Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
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We’re still waiting for official documentation for the FM translator window to be held later this summer. Nothing yet. There will actually be two short windows, back-to-back. And like last year’s windows, this translator opportunity is for AM stations (Class C & D first, followed by Class A & B). But not all AM stations […]
Read More →As LPTV and TV translator stations are staring at the impacts to their operations from the post-auction repacking of full power and Class A television stations, the FCC has issued a public notice that lays out the game plan for displaced low power stations. The FCC anticipates announcing and issuing procedures for a displacement filing […]
Read More →May 11, 2017 Deadline for TV Auction winners to submit completed hard copy Form 1875 form to the FCC. May 15, 2017 Deadline for reassigned TV stations to file a request for waiver of the FCC’s rules to allow flexible use of licensed spectrum in lieu of relocation cost reimbursement. June 1, 2017: AM & […]
Read More →Chairman Pai has been very busy on many fronts, but perhaps none more than the broadcaster front. He has now either initiated or completed rule changes on a number of issues affecting broadcasters, and at the National Association of Broadcasters convention, announced in a speech that he is launching a top-to-bottom review of broadcast regulations. […]
Read More →On April 11, 2017, the FCC released its long awaited closing notice, formally ending the reverse and forward auction of TV spectrum, and re-designating TV broadcasting to a new home between channels 2 and 36 will become clear. Only 175 TV stations received auction funds for turning in their spectrum, or agreement to move to […]
Read More →If your AM station sat on the sidelines during 2016’s two filing windows that allowed stations to acquire and relocate existing translator authorizations up to 250 miles, your turn to get a new FM translator for use with your AM station is right around the corner. In a speech at the NAB Convention, FCC Chairman […]
Read More →As the use of FM translators has boomed in the past several years, instances of predicted and actual interference were bound to increase. And increase they have, with numerous full power stations filing for relief with the FCC and FM translator licensees and permittees scrambling to eliminate interference under the FCC’s rules and prior precedent. […]
Read More →The word used by Chairman Pai at the NAB convention to discuss his intentions for the existing clunky and expensive main studio rule was “eliminate.” Whether that will occur remains to be seen, but at the May 2017 FCC meeting, the Commission is set to apparently initiate a notice of some kind considering changes to, […]
Read More →It may sound like a small thing for stations with five or more full-time employees, but the FCC’s recent declaratory ruling that forever killed the necessity of having to place a newspaper ad to ensure wide dissemination of a job vacancy was both welcome and remarkable. For nearly 13 years, since the old hiring quotas […]
Read More →In February, the FCC released a notice of proposed rulemaking asking for comment on its proposal to authorize television broadcasters to use a “next generation” broadcast television transmission standard (ATSC 3.0) on a voluntary basis, so long as they continue to deliver at least an ATSC 1.0 digital signal to viewers. Comments are due in […]
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