Dates to Remember 

Posted on February 26th, 2026 by

March 12, 2026

Class A, LPTV, TV Translator minor change applications filing freeze begins 6p ET. Application for new LPTV and TV translator applications should be available as of this date also.

March 19, 2026

Class A, LPTV, TV Translator major change applications resume, minor change freeze is lifted, and acceptance of applications for new LPTV and TV translator stations begins 12:01 am ET

April 1, 2026

Radio and TV Stations located in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Delaware and Pennsylvania:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from ‘April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, 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 Delaware and Pennsylvania: 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 2025-26 EEO public file report due April 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 2025-26 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 Texas: 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 2025-26 EEO public file report due April 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