FM Translator Auction No. 83 Non-Mutually Exclusive Applications; Media Bureau Announces Form 349 Application Deadline
Media Bureau Announces Form 349 Application Deadline, Processing Procedures, and Fifteen-Day Petition to Deny Period
Report No. AUC-03-83-C
Required Form and Fees: All applicants listed in Attachment A must submit a complete FCC Form 349 by June 20, 2008. All applicants also must submit the required application filing fee, if applicable, and a FCC Form 159, Remittance Advice. Applicants that previously filed complete applications on FCC Form 349 prior to the 2003 FM translator filing window must comply with these requirements. Applicants may seek refunds from the Office of Managing Director of filing fees submitted with such prior-filed applications.
How to File: Applicants must file complete FCC Form 349 applications electronically through the Media Bureau’s Consolidated Database System (CDBS) online electronic forms filing system. Additional information regarding electronic application filing is provided in Public Notice, Media Bureau Implements Mandatory Electronic Filing of FCC Forms 301-CA, 346, 349 and 350. When filing the FCC Form 349, applicants must select “Long Form Application for FM Translator Auction Window 83” on the Pre-form for Form 349 (Question 2 – Application Purpose). In addition, the CDBS file number previously issued to the Form 349 application submitted in the FM translator auction filing window must be entered in the field “Eng. Proposal File Number.” Instructions for use of the electronic filing system are available in the CDBS User’s Guide, which can be accessed from the electronic filing web site at:
Internet access to the CDBS public access system at the Commission’s Web Site requires a user to have a browser such as Netscape version 3.04 or Internet Explorer version 3.51, or later. For technical assistance with electronic filing, call the Media Bureau CDBS Help Desk at (202) 418-2MMB.
The staff will dismiss FCC Form 349 applications not submitted in accordance with the procedures described above. The staff will dismiss, without further processing, the previously filed technical submissions of any applicant listed in Appendix A that fails to electronically submit the complete FCC Form 349 long form application by June 20, 2008. The filing deadline will be strictly enforced.