FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Expansion of Low-Power FM Stations
An order adopted by the Federal Communications Commission at its Nov. 30 open meeting will allow schools, tribal nations, and other community groups to apply to operate new low-power FM (LPFM) radio...
View ArticleFCC Proposes Requiring Emergency Information On Secondary Audio Stream
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently proposed requiring that when broadcast television stations or cable/satellite companies display emergency information visually during non-news...
View ArticleFCC Reminds Wireless Service Providers of Jan. 15, 2013, Hearing Aid...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued an enforcement advisory reminding wireless service providers and resellers that they must report on their compliance with the hearing aid...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: 3 Key Areas of Industry Agreement Regarding the FCC’s Spectrum...
The Federal Communications Commission received over 300 comments from the public regarding its proposals to allow broadcast television stations to voluntarily participate in an auction of their...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: FCC Considers Relocating Spectrum for Wireless Medical Devices...
The Federal Communications Commission sought comment, in connection with the incentive auction and repacking process reported in previous posts, on whether to relocate wireless medical telemetry...
View ArticleCommenters Debate FCC Proposals on Ownership Reporting
Interested parties have filed comments at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding proposed changes to the requirements for ownership reports. In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released...
View ArticleAnnual Employment Report Requirement For Broadcasters and MVPDs Back in Effect
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has published a notice in the Federal Register that the requirement to file an Annual Employment Report is effective immediately. This requirement —...
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FCC Online Public Inspection File Suffers Outage
The public-facing portion of the FCC’s online public inspection file system for broadcast TV stations apparently was unavailable for part of the day on Wednesday. Although the outage was fairly brief —...
View ArticleFCC Adopts Rules Requiring Emergency Information Provided During Non-News...
New rules adopted by the FCC require that when television stations in the U.S. display emergency information visually during non-news programming, they must provide the same information aurally on a...
View ArticleFCC Cracks Down For First Time on Mobile Jamming Device Use; Fines in the Six...
Last week, the FCC for the first time proposed to fine companies for using mobile phone signal jamming devices. The FCC found that two entities, Taylor Oilfield Manufacturing, Inc. and The Supply...
View ArticleFCC Sanctions Toll-Free Number Broker
Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) handed down a $240,000 forfeiture order against IT Connect, Inc., a company that the FCC found had violated the prohibition on brokering toll-free...
View ArticleLeadership Changes at the Federal Communications Commission
Change is in the air at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The agency’s chairman, Julius Genachowski, announced yesterday that he will be stepping down on Friday, May 17. (He had announced...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: FCC Considers Alternative Band Plans for Post-Incentive...
In a Public Notice released yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission asked for comments on several possible plans for reorganizing the spectrum currently used by television broadcasters....
View ArticleFCC Confirms That Sellers Can Be Liable for Telemarketer TCPA Violations
A seller who authorizes a third-party telemarketer to market the seller’s goods or services may be held vicariously liable if the telemarketer violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: FCC Draws Criticism on Band Plan Proposals
A joint statement released today by AT&T, the National Association of Broadcasters, and Verizon criticized the FCC for seeking comments on new proposals for reorganizing the spectrum currently used...
View ArticleFCC Seeks Comment on Video Description
The Media Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comments by September 4 on issues related to video description, which is the transmission of a secondary audio track...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: Auction of H Block Spectrum Licenses
Continuing its efforts to license spectrum for mobile broadband uses consistent with the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, the FCC announced that it will auction spectrum licenses...
View ArticleDeadline Nears for Online Captioning of Full-Length Programming Edited For...
Under the Internet closed captioning requirements established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), after certain triggering deadlines, video programming shown on television with captions in...
View ArticleFCC Extends Commenting Period on Closed Captioning Issues
Recently, the FCC extended the time for interested parties to comment on certain closed captioning issues. In a recent Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the FCC announced that it is seeking...
View ArticleFCC Confirms Comment Deadlines to Refresh the Record on “Cramming”
On October 18, 2013, the FCC issued a Public Notice confirming the deadlines to submit comments and reply comments to refresh the record in the FCC’s pending “cramming” proceeding. Comments are due by...
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