NAB Wants FCC to Eliminate Broadcaster Notice Requirements
The FCC should eliminate rules requiring broadcasters to provide public notice of license applications, NAB said last week in docket 17-264. Such notice is “superfluous,” NAB said: If the agency doesn’t eliminate notice requirements, it should get rid of rules…
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requiring that notice be published in newspapers, and instead allow broadcasters to make on-air announcements. Stations that don’t have the capability to create and broadcast on-air notices still shouldn’t be required to buy newspaper ads, the group said. “Such stations could be permitted to purchase an online equivalent of a newspaper notice, such as an advertisement on a website associated with a local newspaper, TV or radio station.” The FCC already has gathered comments on an NPRM that included proposals to relax notice rules but hasn't moved further (see 1801020044).