Audio Description Required in 10 More DMAs in 2023

The FCC’s audio description rules will apply in an additional 10 designated market areas starting Jan. 1, said a reminder public notice in Friday’s Daily Digest. The expansion stems from the agency’s 2020 audio description order (see 2004220065, which adds additional DMAs each year for four years. The rules, which require audio description for a portion of a broadcaster’s programming, will now apply in DMAs 81-90, which include Syracuse, Colorado Springs and Shreveport.