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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  872 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Second  Periodic  Review  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  and  Policies 
 Affecting  the  Conversion  To  Digital  Television 


 Public  Interest  Obligations  of  TV  Broadcast  Licensees 
 Children’s  Television  Obligations  of  Digital  Television  Broadcasters 
 Standardized  and  Enhanced  Disclosure  Requirements  for  Television  Broadcast 
 Licensee  Public  Interest  Obligations 


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 MB  Docket  No.  03-  15 
 RM  9832 


 MM  Docket  No.  99-  360 
 MM  Docket  No.  00-  167 
 MM  Docket  No.  00-  168 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  March  24,  2003  Released:  March  26,  2003 
 By  the  Chief,  Media  Bureau: 


 1.  On  January  27,  2003,  the  Commission  released  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (NPRM)  seeking  public  comment  on  certain  aspects  of  the  Commission’s  rules  and  policies  in 
 relation  to  the  transition  to  digital  television  and  the  recovery  of  spectrum  at  the  end  of  the  transition.  1  The  NPRM  established  comment  and  reply  comment  deadlines  of  April  14,  2003 
 and  May  14,  2003,  respectively. 
 2.  On  March  21,  2003  we  received  a  joint  request  from  the  National  Association  of  Broadcasters  (NAB)  and  the  Association  of  Maximum  Service  Television  (MSTV)  seeking  a 


 one-  week  extension  of  the  comment  deadline  to  afford  time  to  finalize  their  joint  comments  following  the  April  7,  2003,  MSTV  Board  of  Directors  meeting.  We  find  that  it  is  in  the  interest 
 of  compiling  a  complete  record  to  briefly  extend  the  comment  period  to  enable  interested  parties  sufficient  time  to  analyze  the  many  important  issues  raised  in  the  NPRM  and  to  coordinate  their 
 analyses.  Therefore,  we  are  hereby  extending  these  dates  until  April  21,  2003,  for  comments  and 


 1  Second  Periodic  Review  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  and  Policies  Affecting  the  Transition  to  Digital  Television, 
 Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  MB  Docket  No.  03-  15,  RM  9832,  MM  Docket  Nos.  99-  360,  00-  167,  00-  168,  FCC  03-  8  (rel.  Jan.  27,  2003). 
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 May  21,  2003,  for  reply  comments. 
 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that  the  comment  and  reply  comment  deadlines  for  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  this  proceeding  are  EXTENDED  to  April  21,  2003, 


 and  May  21,  2003,  respectively. 
 4.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  delegated  authority  pursuant  to  Section  0.283  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.283. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 W.  Kenneth  Ferree  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
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