MBA files joint reply comments on media regulation modernization

In the Matter of Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative, MB Docket No. 17-105.  Joint Reply Comments filed August 4, 2017. The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, in combination with state broadcasters associations across the country, filed extensive Joint Reply Comments in this proceeding, which is aimed at... Read More.

MBA files comments on FCC EEO recruitment

The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, along with other State Broadcasters Associations representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, recently filed Joint Comments in support of a proposal to change the... Read More.

2016 MBA FCC Proceedings

There follows an updated listing of the FCC proceedings in which the Massachusetts  Broadcasters Association has jointly participated with other State Broadcasters Associations in 2016.  This update provides the arguments which we advanced in strong support of the Commission’s elimination of the “paper” public... Read More.

A Good Faith Disconnect on Retrans

By Scott Flick, Pillsbury Law There is an old vaudeville routine I’ve found more useful for understanding lawmaking in Washington than any textbook.  It goes something like this: (Scene: a nighttime street corner illuminated by a single... Read More.

FCC launches EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS)

Deadline to complete Form One is August 26 On June 27, the Federal Communication Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau provided notice to all Emergency Alert System participants that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS)... Read More.