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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  03-  1877  June  2,  2003 
 Media  Bureau  Announces  Processing  Guidelines  For  Broadcast  Station  Applications 


 Today  the  Commission  adopted  a  Report  and  Order  concerning  new  media  ownership  rules  (“  Order”).  1  The  Order  includes  processing  guidelines  to  govern  pending  and  new  broadcast  applications 
 for  the  assignment  or  transfer  of  control  of  television  and  radio  authorizations,  as  well  as  certain  modification  applications,  during  the  transition  period  commencing  with  the  adoption  date  of  the  Order. 
 At  the  Commission’s  direction,  the  Media  Bureau  is  issuing  this  Public  Notice  to  announce  the  processing  guidelines. 


 New  Applications.  The  Commission  has  established  a  freeze  on  the  filing  of  all  radio  and  television  transfer  of  control  and  assignment  applications  that  require  the  use  of  FCC  Form  314  or  315 
 (“  New  Applications”).  We  will  revise  application  Forms  314  and  315  to  reflect  the  new  rules  adopted  in  the  Order.  The  freeze  will  be  in  effect  starting  with  the  Order’s  adoption  date  until  notice  has  been 
 published  by  the  Commission  in  the  Federal  Register  that  OMB  has  approved  the  revised  forms.  Upon  such  publication,  parties  may  file  New  Applications,  but  only  if  they  demonstrate  compliance  with  the 
 new  multiple  ownership  rules  adopted  in  the  Order  or  submit  a  complete  and  adequate  showing  that  a  waiver  of  the  new  rules  is  warranted.  We  will  continue  to  allow  the  filing  of  short-  form  (FCC  Form  316) 
 applications  at  any  time  and  will  process  them  in  due  course. 
 Pending  Applications.  Applicants  with  long-  form  assignment  or  transfer  of  control  applications  (FCC  Form  314  or  315)  or  with  modification  applications  (FCC  Form  301)  that  are  pending  as  of 


 adoption  of  the  Order  (“  Pending  Applications”)  may  amend  those  Applications  by  submitting  new  multiple  ownership  showings  to  demonstrate  compliance  with  the  ownership  rules  adopted  in  the  Order 
 or  by  submitting  a  request  for  waiver  of  the  new  rules.  2  Parties  may  file  such  amendments  once  notice  has  been  published  by  the  Commission  in  the  Federal  Register  that  OMB  has  approved  the  information 
 collection  requirements  contained  in  such  amendments.  Pending  Applications  that  are  still  pending  as  of  the  effective  date  of  the  new  rules  will  be  processed  under  the  new  rules.  Applications  proposing  pro 
 forma  assignments  and  transfers  (FCC  Form  316)  will  be  processed  in  the  normal  course. 
 Pending  Petitions  and  Objections.  Petitions  to  deny  and  informal  objections  that  were  submitted 


 1  Report  and  Order  in  MB  Docket  No.  02-  277  and  MM  Docket  Nos.  01-  235,  01-  317,  and  00-  244  (adopted  June  2, 
 2003). 
 2  The  Commission  may  determine  that  the  nature  of  the  amendment  warrants  a  new  public  notice  for  the  Pending 
 Application. 
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 to  the  Commission  prior  to  the  adoption  date  of  the  Order  and  that  raise  issues  unrelated  to  competition  against  Pending  Applications  (as  defined  above)  will  be  addressed  with  respect  to  those  issues  at  the  time 
 we  act  on  such  Applications.  Petitions  and  informal  objections  that  were  submitted  to  the  Commission  prior  to  the  adoption  date  of  the  Order  and  that  contest  Pending  Applications  solely  on  grounds  of 
 competition  pursuant  to  the  interim  policy  3  will  be  dismissed  as  moot. 


 Action  by  the  Chief,  Media  Bureau.  For  further  information,  contact  Peter  H.  Doyle  or  Nina  Shafran  of  the  Audio  Division,  Media  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  2700,  or  Clay  C.  Pendarvis  or  Mary  M.  Fitzgerald  of  the 
 Video  Division,  Media  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1600. 


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 3  See  Rules  and  Policies  Concerning  Multiple  Ownership  of  Radio  Broadcast  Stations  in  Local  Markets; 
 Definition  of  Radio  Markets,  16  FCC  Rcd  19861,  19894-  97  ¶¶  84-  89  (2001).  The  Commission  has  terminated  the  interim  policy  with  the  adoption  of  the  Order  and,  at  the  Commission’s  direction,  we  will  no  longer  include 


 the  “flagging”  language  for  radio  sales  applications  that  appear  on  public  notice  on  or  after  the  Order’s  adoption  date. 
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