Dates to Remember 

Posted on December 30th, 2022 by

January 3, 2023

All Broadcast Stations that are EAS Participants – first day that the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) will be open for the required filing of ETRS Form One.

January 9, 2023

Extended comment deadline in FCC’s 2nd NPRM on its foreign government sponsorship identification rules.

January 10, 2023

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 4th 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 4th Quarter 2022 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility.

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

January 30, 2023

All Commercial Full Power and Class A Television Stations – deadline to complete and submit the 2022 children’s television report in LMS and separately upload children’s television commercial limits certifications for all of 2022 in the station 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 after filing under the new local public notice rule.

February 28, 2023

All Broadcast Stations that are EAS Participants – last day of the extended deadline to file the required ETRS Form One in ETRS.

April 1, 2023

Radio and TV Stations located in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Texas, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the station website.

April 3, 2023

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