Dates To Remember

Posted on July 30th, 2015 by

July 30, 2015: new EAS rules take effect except for broadcaster requirement to provide EAS information for database.

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.

August 13, 2015: comments due on full power/Class A station channel sharing agreements.  Channel sharing seminar conducted by FCC.

August 14, 2015: comments due on Mediacom Petition for Rulemaking to require TV stations in license renewal applications to certify that the licensee will not block any MVPD from carrying the signal of the station at the end of a retransmission consent agreement unless the station is accessible over-the-air or by internet to at least 90% of homes in a market served by the MVPD.

Late August/Early September: annual regulatory fees due.