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Tower owner fined for failure to promptly notify FCC of ownership change

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 30 2011

The FCC recently fined a California tower owner $3,000 for failure to “immediately notify the Commission of a change in ownership information.”

Cable and satellite royalty claims due to be filed with Copyright Royalty Board by August 2, 2010

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 20 2010

This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station's local service area or by a satellite provider which provided service to at least one viewer outside the station's local service area during 2009

Tower owners receive harsh reminder regarding lighting and painting compliance

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 31 2012

The FCC, citing air traffic navigation safety, has fined many tower owners for noncompliance with Part 17 of the Commission's Rules

FCC fines Pennsylvania broadcaster $10,000 for repeated failure to employ adequate personnel

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 16 2010

In keeping with lasts month's "meaningful management and staff presence" Notice of Apparent Liability ("NAL"), the FCC again upwardly adjusted a fine, totaling $10,000, against a Pennsylvania broadcaster for repeated failure to maintain at least one management level and one staff level employee at the main studio during regular business hours as required by Section 73.1125 of the FCC's Rules

Pre-filing and post-filing license renewal announcement reminder for TV stations in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 17 2012

TV, Class A TV, and certain LPTV stations licensed to communities in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands must begin airing pre-filing license renewal announcements on August 1, 2012

2012 first Quarter IssuesPrograms List advisory for broadcast stations

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 23 2012

The next Quarterly IssuesPrograms List ("Quarterly List") must be placed in stations' local inspection files by April 10, 2012, reflecting information for the months of January, February, and March 2012

Broadcast Station EEO Advisory

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 17 2012

This Broadcast Station Advisory is directed to radio and television stations licensed to communities in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin, and highlights the upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC’s EEO Rule

FCC creates digital television translator service

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2009

On December 23, 2008, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to create a new "replacement" digital television translator service

FCC proposes FY 2009 regulatory fees

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2009

The Commission has announced its proposed annual regulatory fees for Fiscal Year 2009

FY 2009 regulatory fees payment deadline: September 22, 2009

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 15 2009

Federal Communications Commission has announced that full payment of all applicable Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2009 must be received no later than September 22, 2009