Dates to Remember
July 10, 2026
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On May 11, 2026, the FCC announced an auction for certain specified FM station construction permits and scheduled it for February 2, 2027. A public notice seeking comment on the auction procedures can be found here, with comments due June 9. A filing freeze related to the allotted FM facilities went into effect on May […]
Read More →The FCC announced June 18 as the effective date for updates to Parts 73 and 74 of its rules governing full power and low power broadcast stations. The rule changes were adopted back in March to delete several obsolete rule portions, better reflect current application processing requirements, codify existing practices, and remove references to outdated […]
Read More →June 1, 2026 Radio and TV Stations located in Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia and West Virginia: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from ‘June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026, upload it to the station […]
Read More →On April 28, 2026, the FCC’s Media Bureau Video Division Chief issued an Order requiring Disney’s ABC to file early renewal applications for its eight owned television stations as part of an ongoing investigation. The Order cites to the ongoing investigation launched last year into the stations’ DEI practices and for non-compliance with the Communications […]
Read More →In a 33-page final order effective April 22, 2026, the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Agency reclassified marijuana as a Schedule III drug. Previously, it was a Schedule 1 drug. In addition, the DEA has announced an expedited hearing for June 29, 2026 to consider other federal law changes that may be needed as a […]
Read More →On April 22, 2026 the FCC’s Media Bureau opened a docket seeking public comment on TV parental guidelines and television content ratings. Comments are due by May 22 and reply comments by June 22. Industry adopted TV ratings (by age and content) have been in place for over 25 years and is used voluntarily by […]
Read More →On April 8, 2026, the FCC’s Media Bureau extended its current waiver for TV stations to provide an audio crawl of certain emergency information. The FCC’s rule adopted years ago requires television broadcasters to provide an aural representation of visual, nontextual emergency information that is displayed during non-newscast programming, such as radar maps or other […]
Read More →April 1, 2026 Radio and TV Stations located in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Delaware and Pennsylvania: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from ‘April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the […]
Read More →The FCC’s Media Bureau has issued a public notice with guidance on who is entitled to “lowest unit charge” rates for political ads. The notice reminds broadcasters of when federal candidate campaign committees / parties are eligible for LUC rates and encourages stations to request documentation from advertisers if necessary. Specifically, in addition to the […]
Read More →The FCC has continued with its process of eliminating rules or making regulations current with present practices, recently adopting an order updating rules to reflect current systems and nomenclature, while also eliminating several obsolete rules. Among other changes, the order (1) replaced references to FCC legacy filing systems with newer systems, (2) updated rules to […]
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