PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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Washington, D.C. 20554
News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
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DA 08-1437
Released: June 18, 2008  
MEDIA BUREAU IDENTIFIES GROUPS OF MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE APPLICATIONS 
SUBMITTED IN THE OCTOBER 2007 FILING WINDOW FOR NONCOMMERCIAL 
EDUCATIONAL FM STATIONS 
By: Chief, Media Bureau
In October 2007, the Media Bureau (“Bureau”) received approximately 3,600 applications to construct 
new noncommercial educational (“NCE”) FM stations.1 The Bureau has processed all of the 
approximately 950 applications that fall into the following categories:  singletons, those that could be 
accepted for filing, and those that needed to be dismissed pursuant to settlements or as in excess of the 
ten-application cap.  On March 7, 2008, the Bureau released a Public Notice that included most groups 
containing four or fewer applications.2  Most of the remaining applications are mutually exclusive with at 
least three other proposals.3 As required by Section 73.3573(e)(4)4 of the Commission’s Rules, the 
Bureau announces that it has identified the following groups of mutually exclusive applications listed in 
Attachment A.  At this time, the Bureau is announcing groups consisting of thirteen or fewer applicants.  
To promote settlement discussions and ease work loads on applicants and their consulting engineers and 
attorneys, the Bureau will issue periodically additional public notices identifying the remaining mutually 
exclusive groups.  An applicant that believes that an application has been either erroneously 
included or erroneously excluded from any of the mutually exclusive groups listed in Attachment A 
should bring this matter to the attention of the Audio Division within 30 days.   
  
1  See Media Bureau Announces NCE FM New Station and Major Change Filing Procedures, Public Notice, 22 
FCC Rcd. 15050 (2007). 
2  See Media Bureau Identifies Groups of Mutually Exclusive Applications Submitted in the October 2007 Filing 
Window for Noncommercial Educational FM Stations,  Public Notice, 23 FCC Rcd. 3914 (MB 2008). 
3 Also pending are some singleton applications that seek various waivers.  The staff will address those waiver 
requests separately.
4  47 C.F.R. § 73.3573(e)(4).  
2
If applicants in a mutually exclusive group identified in Attachment A are negotiating a settlement or 
share time arrangement, they should advise the Audio Division to withhold further processing of the 
pertinent applications pursuant to Section 73.7004(d) of the Commission’s Rules.5 Otherwise, the Bureau 
will begin comparative analyses immediately following the expiration of this 30-day comment period. 6  
Contacts: Irene Bleiweiss, Audio Division, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2700 (legal)
James Bradshaw, Audio Division, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2700 (engineering)
 
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5 47 C.F.R. § 73.7004(d).    
6  See id at §§ 73.7002 and 73.7003.