Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

'In a Consent Decree released the day after Thanksgiving, the FCC agreed to accept a payment of a $35,000 penalty from a former television licensee for recording two telephone conversations for inclusion in a newscast, where the station called an outside party and recorded those conversations for inclusion in the newscast – before getting permission to do the recording.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

'While we are in the Holiday season, the regulatory obligations faced by broadcasters don’t stop. December brings a continuation of the TV renewal cycle, though we are nearing the end of that cycle. Renewal applications for all TV, Class A and LPTV stations in the following states are due on December 1: Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , and Vermont.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

'The FCC yesterday issued an order declining to allow experimentation with the noncommercial underwriting rules that was requested by the licensee of noncommercial radio stations in the Phoenix area. The licensee had asked the FCC for permission to conduct a three year experiment by relaxing the underwriting rules in certain ways to determine the effect such a relaxation would have on its ability to raise revenue, and the impact on the listening and support that the station currently enjoys.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'The FCC on Friday proposed to amend its rules governing contests conducted by broadcast stations by allowing the required disclosure of the material terms of the contest on the Internet , as an option for broadcasters in lieu of the current requirement that these disclosures be made by broadcasting them on-the-air a reasonable number of times. But the proposed rule change is not as simple as one would think, with the FCC asking about whether a number of specific obligations should be attached

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'On Friday, the US District Court in the Southern District of NY found that there is a public performance right in pre-1972 sound recordings in that state, following two decisions from California finding a similar right under California law (though on different grounds). Like the first decision in California (about which we wrote here ), this decision was the result of a law suit by Flo and Eddie of the Turtles against Sirius XM, arguing that Sirius XM was infringing on their rights by playing

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

'Noncommercial webcasters are often forgotten in the discussion of the current proceeding to set Internet radio sound recording royalties. But, along with the royalties for commercial webcasters (we wrote about the proposed commercial rates here ), the current Copyright Royalty Board proceeding will also set the rates for noncommercial webcasters. Various proposals for noncommercial royalties have been submitted to the Judges.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

'Since our note Friday about November regulatory dates for broadcasters , it’s become clear that the FCC will be acting on two more matters of interest to broadcasters – particularly radio broadcasters though each have some implications for TV as well. First, as we hinted at the end of our article on Friday (the rumors that we had heard having now been confirmed), Chairman Wheeler has circulated a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the expansion of the online public file to radio (as well a

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