HARRY C. MARTIN

The FCC has decided that the public files of every TV and Class A TV station, whether commercial or noncommercial, will be hosted on a cloud-based system

The FCC is proposing new processing rules and interim procedures designed to give the public an opportunity to comment on proposed ASR-dependent towers

Now is the time to put your EEO house in order.

In July, the FCC released its long-awaited decision announcing that Sept. 1, 2015, will be the drop-dead date for analog Class A TV, LPTV and TV translator

New bills address the ongoing spectrum auctions

The FCC plans to improve its electronic filing systems by combining them into a single consolidated licensing system (CLS). A roundtable panel of industry

This month’s FCC Update column discusses the FCC’s decision to put off taking any action on a number of controversial and long-pending DTV issues.

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.

FCC Chairman Michael Powell has sent to Congressional leaders a plan to spur the national DTV transition.

The FCC approved deployment of white-space devices

The Senate seeks a spectrum inventory, but with a kick

The CALM Act would be effective by Christmas 2012.

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

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

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

In June, the Senate Commerce Committee approved S.911, a bipartisan bill that represents the most detailed effort yet to make TV band spectrum auctions

Frequency coordination is required for most microwave broadcast auxiliary changes

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

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

A new FCC ownership reporting system goes into effect Nov. 1. The current plan is for all commercial licensees along with a variety of broadcast owners

In May, the FCC ordered changes in the ownership reporting procedures for commercial radio and TV stations, expanded the reach of its reporting rules

The FCC has announced that it will accept applications for new and major change LPTV and translator stations. This is the first such window since 2000.

Are we at the beginning of the end of over-the-air broadcast television? Some might argue that free-over-the-air broadcast TV has been on its way out