Dates to Remember 

Posted on July 31st, 2026 by

August 1, 2026

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, 2025 to July 31, 2026, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the station website

Mid-Term EEO Reviews for Radio stations have ended because all radio stations are now beyond the mid-point of their current 8-year license renewal term. License renewal applications for radio stations in the District of Colombia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia will be due in one year on June 1, 2027

Mid-Term EEO Review for Television stations located in California: if station employment unit has five (5) or more full-time employees, an independent mid-term EEO review of the station’s 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 August 1.  By uploading an EEO public file report, the FCC automatically knows that the 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

August 3, 2026

FCC Form 2100 Schedule 349 (FM Translator Construction Permit Application) available for data entry in LMS – applications for November NCE FM translator window can begin preparing applications on this date.

Late September 2026

All Non-Exempt Commercial Broadcast Stations must remit annual regulatory fees during a to-be-set time period usually occurring in late September. The exact dates and amounts should be announced in late August 2026

October 1, 2026

Deadline for all Full Power Commercial and Noncommercial Television stations to place their 2027-29 carriage election statement in the public file (and if applicable, email the election to any MVPD providers for which carriage is initially being sought or changed) 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 2027-29 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.

Radio and TV Stations located in Iowa, Missouri, Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Marianas Islands, Oregon, Washington, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the station website

Mid-Term EEO Review for Television stations located in California: if station employment unit has five (5) or more full-time employees, an independent mid-term EEO review of the station’s 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 August 1.  By uploading an EEO public file report, the FCC automatically knows that the 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 2, 2026

LPFM, FM translator and FM Booster Stations: Minor modification filing freeze begins and will continue until 6p ET on August 25, 2026

October 10, 2026

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): Deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 3rd Quarter 2026 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 3rd Quarter 2026 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations: Deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 3rd   Quarter 2026 report for any 3rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter

November 4, 2026

Noncommercial FM Translator filing window opens at 12:01 am ET.

November 17, 2026

Noncommercial FM Translator filing window closes at 6p ET.