The Media Bureau has announced that some TV stations may opt not to post to the FCC's online public file system their quarterly issues/programs lists covering earlier renewal cycle(s). Before you start doing the Snoopy dance, though, be aware that there are at least three gotchas here.… Continue Reading
Full-service TV and Class A TV licensees shouldn't party too hard this New Year's Eve. That's because the date by which they've got to upload their public inspection files to the FCC-maintained online site is right around the corner.… Continue Reading
Coming soon to screens all across the country! YOUR October 2012 issues/programs list (if you're a full-power or Class A TV station). If you think that your lists could use some spiffing up before their online debut, read on.… Continue Reading
Public-file-uploading chores kick in for ALL TV licensees (including Class A's) no later than October 10, when the next quarterly issues/programs lists mush be placed in each station's file. With that deadline looming, we thought it might be useful to introduce everybody to some of the nitty-gritty details they'll need know before they try to upload their lists.… Continue Reading
Here's a report on last night's demonstration of the new online public file system. And heads up -- if you didn't make it to last night's demo, the FCC has scheduled another for today, August 1, at 12 Noon (ET). Since the new public file rule takes effect tomorrow, August 2, there's no time like the present.… Continue Reading
With the August 2 effective date of the online TV public file rule just a couple of days away, more information about the FCC's system is bubbling to the surface. And check it out -- even though the rule hasn't kicked in yet.one of its elements has already been waived!… Continue Reading
The Commission will be conducting two online "screensharing" demonstrations of its new public file system. Heads up, though -- the first one is this Monday morning (July 30) at 9:00 a.m.… Continue Reading
It looks like, barring some unanticipated last-minute development, the FCC's online public file rule for TV stations will take effect on August 2, 2012.… Continue Reading
The NAB has replied to the FCC's opposition to the NAB's request that the effective date of the TV online public file rule be stayed.… Continue Reading
Just in time to give you something to read at the beach over the weekend, here's the FCC's opposition to the NAB's motion for stay of the online TV public file rule. And as a bonus, we're also sending along a copy of a second opposition, filed by a collection of intervenors who were just let into the case yesterday.… Continue Reading
Today was the day that the FCC was to debut its new online public file system for TV stations. We dropped by the FCC this morning to take a first-hand look at what the Feds have cooked up.… Continue Reading
In a move that should surprise nobody, the Media Bureau has denied the NAB's request that the effective date of the online public file rule be stayed.… Continue Reading
As predicted, the NAB has asked the D.C. Circuit to stay the FCC's seemingly irresistible juggernaut toward implementing the revised TV public file rule as of August 2.… Continue Reading
Mark your calendars! July 17 is the date,10:00 a.m. ET is the time! That's when All (or at least Something) Will Be Revealed about the cloud-based online system by which the FCC plans to maintain the public files of several thousand TV stations.… Continue Reading
In a public notice, the FCC has alluded, without elaboration, to upcoming "user testing" of its still-under-wraps online public file system. Meanwhile, the NAB has asked that the revised public file rule be stayed.… Continue Reading
If you're thinking about asking the FCC to reconsider its recent decision to move TV public files to an FCC-maintained cloud-based online system - or maybe if you're more inclined to ask the courts to take a look at that decision - your deadlines for doing so have now been set.… Continue Reading
The deadlines have now been set for initial comments on the latest version of Form 355 -- the quarterly programming report TV stations (and, eventually, probably all broadcasters) would be required to file with the Commission.… Continue Reading
While the FCC may take its own sweet time when it comes to getting its processes cranked up for some proceedings, that's not always the case.… Continue Reading
Hot on the heels of its abandonment of the "enhanced disclosure" reporting form adopted in 2007 (but never implemented), the Commission has made good on its promise to come up with a replacement. Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for the 2011 edition of "Standardized Television Disclosure Form 355".… Continue Reading
The Commission is proposing to serve as the on-line host to the public inspection files of all TV stations. Magnanimous gesture or stepping stone to greater content control? You make the call.… Continue Reading
Last November, the FCC announced that it had adopted a new "enhanced" programming report for TV licensees, and also that it would require TV
licensees to post pretty much all of the local public files on their respective websites. From March 13 until May 12, we all have an opportunity to send comments on the resulting paperwork to
the FCC, which will then pass the comments on to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to let them how we feel about these new burdens.
