Tag Archives: NCE FM
Enforcement Relief for “Student-run” NCE Stations
NCE On-Air Fund-Raising For Superstorm Sandy Relief Efforts
Student-Run College Radio: A Species Endangered by FCC Fines?
FCC Eyes Easier NCE Fundraising for Third Parties
NCE LMAs: Profit-generating Monetization Not Allowed
9th Circuit Opens Noncoms to Political Spots
NCE On-Air Fund-Raising For Japan Relief Efforts
Turn-Of-The-Century NCE Translator Applications Dismissed
NCE Fund-raising For Haiti Relief Efforts
Vacant NCE-FM Reserved Channel Window Postponed Two Months
Brrrrrrr – The Chill Is On
FCC Announces Window For Vacant NCE-Reserved Channels
FCC Opens Amendment Window for a Handful of NCE Applications . . . At Last
FCC to NCE’s: Ixnay on the “Cold Refreshing Beer”
Creativity Crushed
LPFM Stuck With $20K Fine for “Advertisements”
Public Radio Webcasters: Have We Got a Deal for You!
FCC to Open Amendment Window for a Handful of NCE Applications
NCE-FM Fined $9K for Families and Ice Cream
By Peter Tannenwald
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The FCC is on the prowl again, this time striking at a station for going over the line with "underwriting" announcements before it gave up the noncommercial ship and switched to commercial status. And the attack was on the sacred national treasure -- Tastee Freeze ice cream.
You will recall that noncommercial stations may acknowledge funding but may not use qualitative terms or suggest that listeners should make a purchase.
The announcements on this station (WCVZ, South Zanesville, Ohio) said that Tastee Freez products are "tastefully decorated" -- whoops, that says they are of good quality -- ...… Continue Reading
Progress Seen On NCE Permit Front
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The Commission has released a public notice identifying 263 groups each consisting of four or fewer mutually exclusive applications for noncommercial educational (NCE) FM permits filed during the 10-day window in October, 2007.
So the good news is that we are now - five months after the close of the window - finally starting to see some movement on those MX applications.
The bad news is that the FCC reports that it received approximately 3,600 applications in all during the window, and only a fraction of those are ...… Continue Reading
Expedited Settlement Opportunity for NCE FM Applicants Available Until January 7, 2008
By Harry Cole
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In order ...… Continue Reading
FCC to NCE Applicants: Ten’s the Limit
By Harry Cole
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As we predicted here just a month ago, the FCC has adopted a limit on the number of applications which any party may file for new stations in the NCE FM window which is slated to
open on October 12 and close on October 19. The limit is TEN - count 'em, TEN -
applications for new stations. The FCC's public notice announcing this decision may be found here.
This means that any party, be that party an individual, corporation, partnership, or whatever, may ...
FCC Proposes Caps for October NCE Filing Window
Bureau issues instructions, guidelines for window filers
By Harry Cole
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On August 9, two items relating to the upcoming filing window for new and major change NCE authorizations were issued. In a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, the Commission has proposed capping at 10 the number of applications any applicant will be able to file. The comment and reply comment deadlines, will be established once the NPRM is published in the Federal Register, are short. Meanwhile, the Bureau issued a public notice setting out the procedures that would apply to window filers, and also providing ...
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