Dates To Remember

Posted on April 27th, 2017 by

May 11, 2017

Deadline for TV Auction winners to submit completed hard copy Form 1875 form to the FCC.

May 15, 2017

Deadline for reassigned TV stations to file a request for waiver of the FCC’s rules to allow flexible use of licensed spectrum in lieu of relocation cost reimbursement.

June 1, 2017:

AM & FM Stations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia & West Virginia: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and place same in public file as well as post on station website.

AM & FM Stations in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah & Wyoming: if full-time employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in public file as well as post on station website. If station has 11 or more full-time employees, prepare and electronically file mid-term EEO Form 397 and place copy of filed report in your public inspection file. NCE Stations Only: your Form 323-E ownership report that would have been due on this date has been suspended until December 1, 2017.

TV & Class A Stations in Michigan & Ohio: if five (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file as well as post on station website and prepare and electronically file mid-term EEO Form 397 via the License Management System (LMS). NCE Stations Only: your Form 323-E ownership report that would have been due on this date has been suspended until December 1, 2017.

TV & Class A Stations in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming: if five (5) full-time station employment unit employee threshold is met, complete EEO public file report and post same in online public file.

June 12, 2017

Deadline for reassigned TV stations to file for authority to delay construction permit application beyond July 12, 2017 deadline because they are unable to construct their allotted facilities.

July 10, 2017

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 1st quarter 2017 issues/program reports. TV & Class A stations post the report to your online public file. AM & FM Stations place in your public file (if already moved online, place in online public file).

TV & Class A stations (commercial only): complete and electronically file via LMS the FCC Form 398 Children’s TV Programming Report for 1st Quarter 2017. Your report should be automatically linked by the FCC to your online public file. Also compile and post to online public file records relating to station’s compliance with children’s programming commercial limits.

Class A TV Stations Only: complete and post to your online public file certification of ongoing Class A eligibility.

July 12, 2017

Deadline for reassigned TV stations to file a construction permit application on Form 2100 for their allotted facilities.