DATES TO REMEMBER

Posted on May 29th, 2020 by

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.

June 30, 2020

Unless extended, this date will mark the expiration of the FCC’s waiver of the sponsorship identification requirements in situations where advertising entities donate previously purchased airtime to be used for the airing of public service announcements prepared by or on behalf of the CDC or other governmental authorities regarding COVID-19.

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 by April 10, 2020 because the FCC extended the deadline, those 1st Quarter 2020 issues/programs lists must also be uploaded by the July 10, 2020 extended deadline.

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.

July 31, 2020

Full Power TV Stations (commercial and noncommercial):  deadline to supply cable carriage email and phone number on landing page of the station online public inspection file.