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April
7, 2008 MEDIA BUREAU SUSPENDS DISMISSAL OF FM TRANSLATOR APPLICATIONS RELATED TO PROCESSING CAP (MM Docket No. 99-25) On
March 4, 2008, the Media Bureau (“Bureau”) released a Public
Notice inviting Auction No. 83 applicants to identify pending
short-form applications for voluntarily dismissal to effectuate the
ten-application limit set forth in the Creation
of a Low Power Radio Service, Third
Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(“Third Report and Order”).[1]
Dismissal requests were due April 3, 2008, the 30th
day from the date of release of the Public Notice.
Five petitions for reconsideration of the Third
Report and Order have been filed; four of these petitions object
to the ten-application limit.[2]
By
this Public Notice, the Bureau announces that it will cease
dismissal of any short-form applications pursuant to this processing
cap, in order to
provide an opportunity for the Commission to fully consider
arguments raised in the LPFM petitions for reconsideration.
In accordance with the Commission’s directions in the Third
Report and Order, the Bureau will continue to process the
applications of any applicant with ten or fewer applications on file
as of March 4, 2008. Pending
the review of the reconsideration petitions, the Bureau will
reinstate any translator applications dismissed pursuant to the
March 4th Public Notice. By: Chief, Media Bureau - FCC - [1] See
Creation of a Low Power Service, Third
Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, 22 FCC Rcd 21912 (2007) (“Third
Report and Order”). [2] See Petition for Reconsideration of CSN International, filed Feb. 4, 2008; Petition of National Religious Broadcasters for Reconsideration Regarding Order Imposing Cap on Translator Applications, filed Feb. 15, 2008; Petition for Reconsideration of Positive Alternative Radio, Inc., filed Feb. 19, 2008; Petition for Reconsideration of Education Media Foundation et al., filed Feb. 19, 2008. |
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