FCC Web Documents citing 73.1715

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• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2621A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2621A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2621A1.txt
  • 8bit ´ DA 08-2621 Released: November 26, 2008 TV BROADCAST APPLICATIONS SEEKING SHARE-TIME LICENSES AUTHORIZING URBAN TELEVISION LLC TO BROADCAST ON CHANNELS LICENSED TO SUBSIDIARIES OF ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC. NOTICE is hereby given that, on November 18, 2008, assignee Urban Television LLC (``Urban'') and subsidiaries of ION Media Networks, Inc. (``ION''), filed FCC Form 314 applications, pursuant to Sections 73.1715 and 73.3540 of the Commission's rules, and associated FCC Form 301 applications. Urban, a new entrant into the broadcasting industry, seeks consent to acquire share-time licenses that would authorize it to broadcast on a shared-time basis on channels currently licensed to the subsidiaries of ION listed below. The applicants request waivers, to the extent necessary, of the procedures governing share
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2772A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2772A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-2772A1.txt
  • ANNOUNCES PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE EX PARTE STATUS FOR TV BROADCAST APPLICATIONS SEEKING SHARE-TIME LICENSES AUTHORIZING URBAN TELEVISION LLC TO BROADCAST ON CHANNELS LICENSED TO SUBSIDIARIES OF ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC. On November 26, 2008, the Commission accepted for filing FCC Form 314 license assignment applications filed by Urban Television LLC (``Urban'') and subsidiaries of ION Media Networks, Inc. (``ION''), pursuant to Sections 73.1715 and 73.3540 of the Commission's rules. Urban, a new entrant into the broadcasting industry, seeks consent to acquire share-time license that would authorize it to broadcast on channels licensed to 42 digital TV stations currently controlled by ION. Applications for consent to the assignment of broadcast licenses and authorizations are subject, unless otherwise provided, to treatment by the Commission as
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-217A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-217A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-217A1.txt
  • 11, 2007) (``A full file review paradigm would be based on an applicant's success in overcoming obstacles and entry barriers, the overcoming of which would naturally yield diversity of information and viewpoints and would be predictive of success in a challenging environment.'') (available at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_doc ument=6519818049). DCS Supplemental Comments at 41. Id. DCS Initial Comments at 41-47. 47 C.F.R. § 73.1715. Review of the Technical Assignment Criteria for the AM Broadcast Service, Notice of Inquiry, 2 FCC Rcd 5014 (1987). This spectrum, known as the AM expanded band, was allocated to the domestic AM radio service in 1979 by the International Telecommunication Union World Administrative Radio Conference. Review of the Technical Assignment Criteria for the AM Broadcast Service, Notice of Proposed
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-45A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-45A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-12-45A1.txt
  • See NAB Reply Comments at 29 citing APTS Comments at 8-13; Belo Comments at 12-13; ION Comments at 6-7; LeSEA Comments at 6; Local Broadcasters Comments at 18-22; NRB Comments at 8-9; Sinclair Comments at 7-8; Smartcomm Comments at 4; UNC Comments at 7-11; Univision Comments at 8-9. 25 FCC Rcd at 16506. See 47 C.F.R. §§ 73.561, 73.782(c) and 73.1715. See Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish Rules and Policies Pertaining to a Mobile Satellite Service in the 1610-1626.5/2483.5-2500 MHz Frequency Bands, CC Docket No. 92-166, Report and Order, 9 FCC Rcd 5936 (1994), on reconsideration, Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 96-54, 11 FCC Rcd 12861 (1996). See, e.g., Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules, WT Docket
• http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/amfmrule.html
