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October 30, 2026
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At its February meeting, the FCC is expected to adopt a Report & Order eliminating the requirement for radio stations with at least 11 full-time employees, and TV stations with 5 or more full-timers, to prepare and file the FCC Form 397 – EEO Mid-Term Report. The logic behind this proposal is that the information […]
Read More →All commercial and noncommercial broadcast stations that are streaming signals on the web must file an annual minimum fee statement of account form with SoundExchange and pay the $500 per channel minimum fee no later than January 31, 2019. This year, SoundExchange sent emails to most stations with links and reminders to facilitate the timely […]
Read More →At its February meeting, the FCC is slated to consider and vote to adopt a proposed rulemaking to review various aspects of how noncommercial educational permits are awarded. A draft of the rulemaking with all the details can be reviewed here. For years, the FCC has used a points system to award NCE licenses, including […]
Read More →With license renewals starting later this year, two recent FCC fines – one for $495,000 and another for $144,344 – are timely reminders about how license renewal can go really wrong for some broadcast stations. Let’s start with the smaller one. An LPTV station licensee never filed for a license renewal in 1998, was reminded […]
Read More →January 2, 2019 All Broadcast Stations: As of the publication of this newsletter, this is the announced deadline (midnight) for the FCC to run out of funds during the partial government shutdown. Consider filing now any required reports or certifications due January 10, 2019. January 10, 2019 TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial […]
Read More →We appreciate the privilege of serving our clients and wish all of you, along with any non-client readers of this newsletter, a 2019 full of happiness and success. We stand ready to help you execute your broadcast station goals and planning in the new year.
Read More →The U.S. Government shutdown has yet to impact the FCC, and it is business as usual through 12:00 midnight EST on January 2, 2019. That’s when the FCC will run out of existing funds and begin limiting its operations. The FCC’s Plan for Orderly Shutdown Due to Lapse of Congressional Appropriations is pretty generic, so […]
Read More →Last month, we reported that the FCC issued a general reminder to some radio stations that had not yet launched or populated their online public file. That was followed up by the FCC automatically activating missing public files by November 15. But that wasn’t all. A few weeks later, the FCC employed the “nuclear” option […]
Read More →The FCC’s announced filing window for remaining mutually exclusive LPTV displacement filing window applicants to file technical amendments or proposed settlements to resolve their application conflicts will officially close at 11:59 p.m. ET on January 10, 2019. On the chance that LMS will not be available after January 2, 2019 due to the partial government […]
Read More →The FCC adopted an order on December 10, 2018 eliminating the requirement for stations to post a copy of their station license. Within thirty days of that order being published in the Federal Register, you’ll be able to free the thumbtack on the station bulletin board. The online posting of the station license will be […]
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