Timothy G. Nelson

Tim has significant experience representing clients in the media industry, such as television stations, radio stations, newspapers, broadcasting companies, and trade organizations.  He helps these clients navigate the ever-changing media landscape and its particular legal challenges, including issues related to broadcast programming, engineering, First Amendment matters, defamation and copyrights.   

Tim regularly counsels broadcast clients on FCC regulation compliance issues, including political regulations, EEO reports and audits, ownership reports, contests and promotions, licensing, closed captioning, children’s programming, emergency access, cable and satellite royalty proceedings, and public file requirements.  Tim has also handled notice and comment proceedings before the FCC, providing written advocacy on hot-button issues of critical importance to his clients, and advocating for reform of certain industries regulated by the FCC.

Tim works with clients, particularly in the media industry, on a wide range of business transactions, including station and asset sales, mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions.  He drafts and negotiates licensing agreements, with a focus on retransmission consent agreements between television broadcasters and cable/satellite companies, sales agreements, organizational documents, and other business contracts.  Tim navigates the complicated regulatory issues involved with these transactions when necessary.