Articles Posted in 2009

January 2009:

Upcoming Deadlines

FCC Form 499-Q is Due by February 1, 2009
Customer Proprietary Network Information Certification is Due by March 1, 2009

Enforcement Matters:

Telecommunications Carrier Enters Into $10,080,600 Consent Decree for CPNI and Universal Service Fund Violations
Telecommunications Carrier Found Apparently Liable for More than $650,000 for Failure to Register and Obtain 214 Approval and Failure to Comply with USF Requirements

Published on: January 9, 2009

FCC Issues Procedures Relating to Delay of DTV Transition to June 12, 2009

1/9/2009
Stations seeking to end analog operations on or before February 17, 2009 must file a NEW notice with the FCC not later than Monday, February 9, and air certain required viewer notifications.

Published on: January 6, 2009

2008 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

1/6/2009
The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ local public inspection files by January 10, 2009, reflecting information for the months of October, November and December 2008. The FCC’s action adopting the new program report Form 355, which is intended to replace the Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists for full-power and Class A television stations, will not have any effect on this fourth quarter public file requirement.

Published on: January 6, 2009

2008 Fourth Quarter FCC Form 388 DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report Advisory for Broadcast Stations

1/6/2009
The next FCC Form 388 DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report must be filed via CDBS and placed in stations’ local public inspection files by January 10, 2009, reflecting information for the months of October, November and December 2008.

Published on: January 6, 2009

2008 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation Advisory

1/6/2009
The next Children’s Television Programming Report must be filed with the FCC and placed in stations’ local Public Inspection Files by January 10, 2009, reflecting programming aired during the months of October, November and December 2008.

Published on: January 4, 2009

Beginning January 5, 2009, the FCC Will Accept Applications for Fill-in Digital Television Translator Stations and Requests for Special Temporary Authority to Avoid Loss of Service in Connection With the Digital Transition

January 2009
On December 23, 2008, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing creation of a new replacement digital television translator service. This service will permit full-power television stations to continue to provide service to viewers who have lost or will lose service as a result of a station’s digital transition. In the NPRM, the FCC announced that it will begin accepting applications in the coming days, although processing of these applications will be withheld pending the outcome of the proceeding. In the interim, the FCC proposed that stations could request Special Temporary Authority (“STA”) to operate replacement television translator facilities during the pendency of the rulemaking proceeding.