Goto Section: 27.319 | 27.321 | Table of Contents

FCC 27.320
Revised as of
Goto Year:1996 | 1998
Sec. 27.320  Opposition to applications.

    (a) Petitions to deny (including petitions for other forms of 
relief) and responsive pleadings for Commission consideration must 
comply with Sec. 27.207 and must:
    (1) Identify the application or applications (including applicant's 
name, station location, Commission file numbers and radio service 
involved) with which it is concerned;
    (2) Be filed in accordance with the pleading limitations, filing 
periods, and other applicable provisions of Secs. 1.41 through 1.52 of 
this chapter except where otherwise provided in Sec. 27.207;
    (3) Contain specific allegations of fact which, except for facts of 
which official notice may be taken, shall be supported by affidavit of a 
person or

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persons with personal knowledge thereof, and which shall be sufficient 
to demonstrate that the petitioner (or respondent) is a party in 
interest and that a grant of, or other Commission action regarding, the 
application would be prima facie inconsistent with the public interest;
    (4) Be filed within five (5) days after the date of public notice 
announcing the acceptance for filing of any such application or major 
amendment thereto (unless the Commission otherwise extends the filing 
deadline); and
    (5) Contain a certificate of service showing that it has been hand 
delivered to the applicant no later than the date of filing thereof with 
the Commission.
    (b) A petition to deny a major amendment to a previously filed 
application may only raise matters directly related to the amendment 
which could not have been raised in connection with the underlying, 
previously filed application. This does not apply to petitioners who 
gain standing because of the major amendment.
    (c) Parties who file frivolous petitions to deny may be subject to 
sanctions including monetary forfeitures, license revocation, if they 
are FCC licensees, and may be prohibited from participating in future 
auctions.


Goto Section: 27.319 | 27.321

Goto Year: 1996 | 1998
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