Many documents are available as PDF files, some as MS Word or HTML files, and some in other formats such as JPEG images. Most of these documents are not searchable, because making them so would be prohibitively expensive in time and money.

02/13/2007

Letter re construction permit application BPED-20070119AHY for KDKL at Huron, CA      Letter, released 02/13/2007.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Noncommercial educational FM applicants cannot use supplemental showings to demonstrate that the community of license receives 60 dBu or more, where the community of license lies outside the 60 dBu protected service contour as defined by the standard contour prediction method in Sections 73.313 and 73.333 (without terrain roughness adjustments).

06/15/1993

Open Media Corporation      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 93-301, 8 FCC Rcd 4070, released 06/15/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied. Applicant had sought waiver of Section 73.509 to permit first adjacent channel overlap covering 6.9 per cent of its proposed 60 dBu service contour; minority/female programming not a factor in evaluating technical matters; fact that the applicant made a great deal of effort to develop an application is not a consideration in evaluating a waiver.

06/15/1993

Greater Boston Radio, Inc., WMJX (FM), Boston       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 93-300, 8 FCC Rcd 4065, released 06/15/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Blanketing interference rule does not cover Receiver Induced Third Order Intermodulation Effect (RITOIE) interference; no listerner complaints from any source; application for review was denied.

06/15/1993

Sacramento Community Radio, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 93-294, 8 FCC Rcd 4067, released 06/15/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for a new noncommercial educational FM station was filed in response to a second, erroneous 'A' cutoff list; second erroneous 'A' cutoff announcement had no legal effect. Petition for reconsideration was denied.

11/01/2000

1998 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Streamlining of Radio Technical Rules in Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules      Second Report and Order, FCC 00-368, 15 FCC Rcd 21649, released 11/01/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Section 73.509 revised to use 100 dBu interfering contour for second-adjacent channel noncommercial educational stations; Section 73.215 revised in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and second and third-adjacent channel spacings were modified; Class C0 (C-zero) adopted along with procedures for downgrading Class C stations; correction of coordinates by license application where the change is less than 3 seconds latitude and 3 seconds longitude; FM translators and boosters can reduce power in a license application; NCE stations must provide 60 dBu coverage to at least 50 per cent of the community of license.

12/08/1997

Mass Media Bureau Lists Commercial FM Broadcast Stations Potentially Eligible to Increase Effective Radiated Power on Form 302-FM      Public Notice, DA 97-2568, 12 FCC Rcd 20351, released 12/08/1997.    [ PDF ]. [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Public Notice lists fully spaced stations that are eligible to increase ERP within the station's class via a license application.

07/28/1997

U.S.-Canada FM Agreement Modified to Permit Added Flexibility for FM Translators      Public Notice, DA 97-1595, released 07/28/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Revised agreement with Canada allows FM translators to operate with up to 250 watts and a 34 dBu interfering contour up to 60 km; concurrence by the other country is not required where the 34 dBu interfering contour does not cross the border; and a 6 kW maximum ERP for Class A stations.

12/19/1996

Updated Comments Invited Regarding the Personal Atatck and Political Editorial Rules and Related Pleadings      Public Notice, GEN Docket 83-484, DA 96-2159, 12 FCC Rcd 4688, 61 FR 68201 (12/27/1996), released 12/19/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Comments were invited in the Commission'd rulemaking regarding the personal attack and political editorial rules. Comments were due February 10, 1997, and reply comments were due by March 12, 1997

12/20/1997

Emergency Alert System Handbooks Go On-Line      Public Notice, released 12/20/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   EAS Handbooks available via the Internet. Current website is http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/services/eas/'.

10/17/1996

Deadline Approaching for Silent Broadcast Stations: AM and FM Stations Urged to File Related Applications by November 1      Public Notice, DA 96-1718, 11 FCC Rcd 13241, released 10/17/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Silent stations' licenses to expire February 9, 1997 if not returned to the air by that date, per the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Silent stations urged to file applications and request expedited processing, so that the stations have sufficient time to resume operations.

10/02/1996

FCC Electronic Filing/Viewer Software for Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) and Remote Query Access for Landing Facilities (TOWAIR) Now Available      Public Notice, released 10/02/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   ASR registrations and queries, and TOWAIR, are currently available at http://wireless.fcc.gov/antenna/.

07/19/1996

Antenna Structure Registration Procedures Clarified      Public Notice, DA 96-1158, 11 FCC Rcd 8653, released 07/19/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Antenna Structure Registration window filing periods by state. All towers that required ASR numbers were to be registered by June 30, 1998.

07/03/1996

Conditions for Use of Outdoor Test Ranges for RF Immunity Testing      Public Notice, released 07/03/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   RF immunity tests in an open area must confine the RF energy to the immediate area, such as a shielded room or anechoic chamber. Failure to do is a violation of Section 301 of the Communications Act.

06/21/1996

Procedures for Electronic Filing of Antenna Structure Registration      Public Notice, released 06/21/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Outdated procedure; registration should now be accomplished through http://wireless.fcc.gov/antenna/.

06/21/1996

Antenna Structure Registration Number Required as Supplement to FCC Application Forms Effective July 1, 1996      Public Notice, released 06/21/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   ASR numbers required as part of FCC applications to mount/construct registered structures.

05/22/1996

Procedures Announced for Expedited Processing of Applications Filed By Silent Broadcast Stations      Public Notice, DA 96-818, 11 FCC Rcd 14356, released 05/22/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Expedited processing procedures for silent broadcast stations.

05/22/1996

FCC Policy for Handling Complaints of Interference to Home Electronics Equipment      Public Notice, released 05/22/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Interference Handbook, 1993 edition: http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Databases/documents_collection/1993InterferenceHandbook.pdf.(4 MB).

03/15/1996

Audio Services Division Information Available on the Internet      Public Notice, DA 96-368, released 03/15/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Audio Services Division information available via the Web, in 1996.

03/22/1996

Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised Expanded AM Broadcast band Improvement Factors and Allotment Plan      Public Notice, DA 96-408, 11 FCC Rcd 11419, released 03/22/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   AM Expanded Band improvement factors and allotment plan.

02/09/1996

Commission Takes Tough Procedures Against Frivolous Pleadings       Public Notice, FCC 96-42, 11 FCC Rcd 3030, released 02/09/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Frivolous pleadings defined, and actions to be taken against such pleadings.

01/11/1996

Procedures for the Filing of Documents That Were Due During the Government Shutdown or During the Weather Emergency      Public Notice, DA 96-2, 11 FCC Rcd 2417, 61 FR 1381 (1/19/1996 ), released 01/11/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Procedures to govern the filing of documents that were due during the government shutdown (12/18/1995 to 1/5/1996) and the closure (1/8/1996 to 1/10/1996) due to heavy snow.

01/05/1996

Procedures for the Filing of Documents That Were Due During the Government Shutdown      Public Notice, DA 96-1, 11 FCC Rcd 2418, released 01/05/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Procedures to govern the filing of documents that were due during the government shutdown (12/18/1995 to 1/5/1996).

11/28/1985

Mass Media Bureau Engineering Databases Are Now Available Over the Internet      Public Notice, released 11/28/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Currently, CDBS data is available at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/databases/cdbs/.

09/26/1995

Date for Filing License Renewal Applications for Radio Stations Licensed to the U.S. Virgin Islands Extended to: December 1, 1995       Public Notice, DA 95-2037, 10 FCC Rcd 13615, released 09/26/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Filing period for radio broadcast license renewal extended in the Virgin Islands due to Hurricanes Luis and Marilyn.

09/15/1995

FCC Waives Limitations on Payments to Dismissing Applicants in Universal Settlements of Cases Subject to Comparative Proceedings Freeze Policy      Public Notice, FCC 95-391, 10 FCC Rcd 12182, released 09/15/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Temporary waiver of settlement payment limitations lifted to allow settlements with payments greater then 'legitimate and purdent expenses' to resolve mutually exclusive noncommercial educational filings.

09/05/1995

Audio Services Division of Mass Media Bureau Reorganized      Public Notice, released 09/05/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   AM, FM, and Auxiliary Services Branches were eliminated.

04/06/1995

How to Get FCC Documents from the Internet By File Transfer Protocol      Public Notice, released 04/06/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   HTTP and FTP remain in use; gopher protocol is no longer in use

04/06/1995

FCC Information Is Available Online      Public Notice, released 04/06/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   HTTP and FTP remain in use; gopher protocol is no longer in use. Not all documents may be available via FTP. Use http instead.

11/03/1994

Modified Cable Converter-Decoders      Public Notice, DA 94-1184, 9 FCC Rcd 6436, released 11/03/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Cable television converter-decoders may not be modified without FCC authorization.

09/27/1994

New Agreements With Mexico      Public Notice, released 09/27/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Expanded Band AM Agreement, new FM Agreement, and the MDS Agreement.

08/31/1994

Commission Policy on Private Printing of FCC Forms       Public Notice, released 08/31/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Printing of FCC Forms has been largely supplanted by electronic filing.

08/04/1994

Modification of FCC Comparative Proceedings Freeze Policy      Public Notice, FCC 94-204, 9 FCC Rcd 6689, released 08/04/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Freeze modified; processing of upgrades or major modifications resumed. 'A' cutoff lists were issued, but if a mutually exclusive application was filed, the freeze would be in effect again unless a settlement was filed.

03/16/1994

Application of Ex Parte Rules to Internet E-Mail      Public Notice, DA 94-240, 9 FCC Rcd 7348, released 03/16/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Ex parte rules apply to e-mail.

02/25/1994

FCC Freezes Comparative Proceedings      Public Notice, FCC 94-41, 9 FCC Rcd 1055, released 02/25/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Freeze announced on all new and major change noncommercial educational applications.

12/08/1993

FCC Releases Study of RF Current Reduction Provided By Work Gloves At AM Radio Frequencies      Public Notice, released 12/08/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Heavy duty leather gloves can be very effective in reducing contact currents at AM radio frequencies.

08/31/1993

Mass Media Bureau Offers Examples of the Treatment of Applications Filed Under the New 'One Step' Process Including Treatment of Conflicts Between Petitions for Rule Making To Amend Part 73.202(b) and FM New and Major Change Applications      Public Notice, released 08/31/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   21 examples of application and rulemaking conflicts under the 'one step' upgrade-by-application process, and how the conflicts would be resolved.

08/20/1993

Acceptance of Long Form Assignment of License Applications and Transfer of Control Applications for Radio Broadcast Stations       Public Notice, released 08/20/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Incomplete assignment applications or transfer of control applications will not be placed on public notice as accepted until the missing information is provided.

07/16/1993

FCC Emphasizes Importance of Auxiliary Broadcast Equipment for Communications With The Public During Emergencies      Public Notice, released 07/16/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Importance of auxiliary (backup) facilities.

03/19/1993

FCC Suspends Semi-Annual Testing for Commercial Radio Operator Licenses and Establishes Interim Testing Procedures      Public Notice, FCC 93-149, 8 FCC Rcd 2184, released 03/19/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commercial operators testing was suspended; Engineers-in-Charge of the field offices were to issue 'special examinations' to those persons needing that authorization.

12/09/1996

FCC Regulates Radar Transmitters, But Not Radar Detectors       Public Notice, DA 96-2040, 11 FCC Rcd 17268, released 12/09/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Radar transmitters are type-accepted; radar use by police and other public safety entities that have licenses in the Public Safety Radio service do not need another license to operate radar units. Non-public-safery entites must obtain a license under Part 90. Radar jammers are considered 'malicious interference' and are prohibited.

09/01/1992

The Federal Communications Commission Continues to Require Applicants to Use Coordinates Based On The North American Datum of 1927      Public Notice, DA 92-1188, 7 FCC Rcd 6096, 57 FR 41938 (09/14/1992), released 09/01/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   As of 2007, AM, FM, and TV still use NAD27; Wireless services, including all Antenna Structure Registration Numbers, use NAD83

09/01/1992

Processing of Broadcast Auxiliary Applications to be Transferred to Gettysburg      Public Notice, DA 92-1189, released 09/01/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Auxiliary services for broadcast facilities, meaning microwave studio-to-transmitter links (STL) and remote pickup units (RPU) were transferred from the Mass Media Bureau to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, effective September 21, 1992.

08/19/1992

Radiofrequency Radiation and the Environment      Public Notice, released 08/19/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Effective January 1, 1986, all broadcast construction permit applications must contain an environmental assessment or indicate that the application will not have a significant envoronmental impact. This includes consideration of radiofrequency expiosure levels.

08/17/1992

Antenna Survey Branch Functions to be Transferred to Gettysburg      Public Notice, DA 92-1116, released 08/17/1992. Effective date: 10/01/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   ASB moved from the Field Operations Bureau to the Private Radio Bureau (now WTB), effective 10/01/1992.

01/10/1992

FCC Releases Study of Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields on an AM Broadcast Tower      Public Notice, released 01/10/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FCC Reference Number: FCC/OET RTA 91-01.

09/27/1991

Report Released on Measurements of Electric and Magnetic Fields Near AM Broadcast Towers      Public Notice, released 09/27/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Report number is EPA/520/6-91/020.

08/23/1991

Reminder That Amended Computation of Time Rules Take Effect October 15, 1991      Public Notice, released 08/23/1991. Effective date: 10/15/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Revisions to 47 CFR Section 1.4.

07/24/1991

Permitted Forms of Low Power Broadcast Operation      Public Notice, released 07/24/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Permitted unlicensed operations listed for the FM and TV bands and corresponding power levels. These limits are stinn in effect.

06/26/1991

Reclassification of Certain FM Facilities Pursuant To MM Docket 88-375      Public Notice, released 06/26/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   List of stations reclassified on 06/03/1991.

04/16/1991

The FAA and FCC Agree to Simplify Procedures for Certain EMI Cases      Public Notice, released 04/16/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The FAA and FCC agreed to simply the handling of certain types of electromagnetic interference (EMI) with respect to AM broadcast stations, fixed microwave transmitters, and cellular radiotelephone fixed transmitters.

02/11/1991

Changes to: 'Fully Spaced Class A Stations' List, Re: MM Docket No. 88-375      Public Notice, released 02/11/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to the 11/03/1991 fully spaced Class A stations list. This list contains stations in the Canadian border zone for which concurrence was obtained to operate at 6 kE ERP.

01/31/1991

Modulation Measurement      Public Notice, released 01/31/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Licensees do not have to use modulation monitors. A licensee whose station is found to be overmodulating will be held accountable.

05/09/1990

Filing of Time Critical, Feeable Applications       Public Notice, released 05/09/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Filing of applications in 1990.

06/18/1990

Reclassification of Certain FM Facilities, Re: MM Docket 88-375      Public Notice, released 06/18/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Stations to be reclassified 6/3/1991, if a nupgrade to the listed class had not been completed by that date.

03/02/1990

Changes to: 'Fully Spaced Class A Stations List', Re: MM Docket 88-375      Public Notice, released 03/02/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   March 1990 list of stations in the Canadian Border zone that were fully spaced under Section 73.207 and were eligible to increase ERP to 6.0 kW via a license application on FCC Form 302-FM.

02/09/1990

The Commission Announces Four Policy Changes in Processing of Commercial FM Construction Permit Applications for New Facilities       Public Notice, FCC 90-59, 5 FCC Rcd 990, 55 FR 6798 (02/27/1990), released 02/09/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Notice of Acceptance for Filing' public notice to be issued before the staff's engineering review; 'hard look' processing waived where only one application is received in a filing window, to permit one opportunity for a corrective amendment; and where one applicant proposes to 'buy out' the other applicants, that applicant will also be given an opportunity to amend.

12/27/1989

Listings of Applications for Construction Permits to Modify FM Broadcast Facilities To Be Made Available To The Public on a Bi-Monthly Basis       Public Notice, released 12/27/1989.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Current reports posted at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/status/bimonrpt.html. Past reports have not been saved.

12/08/1989

Changes To: 'Fully Spaced Class A Stations' List and 'Newly Grandfathered Class A stations' List, Re: MM Docket No. 88-375      Public Notice, released 12/08/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to the 11/03/1989 'Fully Spaced Class A Stations' list, which were eligible to increase ERP to 6 kW via a Form 302 license application; additions to the 'Newly Grandfathered Class A Stations' list, which were eligible to increase ERP to the equivalent of 3 kW ERP / 100 meters HAAT, using the 34 dBu interfering contour to determine equivalence.

08/11/1987

Common Carrier Public Mobile Services Information, Standard Broadcast Reradiation and Tower Construction Authorized Under Part 22 Of The Rules      Public Notice, 66 RR 2d 1777, released 08/11/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Part 22 licensees regarding tower construction within 2 miles of an AM directional station or 0.5 miles of a nondirectional AM station. Republished 11/14/1989 as Report No. CL-90-40, see 66 RR 2d 1777. (See also Section 73.1692 for broadcast towers.)

11/17/1989

Changes to: 'Fully Spaced Class A Stations' List and 'Newly Grandfathered Class A Stations' List and Fee Requirements for Class A Stations Filing Form 302, Re: MM Docket No. 88-375       Public Notice, released 11/17/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to fully spaced list issued 11/03/1989, DELETIONS from the grandfathered list issued the same date.

11/03/1989

Increased Power for Selected FM Class A licensees and Permittees, Re: MM Docket No. 88-375       Public Notice, released 11/03/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Fully spaced Class A stations that could increase ERP to 6.0 kW via a license application on Form 302; list of newly grandfathered stations that could increase ERP to be equivalent to 3.0 kW ERP / 100 meters HAAT, where equivalence was determined using the 34 dBu interfering contour.

07/31/1989

Effective Date of Docket 81-742 Rule and Policy Changes      Public Notice, MM Docket 81-742, released 07/31/1989. Effective date: 08/07/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   One rule change to come out of this docket was that the requirement that parties filing a competing construction permit application against a license renewal must specify its own transmitter site, and could no longer presume that the licensed facilities of the station would be available if the challenge application was successful. This practice is no longer in effect since competing applications presently cannot be filed against a renewal application (only petitions to deny or informal objections).

06/12/1989

Air Hazards Caused by Improperly Marked & Lighted Communications Towers      Public Notice, released 06/12/1989.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Reports of aircraft collisions with unlighted or improperly lighted towers; tower owners and FCC licensee need to be more arare of painting and marking requirements. If a light outage occurs that cannot be corrected within 30 minutes, the local FAA Flight Service Station (FSS) must be contact immediately, with another contact made when the lighting is restored.

06/26/1989

OMB Approval of New Information Collection Requirements for FCC Forms 301 & 340      Public Notice, MM Docket 87-121, released 06/26/1989. Effective date: 06/26/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Effective date of the new rules in MM Docket 87-121, 4 FCC Rcd 1681 (1989), was June 26, 1989. Filing of Form 301 delayed until effective date: see Public Notice released April 13, 1989, Return of Applications Filed Prior to Effective Date.

06/26/1989

Return of Applications Submitted Prior to Effective Date of Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Permit Short-Spaced FM Station Assignments Pursuant to MM Docket 87-121      Public Notice, MM Docket 87-121, released 06/26/1989. Effective date: 06/26/1989.    Summary     Summary:   Effective date of the new rules in MM Docket 87-121, 4 FCC Rcd 1681 (1989), was June 26, 1989. Applications requesting Section 73.215 contour protection processing prior to that date were returned.

03/31/1989

Mass Media Bureau to Propose Upgrades On Its Own Motion      Public Notice, MM Docket 88-375, released 03/31/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Approximately 150 Class A stations were found to meet the proposed Class C3 spacing requirements at their existing transmitter sites. The Mass Media Bureau proposed to automatically upgrade these stations to Class C3 in MM Docket 88-375.

02/21/1989

Processing of FM Applications Pursuant to the MM Docket 87-121 New Tenderability Requirement      Public Notice, MM Docket 87-121, released 02/21/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.215 applicants must specifically request processing under that rule, and provide an exhibit showing compliance with the rule. Omission of that information was conidered a tender defects, resulting in the return of the application as not substantially complete at tender.

12/09/1988

Effective Date of Changes to Radio Duopoly Rule      Public Notice, released 12/09/1988. Effective date: 12/09/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Effective date of rule changes to Section 73.3555 made effective 12/09/1988.

09/12/1988

Clarification of the Commission's Rules Pertaining to Broadcast Station Transmitter Remote Control Operation      Public Notice, FCC 88-194, 3 FCC Rcd 5695, 53 FR 37762 (09/28/1988), released 09/12/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission policy on remote control of broadcast transmitters, using telephone dial-up circuits, duty operator requirements where dial-up circuits are used.

11/10/1988

Improved Methods for Calculating Groundwave Field Strength in the AM Broadcast Band      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 88-510, FCC 88-326, 3 FCC Rcd 6577, released 11/10/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Proposed changes for calculating AM broadcast stations' groundwave field strength.

03/14/1988

FCC Interim Procedure for the Specification of Geographic Coordinates      Public Notice, DA 88-316, 3 FCC Rcd 1478, released 03/14/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   WTB services and ASRNs use NAD83 coordinates, while Media Bureau still uses NAD27 coordinates for broadcast stations, as of 2007.

07/06/1987

2nd Erratum to List of Reclassified FM Facilities      Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, released 07/06/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Erratum to April 13, 1987 list of facilities reclassified pursuant to BC Docket 80-90.

05/13/1987

Erratum to List of Reclassified FM Facilities      Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, released 05/13/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Erratum to April 13, 1987 list of facilities reclassified pursuant to BC Docket 80-90.

04/13/1987

Reclassification of FM Facilities Pursuant to BC Docket 80-90      Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, 52 FR 12964 (04/20/1987), released 04/13/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   List of reclassified Class B and Class C facilities, pursuant to BC Docket 80-90. The reclassification occured 03/02/1987.

03/24/1987

Reclassification of FM Facilities Pursuant to BC Docket 80-90      Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, FCC 87-93, 2 FCC Rcd 2124, 52 FR 10757 (04/03/1987), released 03/24/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Procedures to be used after 03/02/1987 for reclassification of FM stations, pursuant to BC Docket 80-90.

06/11/1986

Commission to Release Public Notices Listing Commercial FM Broadcast Construction Permit Applications Received for Filing But Not Yet Accepted for Tender      Public Notice, released 06/11/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   ARN (application reference number) to be assigned each application as it comes in, then public notice of the application will be given before the application is accepted for tender.

05/22/1986

Operation of 'First Come / First Serve' FM broadcast Applicagtion Processing System      Public Notice, MM Docket 84-750, FCC 86-265, 51 FR 23764 (07/01/1986), released 05/22/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Window filing system for FM broadcast applications; first come / first served processing occurs if no applications are filed during the window period, but applications are later filed.

05/01/1986

FCC Modifies Program Record-Keeping Requirement for Commercial Radio Station Licensees (BC Docket 79-219)      News Release, BC Docket 79-219, released 05/01/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to illustrative issues / programs list requirements for commercial radio licensees.

04/21/1986

Reclassification of Class 'B' FM Facilities, Re: BC Docket 80-90      Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, released 04/21/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   List of Class B facilities that would be reclassified March 2, 1987 if no construction permit application were filed by that date.

04/21/1986

Reclassification of Class 'C' FM Facilities, Re: BC Docket 80-90      Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, released 04/21/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   List of Class C facilities that would be reclassified March 2, 1987 if no construction permit application were filed by that date.

04/11/1986

In the Matter of Commission Policy Concerning the Noncommercial Nature of Educational Broadcasting Stations      Public Notice, FCC 86-161, 7 FCC Rcd 827, 51 FR 21800 (06/16/1986), released 04/11/1986.    [ PDF ].     [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Announcements promoting the sale of goods and services, enhanced underwriting and donor acknowledgements, program related materials, host selling, foreign language programming. Reprinted in 1992, 7 FCC Rcd 827. See http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/nature.html

03/13/1986

Three Outdated Broadcast Business Practices Rules and Policies Deleted (MM Docket 83-842)      News Release, MM Docket 83-842, released 03/13/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The Commission deleted the following policy issues which deal broadly with broadcast business practices: -- Fraudulent Billing Practices (Sections 73.4155 and 73.1205)Network Clipping (Sections 73.4155 and 73.1205), and Combination Advertising Rates, Joint Sales Practices (Section 73.4065)

01/28/1986

Further Guidance for Broadcasters Regarding Radiofrequency Radiation and the Environment      Public Notice, released 01/28/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Guidance to licensees for radiofrequency exposure.

12/23/1985

Commission Reaffirms that the U.S. - Mexican Agreement of 1972 Is Still In Effect      Public Notice, released 12/23/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Docket 80-90 increased the maximum HAAT for Class A FM stations from 91 meters (300 feet) to 100 meters. However, that rule change did not overrule the agreement with Mexico in the border zone. Class A stations in the border zone were limited to maximum facilities of 3 kW ERP / 91 meters HAAT (or the equuivalent) until that HAAT limit could be renegotiated.

12/09/1995

Criteria for Approval of Sample Systems for Directional AM Broadcast Stations      Public Notice, released 12/09/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Sampling systems, for AM directional stations.

12/09/1985

Erratum and Notice of Availability      Public Notice, released 12/09/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   In OET Bulletin No. 65, Equation No. 5 was printed incorrectly. Correct equation is here.

10/11/1985

The Application Process and the Use of Non-Discrete Power Levels for AM Stations      Public Notice, released 10/11/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Requirement eliminated for discrete power levels in the AM service.

10/04/1985

FCC Overrules 'Caldwell Television Associates LTD', (53 RR 2d 1686 (1983))       Public Notice, FCC 85-534, released 10/04/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Commission will in the future strictly adhere to the standard that applicants seeking waiver of Commission application filing deadlines demonstrate unusual or compelling circumstances for their waiver requests. ...it must be demonstrated that all reasonable steps were taken after the event which caused the delay to minimize or avoid further delay.'

07/15/1985

Predicted Interference Area for NCE to TV Channel 6 Stations, Per Procedure Section 73.525 (Docket 20735)       Public Notice, Docket 20735, released 07/15/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Summary of new rule Section 73.525; example of its use.

06/26/1985

FM, AM, and TV Certification of Stit Availability      Public Notice, released 06/26/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   A site certification requirement (that the site was available to the applicant), was adopted in Docket 84-750. (Site certification is no longer in use (2009).)

05/16/1985

Statement of New Policy Regarding Commercial FM Applications That Are Not Substantially Complete Or Are Otherwise Defective      Public Notice, MM Docket 84-750, 58 RR 2d 166, released 05/16/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Hard look' processing requirements, adopted in MM Docket 84-750.

05/22/1985

'Universal' Window Filing Period Announcement (Corrected)      Public Notice, released 05/22/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The 'universal' filing window was the first filing window for the FM radio service, in which minor change construction permit applications could be filed as well as applications for 152 vacant allotments. All applications filed in the window (June 13, 1985 to July 12, 1985) were considered as if they wer filed on the same day and could be mutually exclusive. Minor change applications file after July 12, 1985 were (and still are) processed on a first come / first served basis.

05/16/1985

'Universal' Window Filing Period Announcement      Public Notice, 50 FR 21940 (05/29/1985), released 05/16/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The 'universal' filing window was the first filing window for the FM radio service, in which minor change construction permit applications could be filed as well as applications for 152 vacant allotments. All applications filed in the window (June 13, 1985 to July 12, 1985) were considered as if they wer filed on the same day and could be mutually exclusive. Minor change applications file after July 12, 1985 were (and still are) processed on a first come / first served basis. (This public notice was corrected 05/22/1985.)

05/08/1985

Notice of Random Selection of FM Channels      Public Notice, MM Docket 84-231, released 05/08/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Listing of the order in which the Commission would open application filing window periods for the 689 channels made available by MM Docket 84-231.

04/05/1985

FCC Clarifies Transmitter Site Map Requirements      Public Notice, 51 FR 45945 (12/23/1986), released 04/05/1985. Effective date: 12/30/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Requirements for topographic maps containing the location of the transmitter site. (Site maps are no longer required with construction permit applications.)

04/09/1985

Spacing Requirements In Effect Until March 1, 1997 Pursuant To BC Docket 80-90      Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, released 04/09/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Class C stations that were subject to being reclassified on March 2, 1987 pursuant to Docket 80-90, because the facility did not the revised minimum requirements for a Class C station, were afforded a 16 km buffer zone around the station's transmitter site. No new allotments could be added within the buffer zone. The buffer zone expired march 2, 1987.

02/12/1985

FCC Encourages FM Applicants to File Early With FAA      Public Notice, released 02/12/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Early filing with the FAA can minmize processing delays.

01/29/1985

Action Dealing With Docket 20735 -- FCC Relaxes Freeze on Acceptance of Educational FM Applications      Public Notice, FCC 85-47, released 01/29/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Freeze on the acceptance of construction permit applications for noncommercial educational (NCE) stations announced 12/13/1984 was relaxed to permit FM applications to be processed where the Channel 6 and the FM submitted an agreement covering such application.

12/31/1984

FCC Places Freeze on Acceptance of Educational FM Applications and Grant of TV Channel 6 Applications (Docket 20735)       News Release, 50 FR 5073 (02/06/1985), released 12/31/1984. Effective date: 12/31/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Freeze announced on the filing of nearly all FM noncommercial educational or TV Channel 6 construction permit applications. (Freeze was lifted June 26, 1985).

11/19/1984

New Working Arrangement With Canada Goes Into Effect      Public Notice, released 11/19/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Revisions to FM agreements with Canada.

09/14/1984

Criteria for Licensing of FM Broadcast Antenna Systems      Public Notice, FCC 84-437, released 09/14/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Before program tests are authorized, the permittee must submit a complete proof-of-performance for the antenna. Scale models may be used for the measurements.

08/02/1984

Commission States Future Policy on Incomplete and Patently Defective AM and FM Construction Permit Applications      Public Notice, FCC 84-366, 56 RR 2d 776, 49 FR 47331 , released 08/02/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Processing procedures regarding defective applications. (Because of subsequent changes in processing procedures for AM and FM commercial stations, the procdures are now only applicable to noncommercial educational (NCE) FM. Codified in 47 CFR Section 73.4015.

07/24/1984

Further Clarification of FM Application Processing Procedures With Respect to the Adoption of New Rules in BC Docket 80-90      Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, 51 FR 26009 (07/18/1986), released 07/24/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Applicants for Class C must specify 100 kW ERP at 300 meters HAAT, or the equivalent. All applicants for Class C1 must specify facilities wich would produce a reference distance to the 1 mV/m contour between 53 and 72 km. Applications that do not neet the new class minimums for B or C will be presumed requests to downgrade to B1, C1, or C2.

07/13/1984

Use of Computer-Generated Terrain Data for Determining Antenna Height Above Average Terrain      Public Notice, GEN Docket 84-705, FCC 84-341, released 07/13/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Aplicants can use any data file with 30 second or greater accuracy. Topographic maps remain the standard in cases of dispute.

06/13/1984

Reclassification of Class 'B' Facilities, Re: BC Docket 80-90       Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, released 06/13/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   List of Class B facilities that were facing reclassification on March 2, 1987, per BC Docket 80-90.

06/13/1984

Reclassification of FM Facilities in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Re: BC Docket 80-90; BC Docket 81-421; MMB Order of May 10, 1984       Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, released 06/13/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   List of FM facilities in PR and VI facilities that were facing reclassification on March 2, 1987.

06/13/1984

Reclassification of Class 'C' Facilities, Re: BC Docket 80-90       Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, released 06/13/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   List of Class C FM facilities facilities that were facing reclassification on March 2, 1987, pursuant to BC Docket 80-90.

05/14/1984

Guidelines Established for Processing of Applications for Additional Time Within Which to Construct AM and FM Broadcast Stations (701s)       Public Notice, released 05/14/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Former guidelines for processing extension of construction permit extension applications on FCC Form 701. (Tolling procedure has replaced Form 701.)

04/27/1984

Commission Policy Regarding Premature or Nonconforming Construction      Public Notice, released 04/27/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   For pre-construction or noncoforming construction, where there is a question of potential interference or FAA clearance, no program test authority will be granted. The station will be required to go off the air, and a forfeiture will be considered. Other applications will be evaluated on a case by case basis. Applications to correct nonconforming construction will not be expedited over properly filed applications.

03/27/1984

Clarification of FM Application Processing Procedures In Light of the Adoption of New Rules in BC Docket 80-90      Public Notice, BC Docket 80-90, 51 FR 26009 (07/18/1986), released 03/27/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to processing procedures for then-pending and recently filed applications.

03/27/1984

Reiteration of Policy Regarding Enforcement of Main Studio Rule       Public Notice, released 03/27/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Applications will be examined to verify compliance with the main studio rule (Section 73.1125).

07/22/1981

FCC To Withhold Action on Certain FM Educational Applications Because of Potential Interference to Television Channel 6      Public Notice, Docket 20735, FCC 81-340, released 07/22/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Freeze instituted in 1981 on all new and major change applications (then defined as a 50 percent change in area) for noncommercial educational FM stations on Channels 200-207, due to the potential for interference to TV Channel 6.

07/17/1981

FCC Delegates Authority to the Chief of the Broadcast Bureau to Waive Small Amounts of Interference Received by Noncommercial Educational FM Proposals      Public Notice, FCC 81-332, 49 RR 2d 1524, released 07/17/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Delegated authority permits waivers of Section 73.509 to permit small amounts of interference received when 5 percent or less of the 1 mV/m contour service area is affected. Sufficient justification is required for the waiver request. (Superseded by 'Educational Information Corporation (WCPE)', 6 FCC Rcd 2207 (1991).)

01/30/1981

FCC Eliminates the Deadline for Noncommercial Educational Class D FM Stations to File Construction permit Applications to Increase Their Power In The Reserved Band      Public Notice, Docket 20735, FCC 81-41, 48 RR 2d 1396, released 01/30/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Class D noncommercial edicational FM stations may file to upgrade to at least 100 watts (Class A) at any time.

12/15/1975

Commission Reaffirms Policy With Respect to Agreements Between Short-Spaced FM Stations      Public Notice, 57 FCC 2d 1263, 35 RR 2d 1063, released 12/15/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Agreements were permitted between stations grandfathered short-spaced since 1964, to exceed the limitations in the table then in Section 73.213. (This practice has been superseded by the rule changes in Section 73.213 by Docket 96-120.)

05/19/1976

Commission Adopts Interim Policy Pending Amendment of FM Rules Relating to Power vs. Height      Public Notice, FCC 76-438, released 05/19/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Change in propagation curves in Dockets 16004 and 18052 necessitated changes to the determination of equivalent facilities for overheight antennas (HAATs in excess of the reference HAAT for the station class).

05/25/1978

Statement of Policy on Minority Ownership of Broadcasting Facilities      Public Notice, FCC 78-322, released 05/25/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   1978 statement of policy on minority ownership.

12/07/1979

Commission Relaxes Monitoring Point Policy for AM Directional Stations       News Release, released 12/07/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Direct ratios of measured field strengths permitted at monitoring points to establish that an AM directional array remains within tolerance.

02/03/1966

Policy to Govern the Change of FM Channels to Avoid Interference to Television Reception      Public Notice, FCC 66-106, 2 FCC 2d 462, released 02/03/1966.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitons for FM channel changes to avoid second harmonic relationships with TV stations will not receive favorable consideration absent a showing regarding the (potential for) interference.

02/19/1965

Potential Interference to Television Reception from the Operation of FM Broadcast Stations on Certain Frequencies      Public Notice, FCC 65-130, released 02/19/1965.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Second harmonic interference from FM station can occur on TV Channels 7 through 13; fliters can help overcome such interference. Blanketing interference , or receiver overlaod, can occur close to the FM station's transmitter site, especially when the TV signal is weak at the receiver location. The fault generally lies in the TV receivers, which are not designed to overcome such interference.

03/30/1967

Foreign Language Programs      Public Notice, FCC 67-368, 9 RR 2d 1901, released 03/30/1967.    [ Text ].     Summary     Summary:   Licensees must set up procedures to know what is being broadcast and whether it conforms to station policies and to the FCC's rules.

10/25/1961

Contingent Applications in the Broadcast Services      Public Notice, FCC 61-1286, 22 RR 299, released 10/25/1961.    Summary     Summary:   Acceptance of contingent applications up to 1961 'has not been satisfactory,' further contingent applications will not be accepted. (Not posted to Internet: see 22 RR 299.)

03/26/1979

FCC Summarizes Method of Considering Class D (10 Watt) Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Stations in Allocation Studies       Public Notice, 45 RR 2d 438, released 03/26/1979.    Summary     Summary:   ERP and HAAT now required for Class D FM applications. (Not posted to Internet: see 45 RR 2d 438.)

03/16/1997

Richard Mann d/b/a The Antique Radio Collector      Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 07-1271, released 03/16/1997.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   $7,000 NAL issued for selling AM transmitters that were not certified by the FCC. Kits generally are not subject to equipment authorization requirements, but when (as here) a person assembles such kits and markets them, the assembler is responsible for obtaining an equipment authorization from the FCC.

02/01/2002

Freeze Announced on the Filing of AM Expanded Band Applications      Public Notice, DA 02-239, 17 FCC Rcd 1806, released 02/01/2002.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Freeze announced on the filing of major change AM expanded band applications, generally those applications proposing a change in the community of license.

