Items of Note in 20201
I. Applications for Renewal of License: June 1,
2020 is the first filing deadline in the three-year long
license renewal cycle for stations in the television services
(full-power television, Class A, TV Translator, and LPTV). The
renewal cycle for radio services (AM, FM, FM Translator, and LPFM),
which began on June 1, 2019, continues into 2020. Stations will
file their license renewal applications on FCC Form 2100, Schedule
303-S ("Form 303-S") along with their Equal Opportunity
Employment Reports on Form 2100, Schedule 396 ("Form
396"). The date by which the licensee must file a
station's application for license renewal depends on the state
or territory of the station's community of license. All
licensees should familiarize themselves now with the dates
associated with this important filing, including the dates on which
pre-filing public notice announcements must air, the filing
deadline itself (which is approximately four months before the
