Dates to Remember

Posted on April 30th, 2020 by

May 4, 2020

Comments due in FM booster zone-casting proceeding.

June 1, 2020

Radio Stations located in Michigan and Ohio – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report, and air first post-filing license renewal announcement; additional post-filing announcements are due June 16, July 1 & 16, and August 1 & 16.

Television Stations located in DC, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report, and air first post-filing license renewal announcement; additional post-filing announcements are due June 16, July 1 & 16, and August 1 & 16.

Radio and TV Stations located in Arizona, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming and the District of Columbia: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from June 1, 2019 – May 31, 2020 and post it to the station online public inspection file and on the station website.

Radio Stations located in Illinois and Wisconsin, and TV Stations located in North Carolina and South Carolina: broadcast first pre-filing license renewal announcement; additional pre-filing announcements should air June 16, July 1, and July 16.

July 10, 2020

TV & Class A stations (commercial only): for those stations that did not already do so on previously announced deadlines for this report, complete and electronically file via LMS the revised FCC Form 398 Children’s TV Programming Report; this is the first annual report but covers only the period from September 16 – December 31, 2019.

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 2nd Quarter 2020 issues/program lists and upload to online public file.  For those stations that did not complete and upload 1st Quarter 2020 issues/programs lists due to the FCC’s extension of that April 10, 2020 deadline, the FCC has extended this deadline to July 10, 2020 as a result of the coronavirus and those 1st quarter reports should be uploaded by that deadline as well.

TV & Class A stations (commercial only): note that there is no requirement to compile and post to the public file records showing compliance with children’s programming commercial limits for the 2nd quarter of 2020.  This requirement has transitioned to an annual certification, with the certification for all of 2020 due on January 31, 2021. However, we recommend that you continuously confirm that commercial limits restrictions are being met.

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