06/02/2003

Media Bureau Announces Processing Guidelines for Broadcast Station Applications      Public Notice, DA 03-1877, 18 FCC Rcd 11319, released 06/02/2003.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   New media ownership rules adopted in the Report and Order in MB Docket 02-277 and MM Docket Nos. 01-235, 01-317, and 00-244 necessitated changes to processing of applications.

03/18/2002

Radio Services are Transferred from Mass Media Bureau to Wireless Telecommunications Bureau      Public Notice, DA 02-638, 17 FCC Rcd 5077, released 03/18/2002.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Instructional Fixed Television Service (ITFS) and Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) are moved from the Mass Media Bureau to WTB in Gettysburg effective March 25, 2002.

10/17/2001

FCC Announces Change in Filing Location for Paper Documents      Public Notice, DA 01-2436, 16 FCC Rcd 18740, 66 FR 53936 (10/24/2001), released 10/17/2001.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings are no longer accepted at the FCC's headquarters location; all such filings must use the designated alternate location.

09/27/2001

Window Opened to Permit Settlements of Closed Groups of Mutually Exclusive Broadcast Applications      Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 01-2242, 16 FCC Rcd 17091, released 09/27/2001.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Universal settlements for AM, FM, FM translator, and TV mutually exclusive groups were accepted until 11/30/2001.

05/24/2001

Deadlines for NCE Settlements and Supplements Extended to July 19, 2001; Date for Calculating Comparative Qualifications Remains June 4, 2001; Mass Media Bureau Offers Examples of Application of NCE Section 307(b) Criteria      Public Notice, DA 01-1245, 16 FCC Rcd 10892, released 05/24/2001.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   July 19, 2001 was the last date on which 'point supplements' could be filed; examples of Section 307(b) determinations under the point system.

03/22/2001

Supplements and Settlements to Pending Closed Groups of Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Applications Due by June 4, 2001; Settlement Caps Waived Until June 4, 2001; Abridged Forms 340 and 349 Released for Use In Claiming Points      Public Notice, DA 01-729, 16 FCC Rcd 6983, released 03/22/2001.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   'Point supplements' were due by June 4, 2001 (changed to 7/19/2001 per DA 01-1245), monetary settlement caps waived until June 4, 2001.

02/02/2001

Mass Media Implements Mandatory Electronic Filing of FCC Forms 301, 314, and 315      Public Notice, DA 01-283, 16 FCC Rcd 3989, released 02/02/2001.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Mandatory electronic filing of these forms commenced 02/15/2001, paper filings no accepted after 02/14/2001.

10/20/2000

Mass Media Implements Mandatory Electronic Filing of FCC Forms 302-FM, 316, and 347      Public Notice, DA 00-2390, 15 FCC Rcd 20368, released 10/20/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Mandatory electronic filing of these forms commenced 11/01/2000, paper filings no accepted after 10/31/2000.

05/22/2000

OET Clarifies Antenna Connector Requirements for Part 15 Unlicensed Transmitters       Public Notice, DA 00-1087, 15 FCC Rcd 10380, released 05/22/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Part 15 devices must have a permanently attached antenna. Several types of antenna connectors formerly permitted are no longer acceptable.

03/17/2000

FCC Announces Five Stage National Filing Window for Low Power FM Broadcast Station Applications      Public Notice, DA 00-621, 15 FCC Rcd 18621, released 03/17/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   5 application filing windows were opened for LPFM stations.

03/16/2000

Commission Announces FAA Flight Service Station Reporting Change       Public Notice, DA 00-580, 15 FCC Rcd 18618, released 03/16/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   FSS stations will require the Antenna Structure Registration Number (ASRN) or 'tower number' to be provided with all reports of tower lighting outages. Once repairs are made, the tower must owner must again notify the FSS of the correction.

09/09/1999

Commission Seeks Comment on Processing Order for Applications Filed Pursuant to the Commission's New Local Broadcast Ownership Rules      Public Notice, FCC 99-240, 15 FCC Rcd 14478, released 09/09/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Supplemental comments requested in MM Dockets 91-221 and 87-8 ('Local Ownership Order')

03/05/1999

Mass Media Bureau Releases Low Power FM Radio Spectrum Availability Computer Program      Public Notice, DA 99-464, 14 FCC Rcd 3605, released 03/05/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   LPFM spectrum availability program source code was made available.

11/25/1998

Commission Announces Antenna Structure Lighting Responsibilities With Respect to Year 2000 Computer Issue      Public Notice, released 11/25/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Tower owners warned of Y2K computer issue which could cause lighting and alarm systems to fail on January 1, 2000.

10/19/1998

Effective Date of Main Studio and Public File Rules To Be October 30, 1998      Public Notice, MM Docket 97-138, released 10/19/1998. Effective date: 10/30/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Effective date of revised main studio and public inspection file rules adopted in MM Docket 97-138, FCC 98-175, was October 30, 1998.

10/02/1998

Mass Media Bureau Announces Multiple Docket FM Allotment Rulemaking Proceedings      Public Notice, DA 98-1987, 13 FCC Rcd 25405, released 10/02/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Mass Media Bureau to combine different single community rulemaking proceeding orders in the same document.

09/28/1998

Availability of Locally Maintained Records for Inspection By Members of the Public       Public Notice, DA 98-1895, 13 FCC Rcd 17959, released 09/28/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Licensees must provide ready access to the public inspection file. These records must be made available without requiring members of the public to identify their organization. (Citation in the public notice corrected 9/28/1998.)

08/01/1996

Amendment of Section 1.420(f) of the Commission's Rules Concerning Automatic Stays of Certain Allotment Orders      Report and Order, MM Docket 05-110, FCC 96-301, 11 FCC Rcd 9501, released 08/01/1996.    [ PDF ].     [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 1.420(f) amended; an appeal in an allotment rulemaking proceeding no longer precludes the filing and grant of applications to implement that allotment rulemaking. Construction pursuant to such grants is at the permittee's own risk and is subject to any subsequent action reversing or revising the allotment decision.

10/26/1973

Constants for Directional Antenna Computer Programs      Public Notice, FCC 73-1096, released 10/26/1973.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Standardized constants for AM directional antenna computer programs.

00/00/1993

Interference Handbook (1993 Edition)      released 00/00/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   General information for consumers about interference, causes and possible remedies. 1993 edition, 58 pages, 4 MB PDF file.

07/01/1927

Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission to the Congress of the United States for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1927      Annual Report, released 07/01/1927.    [ PDF ].     [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Department of Commerce, which had regulated radio up to 1926, was found to have no authority to do so; so the Radio Act of 1927 set up the Federal Radio Commission to do so. First FRC meeting held March 15, 1927. The Annual Report includes the pertinent test of General Orders 1 through 15 issued by the FRC.

10/26/1928

Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission to the Congress of the United States for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1928      Annual Report, DOC-FRC, released 10/26/1928.    Pages 1 to 40: [ PDF ]. [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Broadcast band extended from 550 to 1500 kilocycles (now kHz); list of licensed broadcast stations as of June 30, 1928 is contained in Appendix D; television experimentation started; 12,000,000 radio sets in use; pertinent text of General Orders 16 to 49; 1928 spectrum chart.

11/01/1929

Third Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission to the Congress of the United States, Covering the Period from October 1, 1928 to November 1, 1929      Annual Report, DOC-FRC, released 11/01/1929.    Pages 1 to 52: [ PDF ]. Summary     Summary:   Summary of radio bands in use; synchronous operation of broadcast stations unsatisfactory to date; mechanical reporductions (recordings); experimemtal relay and visual broadcasting; General Orders 50 to 74; broadcast licenses list as of November 9, 1929.

12/01/1930

Fourth Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission to the Congress of the United States, For the Fiscal Year 1930      Annual Report, DOC-FRC, released 12/01/1930.    Pages 1 to 37: [ PDF ]. Summary     Summary:   Aviation radio frequencies; recommendation that the FRC be authorized to compel painting and lighting of radio towers, for air safety; General Orders 70 to 94; first conviction under the Radio Act of 1927 for operating a broadcasting station without a license, operator sentenced to a year and a day in jail and later deported; experimental synchronous operation.

12/07/1931

Fifth Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission to the Congress of the United States, For the Fiscal Year 1931      Annual Report, DOC-FRC, released 12/07/1931.    Pages 1 to 39: [ PDF ]. Summary     Summary:   Transmitters must be stable to within 50 Hz of the assigned frequency; organization chart of FRC; General Order 40 divides AM stations into three classes, C, B, A or clear channel, regional, and local; program and operating logs required by General Order 106; General Orders 95 to 118; remote control rules adopted in General Order 113.

12/05/1932

Sixth Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission to the Congress of the United States, For the Fiscal Year 1932      Annual Report, DOC-FRC, released 12/05/1932.    Pages 1 to 24: [ PDF ]. Summary     Summary:   Broadcast station totals, 1927 to 1932; television broadcasting; broadcast station siting considerations for AM broadcast stations.

01/03/1934

Seventh Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission to the Congress of the United States, For the Fiscal Year 1933      Annual Report, DOC-FRC, released 01/03/1934.    Pages 1 to 28: [ PDF ]. Summary     Summary:   Broadcast station totals, 1927 to 1933; television broadcasting; average daytime separation recommended between stations (table).

01/06/1936

First Annual Report of the Federal Communications Commission to the Congress of the United States, For the Fiscal Year 1935      Annual Report, DOC-FCC, released 01/06/1936.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   License totals for various radio services; experimental authority granted to WLW to operate with 500 kW ERP; 1530, 1550, and 1570 kHz allocated for 'high fidelity' stations; experimental television broadcasting; minimum efficiency established for AM stations; telegraph, telephone, and other services referenced.

01/05/1937

Second Annual Report of the Federal Communications Commission to the Congress of the United States, For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1936      Annual Report, released 01/05/1937.    [ PDF ].     [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   License totals for various radio services; total number of broadcast stations, 1927 to 1936; repeal of quota requirements, in which each zone in the US was to have an equal number of broadcast stations; minimum efficiency rule for AM broadcast stations was released October 15, 1935; four 'high fidelity' broadcast stations in operation; stations in the 6 MHz band limited to 5 kW power and have to render an international service; on June 29, 1936 television station W2XF began broadcasts from the Empire State Building in New York City.

01/04/1938

Third Annual Report of the Federal Communications Commission to the Congress of the United States, For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1937      Annual Report, released 01/04/1938.    [ PDF ].     [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Historical Background of Regulation (to 1937), a general summary; 48 AM directional antennas in use or authorized for use; Rule 175 amended to allow stations to delay call sign ID announcements until a break in the programming; experimental television broadcasting work continues; telegraph, telephone.

12/14/1938

Fourth Annual Report of the Federal Communications Commission to the Congress of the United States, For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1938      Annual Report, released 12/14/1938.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Telephone, telegraph sections; noncommercial educational (NCE) broadcast 'high frequency' station class announced January 26, 1938; summary of NARBA.

11/15/1939

Fifth Annual Report of the Federal Communications Commission to the Congress of the United States, For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1939      Annual Report, released 11/15/1939.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Outbreak of war in Europe (WWII) compels consideration of radio at part of national defense; at the close of 1938, 778 broadcast stations had been licensed; 82 AM directional antenna in use or authorized as of 6/30/1939; AM broadcast band extended to 1600 kilocyckes but only 1530 and 1550 kHz are in use; license renewal period extended from 6 month to 1 year; 2 noncommercial educational stations licensed in 1939 (WBOE, Cleveland OH and WCNY, New York, NY); WLW's appeal of the denial of its special temporary authorization was denied by the courts; Commission had argued that an STA was not a radio station license and was not a renewal or modification of license.

12/01/1940

Sixth Annual Report of the Federal Communications Commission to the Congress of the United States, For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1940      Annual Report, released 12/01/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   National Defense and Communications, Commission now charged with seeing that transmissions do not run counter to neutrality or national defense requirements; about 100 field post added; frequency modulation (FM) study; NARBA changes to go into effect March 29, 1941; 119 AM directional antennas in use or authorized; new rule adopted 10/23/1940 requires 'verbatim mechanical records' of all international programs transmitted; K call signs assigned west of the Mississippi River, W call signs east; calls such as W41B proposed for FM stations; developments underway in television, including color television; safety of life and property.

12/15/1941

Seventh Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1941      Annual Report, released 12/15/1941.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission's national defense activities (National Defense Operations Section and Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service- FBIS, Defense Communications Board); telepohne and telegraph sections; 65,650,000 persons estimated to have heard Predident Roosevelt's address declaring an unlimited national emergency, plus 20,000,000 in other countries; NARBA went into effect 03/29/1941; chain broadcasting proceeding (networks); newspaper / broadcast ownership; ban proposed on the operation of more than one station in any service area by a single interest or group; 25 percent of all AM stations employ directional antennas; normal license period extended from 1 to 2 years; first commercial FM service inaugurated; five FM channels reserved for noncommercial educational use; rules and standards for commercial television went into effect 07/01/1941 and color TV successfully demonstrated; studio-to-transmitter (STL) service created; carrier current AM stations; blanketing interference.

01/09/1943

Eighth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1942      Annual Report, released 01/09/1943.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission's war activities - Radio Intelligence Division and Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service (FBIS); telephone and telegraph sections; additional broadcast authorizations suspended due to the war; 1 dB power reduction and required minimum operating hours reduced to help lengthen the life of transmittting tubes and equipment; production of new FM receivers suspended after April 22, 1942; two television stations in New York City commenced operation on 07/01/1941, broadcasting 15 hours a day; in 09/1941 a station in Philadelphia was similarly authorized, and in 02/1942, a station in Schenectady, NY; 8 FN stations operating or under construction as of 07/01/1942; safety of life and property.

02/08/1944

Ninth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1943      Annual Report, released 02/08/1944.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission's war activities - Radio Intelligence Division and Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service (FBIS); telephone and telegraph sections; 1 dB power reduction by broadcast facilities ordered 11/07/1942; policy on use of critical materials needed for the war effort: NARBA is functioning successfully; multiple ownership rule promulgated 11/13/1943; license period extended from 2 to 3 years; construction of FM receivers continues to be restricted; letter call signs for FM stations adopted 03/30/1943; 4 licensed television stations operating, with 5 experimental television stations also operating; 7 FM noncommercial educational FM stations operating; safety of life and property section.

01/09/1945

Tenth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1944      Annual Report, released 01/09/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   47 FM stations operating, with 500,000 FM receivers in use, in the 42 to 50 MHz band; 6 commercial television and 2 experimental stations were operating; FM call sign policy modified to allow FM licensees with an AM station to add '-FM' to the AM call sign; common carrier (telephone, telegraph) section); Radio Intelligence Division and Foreigh Broadcast Intelligense Service.

04/03/1946

Eleventh Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1945      Annual Report, released 04/03/1946.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Freeze on new broadcasting construction lifted on 10/1945; new Railroad Radio Service; amateur operators returned to air 11/15/1945; complete review of spectrum use was initiated; FM to be moved from 42-50 MHz to 88-106 MHz, with 88 to 92 MHz reserved for noncommercial educational use; clear channel AM allocation proceeding initiated; common carrier section; safety and special services section.

02/08/1947

Twelfth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1946      Annual Report, released 02/08/1947.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   1 dB wartime power reduction for broadcast stations rescinded 08/01/1945; relaxation of minimum operating schedule rescinded 05/09/1946; FM stations on 42-44 MHz must move to 88-106 MHz band by 01/01/1947; common carrier section; safety and special services section;

12/31/1947

Thirteenth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1947      Annual Report, released 12/31/1947.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Numbers jump in all categories of stations: licensed AM stations stand at 1,296 as of 06/30/1947, daytime only station numbers increase, daytime skywave interference becoming a problem to be addressed in Docket 8333; 238 FM stations on the air as of 07/01/1946; third-adjacent channel protection requirements adopted for FM because of interference; 2,000,000 FM receivers expected to manufactured in 1947; 6 licensed televison stations and 60 constriction permits outstanding on 13 channels between 44 and 216 MHz; 8 noncommercial ecducational FM stations operating; common carrier, safety and special services sections.

12/31/1948

Fourteenth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1948      Annual Report, released 12/31/1948.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NCE FM stations increased to 46; 37 international broadcast (shortwave) stations; 5,000 aeronautical stations added, for a total of 21,000; proposed ownership rules limit licensees to 7 AM stations in the country, and overlapping interests in no more than 14 AM, 12 FM, and 10 TV stations; rules adopted for low power FM broadcasting (Class D stations) on 06/17/1948, with the first construction permit for less than 10 watts issued to Syracuse University on 10/21/1948; Special Temporary Authority (STA) for AM broadcast stations abolished 8/16/1948 because of abuse; AM grows from 912 stations authorized in 1943 to 2,034 in 1948; FM grows from 48 stations authorized in 1943 to 1,020 in 1948; TV grows from 8 stations licensed in 1943 to 109 in 1948; main studio rule proposed in Docket 8747 that woul require AM and FM station main studios to be located in the community of license; TV Channel 1 abolished as part of a rulemaking effective 06/14/1948; 22 NCE FM operations licensed as of 06/30/1948; FM facsimile service authorized; safety and special services section; common carrier section.

12/30/1949

Fifteenth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1949      Annual Report, released 12/30/1949.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Allocations work done by the Commission for various services; AM up from 911 licensed stations in 1943 to 1,963 in 1949; FM up from 37 licensed stations in 1943 to 377 in 1949; TV up from 6 licenses in 1943 to 13 in 1949; summary of 'Editorializing by Licensees', releases 06/02/1948 in Docket 8516); obscenity statute in rules; AM clear channel proceeding continues; FM service now available over a large area; rate of FM applications falls off, and number of stations decrease, because of economic problems and relatively small number of FM receivers. Approximately 80 percent of FM stations are operated in conjunction with an AM station; freeze on television applications because of the FCC's proceedings for TV operations in the UHF band; most FM NCE applications this year were for 10 watt, low power Class D stations; sections for Safety and Special Radio Services and Common Carrier; Commission conducting measurements on sunspot effects, propagation studies.

12/29/1950

Sixteenth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1950      Annual Report, released 12/29/1950.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Interference complaints mount as spectrum becomes increasingly crowded; nearly 35 times more nonbroadcast authorizations as broadcast authorization (155,000 to 4,500); further slackening of FM applications and authorizations but continued growth in AM; color television hearings; common carrier and safety and special services sections; NARBA summary; only 16 applications for new FM stations filed during the year; FM facsimile operation can operate when the aural signal is not being broadcast; 40 international broadcast (shortwave) stations operating; frequency allocation section.

10/30/1987

Amendment of Part 73 Relating to Call Sign Assignments for Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, MM Docket 87-11, FCC 87-337, 2 FCC Rcd 6681, released 10/30/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The same basic 4 letter call sign may now be used in different services, differentiated by the suffix (-LP, -FM, etc.). A proposal to eliminate the geographic division for K and W call signs at the Mississippi River was not adopted as commenters preferred to keep the existing requirement.

02/25/1987

Amendment of Part 73 Relating to Call Sign Assignments for Broadcast Stations      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 87-11, 2 FCC Rcd 1193, released 02/25/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM proposed to allow the same call sign to be used in different locations or services, and to drop the W-K geographic division at the Mississippi River.

08/31/2006

Letter re: construction permit application of KKGN (FM)      Letter, released 08/31/2006.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   KKGN's initial construction permit granted covered no part of the community of license with a 60 dBu signal. A proposal to change channel and facilities was dismissed because it still failed to provide any part of the community of license with 60 dBu coverage, despite the applicant's conclusion (and related supplemental contour analysis) that the community of license woild receive an improved signal.

09/19/2006

Letter re: One-Step upgrade application for WCTG, Chincoteague, VA      Letter, released 09/19/2006. Effective date: 1147306 .    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM One step upgrade application was dismissed; allotment reference coordinates did not meet the spacing requirements of Section 73.207, and also were in the Atlantic Ocean.

04/06/2007

Midwest Television, Inc, for renewal of license for KFMB (AM)      Letter, DA 07-1641, released 04/06/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Informal objection against renewal application denied; Commission does not regulate content of stations' websites; objector's defamation claim is outside of FCC's jurisdiction.

11/03/2005

American Heritage Media, Inc., for low power FM license for KFLO-LP, Jonesboro, AR      Letter, DA 05-2897, 20 FCC Rcd 17147, released 11/03/2005.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   LPFM station admonished for airing announcements that 'contain promotional references that encourage or invite business patronage, make prohibited price references, or otherwise depict the underwriter in a comparative or qualitative manner'. Noncommercial educational stations may not air such material.

09/26/2006

Letter re Daystar Public Radio, Inc. for construction permit for WKSG (FM), Cedar Creek, FL       Letter, released 09/26/2006.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   TV Channel 6 used different method for population counsts within FM interfering service contour while the FM used the block centroid method. Informal objection from the Channel 6 station denied since TV had not established that the FM applicant had erred or provided any explanation as to why its population method should be preferred.

06/02/1994

Letter re KIV335 and WPAI992      Letter, released 06/02/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Land mobile licensee directed to resolve interference prroblems caused by construction of a tower near an AM broadcast station.

04/16/2007

Radioactive, LLC, re final bid withdrawal payment for Auction No. 62      Letter, DA 07-1737, released 04/16/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Sample letter requiring final bid withdrawal payment. For similar examples, see DA-1738, DA-1739, DA-1740, DA-1742, DA-1743, DA-1744.

04/26/2007

Franklin Township Community School Corporation      Letter, DA 07-1838, released 04/26/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Perition for reconsideration of a denied share time proposal was denied; WRFT renewal of license remains as granted.

04/27/2007

JCE Licenses, LLC      Letter, DA 07-1932, released 04/27/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Interference reduction agreement rejected and application dismissed.

00/00/1952

Seventeenth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1951      Annual Report, released 00/00/1952.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Broadcast revenues passed half billion mark; color TV broadcast start June 26, 1951 after US Supreme Court upholds color system; TV channel assignments in progress; commercial FM broadcast auuthorizations were 659, while noncommercial educational FM station authorizations increased to 95; Novice class for amateurs wen into effect July 2, 1951; NARBA AM broacasting agreement.

00/00/1953

Eighteenth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1952      Annual Report, released 00/00/1953.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Number of radio authorizations (all services) exceeded 1,000,000 for the first time; 45 times more nonbroadcast stations than broadcast stations; CONELRAD (control of electromagnetic radiation) for Department of Defense (DOD); rules finalized for a Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Servuce (RACES); 104 authorized noncommercial educational FM stations, 42 of which operated with 10 watts or less; TV service allotments established; 540 kHz proposed to be added to the AM broadcast band; licensees of FM stations show very little interest in facsimile transmissioms; Port Huron decision of 1948 prohibits a licensee from censoring a broadcast by a political candidate.

00/00/1954

Ninteenth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1953      Annual Report, released 00/00/1954.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   398 new TV stations were authorized; 601 FM commercial stations; 116 FM NCE stations, 49 of which operate with 10 watts or less; CONELRAD; TV stations authorized increased from 108 on July 1, 1952 to 500 one year later; NARBA and Canadian AM broadcasting agreements; 'functional music' broadcasting by FM stations (special receiver needed).

09/29/1954

Twentieth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1954      Annual Report, released 09/29/1954.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Compatible color TV standards adopted, to allow color and black-and-white sets to receive the same signal; renewal period extended to 3 years; NARBA still not ratified by the Senate; 52 illegal radio stations closed; CONELRAD; Commission proposed to make ineligible for licensing any amateur or commercial operator who was a member of an organizatiuon required to register as a Communist-action or Communist-front organization; 30 NCE TV authorizations; UHF TV stations having financial difficulties; multiple ownership rules revised to permit an entity to own up to 7 TV stations, provided 2 are UHF; 12/17,1953 saw first AM grant on 540 kHz to Clarksville, TN; five states had no FM authorizations (MT, NE, ND, VT, and WY); 'functional broadcasting' by FM stations; requirements that certain AM applicants provide skywave measurements was deleted.

00/00/1956

Twenty-First Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1955      Annual Report, released 00/00/1956.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   54 million telephones in operation; 458 of 582 authorized TV stations were on the air; 90 percent of people in the country were within rande of at least 1 TV signal, 75 percent served by two or more stations; 11 of 34 authorized NCE TV stations were operating; as of 07/01/1955 commercial FM broadcasters could apply for special nonbroadcast 'functional music' authorizations relaying special programming to specialized receivers; UHF booster proceeding initiated; decrease in number of FM commercial stations; Subsidiary Communications Authority (SCA) authorization made available to FM commercial stations for 'functional music' broadcasting on a simplex or multiplex basis; no FM stations engaged in facsimile broadcasting; 2 year rention period specified for programming and operating logs; list of numbers of broadcast authorizations by states and territories.

05/04/2007

Interference Immunity Performance Standatds for Radio Receivers      Order, ET Docket 03-65, FCC 07-79, released 05/04/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Proceeding terminated without standards being adopted; future concerns can be addressed for the specific band or service.

02/24/1942

In the Matter of Policy and Procedure for Handling Standard Broadcast Applications       Public Notice, released 02/24/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   AM station application processing was severely curtailed during WWII.

02/26/1934

Message from the President of the United States, That Congress Create a New Agency To Be Known as the Federal Communications Commission      released 02/26/1934.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Franklin D. Roosevelt's (FDR) speech to Congress urging creation of the Federal Communications Commission.

12/28/1955

In the Matter of Amendment of Section 3.261 of Part 3 (Radio Broadcast Services)      Report and Order, released 12/28/1955. Effective date: 01/03/1956.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM stations may remain silent on Sundays if they so desire.

07/01/1955

Amendment of Parts 2,3, and 4 of the Commission's Regulations and the Standards of Good Engineering Practice Concerning FM Broadcast Stations to Permit FM Broadcast Stations to Engage in Specified Nonbroadcast Activities on a Simplex and/or Multiplex Basis      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 10832, released 07/01/1955.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Functional music' is not broadcasting under the Communications Act; FM stations engaged in 'storecasting' (and the like) to special receivers were also required to provide at least 36 hours of regular FM programming a week to the public. Petitions for reconsideration were denied.

10/27/1980

Petition to Institute a Notice of Inquiry and Proposed Rulemaking on the Airing of of Public Service Announcements by Broadcast Licensees      Memorandum Opinion and Order, BC Docket 78-251, FCC 80-557, 81 FCC 2d 346, released 10/27/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission declines to adopt specific rules for public service announcements (PSA).

06/25/1973

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations to Restrict Transmission of the Stereophonic Pilot Subcarrier By FM Stations During Periods of Monophonic Program Transmission      Report and Order, Docket 19571, FCC 73-680, 41 FCC 2d 534, released 06/25/1973.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FCC declined to adopt a rule requiring FM stations to turn off the stereophonic subcarrier (to light the stereo light) during periods of monophonic transmission of more than 5 minutes duration, such as newscasts.

11/09/1966

Amendment of Subpart C of Part 73, Noncommercial Educational FM Stations to Provide for a National Symphony Network      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 66-994, 5 FCC 2d 581, released 11/09/1966.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition to reserve, for a period of three years, the FM frequency of 90.1 to permit the establishment of a National Symphony network was denied.

05/25/1966

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations to Require FM Broadcast Stations Engaging in Multiplex Stereophonic Programming or SCA Operation To Install Frequency and Modulation Monitors Capable of Monitoring Subcarrier Operations      Report and Order, Docket 15404, FCC 66-459, 3 FCC 2d 719, released 05/25/1966. Effective date: 07/05/1966.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM stations transmitting SCA signals were required to install frequency and modulation monitors; requirement that stations notify the FCC of the hours engaged in stereophonic broadcasting was deleted.

04/27/1966

Use of Broadcast Facilities by Candidates for Public Office      Public Notice, FCC 66-386, 3 FCC 2d 463, released 04/27/1966.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Summary of the political programming issues as they stood in 1966. Outdated.

02/20/1963

In the Matter of Amendment of Sections 3.111(b), 3.281(b), 3.581(b), and 3.663(b) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations So As To Permit the Use of Automatic Logging Devices      Report and Order, Docket 14661, FCC 63-184, released 02/20/1963. Effective date: 04/08/1963.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Maintenance of statuion operating logs was permitted by automatic means.

06/17/1957

Amendment of Section 3.293 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations Relating to Subsidiary Comunications Authorizations of FM Braodcast Stations      Report and Order, FCC 57-627, released 06/17/1957.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Broadcasters wishing to transmit 'functional music' signals were required to apply for a Subsidiary Communications Authorizations (SCA). Simplex operations -- transmission of the SCA on the main audio channel -- was required to cease by 01/01/1958. As of May 1957, 47 FM stations held SCA authorizations for multiplex operation, of which 35 were operating or getting ready to operate.

06/15/1956

Amendment of 3.293 of the Cammission's Rules and Regulations relating to Subsidiary Communications Authorizations of FM Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, FCC 56-552, released 06/15/1956.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Simplex operations of SCAs -- SCA transmitted on the main audio channel -- required to cease 07/1957. Later extended to 01/01/1958.

10/23/1995

Amendment of Parts 74 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Permit Unattended Operation of Broadcast Stations and to Update Broadcast Station Transmitter Control and Monitoring Requirements      Report and Order, MM Docket 94-130, FCC 95-412, 10 FCC Rcd 11479, 60 FR 55476 (11/01/1995), released 10/23/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Unattended operation permitted for broadcast stations; licensee must still be able to take control of the equipment within 3 hours of a fault (or 3 minutes for certain types of faults) or the transmitter must shut down. DJs and other on-air talent are no longer required to hold any type of FCC license.

04/24/1991

Educational Information Corporation, NCE Station WCPE (FM), Raleigh, NC and Campbell University, NCE Station WCCE (FM), Buies Creek, NC       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 91-104, 6 FCC Rcd 2207, released 04/24/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Second-adjacent channel waivers of Section 73.509 granted to WCPE and WCCE; Commission stated it was willing to consider such waivers for NCE stations where the gain in service so heavily outweighs the loss of service in small 'doughnut' areas.

09/28/1944

Very-High-Frequency and Ultra-High-Frequency Signal Ranges as Limited by Noise and Co-Channel Interference       Exhibit No. 593, Docket 6651, 39 FCC Rcd 202, released 09/28/1944.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Exhibit No. 593 from Docket 6651 summarizes some of the considerations that went into making the FM propagations curves in Section 73.333 that are still in use today (with modifications).

09/24/1990

Letter re STA for FM Facility for AM Station WAMB, Donelson, TN      Letter, FCC 90-286, 5 FCC Rcd 5659, released 09/24/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   STA granted to permit AM station WAMB to operate an FM 'translator' due to interference from Cuba.

03/09/1993

Lehigh Valley Community Broadcasters Board of Directors      Hearing Designation Order (HDO), MM Docket 93-97, DA 93-154, 8 FCC Rcd 1643, released 03/09/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Prohibited overlap of first-adjacent channel contours would have covered 58 percent of Northampton Community College's proposed 60 dBu service area, so that application was properly dismissed. Waiver of Section 73.509 was not warranted in this instance. Proposed antennas of remaining applicants were above directional antennas of translators, necessitating an exhibit to show that the direcional antennas' patterns would not be altered by the FM station's feedline. Applicant's amendment to reduce TV Channel 6 interference area + filters brings applicant into compliance with Section 73.525.

09/26/1996

Saddleback Community College       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 96-369, 11 FCC Rcd 11938, released 09/26/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied: applicant had sought waiver of Section 73.509, but failed to provide the needed gain and population calculations required for consideration of such waiver requests. 1984 policy statement permitted KSBR only one opportunity to amend its application, but KSBR failed to adequately do so.

10/21/1996

Letter re NEW NCE application, Pollock Pines, CA      Letter, released 10/21/1996.    [ PDF | HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   NCE application for a new station was dismissed, had proposed to punch a new hole of prohibited contour overlap in another station's 60 dBu service contour. Supplemental terrain showings cannot be used to demonstrate lack of prohibited contour overlap or lack of interference. Waiver of Section 73.509 was denied.

11/12/1996

Letter re NCE application for NEW, Bernalillo, NM       Letter, released 11/12/1996.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Request for waiver of Section 73.509 was denied, had proposed to colocate third adjacent channel FM NCE stations.

11/12/1997

Letter re application for NEW NCE, Cabo Rojo, PR      Letter, released 11/12/1997.    [ HTML | Word Perfect 5.1 ].     Summary     Summary:   Staff denied request to issue a show cause order to change the channel of a noncommercial educational station on Channel 212, to accommodate an application for a new NCE station.

10/30/1997

Letter re NEW NCE, Orland Park, IL      Letter, released 10/30/1997.    [ HTML | Word Perfect 5.1 ].     Summary     Summary:   Proposed 60 dBu contour was entirely within the 40 dBu interfering contour of a cochannel station; waiver of Section 73.508 was denied for received-only prohibited contour overlap.

11/29/1974

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's rules to provide for pre-sunrise operation by U.S. Class II AM stations assigned to the Bahamian I-A clear channel 1540 kHz      Order, FCC 74-1264, released 11/29/1974. Effective date: 12/03/1974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Presunrise operations permitted for some U.S. stations on 1540 kHz

09/05/1974

The Public and Broadcasting -- A Procedure Manual      FCC 74-942, 49 FCC 2d 1, released 09/05/1974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'The Public and Broadcasting -- A Procedure Manual', September 5, 1974 edition. For the current edition, see The Public and Broadcasting.

06/10/1980

Amendment of Section 73.99 of the Commission's Rules      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, BC Docket 80-244, FCC 80-316, released 06/10/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM sought to allow certain Class II daytime-only AM stations, situated between cochannel U.S. Class I-B clear channel stations, to commence presunrise operation at 6:00 AM local time.

12/20/1973

Emergency Implementation of National Daylight Saving Time Legislation (Public Law 93-182) With Respect to Sign-On Practices of Daytime-only AM Broadcast Stations       Order, Docket 19902, FCC 73-1324, 44 FCC 2d 273, released 12/20/1973. Effective date: 01/06/1974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Year-round Daylight Saving Time (DST) for 1974-75; it was proposed to allow certain dayrtime-only AM stations to apply for temporary presunrise authority (PSA or PSRA) with power generally at 50 watts. Changes made to existing presunrise authorizations to accommodate the time shift. Approximately 1650 AM stations held presunrise authorizations in 1973.

02/07/1975

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's rules to provide a one-hour advancement in the sign-on times of daytime AM broadcast stations to recoup the morning hour lost by the enactment of year-round Daylight Saving Time      Order, Docket 19902, FCC 75-144, released 02/07/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Advanced or Daylight Saving time in 1975 was to begin approximately two monts earlier than the last Sunday in April, so this Order allowed daytime-only AM stations to use the temporary presunrise authorizations issued in 1974 for this two month period.

02/11/1974

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's rules to provide a one-hour advancement in the sign-on times of daytime AM broadcast stations to recoup the morning hour lost by the enactment of year-round Daylight Saving Time      Order, Docket 19902, FCC 74-135, released 02/11/1974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Some AM stations were given very low power PSRAs -- sometimes single digit watts of power. This Order modified these low PSRAs to permit all authorized stations to operate with 50 watts, only where foreign stations would be adequately protected, pending further rulemaking on the subject.

12/20/1973

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's rules to provide a one-hour advancement in the sign-on times of daytime AM broadcast stations to recoup the morning hour lost by the enactment of year-around Daylight Saving Time      Notice of Inquiry and Proposed Rulemaking, Docket 19902, FCC 73-1323, released 12/20/1973.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Temporary presunrise authorizations were to be issued, in light of the year-round DST implemented in 1974-1975.

06/05/1975

FCC Favors Retention of Uniform Time Act of 1966      News Release, released 06/05/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   In response to an inquiry from DOT on the impact of advanced Daylight Saving Time on daytime broadcasters, the Commision said it favored retention of the traditional 6 months on, 6 months off formula.

02/22/1989

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Permit Short-Spaced FM Station Assignments by Using Directional ASntennas       Report and Order, MM Docket 87-121, FCC 88-406, 4 FCC Rcd 1681, released 02/22/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   R&O allowed limited contour protection assignments in the commercial portion of the FM band. Reduced spacing requirements remain applicable, in Section 73.215(e).

09/17/1991

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Permit Short-Spaced FM Station Assignments by Using Directional Antennas      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 87-121, FCC 91-273, 6 FCC Rcd 5356, released 09/17/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.215 modified and clarified in response to petitions for reconsideration. Waivers of Section 73.207 will not be considered. NCE stations on Channels 218, 219, and 220 are to be protected to their actual facilities, not the reference facilities for the station class, since that is the protection they receive from other NCE stations.

03/21/1996

ECI License Company, L.P., for WYUU (FM), Safety Harbor, FL       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 96-83, 11 FCC Rcd 3545, released 03/21/1996.    [ PDF | HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Proposed spacing was acceptable under Section 73.215(e) as originally adopted, but that rule was changed in Docket 87-121 prior to the filing of this minor change application. WYUU had no right to use the original spacings. For purposes of spacing waivers, the short-spacing must be compared to the Section 73.207 spacing, not the reduced Section 73.215(e) spacings. Disturbances to propagation caused by ducting or other atmospheric phenomena are common in the Gulf Coast states. Note: Decision affirmed by D.C. Cir. Court of Appeals, Case No. 96-1122, 323 U.S. App. D.C. 173, 106 F.3d 442 (12/16/1996).

