FCC ISSUES NEW PUBLIC NOTICE LATE TUESDAY – QUARTERLY ISSUES NOW DUE BY FEB. 11, 2019

As an update to our Tuesday post, the FCC released a Public Notice late Tuesday extending the already extended filing deadlines for all public inspection quarterly submissions that were due on January 10, as well as any other filings that were required to be placed in a station’s Online Public Inspection File between January 3 and January 28, are now due by February 11. The FCC added that any online public file uploads that were made during the shutdown “will need to be resubmitted to the proper Online Public Inspection File site at https://publicfiles.fcc.gov

FCC FILINGS DUE TODAY (WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30)

Filing deadlines that landed during the government shutdown were extended (with a few exceptions) via a January 2 FCC Public Notice. The new deadline was to have been the second day of normal FCC operations (which would have made those filings due today, Tuesday, January 29). However, in a Public Notice released on Monday, the FCC extended that deadline an additional day, meaning that FCC filings whose due dates fell from January 3 to January 29 are now due by Wednesday, January 30, 2019. All public file documents that could not be uploaded to the Online Public Inspection File while it was unavailable during the shutdown should be uploaded as soon as possible, and certainly no later than the January 30 extended deadline for FCC filings.

CINCINNATI REDS WINTER CARAVAN VISITS KBA MEMBER STATIONS

The 2019 Cincinnati Reds Winter Caravan criss-crossed the state last week, making several stops at KBA member stations. The annual event features four separate tours making their way through five states. Fans have the opportunity to meet Reds players, alumni, broadcasters, front office executives and mascots for a Q&A session and autographs.

WCYN – CYNTHIANA
 
WWEL – LONDON
 
WTLO – SOMERSET
 

 

ESPN 1430 – BOWLING GREEN

NEWS & NOTES

GET NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

Enter now for the NAB Crystal Radio Award. Ten NAB member stations across the country that excel in their commitment to community service will be recognized with this prestigious award.

Fifty finalists and 10 winners of the NAB Crystal Radio Awards will be selected by a panel of judges representing broadcasting, community service organizations and public relations firms.

The NAB Crystal Radio Award winners will be announced at the NAB?We Are Broadcasters Celebration during the 2019 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Entry is now open to all NAB member radio stations. The entry window closes January 31.

Email Tobi Hall with any questions or for additional information.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER NOW

PHASE 2 OF THE SPECTRUM REPACK UNDERWAY

 

Phase 2 of the spectrum repack is underway. If your station is moving in phase 2, there are numerous resources available to help you. We’ve recently added “Dr. Phil” to our lineup of syndicated talent spots, which also feature “Jeopardy!,” “Wheel of Fortune,” “Live with Kelly and Ryan” and more, reminding over-the-air viewers to plan to rescan their TVs.
Visit TVAnswers.org/tools for these spots and more on-air and online tools, as well as talking points, sample scripts and crawls and even automated phone messaging. Also available are customizable spots in English and Spanish that instruct viewers how to rescan their TVs and converter boxes.
Where to start?

NEWS & NOTES

ENTRY WINDOW IS NOW OPEN
The NAB and the NAB Education Foundation have announced that the window for submitting your nominations for the Celebration of Service to America Awards will be January 1 – March 9, 2018. The event exists to give broadcast stations and groups the chance to be recognized nationally for their local impact. Find out more here.

NOW ACCEPTING ENTRIES
The Kentucky Associated Press Broadcasters is now accepting entries for its 2018 competition open to all AP members and to all Kentucky colleges. For the third year, the KBA is a major sponsor of the contest.

KAPB thanks KBA for its support for the contest that honors the best in professional and college broadcast journalism in the Commonwealth. Contest rules with tips for entering can be found by clicking here. The deadline for entries is Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.

The KAPB awards presentation will be held Saturday, April 13, at the Hilton in downtown Lexington.

Contact contest coordinator Becky Day at bday@ap.org with any questions.

LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR DC FLY-IN
If you are interested in joining us for our annual group lobbying trip to Washington DC, February 26-28th, please contact Karen Mucci at (502) 848-0426 or karen@kba.org.

ECASTS CONSOLIDATING AND MOVING TO THURSDAY
Beginning next week, we will be consolidating our two weekly eCasts into one that will arrive in your inbox on Thursday mornings. The changes allow us to prioritize the information that we communicate to you and provides you additional time to react to sensitive issues in the same week.