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August 1, 2025
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In a May 2, 2022 public notice, the Media Bureau announced that as of May 17, 2022, several filings would be required and become available in the Licensing Management System (LMS). Included in the list are FM Engineering STAs and extensions, Silent STAs and extensions, suspension of operations notices, resumption of operations notices, AM/FM digital […]
Read More →Legislation has been introduced in the US Senate to update the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act that was originally adopted a decade ago and implemented by the FCC to stop loud commercials during video programming. As proposed, the new legislation would increase the FCC’s enforcement powers, potentially eliminating the liability protection that TV broadcasters […]
Read More →The FCC’s auction of 27 commercial television permits will begin June 7, 2022. Participants should have received their auction tokens that allow access to the FCC’s auctions system. Access for the mock auction opens Thursday June 2nd at 12 noon ET. The mock auction begins Friday June 3rd. Access to the auctions system for mock […]
Read More →At the recent NAB convention in Las Vegas, new Media Bureau Chief Holly Saurer stated that the FCC’s Form 395-B, suspended since 2001, will be returning as a filing requirement for broadcasters. The form requires the annual reporting of broadcast station employees by race and gender. The possibility of the form being reinstated was considered […]
Read More →In the days immediately following the submission by FUSE, LLC and others requesting that the FCC initiate a rulemaking proceeding to adopt a content vendor diversity report, the FCC issued this notice on May 23, 2022 seeking comment from the public as to whether it should move forward with a rulemaking. Comments are due July […]
Read More →The FCC has announced that as of July 15, 2022, it will retire the CORES legacy system that generated FRNs and passwords for new users. Once Legacy CORES is retired, users will be unable to make any changes to their FRNs in that system, including resetting their passwords, and will have to use CORES2 instead. […]
Read More →May 5, 2022 Deadline for stations on the FCC EEO Audit list to complete and upload their responses to the station public file. May 6, 2022 Upfront payments deadline of 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time to qualify to bid on any of 27 full power television construction permits. June 1, 2022 Television Stations located in Arizona, […]
Read More →In recent weeks, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has sent hundreds of broadcast stations official letters of inquiry regarding their compliance with the 2021 National EAS Test. In cases that we are aware of, those letters were sent via certified mail, return receipt, to the station mailing address. The letter gives stations 30 days to respond […]
Read More →The FCC recently lifted its halt to broadcast station inspections that was put in place during the pandemic, and advised all of its Field Offices that those inspections should resume. Stations should be on the alert for possible visits from the FCC. If a station receives a visit from the FCC, the individual will provide […]
Read More →For stations on the FCC’s March 21, 2022 EEO audit list, the deadline to respond is May 5, 2022. The notice and list of stations can be found here. Stations no longer mail documents to the FCC to respond to EEO audits – an upload to the station public file by the deadline is sufficient. […]
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