Dates to Remember 

Posted on October 30th, 2026 by

October 30, 2026

All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form One.

November 4, 2026

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

November 17, 2026

All EAS Participants must receive and retransmit the National EAS Test scheduled to be sent at 2pm Eastern.

November 17, 2026

Noncommercial FM Translator filing window closes at 6p ET. Minor modification filing freeze for LPFM, FM Boosters and FM translators is lifted.

November 19, 2026

All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form Two no later than 2pm Eastern.

December 1, 2026

Radio and TV Stations located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from December 1, 2025 to November 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 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont: 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 December 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

December 3, 2026

Auction 114 Qualified Bidders deadline to remit upfront payment via wire transfer is 6p ET

January 4, 2027

All EAS Participants must file ETRS Form Three before or by this date.

January 10, 2027

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): Deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 4th 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 4th Quarter 2026 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations: Deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 4th  Quarter 2026 report for any 3rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter

January 30, 2027

All Commercial Full Power and Class A Television Stations – deadline to complete and submit the 2026 children’s television report in LMS and separately upload children’s television commercial limits certification for all of 2026 in the station online public file

January 31, 2027

Web Streaming Radio Stations: deadline to remit annual license fee (minimum annual fee is $1100 for each stream this year) and related statement of account with SoundExchange for the statutory license allowing streaming of sound recordings on the web. Payment can be made on SoundExchange’s online filing portal “Licensee Direct.”

February 2, 2027

Auction 114 Bidding Begins for all qualified bidders who remitted upfront payments