Deadline for OPIF Use By All Radio Stations
All radio stations will be required to use the FCC’s OPIF (Online Public Inspection File) system (https://publicfiles.fcc.gov) as of March 1, 2018. Commercial radio stations with five or more full-time employees located in the Top 50 Nielsen Audio Markets have been using the OPIF for all newly-created documents since June 24, 2016, and were required to upload pre-June 24, 2016, documents by December 24, 2016. As of March 1, 2018, all other radio stations are required to commence use of the OPIF system. In December 2017, the Association’s legal counsel conducted a webcast to help stations understand the March 1, 2018, requirements, and an archive of the webcast is available at http://oab.org/Nuts-and-Bolts-of-the-FCCs-OPIF.mp4.
