Dates to Remember
August 1, 2025
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July 6, 2021 All Broadcast Stations Required to Have EAS Equipment: Deadline to file ETRS Form One for the 2021 National EAS Test. July 10, 2021 TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 2nd Quarter 2021 issues/program lists and upload to online public file. Class A TV Stations Only: complete and […]
Read More →By public notice, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has announced the 2021 Nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System. The test is scheduled for August 11, 2021, with a back-up date of August 25. All EAS Participants – including Low Power FM stations (LPFM), Class D non-commercial educational FM stations, and EAS […]
Read More →If you previously filed with the FCC for a lump sum reimbursement of your costs for modifying satellite receive/transmit facilities located in the portion of the C-Band that was repurposed and auctioned off for new purposes, you need to take actions with the Relocation Payment Clearinghouse to receive those funds. But don’t expect ease and […]
Read More →Several important dates for the FCC’s Auction 109 of commercial AM/FM construction permits will occur in July. Details on all deadlines and procedures are in the auction Public Notice. Up next is an anticipated public notice from the FCC announcing all qualified bidders in the auction. That notice and list is expected toward the end […]
Read More →The FCC’s Media Bureau has taken notice of license renewal applications reporting issues or delays in station biennial ownership report filings for the prior license term. We’ve directly heard from the FCC staff on more than one occasion that late or missing biennial ownership reporting has now gotten the attention of the Acting Chair’s office […]
Read More →For any TV station that was repacked to a different channel after the 2017 TV Incentive Auction, the process for reimbursement of expenditures for relocating to that channel has been a long and complicated one, with the filing of multiple Form 399s with the FCC to substantiate expenses. Some stations that are now at the […]
Read More →July 13, 2021 will mark the end of all television analog broadcasting, with LPTV stations and TV translator stations still operating in analog being required to cease analog transmissions on that date. If those stations do not have a digital construction permit, their analog licenses will expire automatically. The FCC’s reminder about the deadline can […]
Read More →The FCC has reinstated the 2017 changes to its ownership after the US Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Third Circuit decision rejecting the rule changes. In an administrative action, the FCC’s Order eliminated the Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rule, the Radio/Television Cross-Ownership Rule, and the Television Joint Sales Agreement Attribution Rule. Other minor revisions to the Local […]
Read More →The FCC has issued a Report & Order modifying its rules to require all current and future FRN registrants to provide the FCC with a valid email address and keep that email address current along with other registration information. This requirement will enable the FCC, in coming months, to remove access to its legacy CORES […]
Read More →June 1, 2021 Radio Stations located in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report; on-air/online announcements and public file certifications are required under the new local public notice rule. Television Stations located in Michigan and Ohio – deadline to file license renewal application […]
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