October 1, 2011
Every three years, commercial television stations with must-carry rights are required to elect either retransmission consent or mandatory carriage (must-carry) on local cable and satellite systems for the upcoming three-year period. By this date, such stations must send their election notices to affected cable and satellite providers....
October 1, 2011
Full-power AM and FM radio broadcast stations, as well as FM Translator stations, licensed to communities in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands must electronically file by this date their applications for renewal of license on FCC Form 303-S, along with their Equal Opportunity Employment Reports on FCC Form...
October 1, 2011
Full-power AM and FM radio broadcast stations licensed to communities in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands must begin on this date to air their post-filing license renewal announcements in accordance with the FCC's regulations. FM Translator stations licensed to communities in these states must arrange for the required...
October 1, 2011
Full-power AM and FM radio broadcast stations licensed to communities in Alabama and Georgia must begin on this date to air their pre-filing license renewal announcements in accordance with the FCC's regulations....
October 1, 2011
Station employment units ("SEUs") that have five or more full-time employees and are comprised of radio and/or television stations licensed to communities in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Iowa, the Mariana Islands, Missouri, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington must by this date place in their public...
October 1, 2011
Noncommercial radio stations licensed to communities in Alaska, American Samoa, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, the Mariana Islands, Oregon, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington and noncommercial television stations licensed to communities in Iowa and Missouri (other than sole proprietorships or partnerships composed entirely of natural persons) must electronically file by...
October 6, 2011
Glenn S. Richards will speak at this event hosted by the Illinois Institute of Technology's School of Applied Technology in two panel sesstions, "Universal Service Fund/Intercarrier Compensation Reform" and "NG911, Location and Accessibility," on October 6th from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm. For more information and to register, please click...
October 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 July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011....
October 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 July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011....
October 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 July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011, and place the form as filed in the stations' public inspection files....
October 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 July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011....
October 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 July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011 and...
October 11, 2011
John Hane will be joined by Tom Larsen of Mediacom Communications and Sarah Barry and Robin Flynn of SNL Kagan to discuss and debate whether the FCC will adopt new retransmission consent rules and whether rules are needed at all. To register, please click here....
October 11, 2011
Scott R. Flick of Pillsbury will review the FCC's Broadcast License Renewal Process during this Webinar presented by the Indiana Broadcasters Association on October 11th from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. To register, please click here....
October 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 August 31, 2011....
October 27, 2011
Glenn S. Richards will speak during this session which takes place from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. Once a technology for hobbyists, VoIP has emerged in the past five years as the standard for most enterprise customers. However, challenges and opportunities persist as customers must still grapple with multiple service...
October 28, 2011
Glenn S. Richards will speak during this session which takes place from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. Telecom encompasses such a wide range of products and services - from voice to data to wireline to wireless and everything in between. This complexity means it's always a challenge to prepare for...
