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Understand These New RFR Rules
They don’t change exposure limits but you should understand their implications
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Business and Law
FCC 2021 Budget Plan of $482 Million Built Around Spectrum
Agency wants to resolve digital divide, encourage innovation and process reform
Business and Law
Commissioner Starks Takes Diversity Message to the NAB Board
Also voices concerns about data privacy and security in new television technology
Business and Law
82 Small Broadcasters Weigh in on EEO Rule Changes
The group said it’s time for the FCC to reassess its documentation and paperwork...
Business and Law
FCC to Tackle Duplicative Programming Rule
The commission is seeking comment on how best to ensure competition and program diversity...
Business and Law
FCC Moves to Revoke Licenses of Broadcasters Who Missed Regulatory Payments
The broadcasters owe regulatory dues for three years or more
Business and Law
NAB to FCC: Just Show Your Homework
Association continues its pressure on commission over calculation of regulatory fees
Business and Law
NAB Says Google and Qualcomm Should Pay FCC Fees Too
Association asks why station fees should subsidize work that benefits new competitors
Columns and Views
Digital Radio and the Role of Regulators
What is their place in the ever more complex world of broadcasting?
News and Business
Al Shuldiner Named to Head FCC Audio Division
Former iBiquity/DTS lawyer will succeed Peter Doyle
News and Business
FCC Hits at Unlicensed Signals Up and Down East Coast
Sends numerous notices in Florida, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey
News and Business
Rosenworcel Wary About More Media Consolidation
The solution to current regulatory challenges, she says, “doesn’t come with the commission scrapping...
News and Business
NAB, FCC Discuss Paper File Implications
Association would be OK with an email or paper mail option, but not...
News and Business
Mostly-Silent WRAX Turns In License
Radioactive LLC had faced FCC hearing over practice of broadcasting only briefly once a...
News and Business
NAB: Don’t Just “Shift Burdens” if Modernizing Rules
Also warns of some proposals that would "harm the integrity" of the FM or...
News and Business
FCC Is Back to Full Strength; Carr, Rosenworcel Confirmed
Pai: "Their experience at the FCC makes them particularly well-suited to hit the ground...
News and Business
FCC’s O’Rielly: Give Us More Tools for Pirate Crackdown
Commissioner says FCC should be allowed to confiscate equipment, raise its fines and penalize...
News and Business
House Bill Would Give Radio Stations Some Repack Relief
Would allow federal money to be used to reimburse FMs for "reasonable relocation costs"
News and Business
19 Ways to Make the FCC Rules Better
iHeart, Emmis, Urban One and others push for a raft of changes to familiar...
News and Business
Radio One Beefs Up With Richmond Translator
FM signal moves a couple of hours south, and powers up
News and Business
Perspectives Range Widely on Main Studio Rule
Our comment sampler continues; some want even fewer restrictions, others say a local presence...
News and Business
AGM Picks Up FMs From Univision in New Mexico
Groups trigger multiple station swaps
News and Business
D.C. Welcomes News of Rosenworcel’s Return to FCC
Former FCC commissioner will be future commissioner, president signals
News and Business
NAB Seeks “Efficient Disposition” of FM Translator Interference
Here's a sampling of comments so far
News and Business
Sirius XM Contests EAS Regulation
Seeks waiver until it can develop technical solution
News and Business
Crawford: Public Can Participate Without Local Studio
Company says its stations are plugged in locally, regardless
News and Business
New “Blue Alerts” May Be Coming to EAS
To tell public about imminent threats to law enforcement, among other things
News and Business
EMF Completes Purchase of KXOR in Thibodaux, La.
Will add 106.3 to the K-Love network of stations
News and Business
NAB Pushes Back on Repack Schedule Resistance
Impact on FMs and other "non-repacked" stakeholders continues to be part of discussion
News and Business
Is Main Studio Rule Doomed? FCC to Take Up the Matter
"Based on a tentative finding that the rule is now outdated and unnecessarily burdensome...