Federal Communications Commission DA 10-594
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Petition for Rulemaking to Amend the 
Commission’s Rules Governing 
Retransmission Consent
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MB Docket No. 10-71
ORDER
Extended Comment Date:  May 18, 2010
Extended Reply Comment Date:  June 3, 2010
Adopted:  April 2, 2010 Released:  April 2, 2010
By the Chief, Media Bureau:
1. On March 19, 2010, the Commission released a Public Notice seeking comment on a 
petition for rulemaking, which requested that the Commission amend and supplement its retransmission 
consent rules.1  Comments are due in this proceeding on April 19, 2010, and reply comments are due on 
May 4, 2010.
2. On March 29, 2010, the National Association of Broadcasters (“NAB”) requested that the 
comment and reply comment deadlines be extended until May 18, 2010 and June 3, 2010, respectively, to 
“allow the Commission to collect and consider a more complete legal and factual record regarding the 
instant Petition . . . .”2 NAB stated that the “many concerned parties” attending the 2010 NAB Show in 
Las Vegas, which immediately precedes the current comment deadline, “would lose a significant amount 
of preparation time and would have only two business days after the show ends to finalize and file their 
comments in response to the Public Notice.”3 We grant NAB’s request.
3. As set forth in Section 1.46(a) of the Commission's Rules,4 the Commission's policy is 
that extensions of time shall not be routinely granted.  Given the conclusion of the 2010 NAB Show 
shortly before the comment deadline, however, we grant an extension of time to facilitate the 
development of a full record.  
4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 4(i), 4(j), and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i) and (j), and 303(r) 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 Motion for Extension 
of Time filed by the National Association of Broadcasters IS GRANTED, and the deadlines to file
  
1 Public Notice, Media Bureau Seeks Comment on a Petition for Rulemaking to Amend the Commission’s Rules 
Governing Retransmission Consent, DA 10-474 (MB, Mar. 19, 2010).
2 Motion for Extension of Time of the National Association of Broadcasters at 2 (filed Mar. 29, 2010).
3 Id.
4 47 C.F.R. § 1.46.
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comments and reply comments in this proceeding are extended to May 18, 2010 and June 3, 2010, 
respectively.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
William T. Lake
Chief, Media Bureau