Dates to Remember
May 7, 2025
Deadline to file comments in the ATSC 3.0 Transiti... Read More
The FCC has extended the comment and reply comment deadlines in its Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to further amend the Foreign Sponsorship Identification Rule. Comments must now be filed by January 9, 2023, with reply comments due January 24, 2023. The new rulemaking aims to specify exactly how a station must perform its foreign […]
Read More →By January 31, 2023, commercial full power and Class-A TV stations must prepare and file children’s television reports for 2022 and upload children’s television commercial limits certifications to their public file for all of 2022. Failure to timely file the annual children’s television report, or the reporting of less than the required amount of core […]
Read More →Statutorily, the FCC is required to review its broadcast ownership rules every four years to determine whether they still serve the public interest. With little fanfare, the Media Bureau announced the next quadrennial review on December 22, 2022 in order to meet the statutory requirement. This latest review comes even though the 2018 review remains […]
Read More →Nearly a year after being introduced, the Low Power Protection Act has been approved in the Senate and House, and presented to the President for signature. The text of the legislation can be reviewed here. The Act is designed to protect low power television stations in smaller and more rural markets from being displaced. The […]
Read More →December 1, 2022 Radio and TV Stations located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from December 1, 2021 – November 30, 2022, upload it to […]
Read More →The FCC has set December19, 2022 and January 3, 2023 as the dates for comments and reply comments on its Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to further amend the Foreign Sponsorship Identification Rule. In the new rulemaking, the FCC wants to specify exactly how a station must perform its foreign entity diligence by mandating that […]
Read More →On November 28, 2022, the FCC’s Media Bureau issued a public notice announcing that it would seek comment on a combined NAB/Xperi, Inc. petition to modify the FCC’s FM digital radio rules. The joint petition asks for adoption of an updated formula to determine and increase FM digital sideband power levels for stations transmitting digital […]
Read More →Yes, we know that 2023 is still a month away, but for broadcasters, it is a good time to mark a few things on your 2023 calendars. All broadcast stations will need to file biennial ownership reports in 2023 (these are due every odd year). Stations will need to report their ownership status as of […]
Read More →The FCC’s recent Report & Order changing the EAS rules was published in the Federal Register and the new rules will become effective December 12, 2022. The modified rules direct EAS participants – within one year of the effective date, so by December 12, 2023 — to transmit certain messages in an IP-based format rather […]
Read More →Annually, every December 1st, for those commercial and noncommercial full power, Class A or low power television stations that are transmitting ancillary/supplementary services, a report must be filed detailing those services and remitting any payments due. A few years ago, because most stations were not transmitting such services, the FCC stopped requiring all stations to […]
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