EAS Participants Must File FCC Form One by October 3, 2025
By Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick and Elizabeth Craig - Pillsbury Law
The FCC’s rules require that... Read More.
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MBA joins reply comments on FCC Regulatory Fees
In the Matter of Review of the Commission's Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2025, MD Docket No. 25-190.
The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, in combination with the state broadcasters associations of 48 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, filed... Read More.
FCC CORES database updated/corrected for AM/FM stations
CORES DATABASE HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH REVISED AM & FM RADIO STATION FEE CODES AND FEE AMOUNTS FOR FY 2024 REGULATORY FEES
The FCC has resolved the fee issues that arose towards the end of last week for certain Media Bureau fee payors. Media services... Read More.
Sage EAS users get deadline reprieve from FCC
With a firmware update to bring Sage EAS devices into compliance with an upcoming Dec. 12 FCC deadline delayed, the Federal Communications Commission has issued an order allowing Sage Alerting System customers an extension of the deadline to March 11, 2024.
The update, required of... Read More.
FCC Extends Public File Deadlines Yet Again, and Adds LMS Filings to the Mix
By Lauren Lynch Flick, Pillsbury Law
The FCC announced [Friday] that due to continuing difficulties with its Licensing Management System (“LMS”) and Online Public Inspection File (“OPIF”) filing systems, the deadlines to file or upload a number... Read More.
FCC opens EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS)
Form One to be completed by February 28
After performing a number of technical updates, the Federal Communications Commission has opened their EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS), an electronic filing system to be used in reporting of national emergency alert tests.
MBA files joint comments opposing FCC cybersecurity NPRM
The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, in combination with the state broadcasters associations of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, filed Joint Comments arguing against the FCC’s proposed imposition of new EAS cybersecurity monitoring and reporting obligations and harsh enforcement policies on... Read More.
SBAs file FCC comments disputing regulatory fee schedule
The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, in combination with the state broadcasters associations of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, filed Joint Comments urging the FCC to modernize its methodology for setting annual regulatory fees to comply with the RAY BAUM’S Act... Read More.
MBA files reply comments to FCC for expanding regulatory fee payors
The Massachusetts Broadcastesr Association, in combination with the state broadcasters associations from every other state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, filed extensive Joint Reply Comments urging the FCC to expand both the types and numbers of parties charged FCC regulatory fees to... Read More.
FCC releases 2020 Regulatory Fees R&O
The FCC just released its Report and Order on 2020 Regulatory Fees, which can be found here: https://bit.ly/2ETijFc
The good news is that the FCC adopted a number of the proposals made by the MBA and other state broadcasters associations to assist individual broadcasters... Read More.
FCC Eliminates Radio Duplication Rule
WASHINGTON, August 6, 2020—The Federal Communications Commission today adopted a Report and Order eliminating the radio duplication rule for both the AM and FM services. The rule restricts the duplication of programming on commonly owned broadcast radio stations operating in the same service and... Read More.
