CONCURRING STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER MIGNON L. CLYBURN
Re:  Urban One Broadcasting Network, LLC, Application for Construction Permit for New FM Station
WURB(FM), at Cross City, Florida,Memorandum Opinion and Order.
While I vote to concur with this Order, I am concerned about situations where applicants seeking 
to provide their communities with local radio service are ultimately rejected because they are unable to 
construct within a rigid construction permit period.  The Commission has an obligation to ensure that 
permittees do not engage in spectrum squatting and I fully support this, but we also need to balance the 
interest of bringing service listening public and the business needs of permittees.  I am unsure if this 
balance is reached in all cases within three years, especially in instances, as is here, where the permittee 
acquired the station after the construction permit was initially granted, and did not have the full benefit of 
three years to construct a station.  
We cannot effectuate change based on the limited facts of this case, but it is my hope that in the 
future we are able to conduct a more comprehensive review which takes into account the needs of 
consumers, permittees and those in the Commission that must enforce our rules. I would actually support 
a limited extension, perhaps six months in cases like this one, but my office is always willing to listen to 
those who have ideas for how to improve our processes and make them more accessible, especially to 
smaller organizations that have limited resources and are less familiar with our rules and application 
requirements.