NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS lobbying for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Filing 2nd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 21, 2025

Expenses

$2,890,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using C: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 9

HCONRES 12
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
HR 979
AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
HR 139
Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
S 315
AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
S 29
Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
HR 861
American Music Fairness Act of 2025
SCONRES 8
A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
S 326
American Music Fairness Act

Lobbying activity 3

Advertising

Issues relating to the deductibility of advertising as an ordinary business expense. Issues relating to the business taxation of broadcasters. Issues relating to direct to consumer advertising.

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Issues relating to broadcaster development and deployment of the Broadcast Positioning System . Issues relating to the ATSC 3.0 next generation television standard. Issues relating to radio receivers and accessibility in the automobile dash. Issues relating to changes to Daylight Saving Time. Issues relating to emergency communications. Issues relating to Congressional oversight of the Federal Communications Commission. Issues relating to the Federal Communications Commission's rules governing broadcast ownership. Issues relating to carriage of television broadcast signals. Issues relating to the use of licensed and unlicensed spectrum for broadcasting. Issues relating reform to the Federal Communications Commission's transaction review process. H.Con.Res 12, Local Radio Freedom Act, All provisions. H.R. 979, AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act, All provisions. H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Provisions relating to broadcasting. H.R. 139, Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, All provisions. S. 315, AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023, All provisions. S. 29, Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, All provisions.

Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Issues relating to radio streaming. Issues relating to the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) applications on broadcasters. Issues relating to ASCAP and BMI consent decrees. Issues relating to the licensing of music for over the air broadcasts. H.R. 861, American Music Fairness Act, All provisions. S.Con.Res 8, Local Radio Freedom Act, All provisions. S. 326, American Music Fairness Act, All provisions.