Dates to Remember 

Posted on June 30th, 2026 by

July 10, 2026

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): Deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 2nd Quarter 2026 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 2nd Quarter 2026 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations: Deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 2nd   Quarter 2026 report for any 3rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter

LPFM, FM translator and FM Booster Stations: Minor modification filing freeze begins and will continue until 6p ET on August 25, 2026

August 1, 2026

Radio and TV Stations located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin and California: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the station website

Mid-Term EEO Reviews for Radio stations have ended because all radio stations are now beyond the mid-point of their current 8-year license renewal term. License renewal applications for radio stations in the District of Colombia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia will be due in one year on June 1, 2027

Mid-Term EEO Review for Television stations located in California: if station employment unit has five (5) or more full-time employees, an independent mid-term EEO review of the station’s last two EEO public file reports by the FCC will occur in connection with your upload of the 2025-26 EEO public file report due August 1.  By uploading an EEO public file report, the FCC automatically knows that the television station meets the 5 or more full-time employee threshold for a mid-term review. So unlike for radio, there is no OPIF mechanism available or needed for TV stations to specify the number of SEU employees

August 11, 2026

Noncommercial FM Translator filing window opens at 12:01 am ET.

August 25, 2026

Noncommercial FM Translator filing window closes at 6p ET.