Federal Communications Commission	DA 22-XX


DA 22-653
Released:  June 17, 2022

MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND REPLY DEADLINES REGARDING
OPERATION OF CONTINUED ANALOG RADIO SERVICES BY LPTV STATIONS

MB Docket No. 03-185


Comment Date: 		July 18, 2022
Reply Comment Date: 		August 1, 2022

On June 7, 2022, the Commission released a Fifth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment in MB Docket No. 03-185 on the operation of analog radio services by digital low power television stations (LPTV) as ancillary or supplementary services. See Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission’s Rules to Establish Rules for Digital Low Power Television and Television Translator  Stations, Fifth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 22-40 (rel. June 7, 2022) (NPRM).
  The Commission set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 45 days, respectively, after publication of the NPRM in the Federal Register. Id. at 1.


The summary of the NPRM was published in the Federal Register on June 17, 2022. 87 FR 36440 (6/17/22).
  Accordingly, comments will be due on or before July 18, 2022, Because the 30th day after the date the summary was published in the Federal Register is Sunday, July 17, 2022,  the deadline for filing comments is the next business day, Monday, July 18, 2022.  See 47 CFR § 1.4.
 and reply comments on or before August 1, 2022.  Commenters should follow the filing instructions provided in the NPRM. See NPRM at para. 60.
  

For additional information, contact Shaun Maher, Media Bureau, at (202) 418-2324 or by email at Shaun.Maher@fcc.gov. 
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