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FCC EEO Rules Webinar June 20, 2022

The release of the FCC’s second round of 2022 EEO audit letters is likely to come in the next few months. Between a recent five-figure FCC-proposed fine related to EEO...

FCC Proposes to Move EEO Oversight to the Enforcement Bureau July 16, 2018

The FCC recently announced a proposal to move the agency staff responsible for enforcing the Commission’s equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) rules from the Media Bureau to the Enforcement Bureau. Chairman...

EEO Public File Reports Due June 1, 2018, for Ohio Radio and Television Stations May 10, 2018

Ohio broadcast stations—both radio and television—with five or more full-time employees must upload their annual EEO Public File Report in their online public inspection file and post it to their...

FCC’s Broadcast Mid-Term EEO Reporting Requirement May Also Be Eliminated March 28, 2018

Another FCC reporting requirement may also be on its way out. Comments are due May 21, 2018, on the Commission’s Noticed of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) that would eliminate FCC Form 397,...

FCC Issues First Round of 2018 Random EEO Compliance Audits and Announces New Audit Procedures February 28, 2018

The FCC has released its first round of EEO audit letters of 2018 to randomly selected radio and television station licensees. While broadcasters have come to expect routine EEO compliance...

FCC Proposes to Eliminate Broadcast Mid-Term EEO Report – FCC Form 397 – Filing Requirement February 23, 2018

The Broadcast Mid-Term EEO Report (FCC Form 397) may soon be a thing of the past. The FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) at its February 22, 2018,...

FCC Issues $20,000 Fine and Imposes Additional Reporting Obligations For EEO Violations December 18, 2017

The FCC’s random Equal Employment Opportunity (“EEO”) audits are not just busy work! They can sometimes lead to fines for broadcasters, and that’s exactly what happened recently as the Commission...

The EEOC’s Revised EEO-1 Gets Tossed by the Office of Management and Budget August 30, 2017

On August 29, 2017, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) immediately halted the EEOC’s revisions to the EEO-1 form that were to take effect in March 2018. The revisions...

EEO Public File Reports Due June 1, for Ohio Radio and Television Stations May 2, 2017

Ohio broadcast stations—both radio and television—with five or more full-time employees must place their annual EEO Public File Report in their public inspection file and post it to their website...

EEO Mid-Term Reports (FCC Form 397) Due June 1, for Certain Ohio Television Stations May 2, 2017

The FCC’s EEO rules have been in effect for more than a decade, and they require broadcasters to file certain periodic reports with the Commission, including FCC Form 396 (the...