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The new FCC Form 323 Ownership Report is expected to be available in the FCC's CDBS electronic filing database by Wednesday, December 9, according to a Public Notice released by the FCC yesterday - so that commercial broadcasters should have a month to prepare the form in time for the January 11 filing deadline. As we've written before , the form and filing deadline have been much delayed as the Commission struggled to work out kinks in its electronic filing process.
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The 2010 political broadcasting season is almost upon us, with Texas leading the way. With the first 2010 primaries on March 2, candidates in Texas are already in windows during which they need to file the paperwork to qualify for a place on the primary ballot. Once they qualify for that ballot spot, they become " legally qualified candidates " in the eyes of the FCC, triggering reasonable access (for Federal candidates) and equal opportunities requirements.
The FCC today issued an Order suspending the upcoming January 11 deadline for the filing of new Form 323 Ownership Reports by all licensees of commercial broadcast stations. As we have written before, the approval of this form has been a tortured process, and left open many questions about the practicalities of completing the form, as well as in connection with certain policy issues raised by the form.
The Commission has announced the next in its series of media ownership workshops , this one to address financial issues facing the media industry. The workshop, part of the Commission's 2010 quadrennial review of its ownership rules, will be held on January 12, 2010 at the FCC, and will address, in the FCC's words: "the current financial and economic conditions and marketplace factors affecting the media industry and how the FCC should take these into account as it conducts its review proce
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