FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 77World Cup Report-Part VII, with Mike Brown
As described in more detail below, by April 10, 2025, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license and the...more
Broadcasters’ next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by April 10, 2025, reflecting information for the months of January, February, and March 2025....more
As described in more detail below, by January 10, 2025, all radio and television broadcast stations—both commercial and noncommercial—must prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license and the...more
December 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and...more
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont with five...more
By October 10, 2024, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must: (1) prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license and the programs aired during July, August,...more
The FCC’s rules require that all Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants update their identifying information in the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) annually. Accordingly, all EAS Participants must update and submit their...more
October 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington to place...more
As of the distribution of this alert, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has not yet announced the deadline for this year’s regulatory fee payments. However, as the Commission has a statutory obligation...more
August 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin to place their Annual EEO Public File Report in their Public Inspection File and...more
The FCC has taken several actions directed at low power television (LPTV), Class A, and television translator stations. On August 20, 2024, the FCC will lift its freeze on major modification applications to permit LPTV,...more
Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming with five or more full-time employees...more
The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by April 10, 2024, reflecting information for the months of January, February, and March 2024. Content of the...more
By April 10, 2024, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must: (1) prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license and the programs aired during January,...more
April 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas to place their Annual EEO Public File Report in their Public Inspection File and post...more
As anyone who has shopped for jeans recently can appreciate, sometimes what’s old is new again. Indeed, some of us wish we had not been quite so hasty in Marie Kondo-ing our closets now that ‘90s-style jeans are making a...more
February 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma to place their Annual EEO Public File Report in their Public...more
By January 10, 2024, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license and the programs dealing with those issues aired...more
I. Phased-In Expansion of Audio Description Requirements: The FCC adopted rules in 2011 requiring certain broadcast television stations in Designated Market Areas (DMAs) 1-60 to provide audio description (i.e., audio-narrated...more
Annual EEO Public File Report- Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,...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
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
August 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin to place their Annual EEO Public File Report in their Public Inspection File and...more
Annual EEO Public File Report- Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Wisconsin, and California with five or more full-time employees must prepare by Tuesday...more