The nuts and bolts of legal issues for broadcasters were highlighted in two sessions in which I participated at last week’s joint convention of the Oregon and Washington State Broadcasters Associations, held in Stephenson, Washington, on the Columbia River that divides the two states. Initially, I conducted a seminar for broadcasters providing a refresher on their
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Broadcast Station Reminder: EEO Public File Reports and Form 397 EEO Mid-Term Reports due by June 1st for Stations in Select States
By Brendan Holland on
Posted in EEO Compliance/Diversity
June 1st marks the deadline for two FCC EEO requirements. First, by June 1st, radio and television stations located in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming, must prepare their Annual EEO Public File Reports. Specifically, stations or Station Employment…
FCC Issues List of EEO Audits
By David Oxenford on
Posted in EEO Compliance/Diversity
As we wrote last week, the FCC recently admonished two major broadcasters, each of which had a station group which had not complied with the FCC’s EEO rules. In both cases, the FCC would have issued fines instead of the admonishments had it not been for renewal applications that were granted between the time of the…