Monty Tayloe, Associate Editor, covers broadcasting and the Federal Communications Commission for Communications Daily. He joined Warren Communications News in 2013, after spending 10 years covering crime and local politics for Virginia regional newspapers and a turn in television as a communications assistant for the PBS NewsHour. He’s a Virginia native who graduated Fork Union Military Academy and the College of William and Mary. You can follow Tayloe on Twitter: @MontyTayloe .
Biography for Monty TayloeRecent Articles by Monty TayloeIf courts rule that the U.S. Supreme Court’s SEC v Jarkesy decision means a wide swath of FCC enforcement proceedings require jury trials, the agency may not be able to pursue any enforcement without congressional authority, former FCC Office of General Counsel and Enforcement bureau veterans said Wednesday.Read More >>
The FCC approved on a 3-2 party line vote an NPRM seeking comment on requiring disclosures for political ads that use AI-generated content. The proposal, which was approved July 10 on circulation but not released until Thursday, doesn’t specify the timing of an eventual order. Commissioner Brendan Carr and Federal Election Commission Chair Sean Cooksey condemned it as an attempt to interfere with the 2024 election. The FCC declined to comment on the intended timing of a final rule, or the delay in the item’s release.Read More >>
Large and small broadcasters, engineers and low-power FM interests disagree about whether the FCC should create a more powerful group of Class A FM station known as A-10, according to comments posted in docket 24-183. Due Monday, the comments responded to a Commander Communications petition (see 2406200052). Many smaller broadcasters support the proposal, but Cumulus and NAB said it could increase interference at other stations. Common Frequency and REC Networks said the proposal must be paired with one allowing increased power for LPFM stations. Multiple commenters, including Commander, said the petition contains technical errors in its calculations of separation distances, but those discrepancies could be adjusted. “Commander believes that the Commission could easily correct these spacing values and that the underlying concept of the FM Class A-10 station would not be affected negatively,” Commander said in a comment filing.Read More >>
The global outage of Microsoft systems caused by a software update from cybersecurity company Crowdstrike grounded airplanes globally and affected some broadcasters and 911 systems but spared others, reports from multiple companies and state agencies said.Read More >>
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overruled the Chevron doctrine (see 2406280043), and in SEC v. Jarkesy (see 2406270063) were “a good thing,” FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said Wednesday during a Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council webinar. Other former FCC officials disagreed sharply with the rulings that appear to expand judges' power while reining in regulatory agencies like the FCC.Read More >>
If courts rule that the U.S. Supreme Court’s SEC v Jarkesy decision means a wide swath of FCC enforcement proceedings require jury trials, the agency may not be able to pursue any enforcement without congressional authority, former FCC Office of General Counsel and Enforcement bureau veterans said Wednesday.Read More >>
The FCC approved on a 3-2 party line vote an NPRM seeking comment on requiring disclosures for political ads that use AI-generated content. The proposal, which was approved July 10 on circulation but not released until Thursday, doesn’t specify the timing of an eventual order. Commissioner Brendan Carr and Federal Election Commission Chair Sean Cooksey condemned it as an attempt to interfere with the 2024 election. The FCC declined to comment on the intended timing of a final rule, or the delay in the item’s release.Read More >>
Large and small broadcasters, engineers and low-power FM interests disagree about whether the FCC should create a more powerful group of Class A FM station known as A-10, according to comments posted in docket 24-183. Due Monday, the comments responded to a Commander Communications petition (see 2406200052). Many smaller broadcasters support the proposal, but Cumulus and NAB said it could increase interference at other stations. Common Frequency and REC Networks said the proposal must be paired with one allowing increased power for LPFM stations. Multiple commenters, including Commander, said the petition contains technical errors in its calculations of separation distances, but those discrepancies could be adjusted. “Commander believes that the Commission could easily correct these spacing values and that the underlying concept of the FM Class A-10 station would not be affected negatively,” Commander said in a comment filing.Read More >>
The global outage of Microsoft systems caused by a software update from cybersecurity company Crowdstrike grounded airplanes globally and affected some broadcasters and 911 systems but spared others, reports from multiple companies and state agencies said.Read More >>
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overruled the Chevron doctrine (see 2406280043), and in SEC v. Jarkesy (see 2406270063) were “a good thing,” FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said Wednesday during a Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council webinar. Other former FCC officials disagreed sharply with the rulings that appear to expand judges' power while reining in regulatory agencies like the FCC.Read More >>