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Station employment units in Alaska , Florida , Hawaii , Iowa , Missouri , Oregon , Washington , American Samoa , Guam , the Mariana Islands , PuertoRico , Saipan , and the Virgin Islands should have placed these reports in their public file by October 1.
As we enter the last quarter of the year, the broadcasters’ October calendar is full of important regulatory dates and deadlines. Put these dates and deadlines on your calendar and check with your station’s advisors for other dates applicable to your operations. . .
Paying regulatory fees is a part of the yearly calendar for broadcasters and other entities that do business before the FCC. The FCC, at the request of the PuertoRico broadcasters, has also been asked to provide fee relief to stations in economically depressed regions.
First, by October 1, EEO public file reports should be placed in the public file of stations with 5 or more full-time employees, if those stations are located in the following states and territories: Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, the Mariana Islands, PuertoRico, Saipan, and the Virgin Islands.
For more specifics on these deadlines and which states are involved, check out our Broadcasters Regulatory Calendar here. There is also a new form for full-power TV broadcasters filing construction permits applications for changes in their facilities, effective as of October 2.
And come the first of December, those regular filing deadlines return to the calendar. November lacks the usual set of deadlines for routine FCC filings, but there are nevertheless a number of regulatory dates that warrant attention. November brings comment deadlines in at least two FCC proceedings relevant to broadcasters.
There is an additional obligation for Television Employment Units with five or more full-time employees in Alaska , American Samoa , Guam , the Mariana Islands , Oregon , and Washington which must file Mid-Term EEO Reports with the FCC by October 1.
There is an additional obligation for Television Employment Units with five or more full-time employees in Alaska , American Samoa , Guam , the Mariana Islands , Oregon , and Washington which must file Mid-Term EEO Reports with the FCC by October 10.
Stations in Florida and PuertoRico , who file on October 1, should be prepared to start their pre-filing announcements on August 1. On these same days, pre-filing announcements must be run by radio stations in North and South Carolina, who file their renewals by August 1. See our article here on pre-filing announcements.
The beginning of a calendar quarter always brings numerous regulatory obligations, and October is one of those months with a particularly full set of obligations. These reports are the FCC’s only official record of how a station served its community.
Villanueva spent a large part of his childhood in PuertoRico and is of part Puerto Rican heritage himself. Specifically, he served in the US Air Force and California Army National Guard between 1983 and 1985 and remained in the military until 1992.
But with so many relists primed to grant, the court may make substantial inroads on filling its fall argument calendar on the next order list. The court won’t be meeting in conference for four weeks after this Friday. Seven of this week’s relists have something strange in common: All were considered at the court’s Jan. 15 conference.
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