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Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!   It’s the Olympics Calling!
Earlier this year, we posted updated guidelines about engaging in or accepting advertising or promotions that directly or indirectly allude to the Super Bowl without a license from the NFL or the Final Four Tournament without a license from the NCAA.  See here, here and here.  Now, it is time to think about these issues in the context of the 2024 Paris Olympics!

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Be My Neighbor Day

PBS Reno is partnering with local support agencies The Food Bank, The Childrens’ Cabinet and The RennerVation Foundation to present Be My Neighbor Day on Saturday, August 3rd at Idlewild Park in Reno, an event to promote early childhood education, health and safety, and the neighborly values of Fred Rogers as exemplified in his beloved series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.…

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GIVE TO TEACHERS Fundraiser

Channel 13 is helping local students start the new school year with the supplies they need to succeed, but we need the viewers help. Give to our 13 Connects GIVE TO TEACHERS Drive benefitting the Public Education Foundation. Make a monetary donation at www.ktnv.com/13connects or text to give, by texting “13CONNECTS” to 5-0-1-5-5. Your donation helps pay for a “Classroom in a Box” kit,…

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News 3 and the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway

News 3 has partnered with St. Jude Children’s Hospital to raise over eight million dollars in seven years. This money funds research that leads to revolutionary treatments. On top of that, no patient or family member ever receives a bill from from St. Jude. The Staff at News 3 is extremely proud of our work during the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway.…

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August 15 Is the Effective Date of Requirements for Foreign Government Certifications for Political Issue Advertising and Paid PSAs
The FCC this week issued a Public Notice announcing the effective date of certain portions of the FCC Order released in June adopting changes to its requirements that broadcasters obtain certifications from buyers of program time on their stations that the sponsors are not foreign governments or agents of those governments.  As we wrote when the Order was released,

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 1, 2024 to July 5, 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 National Religious Broadcasters, American Family Association, and the Texas Association of Broadcasters jointly requested that the FCC stay the Form 395-B reporting requirement while the U.S.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  July 8, 2024 to July 12, 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 weekly list of items on circulation (those orders or rulemaking proposals that have been drafted and are currently circulating among the Commissioners for review and vote) removed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on AI-generated content in political advertising. 

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Supreme Court Rejects the Chevron Doctrine – What Does it Mean for Broadcasters Regulated By the FCC? 
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine, which required courts to defer to expert regulatory agencies, like the FCC, when interpreting ambiguous statutes, unless the agency acted unreasonably.  Since the decision, we have seen all sorts of TV pundits predicting the end of “the administrative state” (presumably meaning the end of the many rules passed by administrative agencies like the FCC). 

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July Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, Comment Deadlines in Multiple Proceedings, Political Windows, and More
The lazy days of summer continue to provide little respite from the regulatory actions of importance to broadcasters.  This month brings quarterly requirements, including most importantly, the obligation to upload Quarterly Issues Programs Lists to a station’s online public file, and a number of comment deadlines in important FCC proceedings, as well as the opening of political windows in this major election year. 

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