This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area or by a satellite provider that provided the station’s signal to at least one viewer outside the station’s local service area during 2021.…

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. This month’s issue includes: Turning Away FCC Inspectors Leads to a Notice of Violation for Florida Low Power FM Station Texas FM Stations Receive…

Full power TV, Class A TV, LPTV, and TV Translator stations licensed to communities in California must file their license renewal applications by August 1, 2022. August 1, 2022 is the license renewal application filing deadline for commercial and noncommercial TV broadcast stations licensed to communities in the following states: Full…

This Pillsbury Broadcast Station Advisory is directed to radio and television stations in the areas noted above, and highlights upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC’s EEO Rule. August 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin to place…

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2022, reflecting information for the months of April, May, and June 2022. Content of the Quarterly List The FCC requires each broadcast station to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to…