Sec.  1.88   Predesignation pleading procedure.

   In cases where an investigation is being conducted by the Commission in
   connection  with  the  operation  of  a broadcast station or a pending
   application for renewal of a broadcast license, the licensee may file a
   written statement to the Commission setting forth its views regarding the
   matters under investigation; the staff, in its discretion, may in writing,
   advise such licensee of the general nature of the investigation, and advise
   the licensee of its opportunity to submit such a statement to the staff. Any
   filing by the licensee will be forwarded to the Commission in conjunction
   with any staff memorandum recommending that the Commission take action as a
   result  of  the invesigation. Nothing in this rule shall supersede the
   application of our ex parte rules to situations described in  Sec. 1.1203 of
   these rules.

   (Secs. 4, 303, 307, 48 Stat., as amended, 1066, 1082, 1083; (47 U.S.C. 154,
   303, 307))

   [ 45 FR 65597 , Oct. 3, 1980]