HARRY C. MARTIN

In addition to providing closed captions in digital, stations must still offer them in analog

In January, the FCC released its television reregulation order. The order heralds a dramatic change in the reporting and record-keeping requirements for

In December 2007, the FCC issued its long-awaited localism report. With it came rule proposals that, if adopted, would impose new regulatory burdens on

As of Feb. 17, 2009, all U.S. TV stations are expected to cease broadcasting in analog and commence digital-only operations. For viewers with digital

With less than a year-and-a-half before the end of analog TV broadcasting (except for Class A, LPTV and TV translators), the FCC continues to issue orders

Moving to your analog channel? Avoid coverage losses.

In May, the FCC addressed some practical issues related to the DTV conversion, which is now set for February 2009. Below is a summary of the actions taken.

In a 3-1 decision issued on June 4, the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York struck down the FCC's fleeting expletive policy, which was adopted in 2004.

The FCC will permit use of TV white space after the DTV transition.

While the final transition date has long been set at Feb. 17, 2009, some stations may want to terminate their analog operations before then. For stations

The FCC has released a controversial Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that could open the door for the use of unlicensed devices on vacant TV channels

Two small Western-state TV stations have notified the FCC that they plan on moving from Nevada and Wyoming to Delaware and New Jersey, where they would

In April, the commission issued a notice seeking comment on possible revisions to Form 395-B, an annual employment report that must be filled out by broadcasters.

The approach urged by the UCC would place the FCC in the role of evaluating programming content and, more ominously, regulating on the basis of that evaluation

The FCC has approved the first white space database and the first user devices. Such devices were to begin operation on Jan. 26, 2012, in the Wilmington,

The thinning of the ranks of Class-A television stations continues. The FCC has begun downgrading a number of these stations to LPTV status, thereby making

As part of its push to repurpose television broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband use, the FCC has, since 2010, been promoting the idea of channel

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,

Congress has passed the long-awaited spectrum auction legislation, and the President has signed it into law. Television broadcasters got most, but not

The FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to implement the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act), which the president