FCC is seeking public comment for suggestions about parts of the FCC Rules that should be eliminated to streamline or enable communications to work with less bureaucratic intervention. Comments are due April 11, and Reply Comments dues April 28. Since this is not an official rulemaking, and rather a rulemaking suggestion, the docket so far need not be published in the Federal Register.
Text of Delete Delete Delete Public Notice, GN Docket No. 25-133
"The Media Bureau is pleased to announce the completion of the transition of Media Bureau filings and electronic records from the Consolidated Database System (CDBS) to the Licensing and Management System (LMS). Commencing July 26, 2023, the public must submit through LMS the following filings that were previously submitted using CDBS or a paper form:
• Application for Construction Permit for AM Broadcast Station
• Application for AM Broadcast Station License
• Application for Direct Measurement of AM Broadcast Station
Information concerning the opportunity to apply for an Low Power FM channel within the FCC's upcoming November 2023 filing window is located here.
The FCC has released a Memorandum Opinion & Order gauging 27 groups of competing applications, deriving 27 tentative selectees of new non-commercial FM permits for new radio stations. View the grants at MO&O with MO&O Attachment.
On July 18 Common Frequency provided comment with the FCC concerning proposed Rule Making Docket No. MB 03-185. Common Frequency proposes method of expanding the FM band to accommodate more noncommercial broadcasters and better accommodate AM broadcasters migrating to FM. The comment can be read here.
In a new Order released May 17, the Low Power FM station licensed to Chinese Voice of Golden City, DKQLS-LP, is finally dismissed. This was a case of a LPFM that was built in the wrong spot and tried to salvage their license with as much legal aggressiveness as possible, while a commercial FM translator licensee swooped-in on the frequency with their intention to use it. The final order can be read here.
FCC released a Memorandum Opinion and Order entitled "Threshold Fair Distribution Analysis of 13 Groups of Mutually Exclusive Applications for Permits to Construct New Noncommercial Educational FM Stations". In November 2021 the FCC had a filing window for nonprofits to apply for new non-commercial radio licenses. The FCC grants the winners of these channels in batches via these MO&O decisions. Specially, when multiple applicants apply for one open radio channel, the FCC applies a technical grading criterion to judge which application is superior within the group and g
In a competition between two non-profits -- The Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association, and The Foundation for Economic Justice --- the FCC granted the Tribal Association a permit for a new non-commercial radio station for eastern San Diego County. The channel represents the last non-commercial FM channel in the San Diego metro, with the possibility of "rimshoting" into San Diego proper from the high elevation of the proposed antenna.
FCC released a Memorandum Opinion and Order entitled "Threshold Fair Distribution Analysis of 16 Groups of Mutually Exclusive Applications for Permits to Construct New Noncommercial Educational FM Stations". In November 2021 the FCC had a filing window for nonprofits to apply for new non-commercial radio licenses. The FCC grants the winners of these channels in batches via these MO&O decisions. Specially, when multiple applicants apply for one open radio channel, the FCC applies a technical grading criterion to judge which application is superior within the group and g