Bulletin Categories: Public File

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...

Approximately 151 radio stations, 20 TV stations, and their corresponding employment units will be part of the FCC’s second equal employment opportunity (“EEO”) audit of 2021, according to a recently...

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 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!) -...

Over opposition from the broadcast industry, the FCC last month unanimously adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) to require specific, standardized disclosures relating to broadcast material paid for or...

It’s hard to believe that nearly six months have passed since the FCC’s “new” local public notice rules and procedures—which are triggered upon the filing of various FCC applications—took effect...

The Media Bureau recently issued a Public Notice (the “Notice”) kindly “reminding” commercial broadcast station licensees that “every ‘sharing’ agreement pertaining to the operation of the station, whether involving the...

Political file consent decrees continue to be inked between the Commission and various radio broadcasters at a fairly steady clip.  By our count, approximately a dozen additional political file consent...

In a widely anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”), the FCC is seeking comment on its proposal to require specific, standardized disclosures relating to broadcast material paid for or...

As of this past Friday, October 30, 2020, the FCC’s new local public notice rules and procedures—which are triggered upon the filing of various FCC applications — are now in...