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A new electronic filing mechanism will “ultimately” replace the...

A new electronic filing mechanism will “ultimately” replace the FCC Consolidated Data Base System (CDBS) for all radio and TV stations, with the first phase of the new Licensing and Management System (LMS) applying to full-power TV stations seeking certain…

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permits, said a Media Bureau public notice. Full-power TVs filing applications for construction permits and applications for a license to cover a CP should use LMS, said Tuesday’s notice (http://bit.ly/YO3R6s). Those applications will be part of a new, single form “that will eventually replace all of the existing radio and TV services forms,” said the notice. All broadcaster applicants must fill out the main part of the new form, 2100, which requests general information common to all such requests, said the notice. “Information specific to particular applications will be completed on associated schedules for each type of authorization being requested.” Starting Thursday, the notice said seekers of those two types of CP-related actions must use LMS and can’t use CDBS for e-filing such applications.