Legal – New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters

Uploading Your Quarterly Issues Report

Tuesday, December 30 by Tracy Caruso

Stay up to date with the FCC! The latest deadline for filing your Fourth Quarter Issues/Programs List is January 10, 2026. Below is a great article from our legal counsel, Scott Flick, who outlines everything you need to know. Q4 2025 Quarterly Issues-Programs Advisory

FCC Filing Deadline Extended

Thursday, November 13 by Tracy Caruso

The FCC has released an announcement that all FCC filings due between October 1 and November 17 (Monday) are now due Tuesday, November 18. You can read the notice here: FCC Extends Filing Deadline The FCC may release additional announcements of further extensions for specific types... Read More.

NH AM Radio Station Receives Notice From FCC

Monday, September 29 by Tracy Caruso

New Hampshire AM Station Receives Notice of Violation for Failing to Transmit Required Station Identification Announcements The Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to the licensee of an AM radio station in New Hampshire for failing to transmit required station identification announcements in... Read More.

FCC Extends Deadline for Sage Customers

Tuesday, November 7 by Ed Brouder

(November 28, 2023) - The FCC has extended an EAS firmware upgrade deadline by 90 days (until March 11, 2024) but only for stations that are existing customers of Sage Alerting Systems. Users of other manufacturers equipment must still comply with the original December... Read More.

December 1 Deadlines Approach

Monday, October 30 by Ed Brouder

(October 30) - The Federal Communications Commission reminds that December 1, 2023 is the deadline to place EEO Public File Reports in Public Inspection Files and on station Internet websites for all nonexempt radio and television stations in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts,... Read More.

Hold the date: Wednesday, October 4

Monday, August 7 by Ed Brouder

New Hampshire broadcasters should mark their calendars for two significant events on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. That's the day of NHAB's annual convention and Granite Mikes Award ceremony at the Bank of New Hampshire Stage in Concord (look elsewhere in this site for details). On... Read More.

2023 EAS Operating Handbook Available

Friday, February 17 by Ed Brouder

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations require all broadcast properties to have a copy of the Emergency Alert System Operating Handbook posted at each station control point. The 2023 edition is available for download here, or directly from the FCC website (near the... Read More.

NAB Monitoring DOJ Lawsuit Against Google

Wednesday, January 25 by Tracy Caruso

The National Association of Broadcasters says it is monitoring a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday accusing Alphabet’s Google... Read More.

Form 1 Deadline Looms

Friday, January 6 by Ed Brouder

The clock is ticking for all radio and television stations to submit their annual Form One filings on the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) EAS Test Reporting System portal (ETRS). Data that needs to be entered includes routine licensing information like FCC registration... Read More.

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