Dates to Remember 

Posted on September 28th, 2023 by

October 1, 2023

All Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcast Stations, except for LPFM, TV Translator, or Radio Translator Stations:  First date to file biennial ownership report in LMS.  Information must be current as of October 1, 2023.  The deadline for submitting the report is December 1, 2023.  For commercial station licensee entities, the new filing fee of $95 per station will apply.

Deadline for all Full Power Commercial and Noncommercial Television stations to place their 2024-26 carriage election statement in the public file (and if applicable, email the election to any MVPD providers for which carriage is initially being sought) and deadline for all Class-A and Low Power Television stations eligible for mandatory carriage and making an initial carriage election or changing carriage status to send notice of their 2024-26 carriage election via email to MPVD providers. Emailed notices or elections must be sent to the MVPD’s email address listed in the “Carriage Election Contact Information” in the MVPD operator’s online public file, and copied to the FCC.

Radio and TV stations located in Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Iowa, Missouri, Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Marianas Islands, Oregon and Washington: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2023, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the station website.

Mid-Term EEO Review for Radio stations located in Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands:  if station employment unit has eleven (11) or more full-time employees, an independent mid-term EEO review of your last two EEO public file reports by the FCC will occur in connection with the 2022-23 EEO public file report due August 1, and when uploading the report, indicate that the SEU has 11 or more full-timers using the “Mid-Term Review” tab is the OPIF settings section.  If the SEU has between five and ten full-time employees, when uploading the 2022-23 report, indicate that the SEU has fewer than 11 full-timer employees using the “Mid-Term Review” tab in the OPIF settings section (by doing so, no mid-term review of the SEU will take place).

October 4, 2023

National EAS Test @ 2 pm EDT — All Non-exempt Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcast Stations should receive and retransmit the test as required in State EAS Plan

October 5, 2023

Deadline at midnight EDT for All Non-exempt Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcast Stations to file ETRS Form Two reporting station performance in the Oct 4 National EAS Test

October 10, 2023

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete 3rd Quarter 2023 issues/program lists and upload to online public file.

Class A TV Stations Only: deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 3rd Quarter 2023 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility.

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations:  deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 3rd Quarter 2023 report for any 3rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter.

November 1, 2023

Filing window opens for new LPFM applications.

November 8, 2023

Filing Freeze Ends at 6 p.m. EST for LPFM and FM Translator minor modification applications; LPFM filing window closes at the same time.

November 20, 2023

Deadline for All Non-exempt Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcast Stations to file ETRS Form Three reporting any issues/anomalies from their participation the Oct 4 National EAS Test

December 1, 2023

Deadline for all Commercial and Noncommercial Broadcast Stations, except for LPFM, TV Translator, or Radio Translator Stations to file biennial ownership report in LMS.  Information must be current as of October 1, 2023.  For commercial station licensee entities, the new filing fee of $95 per station will apply.

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, 2022 and September 30, 2023.  NCE TV stations pay on 2.5% of gross revenue.   Ancillary and supplemental 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.