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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Digital  Audio  Broadcasting  Systems  and  Their  Impact  on  the  Terrestrial  Radio  Broadcast  Service 
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 MM  Docket  No.  99-  325 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  July  8,  2004  Released:  July  9,  2004 
 Reply  Comment  Date:  August  2,  2004 
 By  the  Chief,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  By  a  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  and  Notice  of  Inquiry  (FNPRM/  NOI)  released  April  20,  2004,  the  Commission  requested  comment  on  several  issues  relevant  to  the 
 development  of  digital  audio  broadcasting  (DAB).  1  The  FNPRM/  NOI  called  for  reply  comments  on  July  16,  2004. 


 2.  The  American  Federation  of  Television  and  Radio  Artists  (AFTRA);  the  American  Federation  of  Musicians  of  the  United  States  and  Canada  (AFM);  the  Future  of  Music  Coalition  (FMC); 
 the  National  Academy  of  Recording  Arts  and  Sciences  (Recording  Academy);  and  the  Recording  Artists  Coalition  (RAC),  collectively  known  as  the  “Recording  Artist  Interest  Commenters”  (RAIC)  have 
 requested  a  61  day  extension  of  the  Reply  Comment  date.  RAIC  states  that,  because  of  its  limited  resources,  it  needs  additional  time  to  complete  its  review  of  the  complex  technical  arguments  raised  by 
 dozens  of  commenters  who  filed  pleadings  in  the  instant  proceeding.  2  RAIC  also  states  that  it  needs  more  time  to  analyze  how  the  issues  raised  in  the  DAB  proceeding  are  affected  by,  inter  alia,  the  recently 
 released  Notice  of  Inquiry  on  broadcast  localism.  3 
 3.  We  find  that  RAIC  has  stated  good  cause  for  a  short  extension  for  the  filing  of  reply  comments  herein.  However,  we  believe  that  RAIC’s  61  day  request  is  unsubstantiated.  Rather  than 


 granting  the  full  extension  asked  for,  we  will  provide  for  an  additional  16  days  to  file  reply  comments.  A 


 1  Digital  Audio  Broadcasting  Systems  and  Their  Impact  on  the  Terrestrial  Radio  Broadcast  Service,  MM  Docket  No. 
 99-  325,  FCC  04-  99  (rel.  April  20,  2004).  2 
 See  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  filed  by  RAIC,  dated  July  8,  2004  at  2.  3 
 Id. 
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 brief  extension  should  provide  some  assistance  to  these  parties  completing  the  record  in  this  proceeding.  At  the  same  time,  the  proceeding  will  not  be  unduly  delayed  in  any  significant  respect. 
 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  Sections  4(  i),  4(  j)  and  5(  c)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i),  154(  j)  and  155(  c),  and  Sections  0.61, 
 0.283,  and  1.46  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.61,  0.283,  and  1.46,  the  date  for  the  filing  of  Reply  Comments  in  MM  Docket  No.  99-  325  is  extended  until  August  2,  2004. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 W.  Kenneth  Ferree  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
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