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FCC extends application window for noncommercial FM translators
Technical problems in the agency’s licensing system prompted a new Nov. 23 filing deadline.
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The Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau extended the application deadline for new noncommercial educational reserved-band FM translator construction permits to 6 p.m. ET on Nov. 23. The bureau announced the change in a public notice dated Nov. 6.
The filing window opened Nov. 4 and had been scheduled to close Nov. 17. The bureau said recent technical problems in its Licensing Management System briefly delayed or prevented some potential applicants from submitting Schedule 349 applications, prompting the extension.
The bureau said it would strictly enforce the revised deadline. Applications submitted after 6 p.m. ET on Nov. 23 will be dismissed by public notice without further consideration.
An associated filing freeze will also continue until the new closing date. It covers minor modification applications for reserved-band and non-reserved-band low-power FM stations, FM translators and FM boosters, according to the notice. The extension therefore affects both new applications and the timing of those modification filings.
The bureau also moved the date used to establish points and compare applications to Nov. 23. Other instructions and procedures in its June and August notices remain in effect. The new notice extends the filing period; it does not announce the award of construction permits.
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- Technical problems in the agency’s licensing system prompted a new Nov. 23 filing deadline.
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