David Oxenford
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP
Music Modernization Act Becomes Law - Mechanical Rights To Become Easier Just As Performance Rights May Become More Difficult
USA - October 15 2018 Last week, after passage by both chambers of Congress and signature by the President, the ‘‘Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act’’...
Another FCC Broadcast Case Designated for Hearing - With Much Different Stakes
USA - October 12 2018 Yesterday, the FCC issued a hearing designation order - though one with much lower stakes than the last designation order issued by the FCC which...
FCC Releases Draft Order to Eliminate Broadcasters’ Obligations to File Contracts, Relying on Online Public File to Make Documents Available
USA - October 4 2018 The FCC this week released its draft order proposing to eliminate the requirement that broadcasters file certain contracts relating to ownership and...
Long-Form Applications Due November 5 for FM Translators for AM Stations
USA - October 3 2018 Earlier this year, there was a settlement window for mutually exclusive applications in the FCC’s application window for new FM translators for Class...
FCC Quickly Disposes of Proposal for AM Station to Go Silent and Broadcast Exclusively on FM Translator
USA - October 2 2018 Only three weeks ago, we wrote about an application for experimental authority filed by an AM station operator in Arizona, seeking permission to cease...
