Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The FCC’s Media Bureau gave a long-awaited Christmas present to many of the country’s AM stations, releasing a Public Notice announcing the filing dates for the translator modification application filing windows for AM stations. These are the windows authorized by the Commission as part of its AM Revitalization proceeding (see our article here for more about the FCC decision to open these windows ).

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2015

While many broadcasters’ thoughts are on holiday celebrations, the political process leading to the 2016 elections marches on. Last week, Bobby Baker, the head of the FCC’s Office of Political Programming and I conducted a webinar for broadcasters in 16 states on the legal issues that need to be considered in connection with the upcoming political season.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Earlier today, Triton Digital’s President for Market Development John Rosso and I discussed the new webcasting royalty rates adopted last week by the Copyright Royalty Board to cover the sound recording performance royalty for 2016-2020. You can listen to that conversation discussing the basics of that decision here. John and I discuss what rights the royalty covers, which services can rely on the royalty for their music rights, some of the requirements of the royalty, and the rates themselves

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