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 11-1446
Released: August 26, 2011
Digital Low Power Television Rules Now In Effect
By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces that the rules adopted in the 
Commission’s LPTV DTV Second Report and Order establishing rules for the digital low power 
television transition are now in effect.1 The LPTV DTV Second Report and Order was published 
in the Federal Register on July 27, 2011.2 The Commission obtained approval from the Office of 
Management and Budget (“OMB”) for all but two of the information collection requirements 
contained in the LPTV DTV Second Report and Order.3 The two remaining information 
collections require OMB approval.  Those are:  (1) the expansion of the Commission’s ancillary 
and supplementary rule to low power television permittees operating pursuant to STA4 and (2) 
the requirement that stations that have not already taken steps to convert notify the Commission 
of their digital transition plan.5 The Media Bureau will announce when those information 
collections have been granted OMB approval and have become effective.
Stations wishing to utilize the new rules concerning emission masks, ERP increase and 
vertical antenna patterns must file FCC Forms 346 and 301-CA electronically using the CDBS 
efiling system:  
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/cdbs.html
For assistance with electronic filing, call the Media Bureau Help Desk at (202) 
418-26MB (418-2662). 
  
1  See Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission’s Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power 
Television, Television Translator, and Television Booster Stations and to Amend Rules for Digital Class A 
Television Stations, Second Report and Order, FCC 11-110, released July 15, 2011 (LPTV DTV Second 
Report and Order).
2  See 76 Fed. Reg. 44821 (July 27, 2011).
3  See OMB Control Nos. 3060-1086 and 3060-0016 (received final OMB approval on August 9, 2011) 
and OMB Control Nos. 3060-0928 and 3060-0932 (received final OMB approval on July 26, 2011).
4  See LPTV DTV Second Report and Order at ¶ 55. 
5  Id. at ¶ 42. 
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For additional information or questions, please contact Hossein Hoshemzadeh 
(technical) or Shaun Maher (legal) of the Video Division, Media Bureau at (202) 418-1600.
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