The FCC should “first address the backlog of pending translator applications” made...
The FCC should “first address the backlog of pending translator applications” made in 2003 “to identify those that are still viable and propose a bona fide service,” in implementing the 2010 Local Community Radio Act (LCRA), NPR said. “The Commission…
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could significantly reduce the overall number of pending applications, and accommodate engineering solutions and settlements to facilitate such service to a greater degree and without obstructing new” low-power FM service by issuing construction permits for translators on that band, NPR said. It’s concerned about possible interference to public radio stations if the commission waives a requirement that LPFM outlets be at least two-notches away on the dial from full-power FM, NPR said. “The granting of such waivers should occur under very limited circumstances and only after a very rigorous process as required under the LCRA.” The NAB has made a similar request, after the Media Bureau circulated a draft rulemaking notice about second-adjacent separation waivers (CD Feb 9 p6). NPR executives met with an aide to Commissioner Robert McDowell, a Monday filing in docket 99-25 said (http://xrl.us/bmwci4).