Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more
8/2/2024
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Compliance ,
Consent Decrees ,
Demand Letter ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Fees ,
Fines ,
Licenses ,
Radio Broadcasting ,
Radio Stations ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Telecommunications
The origins of the annual Pillsbury Broadcasters’ Calendar have been lost to time, but it’s safe to say the new 2024 version is at least the 50th edition of this guidebook for the broadcast industry. While your own personal...more
12/20/2023
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Compliance ,
Copyright ,
Deadlines ,
EEO ,
FCC ,
Licensees ,
Radio Stations ,
Royalties ,
Telecommunications ,
Television Broadcast Stations
This Pillsbury Broadcast Station Advisory is directed to radio and television stations in the areas noted above, and highlights upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC’s EEO Rule....more
Under the FCC’s EEO Rule, all radio and television station employment units (“SEUs”), regardless of staff size, must afford equal opportunity to all qualified persons and practice nondiscrimination in employment....more
February 1, 2023 is the license renewal application filing deadline for commercial and noncommercial TV broadcast stations licensed to communities in the following states:
Full Power TV, Class A, LPTV, and TV Translator...more
1/20/2023
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Children's TV Programming ,
Compliance ,
EEO ,
FCC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Foreign Ownership ,
License Renewals ,
New Jersey ,
New York ,
Radio Stations ,
Television Broadcast Stations
ecember 1, 2022 is the license renewal application filing deadline for commercial and noncommercial TV broadcast stations licensed to communities in the following states:
Full Power TV, Class A, LPTV, and TV Translator...more
11/9/2022
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Children's TV Programming ,
Class Certification ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
Compliance ,
FCC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Foreign Ownership ,
License Renewals ,
Licenses ,
Shareholders ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Unfair Competition
October 3, 2022 is the license renewal application filing deadline for commercial and noncommercial TV broadcast stations licensed to communities in the following states:
Full Power TV, Class A, LPTV, and TV Translator...more
9/13/2022
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Communications Act of 1934 ,
Compliance ,
EEO ,
FCC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Foreign Ownership ,
License Renewals ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Unfair Competition
August 1, 2022 is the license renewal application filing deadline for commercial and noncommercial TV broadcast stations licensed to communities in the following states:
Full Power TV, Class A, LPTV, and TV Translator...more
7/22/2022
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Children's TV Programming ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EEO ,
FCC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Foreign Ownership ,
License Renewals ,
Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) ,
Public Notice ,
Television Broadcast Stations
Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others. ...more
With many of their employees either off today or working a half-day in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday, broadcasters were settling in for what would hopefully be a couple of slow news days and a long weekend. ...more
The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2020, reflecting information for the months of July, August, and September 2020.
Content of the...more
October 1, 2020 is the license renewal application filing deadline for commercial and noncommercial radio and TV broadcast stations licensed to communities in the following states:
Full Power AM and FM, Low Power FM, and...more
August 3, 2020 is the license renewal application filing deadline for commercial and noncommercial radio and TV broadcast stations licensed to communities in the following states:
Full Power AM and FM, Low Power FM, and FM...more
Full power commercial and noncommercial radio stations and LPFM stations licensed to communities in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee must begin airing pre-filing license renewal announcements on February 1, 2020. License...more
Items of Note in 2020
I. Applications for Renewal of License: June 1, 2020 is the first filing deadline in the three-year long license renewal cycle for stations in the television services (full-power television, Class A,...more