Dates to Remember 

June 1, 2024

Radio and TV Stations located in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from June 1, 2023 – May 31, 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 Michigan and Ohio:  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 June 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 Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia:  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 June 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.

August 1, 2024

Radio and TV Stations located in Illinois, Wisconsin, California, North Carolina and South Carolina:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from August 1, 2023 – July 31, 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 Illinois and Wisconsin:  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 August 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 North Carolina and South Carolina:  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 August 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.

August 20, 2024

First Day for Class A TV, LPTV and TV Translator Stations to begin filing “first-come, first-serve” channel change applications pursuant to the Media Bureau’s decision to lift the filing freeze for certain major modification applications.