Lengthy Implementation of Online Public File Rules Likely, Says Broadcast Attorney
The speed at which the FCC seems to be acting is most surprising, but radio companies likely won't be looking at implementing online political file obligations until late next year, a broadcast attorney said, referring to a draft NPRM that…
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extends TV station online public file obligations to pay-TV companies and radio stations (see 1410300052). After the FCC receives comments and makes a decision, "there will presumably be a phased in application of the rules," Wilkinson Barker attorney David Oxenford said Sunday in a blog post. The commission will need some time to prepare its own computer systems "to hold the files of the radio stations, cable systems and satellite TV companies which will also be covered by this proposal," he said. The FCC also appears ready to make a change to its contest rules, he said. The commission plans to consider an NPRM giving broadcasters more flexibility in disclosing contest terms at its Nov. 21 meeting, Oxenford said. "We would hope that the FCC moves as quickly on this proposal as they appear to be doing on the online public file revisions."