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FCC Announces Lift of Channel Change Freeze for Class A Television, LPTV, And TV Translator Stations by Daniel Brown on May 29, 2024 at 2:15 pm The FCC has announced that the current freeze on major modification to Class A television, LPTV, and TV translator stations will be partially lifted to allow applications to change channels as of August 20, 2024, subject to certain limitations.  Channel change applications will be permitted on a nationwide basis without geographic limitation.  For the limited…… Continue Reading

FCC Announces Exercise of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS)by Mark Malonzo on May 28, 2024 at 8:49 pm The FCC released a Public Notice today announcing a June 10-12 exercise of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS).  Communications providers, including broadcast, wireless, satellite, broadband, and wireline providers, interested in participating must register by June 3.    DIRS is the FCC online system through which providers report information on the operational status of communications assets…… Continue Reading

FTC Votes to Ban Noncompete Agreements by Anne Goodwin Crump on April 23, 2024 at 11:08 pm In late-breaking news, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has adopted a final rule banning new noncompete agreements for all workers and effectively nullifying existing agreements and requiring companies to notify most current and past employees that the company will no longer enforce such agreements. In a change from the prior FTC proposal, however, the agreements…… Continue Reading