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The Broadcasters' Desktop Resource
... edited by Barry Mishkind - the Eclectic Engineer
This Week’s Newsletter
Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert…
This is BDR Newsletter 849, Volume 17, #16 for November 19, 2025
FCC IS BACK … MOSTLY
Those of you who have tried to access fcc.gov have noticed you just could not get on to handle filings. The FCC did post on one page that the LMS would not be available until yesterday – and it was, with one twist: all applications from now until November 25th will carry a November 25th processing date. The OPIF site seems to be working well – some folks say it actually is running faster than in the past!
The FCC’s latest instruction contains a due date for the Quarterly OPIF filings of December 1st . A new EEO deadline will be November 24th. Political files will be accepted in stages: Licensees in NY, NJ, and CT will file November 19-26; VA, MD, WV, and DC December 1-8; CA to be December 9-16, and the rest of the country December 17-24.
APP FREEZES
Filings for Class A, LPTV and TV translators which had been originally frozen/moved in September through January will be reset from December 11th onward into March 2026. Here is the Public Notice.
PLAYOUT, MANAGEMENT, AND DELIVERY
Automation Systems have come a long way over the years. Everyday people are asked to do more, with less equipment, opening opportunities for consolidation and improving efficiencies. Over 35 years, a lot of people have come to rely on AudioVAULT every day. It’s scalability from one to many, Enterprise-class features and configurability to suit many different applications and workflows, AudioVAULT delivers. This month BE has released AV-xl, a new way to use AudioVAULT to take advantage of Multi-Platform, Multi-Station, Multi-casting. This week, Joe Myers and Rich Redmond will join us to demonstrate AV-xl and answer your questions.
Join us – You will learn things!
NOTE: ARIZONA PRESENTATION TIME IS NOW NOON.
As usual, we meet at 2 PM Eastern (11 AM Pacific) on Thursday. Link requests are easily found at www.theBDR.net/TLG/ Our videos are also shown on the youtube.com/thebdrnet channel.