Dates to Remember 

Posted on January 31st, 2025 by

February 1, 2025

Radio and TV Stations located in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New Jersey and New York:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025, 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 Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma:  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 2024-25 EEO public file report due February 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 2024-25 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 Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi:  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 2024-25 EEO public file report due February 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

February 3, 2025

Deadline for affected commercial FM stations to file requests for wavier of the FCC’s FM Programming Non-Duplication Rule reinstated last June. Those filing waivers are in compliance until the FCC issues a decision on the waiver request. Absent a waiver filing, compliance by Feb 3 deadline is required.

March 9, 2025

Daylight savings time begins; AM daytime-only radio stations or those operating with pre-sunrise and post-sunset authority should check their licenses or PSRA-PSSA authorizations to be sure they are operating during authorized hours

April 1, 2025

Radio and TV Stations located in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Delaware, and Pennsylvania:  if five (5) full time employee threshold is met, prepare EEO public file report covering the period from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025, 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 Texas:  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 2024-25 EEO public file report due April 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 2024-25 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 Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee:  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 2024-25 EEO public file report due April 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

April 10, 2025

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): deadline to complete and upload to online public file the 1st Quarter 2025 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 1st Quarter 2025 certification of ongoing Class A eligibility

Noncommercial Broadcast Stations:  deadline to complete and post to your online public file the 1st  Quarter 2025 report for any 3rd Party Fundraising conducted during the quarter