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  • Broadcast Station Reminder: EEO Reports Due Feb. 1
  • Broadcast Station Reminder:  Biennial Ownership Reports for Certain Noncommercial Broadcast Stations Due Feb. 1
  • Important Dates for Broadcasters in 2011
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Program Lists Due Jan. 10
    Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Quarterly Reports Due Jan. 10
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Biennial Ownership Reports for Certain Noncommercial Broadcast Stations Due Dec. 1
  • Broadcast Station Reminder:  EEO Reports Due Dec. 1
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists Due Oct. 10
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Quarterly Reports Due Oct. 10
  • October 1 Is Deadline for Noncommercial Broadcast Stations in Certain States to File Biennial Ownership Reports
  • Broadcast Station Update:  EEO Reports Due October 1
  • FCC Annual Regulatory Fees Due Aug. 31, 2010: Fee Filer Website Now Available
  • 2nd Circuit Invalidates FCC’s Policy on “Indecent” Broadcasts
  • Broadcast Station Update:  EEO Public File Reports Due August 1
  • August 1 is Deadline for Noncommercial Broadcast Stations in Certain States to File Biennial Ownership Reports
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Quarterly Reports Due July 10 
  • Davis Wright Tremaine’s Broadband Law Advisor Blog Is Now Live
  • June 1 Is Deadline for Noncommercial Broadcast Stations in Certain States to File Biennial Ownership Reports
  • Broadcast Station Update:  EEO Reports Due June 1
  • FCC Issues Reminder to Video Programming Distributors Regarding Obligation to Submit Closed Captioning Contact Information
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Quarterly Reports Due April 10
  • Broadcast Station Reminder:  Quarterly Issues Programs List Due April 10
  • The Basics of Public Inspection File Requirements for Commercial Broadcasters
  • The Basics of Music Licensing in Digital Media
  • FCC Seeks Comments on Proposal to Reform Retransmission Consent Process
  • Reminder: March 22, 2010 Deadline to Register Close Captioning Contact Info
  • April 1 is Deadline for Noncommercial Broadcast Stations to File Biennial Ownership Reports
  • Broadcast Station Update:  EEO Reports Due April 1
  • The Basics of Music Licensing in Digital Media
  • February 1 is Deadline for Noncommercial Broadcast Stations to File Biennial Ownership Reports
  • Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports Due February 1
  • Important Dates for Broadcasters in 2010
  • Looking into the Crystal Ball: What Can Broadcasters Expect from Washington in 2010
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Quarterly Reports Due Jan. 10
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs List Due Jan. 10
  • FCC Issues Two Orders on Closed Captioning Complaint Procedures
  • Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports Due December 1
  • New FCC Biennial Ownership Reports for Commercial Broadcasters Due Dec. 15, 2009
  • Closed Captioning Update
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists Due Oct. 10
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Quarterly Reports Due Oct. 10
  • Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports Due October 1
  • Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports Due August 1
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 388 DTV Consumer Education Activity Reports Due July 10
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs List Due July 10
  • Broacast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline June 1
  • Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports Due June 1
  • Broadcast TV Station Reminder: DTV Consumer Education Rules and Activity Reports
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists Due April 10
  • Internet Radio Royalties: The NAB/SoundExchange Settlement
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Quarterly Reports Due April 10
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – April 1
  • Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports due April 1
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – February 1
  • Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports due February 1
  • Gazing Into the Crystal Ball: The Outlook for Broadcast Regulation in 2009
  • Important Dates for Broadcasters in 2009
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 388 DTV Consumer Education Activity Reports Due Jan. 10
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists Due Jan. 10
  • FCC Opens Broadcast TV White Space Spectrum to Unlicensed Device Use
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – December 1
  • Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports due December 1
  • FCC Issues Closed Captioning Declaratory Ruling and Order; Notice of Further Rulemaking Proceeding
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 388 DTV Consumer Education Activity Reports Due Oct. 10
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Quarterly Reports Due Oct. 10
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due Oct. 10
  • TV Station Reminder:  Carriage Elections due October 1
  • Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports due October 1
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – October 1
  • FCC Grants Small Systems Relief from Dual Must Carry
  • FCC Annual Regulatory Fees Due Sept. 25, 2008
  • FCC Questions Switched Digital Video
  • Third Circuit Rejects FCC’s “Fleeting Images” Policy, Reverses Super Bowl Fine
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – August 1
  • Broadcast Station Update:  EEO Reports due August 1
  • FCC Initiates Embedded Advertising and Sponsorship Identification Rulemaking Proceeding
  • Sixth Circuit Upholds FCC’s Cable Franchising Order
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 388 DTV Consumer Education Activity Reports Due July 10
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due July 10
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Quarterly Reports Due July 10
  • The Digital Television Two-Way Memorandum of Understanding
  • Broadcast Station Update:  Biennial Ownership Report Deadline  – June 1
  • Broadcast Station Update:  EEO Reports Due June 1
  • FCC Announces DTV Consumer Education Requirements for TV Stations
  • Broadcast Station Reminder:  Quarterly Issues Programs List due April 10
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Quarterly Reports Due April 10
  • Broadcast Station Update:  Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – April 1
  • Broadcast Station Update:  Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – April 1
    Affected States: Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
