Bulletin Categories: EEO

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...

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

Approximately 151 radio stations, 99 TV stations, and their corresponding employment units—including slightly more than a dozen Ohio stations—will be part of the FCC’s first batch of equal employment opportunity...

Approximately 128 radio stations, 19 TV stations, and their corresponding employment units will be part of the FCC’s second batch of EEO (“equal employment opportunity”) audits of 2022, according to...