Dates to Remember 

Posted on September 30th, 2024 by

October 1, 2024

Radio and TV Stations located in Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Iowa, Missouri, Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Marianas Islands, Oregon and Washington:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the station website

Mid-Term EEO Review for Radio stations located in Iowa and Missouri:  if station employment unit has eleven (11) or more full-time employees, an independent mid-term EEO review of your last two EEO public file reports by the FCC will occur in connection with the 2023-24 EEO public file report due October 1, and when uploading the report, each station in the SEU must indicate that the SEU has 11 or more full-timers using the “Mid-Term Review” tab is the OPIF settings section.  If the SEU has between five and ten full-time employees, when uploading the 2023-24 report, each station in the SEU should indicate that the SEU has fewer than 11 full-time employees using the “Mid-Term Review” tab in the OPIF settings section (by doing so, no mid-term review of the SEU will take place)

Mid-Term EEO Review for Television stations located in Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands:  if station employment unit has five (5) or more full-time employees, an independent mid-term EEO review of your last two EEO public file reports by the FCC will occur in connection with your upload of the 2023-24 EEO public file report due October 1.  By uploading an EEO public file report, the FCC automatically knows that your television station meets the 5 or more full-time employee threshold for a mid-term review. So unlike for radio, there is no OPIF mechanism available or needed for TV stations to specify the number of SEU employees

October 4, 2024

Deadline for all broadcast station EAS Participants to submit Form One in ETRS to provide information about their EAS equipment and other data.

October 10, 2024

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 3rd Quarter 2024 issues/program lists and any foreign sponsorship identification reports

Class A TV Stations Only: deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 3rd Quarter 2024 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations: deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 3rd Quarter 2024 report for any 3rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter

December 1, 2024

Radio and TV Stations located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from December 1, 2023 – November 30, 2024, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the station website

Mid-Term EEO Review for Radio stations located in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota:  if station employment unit has eleven (11) or more full-time employees, an independent mid-term EEO review of your last two EEO public file reports by the FCC will occur in connection with the 2023-24 EEO public file report due December 1, and when uploading the report, each station in the SEU must indicate that the SEU has 11 or more full-timers using the “Mid-Term Review” tab is the OPIF settings section.  If the SEU has between five and ten full-time employees, when uploading the 2023-24 report, each station in the SEU should indicate that the SEU has fewer than 11 full-time employees using the “Mid-Term Review” tab in the OPIF settings section (by doing so, no mid-term review of the SEU will take place)

Mid-Term EEO Review for Television stations located in Alabama and Georgia:  if station employment unit has five (5) or more full-time employees, an independent mid-term EEO review of your last two EEO public file reports by the FCC will occur in connection with your upload of the 2023-24 EEO public file report due December 1.  By uploading an EEO public file report, the FCC automatically knows that your television station meets the 5 or more full-time employee threshold for a mid-term review. So unlike for radio, there is no OPIF mechanism available or needed for TV stations to specify the number of SEU employees

Full Power TV, Class A, and LPTV Stations:  Deadline to file FCC Form 2100, Schedule G, and pay 5% of gross revenues from any ancillary or supplementary services provided between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024. NCE TV stations pay on 2.5% of gross revenue. Ancillary and supplemental services do not include free over the air video content, but do include computer software distribution, data transmissions, teletext, interactive materials, aural messages, paging services, or audio signals, and subscription video. Stations that provided no such services do not have to file a report.

January 10, 2025

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 4th Quarter 2024 issues/program lists and any foreign sponsorship identification reports.

Class A TV Stations Only: deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 4th Quarter 2024 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility.

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations:  deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 4th   Quarter 2024 report for any 3rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter.

January 30, 2025

All Commercial Full Power and Class A Television Stations – deadline to complete and submit the 2024 children’s television report in LMS and separately upload children’s television commercial limits certifications for all of 2024 in the station online public file.

January 31, 2025

Web Streaming Stations: deadline to remit annual license fee and related statement of account with SoundExchange for the statutory license allowing streaming of sound recordings on the web. Payment can be made on SoundExchange’s online filing portal “Licensee Direct.”