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• It's November 20, and Still No New Form 323 Ownership Report - What's a Broadcaster to Do?

  December 15 is that date on which the new FCC Form 323 Ownership Report is to be filed at the FCC - yet the revised form is not yet available in the FCC's CDBS electronic…

• Using Twitter, Facebook or MySpace at Your Station? DWT Seminar to Provide Employer's Guide to Legal Issues of the Social Media

  At more and more broadcast conventions, station owners have been asking questions about their legal liability for the use of social media.  What is their liability for the use of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or other services?  Could owners have liability if their…

• Davis Wright Tremaine Attorneys Speak at Future of Television Conference

    DWT attorneys David Oxenford and Ronnie London both spoke at the Future of Television - East Conference held in New York City on November 18-19, 2009. Dave delivered introductory remarks to the Conference, and…

• Letters From ASCAP, BMI and RMLC - What's a Broadcaster to Do?

  Radio broadcasters all over the country have been receiving letters about music royalties – from ASCAP, BMI and the Radio Music Licensing Committee (RMLC). The ASCAP and BMI letters are asking for the broadcaster to sign…

• DTV Station Reminder: FCC Form 317 Reporting of Ancillary Services Due Dec. 1st

  By December 1, 2009, all commercial and noncommercial digital television (DTV) stations must electronically file an FCC Form 317 with the Commission reporting on whether the station has provided any ancillary and supplementary services over…

• Multiple Ownership Workshops Start to Identify Issues for Quadrennial Review - Shared Services Agreements and Local Origination To Be Focus of Public Interest Groups

  What will be the issues that broadcasters need to be concerned about in next year's Media Ownership proceeding?  To get a clue, broadcasters should watch and listen to the second day of the FCC workshop on…

• Congressional Supporters of Performance Royalty Tell NAB to Negotiate With Music Industry - Will It Resolve Anything?

  This week, six Congressional supporters of the broadcast performance royalty wrote a letter calling upon the NAB to sit down with music industry representatives to reach a "negotiated resolution" of the "longstanding disagreement" in a session…

• FCC Senior Advisor to Chairman to Study Media Change and a Workshop on Media Financing for Small Business - Looking to Reinvent the Broadcast Industry?

  The Commission is worried about the future of the broadcast media, and they are trying to figure out what they can do.  The last two weeks have been full of news about actions being taken…

• FCC Issues Fact Sheet on AM Stations Proofs of Performance Using Computer Modeling Techniques

  A year ago, the FCC approved the use of a computer modeling technique, known as "moment method modeling", to allow certain AM stations to do Proofs of Performance of directional antenna patterns without the costly…

• $16.57 Million Verdict in Hold Your Wee for Wii Case - What are the FCC Implications and What Should Broadcasters Learn?

  A jury in Sacramento returned a $16.57 million verdict against Entercom Broadcasting's local subsidiary in the case involving the death of a contestant in a radio station-sponsored contest.  The contest - drinking water and waiting…