Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2017

Last week, the FCC reached a consent decree with a noncommercial broadcaster, where the broadcaster paid an $8000 penalty for, among other things, running underwriting spots that were too promotional. While the consent decree and its implementing order provide no details on the underwriting violations by the broadcaster, we can assume that the broadcaster ran spots that somehow crossed the line – giving price information about a sponsor’s products, or including a call to action suggesting that l

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AUGUST 28, 2017

This year’s ABA Annual Meeting was held in the “Big Apple,” New York City. With approximately 5,000 registrants, 1,000 educational sessions, and 28 bar associations involved, there was certainly a lot to see and experience. We did our best to cover this year’s annual meeting with our 22 episodes and barrage of social media, but in the end the sheer mass of sessions, meetings, and events eclipsed our efforts.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2017

Earlier this year, the FCC eliminated the requirement that broadcasters maintain, in their public inspection files, copies of letters from the public about station operations (see our article summarizing that action here ). One aspect of that rule change did not become immediately effective, as it was subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act, was the elimination of the requirement that television broadcasters report, in their license renewal appl

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2017

It seems like virtually every day, the FCC announces that it has sent numerous Notices to pirate radio operators warning them that their operations are illegal and that, if the operations do not cease, legal penalties may follow. Yesterday, the FCC released ten such Notices, including ones sent to operators of pirate radio stations themselves (see notices here and here ) and to the owners of buildings in which pirate radio operations have been tracked (see notices here and here ).

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