Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form One.... Read More
The 2019 EAS National Test had some problems with garbled audio and stations not receiving or retransmitting messages. That’s why there is an ETRS Form Three that must be filed to report any issues or problems experienced with the national test. Have you filed your station’s ETRS Form Three yet? If not, it is due […]
Read More →The sponsorship identification rule is pretty straightforward – stations must disclose sponsors of paid programming, lest the public be duped into believing that the paid broadcast material is a station’s own independently generated content. Yes, there are some exceptions (you can read those in 73.1212 of the FCC’s rules). Not following the sponsorship identification rule […]
Read More →On August 13, 2019, a new era in the FM translator interference world began. That’s the day the FCC’s new rules about how full power stations must prove interference from an FM translator went into effect. That includes the bright line rule of the full power station’s 45 dBu contour as the point beyond which […]
Read More →Remember those children’s television rule changes that the FCC adopted back in July? If not, they can be found in this order, with the new rule at 51-53. Some of the most important changes will go into effect September 16th. Other parts that involve changes in forms will take a bit longer. But let’s review […]
Read More →August 1, 2019 Radio and TV Stations located in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report and post it to the station online public inspection file and the station website. Radio Stations located in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin […]
Read More →The 2019 EAS National Test is scheduled for August 7, 2019 at 2 p.m. EDT. All broadcast stations (except for TV translators and FM translators) are required to have EAS equipment and participate in the national test. Unlike in previous tests, the IPAWS system will not be used to distribute emergency messages. Instead, only the […]
Read More →With radio station license renewals underway, we’ve noticed a few things that are worth passing along. The FCC is sending blanket reminders of license renewal application filing deadlines to individuals whose email addresses have previously been listed as an email contact for a station in FCC filings. While these email reminders state the deadlines for […]
Read More →At its July 10, 2019 meeting, the FCC adopted an order changing its children’s television rules. We encourage you to review the order at the link provided, and in particular the language of the new rule at pages 51-53. When the revised rules become effective, full power and Class A television stations will no longer […]
Read More →The deadline for filing comments in the FCC’s announced review of its EEO rules is August 21, 2019. The FCC wants input on how it can make improvements to EEO compliance and enforcement, specifically about effectiveness of the auditing process.
Read More →At its July 10 Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a Report & Order modifying how television stations elect between retransmission consent and mandatory carriage on cable and DBS systems every three years, beginning with the 2021-2023 carriage election cycle. Instead of notifying systems of their election via certified mail, stations will now upload their elections […]
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