Dates To Remember

Posted on December 28th, 2017 by

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.

January 25, 2018

Auction 100 Cross-Service FM Translator Filing Window Opens

January 31, 2018

Auction 100 Cross-Service FM Translator Filing Window Closes at 6 p.m. EST.

All stations streaming a signal on the internet must file their statement of use and make a minimum payment of $500 per channel to Sound Exchange.

February 1, 2018

AM & FM Stations in New Jersey and New York: if five (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post in public file and on station website. If station employment unit has 11 or more full-time employees, also prepare and electronically file mid-term EEO Form 397 and place copy of filed report in public inspection file.

AM & FM Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma: If five (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and place in public file and on station website.

TV & Class A Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and New York, if five (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post in online public file and on station website and prepare and electronically file mid-term EEO Form 397 via the License Management System (LMS). NCE Stations Only: your Form 323-E ownership report that would have been due on this date has been suspended until but must be filed by March 2, 2018.

TV & Class A Stations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma: if five (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post in online public file and on station website. If station employment unit has 5 or more full-time employees, also prepare and electronically file mid-term EEO Form 397 and place copy of filed report in public inspection file.

March 1, 2018

Deadline for all radio stations to transition to the FCC’s online public file.

March 2, 2018

Deadline for all broadcast stations (except LPFM and FM translator only licensees) to file their 2017 biennial ownership report, using the new forms in LMS, with an effective date of October 1, 2017.