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May 7, 2025
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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 →This past summer, after the DC Circuit overruled the FCC’s attempt to require broadcasters to check foreign entity/agent federal databases as part of new foreign sponsorship identification rules, the FCC Chairwoman circulated a follow-up rulemaking in lieu of challenging the decision. That Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking has now been adopted and published for comment […]
Read More →Earlier this month, the FCC adopted a Report & Order changing its EAS rules. The modified rules direct EAS participants, including radio broadcasters, television broadcasters, and operators of satellite, cable TV, and wireline video services, to transmit certain messages in an IP-based format rather than the versions in the legacy EAS format, which usually convey […]
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 […]
Read More →The Enforcement Bureau’s regional offices around the country have been regularly visiting stations and issuing notices of rule violations, especially in recent months. Agents from the Atlanta office visited an FM station in July, confirming that it was operating at an unauthorized location on a building rooftop three miles away from its licensed operation with […]
Read More →Due to damage associated with Hurricane Ian for broadcast stations in Florida and South Carolina, the FCC’s Media Bureau extended the October 11, 2022 deadline for 3rd Quarter public file uploads to December 12, 2022. The same deadline applies to Florida stations for their annual EEO public file report originally due October 1.
Read More →September 30, 2022 All Commercial Broadcast Stations – extended deadline to remit 2022 Regulatory Fees; fees can be paid until 11:59pm EDT using CORES. October 1, 2022 Radio and TV Stations located in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, N. Mariana Islands, Oregon, Puerto Rico and Washington: if five (5) full time employee […]
Read More →The FCC has a number of resources ready to help broadcast stations affected by Hurricane Ian. A 24/7 FCC Operations Center can be contacted at 202-418-1122 or fccops@fcc.gov. The Operations Center has and can send you a Reentry Letter to allow post-storm access to storm impacted areas. Our firm has a copy of that letter […]
Read More →Originally set for September 28, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. EDT, the FCC has now extended the 2022 Regulatory Fee payment deadline until September 30, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. EDT due to payment system issues and Hurricane Ian. The FCC called the system issues “technical challenges” but from direct experience, the CORES payment module was not […]
Read More →By public notice, the FCC extended the deadline for stations affected by Hurricane Fiona to upload required information for the 3rd quarter of 2022 to November 14, 2022. Such uploads are normally required by the 10th calendar day following the quarter, unless it lands on a weekend or holiday, in which case the deadline is […]
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