Dates to Remember 

Posted on May 28th, 2025 by

June 2, 2025

Radio and TV Stations located in Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia and West Virginia:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from June 1, 2024 – May 31, 2025, 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 Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming:  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 2024-25 EEO public file report due June 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 2024-25 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 Michigan and Ohio: 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 2024-25 EEO public file report due June 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. Therefore unlike for radio, there is no OPIF mechanism available or needed for TV stations to specify the number of SEU employees.

June 6, 2025

Deadline to file reply comments in the ATSC 3.0 Transition NPRM

July 10, 2025

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 2nd Quarter 2025 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 2nd Quarter 2025 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations: deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 2nd Quarter 2025 report for any 3rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter

August 1, 2025

Radio and TV Stations located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin and California:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from August 1, 2024 – July 31, 2025, 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 California:  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 2024-25 EEO public file report due August 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 2024-25 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 Illinois and Wisconsin: 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 2024-25 EEO public file report due August 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. Therefore unlike for radio, there is no OPIF mechanism available or needed for TV stations to specify the number of SEU employees.