Quarterly Issues Programs Lists Due April 10th — This is a eminder to all radio and television stations, both commercial and noncommercial, that Quarterly Issues Programs Lists reporting on the important issues facing the stations’ communities, and the programs aired in the months of January, February, and March dealing with those issues must be prepared and placed
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Reminder: Annual EEO Public File Reports and Biennial Ownership Reports due April 1 for Select States
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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline – April 1
Affected States: Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas
By April 1, 2008, radio and television Station Employment Units (SEU) in the states listed above must: (1) prepare their Annual EEO Public File Report; (2) place it in the public inspection file…
Comments in Localism Proceeding due March 14
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Dates Set for DTV Filings
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Posted in Digital Television, Television
The Commission’s DTV Third Periodic Review adopting the rules and procedures for moving television stations through the end of the DTV transition was published in the Federal Register today, meaning that almost all of the new rules and forms adopted by the Order are now effective. Now that the majority of the new rules are…
Women’s Posteriors Now Indecent
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This evening, at about the close of business on a Friday evening, the FCC issued a decision on an number of indecency complaints involving a five-year old episode of "NYPD Blue." The Commission fined approximately fifty or so ABC affiliates in the Central and Mountain time zones $27,500 each for airing indecent material. …
Broadcast Station Reminder: Children’s Programming Reports and Quarterly Issues Programs Lists Due January 10th
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A reminder to all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, that Quarterly Issues Programs Lists reporting on the important issues facing the stations’ communities, and the programs aired in the months of October, November, and December dealing with those issues must be prepared and placed in the stations’ public inspection file…
DTV Ancillary and Supplemental Services Fee Report Due December 1st
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Posted in Digital Television
By December 1, 2007, licensees of commercial and noncommercial digital television stations must file an FCC Form 317 electronically reporting on whether the station has provided any ancillary and supplementary services during the twelve-month period ending on September 30, 2007. If the station did provide such services and generated any revenue from such services,…
Brendan Holland — FCBA Mass Media Practice Luncheon on HD Radio
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Brendan Holland of Davis Wright Tremaine’s Washington DC Office, as co-chair of the Federal Communications Bar Association’s Mass Media practice group, will moderate a panel at the practice group’s Nov. 13th Brown Bag luncheon regarding HD Radio. Held at noon at the NAB in Washington, the practice group will hear from Al Shuldiner from iBiquity, Caryn…
Next Step Announced for NCE FM Window Applications
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Posted in FM Radio, Noncommercial Broadcasting
This afternoon, FCC today released a Public Notice regarding the recent NCE FM filing window during which the FCC accepted applications for new noncommercial FM radio stations. By this Public Notice, the Commission has opened a 60-day settlement period for parties to resolve any technical conflicts between their applications, either by making technical…
Comment Date Set for Proceeding Regarding Use of FM Translators by AM Stations
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The FCC’s proposal to allow FM translators to rebroadcast the signals of AM stations as a fill-in service has been published in the Federal Register setting the dates for comment. Comments in the proceeding will be due by January 7, 2008, with Reply Comments due on or before February 4, 2008. As we wrote…