De La Hunt Petitions for Partial Reconsideration of Main Studio Rule
The FCC should adjust its order eliminating the main studio rule to give more time to licensees with expiring construction permits to take advantage of the rule change, said De La Hunt Broadcasting in a petition for partial reconsideration posted…
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Thursday. The costs required by the main studio rule made constructing a broadcast facility untenable for De La Hunt despite its construction permit, the petition said. The elimination of the rule now makes construction viable, but De La Hunt’s construction permit will expire before it can build the new facility, the petition said. The situation is exacerbated by the main studio rule having taken effect Monday (see 1801040052) in the midst of winter, which makes construction even more difficult, the filing said. To allow broadcasters like De La Hunt to take advantage of the rule change, the FCC should allow broadcasters with construction permits for new facilities with less than six months left in the construction period to be given another six months to build, the petition said. “Adoption of this across-the-board extension will affect relatively few outstanding permits, but will undeniably be in the public interest,” De La Hunt said.