Washington Beat

Ensuring a broadcast station's license renewal application is filed in a timely manner with the FCC is a must. Yet, it doesn't always happen. That's the case with a Meridian, Miss., licensee that's just received a forfeiture notice for its tardiness.

A multimedia initiative that enables Members of Congress in cities where Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned stations have a local news department to speak directly to their constituents on a regular basis has returned.

While the "AMFA" support is dwarfed by that of the "Local Radio Freedom Act," with NABOB and the former FEMA Administrator now supporting the LRFA, one advocate pushing for the bill's passage is calling for the board of directors of two of the nation's biggest radio broadcasting companies to discuss "how music creators should be paid when their songs are played on AM/FM radio."

As FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel sees it, the Commission’s current rules for full-power and translator radio stations "contain a number of provisions that are redundant, outdated, or in conflict with other rules." Come February 18, she plans to do something about that.

What does this mean for you? A Fletcher Heald & Hildreth attorney provides an easy explanation for curious radio and TV industry executives and staff that will need to abide by the revised regulatory policy.

The "Local Radio Freedom Act" has the support of 208 House representatives and 24 Senators. While that's a sign that the resolution has strong support on Capitol Hill, there's no guarantee that it will get passed by the House or Senate. Here's how you can led your support to the LRFA.

In November 2012, Bruce James and his Vermont Broadcast Associates engaged in a transaction that saw the sale of a 100-watt FM serving a small town some 100km south of Sherbrooke, Quebec. Just over nine years later, the FM is officially defunct.

Four co-sponsors of the "American Music Fairness Act" are also co-sponsors of the "Local Radio Freedom Act," the resolution that as of today has resounding support. Even so, the musicFIRST Coalition is confident that the "AMFA" will win over Congress.

Jessica Rosenworcel on Friday shared with her colleagues a Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling that she argues would promote competition and increase choice for broadband services for people living and working in multiple tenant environments (MTEs).

An awards celebration will be held in-person in Washington, D.C. and air on local stations later this summer. Wish to make an entry? They're being accepted through March 7. We've got all of the details.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has reappointed a Copyright Royalty Judge focused in economics to a six-year term. With the decision, this judge will have spent 15 years on the Copyright Royalty Board.

He started his career at WBT in Charlotte in 1952. Twenty-six years later he would become President of the Broadcast Division of Allbritton Communications, former owner of such stations as ABC affiliate WJLA-7 in Washington. Now, many across the Nation's Capital and around the U.S. are paying tribute to Thomas Cookerly.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has set January 20 to markup the Open App Markets Act. The bipartisan bill, introduced in August 2021, is focused on promoting competition in the app market currently dominated by Apple and Google.

Over half of U.S. consumers have expressed an interest in receiving features of a "NextGen Broadcast Emergency Information service." That's among the key findings from new research unveiled this week by the NextGen Video Information Systems Alliance (NVISA), sponsored by Sinclair Broadcast Group subsidiary ONE Media 3.0.

Jessica Rosenworcel has appointed a host of individuals — many of which are broadcast media executives — to serve as members of the three working groups of the Communications Equity and Diversity Council: Innovation and Access, Digital Empowerment and Inclusion, and Diversity and Equity.