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


 In  the  Matter  of: 
 Creation  of  a  Low  Power  Radio  Service 
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 MM  Docket  No.  99-  25 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  August  3,  2005  Released:  August  3,  2005 
 Comment  Date:  August  22,  2005  Reply  Comment  Date:  September  6,  2005 


 By  the  Acting  Chief,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  On  March  17,  2005,  the  Commission  released  its  Second  Order  on  Reconsideration  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (“  Further  Notice”)  in  the  above-  captioned  proceeding.  1  The 
 Commission  set  deadlines  of  August  8,  2005  for  comments  (30  days  after  publication  in  the  Federal  Register)  and  August  22,  2005  for  reply  comments  (45  days  after  publication  in  the  Federal  Register).  2 


 2.  On  July  29,  2005,  Station  Resource  Group  (“  SRG”)  filed  a  motion  seeking  a  30-  day  extension  of  time  to  file  comments  and  reply  comments  in  response  to  the  Further  Notice  so  that  the 
 deadlines  for  filing  comments  and  reply  comments  would  be  September  7,  2005  and  September  21,  2005,  respectively.  3  SRG  states  that  more  time  is  needed  because  SRG  intends  to  discuss  issues  related  to  the 
 Further  Notice  at  its  annual  planning  retreat,  which  will  be  held  August  3-  5,  2005.  According  to  SRG,  an  extension  is  necessary  to  afford  SRG  time  following  the  annual  retreat  to  collect  ideas  and  compile  related 
 research  prior  to  filing  its  comments  in  this  proceeding. 
 3.  We  find  that  there  is  good  cause  for  a  limited  extension  of  time  to  file  comments  and  reply  comments  in  response  to  the  Further  Notice.  SRG’s  annual  planning  retreat  appears  to  afford 


 representatives  of  public  radio  stations,  who  are  interested  parties  in  this  proceeding,  an  opportunity  to  discuss  issues  related  to  the  Further  Notice.  It  is  reasonable  to  assume  that,  as  SRG  asserts,  it  will  be  able 
 to  submit  more  useful  comments  that  better  reflect  the  views  of  its  members  if  it  has  time  to  collect  and  further  research  its  ideas  following  the  retreat.  Accordingly,  we  conclude  that  a  short  extension  of  time  is 


 1  Creation  of  a  Low  Power  Radio  Service,  20  FCC  Rcd  6763  (2005). 
 2  The  Further  Notice  was  published  in  the  Federal  Register  on  July  7,  2005.  70  FR  39217. 
 3  Station  Resource  Group  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  (filed  Jul.  29,  2005).  On  August  2,  2005,  National  Public 
 Radio,  Inc.  (“  NPR”)  filed  comments  supporting  SRG’s  request  to  extend  the  comment  deadline  by  30  days.  Comments  of  National  Public  Radio,  Inc.  and  Motion  for  Extension  of  Time  (filed  Aug.  2,  2005).  NPR  also 


 requested  that  the  Commission  extend  the  reply  comment  period  to  30  days.  We  do  not  find  good  cause  to  do  so  at  this  time. 
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 warranted.  We  therefore  extend  by  two  weeks  the  comment  and  reply  comment  deadlines  in  this  proceeding  to  August  22,  2005  and  September  6,  2005,  respectively. 
 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  filing  comments  in  MM  Docket  No.  99-  25  is  extended  until  August  22,  2005,  and  the  date  for  filing  reply 
 comments  is  extended  to  September  6,  2005. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Donna  C.  Gregg  Acting  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
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