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FCC Releases First EEO Audit for 2017 – Over 200 Radio and Almost 80 TV Stations Named in the Audit Notice
In the swirl of news about the deregulatory efforts of the new FCC, one could almost forget that there are still many regulations in place that require significant amounts of paperwork retention by broadcasters. That point was hammered home yesterday, when the FCC released its first EEO audit letter of 2017 for radio and TV broadcasters. The FCC’s public notice announcing the commencement of the audit includes the audit letter that was sent to all of the targeted stations.…
FCC Chairman Pai Promotes Transparency – Releases Draft Orders on Next-Generation TV and FM Translators for AM Stations – What Will Be Considered for Radio at February FCC Meeting?
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced yesterday that he plans to test a new FCC procedure – releasing drafts of FCC orders to be considered at future FCC meetings at the same time as the proposed agenda for the meeting is released, weeks in advance of the meeting. On the draft agenda for the February 23rd meeting are two items of interest for broadcasters,…
FCC Votes to Abolish Requirement for Retaining Letters From the Public on Station Operations – First Step in Broadcast Deregulation?
The FCC on Tuesday voted to abolish the 44 year old requirement that commercial broadcast stations retain, in their public file, letters (and emails) from the public dealing with station operations (see the full Order here). As noted by the Commissioners in their comments at the FCC meeting (and as we suggested here and here when this proposal was first introduced),…
Ajit Pai Named New FCC Chair, Appoints Temporary Head of Media Bureau and Speaks to Commission Staff
This week, the appointment of Commissioner Ajit Pai as Chairman of the FCC became official. Since his appointment on Monday, he has released a list of acting bureau chiefs at the FCC (here), including naming Michelle Carey, a long-time FCC employee, as Acting Chief of the Media Bureau upon the departure of Bill Lake who held that position through Chairman Wheeler’s administration.…
State Leadership Conference in DC
February 27-March 2 marks the annual gathering of broadcasters in the Nation’s Capital. The Nevada Delegation will be meeting with state representatives to discuss a number of key issues facing broadcasters including:
· Performance Tax – new cosponsors for the 115th Congress Local Radio Freedom Act (if your member has already signed on than a big thank you will suffice!)
· Advertising Tax Deductibility
· Spectrum Auction Repack/Relocation Fund
· Retransmission Consent
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New Tech Makes Statewide Broadcast Possible
KTVN Ch. 2’s Assistant Chief Engineer, Eric Brown, shows off their “Live U” technology making the NVBA’s statewide broadcast possible. Virtually every Nevada radio and TV station aired Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval’s State of the State Address on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Special Thanks to Nick du Plessis at KRNV/KRXI, State EAS Chair, Adrienne Abbott, Jeff Loflin, head of the LCB and Matteo Holly along with NVBA Chair Todd Brown.…
NVBA Facilitates Statewide Broadcast
The Nevada Broadcasters Association facilitated a statewide broadcast of Governor Brian Sandoval’s final State of the State Address Tuesday evening. The broadcast was transmitted from Carson City by Sinclair Broadcast Group and KTVN-2, and then re-broadcast by numerous other radio and television outlets to Nevadans throughout the state.…
First Chance for New FCC to Deregulate – Abolition of Requirement to Maintain Public File of Letters from the Public About Broadcast Station Operations on January 31 Tentative Agenda
The FCC yesterday released its tentative agenda for its January meeting, to be held on January 31. This will be the first meeting of the post-Chairman Wheeler era, and the two Republican commissioners will be in the majority for the first time in 8 years. There is a single item on the tentative agenda – the abolition of the requirement that broadcasters maintain a paper public file,…
A Broadcasters Calendar of Regulatory Obligations for 2017
At the beginning of each year, we publish our broadcaster’s calendar of important dates – setting out the many dates for which broadcasters should be on alert as this year progresses. The Broadcasters Calendar for 2017 is available here. The dates set out on the calendar include FCC filing deadlines and dates by which the FCC requires that certain documents be added to a station’s public file.…
Gala Photos
Photo galleries from the last two Hall of Fame Galas can be found here.
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2015 Gala Photos
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2016 Gala Photos
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Should Online Recruiting Satisfy the FCC’s EEO Requirements for Wide Dissemination of Job Openings? – Comments Requested on Petition Saying that it Does
The FCC yesterday issued a Public Notice of the filing of a Petition for Rulemaking asking the FCC to declare that a broadcaster, by using its own airwaves and online sources to publicize job openings at its station, satisfies the requirement that a broadcaster widely disseminate information about job openings to members of all groups within its likely recruiting area.…
