Federal Communications Commission	DA 18-XXXX



                                                                         DA 18-690	
	 Released: July 3, 2018

MEDIA BUREAU LIFTS LPTV AND TV TRANSLATOR
MINOR CHANGE APPLICATION FILING FREEZE

	The Media Bureau announces that, effective immediately, it is lifting the freeze on the filing of applications for minor changes by low power television and TV translator stations (LPTV/translator stations). See Media Bureau Freezes the Filing of Minor Change Applications for LPTV/Translator Stations, Public Notice, 32 FCC Rcd 10407 (MB 2017).
  The freeze was enacted to preserve channels in advance of the window for LPTV/translator stations displaced by the incentive auction to file displacement applications. See Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau Announce Post Incentive Auction Special Displacement Window April 10, 2018 Through May 15, 2018, And Make Location and Channel Data Available, Public Notice, 33 FCC Rcd 1234 (IATF and MB 2018).
  With completion of the Special Displacement Window on June 1, 2018, See Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau Extend Post Incentive Auction Special Displacement Window Through June 1, 2018, Public Notice, DA 18-389 (IATF and MB, rel. Apr. 18, 2018).
 we lift this filing freeze. In the unlikely event that such an application is in conflict with the resolution of mutually exclusive applications filed in the Special Displacement Window, we interpret our rules to require that the latter will have processing priority.  See 47 CFR 74.710. 

We note that the freezes on the filing of applications for displacement, See Freeze on the Filing of Applications for Digital Replacement Translator Stations and Displacement Applications, Public Notice, 29 FCC Rcd 6063 (MB 2014).
 applications for digital companion channels, See Freeze on the Filing of Applications for Digital Companion Channels, Public Notice, 32 FCC Rcd 566 (MB 2017).
 and applications for new digital LPTV/translator stations and major changes See Freeze on the Filing of Applications for New Digital Low Power Television and TV Translator Stations, Public Notice, 25 FCC Rcd 15120 (MB 2010); Initiation of Nationwide First-Come, First-Served Digital Licensing for Low Power Television and TV Translators Postponed Until Further Notice, Public Notice, 25 FCC Rcd 8179 (MB 2010).
 remain in effect.
For additional information, contact Shaun Maher, Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov, (202) 418-2324, or Hossein Hashemzadeh, Hossein.Hashemzadeh@fcc.gov, (202) 418-1658.
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