Dates to Remember 

Posted on December 30th, 2021 by

January 7, 2022

2021 New NCE FM Filing Window Applications Dismissed December 8, 2021: deadline to file curative minor amendments that do not create new application conflicts.

January 10, 2022

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete 4th Quarter 2021 issues/program lists and upload to online public file.

Class A TV Stations Only: deadline to complete and post to your online public file a 4th Quarter 2021 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility.

January 28, 2022

Mutually Exclusive Groups in 2021 New NCE FM Filing Window: deadline to file settlement agreements or technical amendments to resolve conflicts.

January 30, 2022

TV & Class A stations (commercial only): compile and post to the station online public file records certifying compliance with children’s programming commercial limits for all of 2021 and prepare and electronically file the Children’s Television Report (Form 2100, Schedule H) in LMS documenting station compliance with children’s educational and informational programming requirements for all of 2021. This form is loadable now in LMS so stations can begin working on it at any time.  The earliest the form can be filed is January 2, 2022.

February 1, 2022

Radio Stations located in New Jersey and New York – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report; on-air/online announcements and public file certifications are required under the new local public notice rule.

Television Stations located in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report; on-air/online announcements and public file certifications are required under the new local public notice rule.

Radio and TV Stations located in New Jersey, New York, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from December 1, 2020 – November 30, 2021, upload it to the station online public inspection file and post it on the station website.

February 11, 2022

ATSC 3.0 Licensing Rulemaking – comment deadline.