Dates to Remember

January 4, 2021

New FCC rules for voluntary all-digital AM radio go into effect.

January 10, 2021

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 4^th Quarter 2020 issues/program lists and upload to online public file.

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

January 30, 2021

TV & Class A stations (commercial only): compile and post to the station online public file records certifying compliance with children’s programming commercial limits for all of 2020, and prepare and electronically file the Children’s Television Report (Form 2100, Schedule H) in LMS documenting station compliance with children’s educational and informational programming requirements for all of 2020. This form is loadable now in LMS so stations can begin working on it at any time.

February 1, 2021

Radio Stations located in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report; on-air announcements and public file certifications are required under the new local public notice rule.

Television Stations located in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report; on-air announcements and public file certifications are required under the new local public notice rule.

Radio and TV Stations located in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York and Oklahoma: if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from February 1, 2020 – January 31, 2021 and post it to the station online public inspection file and on the station website.