Dates To Remember

Posted on November 30th, 2017 by

December 1, 2017

AM & FM Stations in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, N. Dakota and S. Dakota: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in public file as well as post on station website. NCE Stations in Alabama & Georgia Only: the biennial ownership report that would have been due on this date has been suspended until March 2, 2018

AM & FM Stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont: 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: the biennial ownership report that would have been due on this date has been suspended until March 2, 2018.

TV & Class A Stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, N. Dakota, S. Dakota: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in public file as well as on station website and prepare and electronically file mid-term EEO Form 397 and place copy of filed report in your public inspection file. NCE Stations Only: the biennial ownership report that would have been due on this date has been suspended until March 2, 2018.

TV & Class A Stations in, Alabama, Georgia, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file and station website. NCE Stations in Alabama & Georgia: the biennial ownership report that would have been due on this date has been suspended until March 2, 2018.

All Broadcast Stations: filing window for biennial ownership reports opens; deadline for filing is March 2, 2018.

Auction 99 FM Translator Applicants: filing window opens for singleton applicants to file “long form” 349.

December 7, 2017

Non-Repacked Full Power and Class A Television Stations: last day to file an expansion application during the temporary lift of the filing freeze.

December 21, 2017

Auction 99 FM Translator Applicants: filing window closes for singleton applicants to file “long form” 349.

January 10, 2018

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 4th quarter 2017 issues/program reports and post to your public file.

TV & Class A Stations (commercial only): complete and electronically file via LMS the FCC Form 398 Children’s TV Programming Report for 4th Quarter 2017. Also compile and post to online public file records relating to station’s compliance with children’s programming commercial limits.

Class A TV Stations Only: complete and post to your online public file certification of ongoing Class A eligibility.

TV & Class A Stations Changing Channels in the Post-Auction Repack: prepare and file via LMS the required transition progress report.

NCE Stations Only: for any third-party fundraising conducted in the 4th Quarter of 2017, complete and place in the public file the required disclosure regarding the fundraising effort.