FCC Watch

FCC Watch follows the FCC for broadcasters: station changes, applications and grants, rulemakings, enforcement, EAS and public safety, auctions and filing windows, silent stations, ownership changes and deadlines. From FCC data, updated hourly and nightly.

Latest FCC changes 35 in the latest import

Every licensed station the FCC changed in the nightly import: new, changed and removed facilities.

KSRH San Rafael, CA
haat -70 → 20; rc 0 → 21; coordinates
KUHF Houston, TX
haat 453.8 → 223; rc 473.9 → 240; coordinates; asr 1040815 → 1045678
KVRE Hot Springs Village, AR
haat 106.7 → 91; rc 345 → 330; coordinates
KCBS-FM Los Angeles, CA
rc 867.9 → 868

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Applications and grants 3

The Media Bureau’s daily broadcast applications, actions (grants and dismissals) and pleadings notices.

Pleadings Media Bureau · Nov 7, 2026
Actions Media Bureau · Nov 7, 2026
Applications Media Bureau · Nov 7, 2026

Rulemakings

Proposed and adopted rules, comment dates and dockets.

Nothing yet. FCC Watch reads the FCC’s feeds every hour and keeps what it sees here.

Enforcement 1

Enforcement Bureau releases: forfeitures, consent decrees, notices of apparent liability, pirate radio actions.

Enforcement Bureau Announces 2026 MVPD EEO Audits Enforcement Bureau · Nov 7, 2026

EAS and public safety 1

EAS, Wireless Emergency Alerts, ETRS, 911 and disaster information from the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.

The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Announces Conditional Approval and Exemption of Certain Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, Routers, Power Inverters, and Advanced Robotic Dev Public Safety Bureau · Nov 7, 2026

Auctions and filing windows

Auctions, filing windows, and every vacant FM allotment by state.

Media Bureau Extends the Filing Window for New Noncommercial Educational Reserved Band FM Translator Station Applications Media Bureau · Nov 7, 2026

353 vacant FM allotments

Silent stations 568

Stations the FCC lists as licensed but silent, with their LMS status date.

WVLQ 101.9 MHz Port St. Joe, FL · status date Nov 28, 2026
WZAZ 1400 kHz Jacksonville, FL · status date Oct 31, 2026
WXJK 101.3 MHz Farmville, VA · status date Oct 30, 2026
WBUC 1460 kHz Buckhannon, WV · status date Oct 29, 2026

Ownership and call sign changes

Licensee and call sign changes from the nightly FCC import (last 90 days).

No licensee or call sign changes in the last 90 days of imports yet.

Deadlines

Recurring FCC filing deadlines and upcoming license renewals, from the rules and FCC license data.

Dec 1, 2026	EEO public file report (stations with licenses expiring Apr 1 in their cycle) Station employment units with 5 or more full-time employees · 47 CFR 73.2080(c)(6)
Dec 1, 2026	EEO public file report (stations with licenses expiring Apr 11 in their cycle) Station employment units with 5 or more full-time employees · 47 CFR 73.2080(c)(6)
Dec 1, 2026	EEO public file report (stations with licenses expiring Apr 2 in their cycle) Station employment units with 5 or more full-time employees · 47 CFR 73.2080(c)(6)
Dec 1, 2026	EEO public file report (stations with licenses expiring Apr 21 in their cycle) Station employment units with 5 or more full-time employees · 47 CFR 73.2080(c)(6)

FCC news archive

FCC news releases and Media Bureau documents, as first seen by FCC Watch.

Media Bureau Extends the Filing Window for New Noncommercial Educational Reserved Band FM Translator Station Applications Media Bureau · Nov 7, 2026
Commissioner Gomez on Historic Midterm Election News Release · Nov 7, 2026

Coming next

Expiring construction permits and STAs, and tower changes.