Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
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The FCC recently adopted an order increasing various application filing fees for all FCC applicants, including broadcasters filing applications with the Media Bureau. The increases are consistent with the FCC’s every two-year process of reviewing and increasing application filing fees. In general, application fees went up between $10 and $30. As one example, minor change […]
Read More →The FCC issued a July 17, 2018 notice that its Next Gen TV rules adopted in November 2017 have now been approved by the Office of Management & Budget. The Media Bureau is making changes to the Licensing & Management System (LMS) to accommodate Next Gen TV license applications, with a completion target date of […]
Read More →July 2, 2018 Last day to file Long Form 349 for Cross-Service FM Translator Auction 99 Winners July 10, 2018 TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 1st quarter 2018 issues/program reports and post to your online public inspection file. TV & Class A Stations (commercial only): complete and electronically file […]
Read More →When the FCC kicked off its rulemaking proceeding to consider changes to the FM Translator Interference rules, the comment deadline – July 6th, the end of what was likely to be a vacation week for many – caused more than a few furrowed brows. But after a request by several large organizations, the FCC has […]
Read More →On June 27, 2018, the FCC announced that it has updated the prices in its catalog of reimbursement expenses for stations being repacked. Those reimbursement items are imbedded into the FCC’s Form 399 used to process reimbursements, and the price update is tied to an industry formula. Here’s the good news for reimbursement-weary stations trying […]
Read More →Ok, just remember that 99 was first, followed by 83, and 100 is still to come. For the FCC’s FM translator auctions, that’s the score. Auction 99, for cross-service FM translators that remained mutually exclusive after a settlement window, is now complete, with winning bidders facing a deadline of July 2, 2018 to file their […]
Read More →Back in April, the FCC’s International Bureau announced a freeze on the filing of new earth station licenses and fixed microwave filings in the 3.7-4.1 GHz frequency band. As an exception to the freeze, the Bureau also announced a 90-day window ending July 18, 2018 for entities to voluntarily register or modify receive only earth […]
Read More →The FCC has now spoken (thankfully) on an ill-timed and overly broad informal objection filed by Low Power FM groups against nearly 1,000 pending FM translator applications. In a six-page letter decision issued June 8, 2018, the FCC’s new Audio Division Chief, Albert Shuldiner considered but summarily overruled each of the arguments raised by the […]
Read More →The FCC’s Special Displacement Window for LPTV and TV translator stations being displaced by the post-auction repack closed 30 days ago, and construction permits have slowly begun to be issued by the FCC. In general, we’re seeing that the earliest filed applications in this window – those filed by T-Mobile displaced stations last fall but […]
Read More →The FCC has announced EEO audits for several more broadcast stations, which have until August 6, 2018 to respond. This is the second round of EEO audits in 2018. Not sure if your station is on the list? Check here to be sure. The new email notification and response via uploading to the online public […]
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