08/22/1997

Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules To Permit Certain Minor Changes in Broadcast Facilities Without a Construction Permit      Report and Order, MM Docket 96-58, FCC 97-290, 12 FCC Rcd 12371, 62 FR 51052 (12/30/1997), released 08/22/1997.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Increases in ERP on a license application only for fully spaced FM stations; program test operations for FM stations at half power prior to staff review; deletion of contour protection status for commercial FM stations that become fully spaced under Section 73.207; use of formerly licensed main facilities as auxiliary facilities; changes to vertically poalrized ERRP for FM and TV; heights of antenna radiation center can be adusted up 2 or down 4 meters from authorized values; main studio waiver can be filed via letter; Section 73.1692 adopted to continue protection of AM stations; adjustment to ection 73.525 for FM stations within the 90 dBu contour of a TV Channel 6 station; supplemental contour prediuction in the FM service; 50 percent change in area for an NCE FM no longer a major change; 3 second correction of coordinates on a license application; 85 percent RMS requirement adopted for measured FM directional patterns.

10/05/1996

Letter re proposed auxiliary facility for WMHK (FM), Columbia, SC       Letter, released 10/05/1996.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Letter denied request for waiver of Section 73.1675 to permit WMHK to operate an auxiliary facility whose 60 dBu contour would exceed the licensed contour of the main facility.

09/26/1994

Letter re proposed auxiliary facility for KKLF, Gonzales, CA      Letter, released 09/26/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petiton for reconsideration denied. Applicant used only 8 radials to compare main and auxiliary facilities, but the auxiliary 60 dBu contour exceeded the main contour between the radials. Decision states that extra radials should be used where increased accuracy is desirable for service and interference contour projections.

10/16/1995

Low Power Television Licensees - Notice of Availability for Four-Letter Call Signs       Public Notice, released 10/16/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Pursuant to Docket 93-114, low power television stations were made eligible to apply for four letter call signs.

06/19/1998

Table of Allotments, Potts Camp and Saltillo, MS      Report and Order, MM Docket 97-107, DA 98-1083, 13 FCC Rcd 11909, released 06/19/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Potts Camp was found to be still a community despite population lost; proposed move to Saltillo was not outweighed by the present allocation. Petition for rulemaking was denied.

10/23/1996

Letter re NEW (FM), Calhoun City, MS      Letter, released 10/23/1996.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Sample letter asked the applicant to obtain FAA clearance for a tower and file for an ASRN.

07/19/1996

Antenna Structure Registration Procedures Clarified      Public Notice, DA 96-1158, 11 FCC Rcd 8653, released 07/19/1996.    [ PDF ].     [ Text ].     Summary     Summary:   ASR procedures, initial filing periods for U.S. states and territories.

11/04/1988

Improved Methods for Calculating Skywave Field Strength in the AM Broadcast Band      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 88-508, FCC 88-324, 3 FCC Rcd 6431, released 11/04/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM sought comment on updating the Commission's skywave propagation model in the AM broadcast band.

08/17/1987

Review of Technical Assignment Criteria for the AM Broadcast Band       Notice of Inquiry, MM Docket 87-267, FCC 87-245, 2 FCC Rcd 5014, released 08/17/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NOI initiated a comprehensive review of the technical rules for the AM broadcast band; protected contours, mimimum usable field strength, atmospheric and man-made noise, co-channel and adjacent channel protection ratios, negotiation of interference rights, emission limits, skywave and groundwave propagation, antenna systems.

09/03/1987

Review of Technical Assignment Criteria for the AM Broadcast Band       Erratum, MM Docket 87-267, DA 87-1189, 2 FCC Rcd 5454, released 09/03/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Erratum corrected the dates for filing comments and reply comments in response to the NOI in Docket 87-267.

12/15/1987

Review of Technical Assignment Criteria for the AM Broadcast Band       Order Granting Extension of Time for Filing Comments and Reply Comments, MM Docket 87-267, DA 87-1823, 3 FCC Rcd 368, released 12/15/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Order extended time for filing comments and reply comments in response to the NOI in Docket 87-267.

03/29/1990

Review of Technical Assignment Criteria for the AM Broadcast Band       Order, MM Docket 87-267, FCC 90-112, 5 FCC Rcd 2136, released 03/29/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Order announced a freeze on the filing of AM broadcast applications for changes, effective 04/05/1990.

07/18/1990

Review of the Technical Assignment Criteria for the AM Broadcast Service      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 87-267, FCC 90-136, 5 FCC Rcd 4381, released 07/18/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM for comprehensive review of the AM technical rules; migration to expanded band proposals, Travellers' Information Stations (TIS), NRSC-2 emission limitations

07/18/1990

Improved Methods for Calculating Skywave Field Strength in the AM Broadcast Band      Report and Order, MM Docket 88-508, FCC 90-138, 5 FCC Rcd 4482, released 07/18/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   No amendment of the skywave propagation model proposed in the NPRM was necessary; new skywave model to be used initially in onjunction with planning in the AM expanded band.

07/12/1999

AM Directional Antenna Stability Assessment Program Code      MM Docket 93-177, released 07/12/1999.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Source code for the AM stability program referenced in MM Docket 93-177.

08/16/1990

Review of Methods for Calculating Nighttime Protection for Stations in the AM Broadcasting Service       Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 88-511, DA 90-1070, 5 FCC Rcd 5193, released 08/16/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Issues in Docket 88-511 were transferred to Docket 87-267, and Docket 88-511 was terminated.

11/10/1988

Improved Methods for Calculating Groundwave Field Strength in the AM Broadcast Band      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 88-326, 3 FCC Rcd 6577, released 11/10/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   New AM groundwave propagation curves proposed.

04/28/1994

Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish a Single AM Radio Stereophonic Transmitting Equipment Standard       Supplemental Order, ET Docket 92-298, FCC 94-88, 9 FCC Rcd 1907, released 04/28/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Selection of C-QUAM AM stereo system affirmed.

11/23/1993

Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish a Single AM Radio Stereophonic Transmitting Equipment Standard       Report and Order, ET Docket 92-298, FCC 93-485, 8 FCC Rcd 8216, released 11/23/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Selection of C-QUAM AM stereo system by the Commission. The Telecommunications Authorization Act of 1992 had required to select an AM stereo system within a year of passage of the Act.

01/10/1986

Meter Orientation When Taking AM Field Strength Measurements       Letter, released 01/10/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Acceptable procedure for meter orientation for taking field strength measurements of AM signals.

10/02/1997

Letter to Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, regarding protection to AM radio broadcast stations      Letter, released 10/02/1997.    [ HTML | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.1692 technically applies to broadcast stations, but adherence to the rule by licensees in other services will prevent disruptions of service to the public and costly litigation.

04/02/2001

An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification      Erratum, MM Docket 93-177, released 04/02/2001.    [ Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Text errors in the Report and Order were corrected.

12/05/1996

Letter re WWRL (AM), New York, NY, interference reduction agreement      Letter, released 12/05/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Interference reduction agreement accepted, AM application granted. WWRL granted; licenses for WLNG, Sag Harbor, NY; WERA, Plainfield, NJ; and WQQW, Waterbury, CT to be surrendered for cancellation upon the commencement of program test operations by WWRL.

02/09/1996

Commission Taking Tough Measures Against Frivolous Pleadings       Public Notice, 11 FCC Rcd 3030, released 02/09/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Frivolous pleading was defined, Commission encourages Bureaus and Offices to utilze the Commission's sanction powers, which include the authority to strike such pleadings and issue forfeitures for violations.

07/18/1990

Policies to Encourage Interference Reduction Between AM Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, MM Docket 89-46, FCC 90-137, 5 FCC Rcd 4492, released 07/18/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Contingent applications may be filed in the AM service that would result in an overall reduction in interference. 'Gray' or 'white' service areas are a factor in considering such requests. Where a station is deleted, furure applicants for the deleted station must comply with current rules and regulations, as any grandfathered rights the deleted station may have had do not carry forward to the new station application.

01/16/1997

Letter re WMLZ (AM), Jupiter, FL, interference reduction agreement      Letter, released 01/16/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Interference reduction agreement accepted, AM application granted, WKYB (AM) license simultaneously cancelled.

02/24/1997

Letter re KOFY (AM), San Mateo, CA, interference reduction agreement      Letter, released 02/24/1997.    [ PDF | Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Interference reduction agreement accepted, application granted, KPAY (AM) license must be surrendered for cancellation when KOFY commences program test operations.

04/18/1997

AM Expanded Band Fact Sheet      MM Docket 87-267, released 04/18/1997.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Fact sheet.

04/18/1997

Filing Instructions for AM Expanded Band Allotments      MM Docket 87-267, released 04/18/1997.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Instruction sheet.

03/17/1997

Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations      Public Notice, MM Docket 87-267, DA 97-537, released 03/17/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Expanded band allotments and list of stations eligible to move to these allotments; limited application filing window opened.

03/17/1997

Implementation of the AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MB Docket 87-267, FCC 97-68, 12 FCC Rcd 3361, released 03/17/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Third allotment plan adopted, in response to petitions for reconsideration.

09/25/1997

First Two Expanded Band Applications Granted To Stations in Arvada, Colorado and Lake Oswego, Oregon      News Release, released 09/25/1997.    [ PDF | Word Perfect 5.1 ].     Summary     Summary:   First two expanded band applications granted to KQXI (AM), Arvada, CO and KPHP (AM), Lake Oswego, WI.

07/10/1998

La Nueva Radio Musical, for continued operation of an unlicensed FM station      Letter, 13 FCC Rcd 25289, released 07/10/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Request for waiver of the Commission's requirements to allow continued operation of an unlicense FM low power station was denied. The unlicensed station has no right to broadcast, and issuance of a stay may harm other parties.

06/25/1999

Table of Allotments, Madison, IN      Report and Order, MM Docket 98-105, DA 99-1222, 14 FCC Rcd 9518, released 06/25/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Terrain blockage between transmitter and community of license does not bar FM allotment since signal strencth is still in excess of 70 dBu.

09/27/1996

Letter to Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company, regarding proposed upgrade in station class      Letter, released 09/27/1996.    [ PDF | HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   WCDZ sought an upgrade from Class A to Class C3, but without a fully spaced allotment reference site. As justification, WCDZ claimed that short-spaced cochannel station WGGC operates with facilities near the minimum for Class C, that there would be no prohibited contour overlap under Section 73.215, that it could make the channel substitution under a hypothetical chain of events, and that weaiver would serve the public interest because of the station's location in the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Waiver was denied. Subsequent application for review was also denied, FCC 98-29.

04/01/1998

Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 98-29, released 04/01/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   WCDZ sought an upgrade from Class A to Class C3, but without a fully spaced allotment reference site. Waiver was denied by letter 9/26/1996. Application for review as also denied. Commission rejected Thunderbolt's hypothetical process which would (Thunderbolt claimed) would enable WCDZ to upgrade, stated that the Commission does not accord significant weight to improved service in well served areas. The blocking station, a Class C facility, remains entitled to protection to the maximum facilities for the station class even if it cannot presently implement such operation.

08/06/1987

Syracause Peace Council, against Television Station WTVH, Syracuse, NY      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 87-266, 2 FCC Rcd 5043, released 08/06/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Fairness Doctrine' will no longer be enforced.

07/13/1984

Use of Computer-Generated Terrain Data for Determing Antenna Height Above Average Terrain      Public Notice, FCC 84-341, released 07/13/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Applicants for FM and TV broadcast facilities may use terrain databases of 30 second or greater accuracy for the computation of HAAT. Topographic maps remain the standard in questions of accuracy.

07/20/2005

Letter re Christian Voice of Central Ohio       Letter, released 07/20/2005.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Informal objection alleged that the WCVO (FM) operation would be proximate to historic facilities, but the applicant had obtained a setermination from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office that the proposed facilities would not impact ant historic property. In such a case, an applicant need not file an Environmental Assessment. Informal objection denied and application granted.

05/05/2003

Nevada Public Radio Corporation, for waiver of Section 74.1283(c)      Letter, released 05/05/2003.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRC requested waiver of Section 74.1283(c), asking that it be allowed to omit the thrice daily station identification announcements for its 10 translator stations. The request was denied.

07/25/1979

Commission Reaches Agreement with Canada on Moving Class D Educational FM Stations to Commercial Band      Public Notice, released 07/25/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Docket 20735 permitted NCE Class D stations to move into the commercial FM band; this public notice covered such stations in the Canadian border zone. All NCE Class D stations within 20 miles of the border will br referred to Canada on a case-by-case basis.

02/09/1981

Amendment of the Rules Governing the Conversion of Radiation Patterns for AM Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, Docket 21473, FCC 81-45, 84 FCC 2d 796, 48 RR 2d 1519, released 02/09/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   AM directional stations to use standard patterns, convert existing stations to standard patterns, and to use the metric system for AM stations. MO&O denied a request for revised public comment procedures, released 07/17/1981.

08/16/1989

Beasley Radio Company, for modification of WDMT (FM), Cleveland, OH      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 89-267, 4 FCC Rcd 6344, released 08/16/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Grandfathered superpowered station does not have to remain within its licensed 1 mV/m (60 dBu) service contour if it proposes to modify to facilitues that fall within the ERP/HAAT limits for the station class as set forth in Section 73.211.

08/18/1989

Amendment of Part 73 of the Rules to provide for an additional station class (Class C3) and to increase the maximum transmitting power for Class A FM stations      Second Report and Order, MM Docket 88-375, FCC 89-232, 4 FCC Rcd 6375, released 08/18/1989. Effective date: 10/02/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Class A FM maximum ERP increased from 3 to 6 kW, stations not meeting the increased separations in Sction 73.207 were grandfathered under Section 73.213(c). Mutual or unilateral increases in power were permitted for some short-spaced FM Class A stations.

08/17/1989

Amendment of Part 73 of the Rules to provide for an additional station class (Class C3) and to increase the maximum transmitting power for Class A FM stations      First Report and Order, MM Docket 88-375, FCC 89-107, 4 FCC Rcd 2792, 54 FR 16363 , released 08/17/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Class C3 adopted for FM broadcast stations. Class C2 stations that do not meet the minimum requirement for Class C2 would be downgraded to Class C3 two years after the effective date of the new station class.

09/05/1995

Letter re WVZA (FM), Herrin, IL, for upgrade to Class B1      Letter, released 09/05/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   WVZA sought to upgrade frim Class A to B1. Because the service contour for Class A is 60 dBu while it is 57 dBu for Class B1, prohibired overlap would have been created in violation of Section 73.215. WVZA sought waiver of Section 73.215, noting that the proposed 57 dBu did not extend beyond the Class A facility's existing 57 dBu contour. The waiver request and application were denied.

02/24/1954

Amendment of Part 3 (Radio Broadcast Services) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations and the Standards of Good Engineering Practice Regarding Standard Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, Docket 10604, 43 FCC 2250, released 02/24/1954.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Figures M3 and R3 adopted, replacing earlier versions of the ground conductivity maps. Special Field Test authorizations to be issued for the taking of field intensity data for AM stations.

07/10/1974

Commission Authorizes Use of Dolby Encoder by FM Broadcast Stations      Public Notice, 72 FCC 2d 790, released 07/10/1974. Effective date: 05/31/1974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Dolby noise reductions system authorized for use by FM broadcast stations.

08/09/1972

Discrete Four Channel Multiplex Stereo Transmission Requires Specific Authority, FCC Rules      Public Notice, Report No 10851, 72 FCC 2d 792, released 08/09/1972.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Quadraphonic' broadcasts require prior authority from the FCC.

12/06/1979

Letter to Donald G. Everist, AFCCE regarding monitoring point limits to AM directional stations      Letter, 74 FCC 2d 598, released 12/06/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Direct ratios can be used for AM monitoring point measurements, in addition to direct comparison with prior values. This helps to even out changes in measured field strengths caused by seasonal changes or weather variations.

11/18/1993

Letter re KVYZ (FM), Thousand Palms, CA      Letter, released 11/18/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   New FM commercial station, on an allotment that was grandfathered short-spaced pursuant to Section 73.213(c), was granted a construction permit that used Section 73.215 toward the short-spaced station. After grant, the permittee filed a modification seeking approval under Section 73.213(c). This letter denied the request, on the grounds that KVYZ was no longer entitled to apply Section 73.213(c).

04/30/1992

Letter to Amador Corporation      Letter, released 04/30/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Denial of KQLW's modification was not warranted because of Amador's concerns that interference would be caused to its private RF testing facilities. Amador's efforts to maintain the 'ambient emission characteristics' at its testing site are tantamount to establishing a 'quiet zone' for Amador's competitive advantage. Increase emissions by KQLW over the testing site do not represent a 'taking' of Amador's property since Amador is neither a Commission licensee nor authorized to use a particular spectrum.

04/11/1986

Letter to Bible Broadcasting Network, re WYFI (FM), Norfolk, VA      Letter, released 04/11/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Newcomer' policy requires that the broadcaster making changes last in time is responsible for correcting interference. Special conditions on the construction permit regarding interference are not required.

05/04/1998

Letter re NEW commercial FM translator, East Tawas, MI      Letter, DA 98-976, 13 FCC Rcd 25188, released 05/04/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Translator applicant was found to have a close business relationship with the primary station licensee, for a non-fill-in translator. Petition to deny was granted in part and the application was dismissed.

02/04/1997

Fayetteville Cellular Telephone Company, L.P.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 97-208, 12 FCC Rcd 1385, released 02/04/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   $4,000 forfeiture order affirmed, for failure to notify an AM directional broadcast station located within 3 km of the cellular station's tower construction. The tower construction caused interference to AM broadcast station WIDU. see also the NAL: DA 96-1618.

09/27/1996

Fayetteville Cellular Telephone Company, L.P.      Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 96-1618, 11 FCC Rcd 12266, released 09/27/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NALF had been issued because FCTC has failed to comply with Section 22.371(b), which required FCTC to give notice to WDIU (AM) before constructing a cellular tower within 3 km of the AM station. $4,000 forfeiture assessed. Appeal denied, DA 97-208.

06/10/1994

Letter re KDAY (FM), Independence, CA modification application      Letter, DA 94-510, 9 FCC Rcd 2753, released 06/10/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Kessler was on notice that waivers of Section 73.207 would no longer be granted in light of the adoption of Section 73.215, and that he would not be afforded an opportunity to amend his defective application if the waiver request was denied. Petition for reconsideration of original application was denied. A second application was dismissed because part of the community of license lay outside of the service contour (as well as the 70 dBu contour), as predicted by the standard contour prediction method. At that distance, the rules would not protect the community of license from interference caused by other stations, which was determined not to be in the public interest under Section 307(b) of the Communications Act.

02/28/1992

Agape Broadcasting Foundation, Inc., Licensee, Noncommercial Educational Station KNON (FM)      Letter, DA 92-223, 7 FCC Rcd 1709, released 02/28/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   $5,000 NAL was issued for broadcasting promotional material in underwriting announcements for a noncommercial educational FM station, in violation of Section 399(b).

02/14/1992

Broadcast Station Time Brokerage Survey Completed      Public Notice, DA 92-197, 3 FCC Rcd 1658, released 02/14/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Results of 1991 time brokerage survey.

12/02/1992

Forus FM Broadcasting of New York      Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 92-1547, 7 FCC Rcd 7880, released 12/02/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration denied, as petitioner did not participate in the proceeding prior to grant of the booster application. However, after commencing program tests, interference was reported, including some mobile installations (car radios). This decision said that the FM booster rules 'do not recognize the acceptability of any interference.' counting mobile recievers in that group. Because of the interference, and also because the construction permit had expired, resumption of operations could not be authorized.

11/14/1991

Letter re personal attack complaint      Letter, DA 91-1401, 6 FCC Rcd 6640, released 11/14/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Personal attack complaint was denied.

11/08/1991

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Permit Short-Spaced FM Assignments by Using Directional Antennas      Erratum, MM Docket 87-121, DA 91-1354, 6 FCC Rcd 6537, released 11/08/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Erratum extended the effective date of the new rules in Section 73.215 adopted in the Report and Order in Docket 87-121.

10/09/1991

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Permit Short-Spaced FM Assignments by Using Directional Antennas      Erratum, MM Docket 87-121, DA 91-1215, 6 FCC Rcd 5777, released 10/09/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Erratum extended the effective date of the new rules in Section 73.215 adopted in the Report and Order in Docket 87-121.

05/17/1990

Rev. J. Bazzel and Elizabeth Mull d/b/a Seymour Communications and Carmel Communications Limited Partnership      Hearing Designation Order (HDO), MM Docket 90-234, DA 90-594, 5 FCC Rcd 3070, released 05/17/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Use of full 3 to 16 km radial through the city caused the predicted city coverage to fall short, but a supplemental analysis using a truncated radial - only the portion of the radial from 3 km to the tall ridge behind the community = showed that the city would have a 70 dBu signal over 100 percent area. Supplemental showing was acceopted.

08/31/1931

List of Items in the Radio Service Bulletins, 1920 to August 1931      released 08/31/1931.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Extract from the August 31, 1931 issue of the Radio Service Bulletins. Comtains a list of articles in the various issues.

03/09/1981

Amendment of Section 73.99 of the Commission's Rules      Report and Order, BC Docket 80-244, FCC 81-80, 85 FCC 2d 709, released 03/09/1981. Effective date: 04/17/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Certain Class II AM stations were permitted to employ presunrise operation.

06/11/1940

Order on Amateur Portable Transmitters Modified to Permit Domestic Emergancy Use      Press Release, released 06/11/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Order No. 73 modified to permit emergency use of porable amateus transmitters just before WWII.

08/28/1912

Instructions for Radio Communication: Berlin International Radiotelegraphic Convention (1906)      released 08/28/1912.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Printing under the heading 'Instructions for Radio Communication' of the provisions adopted by the Berlin International Radiotelegraphic Conference (1906) on 08/25/1912 by the Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce and Labor. SOS in Morse code was adopted as an international distress signal; 200 meter and 600 meter wavelengths authorized for general public use; telegrams.

09/11/1939

FCC committee studies radiobroadcasting in relation to European war      released 09/11/1939.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FCC committee on radiobroadcasting in relation to European war held a meeting 09/11/1939 with members of the radio industry.

09/07/1939

FCC appoints committee to study radiobroadcasting in relation to European war      released 09/07/1939.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FCC on 09/06/1939 appointed a three member committee to consider radio broadcasting in relation to the war comenced in Europe.

09/07/1939

Memorandum of Eureopean War Coverage (NAB)      released 09/07/1939.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   National Association of Broadcasters' (NAB) memorandum lists broadcaters' guidelines to present war material in a matter-of-fact manner.

05/09/1913

Radio Call Signs      released 05/09/1913.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Summary of radio call sign assignments, as of 1913.

01/15/1940

Radio Introduces Neutrality Problems      Press Release, released 01/15/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Newspaper release, 01/15/1940.

06/07/1940

Use of Amateur Portable Transmitters for Long Distance Communication Banned      Press Release, released 06/07/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Amateurs' use of portable or mobile stations banned on frequencies above 56 MHz, due to national security concerns arising from the war, essentially limiting the use of such stations to line of sight communications.

06/19/1940

Citizenship Proof Required of All Radio Operators      released 06/19/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   All licensed radio operators in the USA were required to prove citizenship before August 15, 1940.

06/27/1940

Federal Communications Commission Expanding Field Force to Handle New Duties Under National Defense Emergency       Press Release, released 06/27/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Additional fixed field stations and new bases for mobile units to be added.

06/05/1940

Foreign Amateur Communication banned      released 06/05/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Order No. 72 prohibited amateurs from communicating with foreign stations preceeding and during WWII.

10/23/1940

International broadcasters must keep program records      released 10/23/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   New rule 4.43 required all international broadcast stations to maintain verbatim records af all material broadcast for at least 2 years.

08/05/1940

Month Extension for Filing Proof of Citizenship      Press Release, released 08/05/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   One month extension for radio operators to provide prrof of citizenship to FCC.

09/22/1940

National Defense and the Federal Communications Commission      released 09/22/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Excerpts from transcription talk by Chairman James Lawrence Fly in Program No. 5 of the national Defense Series of the Office of Government Reports over some 250 radio stations the week of September 22, 1940'.

07/09/1940

New rules in Section 12 adopted for amateur operators      released 07/09/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   New rules of conduct adopted 07/05/1940 for amateur operators.

10/11/1940

No Further Extension of Order No. 75 [Requiring Proof of Citizenship for Radio Operators] To Be Granted      released 10/11/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Proof of citizenship for radio operators was required by October 15, 1940.

08/27/1940

Order No. 73-A, Affecting Amateurs, Clarified      Press Release, released 08/27/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Clarification regarding amateur radio transmissions from other than the licensed location.

07/16/1940

Announcement Regarding Temporary Positions for Radio Operators in the Federal Communications Commission      Public Notice, released 07/16/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Temporary employment was availble in late 1940 for radio operators that could pass the Civil Service exam.

06/14/1940

Warning to All Commercial Radio Operators      Press Release, released 06/14/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   All commercial radio operators warned to avoid superfluous and unnecessary personal chatter by radio.

07/08/1959

Inquiry Into the Matter of Authorizing Standard Broadcast Stations to Operate With Facilites Licensed for Daytime Operation from 6 AM or Local Sunrise (Whichever is Earlier) to 6 PM or Local Sunset (Whichever is Later)      Report and Order, Docket 12729, FCC 59-681, 27 FCC 53, released 07/08/1959.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission declined to extend operating hours for AM daytime stations; rulemaking not warranted.

09/22/1959

Promulgation of Rules and Regulations and Standards of Good Engineering Practice Concerning Daytime Skywave Transmissions of Standard Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, Docket 8333, FCC 59-970, 27 FCC 587, released 09/22/1959.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Critical Hours' curves were adopted, applicable 2 hours after local sunrise and 2 hours before local sunset. The 'permissible daytime radiation' curves are presently contained in Section 73.187 and 73.190, Figures 9, 10, and 11. No new limited-time stations to be authorized; existing limited-time stations can continue operations.

12/09/1959

Promulgation of Rules and Regulations and Standards of Good Engineering Practice Concerning Daytime Skywave Transmissions of Standard Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 8333, FCC 59-1294, 27 FCC 825, released 12/09/1959.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration denied.

01/24/1942

FCC On 44-Hour Week for War       released 01/24/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FCC employees to work a 44 hour weer for duration of the war.

01/30/1942

Preliminary Curb on Broadcast Authorizations      released 01/30/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Broadcast authorizations will not be made to stations in areas where all or part of the area received good service by one or mor stations. The restriction is intended to save critical materials for the war effort.

02/13/1942

Wartime Survey of Foreign Language Broadcasts      released 02/13/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Summary of foreign language broadcasts in the United States in 1940 to 1942.

02/21/1942

Requirements for Broadcast Station Operators Relaxed      Public Notice, released 02/21/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Because of a shortage of licensed operators resulting from the war, the Commission allowed broadcst stations to be operated by holders of first or second class radiotelegraph licenses, or holders of second class radiotelephone licenses, in the event that a first class radiotelephone operator license holder could not be found.

01/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 1      released 01/00/1915.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   First issue in series. Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

02/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 2      released 02/00/1915.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Electrical storage batteries, operator license fraud. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

03/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 3      released 03/00/1915.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Wavelengths and interference, false call signs, list of countries that had ratified or adhered to the London radiotelegraph convention, normal wavelengths, amateur station licenses. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

04/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 4      released 04/00/1915.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Transmission of time signals by naval radio stations, operator license fraud and unlicensed operation, anendments to Radio Communication Laws of the United States. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

05/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 5      released 05/00/1915.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Transmission of weather reports by naval radio stations, handling of official radiograms by the naval service, amendments to Radio Communication Laws of the United States. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

06/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 6      released 06/00/1915.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

07/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 7      released 07/00/1915.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Operator license alteration sucessfully prosecuted in U.S. District court, $25 fine imposed. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

08/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 8      released 08/00/1915.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Reprimand issued to a commercial operator for obscene or profane language. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

09/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 9      released 09/00/1915.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

10/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 10      released 10/00/1915.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Proved valur of radio to vessels in distress: excepting the torpedoed Lusitania, only two lives were lost on vessels in distress leaving US ports. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

11/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 11      released 11/00/1915.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Tahiti radio station, auxiliary radio equipment test. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

12/00/1915

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 12      released 12/00/1915.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Unlicensed operation results in fines and imprisonment;, Radio Service Form 753a, Radio Declaration. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

01/00/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 13      released 01/00/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Commercial Extra operators' license available, 30 wpm Morse code proficiency was required. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

02/00/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 14      released 02/00/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Portuguese government erects radio station. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

03/00/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 15      released 03/00/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Spanish invention of improved radio receiver does not require earpieces, list of marine disasters, 1909 to 1916, in which wireless played a part. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

04/00/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 16      released 04/00/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Letter from Atlanta (amateur) Radio Club, proposed wireless telephone in Spain, charaging panel for storage battery. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

05/00/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 17      released 05/00/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Chilean wireless service, utilization of wireless for transmission of weather observations. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

06/00/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 18      released 06/00/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Chilean wireless service, wireless used for transmission of weather observations and time signals, Portuguese censorshio of radio temegram traffic. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

07/01/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 19      released 07/01/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Naval Radio Service requires the use of 'SS' or 'USS' before the ship's name for telegrams sent to ships, to reduce confusion where ships' names and city or town names are the same. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

08/01/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 20      released 08/01/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Class and number of radio station and operators' licenses issued, 1915 amd 1916. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

09/01/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 21      released 09/01/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Marine disasters in which wireless figured, 1916. Marconi provides life insurance for its employees. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

10/01/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 22      released 10/01/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Commercial radio operators licensed during August 1916. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

11/01/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 23      released 11/01/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Commercial radio operators licensed during September 1916. Station totals as of June 1916. San Francisco Radio Club initiated January 1916. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

12/01/1916

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 24      released 12/01/1916.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Commercial radio operators licensed during October 1916. Radio regulation in Cabadian territorial waters. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

02/01/1917

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 26      released 02/01/1917.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Commercial radio operators licensed during January 1917. Radio regulation in Cabadian territorial waters. Automobile batteries used as an auxiliary power supply for radio apparatus. marine disasters in which wireless figured for the period July 1 to December 31, 1916. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

03/01/1917

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 27      released 03/01/1917.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Commercial radio operators licensed during January 1917. Classification of special stations (experiment stations, technical and training school stations, special amateur stations). Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

08/01/1919

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 28      released 08/01/1919.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Publicarion of Radio Service Bulletins had been suspended during WW I, after Issue No. 27. Note four letter call signs are now in use. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

09/02/1919

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 29      released 09/02/1919.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiotelegraphy, changes to land and ship station lists. Reference to radio operators on U.S. ships 'engaging in unoffical converations', which could cost them their operators' ;icense. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

10/01/1919

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 30      released 10/01/1919.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Wartime restrictions on amateurs and amateur operations removed. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

11/01/1919

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 31      released 11/01/1919.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. 800 meter wavelength to be used by all U.S. naval shore radio-compass stations, effective 01/01/1920. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

12/01/1919

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 32      released 12/01/1919.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. 800 meter wavelength to be used by all U.S. naval shore radio-compass stations, effective 01/01/1920. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

01/02/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 33      released 01/02/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Distress calls should be annulled once assistance is no longer required. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

02/02/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 34      released 02/02/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Radio Corporation of America (RCA) now operates and controls all radio stations formerly operated by the Marconi Wireless Te;egrqaph Co. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

03/01/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 35      released 03/01/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Executive order from the President: all radio apparatus taken over or restricted during WW I to be returned to the owners, restrictions lifted. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

04/01/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 36      released 04/01/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Applications for call letters. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

05/01/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 37      released 05/01/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Applications for call letters, North Sea Mine Radio Service, time signals, 800 meter wavelength is used for radio compass work and must not be used for the transmission of general public messages. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

06/01/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 38      released 06/01/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Hydrographic and weather reports are broadcast on Pacific Coast naval stations, beginning 05/01/1920, radio compass bearings. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

07/01/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 39      released 07/01/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Repetition of press (newspaper) traffic, hydrographic and weather information. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

08/01/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 40      released 08/01/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Wireless direction-finding stations. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

09/01/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 41      released 09/01/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Improper use of storage battery, normal wavelength. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

10/01/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 42      released 10/01/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Mine warning to mariners, new British Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) Act. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

11/01/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 43      released 11/01/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Articles 34 and 46 of the International Convention. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

12/01/1920

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 44      released 12/01/1920.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Article 24, International Convention. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

01/03/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 45      released 01/03/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Australian Post Office now adnministering radio law, new call letters for Japan, Czechoslovakia. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

02/01/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 46      released 02/01/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

03/01/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 47      released 03/01/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Special call signals, operators requested to report waether conditions, international ice observation and ice patrol service. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

04/01/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 48      released 04/01/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Restrictions on special amateur stations, radio operators should listen in on 600 meters (500 kHz, distress frequency) so as to maintain a continuous monitoring of this wavelength, 1,040 amateur lisenses issued 02/1921, general information from the Berne (Switzerland) radio bureau; distribution of weather forecasts, and information by naval radio. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

05/02/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 49      released 05/02/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. General information from the Berne radio bureau. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

06/01/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 50      released 06/01/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Notice to Mariners, Dominion of Canada, No. 10-1921. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

07/01/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 51      released 07/01/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Local distribution of warther forecasts and warnings, beginning 6/10/1921. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

08/01/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 52      released 08/01/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Ice Patrol and Ice Observation Service was discontinued, free distribution of RBBs was discontinued. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

08/01/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 53      released 08/01/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Stations in China, radio fog-signal stations. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

10/01/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 54      released 10/01/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Chronometers corrected by radio, radio reastrictions at Russian Soviet ports, error in bearings obtained by radio, a simple type of radio direction finder for use on shipboard. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

11/01/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 55      released 11/01/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Paris Technical Conference on Radio Regulation, radio market reports for farm products. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

12/01/1921

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 56      released 12/01/1921.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to land and ship station lists. Broadcasting service, modulation phenomena in radiotelephony, report on war work of the Bureau of Standards. Issued by Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce. Available editions can be obtained through Radio Service Bulletins.

01/03/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 57      released 01/03/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   800 meter wavelength was reserved exclusively for radio compass work, counterfeit weather forecasts can result in fine or prison, radio time signals from Eiffel Tower in France, applications of radio telephony in the life-saving service using a coil antenna, radio ice signals and radio compass station from Sweden, raduio compass stations instructions.

02/01/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 58      released 02/01/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   New broadcasting service requires protection from interference, broadcast stations assigned to special wavelengths, RCA and Philippine coast staions, hydrographic information by radio, Post Office Department radio station WWX broadcasting weather reports from Washington, DC, ice patrol service, free medical advice to ships by radio.

03/01/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 59      released 03/01/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Properties of inductance coils at radio frequencies; the principles underlying radio communications; Radio Telephine Conference in Washington, list of 67 stations broadcasting market or weather reports on 485 meters, and music, concerts, lectures, etc. on 380 meters.

05/01/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 61      released 05/01/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for radio call letters for ship stations; reporting derelicts and vessels in distress; fire underwriters revising requirements for radio installations; nethods for radio direction finding, publications on simple home-made receiving sets; list of approximately 250 stations broadcasting market or weather reports on 475 meters wavelength or music, concerts, lectures, etc. on 360 meters; report on Department of Commerce Conference on radio Telephony (recommending that the radio laws be amended to give Secretary of Commerce legal authority over radio, that bands be assigned for different services, recommended service area for station 250 miles, with stations on the same wave band 750 miles apart).

06/01/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 62      released 06/01/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   New instructions for handling radio traffic accounts; hydrographic information on Pacific coast; credit allowed graduates of radio correspondence schools; Alaskan stations opened for the season; information regarding radio activities in foreign countries; conference on radio direction finder for marine use; International Union of Scientific Radio Telegraphy; list of approximately 350 stations broadcasting market or weather reports on 485 meters or music, concerts, lectures, etc. on 360 meters.

07/01/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 63      released 07/01/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   New broadcast stations on page 3; two killed while erecting aerial (antenna) near a power line; interference with ice reports; broadcasting schedule of market reports with list of federal, state, and brivate broadcasting stations so engaged; Interdepartment Advisory Committee on Governmental Radio Broadcasting.

08/01/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 64      released 08/01/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   New broadcasting stations list; radio fog service operated by Lighthouse Service, wireless telephony on Japan, amplifier using alternating current supply; sources of radio information.

09/01/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 65      released 09/01/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   New broadcast stations list; St. Elmo's file around an antenna wire; amendments to regulations; references to radio periodical literature.

10/02/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 66      released 10/02/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   New broadcast stations list; radio weather bulletins from Swan Island in the Caribbean; design of a portable short-wave radio wave meter; publications on simple crystal detector radio receiving sets; references to radio periodical literature.

11/01/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 67      released 11/01/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   New broadcast stations list; free meedical radio service for ships at sea; large French radio company founded for communications with Asia; use of radio on foreign ships prohibited by Sweden; general call amended for RCA stations; reporting derelicts and vessels in distress; radio weather bulletins; Admiralty notice to mariners; description of loading coil, condensers, and electron-tube unitsfor very simple radio receiving sets; directive radio transmission on a wavelength of 10 meters; information on radio measurements; precision standardization of radio frequencies; publications on simple crystal detector radio receiving sets; references to radio periodical literature.

