Essentials
$199 a month
$99 a month for LPFM
FCC paperwork and deadlines handled, with an engineer on call.
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Broadcast Engineering Plans
An engineer on call, your FCC paperwork and deadlines handled, and your EAS checked, for one monthly price. For AM, FM, LPFM and TV stations, one station or a group, with lower pricing for LPFM.
Standard
$399 a month
$199 a month for LPFM
Everything in Essentials, plus more engineering time, off-air alerts and a yearly compliance review.
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$799 a month
$399 a month for LPFM
Your station's engineering department: the most time, quarterly reviews and on-site visits.
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| Included | Essentials | Standard | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote engineering time each month | 1 hour | 3 hours | 6 hours |
| ETRS Forms One, Two and Three | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FCC Alerts Premium | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FCC deadline calendar and reminders | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Monthly EAS log review | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| We answer | Next business day | Next business day | Same business day |
| Off-air and silent stream alerts | No | Yes | Yes |
| Compliance review | No | Once a year | Every quarter |
| On-site visits (within 30 miles of Texarkana) | No | No | Every quarter |
| Discount on studies, filings and extra hours | 10% | 20% | 30% |
Each extra station on the same plan is half price. Pay for a year up front and get two months free. Unused hours don't carry over. Month to month, cancel any time.
What's included
- Remote engineering time
- Phone, email and screen-share help from a broadcast engineer: transmitter and STL trouble, EAS box setup, automation, streaming, a new antenna or a power change, or just "is this legal?" Time beyond your monthly hours is billed at your plan's discount.
- ETRS Forms One, Two and Three
- We file your yearly ETRS Form One, and Forms Two and Three after each nationwide EAS test, for every EAS unit at your station. On its own this is $99 to $199 a year.
- FCC Alerts Premium
- An email the morning after the FCC acts on your station, or on anyone you are watching: competitors, new applications near you, sales in your market. On its own this is $199 a year. See FCC Actions & Alerts.
- FCC deadline calendar and reminders
- Your station's own list of dates, and a reminder before each one: license renewal and its on-air announcements, ownership reports, quarterly issues and programs lists, regulatory fees, EAS and ETRS dates, construction permit expirations and filing windows. We help you file what's due.
- Monthly EAS log review
- Send us your EAS log each month. We check that the required weekly and monthly tests came in and went out on time, and tell you about anything missed before an inspector finds it.
- Off-air and silent stream alerts
- We listen to your stream around the clock and email you within minutes if it goes silent or drops, so you know about dead air before your listeners call.
- Compliance review
- A walk-through of your station the way an FCC inspector would do it: station ID, logs, EAS, public file, tower lights, RF exposure and the rest, with a written list of anything to fix. Standard gets one a year, Pro every quarter.
- On-site visits
- Pro includes a visit to your transmitter and studio every quarter, within 30 miles of Texarkana. Farther than that, the visit is still included and the extra drive time is billed at your plan's discount; we tell you the cost before any trip.
- Discounts
- 10%, 20% or 30% off coverage studies, frequency searches, FCC filings and extra hours.
Not sure which plan fits?
Tell us your station and what keeps you up at night. We'll suggest a plan, or tell you if you don't need one.
Nexus Broadcast is a technical, filing, and consulting service. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.