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January 30, 2024: Annual Children’s Television Programming Reports and Commercial Time Limits Certifications Due January 16, 2024

We write to remind commercial full-power and Class A television broadcasters that the deadline for filing their annual Children’s Television Programming Reports and Commercial Time Limits Certifications will be here...

FCC Announces Extension Until FEBRUARY 28, 2023, to File and/or Upload Required LMS and OPIF Documents, Including Children’s Television Programming Reports, Children’s Commercial Time Limits Certifications, and Fourth Quarter 2022 Issues/Programs Lists January 27, 2023

Early this afternoon the FCC released a Public Notice extending until February 28, 2023, the deadline by which television broadcasters must file their 2022 Children’s Television Programming Reports and Children’s...

Nearly $3.4 Million in Fines for Children’s Commercial Time Limits Violations; FCC Signals Possible Change in Calculation of Future Fines December 22, 2022

The FCC made clear that children’s programming issues are still top-of-mind for enforcement purposes, particularly in a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (“NAL”) proposing fines against more than 100...

January 31, 2022: Annual Children’s Television Programming Reports and Commercial Time Limits Certifications Due January 25, 2022

June 1, 2021: Deadline for Ohio Television Stations to File License Renewal Applications; Important Steps to Take Prior to Filing May 18, 2021

As of this writing, we’re quickly approaching the June 1, 2021 deadline for one of the most important FCC filings Ohio television stations will make this year (or any year!) -...

FCC Proposes $20,000 Fine for Television Broadcaster’s Failure to Comply with Children’s Commercial Time Limits December 7, 2020

According to a recent Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “NAL”), $20,000 is the price a Maryland TV licensee may have to pay for airing commercials for “Hot Wheels...

2020 Annual Children’s Programming Report Form Now Available; Filing Deadline February 1, 2021 October 23, 2020

The Media Bureau has announced that the Children’s Television Programming Report form for the 2020 reporting period is now available in the FCC’s licensing and management system (“LMS”). The 2020...

Media Bureau Provides Limited, Temporary Waiver of Children’s Television Programming Preemption Rescheduling Rule for Qualifying Broadcasts Related To COVID-19 – Lasts Through April 30, 2020 April 9, 2020

By Public Notice (the “Notice”) released Thursday afternoon, the FCC has granted full power and Class A television stations a limited waiver of the Commission’s children’s television programming preemption rescheduling...

Extends Filing Deadlines for Children’s Television Programming Annual Report and 1Q 2020 Issues/Programs List Until July 10, 2020, Due to COVID-19 Emergency March 27, 2020

In a Public Notice (“Notice”) released late this afternoon (March 27), the FCC announced that, as a result of the “fluid and challenging situation caused by” COVID-19, it is extending:...

APRIL 10: Still the Deadline for Upload of First Quarter Issues/Programs Lists for Radio and TV Stations, and Class A Continuing Eligibility Certifications March 23, 2020

While we’re on the subject of forthcoming deadlines, here are two deadlines that have not changed. First, all full-power broadcasters (radio and television) should further remember that Issues/Programs Lists for...