12/01/1922

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 68      released 12/01/1922.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   New broadcast stations list (note that 400 meters is now in use for broadcasting); general call KFOG assigned to ice patrol vessels; change in stations transmitting weather reports; information from the hydrographic office; Conference on Radio Standardization; amplifier using alternating current supply; multilayer coils for radio apparatus; patents on electrical insulating material; references to radio periodical literature.

07/08/1959

Inquiry into the Advisibility of Authorizing Standard Broadcast Stations to Operate With Facilities Authorized for Daytime Operation from 6 A.M. or Local Sunrise (Whichever Is Earlier) to 6 P.M. or Local Sunset (Whichever Is Later)      Report, Docket 12729, 27 FCC 53, released 07/08/1959.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   No rulemaking is warranted for extending the hours of AM daytime-only stations on a general or universal basis, and the proceeding is terminated.

10/04/1963

Amendment of Parts 2 and 3 of the Commission's Rules to Provide Temporary Interference Protection to the University of Illinois Radio Astronimy Site on Freqyencies Between 608 and 614 Mc/s, Television Channel 37      Report and Order, Docket 15022, FCC 63-901, 39 FCC 884, 1 RR 2d 1501, released 10/04/1963.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   TV Channel 37 reserved nationwide for radio astronomy.

03/31/1965

Amendment of Parts 2 and 3 of the Commission's Rules To Permit the Use of the Frequency 108.0 Mc/s by VOR Test Facilities      Report and Order, Docket 15578, 39 FCC 957, released 03/31/1965.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   VHF Omni-Range (VOR) aviation stations may be authorized on 108.0 MHz, provided that such operation does not cause interference to FM stations.

05/20/1940

Aural Broadcasting on Frequencies Above 25,000 Kilocycles Particularly Relating to Frequency Modulation      Report on Frequency Modulation, Docket 5805, 39 FCC 29, released 05/20/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM broadcasting had advanced to the point where commercial broadcasting was practical; 42 to 43 megacycles (5 channels) to be reserved for noncommercial educational use, with 43 to 50 megacycles (35 channels) reserved for commercial FM stations.

06/27/1945

Allocation of Frequencies to the Various Classes of Non-Governmental Services in the Radio Spectrum from 10 Kilocycles to 30,000,000 Kilocycles      Docket 6651, 39 FCC 222, released 06/27/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM moved from 42-44 MHz to 88-92 MHz (noncommercial educational use) and 92-106 MHz for commercial FM, with 106-108 MHz to be used for facsimile transmissions. FM was moved to a higher frequency to reduce interference caused by sporadic E-layer propagation.

03/05/1946

Allocation of Frequencies to the Various Classes of Non-Governmental Services in the Radio Spectrum from 10 Kilocycles to 30,000,000 Kilocycles      Report of the Commission, Docket 6651, 39 FCC 230, released 03/05/1946.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM moved from 42-44 MHz to 88-92 MHz (noncommercial educational use) and 92-106 MHz for commercial FM, with 106-108 MHz allocated to broadcasting in the northeastern USA and used for facsimile transmissions elsewhere. Zenith Radio Corporation petitioned the FCC to allocate a second FM band, between 44 and 50 MHz. The Commission denied the petition, preferring that all FM stations be concentrated in one band.

06/27/1946

1946 Table of Frequency Allocations, 25,000 to 30,000,000 Kilocycles      Public Notice, Docket 6651, 39 FCC 236, released 06/27/1946.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   1946 Table of Allocations for various services, 25 to 300 MHz

09/28/1944

VHF Radio Field Strength Measurements 1943-1944       Exhibit No. 4 , Docket 6651, 39 FCC 171, released 09/28/1944.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Summary of VHF propagation measurements, 1943 - 1944

09/28/1944

Very-High-Frequency and Ultra-High-Frequency Signal Ranges, as Limited by Noise and Co-channel Interference      Exhibit No. 593 , Docket 6651, 39 FCC 202, released 09/28/1944.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Analysis of VHF propagation and interference. Best model receivers require 3 times as much desired signal as undesired signal to provide satisfactory output.

05/05/1948

Amendment of the Commission's Rules and Regulations Governing Sharing of Television Channels and Assignment of Frequencies to Television and Non-Government Fixed and Mobile Services      Report and Order, Docket 8487, 39 FCC 336, released 05/05/1948.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   TV Channel 1 (44 - 50 megacycles) was deleted and the spectrum was reallocated to fixed and mobile services. 72-76 MHz falls between channels 4 and 5, and was allocated to fixed and mobile services (except for 75 MHz, which was then in use by aeronautical beacons).

11/07/1961

Licensee Responsibility With Respect to the Broadcast of False, Misleading or Deceptive Advertising      Public Notice, FCC 61-1316, 74 FCC 2d 623, released 11/07/1961.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue 'Advertising Alert' issues to broadcast licensee, to assist the licensees with issues pertaining to false, misleading, or deceptive advertising.

09/01/1967

FM Interference to TV Reception      Public Notice, FCC 67-1012, 74 FCC 2d 619, released 09/01/1967.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Various types of FM to TV interference -- blanketing, spurious emissions, harmonics, Channel 6 interference -- and the FM station's responsibilities in the matter.

04/10/2007

Media Bureau Offers Examples to Clarify the Treatment of Applications and Rulemaking Petitions Proposing Community of License Changes, Channel Substitutions, and New FM Allotments      Public Notice, DA 07-1671, 22 FCC Rcd 6852, released 04/10/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Examples of situations that may occur with FM petitions for rulemaking and/or applications proposing community of license changes.

02/09/1981

Amendment of the Rules Governing the Conversion of Radiation Patterns for AM Stations      Report and Order, Docket 21473, FCC 81-45, 84 FCC 2d 796, released 02/09/1981. Effective date: 03/17/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Standard patterns for AM directional stations adopted, replacing theoretical, measured, and MEOV patterns. AM converted to the metric system.

10/31/1980

Amendment of Parts 2 and 73 of the Commission's Rules to provide for the use of frequency 530 or 531 kHz for AM broadcasting, and to set aside such frequency for minority ownership      FCC 80-594, 84 FCC 2d 44, released 10/31/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for rulemaking was denied, as the Final Acts of WARC were not effective nor ratified. Travellers' Information Station (TIS) stations could continue operating on 530 kHz.

07/02/1993

Crain Broadcasting, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 93-311, 8 FCC Rcd 4406, released 07/02/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Because WWUS (FM) could not get FAA clearance for a tower tall enough to achieve maximum Class C facilities, it sought a waiver of Section 73.211 to permit operation at lower height and 620 kW ERP. Waiver request was denied and the petition for reconsideration was denied. This document denied the application for review.

02/12/1976

Sampling System Design and Implementation      Excerpt from the Report and Order, Docket 19692, FCC 76-101, 57 FCC 2d 1085, released 02/12/1976.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Excerpt from the Report and Order, Docket 19692, released 02/12/1976, dealing with AM broadcast station sampling systems

02/12/1976

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations to Establish Standards for the Design and Installation of Sampling Systems for Antenna Monitors in Standard Broadcast Stations With Directional Antennas      Report and Order, Docket 19692, FCC 76-101, 57 FCC 2d 1085, released 02/12/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   AM broadcast station sampling systems, antenna monitors

11/04/1988

Review of the Methods for Calculating Nighttime Protection for Stations in the AM Broadcasting Service      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 88-511, FCC 88-327, 3 FCC Rcd 6448, released 11/04/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM sought comment and suggestions on nighttime AM station protection criteria.

07/02/1996

Board of Education of the City of Atlanta (WABE-FM)      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 96-20, 11 FCC Rcd 7763, released 07/02/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review was denied; mere offer to submit additional technical information does not warrant waiver of Section 73.509; FM applicants may not negotiate interference.

07/13/1993

Conflicts Between Applications and Petitions for Rulemaking to Amend the FM Table of Allotments      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 91-348, FCC 93-339, 8 FCC Rcd 4743, 58 FR 38536 (07/19/1993), released 07/13/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Rules adopted in the Report and Order are retained, with a few minor changes.

06/21/1993

Amendment of Section 73.316(a) of the Commission's Rules [to allow vertically polarized antennas in the commercial FM service]       Order, FCC 93-306, 8 FCC Rcd 4166, released 06/21/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for Rulemaking was denied, had sought to allow vertically polarized antennas in the commercial FM band.

01/11/1993

Murray Hill Broadcasting Company      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 92-576, 8 FCC Rcd 325, released 01/11/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied on two grounds. ERP in the direction of a grandfathered station exceeded the limit then in effect in Section 73.213(a) and transmitter site moves were not permitted under the agreement policy then in use. Second, the grant in part pursuant to Section 1.110 made to the applicant was accepted even while the applicant sought to appeal for what it wanted. But an applicant may not accept a grant on one hand while seeking an administrative appeal of the application; it must accept the grant in whole or reject it wholly.

02/19/1992

Hughes-Moore Associates, Inc., et. al.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 89-544, FCC 92-53, 7 FCC Rcd 1454, released 02/19/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Dispute over a document allegedly timely FCC stamped and filed; Commission determined that no timely filed appeal was made and dismissed it.

11/09/1992

Jones Eastern of the Outer Banks, Inc.      Letter, FCC 92-471, 7 FCC Rcd 7309, released 11/09/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   One 'full time office manager' at the designated main studio site does not constitute a 'meaningful staff presence' at the main studio site. Application for review had been previously denied, but continuing violation of Section 73.1125 resulted in the imposition of a $20,000 forfeiture.

10/14/1992

Petition for Reconsideration and Clarification of Jones Eastern of the Outer Banks, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 92-426, 7 FCC Rcd 6800, released 10/14/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   One 'full time office manager' at the designated main studio site does not constitute a 'meaningful staff presence' at the main studio site. Application for review had been previously denied.

08/04/1992

Conflicts Between Applications and Petitions for Rulemaking to Amend the FM table of Allotments      Report and Order, FCC 92-329, 7 FCC Rcd 4917, released 08/04/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM applications gain protection from subsequently filed petitions for rulemaking at the same time they get protection from other FM applications: at the close of the filing window for new and major change applications, and as of the date of filing for minor change applications (first-come/first-served processing).

06/12/1992

Amendment of Part 73 Regarding Broadcast Hoaxes       Report and Order, FCC 92-208, 7 FCC Rcd 4106, released 06/12/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.1217 adopted prohibiting the broadcast of hoaxes concerning a crime or catastrophe if (aL0 the licensee knows the information is fales, (b) it is forseeable that broadcast of the information will causesubstantial public harm, and (c) broadcast of the information in fact does in fact directly cause substantial public harm.

01/14/1991

WKLX, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 91-3, 6 FCC Rcd 225, released 01/14/1991.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Mobile and battery powered radios that are affected by RITOIE (receiver-induced third order intermodulation effect) need not be corrected by the licensee, licensee had properly acted on other complaints, so the peition for reconsideration against the license grant was denied.

06/19/1991

Jones Eastern of the Outer Banks, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 91-175, 6 FCC Rcd 3615, released 06/19/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   WRSF did not have a 'meaningful staff presence' at its main studio; application for review denied and WRSF was directed to bring its main studio staffing into compliance with Section 73.1125.

01/25/1991

Big Island Broadcast Company, Ltd., for authority to construct three FM booster stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 90-426, 6 FCC Rcd 422, released 01/25/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Waiver granted to permit FM booster coverage outside the main service contour,

12/04/1990

Amendment of Part 74 of the FM Commission's Rules Concerning Translator Stations      Report and Order, MM Docket 88-140, FCC 90-375, 5 FCC Rcd 7212, released 12/04/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM translator stations. Coverage area, ownership restrictions, financial support; fundraising by translators, local program origination authority, local service obligations, signal delivery, use of auxiliary frequencies, conditional relaying, need requirements for translators, method for selecting among applicants, definition of major change, multiple ownership limits, cross-service translating, available frequencies, maximum power output, antennas, interference criteria, TV Channel 6 interference, grandfathering criteria for existing translators.

11/30/1990

Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding FM and TV Authorizations to Specify a New Community of License      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 88-526, FCC 90-374, 5 FCC Rcd 7094, released 11/30/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Three petitions for reconsideration denied or dismissed.

06/15/1989

Amendment of the Commission's Rules Regarding FM and TV Authorizations to Specify a New Community of License      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 88-526, FCC 89-128, 4 FCC Rcd 4870, 54 FR 26199 (06/22/1989), released 06/15/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Revised procedures for community of license changes via a petition for rulemaking.

10/28/1988

Allowable Costs for Noncommercial Educational FM Licensees to Charge Radio Reading Services      Policy Statement, MM Docket 87-9, FCC 88-323, 3 FCC Rcd 6323, released 10/28/1988.    [ PDF | HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   NCE station subcarrier use by a radio reading service for the blind.

09/13/1988

Request for Declaratory Ruling Concerning Programming Information in Broadcast Applications for Construction Permits, Transfers and Assignments       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 88-237, 3 FCC Rcd 5467, released 09/13/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Requirements then in effect for the submission of programming information left unchanged.

09/13/1988

Amendment of Section 73.1206, Broadcast of Telephone Conversations      Report and Order, MM Docket 85-37, FCC 88-236, 3 FCC Rcd 5461, released 09/13/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Broadcasters must give prior notice to callers before broadcasting telephone conversations. Section 73.1206 was not modified.

08/17/1988

Amendment of Sections 73.1125 and 73.1130 of the Commission's Rules, the Main Studio and Program Origination Rules for Radio and Television Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 86-406, FCC 88-235, 3 FCC Rcd 5024, 53 FR 32899 (08/29/1988), released 08/17/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Local public inspection file and local / toll-free telephone requirements, as the Report and Order relaxed the main studio rule to permit stations to locate the main studio anywhere within the principal community coverage contour. Main studio rules apply to noncommercial educational broadcasters too.

09/12/1988

Clarification of the Commision's Rules Pertaining to Broadcast Station Transmitter Remote Control Operation       Public Notice, FCC 88-194, 3 FCC Rcd 5695, released 09/12/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Telephone network can be used for remote control of broadcast station transmitters.

05/18/1988

Commission Warns Licensees About Payola and Undisclosed Promotion      Public Notice, FCC 88-175, 4 FCC Rcd 7708, released 05/18/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Warning against the practice of 'payola'. Payola is a violation of the U.S. Criminal Code, and may subject broadcasters to sanctions.

03/19/1987

In the Matter of Certification of Financial Qualifications by Applicants for Broadcast Station Construction Permits      Public Notice, FCC 87-97, 2 FCC Rcd 2122, released 03/19/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Applicants are no longer required to submit detailed financial information with applications for broadcast construction permits. Warning against false sertifications; staff can ask an applicant to provide detailed documentation of financial qualifications.

02/20/1987

Amendment of Part 2 of the Rules and Regulations to Establish an Allocation in the 220-225 MHz Band for the Radio Reading Services      Order, FCC 87-41, 2 FCC Rcd 1146, released 02/20/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition to use 220 to 225 MHz for radio radio reading services for the blind, in place of NCE FM subcarrirs, was denied.

02/03/1987

Amendment of Part 73, Subpart C of the Commission's Rules to require licensees of noncommercial educational FM stations to accommodate requests by radio reading services to utilize their subcarrier capacity on an incremental cost justified basis       Memorandum Opinion and Inquiry and Notice of Inquiry, FCC 87-30, 2 FCC Rcd 680, released 02/03/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Allowing NCE licensees to use their subcarrier capacity for remunerative (for-ptofit) purposes, provided a second subcarrier is available to a radioreading service, is affirmed; NOI issued on the subject of what costs should be charged for radio reading services' use of NCE subcarriers.

08/24/1987

Amendment of Part 2 of the Rules and Regulations to Establish an Allocation in the 220-225 MHz Band for the Radio Reading Services      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 87-257, 2 FCC Rcd 5154, released 08/24/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration denied, of the Order (FCC 87-41) denying use of the 220-225 MHz band to radio reading services for the blind, in lieu of FM NCE broadcast station subcarriers.

08/05/1987

Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules Concerning FM Booster Stations and Television Booster Stations      Report and Order, MM Docket 87-13, FCC 87-244, 2 FCC Rcd 4625, released 08/05/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   of the main station's power for boosters outside of the Canadian and Mexican border zones. However, the booster's service contour has to remain within the service contour of the primary station. High power boosters subject to RF exposure standards, as well as IF spacing requirements.

11/04/1985

960 Radio, Inc., licensee of Station KSJN (FM), Klamath Falls, OR      Memorandum Opinion and Declaratory Ruling , FCC 85-578, released 11/04/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Jurisdiction over interference lies with the Commission; state and local governments are preempted from imposing requirements pertaining to interference.

07/16/1985

BER-TEC Broadcasting, Inc. and KURY Radio, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 85-361, released 07/16/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.1232(d) does not proscribe the authorization of a commercial FM translator to the licensee of the primary station outside that station's 1 mV/m contour, and within the 1 mV/m contour of an unbuilt, non-operational FM broadcast station assigned to a different principal community.

06/13/1985

Amendment of Parts 73 and 97 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Rebroadcasts of Transmissions of Non-Broadcast Radio Stations      Report and Order, BC Docket 79-47, FCC 85-302, 101 FCC 2d 32, released 06/13/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Rules amended to permit broadcast use of CB, GMRS transmissions; amateur rules also amended.

05/07/1985

Nighttime Operations on Canadian, Mexican, and Bahamian Clear Channels      Report and Order, MM Docket 84-281, FCC 85-224, 101 FCC 2d 1, released 05/07/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Show Cause orders issued to daytime-only AM stations operating on clear channels, to specify nighttime operating powers consistent with protection requirements for Canadian, Mexican, and Bahamian clear channel stations.

11/01/1983

Amendment of Section 73.1201(b)(2) of the Commission's Rules -- Additional City Identification      Report and Order, BC Docket 82-374, FCC 83-487, 95 FCC 2d 1253, released 11/01/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Stations were then permitted to request authorization to add additional cities within their station ID, provided those additional communities were within the principal community contour. Present rule states that stations may include additional communities in their station identifications, without prior authorization, as long as the community of license is named first.

08/02/1983

Elimination of Unnecessary Broadcast Regulation      Policy Statement and Order, FCC 83-339, 94 FCC 2d 619, released 08/02/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Distortion of ratings complaints are referred to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Commission will no longer investigate complaints of inaccurate or exaggerated coverage maps in connection with the sale of broadcast air time.

06/02/1982

Revision of FM Assignment Policies and Procedures      Second Report and Order, BC Docket 80-130, FCC 82-240, 90 FCC 2d 88, released 06/02/1982.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Priorities for petitions for rulemaking to amend the Table of Allotments adopted: (1) first full-time aural service, (2) second full-time aural service, (3) first local service, and (4) other public interest matters. Demographic showing requirement terminated, except for showings that a place can actually be classified as a community for licensing purposes. AM and FM are joint components in a single aural service. Section 73.4104.

11/13/1980

Petition for Issuance of Policy Statement or Notice of Inquiry on Part-Time Programming      Policy Statement, BC Docket 78-355, FCC 80-621, 82 FCC 2d 107, released 11/13/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Policy statement issued by the Commission encourages time brokerage agreements as a means of diversifying programming.

09/10/1980

Request for Patton Communications Corporation for Declaratory Ruling      Letter, FCC 80-533, 81 FCC 2d 336, released 09/10/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Pouring concrete footings in advance of the grant of a construction permit is not considered premature construction or a violation of Section 319(a) of the Communications Act.

10/17/1980

Petition for Rulemaking to Establish Standards for Determining the Standing of a Party to Petition to Deny a Broadcast Application      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 80-533, 82 FCC 2d 89, released 10/17/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for rulemaking denied, which sought to require that groups filing petitions to deny file detailed information about the nature and composition of the group.

09/30/1980

Petition for the Adoption of Procedures to Limit the Time in which the Commission must Respond to a Petition for Rulemaking      FCC 80-507, 82 FCC 2d 403, released 09/30/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition to require the Commission to act on all petitions for rulemaking within 180 days was denied.

05/11/1979

New Financial Qualifications Standard for Broadcast Television Applicants      Public Notice, FCC 79-299, 72 FCC 2d 784, released 05/11/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Applicants were required to demonstrate sufficient capital to construct the station and then operate for 90 days without advertising or broadcast revenue.

05/17/1979

Street Broadcasting Corporation, WIZR-FM, Johnstown, NY      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 79-296, released 05/17/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Use of SCA subcarrier to transmit horse racing information to legally authorized off track betting parlors was found to be acceptable, in the situation outlined therein.

01/02/1979

In re Petitions of Special Relief of Citizens Communications Center Requesting Express Commission Approval of Reimbursement Provisions Contained in Licensee-Citizens Group Agreements in Certain Cases       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 78-875, 70 FCC 2d 1672, released 01/02/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   In the late 1970s, a group could file a petition against a renewal application concerning licensee practices that it felt should be changed. The licensee and petitioner could then reduce their differences to an agreement wich could contain remuneration to the petitioner for 'legal and prudent' expenses. The Commission could then accept the agreement (without approving its terms) and grant the renewal. (This policy is no longer in effect.)

08/02/1978

Financial Qualifications Standards for Aural Broadcast Applicants      Public Notice, FCC 78-556, 69 FCC 2d 407, released 08/02/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Financial qualifications requirements were changed to require an applicant to demonstrate enough capital to construct the station and operate for 3 months without broadcast revenue.

07/29/1977

Sudbrink Broadcasting of Georgia, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 77-419, 65 FCC 2d 691, released 07/29/1977.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Newcomer' is responsible, financially and otherwise, for takig whatever steps may be necessary to eliminate objectionable interference.

01/09/1976

Reimbursement for Legitimate and Prudent Expenses of a Public Interest Group for a Consultancy to a Broadcaster in Certain Instances      FCC 76-5, 57 FCC 2d 494, released 01/09/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   In the late 1970s, a group could file a petition to deny against a renewal application. The licensee and petitioner could then come to an agreement to make changes in the licensee's operation, which would include withdrawal of the petition and could include provisions for remuneration of 'legitimate and prudent' expenses incurred by the group. The Commission would then acknowlege the agreement (without ruling on its terms) and grant the renewal. (This practice is no longer in effect.)

08/13/1975

Revision of Rules Permitting Multiple Ownership of Non-Commercial Educational Radio and Television Stations in the Same Market; and Request for Freeze on All Applications Owned By Government Owned and Controlled Groups for Reserved Educational FM and TV Channels; and Request for Freeze on by Religious, Bible, Christian and Other Sectarian Schools, Colleges, and Institutes for Reserved Educational FM and TV Channels      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 75-946, 54 FCC 2d 941, released 08/13/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   This is the infamous petition, long and improperly attributed to Madilyn Murray O'Hare, which was believed sought to ban religious broadcasting. In fact, it sought to apply multiple ownership rules to noncommercial educational station licensees, as well as 'disqualify all religiously affiliated organuizations' from using the reserved NCE channels. The Commission DENIED the petition for rulemaking.

07/23/1975

Motion for a Declaratory Ruling on a Broadcast Station's Propmotional Practices      Order, FCC 75-808, 54 FCC 2d 388, released 07/23/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Full disclosure and candor are expected by a licensee in his dealings with potential advertisers as tothe station's power, coverage area, and reklated matters. Inaccurate or misleading statements to induce the purchasing of advertising time must be avoided.

06/27/1975

Amendment of Sections 73.333 and 73.699, for FM and TV Broadcast Services [Docket 16004]; Amendment of Part 73 Regarding Field Strength Measurements for FM and TV Broadcast Stations [Docket 18052]      Report and Order, Docket 16604, FCC 75-636, 53 FCC 2d 855, released 06/27/1975.    [ PDF | PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Revised F(50,50) service and F(50,10) interfering field strength curves adopted by the Commission.

12/29/1975

Use of Recording Devices In Connection With Telephone Service       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 75-1406, 57 FCC 2d 334, released 12/29/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Recording of telephone conversations without the 'beep tone' was permitted for broadcast stations and networks, and cooperative broadcasting efforts comprised solely of Commission licensees.

12/19/1975

Agreements Between Broadcast Licensees And The Public      Report and Order, Docket 20495, FCC 75-1359, 57 FCC 2d 42, released 12/19/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Licensee-citizen group agreements were encouraged in the mid to late 107s as a means of keeping the licensee in contact with the issues in the local community.

12/15/1975

Commission Reaffirms Policy With Respect To Agreements Between Short-Spaced FM Stations       Public Notice, FCC 75-1347, 57 FCC 2d 1263, released 12/15/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   This agreement policy was in effect from 1964 to 1987 for grandfathered short-spaced FM stations covered under Section 73.213(a) (1964 grandfathered stations). It is no longer in force.

12/15/1975

Temporary Suspension of Certain Portions of Section 73.313, 73.333, 73.684, and 73.699 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations [Dockets 16004 and 18052]      Public Notice, Docket 16004, FCC 75-1226, 56 FCC 2d 749, 35 RR 2d 580, released 12/15/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Terrain roughness provisions of Section 73.313 and 73.684 were suspended (and they remain so) due to anomalous results using the correction factor.

02/13/1974

Waiver of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules to Relax the Technical Limitations Imposed on the Operation of a Low Power Communications Device in the AM Broadcast Band      Order, FCC 74-87, released 02/13/1974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Request for waiver of Part 15 to allow the petitioner to furnish a low power noncommercial educational service to his community was denied.

03/13/1973

Licensee Responsibility to Exercise Adequate Control Over Foreign Language Programs       FCC 73-269, released 03/13/1973.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Licensee resposibilites with respect to foreign language programming.

08/18/1974

Licensee Responsibility to Review Records Before Their Broadcast      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 71-803, 31 FCC 2d 385, released 08/18/1974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration of the 04/16/1971 MO&O, FCC 71-428, was denied.

04/16/1971

Licensee Responsibility to Review Records Before Their Broadcast (FCC 71-205)      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 71-428, released 04/16/1971.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration of the 03/05/1971 Public Notice, FCC 71-205, were denied, regarding lyrics promoting illegal drug use.

03/26/1990

Table of Allotments, San Rafael, CA      Report and Order, MM Docket 89-86, DA 90-428, 5 FCC Rcd 1892, released 03/26/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Third-adjacent channel commercial FM stations KTID-FM and KIOI were 1964 grandfathered under Section 73.213(a). This rulemaking allowed KTID-FM to move to second-adjacent channel despite the grandfathered situation, since second- and third-adjacent channel shortt spacings for 1964 grandfathered stations are treated identically under the rule.

08/21/1968

Amendment of Section 73.99 of the Commission's Rules (Presunrise Service Authority) To Specify 6 A.M. 'Local Time'      First Report and Order, Docket 18023, FCC 68-859, 14 FCC 2d 393, released 08/21/1968.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Language in Section 73.99 was amended to change '6 a.m. local standard time' to '6 a.m. local time', to remove a starting-time discrepancy associated with changes to/from Daylight Saving Time.

07/29/1969

'Presunrise' Operation by Class II Stations under Presunrise Service Authority on U.S. I-A Clear Channels [Docket 17562]; Amendment of Section 73.99of the Commission's Rules (Presunrise Service Authority) to Specify 6 A.M. 'Local Time' {Docket 18023]; 'Presunrise' Operation by Class II Stations on U.S. I-A Channels Before 6 A.M. [Docket 18036]      Report and Order, Docket 18023, FCC 69-844, 18 FCC 2d 705, released 07/29/1969.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Second Report and Order in Docket 18023. More then 1500 PSAs then outstanding (in 1969), requests for presunrise authority may be submitted by letter to the FCC.

01/14/1986

Policy Regarding Character Qualifications in Broadcast Licensing [Gen. Docket 81-500]; Amendment of Rules of Broadcast Practice and Procedure Relating to Written Responses to Commission Inquiries and the Making of Misrepresentations to the Commission by Permittees and Licenses [BC Docket 78-108]      Report, Order and Policy Statement, GEN Docket 81-500, FCC 85-648, 102 FCC 2d 1179, released 01/14/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   This document established 'general guideline principles to be used in evaluating the character qualifications of [broadcast] applicants. This applications established the range of relevant behavior, both FCC-related and non-FCC-related, which the Commission will consider in its licensing process. Policies pertaining to character implications in the corporate and multiple ownership context are clarified. This action eliminates character as an issue in comparative proceedings unless the character defect goes to the applicant's basic qualifications.'

11/06/1986

Policy Regarding Character Qualifications in Broadcast Licensing [Gen. Docket 81-500]; Amendment of Rules of Broadcast Practice and Procedure Relating to Written Responses to Commission Inquiries and the Making of Misrepresentations to the Commission by Permittees and Licenses [BC Docket 78-108]      Memorandum Opinion and Order, GEN Docket 81-500, FCC 86-455, 1 FCC Rcd 421, released 11/06/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration denied of FCC 85-648.

11/06/1986

Policy Regarding Character Qualifications in Broadcast Licensing; Amendment of Rules of Broadcast Practice and Procedure Relating to Written Responses to Commission Inquiries and the Making of Misrepresentations to the Commission by Permittees and Licenses       Policy Statement and Order, FCC 90-195, 1 FCC Rcd 421, released 11/06/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Modification to the character issues addressed in FCC 85-648 / Docket 81-500. Conviction of a felony is relevant; non-FCC-related proceedings may result in the imposition of a condition while those proceedings continue; existing licensees may have a condition imposed grants of authorizations.

05/24/1991

Policy Regarding Character Qualifications in Broadcast Licensing; Amendment of Rules of Broadcast Practice and Procedure Relating to Written Responses to Commission Inquiries and the Making of Misrepresentations to the Commission by Permittees and Licenses       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 91-146, 6 FCC Rcd 3448, released 05/24/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration against prior policy statement (FCC 90-195). Period extended from 30 dys to 90 days for a permittee or licensee to report 'adjudicated misconduct'.

10/09/1992

Policy Regarding Character Qualifications in Broadcast Licensing; Amendment of Rules of Broadcast Practice and Procedure Relating to Written Responses to Commission Inquiries and the Making of Misrepresentations to the Commission by Permittees and Licenses       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 92-448, 7 FCC Rcd 6564, released 10/09/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration against prior policy statements (FCC 90-195 and FCC 91-146). Modified rule required licensees or permittes to require broadcasters to report on an annual basis relevant non-FCC adjuducations, eliminated the requirement that broadcast applicants report pending litigation, and modified the litigation reporting requirements. Sutbtantive character policies were not modified.

11/04/1986

FM Transmitter Site Map Submissions Required by FCC Forms 301 and 340      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 86-482, 1 FCC Rcd 381, released 11/04/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Topographic maps or map sections were previously required with FCC Forms 301 and 340 for construction permit for FM broadcast stations.

10/30/1986

Amendment of Sections 73.1125 ans 73.1130 of the Commission's Rules, the Main Studio and Program Origination Rules for Radio and Television Broadcast Stations      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 86-406, FCC 86-454, 1 FCC Rcd 536, released 10/30/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM proposed to relax the main studio rule, Section 73.1125, to permit the main studio to be located within the principal community contour; comment sought on proposed elimination of the program origination rule, Section 73.1130.

11/15/1949

Directional Antennas in the Standard [AM] Broadcast Band      TRR Report 1.2.4, released 11/15/1949.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Report by Harry Fine 'collect[ed] and present[ed] in useful form the formulas, concepts, and available curves which are needed to check the design of an [AM broadcast station] array.'

09/26/1980

Amendment of the Rules governing the conversion of radiation patterns for AM Broadcast stations      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket 21473, FCC 80-538, released 09/26/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Conversion of AM directional antenna patterns to standard patterns.

09/07/1966

Development of VHF and UHF Propagation Curves for TV and FM Broadcasting      Report No. R-6602, released 09/07/1966.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Considerations behind the FM and TV propagation curves.

06/29/1993

An Inquiry into the Commission's Policies and Rules regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification      Notice of Inquiry, MM Docket 93-177, FCC 93-315, 8 FCC Rcd 4345, released 06/29/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Inquiry into how best to determine AM directional station performance.

07/19/1984

Amendment of Section 73.52 with respect to relative phase tolerances for directional AM stations [BC Docket 78-28]; Amendment of Section 73.68 to expand the use of toroidal transformers as a method of deriving current samples on directional (AM) antenna systems [MM Docket 83-16]; and to provide for the use of radio frequency relays in sampling element transmission lines      Memorandum Opinion and Order, BC Docket 78-28, FCC 84-333, 56 RR 2d 660, released 07/19/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Modification to Section 73.68(a)(1). BC Docket 78-28 and MM Docket 83-16.

11/05/1985

AM Broadcast Directional Antenna Sampling Systems and Proof of Performance Field Strength Measurements      Report and Order, MM Docket 85-90, FCC 85-590, released 11/05/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Skeleton partial proofs of performance eliminated, licensees have the flexiblity to schedule partial proofs as needed, sampling systems can be used provided that they can be proven to be stable.

01/14/1983

Wider Use of Toroidal Transformers Proposed for AM Directional Antenna Monitoring      News Release, MM Docket 83-16, released 01/14/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Less restricted use of toroidal transformers in monitoring AM directional antenna performance.

01/19/1983

Amendment of Section 73.68 to expand the use of toroidal transformers as a method of deriving current samples in directional (AM) antenna systems; and, to provide for the use of radio frequency relays in sampling element transmission lines      Report and Order, MM Docket 83-16, FCC 83-12, released 01/19/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Toroidal transformers.

10/17/1986

AM Broadcast Directional Antenna Sampling Systems and Proof of Performance Field Strength Measurements      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 85-90, FCC 86-433, 1 FCC Rcd 172, released 10/17/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Criteria for antenna monitors not adopted in rules, interested partiies are referred to the December 9, 1985 Public Notice.

06/08/1981

Amendment of Part 73.293 and Part 2.106 of the Commission's Rules Concerning the Use of the Subsidiary Communications Authorization for Utility Load Management      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, BC Docket 81-352, FCC 81-258, released 06/08/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   SCA use for utility load management was proposed.

01/08/1982

Amendment of Part 73.293 and Part 2.106 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Use of the Subsidiary Communications Authorization for Utility Load Management      Report and Order, BC Docket 81-352, FCC 81-584, released 01/08/1982.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   SCA use for utility load management was approved.

05/09/1960

Inquiry into Amendment of Parts 2, 3, and 4 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations and the Standards of Good Engineering Practice Concerning FM Broadcast Stations to Permit FM Stations to Engage in Specified Non-Broadcast Activities on a Multiplex Basis      Report and Order, Docket 12517, FCC 60-497, released 05/09/1960.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM broacasters were NOT authorized to use SCA to provide 'any signalling, control, telemetering or communications service basically unrelated to broadcast operation.' Background music services,storecasting, detailed weather forecasts, special time signals, and other material of a broadcast nature could continue, along with services directly related to operation of FM broadcast stations. Section 605 of the Communications Act is contravened by unauthorized reception of SCA signals.

05/19/1983

Amendment of Parts 2 and 73 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Use of Subsidiary Communications Authorizations      First Report and Order, BC Docket 82-536, FCC 83-154, 48 FR 28445 (06/22/1983), released 05/19/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Rules changed to permit subcarrier use for broadcast and non-broadcast purposes, including private carrier services on SCA. Stations can transmit two or more subcarriers or any legal purpose. Time restrictions eliminated for SCAs; instantaneous sidebands up to 99 kHz; subcarriers do not need to be frequency modulated. Program log requirements were eliminated, and form for SCA use (Form 318) abolished.

07/14/1967

Calculations for Educational FM Channel Assignments in Areas Served by TV Channel 6      Report No. R-6702, released 07/14/1967.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Report No. R-6702, TV Channel 6 interference from NCE FM stations

01/07/1982

Preliminary U.S. Delegation Report on Results of AM Broadcasting Conference in Rio de Janeiro      News Release, released 01/07/1982.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Regional Administrative Medium Frequency Broadcasting Conference, 11/9/1981 to 12/19/1981

10/08/1952

Physical Limitations to Directional Antenna Systems in the Standard [AM] Broadcast Band      T.R.R. Report No. 1.2.6., released 10/08/1952.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Report by Harry Fine.

04/02/2001

Creation of a Low Power Radio Service      Second Report and Order, MM Docket 99-25, FCC 01-100, 16 FCC Rcd 8029, 66 FR 23861 (05/10/2001), released 04/02/2001.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Low Power FM (LPFM) rules and procedures. Five part national filing window for LPFM expected later in 2001.

07/20/1998

Letter to Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls, Inc.      Letter, DA 98-1422, 13 FCC Rcd 25286, released 07/20/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Translator CP applicant was granted when the objector failed to show that there were persons in the predicted interference area that would be adversely impacted. But on reconsideration, the CP grant was rescinded and the translator CP application dismissed (see the staff's December 11, 1998 letter.)

03/26/1996

Letter re construction permit application of Creative Educational Media Corporation      Letter, released 03/26/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Letter to deny an informal objection to a proposed tower on the basis of RF exposure and local controversy. Local authorities are best situated to resolve land use and related aesthetic questions. The Commission has no jurisdiction over local zoning matters.

