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Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP | USA | 22 Apr 2019
FCC Releases Proposed Revised Rules for Resolving FM Translator Complaints - Order to be Considered at May 9 Commission Meeting
The FCC last week released a draft order (available here) in its proceeding looking at revising the procedures to resolve complaints of interference…
Lerman Senter PLLC | USA | 29 Mar 2019
FCC Adopts Report & Order on Reimbursement of Expenses for LPTV, TV Translator, and FM Stations Affected by Repacking Process
The FCC has adopted rules with respect to reimbursement of certain costs incurred by LPTV, TV translator, and FM stations affected by the broadcast…
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP | USA | 21 Mar 2019
FCC Adopts Rules for Reimbursement of LPTV, TV Translators and FMs Displaced by Incentive Auction; Releases Catalog of Reimbursable Expenses; and Lifts Filing Freeze
In a flurry of actions in the last week, the FCC has acted to assist LPTV stations and TV translators displaced by the TV incentive auction. It also…
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP | USA | 18 Mar 2019
FCC Issues Reminder on Upcoming License Renewal Cycle: Begins with Radio in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia in June and Pre-Filing Public Notices on April 1
The FCC on Friday issued a Public Notice reminding radio stations that the license renewal cycle begins in June, when all stations in Maryland…
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP | USA | 30 Jan 2019
FCC Rejects Challenge to Hundreds of FM Translator Applications
Just back from the shutdown, the FCC released an order denying the appeal of two LPFM advocacy groups who had appealed the denial of their petition…
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP | USA | 23 Oct 2018
FCC Seeks Comments on Reimbursable Repacking Expenses for LPTV, TV Translators, and FM Radio
The FCC yesterday released a Public Notice asking for comments on a “Catalog of Expenses” that would be reimbursed to licensees of LPTV and TV…
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP | USA | 9 Aug 2018
Overpower FM Translator Prompts $12,000 FCC Fine
In an Order released earlier this week, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau imposed a $12,000 fine on the licensee of an FM translator in California because…
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP | USA | 6 Jun 2018
Comments Due July 6 on Proposed Rules for Resolving FM Translator Interference Complaints
The FCC today published in the Federal Register a summary of its proposed rules for resolving complaints of interference to existing full-power…
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP | USA | 26 Mar 2018
FM Translator Auction Scheduled For Mutually Exclusive Applications from First 2017 Cross-Service Translator Window
It appears that the FCC is attempting to clear its backlog of pending translator applications - and moving quickly to do so. On Friday, it released a…
Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP | USA | 21 Jan 2018
The Government Is Closed, But the FCC Is Not - How Government Agencies Dealing with Media Issues are Handling the Shutdown
As anyone who had turned on TV, listened to the radio, looked at the Internet or read a newspaper knows, the Federal government ran out of money at…
