NCE WINDOW - CLOSING!!Our last date to accept new clients and applications for the upcoming NCE window is October 5th. Our current rates are $600 for the frequency search - $4,000 for the application. While we will accept a few late arrivals - the rates will increase to $5,000 per application after October 5. Please contact us today if you plan to participate in this filing window. This may be your last chance to obtain a new NCE FM station for your community. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. The last filing opportunity for NCE was more than seven years ago. OCTOBER 2007 FILING WINDOW ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY! UPDATE! - 4-4-07 - NCE FM Filing Window PN - Window to Open on October 12, 2007. Noncommercial educational FM application filing window to open Friday October 12, 2007 through Friday, October 19, 2007, for channels in the reserved band (Channels 201 through 220, or 88.1 MHz through 91.9 MHz). NCE applicants with new or major change applications that were already pending prior to the April 2000 freeze and are not cut off must be electronically amended to include additional information or face dismissal.
Jim Bradshaw reports that the purpose of this window is to allow:
(a) any interested parties to file applications for CPs for new NCE FM stations utilizing frequencies in the traditional unreserved band (Channels 201-220); and (b) parties whose applications for new NCE FM stations were not subject to an "A" cutoff PN by April 2000 to amend their proposals by completing the revised FCC Form 340. Applications for new NCE FM stations on non-reserved band frequencies (which were reserved for NCE use in 2004) will be subject to a separate filing window.
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/DA-07-1613A1.pdf
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OCTOBER 2007 FILING WINDOW ANNOUNCED OFFICIALLY! UPDATE! 3-23-07 - It's OFFICIAL! The FCC Announced today an NCE filing window to be scheduled for October 2007! The FCC has not released the exact date, we expect to know the filing dates within the next 30 days. This will be a full power Non-Commercial Filing window. It is important to contact us as soon as possible if you wish to participate in this upcoming filing window. We are accepting a limited amount of clients in order to provide world class service and accurate filings. Feel free to call us if you have any questions about the window.
FCC Related News and Info Feb 28, 2007 3:45 PM FCC Issues Another Rule-defying STA Washington - Feb 28, 2007 - On Jan. 31, 2007, the FCC issued special temporary authority to Our Three Sons Broadcasting, the licensee of WRHI-AM, licensed to Rock Hill, SC. The STA permits the AM station to rebroadcast it signal on FM translator W232AX. Click here for the full story. Feb 5, 2007 3:45 PM FCC Issues STA to Pirate FM The Pahrump Valley Times reports that a pirate radio station in Goldfield and Tonopah, NV, has been granted special temporary authority to operate the station. In June 2006, the FCC shut the 100W pirate station down for operating without a license. The FCC responded to a filed complaint. Click here for the full story. Jan 31, 2007 1:45 PM Special LPFM Window for Kilgore, Texas Kilgore, Texas. A noncommercial station there was providing classical music, but the licensee proposed to assign the station to a group that was not likely to continue to offer classical programming. 263 of the good citizens of Kilgore – objected to the assignment application, pointing out that the loss of the classical music format would be contrary to the public interest. Click here for the full story. November 29, 2006 Revision of Procedures Governing Amendments to FM Table of Allotments and Changes of Community of License in the Radio Broadcast Services, Report and Order (R&O), MB Docket 05-210, FCC 06-163, released November 29, 2006. [ PDF | Word ]. Tate: [ PDF | Word ]. McDowell: [ PDF | Word ]. November 7, 2006
Auction No. 70 Freezes Announced for FM Minor Change Applications and Certain Rulemaking Filings, Public Notice, AU Docket 06-170, DA 06-2277, released November 7, 2006. [ PDF | Word ]. November 3, 2006
FCC Adopts Order to Streamline FM Table of Allotments and AM Community of License Procedures, News Release, MB Docket 05-210, released November 3, 2006. [ PDF | Word ]. Tate: [ PDF | Word ]. McDowell: [ PDF | Word ]. The text of the Report and Order will be posted here when it is released.
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