Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 1, 2016

Yesterday, the FCC’s Media Bureau issued a Declaratory Ruling , deciding that a syndicated television program, “Matter of Fact with Fernando Espuelas,” was a bona fide news interview program – meaning that appearances on the program by legally qualified candidates for public office would not give rise to equal opportunities (or “ equal time ” as it is often called).

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JUNE 30, 2016

Landing in Orlando to catch an evening Uber to the hotel marked the beginning of our time with The Florida Bar at their 2016 annual convention. In true form to their association, I didn’t make it 20 feet inside the lobby before I was greeted by Florida public interest attorney Kimberly Sanchez. Despite over 100,000 plus members, it seems that the Florida lawyers all know each other by first name.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2016

While TV broadcasters can enjoy an incentive auction respite in July as attention shifts to the “forward auction” where we will see whether wireless carriers come up with enough money to fund the $86,422,558,704 (plus $1.75 billion for repacking costs, plus auction-related administrative costs) needed for the buyout of TV stations who agreed to surrender their spectrum , radio broadcasters will get some of their own attention as, at the end of the month, the second window for the filing of 250-m

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2016

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler this week released a “fact sheet” setting out a summary of the draft order now circulating among the FCC Commissioners for review and possible approval. This order, if adopted, would resolve the Quadrennial Review of the FCC’s ownership rules. As we wrote here , the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently pushed the FCC to quickly resolve this proceeding.

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