Dates to Remember 

December 1, 2022

Radio and TV Stations located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from December 1, 2021 – November 30, 2022, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the station website.

Television Stations located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report; on-air/online announcements and public file certifications are required under the new local public notice rule after filing.

Full Power TV, Class A, and LPTV Stations:  Deadline to file FCC Form 2100, Schedule G, and pay 5% of gross revenues from any ancillary or supplementary services provided between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022.  NCE TV stations pay on 2.5% of gross revenue.   Ancillary and supplementary services do not include free over the air video content, but do include computer software distribution, data transmissions, teletext, interactive materials, aural messages, paging services, or audio signals, and subscription video.  Stations that provided no such services do not have to file a report.

December 9, 2022

All broadcast stations with political file consent decrees – deadline to submit compliance report and compliance certificate for three-month period ending November 8, 2022.

January 10, 2023

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 4^th Quarter 2022 issues/program lists and any foreign sponsorship identification reports.

Class A TV Stations Only: deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 4^th Quarter 2022 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility.

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations:  deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 4^th  Quarter 2022 report for any 3^rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter.

January 30, 2023

All Commercial Full Power and Class A Television Stations – deadline to submit annual children’s television report and upload children’s television commercial limits certifications to online public file.

January 31, 2023

Web Streaming Stations: deadline to remit annual license fee and related statement of account with SoundExchange for the statutory license allowing streaming of sound recordings on the web. Payment can be made on SoundExchange’s online filing portal “Licensee Direct.”

February 1, 2023

Radio and TV Stations located in New Jersey, New York, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from February 1, 2022 – January 31, 2023, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the station website.

Television Stations located in New Jersey and New York – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report; on-air/online announcements and public file certifications are required under the new local public notice rule after filing.