Dates to Remember 

September 2024

All commercial broadcast stations (unless exempt) will have to pay annual regulatory fees once the FCC issues the order and related public notices. Typically, the deadline to pay falls in the last third of the month. Failure to timely pay regulatory fees results in an automatic fine equal to 25% of the owed fee.

October 1, 2024

Radio and TV Stations located in Florida, Puerto Rico, 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, 2023 – September 30, 2024, 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 Iowa and Missouri:  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 2023-24 EEO public file report due October 1, and when uploading the report, each station in the SEU must 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 2023-24 report, each station in the SEU should indicate that the SEU has fewer than 11 full-time 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)

Mid-Term EEO Review for Television stations located in Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands:  if station employment unit has five (5) 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 your upload of the 2023-24 EEO public file report due October 1.  By uploading an EEO public file report, the FCC automatically knows that your television station meets the 5 or more full-time employee threshold for a mid-term review. So unlike for radio, there is no OPIF mechanism available or needed for TV stations to specify the number of SEU employees

October 4, 2024

Deadline for all broadcast station EAS Participants to submit Form One in ETRS to provide information about their EAS equipment and other data.

October 10, 2024

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 3^rd Quarter 2024 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 3^rd Quarter 2024 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations: deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 3^rd Quarter 2024 report for any 3^rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter