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not to disadvantage anybody who may be applying for spectrum in certain areas” until after the close of the filing window, Jim Bradshaw, deputy chief of engineering, said Thursday during a Q-and-A webinar. If there are thousands of applications, then the bureau will likely identify singleton applications within a couple of months, he said. Many decisions could be issued the first few months of 2014, he said. Applicants can file minor amendments, but major amendments, like changing the channel position plus or minus three, must wait until after the mutually exclusive public notice is released, Bradshaw said. A university with a full-power license can apply for an LPFM license if the full-power station isn’t run by students, said Parul Desai, an attorney in the division. The new station must be student-run, but it will not qualify for a new entrant point, she added. The Form 318 application, call sign and license will be granted in three different steps, said Gary Loehrs, an engineering staff member. A board member with a past felony isn’t an automatic disqualifier for an application, but it must be disclosed, Desai said. The commission will not allow a letter from parties within an interference area to indicate willingness to accept interference, Bradshaw said. If there’s any kind of structure in interference areas, the division will assume it’s occupied as a residence or workplace, he said. Desai also reminded applicants that reasonable assurance is needed only for the antenna location and not the main studio location. The webinar was postponed from Oct. 3 due to the 16-day government shutdown (CD Oct 22 p2). It will be archived at http://www.fcc.gov/events.