The long-awaited filing window for certain Class C and D AM stations to apply for new FM translators will open at 12:01 a.m. EDT on July 26, 2017, and will close at 5:59 p.m. EDT (not at 11:59 p.m.) on August 2, 2017. A second window for eligible Class A and B AM stations (and … Continue Reading
As we notified our readers in December 2015, the FCC created two filing windows for AM licensees to file for an FM translator. The first window (available only to licensees or permittees of Class C or D AM stations) ran from January 29, 2016 to July 28, 2016. The second window (available to any class … Continue Reading
Effective dates, comment deadlines now set It’s been nearly three months since the FCC released its long-awaited AM Revitalization Order. And while the Audio Division staff has done what it could in terms of moving things along, the full range of regulatory changes adopted by the Commission have not taken effect yet because the FCC’s … Continue Reading
Long-awaited opportunity for AMers now at hand. If you’re an AM licensee interested in taking advantage of the opportunity to file for an FM translator, get your calendar out: the Media Bureau has announced the dates for the two 2016 “modification windows” during which AM stations will have first dibs on available FM translators. These … Continue Reading
Translator windows, interference protection changes, MDCL … and adios to the ratchet rule Two years in the making, the FCC’s AM Revitalization decision (full name: “First Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, and Notice of Inquiry” – let’s just stick with Revitalization Decision, shall we?) has finally worked its way through the … Continue Reading
The radio industry has been waiting for the FCC to finally release its long-awaited AM revitalization order. However, much of the optimism that was felt when the AM revitalization proceeding was initiated years ago appears to be screeching to a halt. Within the world of AM revitalization, nothing appears to outshine the ever-increasing reliance upon … Continue Reading
The FCC's Audio Division has dismissed an AM licensee's request for waiver that would have allowed the move-in of a distant FM translator.… Continue Reading
The Media Bureau has issued yet another public notice providing further "guidance" or "clarification" of the filing requirements FM translator applicants are facing in the very near term.… Continue Reading
In the long-running reality show "Survivor - 2003 FM Translators", if you happen to be a player whose FM translator applications haven't yet been kicked off the island, heads up: the Media Bureau has just announced the next challenge.… Continue Reading
It turns out that five petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's latest magnum opus in the LPFM proceeding were filed. Deadlines for opposing those petitions have now been announced.… Continue Reading
The FM translator application juggernaut rolls on. The Media Bureau has identified 713 singleton applications that may be grantable in relatively short order . . . IF the applicants get their Form 349s (and maybe some related items) filed in proper order by March 28.… Continue Reading
In what may be the last peristaltic spasm of the FM translator review process, the Media Bureau has has dismissed "several dozen" more FM translator applications.… Continue Reading
Now, in addition to the lists of dismissed applications we posted a few days ago, here are a couple of lists reflecting the vintage 2003 FM translator applications that survived the first round of dismissals.… Continue Reading
With January 25 deadline fast approaching, the Media Bureau has provided some (non-binding) guidance to FM translator applicants relative to the preparation of their "Selection Lists" and "Caps Showings".… Continue Reading
