Order to Streamline FM Table of Allotments and AM Community of License Procedures

ORDER TO STREAMLINE FM TABLE OF ALLOTMENTS AND AM COMMUNITY OF LICENSE PROCEDURES
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday adopted a Report and Order that sets rules to revise the FM Table of Allotments and AM community of license modification procedures. The Report and Order adopts the following rule changes: 1) Permits Community of License Minor Change Applications - Allows AM and FM licensees and permittees to change their community of license by first-come/first-served minor modification applications, streamlining the current two-step procedures. 2) Requires Simultaneous Filing of Form 301 with Petitions to Add New FM Allotments - Requires filing Form 301, and paying the required filing fee, with all petitions to add new FM allotments to the Table. This will help ensure that parties who value new allotments most - those who participate in broadcast auctions - will be the ones seeking to add new FM allotments. 3) Eliminates the Prohibition on Electronic Filing of Rulemaking Petitions to Amend FM Table of Allotments - Eliminates the current prohibition on electronic filing of petitions and other documents in proceedings to amend the FM Table of Allotments.
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