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TV Rereg Order Released

By Ron Whitworth
703-812-0478
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On January 24, 2008, the Commission finally released the Report
& Order
containing the standardized and enhanced disclosure
requirements which it had decided to impose on the television broadcast
industry last November.  In our November Memo to Clients we
described the FCC's action based on the public notice issued by the Commission
then.  The release of the R&O provides us with the detailed
nitty-gritty of what the FCC is imposing on the industry.

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BACK TO THE FUTURE!!

By Harry Cole
703-812-0483
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Back to the future is where the Commission appears to be taking the television industry. The FCC has announced a major overhaul of the quarterly issues/programs list requirement for TV licensees. Instead of the quarterly report which stations have been required to compile (and place in their public inspection files) for a couple of decades, the Commission will now require the completion - and submission to the FCC - of a quarterly, FCC-designed form listing "various types of programming", including: local civic programming, local electoral ...

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