Dates To Remember

Posted on October 30th, 2015 by

October 1 – December 2, 2015: BIENNIAL OWNERSHIP REPORT WINDOW OPEN. Filing required for all commercial stations including LPTV and TV translators. Information must be accurate as of September 30, 2015.

October 30, 2015: reply comments due on proposal to keep at least one TV channel post-auction vacant for white space devices and wireless microphones.

November 17, 2015: Workshop on Reverse Auction Application Process for Incentive Auction

December 1, 2015:  Form 317 due for all digital full-power TV, Class A TV, LPTV and TV translators.

AM & FM Stations in Alabama & Georgia: 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. If station has 11 or more full-time employees, prepare and electronically file mid-term EEO Form 397 and place copy of filed report in your public inspection file. NCE Stations Only: also file biennial ownership report via Form 323-E.

AM & FM Stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont: 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 Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota & South Dakota: 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 Stations in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont: 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 Stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota & South Dakota: 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.

December 1, 2015 12pm ET: filing window OPENS for full power and Class A stations to participate in 2016 TV Incentive Auction.

December 18, 2015 6pm ET: filing window CLOSES for full power and Class A stations to participate in 2016 TV Incentive Auction.