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FCC triples fine against Kansas tower owner

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 21 2011

In March 2010, a Kansas City field agent, responding to a complaint of an unlit tower, contacted the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA"

Video news releases garner $4,000 fines for two television broadcasters

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2011

After a flurry of complaints from advocacy groups a few years ago raised the issue at the FCC, the Commission has been pondering how to treat Video News Releases (VNRs) with respect to its sponsorship identification rule

FCC turns up the heat on those who fail to respond to its inquiries

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

In last month's Enforcement Monitor, we discussed a case in which the FCC fined a company $25,000 for failing to respond to a Letter of Inquiry ("LOI"

Late-filed license renewal application leads to compound fine totaling $13,000 per station

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 31 2011

A broadcaster’s failure to timely file its license renewal application often leads to a compound fine

2009 Second Quarter children's television programming documentation advisory

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 19 2009

The next Children's Television Programming Report must be filed with the FCC and placed in stations' local Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2009, reflecting programming aired during the months of April, May and June 2009

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

California broadcaster fined $10,000 for delaying access to its public inspection file

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 17 2011

The FCC has repeatedly held that stations may not require members of the public to make prior appointments to inspect the public inspection file, or otherwise delay or deny access to the public inspection file during normal business hours

2012 second quarter children's television programming documentation

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 21 2012

The next Children's Television Programming Report must be filed with the FCC and placed in stations' local public inspection files by July 10, 2012, reflecting programming aired during the months of April, May, and June 2012

FCC fines Ohio broadcaster $4,000 for failure to disclose the material terms of a contest

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

The FCC levied a $4,000 fine against an Ohio Broadcaster for failure to fully and accurately disclose all material terms associated with a contest in violation of Section 73.1216 of the FCC's Rules

Commercial stations’ biennial ownership reports: file by November 1, 2009

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

As previously reported, the FCC released an Order on May 29, 2009, suspending the biennial ownership reporting requirement for commercial radio and television broadcast stations that would otherwise have been required to file their reports by June 1, August 1 or October 1, 2009

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