Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


DA 20-23
Released:  January 7, 2020

COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES SET
FOR DIGITAL AM NPRM 
MB Docket Nos. 19-311, 13-249
Comment Date:  March 9, 2020
Reply Comment Date:  April 6, 2020

On November 25, 2019, the Commission adopted and released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in a proceeding to establish rules governing all-digital broadcasting by AM radio stations. All-Digital AM Broadcasting; Revitalization of the AM Radio Service, MB Docket Nos. 19-311, 13-249, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 19-123 (Nov. 25, 2019) (NPRM).
  The Commission sought comment on allowing AM broadcasters to broadcast using an HD Radio all-digital signal.  The NPRM set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 60 and 90 days, respectively, after publication of the NPRM in the Federal Register. Id. at 1.	

 
	By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces that the NPRM was published in the Federal Register on January 7, 2020. All-Digital AM Broadcasting; Revitalization of the AM Radio Service, 85 Fed. Reg. 649 (Jan. 7, 2020).
  Comments must be submitted no later than March 9, 2020.  Reply Comments must be submitted no later than April 6, 2020.  Commenters should follow the filing instructions provided in paragraph 44 of the NPRM. See NPRM at 20-21, para. 44.    
  The NPRM is also available on the Commission’s website. See https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-123A1.pdf.


For additional information on this proceeding, contact Christine Goepp, Christine.Goepp@fcc.gov or James Bradshaw, James.Bradshaw@fcc.gov of the Media Bureau, Audio Division, (202) 418-2700.  Press inquiries should be directed to Janice Wise, (202) 418-8165. 
By the Chief, Media Bureau 

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