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August 1, 2025
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On August 12, 2021, the FCC issued a public notice announcing the conclusion and winners of the AM and FM construction permits in Auction 109. The winners list accompanied the notice. Certain payments for the winning bidders were due August 26. Long form applications must be filed in LMS no later than 11:59 pm EDT […]
Read More →Last month, the FCC announced the procedures for the November 2-9, 2021 filing window for new NCE radio stations, and made the new form for the window available in LMS on August 2, 2021. Applicants interested in filing applications during the window (there is a limit of 10) should have already begun working on applications […]
Read More →August 2, 2021 Radio and TV Stations located in Alaska, American Somoa, Guam, Hawaii, Marianas Islands, Oregon, Washington, Iowa, Missouri, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021, upload it to […]
Read More →The FCC’s 2021 Nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System is slated for August 11, 2021 with a back-up date of August 25. This public notice spells out the procedures. By now, EAS participants should have filed ETRS Form One identifying their station, equipment and related technical details. That form can be corrected up until […]
Read More →The FCC’s Auction 109 for several FM and AM radio frequencies began on July 23 and will continue for the next several days. Bidders in the auction are bound by the FCC’s anti-collusion rules to be sure that bidders (or related parties) don’t collude to obtain a desired result in the auction. As Auction 109 […]
Read More →You may have a bit of sticker shock when filing applications with the FCC these days. Higher filing fees went into effect on July 15, 2021. A complete list of the fees can be reviewed here, but a few examples might get your attention. Full power station license renewal applications went up from $200 to […]
Read More →The FCC has announced the procedures for the November 2-9, 2021 filing window for new NCE radio stations. These are a must-read for any entity interested in participating in the filing window. Now when we say “must-read” that includes every footnote, as those often contain critical information that can be the difference between having a […]
Read More →At its August 5th meeting, the FCC is poised to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update its political programming and recordkeeping rules to conform the rules to statutory amendments, increase transparency and reflect modern campaign practices. In particular, the draft NPRM released ahead of the vote proposes to revise the definition of “legally […]
Read More →On July 23, 2021, the FCC adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to refresh the existing record regarding the statutorily mandated collection of data on the FCC Form 395-B (Annual Employment Report). The form was originally designed to gather workforce composition data from broadcasters on an annual basis but was suspended in 2001 in […]
Read More →We have long surmised that online public file late uploads for TV stations this renewal cycle would result in monetary fines because TV stations were using the online public file (instead of paper) for the entire 8-year license term (unlike radio, which transitioned in 2018). In recent days, our hunch has proven accurate. The FCC […]
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