Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2013

Earlier today, we wrote about the FCC's reminder that TV broadcasters must, by February 4, complete the upload to their FCC-mandated online public inspection file all materials from the current renewal term that were created prior to the August 2 effective date of the online public inspection file requirement. We noted that the FCC had not addressed the question of stations that had outstanding renewals from the last renewal term - which could potentially mandate that some stations upload as muc

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The Paralegal Resource

JANUARY 22, 2013

Commercial litigation is a broad term covering legal disagreements between businesses. The disagreement may be over a financial issue, or a contract. A commercial litigation attorney spends his or her time handling these cases with the goal of settling most such disputes without having to go to trial. Commercial lawyers help in the area of mergers and acquisitions by negotiating contracts, ensuring the sale follows all legal requirements, and reviewing stock sales related to the merger or acquis

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2013

The six months that the FCC gave to television stations to upload the contents of their paper public files to their new online public file seemed like a long time back in August, when the deadline was announced and the online public file rule became effective. But that deadline is upon us, and the FCC yesterday issued a reminder that television broadcasters (full power and Class A stations) need to have all of their required documents uploaded to their online public file by Monday, February 4.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

With very limited exceptions, all broadcast stations are required to participate in Emergency Alert System , and to transmit any alerts that they may receive during their hours of operation. The FCC has just proposed to issue an $8000 fine to a station that allegedly had a working EAS receiver (unlike some of the stations we have written about before who were fined for EAS violations when their receivers were not connected or otherwise inoperable when the FCC inspectors came knocking).

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2013

February is almost upon us, and it brings a host of regulatory obligations for broadcasters – as well as the filing deadline for those interested in pursuing new FM channels in an upcoming auction, and a number of opportunities to comment on important FCC proceedings. The week before last, TV NewsCheck published our latest quarterly update on the regulatory issues facing television broadcasters – and these include several with February dates.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2013

With the league championship match-ups set, and the Super Bowl only 3 weeks away, broadcasters are once again getting ready for the onslaught of advertising opportunities that come with the big game. But, as we write every year at this time , broadcasters need to be extremely careful in using the term "Super Bowl" in any advertising by a sponsor who has not been authorized to use that term.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2013

Last week, we wrote about the first step in the FCC's processing of the remaining applications for FM translators filed way back in 2003. The FCC has required that applicants who have more than one application pending in a market, or more than 50 applications pending nationwide, file an election as to which applications they will continue to pursue under the newly adopted application caps (3 applications per market and 70 nationwide, with no more than 50 applications in the Appendix A markets -

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The Paralegal Resource

JANUARY 8, 2013

The HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) was passed by the US congress in 1996. The federal regulations were established, which force hospitals, doctors, and providers of health care to meet baseline standards while handling the protected electronic health information like patient's medical accounts and health records.

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The Paralegal Resource

JANUARY 8, 2013

A probate is the legal process of establishing the validity of the will of a deceased person in a court of law. Through this process, the assets of a dead person are administered. If the person has died without a will, then the court employs a Personal Representative to dispense the person?s assets according to hereditary succession.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

The full decision of the Copyright Royalty Board setting the royalty rates to be paid to SoundExchange by Sirius XM and Music Choice from 2013 through 2017 has now been released. We wrote about the initial release of the summary of the decision before Christmas. The final decision is interesting in many respects. First, it is the first decision to be released since two of the original three Copyright Royalty Judges left the bench.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2013

As we wrote last month , the FCC has issued an order attempting to resolve the remaining issues between FM translators from the 2003 FM translator window , whose processing has been frozen for over 5 years, and LPFM stations. As part of the Commission's order, it decided that translator applicants would be limited to 3 applications in any "Appendix A market" – essentially the Top 150 Arbitron markets and a handful of other markets with high numbers of translator applicants &ndash

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2013

A recent article in the Chicago Tribune demonstrates that the FCC's Equal Opportunities requirements , as embodied in Section 315 of the Communications Act, apply to candidates for state and local elective office as well as to those for Federal office. We have written before about this obligation of stations to provide Equal Opportunities (sometimes referred to as " Equal Time ") to all competing candidates for the same office, yet many stations seem to be confused about their obligati

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2013

As the ancient Mayans appear to have been wrong, and 2013 is indeed happening, we have once again published our broadcaster's calendar to remind broadcasters of the dates that they need to keep on their radar to make sure that they remain in legal compliance in the coming year. Like seemingly every year, it is a busy one, with ongoing radio and television license renewals still being filed and processed by the FCC, as well as the normal regulatory deadlines - EEO public file reports, quarterly p

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 7, 2013

Every year, about this time, I dust off the crystal ball to offer a look at the year ahead to see what Washington has in store for broadcasters. This year, like many in the recent past, Washington will consider important issues for both radio and TV, as well as issues affecting the growing on-line presence of broadcasters. The FCC, Congress, and other government agencies are never afraid to provide their views on what the industry should be doing but, unlike other members of the broadcasters' au

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 17, 2013

The FCC this week released a Public Notice announcing comment deadlines on rulemaking proposals relating to the FCC Biennial Ownership Reports. The first set of proposals deals with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued earlier this month, proposing a series of changes to the process for filing these reports. The proposals include a requirement that the all persons with attributable interests in broadcast stations get a unique FCC Registration Number (an "FRN"), which will require fil

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