12/14/1998

In re applications of WINV, Inc. (Assignor) and WGUL-FM (Assignee)      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 98-323, 14 FCC Rcd 2032, released 12/14/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied. In order to show that [a party] is 'aggreived' by an action taken to delegated authority, as required by Section 1.115(a), and applicant for review must demonstrate an actual ot threatened injury to itself as a direct result of the challenged action.

09/04/1969

Amendment of Section 73.316(f) of the Commission's Rules to Remove the Requirement for Filing an AM Application When an FM Applicant Proposes to Side-Mount an FM Antenna on a Standard Broadcast Station Tower Without Increasing the Overall Height of That Structure      Order, FCC 69-953, 19 FCC 2d 468, released 09/04/1969.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   AM station does not have to file a construction permit application if an FM station proposes to mount its antenna on the side of the tower, without changing the height of the tower.

09/04/1997

Letter re NAL issued to Mississippi Valley Broadcasting, Inc., licensee of WLLR-FM      Letter, 13 FCC Rcd 5891, released 09/04/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Co-sponsors of a contest are responsible for ensuring that constests they sponsor, in whole or in part, comply with the Commission's rules, including award of the prise as announced.

06/17/1997

Radio Ingstad Minnesota, Inc., for license to cover changes in facilities for KMFX (FM), Lake City, MN       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 97-199, 12 FCC Rcd 8502, released 06/17/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration denied. Petitioner had argued, after the grant of the constrruction permit, that the operation would not cover the community of license, relying on supplemental showings. The Commission upheld the Bureau's April 24, 1995 dismissal of the objection as untimely, and that the permittee had a 'protected interest' that could only be overturned on extraordinary circumstances. Additionally, the staff's independent analysis showed no significant drop in signal strength over the community of license.

02/06/1998

Nationwide Communications, Inc., for renewal of license of KISW (FM), Seattle, WA      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 98-7, 13 FCC Rcd 5654, released 02/06/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied. Hoffman's pleadings were found to be an abuse of Commission processes, intended to cause delay and economic injury to a former employer.

12/01/1987

Unlimited-time Operation by Existing AM Daytime-Only Radio Broadcast Stations; Discontinuance of Authorization of Additional Daytime-Only Stations; Minimum Power of Class III Stations      Report and Order, MM Docket 87-131, FCC 87-356, 2 FCC Rcd 7113, released 12/01/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Brief summary of the development of AM daytime stations; nighttime operations allowed for AM stations at power levels that would provide interference to other AM stations (at least one watt of power). AM stations that would operate with the reduced power levels were exempted from city coverage requirements, but those coverage requirements would apply if the station later sought a power greater than initially authorized via show-cause orders for nighttime operation. Licensing of new AM daytime-only stations was discontinued. Errata, released 10/10/1987 and 06/15/1988, DA 87-1789 and DA 88-875.

02/22/1989

Unlimited-time Operation by Existing AM Daytime-Only Radio Broadcast Stations; Discontinuance of Authorization of Additional Daytime-Only Stations; Minimum Power of Class III Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 87-131, FCC 89-17, 4 FCC Rcd 1738, released 02/22/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration treated as a declaratory ruling, on the subject of preferences given to AM daytime-only stations for FM allotments created by Docket 84-231.

07/02/1965

Amendment of Section 73.207, concerning minimum requires spacings between FM Broadcast Stations to provide for IF interference protection      Report and Order, Docket 15934, FCC 65-575, released 07/02/1965. Effective date: 08/09/1965.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Specific intermediate frequency (I.F. or IF) spacings adopted, replacing an earlier rule that did not list specific spacing requirements.

02/10/1998

Letter re Main Studio waiver request for WKTP (AM), Jonesborough, TN      Letter, released 02/10/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   STA request denied; applicant had sought waiver of Section 73.1125 on economic grounds only.

12/15/1998

Letter to Bonneville Holding Company, licensee of WGMS-FM, Washington, DC      Letter, DA 98-2538, 13 FCC Rcd 24523, released 12/15/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Sponsorship identification under Section 73.1212: a sponsor was not identified for several announcements.

08/19/1996

Letter re Waiver requests of WPLY (FM), Media PA      Letter, released 08/19/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Waiver requests denied for Sections 73.213 and 73.215(e);

01/27/1997

Tsooris Corporation (Assignor) and Talkline Broadcasting Corporation (Assignee), for assignment of license for WLIR (AM), Spring Valley, NY      Memorandum Opinion and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 1675, released 01/27/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   State courts had determined that consummation had NOT occurred; Commission agrees that the assignor remained the licesee of WLIR. Application for review was denied.

11/18/1997

Letter re program test authority of WZYQ (FM), Mound Bayou, MS      Letter, released 11/18/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   WZYQ's construction permit contained a condition that WZYQ could not start program test operations until WWUN changed channels. But WZYQ commenced operations before WWUN had moved, causing interference to the licensed operation of WWUN. To resolve the resulting dispute, this letter revoked program test authority for a 15 day period, during which WWUN was ordered to change channel. If WWUN failed to change channel after 15 days, WZYQ could resume operation regardless of what interference it caused to WWUN.

03/06/1998

Letter re construction permit application of WAAZ-FM, Crestview, FL      Letter, released 03/06/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Allotment was upgraded from Class C2 to C1 in a rulemaking. The construction permit application must specify Class C1 facilities, or request that the allotment be downgraded to Class C2.

03/21/1997

Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised Procedure Regarding Assignment and Transfer Consummation Deadlines      Public Notice, DA 97-600, 13 FCC Rcd 4101, released 03/21/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Assignment and transfer consummations must occur in 90 days (was previously 60 days).

11/25/1998

Commission Announces Antenna Structure Lighting Responsibilitues With Respect to Year 2000 Computer Issue      Public Notice, DA 98-2408, 14 FCC Rcd 454, released 11/25/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Y2K issues that could affect air safety via tower lighting problems, and the licensees' responsibilities should problems occur.

07/26/1994

Status Inquiries Under the Commission's 'Ex Parte' Rules      Public Notice, DA 94-823, 10 FCC Rcd 943, released 07/26/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The exemption to the Commission's 'ex parte' rules for status inquiries is limited to 'an inquiry or request for information relating to the status of a proceeding.' Limitations apply: the request cannot express a preference or say why timing is important to a particular party, or address the merits or outcome of a proceeding, or influence the timing of that proceeding.

06/12/1997

Nineteen Forfeitures Assessed Against Licensees Renting Antenna Space on Two Towers in Alice, Texas      Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 97-1220, 12 FCC Rcd 7736, released 06/12/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Licensees have a secondary responsibility to make sure towers remain properly painted and lighted.

09/10/1998

Letter re application of Iowa Great Lakes Broadcasting Co., Inc. to correct the coordinates of KICD-FM, Spencer, IA      Letter, DA 98-1853, 13 FCC Rcd 19605, released 09/10/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Correction of coordinates caused a transmitter site to become short-spaced under Section 73.207, even though the actual correction was 0.09 km, because of rounding. Waiver of Section 73.207 was granted.

08/16/1995

American Music Radio (Assignor) and KHYM, Inc. (Assignee) for assignment of license of KHYM (AM), Gilmer, Texas       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 95-320, 10 FCC Rcd 8769, released 08/16/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   No unauthorized transfer of control; bare license policy was not contravened. The application for review was dismissed.

10/12/1995

Letter re Pensacola Charities, Inc. regarding its application for a new NCE FM station in Pace, FL       Letter, released 10/12/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration denied. Educatiional Information Corporation does not extend to applications for new stations seeking waiver of Section 73.509 to cause third-adjacent channel prohibited contour overlap.

07/25/1995

Letter re application of Circle S Broadcasting Company, Inc. for KBSZ (FM), Wickenburg, AZ       Letter, released 07/25/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Requests for waiver of Section 73.215 were denied. Section 73.215 contains no provisions that would allow the use of supplemental showings to show lack of prohibited contour overlap. The fact that the opposite station cannot now construct maximum Class C facilities because of present FAA and zoning restrictions does not eliminate the need to protect maximum facilities, to 'assure that protected stations are not precluded from achieving maximum facilities for their class in the event of future zoning and FAA changes.

10/27/1995

Letter re application of Sounds Good, Inc. for WBXQ-FM, Cresson, PA      Letter, released 10/27/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application dismissed. WBXQ-FM existed at a spacing less than the spacing table in Section 73.213(c)(1); staff advised that WBXQ-FM could not move closer to the grandfathered station under the rule. WBXQ-FM could not be considered a mutual increase applicant since it did not have the consent of the grandfathered station. Contingent waiver request to be considered under Section 73.215 also merited denial since it did not afford the protection required by the rule.

10/25/1995

Letter re application of Word Broadcasters, Inc. for WWCM (AM), Ypsilanti, MI       Letter, released 10/25/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes authorized for WWCM (AM) do not relieve that station from taking measures (detuning apparatus) to protect adjacent station WSDS (AM) from interference.

11/28/1995

Liability of W-AIR, Inc., Former Licensee, Station WAIR, Atlanta, MI for a Forfeiture       Memorandum Opinon and Order, DA 95-2348, 10 FCC Rcd 13048, released 11/28/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Insufficient staffing at designated main studio location.

11/28/1995

FM Table of Allotments, Ava, Branson and Mountain Grove, MO      Report and Order, MM Docket 91-352, DA 95-2293, 10 FCC Rcd 13035, released 11/28/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Continued operation on a channel after the allotment has been modified (paragraph 6): 'We note that the Commission will not consider a licensee to be in violation of the terms of its license if it continues to operate on an existing channel for a reasonable amount of time following the effective date of a modification. Indeed, it is not necessary for the modification to take place until use of the existing channel actually prevents a newly authorized station from inaugurating service. See [Modification of FM or Television Licenses Pursuant to Section 316 of the Communications Act], 2 FCC Rcd 3327 (1987).' [incorrect citation in document]

06/05/1987

Modification of FM or Television Licenses Pursuant to Section 316 of the Communications Act      Order, FCC 87-174, 2 FCC Rcd 3327, released 06/05/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Where a station's allotment is modified pursuant to a rulemaking, the station no longer has the automatic right to request a hearing unless a substantial and material question of fact is raised. The ultimate permittee of the new channel remains responsible for reimbursing the 'reasonable costs' of stations affected by the new allotment, continuing existing policy. The affected station is afforded a significant lead time between the release of the Report and Order modifying its license or permit and the actual change in its channel.

11/15/1995

Mansfield Christian School, for consent to the Reinstatement and Modification of the Construction Permit of WPJV (FM), Williard, OH      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 95-452, 10 FCC Rcd 12589, released 11/15/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Modification was filed after the station's initial CP had expired; extension application seeking replacement of the expired underlying permit filed still later. Application for review denied reinstatement, as the permittee had taken virtually no steps toward construction of the station.

05/17/1996

Implementation of Section 403(l) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Silent Station Authorization)      Order, FCC 96-218, 11 FCC Rcd 16599, released 05/17/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   If a broadcast station is silent for 12 consecutive months, then the station's license automatically exoires at that time, notwithstanding any provision, term, or condition of the license to the contrary.

02/21/1975

In the Matter of a Citizen's Complaint Against Pacifica Foundation Station WBAI (FM), New York, NY      Declaratory Order, FCC 75-200, 56 FCC 2d 94, released 02/21/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Declaratory Order form the Commission reviewed 'the applicable legal principles and clarify[ed] the standards which will be utilized in considering the public's complaints about the broadcast of indecent language. This order does not deal with the somewhat different problem of obscene language ...'.

11/07/1975

Inquiry Into Subscription Agreements between Radio Broadcast Stations and Musical Format Service Companies      Report and Policy Statement, Docket 19743, FCC 75-1234, 56 FCC 2d 805, released 11/07/1975.    [ PDF | Word ]. [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Subscription agreements may not restrict the licensee's ability to fix the number of broadcast hours, prohibit AM/FM programming duplication, prohibit subcarrier (SCA) operation, require the exclusive use of any music format service or prohibits other sources, fixes the amount of format service company music broadcast, prohibits any announcement by the station, fixes the number of commercials broadcast, limits the content or source of any non-musical programming, fixes the amount of air time for news, music, or other programming, prohibits automatig gain control [loudness] of any company supplied material, or allows termination in the event of programming changes by a licensee excercising his responsibility for the public interest.

09/30/1988

FM Table of Allotments, West Palm Beach, FL      Report and Order, MM Docket 87-438, DA 88-1487, 3 FCC Rcd 5810, released 09/30/1988. Effective date: 11/14/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Objector claimed there was no site which would let the station achieve Class C facilities, due to FAA concerns and limited site availability. Nevertheless, the allotment was made on the grounds that the objector had not shown that the petitioner could not upgrade to Class C, but only that it might be difficult to do so. The staff also noted that the objector's airspace conclusions only covered one site.

03/10/2000

FM Table of Allotments, Jackpot, NV      Report and Order, MM Docket 99-163, DA 00-541, 15 FCC Rcd 4981, released 03/10/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Allotment not made. Petitioner had not shown that Jackpot was a community for allotment purposes. The presence of a post office is not sufficient to establish community status, nor is a listing in the Rand McNally Atlas. No businesses were identified by name or street address.

03/17/2000

FM Table of Allotments, Kuna, ID      Report and Order, MM Docket 99-207, DA 00-539, 15 FCC Rcd 4976, released 03/17/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Allotment not made. Objector had provided sufficient proof that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) would not accept the site, and that suitable sites were not available from which coverage of the community of license could be obtained. Class C allotments assume actual, not maximum, facilities at the rulemaking stage.

04/28/1998

Implementation of the AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan       Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 87-267, FCC 98-69, 13 FCC Rcd 21872, 63 FR 28486 (05/26/1998), released 04/28/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration of Press Broadcasting Co (WBUD) and Kovas Communications, Inc. (WONX) were denied.

10/31/1997

FM Table of Allotments, Mt. Juliet and Belle Meade, TN      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 97-97, DA 97-2297, 12 FCC Rcd 17616, 62 FR 61692 , released 10/31/1997.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Allotment modified due to actual electromagnetic interference (EMI) to FAA installations. No suitable area was available for a station at Mt. Juliet. A petition for reconsideration against the changed allotment was denied.

08/11/1997

Amendment of Section 73.207(b) of the Commision's Rules Regarding Minimum Distance Separations to Mexican Broadcast Stations      Order, FCC 97-272, 12 FCC Rcd 12230, 62 FR 50256 (09/25/1997), released 08/11/1997. Effective date: 09/25/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Revision of Section 73.207 spacing requirements with respect to Mexican stations.

05/20/1997

Educational Information Corporation, for modification of noncommercial educational station WCPE (FM), Raleigh, NC      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 97-170, 12 FCC Rcd 6917, released 05/20/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review was denied. Grant made by the staff gave EIC 99.4 percent of what it sought by nondirectional operation. That the waiver would have increased the area by 148 sq. km and population by 10,000 was found to not be sufficient to warrant grant of the waiver.

05/16/1996

Application of TRMR, Inc., for construction permit for a new FM station on Channel 230C2 at Ephrata, WA; FM Table of Allotments, East Wenatchee, Ephrata, Chelan, Moses Lake, and Cle Elum, WA       Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 93-221, FCC 96-165, 11 FCC Rcd 17081, released 05/16/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied. In a petition for rulemaking, Hartline/TRMR had sought to delete a vacant channel at Ephrata. But the same day as the NPRM came out, TRMR filed an application for construction permit for the vacant channel. KSEM filed a counterproposal also seeking deletion of the channel, and claimed the application was inconsistent with the NPRM. The staff did not agree, and dismissed the petition for rulemaking and granted the construction permit aplication. The Commission indicated that there was no evidence that the application was filed to 'strike' against KSEM's counterproposal.

03/17/1997

Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations      Public Notice, MM Docket 87-267, DA 97-537, 12 FCC Rcd 3815, released 03/17/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   AM expanded band list of eligible stations and frequencies, March 17, 1997.

03/27/1997

In the Matter of Chesapeake Bay Contractors, Virginia Beach, VA      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 97-104, 12 FCC Rcd 3904, released 03/27/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission upholds assessment of forfeiture in DA-94-271, 9 FCC Rcd 1647. Tower owner is responsible for failure of to maintain proper obstruction painting and lighting on its tower, and that it 'overlooked' the painting and lighting requirements on the license does not excuse the violation.

03/27/1997

In the Matter of Private Land Mobile Station WSM 534; Chesapeake Bay Contractors, Virginia Beach, VA      Order, DA 94-271, 9 FCC Rcd 1647, released 03/27/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Tower owner is responsible for failure of to maintain proper obstruction painting and lighting on its tower, and that it 'overlooked' the painting and lighting requirements on the license does not excuse the violation. Commission upheld the assessment for forfeiture in FCC 97-104, 12 FCC Rcd 3904.

06/10/1998

Letter re modification application of WVTB (FM), Wilmore, KY      Letter, DA 98-1078, 13 FCC Rcd 16551, released 06/10/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   One-step changes in allotment by application for FM statiopns include changes to intermediate frequency (IF) channels.

05/12/1998

Pensacola Radio Broadcasters, Vernon C. Floyd, Miracle Radio, Inc., and David Earl Hoxeng d/b/a ADX Communications of Pensacola, for construction permit for a new FM station in Pensacola, FL      Order, MM Docket 90-406, DA 98-80, 13 FCC Rcd 11681, released 05/12/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission upholds the finding in the Initial Decision that Floyd was not financially qualified.

05/08/1998

Letter re Assignment of License, WZNY (FM), Augusta, GA      Letter, DA 98-877, 13 FCC Rcd 9467, released 05/08/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition to deny granted to the extent indicated: Can't use supplemental terrain/coverage showings in the context of showings of compliance with Section 73.3555 (ownership).

06/05/1998

Letter to Eagle Radio, Inc., licensee of KEGL (FM), Fort Worth, TX       Letter, DA 98-1064, 13 FCC Rcd 9467, released 06/05/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Programming is found not calculated to be a threat, nor does it constitute an intimidation or harassment of complainants.

06/05/1998

Letter re unlicensed FM station Radio Mutiny, Philadelphia, PA      Letter, released 06/05/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Request for waiver of FCC rules to permit continued unlicensed low power FM station operation was dismissed.

06/05/1998

Liability of WPNT, Inc., licensee of Station KHTK (FM), Florissant, MO, for a forfeiture       Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 92-269, 8 FCC Rcd 1757, released 06/05/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Notice of Apparent Liability affirmed, that KHTK had 'repeatedly aired a fraudulent solicitation for funds to replace its tower when insurance funds were going to be used for that purpose.'

02/25/1993

Newssouth Broadcasting, Inc., Timothy S. Brumlick, et al.      Order, MM Docket 91-227, FCC 93-85, 8 FCC Rcd 1272, 56 FR 42740 , released 02/25/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Second Thursday exception delegated to the Bureau: a licensee with character qualification issues can assign a license if the assignor will have no part in the proposed station operations and will either derive no benefit from favorable action on the the application or only a minor benefir which is outweighed by equitable considerations in favor of innocent creditors.

03/09/1993

Ojeda Broadcasting and Rosemary Houston, for construction permit for a NEW FM station in Hobbs, NM      Hearing Designation Order, MM Docket 93-43, DA 93-215, 8 FCC Rcd 1648, 58 FR 13758 (03/15/1993), released 03/09/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'The Commission has consistently permitted an applicant who has not complied with the rule [local public notice requirements in Section 73.3580] to publish its local notice late.' 'An applicant is required to have reasonable assurance of financing before it certifies its financial qualifications.... It may not make the certification and then arrange financing....This does not require that the applicant have written documentation when it certifies its financial qualifications, so long as the applicant has reasonable assurence of adequate funds at the time of certification...'

03/15/1993

Letter to Allied Media of Georgin, Inc., licensee of WGGA-FM, Cleveland, GA, re main studio      Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 93-268, 7 FCC Rcd 1915, released 03/15/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NAL issued for not having a meaningful staff presence at the main studio location, and for not having a local or toll-free telephone number available to the residents of the community of license.

03/15/1993

GAF Broadcasting, Inc., for renewal of license for WNCN (FM), New York, NY, and Class Entertainment and Communications, L.P and The Fidelio Group, Inc., for construction permits       Hearing Designation Order, MM Docket 93-54, 8 FCC Rcd 1742, 58 FR 14571 (03/18/1993), released 03/15/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Applicant proposed to mount an antenna on the side of the Chrysler Building in New York City. The HDO indicates that such mounting may require an Environmental Assessment and subject persons within the building to excessive radiofrequency exposure, as well as severly affecting the station's coverage. The applicant was required to amend its application to provide information on this unusual antenna mounting.

03/22/1993

Liability of Great Trails Broadcasting Corporation, licensee of WGTZ-FMm Eaton, Ohio, for a forfeiture      Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 93-308, 8 FCC Rcd 2089, released 03/22/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Broadcast of telephone conversation without first having informed the other party of the intended use of the conversationm in violation of Section 73.1206.

04/07/1993

Trinity Broadcasting of Florida, Inc., for renewal of license of WHFT (TV), and Glendale Broadcasting Compamy, applicant for a construction permit, Miami, FL      Hearing Designation Order, MM Docket 93-75, FCC 93-148, 8 FCC Rcd 2475, 58 FR 19255 (04/13/1993), released 04/07/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Prima facie' case established for 'de facto' control of the TV station by another entity; matter designated for hearing.

03/26/1993

Radio Lake Geneva Corporation and Tom Kwiatkowski, for construction permit for a new FM station in Lake Geneva, WI      MM Docket 91-205, FCC 93-155, 8 FCC Rcd 4627, 56 FR 4627 (08/12/1991), released 03/26/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review was denied, amendment filed by competing applicant to satisfy FAA concerns was acceptable. '[P]recedent establishes that an applicant dealing with the FAA need not switch rather than fight.

02/24/1942

In the Matter of Handling Standard Broadcast Applications      Public Notice, Memorandum Opinion, released 02/24/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   As of January 30, 1942, grants of AM station construction permits will only be made where construction will not involve critical materials as set forth by the War Production Board; where the application is for a new otr changed station, the station will provide coverage to anarea, no substantial part of which already receives primary service from another station.

04/27/1942

In the Matter of Policy and Procedure for the Handling of Broadcast Applications Exclusive of International, ST, Developmental, and High Frequency Experimental and Non Commercial Educational      released 04/27/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Further restrictions are necessary. Commission has adopted a policy of NO authorizations for broadcast stations to construct or make changes, Exttensions of time will not be granted absent a showing of substantial expenditures or that the permittee has substantially all the materials required to put the station into operation.

07/02/1942

In the Matter of Ploicy and Procedure for handling of Applications Relating To Stations in the Emergency, Aviation, Miscellaneous, and Experimental Services       Memorandum Opinion, released 07/02/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The War Production Board recommended to the Commission that no authorization requiring any materials should be issued by the Commission, absent an essential military need or a vital public need which cannot otherwise be met.

07/21/1942

In the matter of Policy and Procedure in the Handling of Applications Relating To Stations in the Agriculture, Coastal, Marine Relay, and Fixed Public Service Stations      Memorandum Opinion, released 07/21/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The War Production Board recommended to the Commission that no authorizations be issued for new or changed facilities in these services, absent some essential military need or vital public service need that cannot be satisfied by other means.

08/04/1942

FCC States Policy for Licensing High Frequency (FM) and ST[andard] Broadcast Stations      Public Notice, released 08/04/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Existing FM stations can continue to operate and may obtain a license during the war to operate such facilities. 5 licensed FM stations are currently in operation, with 23 ioperating under Special Temporary Authority. Freeze of April 27, 1942 bars grants dof construction permits for FM stations. License for partial construction will be considered where construction has progressed to the point that service can be rendered.

08/24/1942

First Licenses for Civilian Defence radios Granted      released 08/24/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   First licenses for civilian defence radios granted to Akron, Ohio and Lawrence. MA. These radios to be used for coordinating rescue and repair work in the event of enemy action.

09/22/1942

Commission Policy Concerning Applications Involving Use of Quartz Crystals Only      Public Notice, released 09/22/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission relaxed its interpretation of the April 27, 1942 Memorandum Opinion, to allow applications involving shifts in frequency involving no materials other than quartz crystals.

11/20/1942

Surplus Radio Equipment      Press Release, released 11/20/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission asked each licensee to supply the agency with a list of surplus radio equipmemnt and its condition. This was done in anticipation that some broadcast stations could continue operation with equiment considered surplus by other stations.

12/01/1942

In the Matter of Policy and Procedure for Handling Applications Under Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934       Memorandum Opinion, released 12/01/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The War Production Board asked the Commission not to issue any authorizations for wire telephone or telegraph lines, unless the application serves an essential military need or a vital public need that cannot otherwise be met.

02/23/1943

FM Broadcasting Stations, Television      Press Release, released 02/23/1943.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Pending FM applications not to be dismissed, but will be retained in the pending file. Holders of television construction permits may obrtain licensed during the war, provided that construction has reached the point where a substantial service can be rendered.

02/23/1943

Notice to Television Station Licensees, Permittees, and Applicants      Serial No. 70, released 02/23/1943.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Holders of TV construction permits may obtain television licenses during the war, provided that construction has reached a point where a substantial service can be rendered. Pending television applications will not be dismissed, but will be retained in a pending file.

05/31/1943

'Ham' Operators' Licenases Extended       Press Release, released 05/31/1943.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Amateur operator licenses that expired after December 7, 1941 were reinstated and extended for a period of 3 years from the expiration date lised on the license.

06/28/1943

Amended FCC Rules Enlarge Scope of Civilian Defense Communications      Press Release, released 06/28/1943.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Civilian Defense radio stations in the War Emergency Service may operate in any emergency that may adversely affect the war effort, such as floods, explosions, hurricanes, fire, and other emergency situations.

07/06/1943

Actions by the Commission, Report No. 66       Public Notice, released 07/06/1943.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Report No 66 -- FM stations have to render at least 6 hours of service per day, but the requirement that at least 2 hours of programming not be duplicated by another station in the same area is suspended (with limitations); Commission will permit changes in operation of FM, television, and noncommercial educational FM stations, where the change is made to preserve equipment, such as vacuum tubes, or to maintain operation, provided that a substantial public service is maintained.

08/11/1943

Supplemental Statement of Policy Concerning Applications for Permits to Construct or Change Local Chammel Standard Broadcast Stations       Public Notice, released 08/11/1943.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The Commussion determined that applications for some local AM stations would be in the public interest where the stations could use idle equipment to increase the power of existing 100 watt stations to 250 watts, or for new 100 watt or 250 watt stations.

08/28/1943

Supplememntal Statement of Policy for Applications for Suthorizatons to Change Facilites or Construct New Relay Broadcast Stations       Public Notice, released 08/28/1943.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The Commission announced that under certain conditions, it would be judicious to authorize the construction of new AM relay stations or increased power for existing relay broadcast stations.

01/26/1944

Supplemental Statement of Policy Concerning Applications for Permits to Construct or Change radio Stations       Public Notice, released 01/26/1944.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The large burden of the industry caused by producing equipment for the military will not permit the construction of equipment for new broadcast stations. Permits will only be issued under very narrow conditions.

01/17/1945

Applications for AM Stations      News Release, released 01/17/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   8 applications designated for hearing, 2 applications for local AM stations granted, and three facilities change applications also granted.

01/16/1945

Supplemental Statement of Policy Concerning Applications for Permits to Construct New radio Stations or Make Changes in Existing Facilities      Public Notice, released 01/16/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Applications must be critically reviewed from the standpoint of available manpower and the need for the service to contribute tot he war effort..' Therefore, the Commission will designate for hearing all applicantions for AM stations unless an adequate showing is made. Applications for changes may also be designated except where the cost of the changes is below $500. A copy of the War Production Board's January 16, 1945 letter is attached.

01/25/1945

Procedure to be Followed in Handling Standard Broadcast Station Applications Under the January 16, 1945 Supplemental Statement of Policy      Public Notice, released 01/25/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Procedural changes for AM applications filed prior to January 26, 1945.

05/25/1945

Letters to interpret policy of new construction of standard broadcast stations      News Release, released 05/25/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Copies of two letters released to illustrate application of the January 16, 1945 policy to applications for new AM broadcast stations.

06/29/1945

New regulations to be developed for AM, FM, and TV      News Release, released 06/29/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Statement from the Chairman indictes that the FCC will move forward with all possible speed on rules changes for AM, FM, and TV.

07/17/1945

Supplement to Statement of Policy Issued on January 16, 1945 Concerning Application to Make Change In Existing Radio Facilities      released 07/17/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Licensees with conditional grants were to file applications for construction permits, as the War production Board indicates that radio equipment shouls sonn be available.

08/07/1945

Statement of Policy for handling Applications      Public Notice, released 08/07/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   60 day period announced, starting August 7, 1945, for the filing of AM, FM, and TV applications for construction permit. Processing of frozen applications to resume.

11/27/2007

Richard Mann d/b/a The Antique Radio Collector      Forfeiture Order, DA 07-4716, released 11/27/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   $7,000 forfeiture order issued to the Antique Radio Collector for assembly and sales of uncertified AM radio transmitter kits.

06/30/1956

Twenty-Second Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1956      Annual Report, released 06/30/1956.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   of the populatwion was within range of at least 1 TV station. CONELRAD in effect. Supreme Court upheld the Commission's authority to limit the number of broadcast stations any one interest may own [FCC v. Storer Broadcasting Company, 351 U.S. 192]. Maximum power for UHF TV infreased from 1000 kW to 5000 kW. 2,896 AM stations on the air; 530 commercial FM stations; 126 operating noncommercial educational FM stations. Telephone, telegraph, Special Safety Services. SCA adopted for FM stations.

06/30/1957

Twenty-Third Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1957      Annual Report, released 06/30/1957.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   TV satellite station operation and TV translators were authorized. Applications for subscription TV were to be accepted on a trial basis after 03/01/1958. WNEW (AM), New Yourk, NY was sold for 5.1 million dollars, highest price paid to date. World's highest man-made structure (1610 feet) was in use in Roswell, NM. Microwave operations, includeing impact on telephone service. Safety and Special Radio Services. 257 TV stations equipped to handle network colorcasts; 50 TV stations equippedto broadcast their own live color programs. FM station SCAs required to move from the main FM channel (simplex) to a subcarrier (multiplex) by 01/01/1958. Interference control.

06/30/1958

Twenty-Fourth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1958      Annual Report, released 06/30/1958.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   556 TV stations on the air; 92 TV translator stations. 548 commercial FM stations on the air; 147 FM noncommercial educational stations; 3,253 AM stations on the air. Common carrier services, Safety and Special Radio Services. 82 FM stations held SCAs for multiplex operation. WCAU, Philadelphia, PA AM-FM-TV sold for 20 million dollars. Stereophonic broadcasts in testing. 'Subliminal perception' under study by FCC. AM and FM stations can be operated by remote control after a showing is made. Closed-circuit television (CCTV). Tall towers. Radio Station Call Signs.

06/30/1959

Twenty-Fifth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1959 [Silver Anniversary Report]      Annual Report, released 06/30/1959.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   150 million and 50 million radio and television receivers in the USA in 1959. First transatlantic telephone cable is in its third year of operation. Over-the-horizon microwave communication in place between Florida and Cuba. 437 VHF TV and 75 UHF TV stations operating in 267 markets. Almost half of the UHF permits issued since 1952 were surrendered to the FCC; 92 of the 167 UHF stations have left the air. Only 1/3 of the UHF stations reported making a profit. 127 FM stations engaged in SCA operations. History of Regulation (summary), see also the Appendix.. Commission does not regulate programming. Safety and Special Radio Services. Common Carrier services.

06/30/1960

Twenty-Sixth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1960      Annual Report, released 06/30/1960.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission warned broadcast licensees about payola, undisclosed advertising, and deceptive quiz shows. 523 commercial TV stations on the air, 47 NCE TV stations; 52 million TV receivers in use. VHF translators limited to 1 watt; UHF translators limited to 100 watts. 1 contested application received for subscription TV use. 200 FM stations hold SCA. 165 FM NCE stations on the air. 5 international broadcast stations authorized (2 new this year). State defense FM networks. Complaints and Compliance Division created within the Broadcast Bureau. Stereophonic systems under consideration for radio. Safety and Special Services; Common Carrier Services. Citizens' Band radio service sees a spike in improper operations.

06/30/1961

Twenty-Seventh Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1961      Annual Report, released 06/30/1961.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Inquiry looking at establishing a space satellite service initiated. 54 NCE TV stations operating, and the first subscription TV authorization was issued to WHCT, Hartford, CT. 186 NCE FM stations on the air. national defense and CONELRAD. Congress passed legislation allowing the FCC to grant license periods less than the next renewal date. An FM application was denied that failed to determine the programming needs of its community, the first such application. Sponsorship identification, political broadcasts, local public notice of applications for new stations or major changes. Mileage separations proposed for FM stations [Docket 14185]. Sterephonic programming permitted 06/01/1961. AM, FM, TV studio-to-transmitter links merged to form STL station category. Safety and Special Radio Services; Common Carrier services. Highlights of 1961 in the Appendix.

06/30/1962

Twenty-Eighth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1962      Annual Report, released 06/30/1962.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Telstar in orbit June 10, 1962, first experimental active communications satellite. Broadcasters warned against 'teaser' announcements, false and deceptive advertising, and double billing for advertising. All-channel TV receiver legislation passed, requiring all sets to be able to tune both VHF and UHF TV channels. 508 VHF TV stations on the air; 104 UHF TV stations. FM commercial stations over 1,000, 325 stations operating multiplexed SCAs, 201 NCE FM stations operating. Space Communications, National Defense, Safety and Special Services, Common Carrier services. Duopoly rules not to apply to NCE stations. First subscription TV service started 06/29/1962 with 225 subscribers. @nd subscription TV service authorized in Denver, CO. All states have FM stations except ND and SD. AM stations operating with rooftop antennas permitted 1 kW operation. 7,000 auxiliary stations in operation (studio-to-transmitter links or STL, remote pickup units (RPU). Common Carrier Services. Highlights of 1962 (Appendix).

06/30/1963

Twenty-Ninth Annual Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1963      Annual Report, released 06/30/1963.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   CONELRAD terminated; Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) strengthened. FM rules revised [in Docket 14185] to divide FM commercial stations into three classes - A, B, and C - and to specify mileage separations between them. Freeze imposed during the rulemaking was lifted. Commission affirmed a 1961 decision to allow an additional station in 13 of the 25 AM clear channels. Violations rampant in the Citizens Band radio service. Electronic data processing to start at FCC in January 1964. Application filing fees adopted. Space Communications. Political proadcasts, broadcasts of controversial issues. Broadcast ratings disputes to be referred to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Automatic devices authorized for operating logs [Docket 14661]. In 1963, there were approximately 1,700 TV translators. Safety and Special Radio Services, Common Carrier Services. Highlights of 1963 (Appendix).

06/30/1964

Thirtieth Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1964      Annual Report, released 06/30/1964.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Comments requested for airborne educational TV broadcasts. About 400 FM stations employ SCA operations. 275 stastions broadcasting in stereo. 300 AM and FM stations were provided with fallout shelters as part of the Civil Defense program. Space Communications. Duopoly rule adopted for radio broadcast station ownership. Emergency operation rules adopted for AM and FM stations [Docket 14703]. Safety and Special Services, Common Carrier Services. Highlights of 1964 (Appendix).

06/30/1965

Thirty-First Report, Federal Communications Commission, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1965      Annual Report, released 06/30/1965.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Policy adopted on loud commercials. By mid-1965, 238 broadcast stations had been provided with Civil Defense fallout shelters. Space communications, common carrier services, CATV (community antenna television) systems, Safety and Special Radio Services. Touch-tone dialing provided to about 450,000 customers in 200 communities. Political broadcasts, comparative criteria in broadcast hearings, keeping of public files by broadcast stations (public inspection file), tall antenna towers. Second harmonic of FM falls within TV Channels 7-13. Highlights of 1965 (Appendix).

09/22/1987

National Innovative Programming Network, Inc. of the East Coast      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 87-288, 2 FCC Rcd 5641, released 09/22/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Not all arrangements have to be made in advance for 'site availability'. Applicant had shown that the tower lessor was continuously favorably disposed toward this applicant's use of the tower space. 'What an applicant must show ... is that it has obtained reasonable assurance that its proposed site is available, with some indication of the property owner's favorable disposition toward making an arrangement with the applicant, beyond simply a mere possibility. ... This reasonable assurance may be acquired by informal telephone contacts by counsel for the applicant, and rent and other details may be negotiated at a yet undetermined future date. ...Reasonable assurance does not, for example, require zoning approval prior to grant of an application, notwithstanding a petitioner's reliance upon predictions of a zoning authority's approval or denial.' [Citations omitted]

05/22/2000

OET Clarifies Antenna Connector Requirements for Part 15 Unlicensed Transmitters      Public Notice, DA 00-1087, 15 FCC Rcd 10380, released 05/22/2000.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Section 15.203 requires [Part 15] transmitters to be constructed in such a way as to ensure that no antenna other than that furnished by the responsible party shall be used with the device. A transmitter the utilizes a permanently attached antenna, or a transmitter that uses a unique coupling at the antenna and at any cable connector between the transmitter and antenna, is to be considered compliant with the provision. The use of a standard antenna connector is prohibited except when professional installation is required for the transmitter.'

