November 2008 Commercial and noncommercial Radio stations licensed to communities in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota must file their Biennial Ownership Reports with the FCC by December 1, 2008. Commercial and noncommercial Television stations licensed to communities in the States of Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New…
May 2008 Commercial and noncommercial Radio stations licensed to communities in Michigan and Ohio must file their Biennial Ownership Reports with the FCC by June 1, 2008. Commercial and noncommercial Television stations licensed to communities in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia,…
4/25/2008 On April 24, 2008, the FCC released the latest edition of its “The Public and Broadcasting” manual. Please remove the 1999 version of the manual from your public inspection file and replace it with the new 2008 edition. A PDF version of this entire article can be found at…
March 2008 Commercial and noncommercial Radio stations licensed to communities in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee must file their Biennial Ownership Reports with the FCC by April 1, 2008. Reports for commercial and noncommercial Television stations licensed to communities in Texas must also file their Biennial Ownership Reports by…
January 2008 The following deadlines are based on information known by us as of the date hereof, may or may not apply to a particular broadcaster, are for general informational purposes only, and should be double-checked for currency close to each pertinent date/deadline. The reason is that actions by the…
November 2007 Commercial and noncommercial Radio stations licensed to communities in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont must file their Biennial Ownership Reports with the FCC by December 1, 2007. Reports for commercial and noncommercial Television stations licensed to communities in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North…
September 2007 Radio stations licensed to communities in Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Florida, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico must file their Biennial Ownership Reports with the FCC by October 1, 2007. Reports for Television stations licensed to communities in Iowa and…
November 2006 On November 20, 2002, the FCC released a Second Report and Order and Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Second R&O”) in which it adopted new equal employment opportunity rules and policies for broadcasters and for multi-channel video programming distributors (the “new EEO Rule”). A complete copy of…
By Kathryn R. Schmeltzer, Lauren Lynch Flick and Paul A. Cicelski July 2006 This Broadcast Station EEO Advisory is directed to radio and television stations licensed to communities in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin and highlights the upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC’s EEO rule. A…