Dates to Remember

Posted on September 30th, 2019 by

October 1, 2019

Radio Stations in Florida, Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands – file license renewal application and schedule 396 Broadcast EEO Program Report, and air first post-filing license renewal announcement; additional post-filing announcements must air Oct 16, Nov 1, Nov 16, Dec 1 and Dec 16.

Radio Stations located in Alabama and Georgia: broadcast first pre-filing license renewal announcement; additional pre-filing announcements should air Oct 16, Nov 1, and Nov 16.

Radio and TV Stations located in Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Iowa, Missouri, Alaska, American Somoa, Guam, Hawaii, Marianas Islands, Oregon & Washington: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report and post it to the station online public inspection file and on the station website.

October 10, 2019

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 3rd Quarter 2019 issues/program reports and place in public file.

TV & Class A stations (commercial only) and any LPTV station with must-carry rights: complete and electronically file via LMS the FCC Form 398 Children’s TV Programming Report for 3rd Quarter 2019, and also compile and post to the public file records relating to the station’s compliance with children’s programming commercial limits for 3rd Quarter 2019. Note: The 3Q Form 398 will cover the period from July 1, 2019 – September 15, 2019, so adjust your calculations accordingly. The next Form 398 report will be due January 30, 2020, and will cover the period from September 15, 2019 – December 31, 2019.

TV & Class A stations changing channels as part of the repack or based on voluntary receipt of auction funds should file a transition progress report in LMS (unless the station has already transitioned).

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

October 15, 2019

Deadline for all eligible LPTV and TV translator stations displaced by the post-television auction repack to electronically file Form 399 Eligibility Certification and separate Form 399 Estimate of Costs for displacement channel buildout.

November 1, 2019

All Commercial and Noncommercial Radio, TV, Class A, LPTV Stations: First day to file 2019 Biennial Ownership Report or certification of no change in LMS filing system.

December 1, 2019

Radio Stations located in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi: broadcast first pre-filing license renewal announcement; additional pre-filing announcements should air Dec 16, 2019, Jan 1, and Jan 16, 2020.

Radio and TV Stations located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report and post it to the station online public inspection file and on the station website.

December 2, 2019

Radio Stations in Alabama & Georgia – file license renewal application and schedule 396 Broadcast EEO Program Report, and air first post-filing license renewal announcement; additional post-filing announcements must air Dec 16, 2019, and Jan 1, Jan 16, Feb 1 and Feb 16, 2020.