JD Supra

FCC Keeps the Pressure on Class A Television Stations, Issues $52,000 in Fines for Failure to Timely File Children's Television Reports

Yesterday, the FCC issued fines totaling $52,000 against four Class A television stations for belatedly filing their FCC Form 398 Children’s Television Programming Reports. The stations, each of which ...
Radio World

FCC Rejects a Class C4 “Test Case”

A Mississippi station that wanted to raise power — and be a kind of test case for a proposed new FM class — won’t get that chance. The Federal Communications Commission has turned down an application ...
JD Supra

FCC to Provide Expanded Major Change and New Station Opportunities for Class A, LPTV, and TV Translator Stations

On September 3, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Media Bureau released a Public Notice beginning a phased process to lift the current freeze on major changes for Class A television, ...
RBR

FCC petitioned to create new Class C4 FM service

Currently, the technical parameters of a Class A FM station top out at 6 kW @ 328’. A Petition for Rulemaking from SSR Communications to allow the power to be doubled from the same HAAT in Zone II ...
TV Technology

FCC Media Bureau Opens LPTV Application Window for Class A Status

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The FCC Media Bureau has announced that all rules implementing the Low Power Protection Act (LPPA) are in effect and that the one-year window for qualified low power television (LPTV) ...