Main online rules TITLE 47—Telecommunication Part 70-79 http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title47/47cfrv4_02.tpl PUBLIC FILE http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=fa3de0acecdaf32a43fb477e66887aae&mc=true&node=se47.4.73_13526&rgn=div8 CHILDRENS TELEVISION 1. In this Order, we take action to strengthen our enforcement of the Children's Television Act of 1990 https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1996/fcc96335.htm §73.673 Public information initiatives regarding educational and informational programming for children. Each commercial television broadcast station licensee shall provide information identifying programming specifically … Continue reading FCC Rules Television →

"The Commission adopted the public inspection file requirement to "make information to which the public already has a right more readily available, so that the public will be encouraged to play a more active part in dialogue with broadcast licensees." https://stations.fcc.gov/ The stations File is at https://stations.fcc.gov/station-profile/wtjr Getting Started:

Broadcasters permitted to cease tower light monitoring The FCC adopted new rules, effective March 7, 1996, that shifted the responsibility for tower lighting from licensees to the owner of the structure. In the past, licensees were required to: [Observe] ... the tower lights at least once each 24 hours either visually or by observing an … Continue reading Broadcasters permitted to cease tower light monitoring in certian cases →

Some may wonder in my last post I mentioned a case where the transmitter needs to be off in 3 minutes.. Most interpret this as 3 hours for TV and 3 minutes for AM radio but as you can see this is not stated clearly in this document, a 3 minute shut down is possible … Continue reading Unattended Operation →

To the Federal Communications commission, Hello my name is James Allen Wilson Jr. I am a broadcast engineer for both radio and television. I submit the following comments in response to the Localism Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”), released Jan. 24, 2008, in MB Docket No. 04-233. The area that strikes my interest the … Continue reading Remote Station Operation →

FCC Activities on the Localism Front Subsequent to release of its recent Report & Order and NPRM on Broadcast Localism, the Commission is taking steps to increase the availability of broadcast information to the public. First, as directed in the Localism R&O, the FCC’s Media Bureau revised and released an updated version of “The Public … Continue reading FCC Activities on the Localism Front →

1. Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009, full-power television broadcast stations must transmit only digital signals and may no longer transmit analog signals.1 With this Report and Order in our third periodic review, we resolve issues necessary to complete the conversion of the nation’s broadcast television system from analog to digital television (“DTV”). … Continue reading DTV transistion →

FCC Releases Specifics of Localism Rulemaking - Proposing Lots of New Rules For Broadcasters At its December meeting, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Localism. At that meeting, while the Commissioners discussed the generalities of the proposals being made, the specifics of the proposals were unknown. The full text of the NPRM … Continue reading Localism Rulemaking →

http://www.broadcastlawblog.com/archives/public-interest-obligationslocalism-fcc-releases-rules-for-enhanced-tv-disclosure-requirements.html The FCC has released the full text of its Order adopting enhanced disclosure requirements for broadcast television stations - requiring that they post their public files on their websites and that they quarterly file a new form, FCC Form 355, detailing their programming in minute detail, breaking it down by specific program categories, and … Continue reading FCC Releases Rules for Enhanced TV Disclosure Requirements →

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: November 27, 2007 Mary Diamond (202) 418-2388 FCC Requires Television Broadcasters to Provide More Local Programming Information to the Public Washington, DC – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today adopted a Report and Order (Order) which requires television broadcasters to provide more information on the local programming they are … Continue reading Public File on website →