Dates to Remember

Posted on July 30th, 2020 by

July 31, 2020

Full Power TV Stations (commercial and noncommercial):  deadline to supply cable carriage email and phone number on landing page of the station online public inspection file.

Class A and LPTV Stations Qualified for Mandatory Carriage:  deadline to ensure that contact address and phone number information in LMS is current.

LPTV and TV Translator Stations whose pending digital applications are mutually exclusive: deadline to file amendments to resolve mutual exclusivity and avoid going to auction.

August 3, 2020

Radio Stations located in Illinois and Wisconsin – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report, and air first post-filing license renewal announcement; additional post-filing announcements are due August 16, September 1, September 16, October 1 and October 16.

Television Stations located in North Carolina and South Carolina – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report, and air first post-filing license renewal announcement; additional post-filing announcements are due August 16, September 1, September 16, October 1 and October 16.

Radio and TV Stations located in California, Illinois, Wisconsin, 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, 2019 – July 31, 2020 and post it to the station online public inspection file and on the station website.

August 17, 2020

Deadline for comments in the FCC’s Broadcast Internet rulemaking proceeding.

August 31, 2020

Extended deadline for FCC’s waiver of the sponsorship identification requirements in situations where advertising entities donate previously purchased airtime to be used for the airing of public service announcements prepared by or on behalf of the CDC or other governmental authorities regarding COVID-19.

Deadline for reply comments in the FCC’s Broadcast Internet rulemaking.

October 1, 2020

Deadline for all Full Power Commercial and Noncommercial Television stations to place their 2021-23 carriage election statement in the public file, and deadline for all Class-A and Low Power Television stations eligible for mandatory carriage to send notice of their 2021-23 carriage election via email to MPVD providers

Radio Stations located in Iowa and Missouri – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report, and air first post-filing license renewal announcement; additional post-filing announcements are due October 16, November 1, November 16, December 1 and December 16.

Television Stations located in Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands – deadline to file license renewal application and EEO program report, and air first post-filing license renewal announcement; additional post-filing announcements are due October 16, November 1, November 16, December 1 and December 16.

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, 2019 – September 30, 2020 and post it to the station online public inspection file and on the station website

October 10, 2020

TV, Class A, AM & FM Stations (commercial & noncommercial): complete 3rd Quarter 2020 issues/program lists and upload to online public file.

TV & Class A stations (commercial only): note that there is no requirement to compile and post to the public file records showing compliance with children’s programming commercial limits for the 2nd quarter of 2020.  This requirement has transitioned to an annual certification, with the certification for all of 2020 due on January 31, 2021. However, we recommend that you continuously confirm that commercial limits restrictions are being met.

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