Dates to Remember

Posted on January 29th, 2015 by

January 31, 2015: minimum fees due to SoundExchange for 2015. Renewal of royalty plan may also be required.

February 1 & 16, 2015: TV & Class A Stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont: air your POST-filing announcements.

February 1 & 16, March 1 & March 16: TV, Class A & LPTV Stations in Delaware and Pennsylvania: begin your PRE-filing announcements.

February 2, 2015:

Reply Comments due on LPTV incentive auction NPRM

AM & FM Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and New York: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and place same in public file as well as post on station website.

TV & Class A Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file as well as post on station website.

NCE Stations Only: also file biennial ownership report via Form 323-E.

AM & FM Stations in Kansas, Nebraska & Oklahoma:  if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and place same in public file as well as post on station website.

NCE Stations Only: also file biennial ownership report via Form 323-E.

TV & Class A Stations in Kansas, Nebraska & Oklahoma: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file as well as post on station website.

TV, Class A & LPTV Stations in New Jersey and New York: file your renewal application electronically via Form 303-S. Also file EEO Form 396 with, if applicable, two most recent EEO public file reports. Post current EEO public file report to online public file and post copy on station website, if applicable.

NCE Stations Only: also file biennial ownership report via Form 323-E.

February 2 & 16; March 1 & 16; April 1 & 16, 2015: TV, Class A & LPTV Stations in New York and New Jersey: air your PRE-filing announcements.

February 9, 2015: FCC Incentive Auction Broadcaster Information Session in Philadelphia, PA

February 10, 2015: FCC Incentive Auction Broadcaster Information Session in Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA

February 11 – 13, 2015: FCC Incentive Auction Broadcaster Information Session in New York, NY (covering tri-state area and Albany)

February 13, 2015: comments due on proposed incentive auction procedures

February 17, 2015: comments due on new proposed contest rules.   FCC webinar on LPTV issues in spectrum auction

February 23, 2015: TV & Class A Stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont: complete and post to your public file documents relating to pre- and post-filing broadcast renewal announcements.

February 24, 2015: FCC Incentive Auction Broadcaster Information Session in Nashville, TN

February 25, 2015: FCC Incentive Auction Broadcaster Information Session in Atlanta, GA

February 26, 2015: FCC Incentive Auction Broadcaster Information Session in New Orleans, LA (including Hattiesburg, MS)

March 16, 2015: new closed captioning rules take effect, including maintenance of records of monitoring and maintenance, rules regarding captioning quality and standards and captioning best practices.

March 19, 2015: reply comments due on new proposed contest rules.