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The Pillsbury 2024 Broadcasters’ Calendar–Another Year of Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines

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 calendar may be full of “happy dates” like vacations and graduations,  the 2024 Broadcasters’ Calendar is full of deadlines that […]

Sage EAS Users Get a Deadline Extension From the FCC

But users of other equipment must still comply by Dec. 12 Users of Sage equipment: You now have another 90 days to meet that pending FCC deadline for updating your EAS firmware. Users of EAS products from other vendors: The Dec. 12 deadline still applies to you. The chief of the FCC’s Public Safety and […]

2023 Third Quarter Issues/Programs List Advisory for Broadcast Stations

The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by October 10, 2023, reflecting information for the months of July, August, and September 2023. Content of the Quarterly List The FCC requires each broadcast station to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to significant community needs, issues, and problems […]

FCC Sets September 20 Payment Deadline for Reduced Radio and TV Regulatory Fees

Today the Federal Communications Commission released its annual Public Notice setting the deadline for paying annual regulatory fees.  Payments can be made via the FCC’s Commission Registration System (CORES) beginning today through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on September 20, 2023. In addition to marking this deadline on their calendars, broadcasters should note with some satisfaction that despite the […]

FCC Extends Inspection File Deadline

It’s having technical issues The FCC Media Bureau has announced an extension to the deadline for stations to file their required documents into the Online Public File system. It said it is having technical issues “adversely affecting the responsiveness” of the OPIF. READ MORE

Sources: FEMA Plans To Bring Back National EAS Test This Summer.

One year after the pandemic sidelined the now-annual national test of the Emergency Alert System, the Federal Emergency Management Agency expects to return to form this summer. Sources say FEMA is tentatively planning to conduct the national EAS test on Wednesday, Aug. 11 with a backup date of Wednesday, Aug. 25 to be used if […]

License Renewal Application Reminder for Radio Stations in North Dakota

The FCC’s state-by-state license renewal cycle began in June 2019 for radio stations and in June 2020 for television stations. Radio and TV stations licensed to communities in the respective states listed above should be moving forward with their license renewal preparation. This includes familiarizing themselves with not only the filing deadline itself, but with […]

Dec 1, 2019

Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report

Dec 1, 2019

Annual EEO Public File Reports must be included in stations’ public inspection files.