Summary

The Video Division licenses commercial and noncommercial educationalTV, Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV translators and TV Booster broadcast services. The Division provides legal and technical analysis of applications and recommends appropriate disposition of applications, requests for waivers and other pleadings.

Video Sections

• DTV Page


• TV Page


• LPTV Page
• KidVid Page

Our popular Internet Queries may be used to retrieve information about Television and Radio broadcast stations.

• TV Query


• FM Query


• AM Query


• KidVid Query


• CDBS Public Access Search


• Mailing Addresses for Broadcast Stations


• FCC Word / Number Search. Use the Word / Number Search to help locate Public Notices referencing an application by entering the right-hand part of the application file number, (e.g., 20010612ACX) and selecting 'keyword' search.

 
• How to Apply for a Broadcast Station. General information about the process.
  
  
• Digital Television Status. Provides information on the progress on DTV implementation.
  
  
• Appendix B to DTV Table of Allotments.
  
  
• License Renewal Applications for TV Broadcast Stations. All television broadcast station licenses will expire between 2003 and 2006. Licensees must file a license renewal application (FCC Form 303-S) and the Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Program Statement (FCC Form 396) four months before the expiration date of the station's license. This page provides information about the license renewal process for radio broadcast stations.
  
  
• Children's Television. What is required under the Children's Television Act?
  
  
• Broadcast of Obscene and/or Indecent Material. This page provides an overview of FCC regulations.
     
• The Public and Broadcasting provides a brief, non-technical overview of the FCC's regulation of radio and television, including Public Inspection File requirements. (Revised July 2008)
     
• FCC Word / Number Search. Use the Word / Number Search to help locate Public Notices referencing an application by entering the right-hand part of the application file number, (e.g., 20010612ACX), or Docket by entering the Docket number(e.g. 98-93)

   
• MB Tower Siting Information Guide was created at the request of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation regarding the inclusion of broadcast facilities in the March 16, 2001 nationwide Programmatic Agreement on Collocation of communications antennae. It is also intended to help State Historic Preservation Officers as well as Tribal Historic Preservation Officers understand broadcast facilities.

   
• Religious Broadcasting -- The FCC will not prohibit religious organizations' ownership of broadcast stations. A petition (RM-2493, from Madilyn Murray O'Hare ) which had requested that the FCC make changes was denied in 1975 (54 FCC 2d 941). Excerpts from that proceeding are located here.

Headlines

8/27/08
Entering the Home Stretch: Media Bureau Releases Report on the Status of TV Broadcasters at the Final Six Months of the Digital Television Transition.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Report: Word | Acrobat

8/21/08
FCC Proposes the Prohibition of Low Power Auxiliary Stations in the 700 MHz Band after the Digital Television Transition.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
NPRM and Order: Word | Acrobat

8/18/08
FCC Announces Extensive Nationwide Initiative for DTV Outreach.
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8/18/08
Wilmington North Carolina Broadcasters Will Provide Emergency Announcements and Informational Messages about the DTV Transition after September 8 on Traditional Analog Channels.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

7/31/08
Auction of LPTV and TV Translator Digital Companion Channels Scheduled for November 5, 2008. Settlement Period Extended to August 14, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

7/18/08
Testimony of Media Bureau Chief Monica Desai on DTV transition at Field Hearing of House Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement, Brooklyn, NY.
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7/14/08
Commission Lifts the Freeze on the Filing of Certain Class A Television Applications Effective August 4, 2008: Word | Acrobat

6/16/08
Revised the Location for Filing Form 388, DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report.
Order: Word | Acrobat
FCC 388 Report: Acrobat

6/13/08
FCC Announces Agenda for Digital Television Consumer Education Workshop Focused on DTV Converter Boxes on June 19, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/30/08
Commission Lifts the Freeze on the Filing of Maximization Applications and Petitions for Digital Channel Substitutions, Effective Immediately.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/29/08
Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television.
Order: Word | Acrobat

5/29/08
Media Bureau Announces Effective Date for Revised Rules in the DTV Consumer Education Initiative and Comment and Reply Comment Dates for the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/16/08
Television Station Filing Procedures for Broadcast EEO Mid-Term Report (FCC Form 397).
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

5/15/08
Procedures for Obtaining Commission Approval for NCE Station Fundraising Efforts to Aid Mynamar and China Relief Efforts.
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4/24/08
Media Bureau Releases Updated Version of "The Public and Broadcasting" and Announces That Broadcast Information Specialists are Available For Public Inquiries.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

4/23/08
FCC Releases Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on DTV Consumer Education Initiative.
Erratum: Word
Order & FNPRM: Word | Acrobat
Attachment: Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/28/08
Media Bureau Announces Effective Date for the Rules in the DTV Consumer Education Initiative.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat | DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report Form 388

3/21/08
MO&O on Reconsideration in DTV Table of Allotments Proceeding and Eighth R&O Finalizing Post-Transition DTV Allotments Published in Federal Register Today.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/6/08
The Commission Adopts MO&O on Reconsideration in DTV Table of Allotments Proceeding and Eighth R&O Finalizing Post-Transition DTV Allotments.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Appendix B to DTV Table of Allotments: Excel | Acrobat

3/6/08
Media Bureau Grants Extension of Time to File Comments and Reply Comments in Response to Broadcast Localism Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

3/5/08
FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Diversification of Broadcast Ownership.
R&O/NPRM: Word | Acrobat
News Release (12/18/07): Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/5/08
Media Bureau Proposes Amending Final DTV Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Riverside, California).
Erratum: Word | Acrobat
NPRM: Word | Acrobat