03/17/2000

FCC Announces Five Stage National Filing Window for Low Power FM Broadcast Station Applications      Public Notice, DA 00-621, 15 FCC Rcd 18621, released 03/17/2000.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Five stage national filing window was set up for LPFM applications for new stations. The groups were listed in the public notice.

01/13/1999

No Tolerance Policy Adopted for Unregistered Tower Structures      Public Notice, released 01/13/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Enforcement action may be taken against owners of towers who have not properly register their antenna structures.

10/18/2001

Clarification on FCC's Announced Changes in Filing Procedures      Public Notice, 16 FCC Rcd 18792, released 10/18/2001.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Courier documents, including Federal Express, UPs, etc., must be sent to the FCC at the zip code 20024. U.S. Postal Service documents may still be sent to zip code 20554.

10/17/2001

FCC Announces Change in Filing Location for Paper Documents      Public Notice, DA 01-2436, 16 FCC Rcd 18740, 66 FR 53936 (10/24/2001), released 10/17/2001.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Effective 10/18/2001, the FCC no longer accepted hand-delivered or messenger-delivered documents at the FCC's headquarters. See also DA 01-2430, released 10/17/2001.

09/27/2001

Window Opened to permit Settlements for Closed Groups of Mutually Exclusive Broadcast Applications      Public Notice, DA 01-2242, 16 FCC Rcd 17091, released 09/27/2001.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   A limited filing window period was opened to allow applicants in listed and closed AM, FM, FM translator, and TV construction permit application groups to file settlements. The Commission waived the usual cap on 'reasonable and prudent expenses' limitation in Section 73.3525 to allow payments in excess of those limits.

05/24/2001

Deadline for NCE Settlements and Supplements Extended to July 19, 2001; Date for Calculating Comparative Qualifications Remains June 4, 2001; Mass Media Bureau Provided Examples of Application of NCE Section 307(b) Criteria       Public Notice, DA 01-1245, 16 FCC Rcd 10892, released 05/24/2001.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Settlement and supplement deadlines were established for closed groups on NCE FM applications. Examples of how the Section 307(b) comparative analysis would work were presented.

03/22/2001

Supplements and Settlements to Pending Closed Groups of Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Applications Due By June 4, 2001; Settlement Caps Waived Until June 4, 2001; Abridged Forms 340 and 349 released for Use In Claiming Points      Public Notice, DA 01-729, 16 FCC Rcd 6893, released 03/22/2001.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Settlement and supplement deadlines were established for closed groups on NCE FM applications. Settlement date was extended by public notice DA 01-1245, released 05/24/2001.

04/03/1986

Report on the Status of the AM Broadcast Rules       Report, released 04/03/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Submitted to the Federal Communications Commission by the Staff of the Mass Meria Bureau. 4.12 MB.

10/04/1995

Letter to Columbia Bible College Broadcasting Company      Letter, released 10/04/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for an auxiliary facility seeking waiver for the 1 mV/m (60 dBu) contour of the auxiliary to extend outside the 1 mV/m (60 dBu) contour of the main station, in violation of Section 73.1675(a), was returned.

09/26/1994

letter to Central Coast Communications, Inc.      Letter, released 09/26/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Must use a sufficient number of radials to accuratly locate the main and auxiliary service contours. Eight radials in this case is not sufficient to demonstrate compliance with Section 73.1675.

03/26/1990

Letter to Pacific and Southern Company, Inc.      Letter, released 03/26/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Request for waiver of Section 73.1675 was denied. Applicant had sought to use a former main facility as an auxiliary facility even though the proposed auxiliary facility's 1 mV/m contour extended outside the 1 mV/m contour of the main facility. Applicant had argued that the overlap area was not populated, lying within the Cleveland National Forest, and that the main site could not be used for an auxiliary facility.

03/21/1990

Letter to The Jet Broadcasting Company, Inc.      Letter, released 03/21/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Proposed auxiliary facility's 1 mV/m contour would extend past main facility's 1 mV/m contour over Lake Erie. Canada was not expected to look favorably on such a proposal.

12/31/1986

Letter to Centennial Wireless, Inc.      Letter, released 12/31/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Waiver of Section 73.1675 was denied. Applicant had sought an auxiliary facility where the proposed 1 mV/m contour of the auxiliary facility extended beyond the 1 mV/m facility of the licensed main station.

06/08/1993

All [FM] Applications in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico      Memorandum, released 06/08/1993. Effective date: 06/08/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   All full service FM station grants, and proposed allotments, in Puerto Rico (PR) or the U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) must be referred to the International Bureau so that the changed facilities are entered into the IFRN's International Frequency List. This protects U.S. stations from assignments made by other countries.

07/18/1990

St. Croix Wireless Company      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 90-251, 5 FCC Rcd 4564, released 07/18/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Conflict with a British Virgin Islands FM station does nor invalidate the settlement; the permittee failed to inform the Commission of the conflict until after the settlement was approved.

10/07/1993

Letter regarding the buying and selling of broadcast licenses and stations      Letter, released 10/07/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The Commission generally will not permit the sale of a 'bare license'.

01/15/1993

Letter re construction permit application of Shore Media, Inc.       Letter, released 01/15/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The allotment for Bay Shore, NY was originally created in 1970, so applicants for the vacant allotment were permitted to use the pre-1984 spacings in Section 73.207.

12/13/1993

Rio Grande Broadcasting Company      Public Notice, MM Docket 90-380, FCC 93R-65, released 12/13/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Passalacqua's petition for reconsideration, seeking reconsideration of a denial of his post-hearing petition for leave to amend to a new transmitter site, was denied. Passalacqua had known of problems with his initial transmitter site at least a year and a half before his filing. Passalacqua fails to show any 'manifest error', but merely consstrsts points already decided. Reconsideration 'will not be granted merely for the purpose of of again debating matters on which the tribunal has once deliberated ans spoken.'

10/14/1988

Wingate College, South Carolina Radio Fellowship, and Fayetteville State University      Letter, released 10/14/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   An amendment was timely filed by Wingate College the day before the 'B' cutoff date, that created new conflicts outside the group established by the 'A' cutoff date, was dismissed.

10/19/1995

Letter to KTXJ Radio, Inc.      Letter, released 10/19/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Waiver of Section 73.215 was denied: applicant must afford protection to a vacant allotment's reference coordinates even thought that site may not be usable in practice.

07/13/1989

Northern Sound Public Radio      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 89-200, 4 FCC Rcd 5495, released 07/13/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The Commission granted a waiver of Section 73.509 to permit construction of a new noncommercial educational FM station at Bellingham, WA despite predicted cochannel interference from Canada. Lack of alternate channels was a factor in this decision.

03/21/1991

Letter to Bellevue Community College      Letter, released 03/21/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The staff granted a waiver of Section 73.509 to permit construction of a new noncommercial educational FM station at Bellingham, WA despite predicted cochannel interference from Canada, on the basis that the situation was virtually identical to Northern Sound Public Radio, FCC 89-200.

04/06/1993

Letter to Division of Forestry, Indiana Department of Natural Resources      Letter, released 04/06/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Many factors in addition to protection of other stations go into the site selection process. Therefore the staff cannot say whether other areas might be potentially open for a particular station to move to.

12/13/1993

Table of Allotments, Cleveland and Ebenezer, MS      Report and Order, MM Docket 93-100, DA 93-1373, 8 FCC Rcd 8654, released 12/13/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitioner showed that Ebenezer, MS was no longer a community for allotment purposes. The FM channel that had been allocated to that place was deleted.

05/04/1993

Letter to North Star Communciations, Inc.      Letter, released 05/04/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Once a channel substitution and change of community of license is made, a station cannot undo the changes simply by filing a letter request. A construction permit application is required.

03/16/1993

Letter to HIC Broadcasting and Community Broadcast Services of Loogootee, Inc.      Letter, released 03/16/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Program test commencement condition was put on WHIC-FM's construction permit to ensure an orderly switch of station channels; WKMD may continue temporarily on the old channel but cannot remain there indefinitely; reimbursements for the cost of changing channels is between the licensees.

03/18/1996

Letter to World Radio Network, Inc.      Letter, released 03/18/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Noncommercial educational FM application dismissed, as the entire community of license lay outside the 60 dBu protected service contour of the proposed station. [Refer to Section 73.515 presently.]

01/30/1995

Letter to B & B Broadcasting, Inc.      Letter, released 01/30/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Objector had not provided sufficient information to demonstrate that the community of license would not be covered with a 70 dBu signal. After the objection was dismissed and the construction permit granted, the objecter provided additional material for consideration in a petition for reconsideration. This letter dismissed the petition for reconsideration, an the gounds that the new material was untimely and the petitioner had not shown why it could not have supplied this material before the grant (Section 1.106). Application for review was denied, FCC 96-164, 11 FCC Rcd 5264 (1996).

04/12/1996

Letter re Minnesota Public Radio, WMNN (AM), Minneapolis, MN      Letter, DA 96-528, 11 FCC Rcd 4163, released 04/12/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Environmental issues: floodplain, zoning, bald eagles, migratory and resident bird populations. Construction permit was granted.

10/25/1994

Letter re Bascomb Memorial Broadcasting Foundation       Letter, released 10/25/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Strict definition of 'city' will be used in conjunction with Section 73.525. A 'Census Designated Place' or 'CDP' is not a city. A petition for reconsideration was denied by letter dated 06/30/1995.

10/13/1994

Letter re Idaho Broadcasting Consortium      Letter, released 10/13/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Informal objection with a supplemental showing to demonstrate lack of city coverage due to an intervening terrain obstacle is denied as unconvincing.

07/07/1942

In the Matter of Policy and Procedure for Handling Applications Relating To Stations in the Emergency, Aviation, Miscellaneous and Experimental Services      Memorandum Opinion, released 07/07/1942.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   No authorizations for amateur or experimental services, or aeronautical, emergency, or miscellaneous services to be issued absent a vital public need.

02/23/1943

Notice to High Frequency (FM) Broadcast Station Licensees, Permittees, and Applicants       Serial No. 70, released 02/23/1943.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Pending FM construction permit applications would not be dismissed or denied.

01/26/1944

Procedure to segregate the functions for the FCC and the War Production Board in acting on applications for new or expanded facilities for radio broadcasting stations      News Release, released 01/26/1944.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   War Production Board position on radio station construction permits and applications in 1944.

01/16/1945

WPB Report to FCC on Critical Materials      Letter, released 01/16/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   War Production Board position on radio station installations in early 1945.

05/04/1945

Civilian radio production to recommence soon after V-E Day      Press Release, released 05/04/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Press release from the War Production Board.

07/26/1945

Civilian radio production limits lifted July 26, 1945      Press Release, released 07/26/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Press release from the War Production Board.

08/28/1945

In the Matter of Policy and Procedure for Handing Applications under Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934      released 08/28/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Applications permitted for telephone and telegraph construction as of 08/28/1945.

08/28/1945

In the Matter of Policy and Procedure for Handing Applications Relating To Stations in the Agriculture, Coastal, Marine Relay, Fixed Public, Emergency, Aviation, Miscellaneous, and Experimental Services      released 08/28/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Applications permitted for various services as of 08/28/1945 withot war restrictions.

09/04/1945

Policy for Processing FM Applications      Public Notice, released 09/04/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   46 existing FM licenses and 7 construction permits to be modified to the new FM band 92-108 MHz. sample letters attached, to be sent FM licensees and permittees. 500 pending applicants must amend their applications by 10/07/1945.

09/25/1945

Statement of Policy for With Respect to Applications For Experimental Television and FM Developmental Stations      Public Notice, released 09/25/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   16 applications acted on by the FCC for developmental work in the TV and new FM bands.

12/04/1945

Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service to cease to monitor foreign broadcasts on December 5, 1945      News Release, released 12/04/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Cessation of FBIS activities ordered by the Commission.

02/17/1945

Order No. 91      Order, released 02/17/1945.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   If a broadcast station could not find a licensed operator for the station, because of the manpower shortage during the war, the station could be operated with holders of first or second class radiotelephone or radiotelegraph operators.

03/29/1993

Westchester Council for Public Broadcasting, inc., to share time with Noncommercial Educational Station WNYE (FM), Brooklyn, NY      FCC 93-147, 8 FCC Rcd 2213, released 03/29/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review was denied; applicant had shout a share time operation with WNYE.

03/16/1993

Weston Properties XVIII Limited Partnership      Letter, DA 93-293, FCC 84-515, 8 FCC Rcd 1783, released 03/16/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NALF issued for unauthorized transfer of control.

06/01/1984

Amendment of the AM Broadcast Station Rules With Respect to Signal Coverage Requirements Over Community Business and Factory Areas      Report and Order, MM Docket 83-15, FCC 84-243, 98 FCC 2d 25, released 06/01/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Premium signal coverage requirements for AM stations over business and factory areas within the community were eliminated (formerly 5 mV/m).

11/06/1984

Changes in the Rules Relating to Noncommercial, Educational FM Broadcast Stations      Third Report and Order, Docket 20735, released 11/06/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   TV Channel 6 interference from NCE FM stations. Solution adopted in this order was appealed and was never used, to be replaced with rule section 73.525 as adopted in the MO&O in Docket 20735.

08/08/1962

Revision of FM Broadcast Rules, Particularly as to Allocation and Technical Standards      First Report and Order, Docket 14185, FCC 62-866, 40 FCC 662, released 08/08/1962. Effective date: 09/10/1962.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Table of Allotments (Section 73.202) was adopted for the FM service; existing astations were moved into the table. Three classes of FM stations establishes -- A, B, and C. Spacing (or minimum distance separation) rules adopted for FM commercial stations (Section 73.207). Minimum field strength required over the community of license increased from 3 mV/m to 3.16 mV/m (70 dBu).

12/00/1962

Revision of FM Broadcast Rules, Particularly as to Allocation and Technical Standards      Second Report, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 14185, FCC 62-1243, 40 FCC 720, released 12/00/1962.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Existing super-maximum stations (stations that exceed the maximum for the station class) may still continue to operate, but that does not imply that these stations will receive protection from new assignments in excess of the minumum required separations.

04/05/1996

West Wind Broadcasting, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 96-136, 11 FCC Rcd 4101, released 04/05/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   A station that receives a grant under the contour protection rule, Section 73.215, gives up its rights under Section 73.213, and cannot use the grandfathered station provisions in Section 73.213 once the Section 73.215 permit is licensed.

05/17/1967

Amendment of Sections 73.253 and 73.553 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations Concerning Stereophonic and SCA Modulation Monitors      Order, Docket 15404, FCC 67-601, 8 FCC 2d 168, released 05/17/1967.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Modulation monitors required for stereophonic operation by 09/01/1967.

12/17/2003

Tower Properties of Florida, Inc., owner of Antenna Structure Registration No. 1029137      Forfeiture Order, FCC 03-3969, 18 FCC Rcd 26094, released 12/17/2003.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   $8,000 forfeiture assessed for not poperly painting the tower structure. Unpainted cables precluded good visibility of the tower.

09/07/1966

Development of VHF and UHF Propagation Curves for TV and FM Broadcasting      Report No. R-6602 (Third printing), released 09/07/1966.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   New F(50,50) and F(50,10) propagation curves developed for TV and FM. Third printing, May, 1974.

10/21/1987

Nighttime Operations on Canadian, Mexican, and Bahamian Clear Channels      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 84-281, FCC 87-320, 2 FCC Rcd 6445, released 10/21/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Partial implementation of AM nighttime operation on Bahamian clear channel frequency of 1540 kHz.

11/18/1993

Letter re application of Rochlis-Johnson Partnership      Letter, released 11/18/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   A permittee that specifies Section 73.215 contour protection processing cannot later request processing under the grandfathered station rule, Section 73.213.

09/19/1958

Amendment of Part 3 of the Rules to Permit Extended Hours of Broadcasting for Daytime Standard Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, Docket 12274, FCC 58-91, 25 FCC 1135, 23 FR 7488 , released 09/19/1958.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Rulemaking seeking authority for AM daytime-only stations to operate from 5 AM until 7 PM (or local sunset) was denied, on the grounds that the population receiving interference would far exceed the population that would gain new service.

08/15/1919

[Radio] Regulations - August 15, 1919      Rules, released 08/15/1919.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Radio regulations promulgated by the Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce, in 1919.

10/04/1963

Amendment of Parts 2 and 3 of the Commission's Rules to Provude Temporary Interference Protection to the University of Illinois Radio Astronomy Site on Frequencies Between 608 and 614 Mc/s, Television Channel No 37       Docket 15022, 39 FCC 884, released 10/04/1963.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   TV Channel 37 removed from use anywhere in the country for TV stations to protect radio astronomy installations.

01/17/2003

Minnesota Christian Broadcasters, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 03-5, released 01/17/2003.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Clarification of new entrant bidding credit: full service noncommercial educational (NCE) stations are included among 'media of mass communications' as defined in Section 73.5008. All interests in full service NCE stations, both ownership and positional, contribute attributable interests within the meaning of Section 73.5008(c) for purposes of determining eligibility under Section 73.5007(a) for a new entrant bidding credit in any broadcast or secondary broadcast service auction.

04/07/2000

Letter re KCOO (FM), Stafter, CA      Letter, released 04/07/2000.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Supplemental showings (Tech Note 101 anf TIREM) intended to show lack of interference were rejected. That LPTV permits such analyses does not extend to their use in the FM radio service.

11/01/1983

Amendment of Section 73.1201(b)(2) of the Commission's Rules -- Additional City Identification      Report and Order, BC Docket 82-374, FCC 83-487, 95 FCC 2d 1253, released 11/01/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Broadcasters may include in the station identification additional cities, provided that the city of license is the first one mentioned. No application is required to identify additional cities in this manner, nor is any specified level of coverrage required for such additional communities.

06/21/1993

Amendment of Section 73.316(a) of the Commission's Rules      Order, FCC 93-306, 8 FCC Rcd 4166, released 06/21/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for rulemaking to permit commercial FM stations to operate with vertical polarization only was dismissed

12/28/1953

Music Broadcasting Company (WGRD), Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Authority to Operate Pre-Sunrise Hours       Memorandum Opinion and Order, 18 FCC 320, released 12/28/1953.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Very brief origin summary of Section 3.87 (now 73.87). WGND's argument that suspension of its presunrise authority requires a hearing under Section 316(a) of the Communications Act and Section 9(b) of the Administrative Procedures Act is found erroneous. WGRD's argument that 'objectionable interference' is not the same as 'undue interference' is found to be unsound also. Commission has the right to withdraw presunrise authority for interference caused.

03/23/1984

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations Concerning the Nighttime Power Limitations for Class IV AM Broadcast Stations       Report and Order, BC Docket 79-265, FCC 84-88, released 03/23/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Class IV (now Class D) AM broadcast stations were granted a general increase to a nighttime power of 1 kW, up from 0.250 kW.636

12/20/1983

Amendment of Section 73.52 of the Commission's Rules with respect to relative phase tolerances for directional AM stations [BC Docket No. 78-28]; Amendment of Section 73.68 of the Rules to expand the use of toroidal transformers as a method of deriving current samples in directional (AM) antenna systems, and to provuide for the use of radio frequency relays in sampling element transmission lines [MM Docket 83-16]      Report and Order, BC Docket 78-28, 83-16, FCC 83-572, released 12/20/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Inquiry into Arbitron's use of its radio audience measurement device, known as the 'portable people meter' or PPM, which was alleged to undercount and misrepresent the number and loyalty of minority liosteners.

06/25/1973

Amendment of part 1 of the Commission's Rules -- Practice and Procedure -- With Respect To the Assignment of New and Modified Call Signs to AM, FM, and TV Broadcasting Stations       Report and Order, Docket 17477, FCC 73-677, 41 FCC 2d 481, released 06/25/1973.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Call sign policies are codified. Policy of 'K' call signs west of Mississippi River and 'W' call signs east is codified; call signs available on a first-come / first-served basis; three letter call signs may be assigned to stations in the FM or TV services where they stations are related to the AM station (common ownership). Call signs whose last 3 letters form the initials of a President of the United States, living or dead, is unavailable (this provision was later deleted).

12/14/1983

Revision of Section 73.3550 of the Commission's Rules with respect to the Assignment of New and Modified Call Letters to AM, FM, and TV Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, MM Docket 83-373, FCC 83-573, 95 FCC 2d 1079, released 12/14/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Call letter disputes in local forums; Commission will no longer be the forum to resolve call letter disputes; reassignment of relinquished call letters; prohibition against call signs containing the initials of a President is deleted, as well as the 'good taste' rule secrion;

07/02/1973

Amendment of Section 73.593 of the Commission's Rules With Respect To Uses of FM Multiplex Channels of Noncommercial Educational FM Stations Involving A Charge to the Audience      Report and Order, Docket 19078, FCC 73-692, 41 FCC 2d 610, released 07/02/1973.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Charges allowable for educational use of an NCE station's subcarrier (SCA).

08/22/2002

Letter re informal objection against the construction permit application of WQMR (FM), Snow Hill, MD      Letter, DOC-MM, released 08/22/2002.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Intormal objection filed the same day as the application grant was denied. The date of the public notice announcing the grant is not controlling.

07/30/1999

Letter re main studio waiver request for KAOD-FM, Babbitt, MN      Letter, released 07/30/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Main studio waiver request was denied; applicant had contended that it was inconvienent financially to locate the studio 64 miles from the community of license, and outside the principal community copntours of all Babbitt stations.

12/14/2007

Philip E. Kuhlman and Ellen N. Kuhlman, Assignors and The Rain Broadcasting, Inc., Assignee, for assignment of license for WYAC-FM, Christiansted, VI       Letter, DA 07-4926, released 12/14/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   'Under the laws of some states, persons seeking election as delegates to state constitutional conventions have been considered legally qualified candidates for public office by the state officials authorized to make such rulings. In such cases, candidates for delegate are candidates for public office under the Rules. The Senators have not shown that candidates for a delegate position at the constitutional convention are considered to be candidates for public office by Virgin Islands officials.'

05/01/1991

Unattended operation waiver request for NEW (FM), Gallup, NM      Letter, released 05/01/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Unattended operation waiver request was granted for a new FM station in Gallup, NM.

12/05/1993

Supplemental showing for main studio waiver for WVKX (FM), London, OH      Letter, released 12/05/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Supplemental showing based on Tech Note 101 accepted for a showing that a main studio complied with Section 73.1125.

09/01/1993

Letter re construction permit application of KRKN (FM), Oro Valley, AZ      Letter, released 09/01/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Improperly sited tower created a short-spacing under Section 73.215(e); spacing waiver requested under Section 73.215; waiver request was denied and application was dismissed.

02/14/1986

Christian Broadcasting of the Midlands, Inc. and Harry J. Pappas      Order, BC Docket 81-178, 81-179, FCC 86-77, released 02/14/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Premature construction (construction in advance of the grant of a construction permit) is prohibited, however, the limited construction covered in Patton Communications Corp., 81 FCC 2d 336 (1980) is still OK.

12/23/2003

Letter re petition for reconsideration of WRLT (FM), Franklin, TN      Letter, released 12/23/2003.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration of 6/30/1997 dismissal letter was denied. One step upgrade from Class A to C3 for a 1964 grandfathered short-spaced station was denied.

06/30/1997

Letter re construction permit application of WRLT (FM), Franklin, TN      Letter, released 06/30/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   One step upgrade from Class A to C3 for a 1964 grandfathered short-spaced station was denied in this letter. Petition for reconsideration was denied 12/23/2003.

08/28/1996

Letter re construction permit application of KGMS (FM), Green Valley, AZ      Letter, released 08/28/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   An FM one step upgrade allotment may be short-spaced to allotments or stations across the border, but the proposed allotment site must comply with the international agreement.

10/10/1996

Letter re construction permit application of KFTE (FM), Breaux Bridge, LA      Letter, released 10/10/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   One step upgrade proposal was dismissed. Applicant had sought to use a supplemental showing to demonstrate that 100 percent of the community of license could be encompassed from the allotment reference site. Intermodulation interference between colocated stations not a basis for waiver.

09/05/1995

Letter re construction permit application of WVZA (FM), Herrin, IL      Letter, released 09/05/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Existing contour overlap as a commercial FM Class A station cannot be retained in a one-step upgrade to Class B1 (or B), because the classes use different service contours (60 dBu for Class A; 57 dBu for Class B1; 54 dBu for Class B).

06/14/1994

Letter re construction permti application of KDBR (FM), Kalispell, MT      Letter, released 06/14/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   When the one-step application rules first went into effect, applicants with existing rulemaking petitions could withdraw them and subsitute the one-step upgrade application. KDBR submitted a one-step application without withdrawing the petition for rulemaking. As a result, the petition for rulemaking remained protected against later filed applications. The application had also been filed before the efective date of the one step rules. Therefore the application was dismissed.

05/02/1995

Deficiency letter re construction permit application for NEW (FM), Fallon, NV      Letter, released 05/02/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   No coordinates specified for the allotment reference site; spplemental showings are not used in the allotment portion of a one step upgrade application; 100 percent community coverage by the 70 dBu contour is required from the allotment site.654

12/11/2007

Creation of a Low Power FM Service      Third Report and Order and Second Further Noticeof Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 99-25, FCC 07-204, released 12/11/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Inquiry into Arbitron's use of its radio audience measurement device, known as the 'portable people meter' or PPM, which was alleged to undercount and misrepresent the number and loyalty of minority liosteners.

11/26/1991

Table of Allotments, West Palm Beach, FL      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 87-438, DA 91-1421, 6 FCC Rcd 6975, released 11/26/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Upgraded allotment was retained because petitioner had failed to demonstrate that all theoretical sites were precluded by environmental, air-space, or similar concerns. Petition for reconsideration was denied.

05/17/2007

Construction permit modification application for NEW NCE, Woodward, OK      Letter, released 05/17/2007.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Reduced-class application failed to meet Section 73.7002(c) condition. The condition required the permittee to operate for four years of on-air operations with 'technical facilities substantially as proposed and shall not downgrade service to the area on which the [decisive 307(b)] preference was based.'

11/08/2007

Letter to Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission      Letter, released 11/08/2007.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Waiver request of Section 73.509 to permit severe prohibited contour overlap was denied. Applicant contended that synchronous broadcasting of the overlapping stations' FM signals would eliminate the interference. Supplemental showings based on Longley-Rice for the purpose of predicting interference were rejected.

01/00/1979

Investigation of Methods for Converting the FCC Ground Wave Field Intensity Curves to the Metric System      Report FCC/OCE RS79-01, released 01/00/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   By John McMahon, Research and Standards Division, Office of the Chief Engineer. January 1979.

09/30/1988

Table of Allotments, West Palm Beach, FL      Report and Order, MM Docket 87-438, DA 88-1487, 3 FCC Rcd 5810, released 09/30/1988. Effective date: 11/14/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Upgraded allotment made. Petitioner had not shown that it would not be possible to obtain FAA clearance for all locations within the available area. [Petition for reconsideration was denied, DA 91-1421.]

06/27/1985

Changes in the Rules Relating to Noncommercial, Educational FM Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 20735, FCC 85-328, 58 FCC 2d 629, 50 FR 27954 , released 06/27/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.525 adopted, relating to interference from FM NCE stations on Channels 201-220 to reception of TV Channel 6. The solution adopted was essentially the 'compromise solution' submitted by several TV Channel 6 and NCE FM interests.

05/26/1982

Changes in the Rules Relating to Noncommercial, Educational FM Broadcast Stations      Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket 20735, FCC 82-225, released 05/26/1982.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Proposed rules for limiting interference from NCE FM stations to reception TV Channel 6. These proposed rules were ultimately not adopted; see FCC 85-328, released 06/27/1985.

09/01/1978

Changes in the Rules Relating to Noncommercial, Educational FM Broadcast Stations      Second Report and Order, Docket 20735, FCC 78-384, 69 FCC 2d 240, 44 RR 2d 235, 43 FR 39704 (09/06/1978), released 09/01/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Table of Allotments considered for NCE stations (ultimately not adopted); 10 watt Class D NCE stations lose protection from interference and become secondary ('they will be like FM translators', paragraph 27); Class D stations may have to move to avoid causing interference; time sharing by NCE stations; use of Channel 200 by Class D NCE stations. [Copy here is a rather poor quality copy of the Federal Register publication.] If a Class D is in conflict with a translator, the translator will have to yield (Footnote 14).

11/09/1966

Revision of FM Broadcast Rules, Particularly as to Allocation and Technical Standards (Educational FM Channels)      Notice of Inquiry, Docket 14185, FCC 66-1007, 5 FCC 2d 587, 31 FR 14755 (11/19/1966), released 11/09/1966.    [ PDF | PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Table of Allotments proposed for NCE stations (ultimately not adopted); what to do with 10 watt Class D NCE stations; interference to reception of TV Channel 6 from NCE FM stations. NOTE: This proceeding was subsequently transferred to Docket 20735.

06/19/1978

Changes in the Rules Relating to Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Stations      First Report and Order, Docket 20735, FCC 78-386, 68 FCC 2d 988, 43 RR 2d 197, 43 FR 25821 (06/15/1978), released 06/19/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Freeze on the acceptance of new or major changes to Class D '10 watt' NCE FM stations.

06/19/1978

Changes in the Rules Relating to Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Stations      Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket 20735, FCC 78-385, 68 FCC 2d 985, released 06/19/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Further NPRM in Docket 20735 regarding proposed Table of Allotments for the NCE FM channels (no table was subsequently adopted).

04/05/1996

Peter Wayne Lechman, for license to cover construction permit for Station WBOP (FM), Churchville, VA      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 96-137, 11 FCC Rcd 3649, released 04/05/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied. Reimbursement for channel changes is a matter to be settled between the parties, and the Commission will involve itself only as a last resort.

02/02/1972

Unauthorized Broadcast of Federal Aviation Administration Communications by Broadcast and Other Federal Communications Commission Licensees      Public Notice, FCC 72-105, 74 FCC 2d 615, 37 FR 3567 (02/17/1972), released 02/02/1972.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 605 of the Communications Act prohibits the unauthorized intercepting and divulging of FAA communications. 47 CFR Section 73.4102.

11/05/1979

Harold A. Jahnke, Radio Station KQHJ-FM, Hampton, IA      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 79-712, DOC-BC, 74 FCC 2d 265, released 11/05/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Reimbursement dispute does not relieve a permittee of the requirement to build. Application for review of the denial of an extension of construction permit was denied. See also 75R-25.pdf, 04/05/1978.

10/08/1952

Physical Limitations to Directional Anrenna Systems in the Standard Broadcast band      Report No. T.R.R. 1.2.6, released 10/08/1952.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Report by Harry Fine, relating to variations from the theoretical pattern for AM dorectional broadcast stations.

01/02/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 69      released 01/02/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to broadcast stations list; lists of stations broadastuing market reports (485 meters wavelength) and music, concerts, lectures, etc. (360 and 400 meters wavelength).

02/01/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 70      released 02/01/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to broadcast stations list; comparative numbers of licensed operators and radio stations, electron tube detector unit for radio reception.

03/01/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 71      released 03/01/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to stations list broadcasting marketing reports (485 meters) and music, concerts, lectures, etc. (360 and 400 meters wavelength); call letter groups assigned to various countries.

04/02/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 72      released 04/02/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to stations list broadcasting marketing reports (485 meters) and music, concerts, lectures, etc. (360 and 400 meters wavelength); recommendations of the National Radio Committee (March 20-23, 1923)include making all wavelengths between 222 to 545 meters abailable for public broadcasting; Class A, B, and C stations, amateurs to be limited to 150 to 220 meters wavelengths as well as 375 meters; recommended table of wave allocations (spectrum use); beginning of shift from wavelengths to frequencies for assignment of stations; list of stations broadcasting market reports, or music, concerts, lectures, etc. listed alphabetically.

05/01/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 73      released 05/01/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to stations lists; North Atlantic ice patrol service; title of radio inspectors changed; amendments to regulations for broadcasting stations (regulation 57); Department of Commerce has accepted the recommendations of the Second National Radio Conference; reallocations go into effect at noon, May 15, 1923; regulations and specifications governing the licensing and use of broadcasting development stations; radio signals of standard frequency (WWV).

06/01/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 74      released 06/01/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to stations lists; stations' center frequency should be within 2 kilocycles (2 kHz); short radio waves directed in a beamlike pattern.

07/02/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 75      released 07/02/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to stations lists; regulations governing general and restricted amateur radio stationa and amateur operators; Public Resolution No. 48 (67th Congress) -- 'Joint Resolution to amend section 2 of the joint resolution entitled Joint Resolution to authorize the operation of Government-owned radio stations for the use of the general public, and for other purposes, approved June 5, 1920.

08/01/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 76      released 08/01/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to stations lists; use of kilocycles (now kHz) in radio.

09/01/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 77      released 09/01/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to stations lists.

10/01/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 78      released 10/01/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to stations lists; instructions regarding applications for radio licenses; daily weather bulletins transmitted from the United States to France; schedule of standard frequency signals from NPG, Mare island Navy Yard, San Francisco, CA; Bureau of Standards measurements of ratio transmitting station frequencies.

11/01/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 79      released 11/01/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to stations lists; improvised set used in emergency on the Harry Luchenbach.

12/01/1923

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 80      released 12/01/1923.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Additions to stations lists; application of statistical analysis applied to radio transmission problems; announcement of standard frequency transmissions; a study of radio signal fading; standard frequency stations.

01/02/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 81      released 01/02/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; list of stations in Canada, alphabetically by call sign; short note about broadcasting stations in South Aftrica; list of standard frequenncy stations.

02/01/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 82      released 02/01/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; alphabetical list of stations broadcasting market or weather reports, music, concerts, etc.; interference with distrress signals; international ice patrol service; standard frequency stations list.

03/01/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 83      released 03/01/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; interest in radio increasing in Great Britain; radio sets banned in China; broadcasting in Norway to be privat enterprise; navigational stations in several countries; broadcasting station at Marseille, France, also stations in Brazil, India; list of British, French, Cuban broadcasting stations; U.S. stations broadcasting market and weather reports, concerts, lectures, etc.; Important Events in Radio, 1827 - 1924; Bureau of Standards standard frequency transmissions (WWV)

04/01/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 84      released 04/01/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; broadcasting in Switzerland, Mexico, Turkey, Austria, Greece, Australia, Japan; list of vessels ojn the Great Lakes equipped with vacuum tube receivers; British Wireless Act and regulations; inprovements in wavemeters; standard frequency stations.

05/01/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 85      released 05/01/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; additions to Canadian broadcasting stations; Mexican broadcasting stations; radiocompass station directions from German stations; standard frequency stations; standard radio-frequency transmissions.

06/02/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 86      released 06/02/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; report of an investigation of interference from a Cottrell Electric Precipitator; power line interference in Augusta, GA; use of 450 and 800 meters; standard frequency stations.

07/01/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 87      released 07/01/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; list of Argentina brioadcasting stations.

08/01/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 88      released 08/01/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; radio interference from electric precipitators; amateur stations authorized to use short wave lengths; standard frequency stations.

09/02/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 89      released 09/02/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; Secretary Hioover calls Third National Radio Conference; description of radio apparatus on the 'Leviathan'; frequency transmissions by British laboratory station; broadcasting stations in foreign countries; distribution of weather bulletins, information, and warnings by radio in the South Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea; standard frequency transmissions; standard frequency stations.

10/01/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 90      released 10/01/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; piezoelectric crystals as radio standards; radio in hospitals; standard frequency transmissions; standard frequency stations.

11/01/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 91      released 11/01/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; Bureau of Lighthouses general call; regulation of wireless by foreign war vessels in South African waters; details of time, weather, press, and hydrographic bulletin schedules transmitted by naval radio stations; foreign radio stations broadcasting list.

12/01/1924

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 92      released 12/01/1924.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; interference from harmonics; submarine sound signals; general power increase to 1000 watts recommended for all stations; standard radio frequency transmissions (WWV and 6XBM); standard frequency stations.

01/02/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 93      released 01/02/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; details of time, weather, press, and hydrographic information transmitted by naval stations; regulations governing the operation of amateur stations (General Letter No. 265, 12/24/1924); scope of work of the Bureau of Navigation, 1914 - 1924; licensing of radio stations; electron tube peak voltmeter for the meadurement of modulation; standard frequency stations.

02/02/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 94      released 02/02/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; list of stations broacasting market or weather reports, music, concerts, lectures, etc. (complete to 01/31/1925); name of city should be givemn when announcing call letters of broadcasting stations; international ice patrol service; standard frequency transmissions (WWV and 6XBM); standard frequency stations.

03/02/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 95      released 03/02/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; high frequency experiments by the United States Navy; list of broadcasting stations of the United States by wavelengths and frequency.

04/01/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 96      released 04/01/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; amateur stations restricted in communication with commercial or government stations; operator's license suspended; regulations governing the use of radio on foreign warships in Grecian waters; standard frequency stations; cooperative investigation of radio wave phenomena; standard frequency transmissions (WWV and 6XBM).

05/01/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 97      released 05/01/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; use of 300 and 450 meters; distribution of weather information, forecasta, and warnngs by radio for the benefit of navigation on the Great lakes; standard frequency stations.

