The Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) for each of the First Quarter and Second Quarter of 2020 must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2020, reflecting information for the months of January through March, and April through June, respectively. The deadline for the First Quarterly Issues/Programs…
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2019 Fourth Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on January 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked
Each full power and Class A TV station being repacked must file its next quarterly Transition Progress Report with the FCC by January 10, 2020. The Report must detail the progress a station has made in constructing facilities on its newly-assigned channel and in terminating operations on its current channel during…
2019 Fourth Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
The Fourth Quarter of 2019 represents the last time that full power and Class A television stations will submit documentation of compliance with the Children’s Television Act of 1990 on a quarterly basis. Following rule changes made in 2019, going forward, such documentation will be submitted annually. To facilitate the…
2019 Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by January 10, 2020, reflecting information for the months of October, November, and December 2019. Content of the Quarterly List The FCC requires each broadcast station to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to significant…
FCC Opens New Filing Window For Displaced Rural LPTV Applicants
The FCC announced the opening of a new filing window to modify pending applications proposing new digital Low Power TV and TV translator service in rural areas. This filing window will permit applicants with long-pending applications who have subsequently been displaced by the Incentive Auction and the repacking process to…
Ready, Set, File! Broadcast Biennial Ownership Report Filing Window Opens November 1st
The Federal Communications Commission released a Public Notice reminding broadcast licensees that the filing window for Broadcast Biennial Ownership Reports (FCC Form 323 and 323-E) will open on November 1, 2019. All licensees of commercial and noncommercial AM, FM, full-power TV, Class A Television and Low Power Television stations must…
2019 Third Quarter Children’s Television Programming Documentation
Quarterly documentation of stations’ compliance with their obligations under the Children’s Television Act of 1990 for the Third Quarter of 2019 is due to be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2019, and in the case of educational children’s television programming, to be filed electronically with the FCC…
2019 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations
The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2019, reflecting information for the months of July, August and September 2019. Content of the Quarterly List The FCC requires each broadcast station to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to significant…
2019 Third Quarter Transition Progress Report Due on October 10 for TV Stations Being Repacked
Each full power and Class A TV station being repacked must file its next quarterly Transition Progress Report with the FCC by October 10, 2019. The Report must detail the progress a station has made in constructing facilities on its newly-assigned channel and in terminating operations on its current channel during…
FCC Alters Filing Schedule for Biennial Broadcast Ownership Reports
The FCC’s Media Bureau today announced changes to the filing window for submitting Biennial Ownership Reports for commercial and noncommercial stations. The opening of the filing window will be delayed from October 1, 2019 to November 1, 2019, and the window will now close on January 31, 2020, rather than…