This advisory is directed to television stations with locally-produced programming whose signals were carried by at least one cable system located outside the station’s local service area or by a satellite provider that provided service to at least one viewer outside the station’s local service area during 2020. These stations…
Full power commercial and noncommercial radio, LPFM, and FM Translator stations, licensed to communities in California and full power TV, Class A TV, LPTV, and TV Translator stations licensed to communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, must file their license renewal applications by August 2, 2021. August 2, 2021 is the…
The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by July 10, 2021, reflecting information for the months of April, May, and June 2021. Content of the Quarterly List The FCC requires each broadcast station to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to…
Full power commercial and noncommercial radio, LPFM, and FM Translator stations, licensed to communities in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming and full power TV, Class A TV, LPTV, and TV Translator stations licensed to communities in Michigan and Ohio, must file their license renewal applications by June…
This Pillsbury Broadcast Station Advisory is directed to radio and television stations in the areas noted above, and highlights upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC’s EEO Rule. June 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Arizona, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico,…
The next Quarterly Issues/Programs List (“Quarterly List”) must be placed in stations’ Public Inspection Files by April 10, 2021, reflecting information for the months of January, February, and March 2021. Content of the Quarterly List The FCC requires each broadcast station to air a reasonable amount of programming responsive to…
Turns out, some things are simpler than you think. Few rules in the Code of Federal Regulations have as tortured a history as 47 CFR § 73.3555—the broadcast multiple ownership rules. The subject of court decisions too numerous to count, a brief review of FCC decisions revising (or deciding not…
This Pillsbury Broadcast Station Advisory is directed to radio and television stations in the areas noted above, and highlights upcoming deadlines for compliance with the FCC’s EEO Rule. April 1 is the deadline for broadcast stations licensed to communities in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas to place their…
Full power commercial and noncommercial radio, LPFM, and FM Translator stations, licensed to communities in Texas, and full power TV, Class A TV, LPTV, and TV Translator stations licensed to communities in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, must file their license renewal applications by April 1, 2021. April 1, 2021 is…
The deadline to file the 2020 Annual Children’s Television Programming Report with the FCC is January 30, 2021, reflecting programming aired during the 2020 calendar year. Note that because this deadline falls on a weekend, submissions may be made on February 1, 2021. In addition, commercial stations’ documentation of their…