Dates to Remember 

December 1, 2025

Deadline for Full Power TV, Class A, and LPTV Stations to file FCC Form 2100, Schedule G, and pay 5% of gross revenues from any ancillary or supplementary services provided between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025. NCE TV stations pay on 2.5% of gross revenue. Ancillary and supplemental services do not include free over the air video content, but do include computer software distribution, data transmissions, teletext, interactive materials, aural messages, paging services, or audio signals, and subscription video. Stations that provided no such services do not have to file a report.

December 1, 2025 (extended from October 10, 2025)

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 3^rd Quarter 2025 issues/program lists and any foreign sponsorship identification reports

Class A TV Stations Only: deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 3^rd Quarter 2025 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations:  deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 3^rd  Quarter 2025 report for any 3^rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter

December 1-8, 2025

Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and District of Columbia Stations with political file upload obligations due during government shutdown upload all documents to your public file during the window specified

December 8, 2025

Effective Date for revised Foreign Sponsorship ID rule allowing the use of certification forms

December 9-16, 2025

California Stations with political file upload obligations due during government shutdown upload all documents to your public file during the window specified

December 11, 2025

Class A, LPTV, TV Translator filing freeze for all minor change applications (including displacement applications) begins 6p ET

December 17-24, 2025

All stations in states OTHER THAN NY, NJ, CT, VA, MD, WV, DC and CA with political file upload obligations due during government shutdown upload all documents to your public file during the window specified

December 18, 2025

Class A, LPTV, TV Translator filing freeze on all minor changes applications (including displacement applications) is lifted and expanded opportunity to file major change applications with relocations limited to no more than 121 kilometers begins 12:01 am ET

January 10, 2026

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 4^th Quarter 2025 issues/program lists and any foreign sponsorship identification reports

Class A TV Stations Only: deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 4^th Quarter 2025 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations:  deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 4^th   Quarter 2025 report for any 3^rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter

January 29, 2026

Class A, LPTV, TV Translator major change application filing freeze begins 6p ET

January 30, 2026

All Commercial Full Power and Class A Television Stations – deadline to complete and submit the 2024 children’s television report in LMS and separately upload children’s television commercial limits certifications for all of 2025 in the station online public file

January 31, 2026

Web Streaming Stations: deadline to remit annual license fee and related statement of account with SoundExchange for the statutory license allowing streaming of sound recordings on the web. Payment can be made on SoundExchange’s online filing portal “Licensee Direct”

March 12, 2026

Class A, LPTV, TV Translator minor change applications filing freeze begins 6p ET

March 19, 2026

Class A, LPTV, TV Translator major change applications resumes, minor change freeze is lifted, and acceptance of applications for new LPTV and TV translator stations begins 12:01 am ET