On July 30, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth attorneys, Frank Montero and Dan Kirkpatrick, along with the FCC’s political programming experts, Bobby Baker, Gary Schonman, and Sima Nilsson, discussed the requirements and latest developments in the FCC’s political broadcasting rules, including equal time, lowest unit rates, PAC ads, BCRA, and record keeping.… Continue Reading
With primaries in some states happening as soon as March, and the Democratic primary contest already hotly contested by a large field of candidates, the 2020 election cycle is certain to be one of the most contentious and hard-fought in recent memory – as well as one of the longest. While far more limited in … Continue Reading
With Federal, state, and local elections on the horizon (to say nothing of FCC license renewals), it’s a good time to brush up on the FCC’s political broadcasting rules. This webinar, presented in collaboration with the Colorado Broadcasters Association, and led by Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth attorneys Dan Kirkpatrick and Frank Montero, and featuring special … Continue Reading
With primaries in some states happening as soon as March, the 2018 election cycle is certain to be contentious and hard-fought. Now is the time for broadcasters to review their systems to ensure that they will be in compliance with the FCC’s political advertising requirements. Now that all broadcast stations are required to place political … Continue Reading
On the eve of the 2018 mid-term elections, broadcasters will soon have to navigate the FCC’s rules on political broadcasting. To assist with this, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth’s Dan Kirkpatrick, Frank Montero, and Scott Johnson, were joined by the FCC’s Bobby Baker and Gary Schonman to present, in collaboration with the Colorado Broadcasters Association, a webinar on … Continue Reading
Join us on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 from 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EST for a political broadcasting rules refresher webinar! Presented in collaboration with the Colorado Broadcasters Association and Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, the webinar will be hosted by FHH’s all-star attorneys Frank Montero, Scott Johnson, and Dan Kirkpatrick. And, as an added bonus, … Continue Reading
If you missed our recent webinar (featuring FCC political broadcasting guru Bobby Baker) covering All Things Political Broadcasting, don’t worry. You can attend ex post facto, in absentia (if that’s such a thing), by listening to the whole two-hour production online. Just click on this link. As with folks who attended the live event, you’ll … Continue Reading
Ready or not, here it comes: Campaign 2016. FHH presents the FCC’s political guru, Bobby Baker, to help broadcasters get themselves ready. If you thought 2015 was some kind of something when it came to politics, you can expect 2016 to be even more. Things are about to get considerably more serious on the campaign … Continue Reading
The 2015 elections are now in the books, but the 2016 election season, featuring federal campaigns (Presidential, Vice Presidential, Congressional) galore, is already upon us. Now’s a good time to be sure you’ve got a handle on the rules. The 2016 elections are a year away, but the race for presidential nominations is already heating … Continue Reading
If you’ve been watching TV, or reading news (whether on the Intertubes or the old-fashioned way), or eavesdropping on conversations on the subway, you probably know that we’re already in the middle of the Next Election Season (even though the Next Election happens to be more than 13 months away). Because it’s never too early … Continue Reading
With Campaign 2012 heading for the finish line, here's a quick recap of some of the rules with which broadcasters should be familiar as last-minute political buys start to flood in.… Continue Reading
Just as the political advertising season is about to shift into overdrive, the Ninth Circuit has opened the competition for candidates' cash to a universe of broadcasters previously excluded from that potential revenue stream.… Continue Reading
A federal court in Texas has provided a reminder of why it is very important for all broadcasters to pay attention to developments that may affect elections in their service areas.… Continue Reading
With time on the clock winding down, the FCC threw the flag on self-proclaimed presidential candidate Randall Terry, ruling him ineligible (on a couple of counts).… Continue Reading
Just as the 2012 election season was starting to heat up, FHH's Frank Jazzo and the FCC's Bobby Baker recently provided a comprehensive refresher course on the political broadcasting rules. For those who missed the show, here's a link to a recording of the presentation.… Continue Reading
With the election season nearly upon us, it's time to start thinking about the political broadcast rules -- like how Internet streaming might affect your lowest unit rate calculation.… Continue Reading
Broadcasters need to remain alert to their political advertising obligations, especially during this last weekend of the campaign season.… Continue Reading
Hillary Clinton heading to the Supreme Court? Maybe, but not as a Justice. Nor, technically, as a litigant. Instead, she's at the center of a controversy involving whether a documentary film entitled "Hillary: The Movie" is an "electioneering communication" under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.… Continue Reading
Sarah Palin and the First Amendment - something to keep our eyes on? A remark made by the GOP VP candidate raises questions about what might be in store for the media under a McCain/Palin administration.… Continue Reading
