Because cyberattacks on EAS systems are continuing, Radio World reports that the FCC is considering new requirements for firewalls and unique passwords.
In a related story, Radio World outlines other changes that may be coming to EAS with the agency’s June 25 meeting, including allowing implementation with software instead of hardware (although not in the cloud.) Here are the draft documents for the meeting.
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Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the power of federal regulators, like the FCC, to assess fines and penalties. In FCC v AT&T, the court ruled 8-1 that the agency’s system for issuing fines doesn’t violate the Seventh Amendment guarantee of a jury trial. For a nicely wonky write-up of how the high court clarified agency powers on recent cases involving both the FCC and the Securities and Exchange Commission, see reporting on Jurist.org.
Sen. Edward Markey, D-Massachusetts, wrote the FCC chairman, calling the chairman’s attempt to come up with more TV ratings a weaponization of his legislation.
Current reports on NPR’s new fee structure, which is based in part on broadcast reach, donor base, and new tiers of collaboration. A quote from National Federation of Community Broadcaster’s Rima Dael caught our eye.
“For some community stations, the new fee model requires them to evaluate whether they can continue as NPR members.” — Rima Dael, NFCB
Meanwhile, the public radio network has cut more journalism jobs.
David Solomon, executive director of LPFM Advocacy Group in South Carolina, filed comments with the FCC claiming a number of regulatory barriers to the survival of LPFM, starting with the need to allow stations to boost power to 250 watts. He proposed several other consideration to address those barriers, including a service-preservation envelope, modernizing translator rules and restrictions, modernizing ownership and programming rules, and addressing continuity obligations, arguing that “the ability to compete begins with the ability to remain on the dial.”
A Mississippi radio station says a data center forced it off the air. Inside Radio has a report.
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