NAB, NPR Want Extension on Geotargeted Radio Comments
NPR and NAB want the FCC to grant a two-week extension to the comments deadline on the geotargeted radio test data from GeoBroadcast Solutions because of misfiled documents, said a joint request filed Wednesday in docket 20-401. Comments are currently…
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due June 6 and replies June 21; the extension would push them to June 20 and July 5. Both NPR and NAB have been critical of the GBS proposal to change the FCC rules for FM boosters to allow use of the geotargeting tech. The broadcasters said they need more time for comments in part because “certain critical information was either missing or misplaced in the Commission’s records for both applications for experimental authority to conduct the tests.” “We have found that GBS made numerous requests for technical facilities using inconsistent labeling and technical parameters that have complicated our engineers’ review,” NAB and NPR said. Both stations involved in the testing received multiple extensions of agency deadlines, the filing said. “Fairness dictates allowing stakeholders the requested additional time,” NPR and NAB said. The test reports that are the focus of the proceeding have been publicly available in ECFS since they were filed, an FCC spokesperson emailed us in response to a request for comment on the NAB and NPR filing. Requests for experimental authorization are difficult to find while the agency is transitioning from the consolidated database system to the license management system, and Media Bureau staff helped NAB staff locate those, the spokesperson said. GBS didn’t comment.