July 1, 2011
The FCC is expected to release a Public Notice this month indicating the dates by which annual regulatory fees must be filed with the FCC and the amounts of those fees. Broadcasters should be alert to this announcement....
July 10, 2011
All full-power radio, full-power television, and Class A television stations must place in their public inspection files by this date the Quarterly Issues/Programs List covering the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011....
July 10, 2011
Commercial full-power and Class A television stations must place in their public inspection files by this date records "sufficient to verify compliance" with the FCC's commercial time limitations in children's programming broadcast during the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011....
July 10, 2011
Commercial full-power and Class A television stations must by this date electronically file FCC Form 398, demonstrating their responsiveness to "the educational and informational needs of children" for the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, and place the form as filed in the stations' public inspection files....
July 10, 2011
All full-power television stations that have not yet completed construction and commenced operation of their final post-transition DTV facilities must electronically file by this date FCC Form 388 demonstrating their compliance with DTV consumer education initiative requirements for the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011....
July 10, 2011
Class A television stations are required to maintain documentation in their public inspection files sufficient to demonstrate continuing compliance with the FCC's Class A eligibility requirements. We recommend that by this date Class A television stations generate such documentation for the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011 and...
July 15, 2011
Commercial and noncommercial webcasters and those simulcasting radio programming over the Internet must by this date submit the Monthly Report of Use and Monthly Usage Statement of Account forms to SoundExchange for the month ending May 31, 2011....
July 31, 2011
Television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried as distant signals by at least one cable system in 2010, and television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one satellite carrier for home viewing in 2010, are eligible to file royalty claims for compensation with...
