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Ready for those summer interns at your broadcast station? Watch the legal issues

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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May 12 2011

It's almost summer time, and broadcast stations and other media companies are getting ready for the arrival of the summer associates

FCC fines up to $14,000 proposed for license renewal EEO violations, commission to hold webinar to explain its rules

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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January 1 2012

Fines of $14,000 and $8,000 were proposed by the FCC for violations of its EEO rules in two cases released on the FCC's last business day of the year

How employers can write social media policies to their advantage and avoid legal challenges

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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July 10 2012

Legal issues continue to arise for employers regarding their employees’ use of social media

Broadcast station reminder: EEO Public File Reports and Form 397 EEO Mid-Term Reports due by Feb. 1st for stations in select states

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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January 15 2010

February 1st marks the deadline for two FCC EEO requirements

Leaving the air to run for office - what to do with the broadcaster who becomes a candidate

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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February 4 2010

As we enter the 2010 election season, questions are beginning to arise about broadcast station on-air employees who decide to run for political office, and what a station needs to do about such employees to avoid issues under the FCC political broadcasting rules

FCC imposes fines up to $20,000 for EEO violations

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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December 30 2010

The FCC has issued Notices of Apparent Liability against two radio licensees for apparent EEO violations at their respective station clusters

Broadcast station reminder: EEO reports due Dec. 1

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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November 11 2010

By Dec. 1, 2010, radio and television Station Employment Units in the listed states must prepare and place in their Public Inspection File and post on their website, if they have one, their FCC Annual EEO Public File Report

David Oxenford reviews EEO rules with the Iowa broadcasters, while MMTC asks the FCC to suspend EEO enforcement

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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July 8 2010

As I was preparing for a session updating and refreshing broadcasters about their obligations under the FCC’s EEO rules at the Iowa Broadcasters Association annual convention in Des Moines on June 30, I learned of what seemed to be a startling development the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council, one of the most effective advocates in Washington for minority hiring and ownership, had urged the FCC to suspend its enforcement of the EEO rules

Between a Tweet and a hard place: the challenges of social networking for hospitality employers

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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May 12 2011

To say that the use of social networking tools has exploded in the past several years is an understatement

Broadcast station update: EEO reports due June 1

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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May 17 2011

By June 1, 2011, radio and television Station Employment Units in the listed states must prepare and place in their Public Inspection File and post on their website, if they have one, their FCC Annual EEO Public File Report