Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


      
      DA 19-741
Released:  August 5, 2019

MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES AUGUST 13, 2019, EFFECTIVE DATE OF
AMENDED RULES FOR FM TRANSLATOR INTERFERNCE

MB Docket No. 18-119

On May 9, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Report and Order in the Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission’s Rules Regarding FM Translator Interference rulemaking proceeding, modifying the rules relating to FM translator interference with other broadcast stations.Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission’s Rules Regarding FM Translator Interference, Report and Order, MB Docket No. 18-119, FCC 19-40 (rel. May 9, 2019) (FM Translator Interference Report and Order).
  A summary of the FM Translator Interference Report and Order was published in the Federal Register on June 14, 2019, including changes to rule sections 74.1201(k), 74.1203(b), and 74.1233(a)(1), which will become effective on August 13, 2019. See 84 Fed. Reg. 27734 (June 14, 2019) (effective date correction published at 84 FR 29806 (June 25, 2019)).
   

The FM Translator Interference Report and Order also provided that amendments to rule sections 74.1203(a)(3) and 74.1204(f), which contain modified information collection requirements that require approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act, will become effective after the Commission publishes a notice in the Federal Register announcing such approval and the relevant effective date.  FM Translator Interference Report and Order at para. 56.  
  On July 31, 2019, a summary was published in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval of the modified information collection requirements contained in sections 74.1203(a)(3) and 74.1204(f), which will now also became effective on August 13, 2019. See 84 Fed. Reg. 37142 (July 31, 2019).  
  Accordingly, all rule modifications  adopted in the FM Translator Interference Report and Order will take effect on August 13, 2019.
 
For further information regarding this proceeding, contact James Bradshaw, Audio Division, Media Bureau, James.Bradshaw@fcc.gov at (202) 418-2739.  Press inquiries should be directed to Janice Wise, Janice.Wise@fcc.gov at (202) 418-8165.


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