  • [532]PDF 73.1670 Auxiliary transmitters. [533]TEXT [534]PDF 73.1675 Auxiliary antennas. [535]TEXT [536]PDF 73.1680 Emergency antennas. [537]TEXT [538]PDF 73.1690 Modification of transmission systems. [539]TEXT [540]PDF 73.1692 Broadcast station construction near or installation on an AM broadcast tower. [541]TEXT [542]PDF 73.1695 Changes in transmission standards. [543]TEXT [544]PDF 73.1700 Broadcast day. [545]TEXT [546]PDF 73.1705 Time of operation. [547]TEXT [548]PDF 73.1710 Unlimited time. [549]TEXT [550]PDF 73.1715 Share time. [551]TEXT [552]PDF 73.1720 Daytime. [553]TEXT [554]PDF 73.1725 Limited time. [555]TEXT [556]PDF 73.1730 Specified hours. [557]TEXT [558]PDF 73.1735 AM station operation pre-sunrise and post-sunset. [559]TEXT [560]PDF 73.1740 Minimum operating schedule. [561]TEXT [562]PDF 73.1745 Unauthorized operation. [563]TEXT [564]PDF 73.1750 Discontinuance of operation. [565]TEXT [566]PDF 73.1800 General requirements related to the station log. [567]TEXT [568]PDF 73.1820 Station log. [569]TEXT [570]PDF 73.1835
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Databases/documents_collection/80-621.pdf
  • the licensee electing to establish different rate cards must take reasonable steps to assure that all brokers adhere to those rates, and otherwise comply with statutory and Commission-imposed requirements affecting political advertising.17 Other Matters 25. Shared-Time Operations18 - The NTIA petition which precipi- tated this inquiry noted that share-time licensing is already provided for in the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. 73.1715 and 47 C.R.R. 73.561, but is infrequently utilized because of the difficulties which arise in the actual licensing of two operators to the same frequency. The Notice thus emphasized time brokerage as a more flexible and less capital- intensive mechanism for encouraging minority involvement. There were no comments from present share-time operators, or parties seeking to initiate such operations. However,
• http://www.fcc.gov/DiversityFAC/040614/IncentiveBasedRegulations-recommendation.doc
  • which authorizes the Commission to allow an entity to own, operate or control more radio stations in a market than the number specified in 47 C.F.R. §73.3555(a)(2) ``if the Commission determines that such ownership, operation, control or interest will result in an increase in the number of radio broadcast stations in operation.'' (Share times are ``radio stations'' under 47 C.F.R. §73.1715; thus, they qualify for the Section 202(b)(2) exception to the local ownership caps.) The additional fulltime station bought by the cluster owner would also be bifurcated into a Free Speech and an Entertainment Station. In this way, a cluster could grow steadily up to the limits allowed by antitrust law. Further, as a result of this plan, the number of
• http://www.fcc.gov/DiversityFAC/092707/proposals092707.doc
  • of a notice or notices of proposed rulemaking, the desirability of a mechanism that would permit FM radio or digital television licensees to lease or otherwise permit full-time or part-time use of portions of their multiplexed program feeds for the transmission of programming by unaffiliated entities which would be separately licensed by the Commission under the share-time rule, 47 C.F.R. §73.1715. If the Commission determines that it lacks the power to adopt such a procedure, the Commission should seek the requisite authority from Congress. The Commission and the Advisory Committee have found that access to capital is a significant barrier to entry for small, minority and woman owned broadcast entrepreneurs. This share-time proposal would address this problem by providing entrepreneurs with
• http://www.fcc.gov/DiversityFAC/102808/s-class-licenses-102808.pdf
  • of a notice or notices of proposed rulemaking, the desirability of a mechanism that would permit FM radio or digital television licensees to lease or otherwise permit full-time or part-time use of portions of their multiplexed program feeds for the transmission of programming by unaffiliated entities which would be separately licensed by the Commission under the share-time rule, 47 C.F.R. §73.1715. If the Commission determines that it lacks the power to adopt such a procedure, the Commission should seek the requisite authority from Congress. 1 See Testimony of Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO of Media Access Project, FCC En Banc Hearing Hearing on Overcoming Barriers to Communications Financing, July 29, 2008. 2 The Commission and the Advisory Committee have found
