HARRY C. MARTIN

Under a proposal released in October, the FCC plans to host on its website all television station public files. The proposed plan Licensees would have

The commission is proposing a new enhanced disclosure form (Form 355) for television stations. The 2007 version of this form, which was never implemented,

Five subject areas have been identified by the FCC task force as most important to the development of a comprehensive spectrum management policy. They are discussed in this article.

The FCC has initiated a rulemaking proceeding to examine what measures it should take regarding television broadcasters who fail to meet their DTV construction deadlines.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington has for a second time struck down the FCC's 2000 version of the EEO rules. In 1998, the Court found unconstitutional

In an ever-evolving effort to smooth the transition from analog to digital technology, the Federal Communications Commission is proposing to revise its

The Commission has clarified and modified the programming and technical aspects of its newly created Class A television service. Must-carry. The Commission

The FCC has three new Commissioners, who join incumbents Michael Powell and Gloria Tristani. They are: Kevin J. Martin, Kathleen Q. Abernathy and Michael

The FCC has issued an order that for the first time establishes rules for the mandatory carriage of digital television stations on cable TV systems. Must-carry

TV broadcasters still operating analog facilities on channels 52-69 after 2006 may become subject to heavy spectrum fees. By now all broadcasters are

In December, the Commission adopted new allocation and service rules for the spectrum now occupied by TV channels 52-59 (the lower 700 MHz band). In its

The Commission’s Spectrum Task Force has taken its first stab at rewriting the FCC’s spectrum policies.

Under the FCC's rules, if a station's over-the-air signal does not have a good quality signal at a certain headend, the station is not entitled to carriage on that system.

The Commission has initiated a top-to-bottom review of the broadcast ownership restrictions covering both the local and national ownership caps for all broadcast facilities.

The new rules again require broadcasters to disseminate notice of full-time job vacancies and to participate in a specified number of recruitment activities.

The FCC has adopted a tower construction notification system, which is intended to help guide broadcasters through the ofttimes difficult process of determining

The commission is reminding video programming distributors that the closed captioning benchmarks for new English and Spanish non-exempt video programming

The new proposal would allow a station to elect must-carry for either its analog or digital channel and to elect retransmission consent for the other channel during the transition.