PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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Washington, D.C. 20554
News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
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DA 10-387
Released:  March 5, 2010
Media Bureau Announces First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making in the Matter of Policies to Promote Rural Radio Service and to Streamline Allotment 
and Assignment Procedures Published in Federal Register March 4, 2010
Further NPRM Comment Date:  May 3, 2010
Further NPRM Reply Comment Date:  June 2, 2010
On January 28, 2010, the Commission adopted a First Report and Order and Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter of Policies to Promote Rural Radio Service and to Streamline 
Allotment and Assignment Procedures.1 The Rural Radio First R&O was released February 3, 2010.  In 
the Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, the Commission sought comment, first, on whether, and 
how, it should establish an auction bidding credit for federally recognized Native American Tribes and 
Alaska Native Villages (“Tribes”).  Second, the Commission sought comment on whether, and how, to 
extend the Tribal Priority adopted in the Rural Radio First R&O to Tribes without tribal lands.  The 
Commission set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 60 and 90 days, respectively, after 
publication of the Rural Radio First R&O in the Federal Register.2
By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces that the Rural Radio First R&O was 
published in the Federal Register on March 4, 2010.3 Comments must be submitted no later than 
Monday, May 3, 2010.  Reply Comments must be submitted no later than Wednesday, June 2, 2010.  
Commenters should follow the filing instructions provided in paragraphs 75 to 78 of the Rural Radio 
First R&O.4 The Rural Radio First R&O is also available on the Commission’s website.5
  
1 MB Docket No. 09-52, First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, FCC 10-24 (rel. Feb. 
3, 2010) (“Rural Radio First R&O”).  Although the First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making are part of the same Commission document, they are published separately in the Federal Register.  See infra
note 3.
2 See Rural Radio First R&O at 1, 36 ¶ 75.
3 Policies to Promote Rural Radio Service and to Streamline Allotment and Assignment Procedures, 75 Fed. Reg. 
9797 (Mar. 4, 2010) (First Report and Order), 75 Fed. Reg. 9856 (Mar. 4, 2010) (Further Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making).
4 Rural Radio First R&O at 36 ¶¶ 75-78.    
5 See http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-24A1.doc (Word), 
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-24A1.pdf (Acrobat).
For additional information on this proceeding, contact Thomas S. Nessinger, 
Thomas.Nessinger@fcc.gov, or Peter Doyle, Peter.Doyle@fcc.gov, of the Media Bureau, Audio Division, 
(202) 418-2700.  Press inquiries should be directed to Janice Wise, (202) 418-8165. TTY: (202) 418-7172 
or (888) 835-5322.
By the Chief, Media Bureau 
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