Entertainment Law Update Episode 160 – August/September 2023
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) is now open for Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants to file Form One. Under the FCC’s rules, EAS...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week warned 13 property owners in the New York City area that illegal FM radio broadcasts were emanating from their properties, and that they could face multi-million dollar...more
The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by April 10, 2024, reflecting information for the months of January, February, and March 2024. Content of the...more
By April 10, 2024, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must: (1) prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license and the programs aired during January,...more
April 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas to place their Annual EEO Public File Report in their Public Inspection File and post...more
Elvis Costello once sang that “Radio is a sound salvation,” and for those educational institutions that have given little thought to the possibility of establishing a broadcast radio station, now is the time for such...more
Radio stations licensed in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota must file license renewal applications by Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or...more
Full power commercial and noncommercial radio stations and LPFM stations licensed to communities in Alabama and Georgia must begin airing pre-filing license renewal announcements on October 1, 2019. License renewal...more