Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
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June 1, 2018 LPTV and TV Translator Special Displacement Filing Window closes AM & FM Stations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia & West Virginia, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah & Wyoming: if (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and place it in […]
Read More →The start of hurricane season is technically June 1st. But not this year! The Gulf Coast already experienced its first named storm of the season (Alberto) and it came a week before the official start of hurricane season. Luckily, we dodged that bullet. Of utmost importance are the safety of our staff and families along […]
Read More →On May 10, 2018 the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to streamline FM translator interference complaint and remediation procedures. The NPRM essentially adopts the draft notices that were released several weeks ago without significant revision. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking available here on translator interference sets out proposals for the number of listeners […]
Read More →The FCC continues to take great strides in reducing regulatory burdens for licensees (thankfully). At the recent May 10, 2018 meeting, the FCC issued a NPRM asking whether regulations requiring the physical posting of broadcast licenses and related authorizations at certain physical locations are outdated, unnecessary or unduly burdensome. With all of this information now […]
Read More →On April 19, 2018, the FCC issued a public notice of a temporary freeze on applications for new or modified fixed satellite service earth stations and fixed microwave stations operating in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band, the C-Band. As a limited exception to the freeze, a 90-day window allowing existing entities that own unregistered fixed satellite […]
Read More →On May 16, 2018, Prometheus Radio Project, a pro-LPFM advocate and two other organizations filed an Informal Objection to nearly 1000 pending FM Translator applications. The gist of the Informal Objection is a claim that the Commission did not provide sufficient protection for future LPFMs in its recent AM Revitalization/FM Translator windows. It is our […]
Read More →In a Report and Order released April 13, 2018, the FCC revised Commission rules to require the filing of Form 2100, Schedule G only to those DTV broadcast stations that “actually provided feeable ancillary or supplemental services during the relevant annual reporting period.” Thankfully, the Commission again noted the unnecessary burdens on a substantial number […]
Read More →Commission staff completed initial processing of all applications filed by eligible full power and Class A stations for alternate channels and expanded facilities during the two windows of the post-incentive auction repacking process. Appendix A to the Public Notice released on April 30, 2018 by the Media Bureau lists all of the applications that cannot […]
Read More →May 4, 2018 FM Translator Auction 99 auction tutorial available (may the 4th be with you) May 9, 2018 FM Translator Auction 100 Long Form 349 Filing Window closes May 11, 2018 FM Translator Auction 99 Mock Auction May 15, 2018 FM Translator Auction 99 begins May 24, 2018 FM Translator Auction 100 Settlement Filing […]
Read More →It’s been a few decades since the FCC last considered and adopted rules governing FM translator interference, partly because full power and FM translator stations were largely content to leave well enough alone. But the proliferation of cross-service FM translators has created a little congestion on the FM dial (you think?), and numerous complaints of […]
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