NEWS Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974). News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWS MEDIA CONTACT September 8, 2008 Robert Kenny 202-418-2668 Email: Robert.Kenny@fcc.gov FCC ANNOUNCES TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 25TH OPEN MEETING Washington, D.C. – Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin J. Martin has circulated the following items for consideration by his fellow FCC Commissioners as part of the tentative agenda for the next open meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 25, 2008: · Public Safety Airwaves (D-Block/700 MHz Auction) - A Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking addressing the D Block and a nationwide interoperable broadband public safety network in the 700 MHz Band. · Video Relay Service (VRS) – Addresses a request for limited waiver of interim emergency call handling rules that would enable VRS providers to give emergency response authorities the caller’s 10-digit callback number, before the new emergency call handling rules take effect on December 31, 2008. · Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request – Addresses a Request for Inspection of Records by Mary O’Grady and a Request for Confidential Treatment by Fusion Telecommunications International, Inc. · KDIS-FM – Commission considers an application for review of a staff decision granting the assignment of license for Station KDIS-FM, Little Rock, AR. · FM Table of Allotments Chillicothe, OH – Commission considers an application for review of a staff decision granting reallotment of Channel 227B from Chillicothe to Ashville, Ohio. · Pamplin Broadcasting – Commission considers an application for review of a staff decision finding a dispositive 307(b) preference for a new AM Station in Jacksonville, OR. · Emmetsburg, IO FM Table of allotments – Commission considers an application for review of a staff decision substituting Channel 261C3 for Channel 261A at Emmetsburg, IO and modifying Station KDWD’s license to specify operation on Channel 261C3. · FM Table of Allotments Vinton, LA – Commission considers an application for review of a staff decision granting reallotment of Channel 264C from Winnie to Lumberton, Texas, modification of the Station KOBT license to specify Lumberton as the community of license and denying a conflicting proposal for a Channel 287A allotment at Vinton, LA. · Mixed Groups (Commercial/NCE), MO&O on Recon - Commission considers eight petitions for reconsideration filed against the Reexamination of the Comparative Standards for Noncommercial Educational Applicants, MM Docket No. 95-31, Second Report & Order, 18 FCC Rcd 6691 (2003). · Applications for Consent to Transfer of Control of Adelphia - Commission considers an Petition for Reconsideration of Applications for Consent to the Assignment and/or Transfer of Control of Licenses; Adelphia Communications Corporation (and subsidiaries, debtors- in-possession), Assignors, to Time Warner Cable Inc. (subsidiaries), Assignees; Adelphia Communications Corporation (and subsidiaries, debtors-in-possession), Assignors and Transferors, to Comcast Corporation (subsidiaries), Assignees and Transferees; Comcast Corporation, Transferor, to Time Warner Inc., Transferee; Time Warner Inc., Transferor to Comcast Corporation, Transferee, Memorandum Opinion and Order, MB Docket No. 05- 192, 21 FCC Rcd 8203 (2003) (“Adelphia Order”). · RB Schools New NCE FM Station – the Commission considers 13 Applications for Review of staff decisions dismissing time share applications for failure to comply with Section 73.561(b)(2). · FM Table of Allotments Caro & Cass City, MI – the Commission considers an application for review of a staff decision granting substitution of Channel 221C3 for Channel 221A at Caro, and the reallotment of Channel 221C3 from Caro to Cass City, Michigan. · MX Applications for New NCE DTV station, Tulsa, OK - Commission considers two mutually exclusive applications for a construction permit for a new noncommercial educational DTV television station to operate on *26, Tulsa, OK. · Assignment of License of KPXJ (TV), Minden, LA - Commission considers and application for review of the staff decision granting assignment of KPXJ (TV) from Paxson Communications License Company, LLC to Minden Television Corporation (Minden). · New FM Translator, Manahawkin, NJ – the Commission considers an application for review of a staff decision granting an application for a new FM translator station at Manahawkin, New Jersey. · FM Table of Allotments Lincoln & Sherman, IL – Commission considers an application for review of a staff decision granting reallotment of Channel 230B1 to Sherman, Illinois, and modifying the Station WMHK license to specify Sherman, Illinois, as the community of license. · Eagle Broadcasting, Assignment of Licenses – Commission considers an Application for review of a staff decision granting the assignment of license of four commonly controlled stations in Ithaca, New York. · FM Table of Allotments Evergreen, AL – Commission considers an Application for Review of a staff decision substituting Channel 227C2 for Channel 227C1 at Evergreen, reallotting Channel 227C2 to Shalimar, Florida, and modifying the Station WPGG license to specify operation on Channel 227C2 at Shalimar. · Royce International Broadcasting – Commission considers an Application for Review of a staff decision awarding an application for a new AM station at Elk Grove, California, a dispositive preference under Section 307(b) of the Communications Act of 1934. · An Inquiry into the Commission’s Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification - Commission considers a Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking streamlining directional AM Station licensing. · Amendment of the FM Broadcast Translator Stations’ Service and Eligibility Rules - Commission considers a Report and Order permitting AM stations to use FM translator stations on a “fill-in” basis. Topics selected for open meeting agendas are made public and posted on the Commission’s website approximately three weeks prior to the Commission’s next monthly meeting. The Commission will continue to issue a public notice of the “Commission Meeting Agenda” one week before the meeting and announce at that time the items that are scheduled for the agenda. -FCC- News and information about the Federal Communications Commission is available at www.fcc.gov.