Category FCC
28 Sep
FCC reminder: AM/FM License Renewals
License expires: Oct. 1, 2019 Renewal application to be filed by: June 1, 2019 States: D.C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia License expires: Dec. 1, 2019 Renewal application to be filed by: Aug. 1, 2019 States: North Carolina, South Carolina License expires: Feb. 1, 2020 Renewal application to be filed by: Oct. 1, 2019 States: Florida, […]
READ MORE20 Sep
Reminder: EAS test Sept. 27
The nationwide EAS test is planned for Wednesday, September 27, 2017. All stations must log into ETRS to submit FCC Form Two on September 27 before midnight.
READ MORE1 Dec
SESAC rates increasing for 2017
SESAC rates will increase from $149 to $152 for 2017. For more information, visit https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=CRB-2016-0018-0001.
READ MORE19 Aug
EAS Test Reporting System deadlines
FCC Licensed Stations MUST Participate by August 26, 2016 The FCC has established the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) as a means to improve the EAS system for national emergencies. There are important deadlines you need to be aware of concerning this change. Form One must be filed on or before August 26, 2016. Form […]
READ MORE19 Jan
Student Media in the News
BMI Foundation announces BMI Founders Award for Radio Broadcasting The BMI Founders Award is an annual scholarship competition open to radio broadcasting students nationwide. The award commemorates the group of radio industry leaders who founded Broadcast Music, Inc. in 1939 with an unprecedented and enduring mission: to provide a competitive source for music licensing and […]
READ MORE18 Jun
FCC Commissioner says contest details should go online
The FCC’s “Contest Rule” says when a station has a contest, that station needs to broadcast details about the contest regularly. FCC Commissioner Michael O’Reilly wrote, in his blog this week, that those detailed disclosures are important, and therefore should be included on the web, and announcers can direct listeners to the full contest rules […]
READ MORE29 Jul
Help CBI prepare comments on FCC indecency policies
College Broadcasters, Inc. is seeking input from FCC-licensed student radio stations to prepare comments with the FCC regarding the commission’s indecency policies. More info is at https://www.askcbi.org/?p=3982. If you represent an FCC-licensed radio station or are planning to file for an LPFM license in October, please consider responding to a brief survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8Q8HY6N by […]
READ MORE29 Jun
EEO Audits by the FCC
“On June 26, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission mailed the secondof its Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) audit letters for 2013 to randomly selected radio stations. In accordance with the provisions of Section 73.2080(f)(4) of the Commission’s EEO rules, theFCC annually audits the EEO programs of randomly selected broadcast licensees. Each year, approximately five percent of […]
READ MORE27 Jun
Indecency – UPDATE & Call for Action
Act now to help protect student stations from censorship.
READ MORE24 Jun
New FCC Leniency Policy for “Student Stations”
In the form of a “POLICY STATEMENT AND ORDER” (“PSO”), the FCC announced a new leniency policy for student run stations. The policy is limited for “first-time violations of certain documentation requirements…”. In the PSO, the FCC states that it will, “first afford the licensee an opportunity to negotiate a consent decree in which the […]
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