Earlier this week, the FCC opened CORES to accept FY 2024 regulatory fee payments and announced a payment deadline of September 26, 2024. Since that time, however, broadcasters have encountered a number of issues when trying to pay their fees. The most common issues include:
- Difficulty accessing the system
- Assessment of inaccurate fees
- Failure to assess fees for all stations associated with a licensee’s FRN
- Stations being listed in incorrect service categories (e.g., a TV translator being listed as a full-power TV station, and vice versa)
- Fee-exempt stations being listed as feeable
The FCC today acknowledged that incorrect population count information in particular is resulting in incorrect fee assessments for a significant number of AM and FM stations. In response, the FCC has temporarily deactivated the fccfees.com lookup site.
