With the whirl of the holiday season upon us, most broadcasters rightly thought they could put off looking ahead to the next license renewal cycle until 2019. Au contraire, says the FCC, which began sending out blast emails to certain radio licensees on December 6, warning that FCC internal audits have revealed that many stations’ … Continue Reading
The American Association of Advertising Agencies has adopted a new "best practices" policy addressing "non-discrimination vendor policies and procedures". A couple of FCC Commissioners have given the new policy the enthusiastic thumbs-up -- but is the policy really what the Commission had in mind?… Continue Reading
Getting geared up license renewal? On his own blog, our friend Kevin Fisher (of Smith and Fisher) has provided an engineer's perspective on some of the nitty-gritty details involved in certifying compliance with RF exposure limits.… Continue Reading
In an "Enforcement Advisory", the FCC has wagged a threatening finger at broadcasters relative to its nondiscrimination in advertising policy. But the Advisory still leaves questions unanswered. After three years, that's par for the course.… Continue Reading
The Media Bureau has released a Public Notice shedding further light on the upcoming renewal process. It includes a couple of interesting surprises worthy of mention and a couple of non-surprises worthy of attention.… Continue Reading
The folks in the Audio Division are gearing up for the next cycle of renewal applications - and they're doing what they can to help radio broadcasters do the same.… Continue Reading
Deadlines for comments and reply comments have been set in the proceeding looking to impose greater consistency in the FCC's regulatory treatment of a range of wireless services.… Continue Reading
When people get on the wrong side of the FCC, it is rarely for confusing one section of the rules with another. But the FCC is intent anyway on making the rules more uniform.… Continue Reading
