Dates to Remember
March 12, 2026
Class A, LPTV, TV Translator minor change appli... Read More
March 12, 2026 Class A, LPTV, TV Translator minor change applications filing freeze begins 6p ET. Application for new LPTV and TV translator applications should be available as of this date also. March 19, 2026 Class A, LPTV, TV Translator major change applications resume, minor change freeze is lifted, and acceptance of applications for new […]
Read More →The FCC has adopted a Report & Order requiring all FCC licensees to periodically file certifications stating whether they are owned or controlled by a foreign adversary. The order defines foreign adversaries as the Peoples’ Republic of China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela but those can be updated from time-to-time. A single consolidated […]
Read More →On February 18, the FCC adopted a public notice proposing applicant qualifications and a 10-application filing limit for a first-ever NCE FM translator filing window to be scheduled later this year. Comments are due quickly, within 15 days of publication in the Federal Register and reply comments within 25 days of publication in the Federal […]
Read More →The series of filing opportunities for Class A, LPTV and TV translator stations is ongoing. A temporary application filing freeze is now in effect for major change applications, but minor change applications can still be filed until March 12, 2026 at 6p ET). One week later, on March 19, 2026 at 12:01 am ET, the […]
Read More →A few days ago, an order that the FCC adopted a year ago sparked a bit of a “panic” about broadcast licensees having to immediately update information associated with FCC registration numbers, or FRNs as they are called. The panic was unfounded, but we thought it might be a good idea to clarify a few […]
Read More →January 30, 2026 All Commercial Full Power and Class A Television Stations – deadline to complete and submit the 2025 children’s television report in LMS and separately upload children’s television commercial limits certifications for all of 2025 in the station online public file January 31, 2026 Web Streaming Radio Stations: deadline to remit annual license […]
Read More →While the Report & Order is not yet public, the FCC has issued a news release that it has adopted new foreign adversary control reporting requirements for all FCC licensees. Reporting obligations will be tailored to licensees based upon factors that include the national security risk and reporting burdens. Any new reporting will not become […]
Read More →Chairman Brendan Carr has circulated an item for consideration by the Commission related to certain processing procedures and limits for a planned 2026 NCE FM translator filing window. While the dates of the window are not yet known, this will be the first time that the FCC has offered an opportunity for new FM translator […]
Read More →The FCC’s Media Bureau has provided new guidance clarifying how it will interpret whether candidate appearances on TV late night shows qualify as exempt from triggering equal time rights for other candidates. Any legally qualified candidate appearance on broadcast stations triggers the right of other candidates to request, within 7 days of the appearance, equal […]
Read More →No later than today, January 30, 2026, full power commercial and Class A television stations have important children’s television reporting to complete. Stations must upload into their public file supporting material certifying compliance with commercial limits for the prior calendar year, and complete and file (in LMS) a children’s television programming report reflecting adequate amounts […]
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