Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
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The FCC’s announcement last month of two 2016 opportunities for AM stations to acquire FM translators has set off an engineering and acquisition bonanza. Stations are carefully analyzing what vacant FM channels are available in their market, and then surveying the translator opportunities for 250 miles around their station to see if any translators are […]
Read More →In an unusual move that followed a correction to the list of opening bids for TV station spectrum in the upcoming Incentive Auction, the FCC pushed back and extended the window for full power and Class A television stations to file applications to become qualified to bid in the auction. Previously, the window was 19 […]
Read More →We’re only passing on this information, so don’t wish harm on the messengers. Deep breath. Here we go. Yes, the FCC is going to launch a new “responsively designed” website on December 10, 2015. Still with us? Good. A large-scale redesign of the www.fcc.gov website to improve usability by all, and interoperability with tablets and […]
Read More →If you are a commercial broadcast station and have not yet filed a biennial ownership report, you still have time (though not much) to do so. December 2, 2015 is the deadline for filing your form and paying the required filing fee ($65 per station; licensee reports only). have been able to file their biennial […]
Read More →October 1 – December 2, 2015: BIENNIAL OWNERSHIP REPORT WINDOW OPEN. Filing required for all commercial stations including LPTV and TV translators. Information must be accurate as of September 30, 2015. October 30, 2015: reply comments due on proposal to keep at least one TV channel post-auction vacant for white space devices and wireless microphones. […]
Read More →After much deliberation and delay, the FCC has finally acted in its proceeding to revitalize the AM broadcast band, adopting in a single document an order, further proposed rulemaking, and a notice of inquiry. While the order relaxed AM station city-grade requirements, eliminated the ratchet rule, eliminated the need to get prior approval to use […]
Read More →In another hefty public notice, the FCC has announced that the filing window for full power and Class A television stations to participate in the 2016 TV Incentive Auction will open at 12 noon ET on December 1, 2015 and close at 6 pm ET on December 18, 2015. If a station does not file […]
Read More →Commercial broadcast stations have been able to file their biennial ownership reports since October 1, 2015, and have until December 2, 2015 to complete all report filings. Information in the reports must be current as of at least October 1, 2015 (i.e., not earlier than that date). The FCC conducted a commercial station ownership report […]
Read More →While we’re on the subject of ownership, we note that the FCC has proposed to extend the same streamlined procedures and rules used to review foreign ownership in common carrier licensees to – you guessed it – broadcasters. In case you weren’t aware, the Communications Act limits foreign ownership in broadcast licensees to a 25% […]
Read More →The new broadcast contest rules we reported on a few newsletters ago have inched forward to a date when they will become effective, but have not crossed the finish line yet. The FCC published the new rules in the Federal Register on October 23rd, but the rule must still go through approval at the Office […]
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