FCC Open Meeting (December 2015)

Open Meeting

Federal Communications Commission
December 17, 2015
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
http://www.fcc.gov/events/open-commission-meeting-december-2015

The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on the subjects listed below on Thursday, December 17, 2015:

US Telecom Petition for Forbearance:
The Commission will consider a Memorandum Opinion and Order addressing a petition from US Telecom that seeks forbearance from various categories of statutory and Commission requirements applicable to incumbent local exchange carriers.

Amendments on Rules for Digital Low Power Television and Television Translator Stations: The Commission will consider a Third Report and Order that extends the deadline for LPTV and TV Translator Stations to Transition to Digital and adopts measures to mitigate the impact of incentive auction displacement. The Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks comment on channel sharing issues between certain stations.

Comprehensive Review of Licensing and Operating Rules for Satellite Services: The Commission will consider a Second Report and Order that streamlines, eliminates or updates numerous provisions of Part 25 of the Commission's rules governing licensing and operation of space stations and earth stations for the provision of satellite communication services.

The Commission will hear a presentation on the outcomes of the International Telecommunication Union’s World Radio Conference that took place in November 2015.

Items on the Consent Agenda include:

  • Application of Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association for a New Noncommercial Educational FM Station at Gloucester Point
  • Public Media of New England, Inc. Application for a New LPFM Station at Haverhill (MA)
  • Cocoa Minority Educational Media Association, Application for a New LPFM Station at Cocoa (FL)
  • California Association for Research and Education, Inc., Application for a New Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Station at Upton (KY) and Bethel Fellowship, Inc., Application for a New Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Station at Cecilia (KY)
  • Calvary Chapel of Honolulu, Inc., Application to Construct New Noncommercial Educational FM Stations at Honolulu (HI), and Maka’ainana Broadcasting Company, Ltd., Application to Construct New Noncommercial Educational FM Stations at Kaneohe (HI)
  • John Edward Ostlund, Application for a Permit to Construct a new AM Station at Easton (CA), and Hilo Broadcasting, LLC, Application for a Permit to Construct a New AM Station at Captain Cook (HI)