Bulletin Categories: EEO

Today, Friday, August 30, 2024, the FCC issued a brief Public Notice (the “Notice”) stating that the first filing of the recently reinstated EEO Form 395-B “will not be due...

With the Memorial Day Holiday behind us, we write to remind all Ohio radio AND television stations with five or more full-time employees that the deadline to upload their annual...

We write to remind all Ohio radio AND television stations with five or more full-time employees that the deadline to upload their annual EEO Public File Report (covering the period...

As we wrote last week, the FCC recently adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) by a 3‑2 margin formally reinstating the requirement for broadcasters with five or more full-time...

Late Thursday afternoon, by a 3-2 margin, the FCC adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) formally reinstating the requirement for broadcasters with five or more full-time employees to annually...

The FCC recently released a Forfeiture Order (“Order”) imposing a $26,000 forfeiture against a large broadcast ownership group (“Licensee”) for failing to timely upload one annual EEO Public File Report...

Last week, both FCC Commissioner Starks and 27 democratic members of Congress took to the digital pen to urge the FCC to readopt its long-suspended EEO Form 395-B annual filing...

A recent Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (the “NAL”) provides an important lesson regarding how quickly a relatively small number equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) mistakes can snowball into a...

By June 1, 2023—i.e., one week from today—all Ohio radio AND television stations with five or more full-time employees must upload their annual EEO Public File Report (covering the period...

The FCC has announced that on June 1, 2023, the Enforcement Bureau will commence its required EEO mid-term reviews of broadcast stations in qualifying employment units.  Because this will be...