Confluence of Dec. 1 Broadcast Deadlines in 2017
The FCC is likely to experience a filing crunch Dec. 1, 2017, due to changes to rules on the filing of ownership reports, said Pillsbury Winthrop broadcast attorney Scott Flick in a blog post. A rule change that will have…
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noncommercial broadcast stations joining commercial ones in filing ownership reports means "pretty much every station in America will be making at least one filing by that deadline, with most making multiple filings," Flick said. For some stations, DTV ancillary services reports and midterm equal employment opportunity reports will be due at the same time, Flick noted. With so many filings on the same day, the FCC's systems could get overloaded, the blog post said.