Dates to Remember
October 30, 2026
All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form One.... Read More
A number of commenters, including individual broadcasters and national associations, have weighed in on the FCC’s ongoing rulemaking considering whether and how to require radio stations to migrate their public files to an FCC online-hosted website. Many voiced support for a small station exemption, and several organizations weighed in on allowing an exemption for NCE […]
Read More →What is the LMS, you ask? That is a good question, and one we hope every broadcaster is asking. LMS stands for “license management system” and it is poised to become the replacement for the CDBS online filing system, which broadcasters use to file applications and reports with the FCC. Why should you care? Because […]
Read More →Just when everyone thought the FCC was done stirring things up with indecency fines, they’ve decided to enforce their indecency policy anew by assessing the maximum $325,000 fine against a TV station. Pretty aggressive, huh? Well first, the amount of the fine stems from a nearly decade old decision by the U.S. Congress to increase […]
Read More →In advance of a planned auction of 131 vacant commercial FM construction permits, scheduled to begin July 23, 2015, the FCC has announced a freeze on the filing of certain applications. No applications to modify any of the FM allotments, no petitions or counterproposals to change channel, class, community or coordinates, and no applications, petitions […]
Read More →The FCC plans to take its incentive auction “roadshow” to NAB in Las Vegas April 13-14, presenting to two general sessions. A week later, they will visit Richmond, Virginia April 21 and Baltimore, Maryland April 22. The month finishes out with visits to Seattle, Washington on April 27 and Denver, Colorado April 29. TV stations […]
Read More →In the context of a consent decree, the FCC gave a college student-run noncommercial station a break on public file and ownership report rule violations, but issued a full fine for other rule violations – EAS CAP compliance and NCE station minimum operating schedule. The decision is a reminder that rule violations outside of the […]
Read More →Full-power TV licensees, watch your mailboxes for a letter from the TV Music Licensing Committee. TVMLC has reached a settlement in their anti-trust class action suit against SESAC and expect checks to licensees to begin rolling out soon. Only full-power television stations that obtained a performance license from SESAC at any time after January 1, […]
Read More →February 23, 2015: TV & Class A Stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont: complete and post to your public file documents relating to pre- and post-filing broadcast renewal announcements. February 24, 2015: FCC Incentive Auction Broadcaster Information Session in Nashville, TN FCC webinar on LPTV issues in spectrum auction February […]
Read More →The FCC has announced March 16, 2015 as the comment deadline in its ongoing rulemaking proceeding to adopt online public file rules for radio stations. Reply comments will be due by April 4, 2015. The FCC has proposed requiring radio stations to migrate their public files to an FCC-hosted website. The requirement would begin first […]
Read More →Several hundred radio and television stations recently received EEO audit notices from the FCC, kicking off their 2015 EEO audit efforts. Each year, approximately five percent of all radio and television stations are selected for EEO audits. Auditees have until March 24, 2015 to respond. A copy of the FCC’s audit letter must be placed […]
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