PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 17-255
Released:  March 16, 2017
Media Bureau Announces Notice of Effective Date of Rule Change Adopted in Second 
Report and Order in Revitalization of the AM Radio Service Published in Federal Register 
Effective Date of Modified Section 74.1201(g) of Commission Rules is April 10, 2017
On February 23, 2017, the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order in the Matter of 
Revitalization of the AM Radio Service.
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  The AM Revitalization Second R&O, released February 24, 
2017, revised Section 74.1201(g) of the Commission’s rules,
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affording AM broadcasters seeking to 
rebroadcast their signals over FM translators more flexibility in locating the cross-service fill-in 
translators.
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By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces that notice of the effective date for the AM 
Revitalization Second R&O was published in the Federal Register on March 16, 2017.
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  The effective date 
is April 10, 2017.
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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. 
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MB Docket No. 13-249, Second Report and Order, FCC 17-14 (rel. Feb. 24, 2017) (AM Revitalization Second 
R&O).  See https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-14A1.doc.
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47 CFR § 74.1201(g).
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Id. at 3-4.
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Revitalization of the AM Radio Service, 82 Fed. Reg. 13969 (Mar. 16, 2017).  
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A summary of the AM Revitalization Second R&O was previously published in the Federal Register at 82 Fed. 
Reg. 13069 (Mar. 9, 2017), but announced that the effective date of April 10, 2017, was delayed indefinitely 
pending Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review of a non-substantive change to the rule change as 
originally proposed by the Commission.  Because OMB has approved the non-substantive change, the 
Commission will not delay the effective date beyond that announced in the March 9, 2017, Federal Register 
summary.