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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...

MARCH 30, 2020: Deadline for First Annual Children’s Television Programming Report Filings March 23, 2020

We write to remind all television broadcasters that the deadline for filing the first annual Children’s Television Programming Reports will be here next week. The deadline is Monday, March 30,...

Important Update for TV Station Filings Due in January 2020: Children’s Television Programming Reports; Children’s Commercial Time Limits; Issues/Programs Lists; Class A TV Station Certifications December 23, 2019

Late on Friday, December 20, the FCC issued a Public Notice that affects when TV stations must make certain filings relating to children’s programming. The information below modifies some of...

Kid TV Reporting Update: Media Bureau Establishes December 17, 2019 Deadline to Amend Existing or File Outstanding Quarterly Children’s Television Programming Reports November 18, 2019

If your stations need to amend—or belatedly file—any quarterly Kid TV Reports with the Commission, you need to do so no later than December 17, 2019. That’s according to a...

FCC Issues Penalties, Enters Into Consent Decrees After Finding Purported Violations of Children’s TV Rules September 16, 2019

As we’ve previously reported, several (but not all) of the FCC’s revised Children’s Television Programming Rules take effect today, September 16th, 2019. One thing that will not be changing, to...

Your Children’s Television Obligations Will Soon Be Changing— Expect Greater Flexibility and Yearly (Rather than Quarterly) Reporting September 4, 2019

UPDATED THROUGH 9/10/2019 [DOWNLOAD THE OVERVIEW] In July 2019, the FCC adopted and released a long-anticipated Order revising its children’s E/I (educational/informational) television rules; in early September, the Media Bureau...

Revised Children’s TV Rules to Take Effect on Staggered Timeline; Quarterly Filing Requirement Remains in Place for Now August 23, 2019

The FCC recently announced that several of its revised Children’s Television Programming Rules (the “Rules”) will take effect soon—on September 16, 2019. We discuss which Rules will be taking effect...

Children’s TV Rules Sent to OMB For Approval; Effective Date Still Uncertain August 8, 2019

We’re keeping a close eye on the revised Children’s Television Programming Rules (the “Rules”) as they make their way through the regulatory approval and implementation process. Although we don’t yet...

FCC Adopts Order That Moves Carriage Election Notices from Snail-Mail to Electronic Delivery July 11, 2019

Today, the FCC unanimously adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Order”) that moves broadcasters’ carriage election notices to primarily electronic means, significantly modernizing the...