FCC’s Media Bureau has recently been granting applications for changes in the transmitter sites of FM translators to be used for AM stations with conditions on the subsequent use of that translator. The conditions seem to be added to the construction permits granted to applicants who filed an application for a site change and relied on the Mattoon waiver (see our discussion of that waiver here ) to expedite the relocation to the new transmitter site.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 12, 2014

'Two recent decisions, the most high profile being the renewal of the Fox television stations in the New York City area , demonstrate the analysis that the FCC goes through in deciding if a station has operated in the public interest and if its license deserves to be renewed. In the Fox case, the focus was on the public service record of the station, and in particular whether the station had adequately addressed the issues of importance to the residents of New Jersey, the state to which one of

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Paralegal Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2014

You’ve been speaking and writing your whole life and are pretty sure that you have a firm grasp of the English language, so you might be surprised to find out that many people use some common words and phrases wrong, and you may be one of them. 1. Affect vs. Effect Affect is a […].

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 6, 2014

'As we wrote in our previous articles on the music licensing issues being considered during this summer of copyright ( here , here and here ), one of the concerns driving many of the proposed reforms is the current demand of songwriters and publishing companies for a larger share of the music royalty pie. In licensing the public performance of musical compositions , ASCAP and BMI represent the vast majority of songwriters, with SESAC representing far fewer writers (together ASCAP, BMI and SESAC

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Paralegal Alliance

AUGUST 4, 2014

A paralegal can perform any task that an attorney can, with the exceptions of representing a client in front of a judge, who is not an administrative law judge (“ALJ”), forming the attorney-client relationship with a client on behalf of an attorney employer, signing legal pleadings on behalf of an attorney or client, and giving […].

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Paralegal Alliance

AUGUST 1, 2014

1. Choose the best definition for the word ambivalent: a. soft lighting b. having mixed feelings about something c. equal in value, force, or effect d. reacting quickly 2. A “frivolous” lawsuit: a. is one that does not exist b. is one wherein there are several corporate defendants c. in one wherein there are […].

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 7, 2014

'The Commission has set the date for comments on it Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on certain aspects of the captioning of Online Video clips. We recently summarized the FCC action setting up compliance deadlines for the captioning of video clips taken from programs that are shown on TV with captions , and then repurposed for online use. While the Commission has already established the obligations for TV broadcasters to take these clips and caption them when shown online on the broadcas

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