Dates to Remember
August 1, 2025
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March 13, 2021 LPTV Stations Operating In Analog — deadline to file for a final 180 day extension of any associated digital flash cut or companion channel permit. April 1, 2021 Radio Stations located in Texas – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report; on-air/online announcements and public file certifications are required […]
Read More →The FCC has announced Auction 109 for four commercial AM and 136 commercial FM construction permits, and requested comment on proposed bidding procedures. This auction replaces Auction 106, originally scheduled and cancelled in 2020 due to COVID. The permits available can be reviewed at this link. The filing window for short form applications to qualify […]
Read More →Over the past two weeks, the FCC has issued several consent decrees and monetary forfeitures to license renewal applicants. The consent decrees – a few of which are available here and here, are being issued to applicants whose political files have political ad time requests uploaded late. Typically, stations signing these consent decrees agree to […]
Read More →Despite an announcement in October 2020 that the FCC would hold a 2021 filing window for new noncommercial FM construction permits, the FCC has yet to schedule that filing window. While the October 2020 announcement also asked for comments on a proposed limit on the number of applications that a single applicant could file in […]
Read More →The FCC’s C-Band auction clearing a portion of the band for mobile broadband use has now concluded, and winners will soon make payments against their winning bids. Once those payments are made, broadcasters and others holding C-Band licenses that elected lump sum reimbursements for vacating the spectrum should expect a public notice from the FCC […]
Read More →The FCC is set to apply its character policies in a case where it recently designated several license renewal applications for hearing. In the case, the 100% shareholder of the licensee was convicted of several felonies under Alabama law – two counts of soliciting or receiving a thing of value from a principal, one count […]
Read More →January 30, 2021 TV & Class A stations (commercial only): compile and upload to the station online public file records certifying compliance with children’s programming commercial limits for all of 2020. February 1, 2021 TV & Class A stations (commercial only): prepare and electronically file the Children’s Television Report (Form 2100, Schedule H) in LMS […]
Read More →President Biden has appointed FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel as Acting FCC Chairwoman. The appointment probably makes her the frontrunner to be permanently appointed in that role, an action that requires Senate consent and will likely take a few more months. The implications for broadcasters remain to be seen from a Rosenworcel-led Commission, though we note […]
Read More →Every broadcast license renewal cycle, there are always a few twists or tweaks in the FCC’s renewal application processing that are different from the prior cycle. But generally speaking, processing of license renewal applications always took about four months, consistent with the requirement that license renewal applications be filed four months prior to the station […]
Read More →In early January, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued an advisory reminding all Emergency Alert System (EAS) participants of their compliance obligations. All broadcast stations except LPFM and LPTV stations not originating programming are required to have operating EAS equipment and maintain EAS logs to reflect their various tests or if/when a piece of equipment is […]
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