Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form One.... Read More
Several years ago, the FCC began transitioning various FCC application and reporting forms from the old Consolidated Database System (CDBS) to the new Licensing Management System (LMS). However, the FCC’s license assignment and transfer of control applications had not made the transition, remaining some of the oldest forms still filed in CDBS. That ended on […]
Read More →When the FCC’s recently adopted Order revising the broadcast local public notice rule became effective on October 30, 2020, the way that license renewal applicants made local on-air announcements about renewal applications changed significantly. For all renewal applications beginning with those filed December 1, 2020, instead of six announcements on the 1st and 16th days […]
Read More →On November 23, 2020, the FCC’s Media Bureau issued a $20,000 Notice of Apparent Liability to a television station in Maryland for exceeding the FCC’s rules limiting the number of minutes of commercial matter that may be included during children’s programming. The station disclosed eleven instances of inadvertent commercial limits overages when it filed for […]
Read More →December 1, 2020 is the deadline for digital television stations that used digital capacity for feeable ancillary/supplementary uses during the period from October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020 to file Schedule 2100(g) Ancillary/Supplementary Use report and remit any fees due. Ancillary/supplementary uses are defined as computer software distribution, data transmissions, teletext, interactive materials, aural […]
Read More →Comments are due December 24, 2020 and reply comments January 25, 2021 on the FCC’s proposed rulemaking that would require broadcast stations to disclose when they broadcast content that is sponsored or provided by foreign governments. The NPRM discusses numerous issues that will ultimately inform broadcasters as to how diligent they will need to be […]
Read More →December 1, 2020 Digital Full Power, Class A or LPTV Stations: Deadline for digital television stations that used digital capacity for feeable ancillary/supplementary uses during the period from October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020 to file Schedule 2100(g) Ancillary/Supplementary Use report and remit any fees due. Radio Stations located in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North […]
Read More →In a recent Public Notice seeking comment on whether the FCC should cap the number of applications one entity can file during a filing window for new noncommercial FM construction permits, the FCC directed the Media Bureau to open a filing window for those applications during 2021. No date was announced, but the Notice promised […]
Read More →The FCC’s recently adopted Order substantially revising the broadcast local public notice rule became effective on October 30, 2020 with its publication in the Federal Register. The new rule permanently eliminated the need to publish any newspaper notices about filed applications, which were costly and more difficult to accomplish as newspapers folded. Stations will now […]
Read More →At its October meeting, the FCC adopted a Report & Order enabling AM stations to voluntarily convert to all digital operation, which has advantages over the currently authorized hybrid mode. Based on testing and evaluation, the FCC concluded that all-digital AM has the potential to significantly aid in the revitalization of the AM service. The […]
Read More →In an October 7th Public Notice, the FCC’s Incentive Auction Task Force and the Media Bureau have set specific deadlines for TV stations eligible for reimbursement as part of the post-auction repack of television channels. If a station was assigned a transition completion date in Phases 1-5, it must submit all remaining invoices for incurred […]
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