FCC Updates Online Posting Database

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The FCC Wednesday said it had added new
features to its online public inspection files.

Those
include electronic folders in which to put reports required by license term
conditions, EEO reports, renewal applications, contracts and agreements, kids
TV programming documentation, and a folder for any explanatory documents that
go along with political filings--campaign ad contracts.

The
FCC on Aug. 2 began requiring TV stations to post their public files to an FCC
online database, including political files from the top four affiliates in the
top 50 markets.

The
FCC is still working on public search functions, RSS feeds, Dropbox
interfaces, and other features.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.