• http://www.fcc.gov/DiversityFAC/adopted-recommendations/IncentiveBasedRegulationsRecommend.doc
  • which authorizes the Commission to allow an entity to own, operate or control more radio stations in a market than the number specified in 47 C.F.R. §73.3555(a)(2) ``if the Commission determines that such ownership, operation, control or interest will result in an increase in the number of radio broadcast stations in operation.'' (Share times are ``radio stations'' under 47 C.F.R. §73.1715; thus, they qualify for the Section 202(b)(2) exception to the local ownership caps.) The additional fulltime station bought by the cluster owner would also be bifurcated into a Free Speech and an Entertainment Station. In this way, a cluster could grow steadily up to the limits allowed by antitrust law. Further, as a result of this plan, the number of
• http://www.fcc.gov/DiversityFAC/adopted-recommendations/s-class-licenses-102808.pdf
  • of a notice or notices of proposed rulemaking, the desirability of a mechanism that would permit FM radio or digital television licensees to lease or otherwise permit full-time or part-time use of portions of their multiplexed program feeds for the transmission of programming by unaffiliated entities which would be separately licensed by the Commission under the share-time rule, 47 C.F.R. §73.1715. If the Commission determines that it lacks the power to adopt such a procedure, the Commission should seek the requisite authority from Congress. 1 See Testimony of Andrew Jay Schwartzman, President and CEO of Media Access Project, FCC En Banc Hearing Hearing on Overcoming Barriers to Communications Financing, July 29, 2008. 2 The Commission and the Advisory Committee have found
• http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/amfmrule.html
  • [532]PDF 73.1670 Auxiliary transmitters. [533]TEXT [534]PDF 73.1675 Auxiliary antennas. [535]TEXT [536]PDF 73.1680 Emergency antennas. [537]TEXT [538]PDF 73.1690 Modification of transmission systems. [539]TEXT [540]PDF 73.1692 Broadcast station construction near or installation on an AM broadcast tower. [541]TEXT [542]PDF 73.1695 Changes in transmission standards. [543]TEXT [544]PDF 73.1700 Broadcast day. [545]TEXT [546]PDF 73.1705 Time of operation. [547]TEXT [548]PDF 73.1710 Unlimited time. [549]TEXT [550]PDF 73.1715 Share time. [551]TEXT [552]PDF 73.1720 Daytime. [553]TEXT [554]PDF 73.1725 Limited time. [555]TEXT [556]PDF 73.1730 Specified hours. [557]TEXT [558]PDF 73.1735 AM station operation pre-sunrise and post-sunset. [559]TEXT [560]PDF 73.1740 Minimum operating schedule. [561]TEXT [562]PDF 73.1745 Unauthorized operation. [563]TEXT [564]PDF 73.1750 Discontinuance of operation. [565]TEXT [566]PDF 73.1800 General requirements related to the station log. [567]TEXT [568]PDF 73.1820 Station log. [569]TEXT [570]PDF 73.1835
• http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/includes/63-amfmrule.htm
  • [485]PDF 73.1670 Auxiliary transmitters. [486]TEXT [487]PDF 73.1675 Auxiliary antennas. [488]TEXT [489]PDF 73.1680 Emergency antennas. [490]TEXT [491]PDF 73.1690 Modification of transmission systems. [492]TEXT [493]PDF 73.1692 Broadcast station construction near or installation on an AM broadcast tower. [494]TEXT [495]PDF 73.1695 Changes in transmission standards. [496]TEXT [497]PDF 73.1700 Broadcast day. [498]TEXT [499]PDF 73.1705 Time of operation. [500]TEXT [501]PDF 73.1710 Unlimited time. [502]TEXT [503]PDF 73.1715 Share time. [504]TEXT [505]PDF 73.1720 Daytime. [506]TEXT [507]PDF 73.1725 Limited time. [508]TEXT [509]PDF 73.1730 Specified hours. [510]TEXT [511]PDF 73.1735 AM station operation pre-sunrise and post-sunset. [512]TEXT [513]PDF 73.1740 Minimum operating schedule. [514]TEXT [515]PDF 73.1745 Unauthorized operation. [516]TEXT [517]PDF 73.1750 Discontinuance of operation. [518]TEXT [519]PDF 73.1800 General requirements related to the station log. [520]TEXT [521]PDF 73.1820 Station log. [522]TEXT [523]PDF 73.1835