Video Division, Media Bureau

The Video Division licenses commercial and noncommercial educational TV, 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 Division	(202) 418-1600
Division Chief	Barbara Kreisman
Deputy Division Chief	Hossein Hashemzadeh
Associate Division Chief	Kevin Harding
Associate Division Chief	David Brown
Associate Division Chief/Chief Policy Counsel	Dorann Bunkin

Video Sections

Internet Queries

Our popular internet queries may be used to retrieve information about television and radio broadcast stations.

AM Query
FM Query
TV Query
CDBS Public Access Search
Children’s Programming Fact Sheet
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 'Search'.

Requested Information

How to Apply for a Broadcast Station General information about the process.
License Renewal Applications for TV Broadcast Stations All television broadcast station licenses will expire between 2012 and 2015. 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 stations 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)
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.

Electronic Filing

Headlines

11/9/12
Order Upholding Class A Ineligibility for WTHC-LP.
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9/11/12
Media Bureau Announces Filing of Request for Declaratory Ruling by News Corporation. Comments due: 10/15/12. Oppositions due 10/30/12. Replies due 11/7/12.
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7/2/12
Technical Support for Filing Children's Television Programming Reports (FCC Form 398).
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5/1/12
FCC Announces Details for May 22, 2012 Channel Sharing Workshop.
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4/27/12
FCC Adopts New Rules Permitting TV Channel Sharing by Broadcasters; Enacts First Step Towards Freeing Up Spectrum Under Incentive Auction.
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R&O: Word | Acrobat
Genachowski Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat
Clyburn Statement: Word | Acrobat

3/12/12
Media Bureau Announces Revisions to TV Renewal Procedures and Form 303-S.
Report: Word | Acrobat

1/6/12
Broadcast Station Totals as of December 31, 2011.
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9/15/11
Commission Denies Application for Review filed by PMCM TV, LLC.
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Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

8/26/11
Digital Low Power Television Rules Now In Effect.
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8/22/11
Effective Immediately General Freeze on the Filing and Processing of Applications for Channel 51.
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8/18/11
Proposed LPTV, Class A Television, Construction Permits.
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8/11/11
Proposed LPTV Construction Permits.
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7/15/11
Rules for Digital LPTV, TV Translator, and Class A Television Stations.
Second Report & Order: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

4/28/11
WMFE Orlando, Florida Assignment Application. File Petitions to Deny by 5/6/11.
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3/28/11
Media Bureau Seeks Comment on a Petition for Rulemaking and Request for Licensing Freezes. Comments Due: 04/27/2011. Reply Comments Due: 05/12/2011.
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3/17/11
Media Bureau Grants 90-day Extension to File Amendments to Pending Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Waiver Requests. Deadline Extended to July 5, 2011.
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3/16/11
Media Bureau Announces Procedures for Obtaining Approval for NCE Station Fundraising to Aid Japan Relief Efforts.
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2/28/11
William Lake, Chief, Media Bureau Remarks at Winter Meeting of the National Alliance of State Broadcasters Associations.
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2/23/11
Media Bureau Announces Availability of 2009 Biennial Ownership Data Set for Commercial Broadcast Licensees.
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2/22/11
Media Bureau Issues Protective Orders Regarding Compliance Filings by Comcast Corporation, General Electric Company and NBC Universal Inc.
Protective Order: Word | Acrobat
Second Protective Order: Word | Acrobat

2/17/11
Media Bureau Issues Letter of Inquiry to Fox Television Stations, Inc, Licensee of WWOR-TV, Secaucus, NJ.
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2/11/11
Broadcast Station Totals as of December 31, 2010.
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1/11/11
Commission Denies Application for Review filed by NPG of Idaho, Inc.
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat

Headline Archive

2010 Headlines

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Published: May 04 2011

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