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October 30, 2026
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By Order issued September 17, 2019, the FCC shifted the biennial ownership report filing window from October 1 – December 1, 2019 to November 1, 2019 – January 31, 2020. The reason for the shift is so the Media Bureau can make software changes to the ownership report filing forms to enable stations to certify […]
Read More →As promised, we’ll be periodically letting you know about license renewal issues or helpful hints in our newsletter. This month, there are two developments to note. First, the FCC issued a public notice on September 23, 2019 announcing seven radio stations whose licenses will expire October 1st because they did not file a renewal application. […]
Read More →As of September 25, 2019, the FCC’s Media Bureau transitioned seven broadcast station application forms from CDBS to the new License Management System (LMS), which requires login using a station’s FRN and password. Forms 301, 302, 318, 319, 340, 349 and 350 are now only available for filing in LMS, and are identified as “schedules” […]
Read More →By now, all broadcasters with a regulatory fee obligation should have paid their 2019 regulatory fees. If you didn’t pay yours by the original September 24, 2019 deadline, and believed you were going to have to pay the 25% penalty, the FCC gave you a reprieve, of sorts, when it extended the payment deadline to […]
Read More →The Media Bureau released a public notice on September 3, 2019 announcing the effectiveness of certain portions of the new children’s television rules and providing guidance on how commercial stations should complete the 3rd quarter 2019 Children’s Television Report. As detailed in the notice, the 3rd Quarter 2019 children’s television report, which is due no […]
Read More →LPTV and TV translator stations that were displaced by the post-auction repack have until October 15, 2019 to make two filings in order to receive funds. First, a Form 399 Eligibility Certification must be completed and filed, with documentation uploaded to prove eligibility. Second, a separate Form 399 Estimate/Request for Reimbursement must also be filed […]
Read More →September 6, 2019 End of Post TV Auction Transition Phase 5; all TV and Class A stations assigned to Phase 5 must cease broadcasting on pre-auction channels and begin broadcasting on post-auction channels. September 7, 2019 Beginning of Post TV Auction Transition Phase 6 and start of Phase 6 testing period. September 16, 2019 Comment […]
Read More →We readily admit that this article has nothing to do with FCC matters, which is generally the point of this newsletter. But we thought it would be a nice thing to wish our readers well in advance of the Labor Day holiday (celebrated since 1894 as a national holiday, by the way). We do hope […]
Read More →We hate to characterize the annual obligation for commercial broadcast stations to pay money to the FCC as a season, but we did anyway. So there. After its usual late start, much deliberation, and a mad crunching and re-crunching of numbers, the FCC has decided how much commercial stations (that are not otherwise exempt) must […]
Read More →It’s been a long time coming, but LPTV and TV translator stations that were displaced by the post-auction repack can now enter the FCC’s “cash portal” to receive reimbursement for their reasonable costs incurred in moving to their new channel. Ok, there is no real cash portal, and the process for receiving funds is a […]
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