Just in time for Memorial Day weekend! Now we all have something to mull over during those boring parades, fireworks shows, baseball games and cook-outs. Lucky us!… Continue Reading
Following our lead, the FCC has now reminded TV licensees of the upcoming Pre-Auction Licensing Deadline -- and it has officially released Form 2100, Schedule 381.… Continue Reading
This is the story of how Pandora, in an effort to cut its copyright royalty costs, managed to saddle itself with a complex array of ownership reporting requirements designed by the FCC to keep Box Elder, South Dakota safe from aliens. It's a true story.… Continue Reading
As part of the Paperwork Reduction Act process necessary to secure another three-year OK from OMB, the FCC has solicited comments on its local public inspection file rules again.… Continue Reading
A heads up reminder to all full-power and Class A TV licensees expecting protection in the spectrum repack: Failure to complete construction or to find, and correct, discrepancies in the FCC databases could result in less protection than expected.… Continue Reading
A fixed TV database device in Ecuador ... or the mid-Atlantic? Yes indeed, according to the white space database - prompting the NAB to suggest that it's time to tighten things up.… Continue Reading
If you're an FM licensee (commercial or NCE) and you're thinking about filing a minor mod application, heads up - a freeze on all minor mods is in the offing, thanks to Auction 98.… Continue Reading
Reminder: You should think hard about whether you need to pay summer interns instead of claiming that their "compensation" consists solely of school credit.… Continue Reading
If you're a broadcaster and you're worried that you may have violated the on-air contest rule - or if the FCC has concluded that you did violate that rule - you may be in luck.… Continue Reading
Thanks to Congress, we can be expecting some old and some new standards governing MVPD and satellite market modification proceedings,… Continue Reading
In the FM radio world, there are supposed to be only two kinds of antennas: directional and non-directional - but things are not as simple as they might appear.… Continue Reading
