Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form One.... Read More
If you own a tower and it meets certain height or location requirements, the FCC requires you to register the tower and obtain an antenna structure registration number. Registered towers often change ownership during broadcast station sale transactions, but unlike a broadcast license, which requires prior FCC approval of a licensee change, tower ownership can […]
Read More →August 14, 2014 is the comment deadline in the FCC’s proposed rulemaking considering several changes to the Emergency Alert System (EAS) rules, with reply comments due by August 29, 2014. This rulemaking was largely prompted by the 2011 nationwide EAS test, which revealed several gaps in the existing system.
Read More →On July 11, 2014, the FCC adopted new rules requiring closed captioning of video clips posted online. The rules extend the Commission’s 2012 Internet Protocol (IP) closed captioning rules, which covered full length videos online, to video “clips” if the original programming was shown on television in the US with captions. The rules apply to […]
Read More →On July 9, 2014, the FCC issued a public notice announcing a total of 79 remaining groups of mutually exclusive applications filed in the October 2013 filing window, and the tentative selectee from each group based on application points. These remaining groups, consisting of over 248 applications, represent those applications for which no amendment, settlement […]
Read More →The FCC’s Media Bureau has announced a comment deadline of August 14, 2014 on a petition filed by the Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance (ATBA). The ATBA petition asks the FCC to issue a blanket extension of all current LPTV and TV translator digital construction permits to September 1, 2015, the current deadline for such stations […]
Read More →June 30, 2014: rules related to quality of captioning using Electronic Newsroom Techniques take effect. July 1, 2014: all television and Class A stations must begin to upload political files to online public inspection file. July 1 & 16: TV, Class A & LPTV Stations in California: air your PRE-filing announcements. July 1 & 16 […]
Read More →It took a few weeks after their narrow 3-2 vote, but the FCC did publish its Incentive Auction Report & Order (“R&O”) in early June, the first step of many in a long process that could repurpose some TV spectrum for wireless use. If you’ve taken the time to find it, you already know that […]
Read More →Oh, fun! The FCC has announced its latest round of EEO audits for broadcasters, targeting about 190 radio stations to provide paperwork and proof of their EEO compliance. The public notice includes the text of the letter those stations received. Responses are due July 25, 2014 unless a station asks for and receives an extension. […]
Read More →Back in April, the FCC changed its ownership attribution rules to make television joint sales agreements count against same market TV ownership limits if they involve more than 15 percent of the weekly advertising time for the brokered TV station. The move aligned the TV rule with the radio JSA attribution rule. The effective date […]
Read More →Citing an April 2013 freeze that limited the expansion of full power and Class A TV coverage areas, the FCC decided in June 2014 that there should be little need for and therefore implemented a freeze prohibiting the filing of new digital replacement translator stations or LPTV displacement applications. While waivers to the freeze can […]
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