Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
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The waiting has finally ended. The FCC’s action eliminating the main studio rule was finally published in the Federal Register, which started the 30-day clock on the rule becoming effective. As a result, on January 8, 2018, broadcast stations will no longer be told by the government that they must maintain a broadcast studio and […]
Read More →Most broadcasters holding FM translator authorizations know that they must retransmit the broadcast of their primary station, and cannot originate their own programming except in very narrow and brief circumstances (i.e., emergencies and 30 seconds per hour to seek or acknowledge financial support). But recently, the FCC fined a translator licensee for airing different programming […]
Read More →That is a correct headline. TV stations that have to make carriage elections every three years with their cable companies or satellite carriers should keep reading. The memory of having to prepare a paper letter for each MVPD and sending them via mail (some certified, others not) and keeping everything straight should be pretty fresh […]
Read More →December 1, 2017 AM & FM Stations in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, N. Dakota and S. Dakota: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in public file as well as post on station website. NCE Stations in Alabama & Georgia Only: the biennial ownership report that would […]
Read More →The FCC has now suspended the old Forms 323 and 323-E ownership reports that were filed in the Consolidated Database System (CDBS), and unveiled a new report that must be filed in the License Management System (LMS). At a webinar on November 28, 2017, the FCC detailed the new form and procedures for completing and […]
Read More →With days to spare before the December 1, 2017 deadline for all digital television stations to file Form 2100, Schedule G for any ancillary/supplementary uses of their spectrum, the FCC decided to suspend the filing requirement because it is considering changing the requirement as part of a notice of proposed rulemaking that seeks to lessen […]
Read More →November 29th was the deadline for all mutually exclusive FM translator applications filed earlier this year in Auction 99 to file amendments or settlements. Those that did will be processed accordingly. Those that did not will have to wait for a “highest bidder wins” auction that is yet to be scheduled. Beginning December 1, 2017, […]
Read More →For those full power and Class A stations that are not being repacked, but want to expand their facilities, the FCC’s very short, 10-day temporary lift of the filing freeze that has been in place since 2013 is underway. The freeze will be re-imposed at 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, December 7, 2017. Expansions by […]
Read More →As forecast, the FCC has voted upon and adopted changes to the broadcast ownership rules. You can read all the details here, but the next four paragraphs will give you the short summary. The Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rule was eliminated, primarily because it was no longer necessary to promote viewpoint diversity and was actually preventing combinations […]
Read More →At its November meeting, the FCC adopted an order in a several-months-old proposed rulemaking authorizing TV stations to voluntarily begin using the “Next Generation” or ATSC 3.0 technology in their licensed television operations. The order includes many details about how a station would transition to ATSC 3.0, and the associated requirement to continue broadcasting an […]
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