The deadline to file the 2021 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2022, reflecting programming aired during the 2021 calendar year. Note that because this deadline falls on a weekend, this filing may be made on January 31, 2022. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of…
February 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma to place their Annual EEO Public File Report in their Public Inspection File and post the report on their station website. In addition, certain of these stations,…
Full power commercial and noncommercial radio, LPFM, and FM Translator stations, licensed to communities in New Jersey and New York, and full power TV, Class A TV, LPTV, and TV Translator stations licensed to communities in Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, must file their license renewal applications by February 1, 2021.…
The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by January 10, 2022, reflecting information for the months of October, November, and December 2021. Content of the Quarterly List The FCC requires each broadcast station to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to…
In a yuletide tradition that goes back farther than any of us can remember, each December Pillsbury releases its Broadcasters’ Calendar cataloging the regulatory dates and deadlines facing broadcasters in the coming year. This past December was no different, with the publication of the 2022 edition of the Pillsbury Broadcasters’…
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: FCC Proposes $20,000 Fine for Broadcast of False EAS Alert Tone Mississippi Television Station Fined $18,000 for Late Issues/Programs Lists…
As the trades have reported, a rather unusual spot appearing to be a FOX NFL promo aired during yesterday’s NFL pre-game show. What made it particularly unusual was that it included an EAS-like tone, and had a URL at the bottom of the screen for “WWW.FOXNFLEMERGENCYALERT.COM.” That URL currently links…
With many of their employees either off today or working a half-day in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday, broadcasters were settling in for what would hopefully be a couple of slow news days and a long weekend. However, as so often happens, the path out of the station to a…
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: Florida Broadcaster Pays $20,000 for Unauthorized Tower Construction Work Colorado Broadcaster Issued Notice of Violation for Operating FM Translator on…
Digital television stations that provided ancillary or supplementary services between October 1, 2020 and September 30, 2021 must file an FCC Form 2100, Schedule G by December 1, 2021. TV stations that provided such services must pay to the FCC 5% of the gross revenues derived from providing such services.…