Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced that October 4 is the deadline for EAS Participants to file their annual Emergency Alert System Test Reporting System (ETRS) Form One – which requires EAS Participants,
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FEC Appears Ready to Take a Pass on Regulating AI in Political Ads
The agenda for the Federal Election Commission’s August 15 Open Meeting was released last week, and it contains a proposed Notification of Disposition of the FEC’s review of a July 2023 petition for rulemaking filed by the advocacy group Public Citizen seeking to initiate a proceeding to address the use of Artificial Intelligence in campaign communications.
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 5, 2024 to August 9, 2024
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced that October 4 is the deadline for EAS Participants to file their annual Emergency Alert System Test Reporting System (ETRS) Form One – which requires EAS Participants,
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: August 19, 2024 to August 23, 2024
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- Some of the big news for broadcasters this week came not from the FCC, but from the Federal Trade Commission:
- A U.S.
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FM Programming Nonduplication Rule Goes Back into Effect – A Win for the Music Industry While the NAB Objects
Last week, as we noted in our monthly look ahead at the regulatory dates of importance to broadcasters in August, the reinstatement of the rule prohibiting the duplication of programming on FM stations went into effect. The FCC Order reinstating the rule is interesting both for its substance, and for the parties pushing for that reinstatement – principally representatives of the music industry.
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 29, 2024 to August 2, 2024
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- Through a Federal Register publication, the FCC announced comment dates on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing that broadcasters and cable operators be required to disclose,
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FCC Allows 100% Ownership of US Radio Station by Canadian Owner – Once Again Demonstrating Openness to Foreign Investment in the US Broadcast Industry
The FCC last week issued a Declaratory Ruling approving the acquisition by a company owned by a Canadian citizen of 100% of the ownership interest in a company that owns an AM radio stations in Seattle. Until about a decade ago, a 25% limit in the parent company of an FCC broadcast licensee would have been the limit allowed by the FCC under Section imposed on foreign ownership of a US broadcast station by Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act.
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August 2024 Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters– Annual Regulatory Fee Details, EEO Annual Filings, Effective Date of Reinstated FM Non-Duplication Rule, Opening of Window for Class A/ LPTV/ TV Translator Channel Change Applications, and More
Although many, including Congress, may be taking the last of their summer vacations, there are still many dates to which broadcasters should be paying attention this August. One that most commercial broadcasters should be anticipating is the FCC’s order that will set the amount of their Annual Regulatory Fees, which will be paid sometime in September before the October 1 start of the federal government’s new fiscal year.
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Update on Expansion of Foreign Government Sponsorship Certifications to Issue Ads – Apparently Not Effective on August 15
Last week, we wrote about the impact of the FCC’s decision to standardize certifications from program buyers verifying that they are not representatives of foreign governments – and the accompanying decision to expand that requirement to political issue advertising and paid PSAs. In that article, we noted the August 15 effective date for most of these rule changes,
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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 22, 2024 to July 26, 2024
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations.
- The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing that broadcasters and cable operators make on-air disclosures regarding the use of AI-generated content in political advertisements,
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Commissioner Justin Jones Back To School Fair
Back to School Fair | FREE School Supplies, Backpacks, Community Resources, Haircuts, & More!
Please join 98.5 KLUC & Mix 94.1 FM along with Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones, Jeremiah Program, and the LVMPD Office of Community Engagement for the 3rd annual Back to School Fair hosted at Desert Breeze Community Center on Saturday, August 3rd, 2024!
Registration is required! Children must be present to receive supplies.…
Audacy Supporting Ride For Kids
The demand for pediatric brain tumor research and family support is at an all-time high. More children under the age of 19 are diagnosed and dying from brain tumors than ever before. We have a plan to stop this, but we can’t do it alone.
When you register and fundraise for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s Las Vegas Ride for Kids motorcycle ride,…
