Sec. 27.316  Public notice period.

    (a) At regular intervals, the Commission may issue a public notice 
listing:
    (1) The acceptance for filing of all applications and major 
amendments thereto;
    (2) Significant Commission actions concerning applications listed as 
acceptable for filing;
    (3) Information which the Commission in its discretion believes of 
public significance. Such notices are solely for the purpose of 
informing the public and do not create any rights in an applicant or any 
other person; or
    (4) Special environmental considerations as required by part 1 of 
this chapter.
    (b) The Commission will not grant any application until expiration 
of a period of seven (7) days following the issuance date of a public 
notice listing the application, or any major amendments thereto, as 
acceptable for filing. Provided, that the Commission will not grant an 
application filed on Form 600 filed either by a winning bidder or by an 
applicant whose Form 175 application is not mutually exclusive with 
other applicants, until the expiration of a period of forty (40) days 
following the issuance of a public notice listing the application, or 
any major amendments thereto, as acceptable for filing. See also 
Sec. 27.207.
    (c) As an exception to paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2) and (b) of this 
section, the public notice provisions are not applicable to 
applications:
    (1) For authorization of a minor technical change in the facilities 
of an authorized station where such a change would not be classified as 
a major amendment (as defined by Sec. 27.313) were such a change to be 
submitted as an amendment to a pending application;

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    (2) For issuance of a license subsequent to a radio station 
authorization or, pending application for a grant of such license, any 
special or temporary authorization to permit interim operation to 
facilitate completion of authorized construction or to provide 
substantially the same service as would be authorized by such license;
    (3) For temporary authorization pursuant to Sec. 27.314;
    (4) For an authorization under any of the proviso clauses of section 
308(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. section 308(a));
    (5) For consent to an involuntary assignment or transfer of control 
of a radio authorization; or
    (6) For consent to a voluntary assignment or transfer of control of 
a radio authorization, where the assignment or transfer does not involve 
a substantial change in ownership or control.