PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554
News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
TTY: 1-888-835-5322
DA 08-536
Released: March 7, 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 800 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.  Most of the remaining applications are mutually exclusive with at least one other 
proposal.2 As required by Section 73.3573(e)(4)3 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 four 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 larger mutually exclusive groups.  Any 
applicant that believes any application has been erroneously included or excluded from one of the 
mutually exclusive groups listed in Attachment A should bring this matter to the attention of the 
Audio Division within 30 days.   
If applicants in any mutually exclusive group identified in Attachment A are negotiating a settlement, or 
wish to share time instead of proceeding to comparative evaluation, they should advise the Audio 
Division to withhold further processing pursuant to Section 73.7004(d).4 Otherwise, the Bureau will 
begin comparative analyses immediately following the expiration of this 30-day comment period. 5  
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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1  See Media Bureau Announces NCE FM New Station and Major Change Filing Procedures, Public Notice, 22 
FCC Rcd. 15050 (2007). 
2 Also pending are some singleton applications that seek various waivers.  The staff will address those waiver 
requests separately.
3  47 C.F.R. § 73.3573(e)(4).  
4 47 C.F.R. § 73.7004(d).    
5  See 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.7002 -03.