Quarterly Radio Issues Programs Lists Due Soon

The due date for radio stations to upload issues-responsive programming lists for the third quarter of 2025 is Friday, October 10, 2025. If the partial government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025 continues past October 10, the filing deadline will be the day after the FCC resumes normal operations.

Commercial and non-commercial AM and FM stations must upload a list of programs that have provided the most significant treatment of community issues during the previous quarter. The list should include a brief narrative statement that identifies the issues that were given significant treatment and describes the programs in which the issues were addressed. Each program description must include the date, time, and title of the program, the duration of each issue-responsive segment, and a brief explanation of how the programming addressed the issues.

Maintaining issues-responsive programming lists is required under the FCC’s public inspection file rules. Fines of $10,000 and more have been assessed when quarterly issues programs lists were not timely prepared and uploaded to public files.

If you have questions about the FCC’s quarterly recordkeeping obligations for radio stations, contact an attorney in our Media Practice Group.