The Media Bureau has announced that some TV stations may opt not to post to the FCC's online public file system their quarterly issues/programs lists covering earlier renewal cycle(s). Before you start doing the Snoopy dance, though, be aware that there are at least three gotchas here.… Continue Reading
If you've got a TV pickup license in the 6875-7125 MHz or 12700-13200 MHz bands, you'll be needing to register your stationary receive-only sites in ULS in the near future (if you haven't done so already).… Continue Reading
Depending on who's doing the including, inclusion of a radio station in an Arbitron market may not be subject to a two-year waiting period for purposes of multiple ownership calculation.… Continue Reading
A petition for rulemaking has blasted onto the FCC scene, proposing a new class -- C4 -- of FM station. Is it da bomb, or is it a dud?… Continue Reading
Heads up, all you webcasters. It's a new year, and you have filing requirements coming up fast, including an important JANUARY 31 deadline.… Continue Reading
Providers of international telecommunications services may be happy to learn that the FCC has reduced or eliminated requirements to report data on international traffic, revenue and circuits. But there's a catch (or two, or three, or four. . .).… Continue Reading
Attention, all you telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers! Your annual reports certifying compliance with the Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) rules are due by March 1, 2013.… Continue Reading
An FCC proposal would abandon "special use FRNs" in Ownership Reports and require social security number-based FRNs instead . . . for noncommercial licensees, too!… Continue Reading
The FCC is proposing to authorize Advanced Wireless Services for H Block spectrum - as long as the new kids on the H Block are in sync with their PCS neighbors.… Continue Reading
The federal government has performed its annual ritual of announcing the thresholds it will use for automatic federal review of mergers and acquisitions.… Continue Reading
With January 25 deadline fast approaching, the Media Bureau has provided some (non-binding) guidance to FM translator applicants relative to the preparation of their "Selection Lists" and "Caps Showings".… Continue Reading
In the wake of the Worst Congress Ever, our long-time friend Catherine McCullough -- guest blogger, commentator, pundit and lobbyist -- takes a look at the prospects for the113th Congress.… Continue Reading
We could be on a direct path to the Supreme Court, as a federal judge in California has disagreed with the way the Second Circuit in New York interprets copyright law.… Continue Reading