Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form One.... Read More
If you somehow forgot to pay your annual regulatory fees, or thought you didn’t have to but later learned that you did, it is still possible to do so using the FCC’s Fee Filer link, but you will get the privilege of also paying a 25% penalty on top of your normal fee. Note — […]
Read More →August 26, 2016 All broadcast stations (except TV and FM Translators) must register in the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) and file EAS Form One. September 28, 2016 National EAS Test. October 1, 2016: AM & FM Stations in Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington: if full-time employee […]
Read More →Many of our readers have heard about the recent flooding in central Louisiana. This was an unusual rainfall event (about 27 inches in only 72 hours) and occurred in areas that are not flood prone. The flooding is about 30 miles to our west, and the firm and all of our employees are thankfully high […]
Read More →In connection with the FCC’s planned National EAS test on September 28, 2016 all broadcasters (except for TV and FM translators) must register in the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) and file EAS Form One. The deadline to take these actions is Friday, August 26, 2016. We have assisted some clients with those filings, and […]
Read More →The second FM translator filing window for AM stations originally opened on July 29th, but applications may continue to be filed in the window until it closes on October 31, 2016. All classes of AM stations are eligible to file applications in the window seeking to relocate non-reserved band translators up to 250 miles for […]
Read More →We recently saw a written condition on an FM translator permit that caught our attention. Here is the language: FAA INTERFERENCE CONDITION: Upon receipt of notification from the Commission that harmful interference is being caused by the operation of the permittee’s/licensee’s transmitter, the permittee’s/licensee’s shall either immediately reduce the power to the point of no […]
Read More →The forward auction part of the FCC’s Incentive Auction Stage One began on August 16, 2016 and has crept along for several days now. Based upon bidding activity, most prognosticators are predicting that the forward auction will not reach the required $88 billion to clear the 126 Mhz the FCC set as the clearing target. […]
Read More →August 1, 2016: AM & FM Stations in California, North Carolina & South Carolina: 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. AM & FM Stations in Illinois & Wisconsin: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public […]
Read More →In the U.S. access to the internet is possible for anyone. For the vast majority of employers in the U.S., advertising job openings on the internet is the surest way to get a response. But for a broadcaster with an obligation to advertise job vacancies as part of a broad outreach requirement, neither of the […]
Read More →As we reported last month, the FCC is planning a new National EAS test in a few more weeks (we now know it will be September 28th), and in advance of that test, all broadcasters (except for TV and FM translators) must register in the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS). Registering in ETRS is fairly […]
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