Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form One.... Read More
Just when you thought there wasn’t enough room in your brain for another acronym, the FCC has coined a new one. OPIF. Now, I know you’re thinking that on some days, a four letter word might fit nicely for the agency that adopts, changes, and enforces regulations for your business. And we’re sure that you […]
Read More →That loud exhaling noise is a collective sigh of relief from the broadcast industry and all those connected to it in some way. The clock phase of the incentive TV auction – where bids drop each round and stations that are participating decide whether to stay or go – will get underway on May 31st. […]
Read More →For those TV stations that remain eligible in the TV auction, the FCC plans to hold a webinar in advance of the mock auctions. A detailed agenda is available in this notice. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time. The FCC’s notice includes other […]
Read More →Yes, it is true. The FCC has plans for another national test of the Emergency Alert System sometime this fall. We don’t have specific details yet, though we are hopeful that the lessons learned from the last national EAS test from a few years ago will be used to make this new test less problematic. […]
Read More →While it has been awhile since our last “Penalty Box” article in this newsletter, that doesn’t mean that the FCC hasn’t been busy issuing notices of apparent liability and collecting monetary fines from broadcasters. Popular rule violations that make the FCC’s credit card chip reader work (or cash register ring) have been running the full […]
Read More →May 9, 2016: comments due on EAS NPRM. June 1, 2016: AM & FM Stations in Michigan & Ohio: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and place same in public file as well as post on station website. If station has 11 or more full-time employees, prepare and electronically file […]
Read More →After forecasting that the clock phase of the TV Incentive Auction would likely begin at the end of April or early-May, everyone expected the third confidential letter to be sent around mid-April, with mock auctions in late April. The FCC apparently has other plans. As of this writing, applicants who made an initial commitment in […]
Read More →The FCC has recently heard from the TV industry on two critical issues that will affect the post-auction television landscape. The first is repacking the TV band, where many issues remain unresolved and the industry is pushing for repacking to be done on a regional basis as opposed to all at once on a nationwide […]
Read More →In its latest effort to study diversity in ownership, the FCC has published an extensive study of Hispanic television stations in the United States. The study examines the relationship between Hispanic-owned television stations, the programming they offer, and the impact on Hispanic viewing. The study, which is currently being peer-reviewed, suggests that Hispanic station ownership […]
Read More →A broadcaster in Puerto Rico, previously authorized to use AM synchronous boosters under the FCC’s experimental rules, has been denied a request for a third booster station that would have extended beyond the AM station’s .5 mV/m groundwave contour. Ultimately, the FCC characterized the request for another booster as an attempt to circumvent its rule […]
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