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Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert…
This is BDR Newsletter 840, Volume 17, #7 for September 17, 2025

EEO DEADLINE EXTENDED
Those stations that have been asked by the FCC to file their EEO reports were given a slight reprieve on the filing date.

DEADLINE FOR PAYING REGULATORY FEES
We are repeating this because the FCC requires payment of the Year 2025 Regulatory Fees by September 25, 2025 – and payment of these fees must be done using the CORES Payment System. As with last year there are many errors in the CORES Payment System so it would be wise to check the accuracy of the pre-filled data. And remember, CORES often experiences glitches and outages and is often inaccessible for hours at a time. If your station needs to pay (not non-coms), it should get going – do not wait until the last days.

ZONECASTING
The FCC recently allowed stations to overate boosters with local insertions, effectively making the booster programming more locally directed. There are new a couple of installations on line, and this week Bert Goldman from GeoBroadcast will talk about what it is all about, and how it is implemented.

You will find this one interesting, as use of boosters can be even more justified than before.

This is one your manager may wish to see!

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