DATES TO REMEMBER

Posted on January 31st, 2018 by
    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/post 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/post 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. NCE Stations Only: your Form 323-E ownership report that would have been due on this date 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.