Dates to Remember
May 7, 2025
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Congress’ continuing resolution to fund the federal government runs out on January 19, and a government shutdown (full or partial) could result unless a new agreement is reached by a Congress that is narrowly divided along party lines and within certain party factions. In past government shutdowns, the FCC has often continued normal operations for […]
Read More →In mid-December, the FCC issued a news release that Commissioner Starks had joined with 27 members of Congress who wrote to the FCC urging reinstatement of collection of broadcast workforce diversity data. On the heels of that release, FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel began circulation of a proposed Report & Order and Further Rulemaking in the FCC’s […]
Read More →December 1, 2023 Deadline for all Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcast Stations (except for LPFM, TV Translator, or Radio Translator Stations) to file biennial ownership report in LMS. Information must be current as of October 1, 2023. For commercial station licensee entities, the new filing fee of $95 per station will apply. Radio and TV Stations […]
Read More →Licensees of commercial and non-commercial full power television, Class A television, low power television, AM radio and FM radio stations have one more day, until December 1, 2023, to file biennial ownership reports. Licensees with parent entities must also submit reports for those parent entities by the deadline. All information in the biennial report must […]
Read More →Unless delayed again, the FCC’s LPFM filing window will open on December 6. Applicants for new LPFM stations will have almost seven days to submit their applications. The filing window will end at 6 pm EST on December 13. The closing of the LPFM filing window will automatically end the FM translator/LPFM minor modification filing […]
Read More →In a public notice issued October 30, 2023, the FCC announced its second round of broadcast station EEO audits in 2023. The notice, which includes the letter to licensees and a list of the stations audited, set the deadline for responding as December 14, 2023. As with the last several audits, stations must respond to […]
Read More →December 1, 2023 is the deadline for full power, low power and Class A television stations to file FCC Form 2100, Schedule G, and pay 5% of gross revenues from any ancillary or supplementary services provided between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023. Noncommercial television stations pay on 2.5% of gross revenue. Instructions for […]
Read More →In a brief November 14, 2023 news release, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced the circulation to Commissioners of a proposal to support local journalism by giving priority processing to renewal and assignment applications of broadcast stations that provide locally originated programming. A summary of the proposal is all that was announced, so we don’t yet […]
Read More →The FCC Chairwoman has now circulated a draft Report & Order in the FCC’s 2018 Quadrennial Review of its broadcast ownership rules, where a possible relaxation of the local radio ownership rules and the future of the television dual network rule are at issue. The circulated draft comes too late to make the agenda for […]
Read More →EAS rules adopted by the FCC in September 2022 go into effect on December 12, 2023, requiring broadcasters receiving EAS alerts to default for at least 10 seconds to the IPAWS internet-based alert system to see if a CAP-formatted message comes through. If it does, stations must rebroadcast the CAP message. If it does not, […]
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