Dates To Remember

January 10, 2017

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 4^th quarter 2016 issues/program reports. TV & Class A stations post the report to your online public file. AM & FM Stations place in your public file (if already moved online, place in online public file).

TV & Class A stations (commercial only): complete and electronically file via LMS the FCC Form 398 Children’s TV Programming Report for 4^th Quarter 2016. Your report should be automatically linked by the FCC to your online public file. Also compile and post to online public file records relating to station’s compliance with children’s programming commercial limits.

Class A TV Stations Only: complete and post to your online public file certification of ongoing Class A eligibility.

January 30, 2017

Deadline for filing comments in support of petition for rulemaking seeking to allow exclusive online recruitment for position vacancies under the FCC’s EEO rules

January 31, 2017

All stations streaming a signal on the internet must file their statement of use and make a minimum payment of $500 per channel to SoundExchange

February 1, 2017

AM & FM Stations in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma: if five (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in public file as well as post on station website. If station employment unit has 11 or more full-time employees, also prepare and electronically file mid-term EEO Form 397 and place copy of filed report in public inspection file. NCE Stations Only: the Form 323-E ownership report that would have been due on this date has been suspended until December 1, 2017.

AM & FM Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and New York: If five (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and place same in public file as well as post on station website.

TV & Class A Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and New York, if five (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file as well as on station website and prepare and electronically file mid-term EEO Form 397. NCE Stations Only: the Form 323-E ownership report that would have been due on this date has been suspended until December 1, 2017.

TV & Class A Stations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma: if five (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file and station website.