Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
With the end of the DTV transition , the future use of TV channels 5 and 6, about which we have written before , is now back before the Commission in connection with an FCC filing by the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council , whose "radio rescue petition" was recently placed on a public notice opening a 30 day public comment period.
The Paralegal Resource
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
One thing to consider when doing legal research on the Internet is the issue of authentication. It's one thing to find authority online. It's another to use it in court. Various courts have rules about what precedent can be used and, more particularly, from where it can come. It seems odd in the days of courts having their own official web sites that the opinions which they distribute through these sites may not be official.
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Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
With today's Federal Register publication of the FCC's recent Order amending the rules governing FM Translator stations , the date is officially set at October 1st for when AM stations can begin to rebroadcast their signals on FM translators. Beginning October 1st, the long-standing prohibition on rebroadcasting AM radio on FM translators is off the books and translators are free to pick up an AM signal.
Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
Last week, the FCC issued several fines to broadcasters for failure to observe some basic FCC rules. As there many FCC rules to observe, broadcasters should use the misfortune of others who have suffered from these fines as a way to check their own operations to make sure that they meet all of the required Commission standards. In the recent cases, fines were issued for a variety of violations, including the failure to have a manned main studio, the failure to have a working EAS system, incomple
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Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
The NAB today announced that it has selected Gordon Smith , a former Republican Senator from Oregon, as its new President. He succeeds David Rehr, who left the NAB last Spring. Smith has been practicing law in Washington since leaving the Senate after being defeated in his reelection bid in the 2008 election. While in the Senate, he served on the Commerce Committee that oversees the FCC.
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Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
In the past several weeks, broadcast indecency has been back in the news - seemingly almost on a daily basis. First, there was the story about Bob McDonnell, the Republican candidate for Virginia governor who, seemingly inadvertently, dropped the f-bomb, perhaps as a result of tripping over his tongue during a news interview on a news radio station in Washington.
Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Last week, the FCC released a decision denying objections to the sale of the NY Times-owned radio station in New York City - objections based on the fears of certain listeners that the sale would mean the loss of the station's classical music service. In rejecting the petitions, the FCC relied on the long-standing policy of the FCC not to get into format questions , citing a thirty year old policy statement, upheld by a Supreme Court decision, which found that such review "would not benefit
Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
The threat from the recent fires to the tower farm on Mount Wilson from which many of the radio and television stations serving the Los Angeles area operate highlight the need for broadcasters to have an emergency plan in the event that some local catastrophe affects their tower site. The fact that this fire comes near to the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, where many broadcasters lost power, but where others where able to provide a lifeline to their communities, reminds broadcasters that emer
Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
The FCC's auction of 122 FM radio licenses came to a close last week with nearly a third of the licenses -- 37 to be precise -- remaining unsold at the closing hammer. The outcome of the auction, which raised a net total of just $5.25 million on the sale of 85 licenses, may be seen by some as but the latest example of the current state of the radio industry.
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Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2009
Last week, we wrote about the FCC fining stations for a number of violations found at the studios of some broadcast stations. In these same cases, the FCC also found a number of technical violations at the tower sites of some of the same stations. Issues for which fines were issued included the failure to have an locked fence around an AM station's tower , the failure of stations to be operating at the power for which they were authorized, and the failure to have a station's Studio Transmitter L
Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
The FCC recently issued two reminders about television programmer's obligations to members of their audience who are hearing impaired. The first notice made clear that stations must caption 100% of their "new, non-exempt" Spanish language programming as of January 1, 2010. The second notice was to remind broadcasters that, when providing emergency information , they must make that information accessible to the hearing impaired, even if the programming falls into one of the captioning e
Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
In the past several weeks, broadcast indecency has been back in the news - seemingly almost on a daily basis. First, there was the story about Bob McDonnell, the Republican candidate for Virginia governor who, seemingly inadvertently, dropped the f-bomb, perhaps as a result of tripping over his tongue during a news interview on a news radio station in Washington.
The Paralegal Resource
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
UPL or Unauthorized Practice of Law is often one of the most dreaded terms for paralegals and attorneys alike. While the logical reason for this is that Unauthorized Practice of Law frequently results in the individual losing his or her credentials to practice, the additional factor is that states radically differ in what they deem Unauthorized Practice of Law.
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Broadcast Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
With today's Federal Register publication of the FCC's recent Order amending the rules governing FM Translator stations , the date is officially set at October 1st for when AM stations can begin to rebroadcast their signals on FM translators. Beginning October 1st, the long-standing prohibition on rebroadcasting AM radio on FM translators is off the books and translators are free to pick up an AM signal.
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