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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov 
 ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 Released:  June  2,  2000 
 DA  00-  1225 


 MASS  MEDIA  BUREAU  RELEASES 
 NEW  FCC  FORM  302-  CA 
 Application  for  Class  A  Television  Broadcast  Station  Construction  Permit  or  License 
 A  new  FCC  Form  302-  CA  (Application  for  Class  A  Television  Broadcast  Station  Construction  Permit  or  License) 
 has  been  approval  by  the  Office  of  Management  and  Budget  and  is  now  effective  and  available. 


 The  FCC  Form  302-  CA  is  to  be  used  by  LPTV  stations  that  seek  to  convert  to  Class  A  status  in  accordance  with  the 
 Community  Broadcasters  Protection  Act  of  1999.  Commencing  Friday,  June  9,  2000  and  continuing  for  a  six-  month 
 period,  eligible  LPTV  licensees  may  file  FCC  Form  302-  CA  to  convert  the  secondary  status  of  their  stations  to  the  new 
 Class  A  status.  By  separate  Public  Notice  issued  today,  the  Mass  Media  Bureau  has  announced  the  LPTV  licensees 
 deemed  eligible  to  file  an  application  for  Class  A  status  in  accordance  with  the  procedures  set  forth  in  the 
 Commission’s  Report  and  Order  in  MM  Docket  No.  00-  10,  entitled  “Establishment  of  a  Class  A  Television  Service,” 
 15  FCC  Rcd  6355  (2000). 


 The  new  FCC  302-  CA  is  available  through  the  Internet.  To  retrieve  the  new  form  by  using  the  Internet,  access 
 the  FCC’s  home  page,  http://  www.  fcc.  gov,  and  click  on  the  Forms  link.  Printed  copies  of  the  FCC  302-  CA  can 
 be  obtained  by  writing  to  the  Commission’s  Form  Distribution  Center,  9300  East  Hampton  Drive,  Capital 
 Heights,  Maryland  20743,  or  by  calling  1  (800)  418-  3676  and  leaving  a  request  on  the  answering  machine 
 provided  for  this  purpose. 


 The  FCC  302-  CA  is  also  available  using  the  Mass  Media  Bureau  Consolidated  Database  System  (CDBS) 
 electronic  filing  system.  This  system  will  provide  the  public  with  the  ability  to  fill  out  FCC  Form  302-  CA  on-  line 
 via  the  Internet  from  the  Mass  Media  Bureau’s  Web  Site,  http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  mmb,  and  to  file  them 
 electronically  with  the  Commission.  Internet  access  to  the  CDBS  requires  a  user  to  have,  at  a  minimum,  a 
 browser  such  as  Netscape  version  3.04  or  Internet  Explorer  version  3.51. 


 For  further  information,  please  contact  Hossein  Hashemzadeh  at  (202)  418-  1600  or  Jackie  Swank  at  (202)  418- 
 2621. 


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