Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
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Several recent notices of violation, orders, or consent decrees from the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau carry important reminders of how to get into trouble with a federal agency. Here are a few examples: • A Low Power FM Station relocating its transmitter site without first filing an application and receiving approval to do so (no fine […]
Read More →November 30, 2018 Transition Deadline for Post-Auction Phase One TV and Class A stations to cease operations on pre-auction channels and commence operations on post-auction channels December 1, 2018 AM, FM, TV and Class A Stations in Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Colorado: if five full-time employee threshold is met, complete […]
Read More →The FCC has determined that several radio stations have not completed their migration from a paper public file to the online public inspection file, as was required earlier this year. The FCC issued a reminder about the requirements and earlier deadlines on November 5th. In that notice, the FCC advised that by November 15th, it […]
Read More →In light of a recent fraud attempt, the FCC has taken the unusual step of issuing an email to all television stations receiving television auction channel change reimbursement funds. The email notes that there has been no threat to the FCC’s systems or reimbursement program, but that the FCC was recently made aware that a […]
Read More →Our apologies. It is not our intention to create a panic with that headline, but it should get you thinking about the inevitable necessity of renewing your broadcast station’s license, which comes around every eight years. Starting in 2019, radio stations will begin filing license renewal applications at different times staggered over the next three […]
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. Unilateral engineering amendments, legal settlements and engineering settlements are permitted to assist the remaining 167 mutually exclusive applicants […]
Read More →Yes, AM Revitalization continues, along with the FCC continued effort to revise its rules to ensure that AM radio service survives and thrives. The latest effort is a further rulemaking to consider relaxing the interference protections for Class AM stations. You can provide your two cents to the FCC by filing comments in this proceeding […]
Read More →Guilty Plea for Bomb Threat to FCC Meeting Some of you may recall that an FCC Open Meeting in December 2017 had to be vacated due to a bomb threat received by the agency as it prepared to vote on net neutrality regulations. At the time, the meeting was evacuated, bomb dogs did a sweep, […]
Read More →The FCC recently issued a decision that reiterates a point they’ve made before – broadcast station construction permit applicants are not allowed to take certain actions toward construction until the permit they are seeking is actually issued. This latest FCC decision actually proposed a $5,000 fine against a LPFM station that violated the policy, even […]
Read More →October 31, 2018 Extended deadline to file C-Band dish registrations on FCC Form 312 in IBFS November 15, 2018 Deadline for comments on the Cross-Service FM Translator Auction 100 Procedures November 19, 2018 Deadline for all broadcast stations to file EAS Form 3 in ETRS as part of EAS National Test November 21, 2018 Deadline […]
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