FCC Inks Consent Decree With AT&T To Resolve 911 Outage
AT&T has agreed to fork over nearly $1 million to the U.S. Treasury to resolve a FCC Enforcement Bureau investigation into whether rules were violated by failing to deliver 911 calls and to notify 911 call centers in a four-state 2023 service outage.
Four Noncomms Get Emergency Alerting Upgrade Dollars
A quartet of educational non-commercial broadcast media stations will be eligible to receive a combined $1.8 million from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to upgrade their equipment in order to provide enhanced emergency alerting to their respective communities.
Tardy License Renewal Yields Proposed Fine For FM
A Class A FM offering listeners in Homerville, Ga., Classic Hits programming via satellite from Westwood One could be on the hook for a financial penalty for the late filing of its license renewal forms with the FCC.
SoundExchange To Audit Salem’s Streaming Royalty Payments
The Copyright Royalty Judges have received a notice of intent from SoundExchange to audit three years of statements submitted by Salem Media Group as it pertains to royalty payments it made, under the terms of two statutory licenses it holds.
Voter Targeting Through Advanced CTV Technology Arrives
Digital advertising and technology firm DSPolitical, a company focused on Democratic and progressive candidates in addition to public affairs initiatives, has inked what is being touted as a "first of its kind" partnership that links it to Comcast-owned FreeWheel's DSP.
Harris Steps Up The Spot TV Ad Activity
The presumptive Democratic candidate for President of the United States has seen her campaign invest in a big week-over-week increase in broadcast television spots, new data from Media Monitors show.
Citizens Broadband Radio Service Rule Modernization Plan Teed Up
"Building on years of successful interagency collaboration, the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks comment on a wide range of potential rule changes to improve the Citizens Broadband Radio Service for all current and future users of the 3.5 GHz band," the FCC said on Friday.
FCC Reduces Its Suggested LPFM Tardiness Fine
On July 24, a NALF was handed to Carolina University, licensee of a Chattanooga, Tenn., FM translator, for failing to file a timely license renewal application and for unauthorized operation. Now, the FCC has upheld that fine. However, it agreed to reduce the licensee's financial penalty.
Nexstar Creates A D.C. Gov’t Affairs Office, Led By Wiley Vet
He most recently served as the founding partner of an advocacy and consulting firm specializing in the representation of clients in the telecom, health care, and defense industries in matters before the Congress and the executive branch of the federal government. Now he's with Nexstar in D.C.
Pay Late Regulatory Fees, Or Perish, FCC Warns Licensee
Holmes County Broadcasting has failed to pay delinquent regulatory fees and associated interest, administrative costs, and penalties owed to the Commission.
As such, it must pay the overdue fees plus interest, penalties, and administrative costs, or show cause as to why payment should be waived or deferred.
GBH and PBS LearningMedia Launch New Civics Collection
A new collection of multimedia educational resources to help middle and high school students learn about civics is being offered by New England public media giant GBH and PBS LearningMedia. The collection is offered free to teachers and students online.
Consent Decree Absolves Broadcast Ministry Of FCC Violation
The licensee for a noncommercial religious FM serving Pittsburg, Tex., has entered into a Consent Decree with the Audio Division of the FCC's Media Bureau. It's a move that resolves a "OPIF" problem that needed resolution in order for the FM's license renewal to gain approval.
Nearly Three Years Later, Microsoft Drops DTS Order Review Ask
Microsoft Corporation in August 2021 asked the FCC to take another look at an Order that revised its rules governing Distributed Transmission Systems. Now, nearly 36 months later, the tech giant has withdrew its petition for reconsideration of the Commission decision.
Morgan Skinner FM Translator Donation Erased
An "assignment amendment withdrawal" has been filed with the FCC that effectively unwinds the donation by Morgan Skinner, head of Rockwell Media Services, of a FM translator that was to be gifted to Summit Media Inc. We know why the donation was scuttled.
FCC Gives ‘Indiscreta’ Rebirth Opportunity To Phoenix
The FCC has, intriguingly, opened up an avenue for the return of an FM translator for KASA Radio Hogar on the same frequency as Entravision's "Fuego" in the Phoenix market. However, getting FCC approval will require some skilled maneuvering.