06/01/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 98      released 06/01/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; 300, 600, and 706 meters discontinued on Great Lakes (715 and 875 meters to be used instead); general call BXA assigned to British naval coast stations; picture apparatus (picture transmissions) may be used by amateurs; broadcasting station list by states and cities (complete to 05/31/1925); standard frequency stations.

07/01/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 99      released 07/01/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; Annapolis (MD) naval station transmitting special time signal; piezoelectric oscillators; standard frequency transmissions (WWV and 6XBM); standard frequency stations.

08/01/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 100      released 08/01/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; list of brioadcasting stations in Canada, up to 06/27/1925; requirements, construction, and operation of apparatus for measurement of the frequencies of distant radio transmitting stations; standard frequency stations.

09/01/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 101      released 09/01/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; list of broadcasting stations transmitting crop and market reports and weather forecasts; list of foreign broadcasting stations; standard frequency stations.

10/01/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 102      released 10/01/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; regulations regarding the use of radio in French waters; list of Canadian amateur stations; electrical interference with radio reception; standard frequency transmissions (WWV and 6XBM); standard frequency stations.

11/02/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 103      released 11/02/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; improved apparatus for frequency measurement; standard frequency stations.

12/01/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 104      released 12/01/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; list of broadcasting stations equipped to suppress harmonics; standard frequency stations.

12/31/1925

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 105      released 12/31/1925.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; important events in radio 1827 - 1925); amateurs allowed to use radiotelephone equipment; list of broadcasting stations equipped so as to suppress harmonics; a statistical study of conditions affecting the range of radiotelephone broadcasting stations; radio-frequency resistance and inductance of coils used in broadcast reception; standard frequency transmissions (WWV and 6XBM); standard frequency stations.

01/30/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 106      released 01/30/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; list of broadcasting stations, alphabetically by states and cities; new method of maintaining constant station frequency; standard frequency stations.

02/27/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 107      released 02/27/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; list of naval radio stations broadcasting time, weather, and hydrographic bulletins; list of Canadian, Cuban, and Mexican radio stations by wavelength (frequency); excerpts from the proceedings of the Fourth National Radio Conference; standard frequency transmissions (WWV and 6XBM); standard frequency stations.

03/31/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 108      released 03/31/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; weather bulletins transmitted by foreigh stations; time signals by foreign stations; meeting of the Radio Advisory Committee of the Bureau of Standards; standard frequency stations.

04/30/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 109      released 04/30/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; distribution of weather information, forecasts, and warnings by radio for the benefit of navigation on the Great Lakes; possible discontinuance of standard frequency transmissions (WWV and 6XBM); standard frequency stations.

05/29/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 110      released 05/29/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; special navy call letters assigned to amateur station (NRRL); uses and possibiities of piezoelectric oscillators; standard frequency stations.

06/30/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 111      released 06/30/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; Nicaragua and other countries adhere to the International Radiotelegraph Convention; standard frequency transmissions from 6XBM at Stanford University terminated; standard frequency transmissions from WWV continue; standard frequency stations.

07/31/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 112      released 07/31/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; list of foreign broadcasting stations; constant frequency statiomns; standard frequency stations.

08/31/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 113      released 08/31/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to station lists; changes in transmission of weather reports, etc. by foreign stations; constant frequency stations; standard frequency stations.

09/30/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 114      released 09/30/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; constant frequency stations; standard frequency stations.

10/30/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 115      released 10/30/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; constant frequency stations; standard frequency stations, radio signal transmissions of standard frequency by WWV.

11/30/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 116      released 11/30/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; U.S. Army stations (in Alaska) may be used as radiobeacons; changes in foreign stations; transmission of time signals and weather bulletins by radio telephone stations in Great Britain and Ireland; new wavelengths used by broadcasting stations in Great Britain and Ireland; constant frequency stations, standard frequency stations.

12/31/1926

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 117      released 12/31/1926.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; list of broadcasting stations, sorted alphabetically by call sign, complete up to 12/31/1926; Public Resolution No 47, 69th Congress, regarding renewal of license periods; list of new wave lengths of European broadcasting stations; important events in radio 1827 - 1926; constant frequency stations, standard frequency stations.

01/31/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 118      released 01/31/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; changes in foreign stations, list of Canadian, Cuban, Mexican, and Haitian broadcasting stations; constant frequency stations, standard frequency stations.

02/28/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 119      released 02/28/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; weather reports to be read daily from lightships; information regarding foreign stations; new radio broadcasting law in the Philippine Islands; constant frequency stations, standard frequency stations.

03/31/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 120      released 03/31/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Radio Division of the Department of Commerce takes over issuance of Radio Service Bulletins from the Bureau of Navigation; updates to radio station lists; licenses extembed by Federal Radio Commission General Orders Nos. 1 and 3; some experimental radio field intensity measurements and observations; formulas and tables for the calculation of antenna capacity; radio signal transmissions of standard frequency by WWV; constant frequency stations, standard frequency stations.

04/30/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 121      released 04/30/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; list of broadcasting stations issued temporary permits; regulations governing ooperating of broadcasting stations promulgated by Federal Radio Commiossion (General Orders No. 4 [broadcast band], 5 [extension of licenses], 6 [portable stations authorized only for a limited period], 7 [maintenance of frequency prescribed for broadcast stations]; development of radio aids for civil airways; constant frequency stations, standard frequency stations.

05/31/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 122      released 05/31/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; list of broadcasting stations alphabetically by state and cities, complete to 06/15/1927; list of broadcating station by wavelengths / frequency; Federal Radio Commission General Orders Nos. 8 [announcing call letters frequently], 9 [stations not to be sold without consent of FRC], 10 [increased power 6 AM to 6 PM will be considered], 11 ]tempory permits terminated 06/01/1927 and new lixcenses 06/01/1927 for 60 days for testing of new allocations], 12 [rules for hearings before the FRC]; Radio Act of 1927 applicable to the (U.S.) Virgin Islands; standard frequency stations.

06/30/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 123      released 06/30/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; Federal Radio Commission general Order Nos. 14 [testimony at FRC hearings], 15 [broadcasting stations may file affidavits that interference is being caused to its signals]; standard frequency stations; constant frequency stations.

08/31/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 125      released 08/31/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; text of a portion of the Ship Radio Act of 1912; Federal Radio Commission General Order No 16 [concerning the broadcasting of mechanical reproductions]; collection and dissemination of hydrographic information by naval and other stations; standard frequency stations; constant frequency stations. Unlocensed operator fined $2,000 and given a three year suspended sentence.

07/31/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 124      released 07/31/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; amended regulations governing the issuance of radio operator's licenses; list of Canadian broadcasting stations; standard frequency stations; constant frequency stations.

09/30/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 126      released 09/30/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; new procedure of transmitting distress signals by British vessels; relay broadcast stations by wavelengths; radio signal transmissions of standard frequency by WWV; standard frequency stations; constant frequency stations.

10/31/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 127      released 10/31/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; list of Cuban broadcasting and experimental stations; constant frequency stations; cooperative measurements of radio fading in 1925.

11/30/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 128      released 11/30/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; changes in radiobeacon stations; weather information furnished by Nritish stations upon request; constant frequency broadcast stations; standard frequency broadcast stations.

12/31/1927

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 129      released 12/31/1927.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; radio-medical consultation service established in Belgium; extension of broadcasting station licenses; a method od using fractional harmonics of quartz crystals; important events in radio {1827 - 1927); constant frequency broadcast stations; standard frequency broadcast stations.

01/31/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 130      released 01/31/1928.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; general cll signal (KGMM) assigned to Mackay Radio and Telegraph Co.; International Radiotelegraph Convention and general and supplementary regulations relating thereto; Independent Wireless Telegraph Co. purchased by RCA; constant frequency broadcast stations; amended regulations concerning the issuance of radio operators' licenses; regulations governing the operation and licensing of amateur stations; ice patrol; list of British stations transmitting navigational warnings; list of broadcast stations, alphabetically by call sign; international comparison of frequency standards; standard frequency broadcast stations monitoring has been discontinued.

02/29/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 131      released 02/29/1928.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; list of radio districts in the department; broadcast station license extended by Federal radio Commission General Order No. 23; transmission of weather reports, forecasts, and warnings by the Wearher Bureau theough Arlington Naval Station; provisional regulations for the conduct of long, continuous wave ship and shore commercial communication; activities of the Radio Division; list of broadcast stations arranged alphabetically by state and city; list of broadcasting stations using 200 watts or more in the Eastern Hemisphere; Bureau of Standards tests of piezo oscillators; constant frequency stations; schedule of WWV standard frequency transmissions.

03/31/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 132      released 03/31/1928.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; service of operators at foreign stations not considered in the issuance of renewal licenses; General orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 24 [amateur band added, 28 to 30 MHz), 25 [extension of broadcast station locenses], 26 [termination of all commercial land, technical and training schoolm experimental, ship, and amateur licenses, renewal applications required], 2 [public hearings regarding reducing interference in the broadcast band], 18 and 22 [extension of broadcast station licenses], 19 [designating channels to be cleared of heterodynes and providing procedures for clearing heterodyning channels, first by cooperation and then by public hearings]; regulations governing the operation of amateur stations; list of naval stations transmitting time, weather, hydrographic, ice, and press bulletins; table of air-line distances in statute miles; radio aids to civil airways.

04/30/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 133      released 04/30/1928.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; distribution of weather information, forecasts, and warnings by radio for the benefit of navigation on the Great Lakes; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 27 [extension of broadcast licenses], 28 [permission to move main studio required]; Radio Division established a branch office on Buffalo, NY; act continuing for one year the powers and authority of the Federal Radio Commission; foreign short-wave stations in oeder of wavelength.

05/31/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 134      released 05/31/1928.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 29 [hearings on applications of transoceanic station licenses], 30 [portable stations no longer licensed], 31 [use of broadcasting stations by candidates for public office], 32 [hearing set for certain broadcasting station licenses that have not satisfied the Commission], 33 [extension of broadcast station licenses], and 34 [extension of portable broadcast station licenses]; call signals of all master-control and alternate control stations of the naval comminications reserve changed; list of high-frequency channels allocated to commercial stations; list of frequencies above 4,000 kilocycles (4 MHz) assigned to Government stations; Ubited States Civil Service examiniation for Addistant Radio Inspector; the status of frequency standardization; radiotelephone communication from an airplane at All-America Aircraft Show; airplanr radiobeacon variations overcome.

06/30/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 135      released 06/30/1928.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; new calls assigned to land and ship stations; amateur and special (experimental and technical training school) station calls to be changed; list of frequencies below 4,000 kilocycles (4 MHz) allocated to government stations; radio fading in the broadcast range.

07/31/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 136      released 07/31/1928.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; amateur Extra first-class radio operator license reestablished; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 35 and 36 [extension of certain broadcast licenses]; collection and dissemination of hydrographic information by naval radio; radio aids to air navigation.

08/31/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 137      released 08/31/1928.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 37 [regulations governing hearings on applications for construction permits, renewals of licenses, etc.], 38 [extrnsion of broadcast station licensed], 39 [extension of coastal, point-to-point, technical and training school, experimental, and amateur station licenses], 40 [10 kilocycle (10 kHz) separation between channels in the broadcast band, broadcast band set from 550 to 1500 kilocycles, allocation of channels in different zonesm which became clear channel, regional, and local]; list of high frequency channels allocated to commercial stationsl cross index of article numbers of the International radiotelephone Convention; list of broadcasting stations of Canadal list of the principal broadcasting stations of the world by wavelength.

09/30/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 138      released 09/30/1928.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; list of U.S. Army land and ship stations abd call letter changes; list of Bureau of Lighthouses stations and call letter changes; Grneral Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 41 [defimtion of a daytime broadcasting station], 42 [broadcast stations not allowed more than 35 kW of power except for experiments or daytime operation], 43 [chan broadcast allowed only fro one hour unless stations are 300 miles apart or on the same frequency], 44 [broadcasting station licensed extended]; revised United States amateur regulations, including amateur television; investigation of fading phenomena in connection with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition; radio broadcasts of standard frequency by WWV.

03/15/1971

Licensee Responsibility to Review Records Before Their Broadcast      Public Notice, FCC 71-205, 28 FCC 2d 409, released 03/15/1971.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The licensee is responsible for reviewing records (recordings) before they are broadcast to screen out material promoting or glorifying illegal drug use. See also FCC 71-428, FCC 71-803.

04/05/1978

Harold A. Jahnke, Radio Station KQHJ-FM, Hampton, IA       Public Notice, Docket 21420, FCC 78R-25, 74 FCC 2d 276, released 04/05/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Extension of construction permit, reimbursement dispute. 'The Commission made clear in its designation order that the matter of reimbursement is ancilliary and does not relieve the applicant of its obligations to go forward with the construction of authorized facilities.' See also FCC 79-712.

08/21/1981

Commission Policy Regarding the Boncommercial Bature of Educational Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 21136, FCC 81-401, 87 FCC 2d 859, released 08/21/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Motion for Stay pending reconsideration of the Second Report and Order in Docket 21136 was denied, regarding the noncommercial nature of educational broadcast stations.

07/24/1983

Clear Channel Broadcastinbg in the AM Broadcast Band      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 20642, FCC 81-335, 87 FCC 2d 410, released 07/24/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied, that had sought reconsideration of the Broadcast Bureau's action in dismissing the petition for reconsidaration of the MO&O on reconsideration in Docket 20642.

06/23/1981

Revision of Application for Construction Permit (FCC Form 301) and Modification of Processing Standards for Determining the Financial Qualifications of Broadcast Station Purchasers      New Financial Qualifications Standard for Broadcast Assignment and Transfer Applicants, FCC 81-272, 87 FCC 2d 200, released 06/23/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Financial qualifications were modified, replacing those of Ultravision Broadcasting Company, FCC 65-581, 1 FCC 2d 544 (1965). The new standard required the applicants demonstrate only sufficient capital to consummate the transaction at the closing of the sale and to meet expenses for three months.

10/02/1981

Amendment of Part 2 of the Commission's Rules governing Frequency Allocations; Part 22 of theCommission's Rules governing the Domestic Public Land Mobile Radio Services; Part 73 of the Commission's Rules governing the Radio Broadcast Service; and Part 74 of the Commission's Rules governing Experimental, Auxiliary, and Special broadcast, and Other Program Distributional Services to reallocate to the Broadcast Services the Frequency bands 76-88 and 98-108 MHz in the State of Hawaii       Report and Order, GEN Docket 80-710, FCC 81-411, released 10/02/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   In the State of Hawaii, 76-88 MHz and 98 to 108 MHz had been used by common carrier services up to 1980. 76-88 MHz wre reallocated to TV Channels 5 and 6, whle 98-108 MHz was rallocated to the FM broadcast service.

08/06/1981

Policy Regarding Character Qualifications in Broadcast Licensing      Notice of Inquiry, GEN Docket 81-500, FCC 81-387, 87 FCC 2d 836, released 08/06/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NOI directed at 'establishing a more coherent policy regarding what are currently referred to as the character qualifications of applicants for broadcast authorizations.'

02/19/1976

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules and regu to Retain Audio Recordings Under Certain Circumstances      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 19861, FCC 76-78, released 02/19/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NCE stations were required to record and retain, for a period of 60 days, programs they broadcast in which any issue of public importance was discusses, and to make copies of those programs available on request to members of the general public and others. Motion for stay of effective date of the new requirements was denied.

01/19/1976

Development of Policy Re: Changes in the Entertainment Formats of Broadcast Stations      Docket 20682, FCC 75-1426, 57 FCC 2d 580, released 01/19/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NOI sought to formulate policy on the role of broadcast station formats in the broadcast licensing process.

05/30/1991

Amendment of Part 73 of the Rules to provide for an additional FM station class (Class C3) and to increase the maximum transmitting power for Class A FM stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 88-375, FCC 91-128, 6 FCC Rcd 3417, 56 FR 27424 , released 05/30/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Increase in Class A FM power from 3 kW to 6 kW. Section 73.213(c)(2) clarified for grandfathered short-spaced stations created by the increased spacing requirements in Section 73.207 to acommodate the increased power. privisions for obtaining consent for power increase for 73.213(c)(2) stations. Applicants are not required to submit a special 'public interest showing' (paragraph 24).

11/04/1986

A Review of Section 73.1690 Regarding Modifications of Broadcast Transmitters      Report and Order, MM Docket 86-264, FCC 86-484, 1 FCC Rcd 386, released 11/04/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Test rules not adopted for transmitter modifications; licensees should maintain records of the modification; AM stereo exciter installation permitted without prior FCC approval.

06/07/1991

Amendment of Sections 1.420 and 73.3584 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Abuses of the Commission's Processes      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 87-314, FCC 91-170, 6 FCC Rcd 3380, released 06/07/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Limitation on payments in settlements in the allotment context wass maintained, petition for reconsideration was denied. Disclosure and certification requirements in FM and TV allotment proceedings was retained.

12/17/1985

Amendment of Section 73.3598 and associated rules concerning the construction of broadcast stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 85-647, 103 FCC 2d 1054, 50 FR 52777 (12/26/1985), released 12/17/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Construction permit periods extended from 12 months for radio and 18 months for TV extended to 18 months for FM and 24 months for television. Strict criteria adopted for the granting of extensions beyond the expiration date.

01/14/2001

The State of Oregon, Acting By abd Through the State Board of Higher Education for the Benefit of Southern Oregon State College, the Change the Frequency of FM Translator Station K202AP, McCloud, CA      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 01-46, 16 FCC Rcd 4344, released 01/14/2001.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconderation was denied. 'Lack of population' (waivers of Section 74.1204(a)) had not been demonstrated; declaration of lack of population without supporting evidence was insufficient.

07/17/1978

Commission Policy Concerning the Noncommercial Nature of Educational Broadcast Stations      First Report and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket 21136, FCC 78-383, 69 FCC 2d 200, released 07/17/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Rules pertaining to commercial-type practices (auctions, fundraising, underwriting credits, promotional announcements, contests / prizes, etc.). Sample annopuncements (good and bad) are included at the end of the document.

06/07/1976

Amendment of the rules governing the design and measurement of radiation patterns for standard broadcast stations with directional antennas      Report and Order, Docket 20645, FCC 76-511, 60 FCC 2d 927, 37 RR 2d 649, 41 FR 24131 (06/15/1976), released 06/07/1976. Effective date: 07/15/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   One ohm loss as upper bound, and minimum efficiency from Section 73.189 is lower bound. Foormulas in Section 73.150 and 73.152 modified to elimaitate possibe confusion. Field ratios and base current values should not be specified with more precision than can be indicated on the corresponding meters. See also the 01/22/1981 Order for corrections.

01/22/1981

Editorial Correction of Section 73.150(b)(1)(i) in the Code of Federal Regulations      Order, Docket 20645, released 01/22/1981. Effective date: 02/06/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Corrections to Section 73.150(b)(1)(i) in the CFR, for AM directional antenna calculations. See FCC 76-511 for original Report and Order in Docket 20645.

04/10/1989

Review of Technical Parameters for FM Allocation Rules of Part 73, Subpart B, FM Broadcast stations      Public Notice, Third Report and Order, MM Docket 86-144, FCC 89-62, 4 FCC Rcd 3557, 54 FR 14961 , released 04/10/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Intermediate frequency (I.F.) spacing rules in Section 73.207 were modified to reduce the separations required between IF stations in the FM band (separated by 10.6 or 10.8 MHz in frequency). The new separations were based in interfering contours of 36 mV/m (91 dBu) whereas the old rule used 20 mV/m. I.F. separations are by spacings only: no showings accepted based on lack of contour overlap.

03/00/1982

AM Receiver Performance for 10 kHz and 9 kHz Signal Spacings      Report No, TM82-1, released 03/00/1982.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Effects of 9 kHz separation between AM stations, as compared to 10 kHz, on receiver performance.

01/00/1980

Effects of Small Frequency Changes on the Radiation Patterns of AM Directional Antennas       NTIA-TM-80-29, released 01/00/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   By A.C. Stewart and J.B. Heffelfinger. Conclusion: frequency changes up to 4 KHz have only minor effects on radiated fields.

03/13/1984

Modification of FM Broadcast Station Rules to Increase the Availability of Commercial FM Broadcast Assignments      Memorandum Opinion and Order, BC Docket 80-90, FCC 84-65, 97 FCC 2d 279, 49 FR 10260 (03/20/1984), released 03/13/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Reconsiderations addressed of the R&O in Docket 80-90. Three year period for reclassification of Class B and C stations was retained. Stations grandfathered short-spaced under the new Section 73.207 spacings could move using the old spacings for the three year period. Class C stationc could downgrade by application without a rulemaking, via a construction permit application.

06/14/1983

Modification of FM Broadcast Station Rules to Increase the Availability of Commercial FM Broadcast Assignments      Report and Order, BC Docket 80-90, FCC 83-259, 94 FCC 2d 152, 48 FR 29496 (06/27/1983), released 06/14/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Reclassification of underheight Class B and Class C stations to make room for additional allotments. Buffer zone around Class C stations expired after 3 years (03/02/1987). Class A spacings increased to afford additional protection to that station class. Commission took the opportunity to convert the FM service to metric units.

11/17/1977

Amendment of the Rules governing the conversion of radiation patterns for AM broadcast stations      Notice of Inquiry, Docket 21473, FCC 77-777, released 11/17/1977.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NOI asked for comments on conversion of existing AM directional patterns to standard patterns.

01/15/1979

Clear Channel Broadcasting in the AM Broadcast Band      Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket 20642, FCC 78-863, released 01/15/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Review of clear channel broadcasting on the AM band.

10/09/1964

Revision of FM Rules, Particularly as to Allocation and Technical Standards      Fourth Report and Order, Docket 14185, FCC 64-919, 40 FCC 868, 31 RR 2d 1571, released 10/09/1964.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Rules for 1964 grandfathered short-spaced stations adopted in Section 73.213 (now 73.213(a)).

02/03/1981

In the matter of the Deadline Eastblished in Docket 20735 for Class D Noncommercial Educational Stations to File Power Increase Applications in the Reserved Band       Order, Docket 20735, FCC 81-40, released 02/03/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   01/01/1980 deadline for Class D 10 watt noncommercial educational stations to submit power increase applications was eliminated.

07/24/1985

Changes in the Rules Relating to Noncommercial, Educational FM Broadcast Stations      Erratum, Docket 20735, 50 FR 31378 (08/02/1985), released 07/24/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Erratum to the MO&O in BC Docket 20735.

11/14/1984

Amendment of Section 73.211(b)(3) of the Commission's Rules to permit Increased Antenna Height of Class B1 Commercial FM Broadcast Stations in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands      Order, 49 FR 22088 (05/25/1984), released 11/14/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.211 amended; Class B1 stations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are permitted maximum facilities of 25 kW ERP and a HAAT of 335 meters. (Later revised to 25 kW ERP/150 meters HAAT for the maximum.)

05/23/1983

Amendment of Section 73.211(b)(3) of the Commission's Rules to permit Increased Antenna Height of Class A FM Commercial Broadcast Stations in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands      Report and Order, BC Docket 81-421, FCC 83-227, 53 RR 2d 1349, 48 FR 24898 (06/03/1983), released 05/23/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Maximum ERP/HAAT for Class A commercial FM stations in PR and VI was increased to 3 kW ERP/1100 feet. (The limit was later revised to 6 kW ERP / 240 meters HAAT.)

11/08/1984

FM Broadcast Station Blanketing Interference      Report and Order, BC Docket 82-186, FCC 84-514, 57 RR 2d 45142, 49 FR 45142 (11/15/1984), released 11/08/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Blanketing interference from FM broadcast stations. Section 73.318 adopted.

08/12/1983

Operating and maintenance logs for broadcast and broadcast auxiliary stations      Report and Order, BC Docket 82-537, FCC 83-338, 54 RR 2d 805, 48 FR 38473 (08/24/1983), released 08/12/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Requirements for operating logs and maintenance logs

10/31/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 139      released 10/31/1928.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 46 [postponement of effective date of duplication (chain broadcasting) on clear channels], 47 [extension of coastal, point-to-point, technical and training, experimental, ans ship station licenses], 48 [definition of a limited-time broadcasting station], 49 [broadcasting stations ordered to announce character of mechanical reproductions (recordings)]; airways weather and communications system for safe night flying; a system for frequency measurement based on a singke frequency.

11/30/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 140      released 11/30/1928.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 50 [regulations governing picture and television transmission], 51 [01/01/1929 discontinuance or apparatus employing damped wave transmissions], 52 (modifying 49) [broadcast stations to announce character of mechanical reproductions (recordings)], 53 (repealing 10) [broadcast stations restricted as to power used after sunset - operation during daytime not to cause greater heterodyning than exists during evening]; civil service examination for assistant radio inspector; design of tuned reed course indicators for aircraft radiobeacons.

12/31/1928

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 141      released 12/31/1928.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; regulations for radio operators' licenses; revised amateur regulations; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 54 [extension of coastal, point-to-point. experimental, technical and training, and ship station licenses], 55 [allocation of frequencies between 1500 and 6000 kilocycles (kHz)]; important events in radio (1827 - 1928).

01/31/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 142      released 01/31/1929.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 56 [picture and television transmissions restricted in the broadcast band], 57 [postponement of regulations regarding chain broadcasting], 58 [extension of coastal, point-to-point, experimental, technical and training, and ship licenses]; list of foreign broadcasting stations, including shortwave stations; radio equipped airplane of the Bureau of Standards.

02/28/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 143      released 02/28/1929.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Order of the Federal Radio Commission: 59 [postponement of chan broadcasting regulations]; list of broadcasting stations in the United States, alphabetically by states and cities; medical advise furnished ships at sea by stations of the Tropical Radio Telegraph Co. and affiliated companies, and British stations; transmissions of constant frequency by WWV.

03/30/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 144      released 03/30/1929.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 60 [extension of coastal, point=to-point, experimental, technical and training, and ship licenses], 61 [regulations governing broadcast stations affected by daylight saving time]; FRC rules governing relay broadcasting; FRC rules and regulations governing picture and television; Act continuing the powers and authority of the Federal Radio Commission; lists of Mexican and Cuban broadcasting stations.

04/30/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 145      released 04/30/1929.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Order of the Federal Radio Commission: 62 [visual broadcasting, telephone and relay broadcasting channels defined - conditions under which a license is issued (visual broadcasting channel limited to 100 kilocycles wide)]; list of countries that have deposited their ratifications of the International Radio Convention of 1927; lists of relay, visual broadcasting stations; distribution of weather information, forecasts, and warnings by radio for the benefit of navigation on the Great Lakes.

05/31/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 146      released 05/31/1929.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Order of the Federal Radio Commission: 63 [postponment of chain broadcasting regulation]; weather reports transmitted for aviation and commercial interests on Pacific Coast; explanation of code used in firt part of major marine bulletin; radio operators not to transmit traffic during broadcast periods nor test without giving call sign while in port; the Prague Broadcasting Frequency Plan (April 1929); standard frequency transmissions by WWV.

06/29/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 147      released 06/29/1929.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 64 [one year licensed to be issued for relay broadcasting, visual broadcasting, general experimental and aircraft experimental stations], 65 [FRC members and employees may travel for the purpose of assisting at hearings and investigations], 66 [broadcast stations must give absolute priority to distress signals], 67 [issuance of subpoenas], 68 [regulations governing issuance of construction permits and licenses for relay broadcasting stations], 69 [extension of broadcasting station licenses and all other classes of licenses]; amendment to regulations governing issuance of radio operators licenses.

07/31/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 148      released 07/31/1929.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; visual broadcasting (television) stations may be operated by operators holding a broadcast license or one of a higher grade; ratifications of the International Radiotelegraph Convention;.

08/31/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 149      released 08/31/1929.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; use of radiobeacons for calibration; experiments with visual broadcasting for locating static interference; list of naval stations transmitting time signals; list of Cuban broadcasting, experimental, and amateur stations as of 07/26/1929; revised list of European broadcasting stations under the Prague plan.

09/30/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 150      released 09/30/1929.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 70 [regulation governing the sharpness of emissions by ships using damped waves], 71 [postpoment of chanin broadcasting regulations]; medial advice transmitted by Julianehaab, Greenland station; regulations governing the issuance of radio operators' licenses; list of Canadian broadcasting stations.

10/31/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 151      released 10/31/1929.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 73 [Alaskan station licenses extended], 74 [Allocation of frequencies between 1500 and 6000 kilocycles].

11/30/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 152      released 11/30/1929.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 75 [procedures to be followed in reply to notifications of violations of radio lawa, regulations, and orders], 76 [definition of an amateur station, additional frequency band opened, telephone band specified], 77 [installattion of automatic frequency control apparatus must be authorized by the FRC]; schedule of radiophone weather broadcasts by aeronautical stations; general call signal for calling Coast Guard cutters; Dallas and denver offices opened by the FRC; medical advice by stations of the Radiomarine Corporation; aeronautic radio research.

12/31/1929

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 153      released 12/31/1929.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 78 [character of all mechanical reproductions (recordings) must be announced], 79 [regulations governing the issuance of construction permits, licenses, etc.], 80 [licenses of Alaskan stations extended], 81 [Orders 43 and 46 repealed, on chanin broadcasting], 82 [use of damped waves restricted]; list of countries which have adhered to the Internation Radiotelegraph Convention of 1927.

01/31/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 154      released 01/31/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Order of the Federal Radio Commission: 83 [Alaskan station licenses extended]; applications fpr land stations must show the exact geographical location (latitude and longitude); regulation regarding the use of 500 kilocycles for traffic other than calling and distress; urgent signals; 'XXX' used in sending messages relative to the safety of a person on board ship; revised amateur station regulations as of 01/18/1930; fog landing development; method and apparatus used in testing piezo oscillators for broadcasting stations.

02/28/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 155      released 02/28/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; transmission of weather forecasta and navigational warnings by Canadian coast stations; restrictions effective 01/01/1930 governing the use of certain frequencies and spark transmitters; improvement of radio measurement methods; improvements in visual indicator (reed indicator) for aircraft radiobeacons.

03/31/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 156      released 03/31/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; list of amateur stations of Holland, Denmark, Hungary, and Switzerland; airplane direction finders and airplane antennas, radio echo research. List of General Orders of the Federal radio Commission as publiched in the RSB, sorted by subject.

04/30/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 157      released 04/30/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 84 [revised amateur regulations], 85 [regulations governing the issuance of construction permits and licenses and the operation of radio stations by police departments], 86 [regulations governing the operation of radio stations by power companied], 87 [frequencies assigned for broadcasting stations - certain frequencues reserved for exclusive use by Canada - shared frequencies], 88 [visual broadcasting, relay broadcasting, and telephone channels to restricted to certain widths, Order 62 repealed], list of Australian amateur and experimental stations; new fundamental frequency standard. aeronautic radiobeacon improvements.

05/31/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 158      released 05/31/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 90 [station and operators licenses required to be posted], 91 [general order specifying and limiting the maximum rated power of all broadcast transmitters which may be installed after 05/23/1930, and specifying methods of determining the operating power of broadcast transmitters of various types].

06/30/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 159      released 06/30/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: commercial third-class radio operator license established; procedure for procuring radio station and radio operator licenses for the Airplane Service; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 92 [broadcasting stations classified according to values (units) for allocation equality between the five radio zones], 94 [frequency allocations for aeronautical services established (chains)]; ship station licenses to be renewed after one year. NOTE: for a map of the aeronautical color chains, see Page 136 of the 1937 Annual Report.

07/31/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 160      released 07/31/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Order of the Federal Radio Commission: 92 [broadcasting stations allocated according to values (units) for equalith between the five radio zones], navigational notices.

08/30/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 161      released 08/30/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; use of S O S signal; navigational notices.

09/30/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 162      released 09/30/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 84 amended [revised amateur station regulations], 95 additional data required in applications for consent to assignment of construction permit or license], 9 repealed; radio operator electrocuted.

10/31/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 163      released 10/31/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 96 [regulation governing the liccensing and operation of auxiliary (backup) broadcasting stations], 97 [regulations governing the power of broadcasting stations], 98 [broadcast stations not to be moved unless authorized upon formal application], 99 [changes in frequency allocations to aeronautical service chains established]; progress in aeronautic research.

11/30/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 164      released 11/30/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 74 amended [temporary service for motion pictures], 100 [definition of 'marine relay service' and regulations], 101 [Alaskan station licenses extended]; lists of Canadian and Mexican broadcasting stations; Kennelly-Heaviside layer height observations for 4045 and 8650 kilocycles; aeronautic radio developments.

12/31/1930

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 165      released 12/31/1930.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: corrections to the list of Mexican broadcasting stations; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission applicable to broadcasting statons; standard frequency transmissions by WWV.

01/31/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 166      released 01/31/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 102 [regulation concerning application for broadcasting facilities in overquota and underquota radio zones, under unit and quota allocations], 103 [broadcasting licenses extended, with exceptions]; regulations governing the issuance of radio operators' licenses; increase in number od stations inspected and frequency measurements; number of applicants for radio operator examination increasing; list of Mexican broadcasting stations; progress in aeronautic radio research.

02/28/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 167      released 02/28/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 104 [marine stations required to keep a log of their transmissions on distress frequencies, time of arrival and departure, and position], 105 [broadcasting day defined, test or experimental period defined, regulation governing reduction of power after sunset and regulation governing hours of operation of part-time stations]; 106 [broadcasting stations required to keep a program and operating log]; broadcasting station frequency measurements during 12/30; number and class of radio stations of the world in 1930; accurate frequency transmissions on 5000 kilocycles.

03/31/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 168      released 03/31/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements during January and February 1931; list of Cuban broadcasting stationsm, 100 watts and over, by frequency; amateur stations causing interference; progress in aeronautic radio research.

04/30/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 169      released 04/30/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements during 03/1931; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 107 [repealed Order 87], 108 [regulations governing the power of broadcasting stations], 109 [repeal of Order 103], 110 [repeal of Order 101], 111 [repeal of Order 108 and Order 97 revised].

05/29/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 170      released 05/29/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 314 stations during 04/1931; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 112 [additional frequencies allocated to aeronautical and aircraft services], 113 [radio operators required to be on duty at location of transmitter except under certain conditions where transmitter is remotely controlled], application for renewal of station licenses required to be filed sisty days prior to the date of expiration and at other specified times when ordered - licensee penalized for failure to do so], 115 [Order 91 amended]; definition of technical terms used in General Order 115; radio strnsmissions of standard frequency over WWV.

06/30/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 171      released 06/30/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 326 stations during 05/1931; General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission: 116 [broadcasting stations required to operate within 50 cycles of assigned frequency, Order 7 repealed, Orders 62, 88, and 88 as amended repealed, Order 99 amended]; automatic radiobeacon established at Perroquet Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence; weather reports transmitted by Chinese stations.

07/31/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 172      released 07/31/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 330 stations during 06/1931; aeronautical articles.

08/31/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 173      released 08/31/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 294 stations during 07/1931; radio activities at the Department of Commerce, radio operators cautioned not violate Article 17, International Radio Telegraph Convention; penalty imposed for operation of unlicensed radio station; index to General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission as published in the RSB, by subject; standard frequency transmissions by WWV.

09/30/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 174      released 09/30/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 304 stations during 08/1931; General Order of the Federal Radio Commission: 119 [frequency allocations, bandwidths and tolerances specified]; regulations governing the issuance of radio operators' licensesl test period of direction-finder stations changed; second meeting of the International Technical Committee on Radio Communications; kist of Canadian broadcasting stations as of 09/22/1931.

10/31/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 175      released 10/31/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; procedure for calling Coast Guard vessels in case of distress; radio operator E.J. Marshall commended for meritorious work in emergency; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 328 stations during 09/1931; use of radio by foreign vessels in Russian ports - penalty; broadcast schedules of naval stations transmitting time, weather, hydrographic, ice, and press bulletins.

11/30/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 176      released 11/30/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 381 stations during 10/1931; list of Cuban broadcasting stations of 100 watts or more; list of Mexican brioadcasting stations; standard frequency transmissions from WWV.

12/31/1931

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 177      released 12/31/1931.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 383 stations during 11/1931; list of Cuban amateur stations; preliminary note on an automatic recorder giving a continuous height of the Kennelly-Heaviside layer.

01/30/1932

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 178      released 01/30/1932.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; aeronautical radiotelephone operators' license established; regulations relative to distress messages; international ice patrol service; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 422 stations during 12/1931; type testing of frequency checking apparatus for broadcasting stations; investigation of Kennelly-Heaviside layer heights for frequencies between 1600 and 8650 kilocycles per second; distance ranges of radio waves.

02/29/1932

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 179      released 02/29/1932.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 449 stations during 01/1932; aviation and marine weather bulletins by Arlington and Annapolis naval stations; radio transmissions of standard frequency over WWV.

03/31/1932

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 180      released 03/31/1932.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 450 stations during 02/1932; examinations for unlimited phone operators' license by mail discontinued; renewals of temporary amateur operators' licenses discontinued; regulations governing the issuance of renewal amateur operators; licenses; amateur stations to be operated only by operators holding amateur operators' license; radio operator conviced for violation of Radio Act for operating an unlicensed station.

04/30/1932

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 181      released 04/30/1932.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 519 stations during 03/1932; radio aids to navigation - Canadian stations.

