StationClerk

Your quarterly Issues/Programs List, on time, every quarter

StationClerk checks your station’s FCC public file quarter by quarter, builds each Quarterly Issues/Programs List with you, and reminds you before every deadline.

  • Next list due Monday, January 11, 2027, covering October 1 – December 31, 2026.
  • FCC base fine for missing or late lists: $10,000.

The free check, in about ten seconds

Type your call sign. We read your station’s Issues and Programs Lists folder in the FCC’s Online Public Inspection File and line every file up against the quarters of your current license term.

  • Each quarter’s due date, with weekend and holiday moves applied.
  • On time, uploaded late (and by how many days), not found, or needs a look, with links to the files.
  • Your license term and renewal filing date, from the FCC’s data.

See a sample check for a made-up station.

The Desk, for the rest of it

  • List builder: issues, programs and recurring shows (define your Sunday public affairs hour once; every airing is listed for you), copy last quarter forward, autosave.
  • Upload-ready PDF: tagged and accessible, with the time, date, duration and title the rule asks for.
  • Reminders: 14 and 3 days before each due date, until your list shows up in the FCC folder, then a note when we find it.
  • Renewal readiness: your whole license term on one page, plus every public file folder’s count and latest upload.

$19 per station per month. Cancel anytime.

Why stations keep an eye on this

  • Every quarter, four times a year

    Lists are due by the 10th of January, April, July and October. A weekend or federal holiday moves the date. All dates through 2028.

  • Kept for the whole term

    Lists stay in the public file until final action on the station’s next renewal, and the renewal application asks about them. Renewal dates by state.

  • Real costs when they slip

    The FCC’s base forfeiture for public file violations is $10,000, and recent consent decrees started with late lists. Recent cases.

Guides

StationClerk Desk

Build each quarter’s Issues/Programs List in one place, get an accessible PDF ready to upload, and get an email 14 and 3 days before each deadline until your list shows up on the FCC site.

$19 per station per month, or $190 per station per year (two months free). Cancel anytime.

See what’s in the Desk

Questions

Is the public file check really free?

Yes. Type a call sign and you get the quarter-by-quarter table, with no sign-up. It reads the FCC’s public data, so anyone can run it for any station.

Is StationClerk affiliated with the FCC?

No. StationClerk is independent software. It reads the FCC’s public Online Public Inspection File data and isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by the Federal Communications Commission.

Does the check tell me whether my station is in compliance?

No. It shows what the FCC’s public file data shows: which quarters have a file in the Issues and Programs Lists folder and when each was uploaded. It can miss lists filed in other folders or renamed, so treat it as a starting point and talk to your communications counsel about anything that matters.

Who sees my check results?

Only you. Results pages aren’t listed in search engines, aren’t in our sitemap, and we don’t publish pages about individual stations.

What does the Desk cost?

$19 per station per month, or $190 per station per year (two months free). Cancel anytime. A group with several stations buys one subscription with the number of stations as the quantity.

How do we pay?

By card through Stripe’s checkout. Link (Stripe’s checkout service) is the seller of record, sends the receipts and handles sales tax. There are no contracts, invoices to process or sales calls.

Do you upload the list for us?

No. The Desk builds the list and the PDF; your station uploads it to its own public file (we give you the steps). We never sign in to the FCC on your behalf.

Do you use AI to write the list?

Only if you ask. The optional “Draft a neutral description” button suggests a short narrative from the facts you type, clearly labeled “Suggested — review and edit before use”. Everything else is your own text.

What if the FCC moves a deadline?

We follow the FCC’s public notices. After the 2025 shutdown, for example, lists due October 10, 2025 were given until December 1, 2025, and the check uses that date.

Who runs StationClerk?

A small independent software service. The only contact is hello@stationclerk.com, and every feature is self-serve.