    Mid-Term EEO Report due April 1 for Certain Radio Stations in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee
  • FCC Adopts Localism Report, Commences Public Interest Rule Making
  • FCC Releases Rules for Enhanced TV Disclosure Requirements
  • FCC Provides Details for Transition to Digital TV
  • FCC Issues NAL Proposing Indecency Fines Against 52 ABC Affiliates: 2003 airing of “NYPD Blue” episode could cost stations $1.43 million
  • Important Dates for Broadcasters in 2008
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – February 1
  • Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – February 1 Affected States: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma. Mid-Term EEO Report due February 1 for Certain Radio Stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
  • Political Broadcasting – Answering Your Questions on the FCC’s Rules and Policies
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Fourth Quarter Reports Due January 10
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due January 10
  • FCC Proposes Vast Changes to the Federal Regulatory Scheme Governing Cable, Broadband and Telecommunications Pole Attachment Rates, Terms and Conditions
  • Broadcast Station Update:  Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – December 1; Affected States: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont.  Mid-Term EEO Report due December 1 for Certain Radio Stations in Alabama and Georgia
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – December 1
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due October 10 [Sept. 2007]
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder:  FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Third Quarter Reports Due October 10 [Sept. 2007]
  • FCC Adopts Post-Digital Transition “Must-Carry” Rules, Extends Ban on Exclusive Programming Contracts, and Opens Inquiry Into “Tying” Agreements [Sept. 2007]
  • Increased Captioning Obligation for “Pre-Rule” Video Programming: Effective January 1, 2008 [Sept. 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – October 1 [Sept. 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Update: EEO Reports Due October 1 [Sept. 2007]
    • Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – October 1 (Affected States: Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Washington)
    • Mid-Term EEO Report for Certain Radio Stations in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands Deadline – October 1
  • FCC Announces Broadcaster Regulatory Fees For 2007 [August 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Update (Affected States: California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin) [July 2007]
    • Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline—August 1
    • Mid-Term EEO Report for Certain Radio Stations in North Carolina and South Carolina Deadline—August 1
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – August 1 [July 2007]
  • Copyright Royalty Board Releases Music Royalties for Internet Radio Streaming for 2006-2010— Clarifying the Confusion [Revised June 2007]
  • Internet Radio—The Basics of Music Royalty Obligations [Revised June 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due July 10 [June 2007]
  • Broadcast Television Station Reminder: FCC Form 398 Children’s Programming Second Quarter Reports Due July 10 [June 2007]
  • A $12.5 Million Teaching Tool – The Recent Payola Consent Decrees [June 2007]
  • Second Circuit Rejects FCC’s “Fleeting Expletives” Policy; Questions Indecency Regime [June 2007]
  • FCC Releases Details of Request for Comment on Must-Carry Rules Post 2009 Digital TV Transition [May 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – June 1 [May 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – June 1 [May 2007]
  • FCC Issues Report on Violent Television Programming and its Impact on Children [April 2007]
  • FCC Seeks Comment on Scope of Cable’s Must-Carry Obligations After 2009 Digital Television Transition [April 2007]
  • Copyright Office Begins Inquiry to Reexamine Cable and Satellite Statutory Licenses – and Asks if Statutory Licenses are Appropriate for Internet Video [April 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – April 1 [March 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – April 1 [March 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists Due April 10 [March 2007]
  • 2007: What Washington, D.C. Has In Store for the Broadcaster [Jan. 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – February 1 [Jan. 2007]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – February 1 [Jan. 2007] 
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists Due January 10 [Dec. 2006]
  • Davis Wright Tremaine Announces Official Launch of Broadcast Law Blog [Dec. 2006]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – December 1 [November 2006]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – December 1 [November 2006]
  • FCC Adopts Revised Children’s Programming Rules [October 2006]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – October 1 [September 2006]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – October 1 [September 2006]
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due October 10 [September 2006]
  • FY 2006 FCC Regulatory Fees Due by September 19, 2006 [August 2006]
  • Crackdown on Online Gambling Presents Continued Risks for Media [August 2006]
  • Multiple Ownership – Yet Again [July 2006]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – August 1 [July 2006]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – August 1 [July 2006]
  • Multiple Ownership – Yet Again [June 2006]
  • Broadcast Station Reminder: Quarterly Issues Programs Lists due July 10 [June 2006]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Biennial Ownership Report Deadline – June 1 [May 2006]
  • FCC EEO COMPLIANCE REMINDER: Recent FCC Audits and Enforcement Actions Require That Broadcasters Review Their EEO Programs [May 2006]
  • Broadcast Station Update: Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – June 1 [May 2006]
  • And Then There Were Five—Unfinished Business Facing a Full Commission [April 2006]
  • Under Watchful Eyes: Payola in the Twenty-First Century [April 2006]
  • The Cost of Little Things—FCC Fines for Regulatory Noncompliance [April 2006] 
  • FCC Orders Modify Approach to Televised Indecency and Profanity: Omnibus Order Addresses Nearly 50 Programs; Others Propose Record $3.6 Million Fine for “Without a Trace” and Finalize $550,000 Fine for Janet Jackson Exposure; Networks and Affiliates Challenge FCC Actions [Update – April 2006]
  • Davis Wright Tremaine Law Firm Expands Nationally-Known Communications & Media Law Practice in D.C. [Feb. 2006]

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