NAB Presents Roll Back Plan to FCC Over Proposed Fee Hike

NAB Pushes for Lower Regulatory Fees for Earth Stations

The FCC should reduce the proposed FY 2026 regulatory fees for earth stations to be proportional to the increases for other entities regulated by the Space Bureau, NAB said last week in an ex parte meeting with bureau staff members...

NAB Protests Proposed Fee Hike From FCC For Radio, TV

The FCC is expected to adopt its final FY 2026 fee schedule later this year, and the NAB wants the Commission to reconsider a proposed 46% fee increase for broadcaster-operated earth stations. As the NAB sees it, the hike is disproportionate and effectively penalizes broadcasters for using satellite infrastructure to distribute programming to their audiences. The trade group made its case in a June 12 teleconference with FCC Space Bureau and Off…

NAB Presents Roll Back Plan to FCC Over Proposed Fee Hike

NAB is pressing the FCC to pull back a proposed 46% fee increase for broadcaster-operated earth stations, arguing the hike is disproportionate and effectively penalizes broadcasters for using satellite infrastructure to distribute programming to their audiences.