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August 1, 2025 FCC EEO Deadlines for Stations in NC, SC, IL, WI, and CA

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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 Friday, August 1, 2025, an annual EEO...more

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Broadcast Station Filings Due on July 10, 2025

As described in more detail below, by July 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 programs...more

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2025 Second Quarter Issues

Broadcasters’ next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2025, reflecting information for the months of April, May, and June 2025....more

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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New...

June 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming to place their Annual...more

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June 2, 2025 FCC EEO Deadlines for Stations in DC, MD, VA, WV, MI, OH, AZ, ID, NV, NM, UT, and WY

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Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming with five or more full-time...more

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Broadcast Station Filings Due on April 10, 2025

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

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2025 First Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

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

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April 1, 2025 FCC EEO Deadlines for Stations in IN, KY, TN, TX, DE, and PA

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Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Delaware, and Pennsylvania with five or more full-time employees must prepare by Tuesday, April 1, 2025, an annual EEO...more

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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ January 2025

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

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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York,...

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

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Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations

The deadline to file the 2024 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2025, reflecting programming aired during the 2024 calendar year. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of...more

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Meeting Your 2024 Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations

The deadline to file the 2024 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2025, reflecting programming aired during the 2024 calendar year. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of...more

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EAS Participants Must File FCC Form One by October 4, 2024

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

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October 1, 2024 FCC EEO Deadlines for Stations in FL, PR, VI, IA, MO, AK, GU, HI, OR, AS, WA

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Radio and television station employment units (SEUs) located in Florida, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Iowa, Missouri, Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, Oregon, America Samoa, and Washington with five or more full-time employees must...more

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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ May 2024

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

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Annual EEO Public File Report Deadline for Stations in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico,...

June 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming to place their Annual...more

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FCC Restarts Collection of EEO Workforce Data on Form 395-B

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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

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Broadcasters Once Again Face Reporting Employee Race, Ethnicity and Gender to the FCC

Yesterday, the FCC released its Fourth Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in its Review of the Commission’s Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and...more

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FCC Reinstates Collection of Broadcast Employment Data on Form 395-B

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After a hiatus of more than 20 years, the FCC will again require radio and television broadcasters to submit information about the race, ethnicity, and gender of their employees. The information, to be filed on FCC Form...more

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Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations

The deadline to file the 2023 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2024, reflecting programming aired during the 2023 calendar year. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of...more

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FCC Seeks Public Comment on Television Blackout Reporting Requirements

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Members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have long expressed concern about the consumer impacts of so-called retransmission consent “blackouts,” which occur when a multichannel video programming distributor...more

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Reminder: Keep Breathing and Prepare for Ownership Reports!

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On particularly difficult rides, Peloton instructor Denis Mortin (a personal favorite) will encourage us huffing and puffing mortals not to quit, which he says can be accomplished by “picking a spot on the floor about 10 feet...more

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Biennial Ownership Reports: Plan for December 1 Deadline

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The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Media Bureau announced that, beginning on October 2, 2023, the Commission will open a window during which licensees of commercial and non-commercial full power...more

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Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations

The deadline to file the 2022 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2023, reflecting programming aired during the 2022 calendar year. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of...more

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Meeting Your Annual Children’s Television Programming Reporting Obligations - January 2023

The deadline to file the 2022 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2023, reflecting programming aired during the 2022 calendar year. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of...more

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