*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 14506.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418- 05 Fax- On- Demand 202 / 418- 28 TTY 202 / 418- 25 Internet: http:// www. fcc. ftp. fcc. January 30, 2002 DA 02- 216 MASS MEDIA BUREAU RELEASES NEW FCC FORM 337 Application for Extension of Time to Construct a Digital Television Broadcast Station A New FCC Form 337 (Application for Extension of Time to Construct a Digital Television Broadcast Station) has been approval by the Office of Management and Budget and is now available for use. The Commission will begin accepting the new FCC Form 337 effective February 17, 2002. The FCC Form 337 is to be used in all cases by a permittee to apply for an extension of time within which to construct a commercial or noncommercial educational digital television broadcast station. The new FCC Form 337 is available through the Internet. To retrieve the new form by using the Internet, access the FCC’s home page, www. fcc. gov, and click on the Forms link. Printed copies of the FCC Form 337 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 new FCC 337 will also be available for filing by using the Mass Media Bureau Consolidated Database System (CDBS) electronic filing. This system will provide the public with the ability to fill out FCC Form 337 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 Explore version 3.51. For further information, please contact James Brown (202) 418- 1600 or Jackie Swank at (202) 418- 2621. - F C C - 1