FCC – New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters

FCC Filing Deadline Extended

Thursday, November 13 by Tracy Caruso

The FCC has released an announcement that all FCC filings due between October 1 and November 17 (Monday) are now due Tuesday, November 18. You can read the notice here: FCC Extends Filing Deadline The FCC may release additional announcements of further extensions for specific types... Read More.

NH AM Radio Station Receives Notice From FCC

Monday, September 29 by Tracy Caruso

New Hampshire AM Station Receives Notice of Violation for Failing to Transmit Required Station Identification Announcements The Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to the licensee of an AM radio station in New Hampshire for failing to transmit required station identification announcements in... Read More.

FCC Public Notice – No National EAS Test in 2025 but….

Thursday, August 7 by Tracy Caruso

No National EAS test this year but you must file your EAS Test Reporting System ( ETRS ) Form One by October 3, 2025. Click the link for the full notice. FCC EAS filing

FCC investigates New Hampshire Primary Robocalls

Thursday, February 29 by Tracy Caruso

ALERT_FCC Enforcement Monitor_February 2024 FCC Enforcement Monitor February 2024 By Scott R. Flick, Elizabeth E. Craig, and Adam J. Sandler HEADLINES Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable... Read More.

FCC Extends Deadline for Sage Customers

Tuesday, November 7 by Ed Brouder

(November 28, 2023) - The FCC has extended an EAS firmware upgrade deadline by 90 days (until March 11, 2024) but only for stations that are existing customers of Sage Alerting Systems. Users of other manufacturers equipment must still comply with the original December... Read More.

FCC To Bring Back EEO Reports

Wednesday, August 25 by Ed Brouder

Broadcast stations may soon have to begin gathering data they haven't collected for 20 years. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reinstating rules on Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) data. The sex, race and ethnicity information was a bothersome, but required, annual submission from... Read More.

FCC Fights Pirates

Thursday, January 14 by Ed Brouder

(Washington) Congress ordered the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to do something about illegal radio stations, so now it has. Details of the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act (the PIRATE Act) have been released. It's the headline story in the January issue... Read More.

FCC October Enforcement Monitor

Thursday, October 29 by Tracy Caruso

Click the link below to learn about: $15,000 LPFM fine FCC Rescinds Grant Proposed $25,000 fine ALERT_FCC Enforcement Monitor October 2020

FCC Enforcement Monitor

Wednesday, July 1 by Tracy Caruso

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. Click the link below for the latest publication. June 2020 Enforcement Monitor

FCC Says “Bye Bye” to Newspaper Legal Notices

Wednesday, June 24 by Ed Brouder

For decades, radio and television stations have been obligated to buy legal notices in local newspapers to notify the public of routine license renewal applications or ownership changes. Not anymore, thanks to a rule change by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The latest... Read More.

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