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2012 second Quarterly IssuesPrograms List advisory for broadcast stations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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June 21 2012

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

2012 first Quarter IssuesPrograms List advisory for broadcast stations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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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

Licensee fined $44,000 for failure to properly disclose sponsorship id

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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February 29 2012

For years, the FCC has been tough on licensees that are paid to air content but do not acknowledge such sponsorship, and an Illinois licensee was painfully reminded that failing to identify sponsors of broadcast content has a high cost

Absence of main studio staffing lands AM broadcaster a $10,000 penalty

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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February 29 2012

In another recently released NAL, the FCC reminds broadcasters that a station’s main studio must be attended by at least one of its two mandatory full-time employees during regular business hours as required by Section 73.1125 of the FCC’s Rules

Disclosure of business radio transfers ends with consent decree and $85,000 contribution to the U.S. Treasury

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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January 31 2012

While people often think of the FCC as primarily exercising authority over the worlds of media and telephones, its jurisdiction often reaches into many other industries that rely on communications technologies

Late filings and unauthorized operations lead to $10,000 forfeiture

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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December 30 2011

The FCC recently issued a joint Memorandum Opinion and Order and NAL to the licensee of an AM station in South Carolina for several violations of the FCC's Rules

FCC fines unresponsive party $21,000 above base fine

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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December 30 2011

A recent NAL released by the Enforcement Bureau provides a reminder that regulatory ignorance is not bliss

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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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October 31 2011

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

Interfering signal leakage proves costly for Florida cable television operator

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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October 31 2011

The FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (“NAL”) to the operator of a Florida cable television system for multiple violations of the FCC’s rules

Belligerence costs a Florida broadcaster an additional $7,000

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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USA
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September 29 2011

Pursuant to a recently issued Notice of Apparent Liability (“NAL”), a Florida low power FM broadcaster was penalized an additional $7,000 for refusing to power down its transmitter at the request of agents from the FCC’s Tampa Field Office