Alert
Alert
09.25.12
TV, Class A TV, and certain LPTV stations licensed to communities in Alabama and Georgia must begin airing pre-filing license renewal announcements on October 1, 2012. License renewal applications for these stations and in-state TV translator stations are due by December 1, 2012.
Pre-Filing License Renewal Announcements
Stations in the video services that are licensed to communities in Alabama and Georgia must file their license renewal applications by
December 1, 2012.
Beginning two months prior to that filing, full power TV, Class A TV, and LPTV stations capable of local origination must air four pre-filing renewal announcements alerting the public to the upcoming license renewal application filing. These stations must air the first pre-filing announcement on
October 1, 2012. The remaining announcements must air on October 16, November 1, and November 16, for a total of four announcements. A sign board or slide showing the licensee’s address and the FCC’s Washington DC address must be displayed while the pre-filing announcements are broadcast.
For commercial stations, at least two of these four announcements must air between 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm. Locally-originating LPTV stations must broadcast these announcements as close to the above schedule as their operating schedule permits. Noncommercial stations must air the announcements at the same times as commercial stations; however, noncommercial stations need not air any announcements in a month in which the station does not operate. A noncommercial station that will not air some announcements because it is off the air must air the remaining announcements in the order listed above, i.e., the first two must air between 6:00 pm and 11:00 pm.