41 Articles match "FCC","Presentation"

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• David Oxenford Reviews EEO Rules with the Iowa Broadcasters, While MMTC Asks the FCC to Suspend EEO Enforcement
  
  went on with my presentation (the PowerPoint slides for which will be available here shortly, as will the slides for the presentation that I did at another session providing an update on Washington issues for radio broadcasters), quickly adding a summary of the MMTC request. What was this all about? So what does MMTC want?
  Broadcast Law Blog - Thursday, July 8, 2010
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• FCC Looks to Revise Ex Parte Rules - How Much Public Disclosure is Necesary When Lobbying the FCC?
  
  When someone "lobbies" the FCC on issues pending in a rulemaking proceeding or other contested case, the Commission requires that there be a certain amount of disclosure of the communications made to Commission decision-making personnel. comments made to FCC Commissioners by parties, written or oral, in rulemaking proceedings).
  Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, February 28, 2010
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• FCC Extends Time For Comments on the Future of the Media - Looking at the Public's Interest in Quality Journalism in All Media
  
  The FCC announced an extension of the comment filing deadline in its proceeding looking at the Future of the Media (see our summary here ). The investigation will also tie into several other ongoing proceedings at the FCC. Apparently, the task force has already been working with these other groups within the FCC.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Monday, February 22, 2010
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• FCC Inspections - Transmission Site Fines for Overpower Operation, Unlocked Tower Fences, and Improper STL Operations
  
  Last week, we wrote about the FCC fining stations for a number of violations found at the studios of some broadcast stations. In these same cases, the FCC also found a number of technical violations at the tower sites of some of the same stations. Fail to observe them, and a fine could be coming your way.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Saturday, September 19, 2009
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• More Indications of FCC Review of TV Shared Services Agreements
  
  Where the station providing the support programs less than 15% of the programming hours of the station being supported, the contractual arrangement is not "attributable under the FCC's multiple ownership rules. These decisions make clear that the Commission is carefully thinking about its position on these agreements.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Thursday, May 6, 2010
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• FCC Inspections - Fines for Violations of Rules on Main Studio, EAS, and Public File
  
  Last week, the FCC issued several fines to broadcasters for failure to observe some basic FCC rules. As there many FCC rules to observe, broadcasters should use the misfortune of others who have suffered from these fines as a way to check their own operations to make sure that they meet all of the required Commission standards.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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• FCC Issues $15,000 Fines For Unauthorized Transfer of Control and Main Studio Staffing Violations for LMA Done Wrong
  
  The FCC has long said that a licensee must maintain a meaningful staff presence at a station, even if the station receives the vast majority of its programming from some other source – whether that is a network or programming provided under an LMA. The unauthorized transfer of control made up the remaining $8000 of the $15,000 fine.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, March 21, 2010
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• David Oxenford Conducts Seminar for Utah Broadcasters on Political Broadcasting, FCC EEO Rules and Other Legal Issues Facing Radio and Television Broadcasters
  
  First, David summarized the various broadcasting legal and policy issues pending before the FCC and Congress. David's PowerPoint presentation will be available here soon. Broadcasters wanting more information on the FCC's political broadcasting rules and policies should review the Davis Wright Tremaine Political Broadcasting Guide.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, February 21, 2010
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• No FCC Rules Against Beer Ads, But NCAA and Other Program Suppliers May Have Their Own Limits
  
  Many broadcasters have had the conception that there are FCC rules against liquor advertising , As we wrote in 2007, the FCC has never directly regulated liquor ads. When the Code was declared unconstitutional in the 1980s, there was no longer any FCC review, direct or indirect, of any alcoholic beverage advertising.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Saturday, August 29, 2009
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• MusicFirst's Complaint to the FCC: The First Amendment and the Performance Royalty
  
  The MusicFirst coalition last week asked that the FCC investigate broadcast stations that allegedly cut back on playing the music of artists who back a broadcast performance royalty, and also those stations who have run spots on the air opposing the performance royalty without giving the supporters of the royalty an opportunity to respond.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, June 21, 2009
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