Dates To Remember

Posted on June 30th, 2015 by

June 29, 2015: upfront payments for Auction 98 due.

July 9, 2015: Form 2100 Schedule 381 due for all full power and Class A digital television stations.

July 10, 2015: TV, Class A TV, AM & FM Stations (Commercial and NCE): complete 2nd quarter 2015 issues/program lists and place in your public file (online for TV & Class A TV and paper for radio).

TV & Class A Stations (commercial only): complete and electronically file FCC Form 398 Children’s TV Programming Report for 2nd Quarter 2015. The report should automatically link to your online public file. Also compile and post to online public file records relating to station’s compliance with children’s TV programming commercial limits.

Class A Stations only: complete and post to online public file records relating to station’s continuing Class A eligibility.

July 23, 2015: Auction 98 begins.

August 1, 2015: AM & FM Stations in North Carolina and South Carolina: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and place same in public file as well as post on station website. If station has 11 or more full-time employees, prepare and electronically file mid-term EEO Form 397 and place copy of filed report in your public inspection file. NCE Stations Only: also file biennial ownership report via Form 323-E.

AM & FM Stations in California: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file as well as post on station website. NCE Stations Only: also file biennial ownership report via Form 323-E.

TV & Class A Stations in North Carolina, South Carolina and California: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file as well as post on station website.

TV & Class A Stations in Illinois & Wisconsin: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file as well as post on station website. NCE Stations Only: also file biennial ownership report via Form 323-E.

AM & FM Stations in Illinois & Wisconsin: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file as well as post on station website.