The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has asked for comments on a win-win proposal it might have been able to adopt without more comments. Good for them.… Continue Reading
Comment deadlines have been set with respect to the FCC's latest proposals for increasing E911 location capabilities.… Continue Reading
The FCC is looking to improve the ability of first responders to find E911 callers located indoors.… Continue Reading
The last piece of red tape has been snipped for the cell phone booster rules adopted last February.… Continue Reading
The Commission's Travelers' Information Station decision has made it into the Federal Register, in two parts.… Continue Reading
The final 2013 regulatory fees have been announced by the Commission.… Continue Reading
"Tune to 1610 AM for parking information." "When flashing tune to 530 AM." We all know these signs.… Continue Reading
Because it's in the process of a much-needed update of its calculation methodology, the Commission isn't sure what regulatory fees to charge -- so it has invited comments on two alternative proposals.… Continue Reading
A few loose ends from the FCC's December, 2012 Sixth Report and Order concerning LPFM matters have been tied down.… Continue Reading
The effective date of many, but not all, of the FCC's new rules governing cell phone boosters has been set.… 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
Earlier this year, the FCC adopted new rules on cell phone signal boosters. A new FCC "Consumer Guide" helps booster owners understand the coming changes.… 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
Are you ready to get boosted? Sorry, but you'll need to wait a little longer for booster manufacturers to bring their products into compliance with a new "Network Protection Standard".… 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
Searchable lists of the 3,000+ dismissed FM translator applications we reported on yesterday are now available.… Continue Reading
That loud flushing noise you may just have heard was the sound of about 3,000 FM translator applications heading down the tubes.… Continue Reading
The effective date has been set for some, but not all, of the new LPFM rules released by the FCC last month.… 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
"Selection Lists" of FM translator applications to be dismissed may be filed by email. Check this post for further details.… Continue Reading
The Media Bureau has announced that the window period for submitting "translator application selection" lists. If you've got FM translator applications from the 2003 window still pending, you've got your work cut out for you.… Continue Reading
