The FCC Media Bureau’s priority in processing the...
The FCC Media Bureau’s priority in processing the low-power FM applications is the identification of acceptable singleton applications. This month, the bureau will identify the mutually exclusive application groups, it said in a public notice aimed at offering guidance on…
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the processing of the applications (http://bit.ly/1hwrDLi). The bureau received more than 2,800 LPFM applications during the Oct. 17-Nov. 15 application window (CD Nov 25 p2). It identified about 900 technically acceptable LPFM applications that aren’t in conflict with any other application, it said (CD Nov 29 p6). Mutually exclusive (MX) groups also will be identified this year, it said. The bureau will establish a settlement period allowing applicants to file minor amendments, which include site relocations of 5.6 km. or less and partial and universal voluntary time-sharing agreements, it said. States with the most filings include Texas with 303 applications and California with 283, and Florida organizations submitted 276, the bureau said. The public notice also offers guidance on petitions to deny and dismissed applications. Applicants don’t have to wait for the formal announcement of the MX groups to start figuring out how to eliminate mutual exclusivities, said Fletcher Heald broadcast attorney Harry Cole. It should be relatively easy “for many applicants to sift through the already available lists of applications and identify obvious mutual exclusivities,” he said in a blog post (http://bit.ly/1be4Akv). The information from the Audio Division should encourage all applicants “to take whatever steps they can, as soon as they can, to avail themselves of the various options to help the division along in the process,” he said.