October 1 Retransmission Consent / Must-Carry Election Deadline

All commercial television stations and qualified low-power television (LPTV… Read More

RMLC and GMR Agree to Interim License Agreement Extension Through March 31, 2018

Earlier this year, the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) and the perform… Read More

Eighth Circuit Upholds FCC Pole Attachment Telecom Rate

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has upheld the FCC’s 201… Read More

National Emergency Alert System Test Scheduled for September 27, 2017; Participant Reporting Deadlines Also Set

The 2017 National EAS Test is scheduled for September 27, 2017, at 2:20 PM… Read More

Broadcasters’ Copyright Royalty Claims for 2016 Due by July 31, 2017

Pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, a cable or satellite system car… Read More

Public Correspondence Rule Eliminated

Broadcasters no longer need to maintain physical copies of letters and emai… Read More

2nd Quarter Radio Issues Programs List Deadline is July 10

Commercial and non-commercial AM and FM stations must prepare and place in… Read More

2nd Quarter TV Issues Programs and Children’s Programming Reports Due July 10

Below are the deadlines for the second quarter reports that full-power and… Read More

Captioning of IP-Delivered Clips of Live and Near-Live Programming

As we previously reported here, FCC rules now require that any clip of prog… Read More