05/31/1932

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 182      released 05/31/1932.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 458 stations during 04/1932; regulations governing the issuance of radio operators' licenses; change in law governing issuance of radio operators' licenses; field intensity measurements at frequencies from 285 to 5400 kilocycles per second.

06/30/1932

Radio Service Bulletin, No. 183      released 06/30/1932.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Updates to radio station lists; broadcasting station frequency measurements on 393 stations during 05/1932; graphical determination of polar patterns of directional antenna systems;

07/01/1930

Annual Report of the Chief, Radio Division [Department of Commerce] to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1930      released 07/01/1930.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Summary of the work of the Radio Division, Department of Commerce, 1929 - 1930. Legislation, radio inspection service, radio test cars, broadcast station monitoring, constant frequency monitoring station, secondary standards of frequency, radio for aviation, radio beacons and radio compasses, radio communication, police radio, amateurs, personnel, international conferences, international radio accounting, statistical tables.

07/01/1929

Annual Report of the Chief, Radio Division [Department of Commerce] to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1929      released 07/01/1929.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Summary of the work of the Radio Division, Department of Commerce, 1928 - 1929. Radio inspection service, radio test cars, broadcast station monitoring, constant frequency monitoring station, secondary standards of frequency, radio for aviation, radio beacons and radio compasses, automatic alarm signal device, radio broadcasting, amateurs, international communication, personnel, international conferences, international radio accounting, statistical tables.

04/03/1947

Midnight Sun Broadcasting Co.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, 11 FCC 1119, 3 RR 1751, released 04/03/1947.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Condition imposed on constuction permit that the permittee must 'satisfy any complaints of interaction resulting from the operation' of the new station. 'Last in' permittee is responsible for correcting interference.

01/25/1935

In re application of Crosley Radio Comapny (WLW), Cincinatti, OH for extension of Special Temporary Experimental Authorization       Decision and Order, 1 FCC 203, released 01/25/1935.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   WLW held an STA to operate with 500 kW power, granted 04/17/1934. That operation caused interference with CFRB in Toronto, Ontairio, resulting in a Canadian objection to the WLW operation. Thereafter, the FCC dismissed the request for continuation of the STA.

06/08/1949

Editorializing By Broadcast Licensees      Appendix, Docket 8516, 13 FCC 1246, released 06/08/1949.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Editorial opinions by broadcast licensees on matters of public interest; relation between editorial expression and a fail and equal presentation of all sides in an issue.

10/10/1950

Identification on Broadcast Station [Sponsorship]      Public Notice, 40 FCC 2, 15 FR 6974 , released 10/10/1950.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 317 of the Communications Act required broadcastors to anniunce the sponsor of a program including political programming.

09/19/1957

Amendment of Sections 3.66, 3.274, and 3.572 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations relating to Remote Control Operations of Certain Standard, FM, and Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, Docket 11677, FCC 57-1305, 23 FCC 454, released 09/19/1957.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Remote control rules for FM stations of 10 kW or less, and nondirectional AM stations, were modified to permit all FM stations and AM directional stations to use it as well. For AM directional stations, the licensee was required to demonstrate the stability of the AM directional pattern. Requests for remote control authorization were considered on a case-by-case basis.

09/191958

Amendment of Part 3 of the Rukles to Permit Extended Hours for Daytime Standard Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, Docket 12274, FCC 58-891, 25 FCC 1135, released 09/191958 .    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition to permit all AM daytime broadcst stations to operate at daytime power from 5 AM (or local sunrise) to 7 PM (or local sunset) was denied. Population gaining service would be far exceeded by population losing service, and interference to some stations would be so severe that they could not serve their communities of license.

06/01/1962

Broadcasters Warned Against 'Teaser' or 'Come-On' Spots Where Neither Sponsor Nor Sponsor's Product Is Announced      Public Notice, FCC 62-592, 40 FCC 135, released 06/01/1962.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   A 'teaser' is in essance a short anc succinct announccement utilizing catch words, slogans, symbols, etc., designed to arouse the curiosity of the public as to the identity of the advertiser or product, which is to be revealed in subsequent announcements. Such announcements violate Seation 317 of the Communications Act.

08/01/1962

FCC Warns About Broadcast of Controversial Foreign Matter Without Indicating Foreign Sponsorship      FCC 62-881, 40 FCC 136, released 08/01/1962.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.317 of the Communications Act requires broadcasters to identify the foreign principal concerned in broadcasts containing polituical propaganda or controversial matter.

05/10/1967

Amendment of Section 73.202, Table of Allotments, ... and Circleville, Ohio      Second Report and Order, FCC 67-578, 8 FCC 2d 159, released 05/10/1967.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Reimbursement issue for the costs of changing a station's channel to accommodate a new allotment: the parties should attempt in good faith to reach an agreement on costs.

12/18/1968

Complaint of Radio Station KCRC, Enid, OK, concerning the location of abandoned tower of B&W Truck Service      Letter, FCC 68-1209, 15 FCC 2d 769, released 12/18/1968.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   B&W Truck Service ordered to dismantle an abandoned tower that was adversely affecting KCRC's directional operation. (Newcomer responsible for correcting interference.)

10/29/1969

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Permit Standard Broadcast stations Operated by Remote Control to Transmit Telemetry Signals Directly related to the Technical Operation of the Broadcast Station      Report and Order, FCC 69-1176, 20 FCC 2d 353, released 10/29/1969.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Subaudible signals can be used by AM broadcast stations to relay information relating to the operation of the station.

05/13/1970

Amendment of Sections 73.124 (AM), 73.299 (FM), and 73.678 (TV) of the Commission's Rules In Order to Prevent Certain Fraudulent Billing Practices       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 70-512, 23 FCC 2d 70, released 05/13/1970.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Fraudulent billing practices rules. (These rules were since deleted: see the 03/13/1986 News Release in MM Docket 83-842.)

05/15/1970

Applicability of Fraudulent Billing Rule      Order, FCC 70-513, 23 FCC 2d 303, released 05/15/1970.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Fraudulent billing practices rules. (These rules were since deleted: see the 03/13/1986 News Release in MM Docket 83-842.)

06/04/1970

Applications of Sections 317 and 508 of the Communications Act to 'Kickbacks' or Fees Paid to Performers      Order, FCC 70-593, 23 FCC 2d 588, 35 FR 9045 (06/11/1970), released 06/04/1970.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Promotional assistance' or 'promotional consideration' announcements at issue here, reimbursements to performers. Announcements must conform to Section 317 of the Communications Act. (Presently referenced in Section 73.4180 of the Commision's rules.)

06/09/1970

UHF TV Antenna Performance      Project No. 2245-37 , released 06/09/1970.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FCC Laboratory report on portable TV UHF loop antennas.

03/24/1971

Request by Inter College Radio Network, Potsdam, NY for Carrier-Current Pickup by CATV       Letter, FCC 71-313, released 03/24/1971.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Part 15 AM-band carrier-current station was authorized to have its signal carried over a local cable television system, proviced that the carrier current station met the Commission's 'programming operational requirements'.

08/26/1976

Commission Adopts New Method of Computing Nighttime Service Area of Class II and Class III Standard Broadcast Stations      Public Notice, FCC 76-800, released 08/26/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Existing RSS at the station to be protected will be computed on a site-to-site basis. This RSS will be used to determine the nighttime limitation contour of the station. This will reduce the work necessary to perform 'clipping' studies for AM broadcast stations.

05/30/1991

Revision of Radio Rules and Policies      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 91-140, FCC 91-156, 6 FCC Rcd 3275, released 05/30/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM to consider structural and ownership changes for radio broadcasting

Quinto Broadcasting Corporation      Memorandum Opinion and Order,    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Applicant violated US-Mexican agreement and failed to timely file a corrective amendment. Application for review denied to accept a late-filed corrective amendment. No good cause to accept a late amendment.

Personal Attack Complaint of Bree Walker Lampley, et. al., against KFI, Inc.      Staff Ruling, 4 FCC Rcd 1385,    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Personal attack complaint was denied.

09/27/1993

Letter to St. Croix Wireless Co., Inc.      Letter, DA 93-1162, 8 FCC Rcd 7329, released 09/27/1993.    [ PDF | HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.215 waived to permit the use of special contour pairs in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Now incorporated into Section 73.215(a)(4).

00/00/1932

Index to General Orders of the Federal Radio Commission As Published in the Radio Service Bulletin      released 00/00/1932.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   List of FRC orders as published in the Radio Service Bulletins

00/00/1931

Index to Regulations and Miscellaneous Articles Appearing in the Radio Service Bulletin, Years 1920 - 1931.      released 00/00/1931.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   List is grouped by subject.

04/29/1955

Amendment of Parts 2, 3, and 4 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations and the Standards of Good Engineering Practice Concerning FM Broadcast Stations to Permit FM Broadcast Stations to Engage in Specified Non-Broadcast Activities on a Simplex and/or Multiplex Basis       Report and Order, Docket 10832, released 04/29/1955.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Functional music' or 'storecasting' on the main (simplex) channel was required to move to a multiplex channel. FM station was required to broadcast at least 36 hours per week. Section 605 of the Communications act would be contravened by unauthorized reception of the SCA signal.

03/14/1988

Letter re auxiliary facility application of EZ Communications, Inc.      Letter, released 03/14/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Informal objections denied, and auxiliary application was granted. Objections had alleged that KYKY's real purpose was to subsequently move the main station to the auxiliary location despite short-spacings under Section 73.207.

10/02/1989

Letter re auxiliary facility application of The Jet Broadcasting Company, WJET, Erie, PA      Letter, released 10/02/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Extension of 1 mV/m (60 dBu) contour beyond the 1 mV/m contour of the main station over Lake Erie causes application to be dismissed for violating Section 73.1675.

03/30/1996

Letter re required channel change of KEDY, Mt. Shasta, CA      Letter, released 03/30/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   KEDY directed to file a construction permit application to implement the channel change ordered in MM Docket 88-28. Continued operations on the old channel could continue until another station was ready to commence operation, but KEDY was put on notice that such operation could be terminated at that time.

03/31/2003

Letter re construction permit application of Radio Hyannis, Inc., WPXC (FM), Hyannis, MA      Letter, released 03/31/2003.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   One-step upgrade application dismissed for lack of a suitable, fully-spaced allotment site. Applicant had specified an offshore rock and lighthouse as fully spaced sites, but objector demonstrated those sites were not available or suitable for construction.

03/23/1999

Letter re announcements aired by Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation, WPSR (FM), Evansville, IN      Letter, released 03/23/1999.    [ Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Announcements aired by noncommercial educational station WPSR apparently were promoting goods and servises, in violation of Section 399(b) of the Communications Act. Examples of such announcements are listed at the end of the document.

01/02/1947

Petition of clear-channel group for reconsideration of Commission's policy with respect to licensing of stations on clear channels and channels adjacent to clear channels      Memorandum Opinion, 11 FCC 842, released 01/02/1947.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition was denied. retition had sought reveral of the Commission's dismissal of all fulltime applications for Class I-A (clear) channels or any application where the proposed power exceeded 50 kW.

01/07/1982

Preliminary U.S. Delegation Report on Results of AM Broadcasting Conference in Rio de Janeiro      News Release, released 01/07/1982.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Brief summary of the second session of the Regional Administrative Medium Frequency Broadcasting Conference on AM broadcasting.

04/03/1986

Report of the Status of the AM Broadcast Rules [1986]      Report, released 04/03/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Summary report.

03/08/1999

NAL to California State University at Sacramento, permittee of KKTO (FM), Tahoe City, CAl      Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 99-472, 14 FCC Rcd 3825, released 03/08/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   $5,000 NAL issued by letter for unauthorized construction while extension and modification permit applications were pending.

01/07/1999

Letter to KIDS-TV, licensee of low power television station K06MU      Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 99-112, 14 FCC Rcd 3294, released 01/07/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NAL for violation of Section 73.1206, broadcast of telephone conversations. Licensee had not obtained the consent of the caller.

10/22/1998

Letter to Lesnick Communications, WTWR-FM, Luna Pier, MI      Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 99-2117, 13 FCC Rcd 23696, released 10/22/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   $4,000 NAL issued for violation of lottery / contest rules, sections 73.1211 and 73.1216. Licensee had disavowed responsibility for awarding prizes, claiming that the licensee was not a sponsor.

05/01/1998

Letter to Agape Broadcasting Foundation, KNON (FM), Dallas, TX      Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 98-825, 13 FCC Rcd 13154, released 05/01/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   $5,000 NAL issued to the noncommercial educational station for voiolations of Section 399B of the Communications Act. Licensee had broadcast announcements that contained indirect references to pricing.

03/13/1939

1939 Radio Spectrum Plan      Public Release, 39 FCC 16, released 03/13/1939.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   1939 radio spectrum plan. FM broadcasting is on 75 channels between 41 to 44 MHz, 25 of these channels were reserved for noncommercial educational use. 19 channels were reserved for television below 300 megacycles. various other services listed, table of frequency allocations is attached.

10/16/1996

Letter to Rasa Communications Corp, permittee of KIXA (FM)       Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 96-1719, released 10/16/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NAL issued for unauthorized transfer of control, main studio violations, unauthorized operation, and public inspection file violations.

07/28/1993

Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules Regarding FM Translator Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 88-140, FCC 93-338, 8 FCC Rcd 5093, released 07/28/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM translators: ownership, service issues, financial support, fundraising by translators, signal delivery to the translator, definition of major change, maximum power output, interference criteria, grandfathering rights for existing translators, IF separation requirements apply to translators with 100 watts ERP or more, TV Channel 6 interference. Local program origination authority was denied.

08/12/1987

Nighttime Operations on Canadian, Mexican, and Bahamian Clear Channels      Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 84-281, FCC 87-259, 2 FCC Rcd 4884, released 08/12/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Further NPRM sought comment n its proposal to allow nighttime use on foreign clear channel frequencies.

08/05/1987

Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules Concerning FM Booster Stations and Television Booster Stations      Report and Order, MM Docket 87-13, FCC 87-244, 2 FCC Rcd 4625, released 08/05/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM booster rules amended to allw increased power, and to eliminate the restriction that the booster must receive the primary signal over the air. Any means can be used to feed a signal to an FM booster station. For Class B and B1 stations only, the booster's 0.5 or 0.7 mV/m contour must remain within the 0.5 or 0.7 mV/m contour of the main station (respectively), for all other classes use the 1 mV/m contour. NCE booster applicants are expected to pay attention to TV Channel 6 interference potentials. New TV booster service established, to be treated as on-channel TV translators.

10/05/1992

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Permit Short-Spaced FM Station Asignmments by Using Directional Antennas      Order, MM Docket 87-121, DA 92-1325, 7 FCC Rcd 6473, 57 FR 46325 (10/08/1992), released 10/05/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Temporary note in Section 73.215 preventing short-spacings iunder Section 73.207 of more the 8 km was removed. Applicants are free to use the entire range of spacings listesd in Section 73.215(e).

12/23/1991

Codification of the Commission's Political Programming Practices      Report and Order, MM Docket 91-168, FCC 91-403, 7 FCC Rcd 678, released 12/23/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Rule Sections 73.1940, 73.1941, 73.1942, 73.1943, 73.1944, 73.1212(a)(2)(i), 76.205, 76.206, 76.207, and 76.221(a) were adopted.

07/18/1990

Improved Methods for Calculating Groundwave Field Strength in the AM Broadcast Band      Report and Order, MM Docket 88-510, FCC 90-139, 5 FCC Rcd 4489, released 07/18/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Updated groundwave curves for the AM broadcast band were adopted. See Section 73.184 and AM Groundwave Field Strength Graphs.

11/13/1989

Letter to Robert E. Hardy, Director of Engineering, KAWC (AM) from Edythe Wise, Chief, Complaints and Investigations Branch      Letter, released 11/13/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   A noncommercial educational station can broadcast 'old time radio shows' that contain commercials, provided that the NCE station is not receiving, directly or indirectly, any remuneration in exchange for airing the advertisments. Cigarette commercials need to be excised from the broadcast.

12/29/1988

Amendment of Part 1 of the Commission's Rules Concerning radiofrequency Radiation Compliance of FM Booster Stations      Report and Order, GEN Docket 87-551, FCC 88-401, 3 FCC Rcd 7332, released 12/29/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM boosters must comply with the FCC's RF exposure guidelines.

11/03/1987

Review of Technical and Operational Requirements: Part 73-C, Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, MM Docket 87-140, FCC 87-339, 2 FCC Rcd 6754, released 11/03/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Table of Allotments for NCE stations in the Mexican border zone was abolished. NCE applicants must meet the requirements of the Agreement with Mexico.

12/09/1986

Reclassification oc Class B and C FM Broadcast Stations Which Do Not Meet Certain Minimum Antenna Height and/or Power Requirements      Order, FCC 86-522, 1 FCC Rcd 1079, released 12/09/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for rulemaking and petition for emergency relief was denied; it had proposed a rulemaking to review the decision in Docket 80-90 to reclassify Class B and C stations on 03/02/1987 that did not meet the revised nimimum HAAT abd ERP requirements.

04/04/1986

Amendment of Section 73.242 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations in Regard to AM-FM Program Duplication      Report and Order, MM Docket 85-357, FCC 86-132, 103 FCC 2d 922, released 04/04/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FCC eliminated Section 73.242, which limted the amount of program duplication that a co-owned AM and FM station could air.

10/15/1997

Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Establish a Radio Astronimy Coordination Zone in Puerto Rico      Report and Order , ET Docket 96-2, FCC 97-347, 12 FCC Rcd 16522, released 10/15/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Radio coordination zone established in Puerto Rico to protect the Arecibo observatory from interferemce.

11/21/1984

Amendment of Part 73 concerning remote control operation of AM, FM, and TV broadcast transmitters      Report and Order, MM Docket 84-110, FCC 84-549, 49 FR 47608 (12/06/1984), released 11/21/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Remote control rules were amended. A station need not terminate operations in cases where an inability to change operating modes will not cause impermissible interference. Old remote control rules deleted, new common rule Sections 73.1400 and 73.1410 added.

12/07/1984

A Re-Examination of Technical Regulations [Audio Proofs]      Report and Order, GEN Docket 83-114, FCC 84-521, 99 FCC 2d 903, 49 FR 48305 (12/12/1984), released 12/07/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Sections 73.40, 73.317, 73.687, 73.1570, and 73.1590 amended to eliminate requirements to perform audio proofs of performance to maintain audible signal quality. Station stll must maintain modualtion within the existing limits.

07/18/1985

Oversight of the Broadcast Rules in Regard to Temporary and Emergency Operation      Order, 50 FR 30944 (07/31/1985), released 07/18/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   STA rules for AM stations.

09/16/1985

Amendment of Parts 21, 22, 23, 25, 73, 90, and 94 of the Commission's Rules to clarify the protection provisions for the Table Mountain Radio Receiving Zone       Order, FCC 85-497, 50 FR 39000 (09/26/1985), released 09/16/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Table Mountain protection requirements modified to protect the entire site, not just a single reference point.

02/03/1987

FM Allocation Rules of Part 73, FM Broadcast Stations      First Report and Order, MM Docket 86-144, 2 FCC Rcd 860, released 02/03/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Until 1987, 20 of the 80 Class A commercial FM channels had been reserved exclusively for Class A stations. This order eliminated that reservation, allowing Class A FM stations on all channels.

04/29/1988

Review of Technical Parameters for FM Allocation Rules of Part 73, Subpart B, FM Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 86-144, FCC 88-152, 3 FCC Rcd 2477, 53 FR 17040 , released 04/29/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Two petitions for reconsideration of the Second Report and Order in MM Docket 86-144 were denied. (Section 73.511 corrected, Order, FCC 88-423, 4 FCC Rcd 686, 54 FR 03601, released 01/18/1989; Erratum, DA 88-666, 3 FCC rcd 2869, released 05/20/1988.)

09/25/1987

Review of Technical Parameters for FM Allocation Rules of Part 73, Subpart B, FM Broadcast Stations       Second Report and Order, MM Docket 86-144, FCC 87-296, 2 FCC Rcd 5693, 63 RR 2d 1262, 52 FR 37786 , released 09/25/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.213 was revised to replace the previous spacing table for 1964 grandfathered FM stations, with a rule prohibiting the extension of the 1 mV/m contour. For all FM stations, where beam tilt is used, the maximum ERP is used to compute distances to contours (as well as compliance with station class determinations), and NOT the horizontal plane ERP.

08/17/1988

Amnendment of Sections 73.1125 and 73.1130 of the Commission's Rules, the Main Studio and Program Origination Rules for Radio and Television Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 86-406, FCC 88-235, 3 FCC Rcd 5024, 53 FR 32899 , released 08/17/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration of the R&O, FCC 87-137. Public inspection files must remain accessible in the community of license, except where a prior waiver was granted for the main studio location. Local toll-free telephone number in the community of license is maintained. number Main studio definition (paragraph 24). Main studio rules apply to noncommercial educational as well as commercial stations, but those NCE stations with 'satellite' waivers can continue to operate in that manner.

06/01/1987

Amnendment of Sections 73.1125 and 73.1130 of the Commission's Rules, the Main Studio and Program Origination Rules for Radio and Television Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 86-406, FCC 87-137, 2 FCC Rcd 3215, released 06/01/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.1130, Station prrogram origination, was deleted. Main studio rule to permit any location within the principal community contour. Station must maintan a local toll-free telephone number in the community of license. Local public inspection file to be located in the community of license. Dual city licensing rule, in Section 73.1120, was deleted. Erratum, released 09/26/1988, 3 FCC Rcd 5717: [ PDF ].

05/26/1987

Unlimited-time Operation by Existing AM Daytime-only Radio Broadcast Stations; Discontinuance of Authorization of Additional Daytime-only Stations; and Minimum Power of Class III Stations       Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 87-131, FCC 87-155, 2 FCC Rcd 3145, released 05/26/1987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM sought comment on nighttime operating authority for AM daytime stations at low power, even if community coverage could not be provided; Class III (now Class B) minimum power; discontinuance of licensing new daytime-only AM stations.

07/02/1990

Amendment of Sections 1.420 and 73.3584 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Abuses of the Commission's Processes      Report and Order, MM Docket 87-314, FCC 90-191, 5 FCC Rcd 3911, released 07/02/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Abuse of the Commission's processes: new construction permit, modification, transfer and assignment applications, including limits on monetary settlements on petitions, threats to file petitions to deny, citizens' agreements; allotment proceedings.

02/23/2988

Designation of a Standard Computer Algorithm for Propagation Prediction in the FM and TV Broadcast Services      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 88-56, FCC 88-41, 3 FCC Rcd 843, released 02/23/2988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Inquiry into Arbitron's use of its radio audience measurement device, known as the 'portable people meter' or PPM, which was alleged to undercount and misrepresent the number and loyalty of minority liosteners.

03/17/1989

revision of Section 73.3573(a)(1) of the Commission's Rules Concerning the Lower Classification of an FM Allotment      MM Docket 88-118, FCC 89-14, 4 FCC Rcd 2413, 54 FR 11953 , released 03/17/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM licensees may request downgrading to a lower station class through the filing of a construction permit application. The lower class becomes effective upon licensing of the lower-class construction permit.

05/16/1989

Formulation of Policies and Rules Relating to Broadcast Renewal Applicants, Competingg Applications, and Other Participants to the Comparative Renewal Procee and to the Prevention of Abuses of the Renewal Process      First Report and Order, BC Docket 81-742, FCC 89-108, 4 FCC Rcd 4780, released 05/16/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission modified its rules to limit abuse of the broadcast renewal process. Settlements, citizens' agreements, 'Cameron policy' matters addressed therein.

12/01/1998

Amendment of the Commission's Rules regarding Modification of FM and TV Authorizations to Soecify a New Community of License      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 88-526, FCC 88-348, 3 FCC Rcd 6890, released 12/01/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM sought comment on a proposed procedure to allow stations to upgrade on the same or adjacent channels even where the modification would require a change in the community of license.

04/10/1992

Revision of Radio Rules and Policies      Report and Order, MM Docket 91-140, FCC 92-97, 7 FCC Rcd 2755, released 04/10/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to ownership rules.

09/04/1992

Revision of Radio Rules and Policies      Memorandum Opinion and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 91-140, FCC 92-361, released 09/04/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to ownership rules.

11/08/1994

Revision of Radio Rules and Policies      Second Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 91-140, FCC 94-267, 9 FCC Rcd 7183, 59 FR 62609 (12/06/1994), released 11/08/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Changes to ownership rules.

07/13/1993

Amendment of the Comission's Rules ro Permit FM Channel and Class Modifications by Application      Report and Order, MM Docket 92-159, FCC 93-299, 8 FCC Rcd 4735, 58 FR 38534 (07/19/1993), released 07/13/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'One step' application process adopted for FM class and channel changes to cochannel, adjacent channel, and IF channels. One-step applicants must demonstrate that there is a suitable allotment site that is fully spaced under Section 73.207, and that 100 percent of the community of license will be covered by the 70 dBu contour (without recourse to supplemental showings).

04/07/1988

Amendment of Sections 73.3526(e)(2) and 73.3527(e)(2) of the Commission's Rules to Shorten the Record Retention Periods for Public File Materials      MM Docket 87-100, FCC 88-98, 3 FCC Rcd 1768, released 04/07/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Public inspection file materials need only be retained until after grant of the first following renewal application is granted.

05/28/1986

Deregulation of Radio      Memorandum Opinion and Order, BC Docket 79-219, FCC 86-222, 104 FCC 2d 505, 51 FR 20291 (06/04/1986), released 05/28/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   A radio license is required to maintain, in its public file (public inspection file), quarterly list of programs which (in the broadcaster's good faith judgement), represent the most significant treatment by the station of issued the licensee believed of community concern.

02/26/1985

Oversight of the Radio and TV Broadcast Rules      Order, 50 FR 8628 (03/04/1985), released 02/26/1985.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Proposal for a standard computer algorithm for predicting FM and TV service and interfering contours. Comment period extension request denied: DA 88-547. [Source code for the FM and TV F(50,50), F(50,10), and F(50,90) propagation curves is available in a zipped file.]

08/00/1997

Evaluating Complaince with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Rlectromagnetic Fields      OET Bulletin No. 65, released 08/00/1997.    [ Document ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiofrequency exposure limits.

08/01/1996

Guidelines for Evaluating the Environmental Effects of Radiofrequency Radiation       Report and Order, ET Docket 93-62, FCC 96-326, 11 FCC Rcd 15123, 61 FR 41106 , released 08/01/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Radiofrequency exposure guidelines

11/04/1955

Codification of the Standards of Good Engineering Practice      FCC 55-1097, 55 FR 9041 (12/09/1955), released 11/04/1955.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   1955 FCC rules formerly contained in the Standards of Good Engineering Practice were codified into the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This PDF document is the Federal Register publication of the AM, FM, and TV rules. AM at page 9041, FM at 9086, and TV at 9110.

03/17/1989

Policies to Encourage Interference Reduction Between AM broadcast Stations      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 89-46, FCC 89-71, 4 FCC Rcd 2430, released 03/17/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Comment was sought on proposals to reduce interference in the AM band.

04/30/1984

Corporate Ownership Reporting and Disclosure by Broadcast Licensees [Docket 20521]; Multiple Ownership of Standard, FM, and Television Broadcast Stations [Docket 20645]; Multiple Ownership of AM, FM, and Television Stations and CATV Stations [BC Docket 78-239]; Attribution of Ownership Interests in Broadcast, Cable television and Newspaper Entities [MM Docket 83-46]       Report and Order, MM Docket 83-46, FCC 84-115, 97 FCC 2d 997, released 04/30/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Attribution of ownership in the mid-1980s

04/12/1984

Hours of Operation of daytime-only AM Broadcast Stations {BC Docket 82-538]; Amendment of Section 73.81 of the Commission's Rules (Hours of Operation of Dominant and Secondary Stations) {Docket 18421]      Memorandum Opinion and Order, BC Docket 82-538, 18421, FCC 84-157, 97 FCC 2d 657, released 04/12/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   On reconsideration, Section 73.99 amended to permit Class III AM broadcast stations to use higher power in the postsunset period; Section 73.1725(d) governing disputes concerning nighttime resumption of operation by limited-time stations during hours when the cochannel Class I station is not operating was deleted, as licensing of new limited time stations ceased in 1959 and only 16 limited time stations remained.

04/09/1984

Amandment of Parts 2 and 73 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Use of Subsidiary Communications Authorizations      Second Report and Order, BC Docket 82-536, FCC 84-113, 97 FCC 2d 23, 49 FR 15079 (04/17/1984), released 04/09/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Increased peak modulation permitted, to 110 percent, to allow FM licensees to maximum their use of SCA subcarriers.

09/13/1961

Clear Channel Broadcasting in the Standard Broadcast Band      Report and Order, Docket 6741, FCC 61-1106, 31 FCC 565, released 09/13/1961.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   1030 kHz was reclassified to a Class I-A xchannel, making a total of 25 Class I-A channels. Revisions to Section 3.25. Rules that limited 13 Class I-A channels to only one station at night amended to allow an additional Class II station. Question as to whether AM stations could operate with more than 50 kW not resolved. New skywave and angle of departure curves contained in NARBA made applicable to class I-A clear channels. See also the Supplemental Report and Order, 10/27/1961.

09/05/1974

The Public and Broadcasting (1974 Edition)      Procedure Manual, released 09/05/1974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The Public and Broadcasting, as published in the Federal Register on 09/05/1974. [Revised June 1999].

07/31/1978

Commission Policy in Enforcing Section 312(a) of the Communications Act       Report and Order, BC Docket 78-102, FCC 78-504, 68 FCC 2d 1079, released 07/31/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Political programing issues from 1978 -- reasonable access, program time, bans on federal candidates' use, censorship, program content and program format.

10/06/1999

1998 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Streamlining of Mass Media Applications, Rules, and Policies [MM Docket 98-43]; Policies and Rules Regarding Ninority and Female Ownership of Mass Media Facilities [MM Docket 94-149]      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 98-43, 94-149, FCC 99-267, 14 FCC Rcd 17527, 64 FR 56974 (10/22/1999), released 10/06/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Ownership, enforcement and audits, collection of information on minority and frmale ownership, construction permit periods and tolling.

02/02/1997

Table of Allotments, Cloverdale, Montgomery, Warrior, AL       Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 94-78, DA 97-332, 12 FCC Rcd 2090, released 02/02/1997.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   No waivers of the city coverage requirements in Section 73.315(a) at the rulemaking stage. 100 percent cit coverage is required for an allotment in a rulemaking, 'substantial coverage' is not sufficient.

06/27/1997

Table of Allotments, Portsmouth, OH      Report and Order, MM Docket 96-216, DA 97-1297, 12 FCC Rcd 8295, released 06/27/1997.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   While a proposed allotment would reduce another station's listeners and advertisers, this does not bar creation of an allotment.

06/27/1997

Table of Allotments, Alberton, MT      Report and Order, MM Docket 87-51, DA 97-1293, 12 FCC Rcd 8295, released 06/27/1997.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Allotment proponent did not show that a suitable site would exist.

06/27/1997

Table of Allotments, Eatonton and Sandy Springs, GA, and Anniston and Lineville, AL      MM Docket 89-686, DA 97-1334, 12 FCC Rcd 7609, released 06/27/1997.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review was denied. Counterproposal relied on WSSL implementing its construction permit, which it did not do. The WSSL construction permit was later cancelled, so that the counterproposal remained short-spaced to WSSL's licensed transmitter site.

10/06/1998

Table of Allotments, Rosendale, NY      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 93-17, FCC 98-237, 13 FCC Rcd 20950, released 10/06/1998.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Pleading denied. petitioner had sought review of a petition for reconsideration in an allotment proceeding wherein it has sought to reserve a new allotment for noncommercial educational use. The Commission concluded that the petitioner'c comment that it would 'accept a condition on its license trstricting tht station's use to noncommercial educational purposes' was not a request to so restrrict the channel. Nor had the petitioner established the noncommercial educational channels were not available due to Channel 6 interference considerations.

01/09/1998

Table of Allotments, Rosendale, NY      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 93-17, FCC 98-18, 13 FCC Rcd 308, released 01/09/1998.    [ Document | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   R&O in allotment proceeding did not move noncommercial educational station WFNP to a newly created commercial channel, but allocated the channel as commercial. The Commission noted that the petitioner had not requested that the channel be reserved for NCE use only. Section 1.420(g) does not permit noncommercial educational stations to modify its license to a non-adjacent channel. Commission noted that the petitioner had originally proposed commercial use for the channel.

07/02/1997

Table of Allotments, Rosendale, NY      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 93-17, FCC 98-18, 12 FCC Rcd 10020, released 07/02/1997.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied. NCE share time WFNP had sought to move to the new Rosendale channel as a commercial station via a modification of station license. The R&O in the allotment proceeding did not move the noncommercial educational station to a commercial channel, but allocated the channel as commercial. The Commission noted that the petitioner had not requested that the channel be reserved for NCE use only. Section 1.420(g) does not permit noncommercial educational stations to modify its license to a non-adjacent commercial channel. Order denying petition for reconsideration.

01/18/2008

Eagle Broadcasting Group, Ltd.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 08-9, released 01/18/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Unauthorized operation cannot be used to avoid the loss of station license and operating authority under Section 312(g) of the Communications Act, after being silent for one year.

01/18/2008

Table of Allotments, Toquerville, UT      Report and Order, MB Docket 04-134, FCC 08-127, released 01/18/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Proposal to reserve a commercial channel for noncommercial educational use was not adopted. An NCE channel is available that will not affect operating TV Channel 6 stations; NCE would not be required to protect TV analog rulemaking reallotment.

01/18/2008

JNE Investments, Inc.      FCC 08-13, released 01/18/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Tolling request denied; minority investor filing of an intervening pleading was dismissed.

01/18/2008

A-O Broadcasting Corporation      FCC 08-10, released 01/18/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Unauthorized operation does not count toward Section 312(g) of the Communications Act, that a station resume broadcasting within on year of going silent. Petitions for reconsideration and application for review were denied.

01/18/2008

Nicholas Paula, Bronx, NY       Forfeiture Order, DA 08-114, released 01/18/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Forfeiture Order for $17,000 issued for operation of an unlicensed transmitter on 94.5 MHz and failing to permit a station inspection.

06/09/2006

FM Table of Allotments, Elgin and Lombard, IL       Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 06-1226, 21 FCC Rcd 6418, released 06/09/2006.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration denied (no docket number). Change in community of license for a 1964 grandfathered short-spaced FM station, including a transmitter site change, does not qualify for consideration even though Section 73.213(a) sets no spacing requirement on second or third adjacent channel spacings for this class of grandfathered stations.

06/14/2005

Revision of the Procedures Governing Amendments to FM Table of Allotments and Changes in Community of License in the Radio Broadcast Services      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket 05-210, FCC 05-120, 20 FCC Rcd 11142, 70 FR 44537 , released 06/14/2005.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   A0].

11/29/2006

Revision of the Procedures Governing Amendments to FM Table of Allotments and Changes in Community of License in the Radio Broadcast Services      Report and Order, MB Docket 05-210, FCC 06-163, 21 FCC Rcd 14212, 71 FR 76208 (12/20/2006), released 11/29/2006.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   AM and FM radio stations can propose community of license changes via application. Such applications are processed on a first-come/first-served basis, and must include a showing of how the change woukld satisfy Section 307(b) of the Communications Act. Notice of proposed community of license changes must be published in the federal Register and will be posted to the Commission's website. Applicants must give local public notice of such filings per Section 73.3580. Form 301 must be concurrently filed with a petition for rulemaking to add a new allotment. Petitions for rulemaking may be electronically filed.

10/09/2002

Table of Allotments, Murrietta, Arcadia, Fallbrook, Yucca Valley, and Desert Hot Springs, CA      Report and Order, MB Docket 01-11, DA 02-2514, 17 FCC Rcd 19458, released 10/09/2002.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   A 1964 grandfathered short-spaced FM station cannot ignore second and third adjacent channel spacings if it wants to increase the station class.

09/27/2002

Reclassification of license of station WLWI-FM, Montgomery, AL and WQST-FM, Forest, MS      Order to Show Cause, DA 02-2310, 17 FCC Rcd 18104, released 09/27/2002.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Typical Order to Show Cause to a Class C station not meeting the minimum requirements for Class C operation, propsing reclassification to Class C0.

03/23/2001

Table of Allotments, Kankakee and Part Forest, IL      Report and Order, MM Docket 99-320, DA 01-700, 16 FCC Rcd 6768, released 03/23/2001. Effective date: 05/07/2001.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Change in community of license for a 1964 grandfathered short-spaced FM station, with no change in transmitter site was approved.

05/04/2000

Table of Allotments, Mt. Juliet and Belle Meade, TN      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 97-97, FCC 00-153, 15 FCC Rcd 1992, released 05/04/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied. Because the channel at Mt. Juliet was unusable due to EMI interference to FAA installations, the change from Mt. Juliet to Belle Meade was preferable than adding a new vacant allotment at Belle Meade.

10/31/1997

Table of Allotments, Mt. Juliet and Belle Meade, TN      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 97-97, DA 97-2297, 12 FCC Rcd 17616, 62 FR 61692 , released 10/31/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration denied. Because the channel at Mt. Juliet was unusable due to EMI interference to FAA installations, the change from Mt. Juliet to Belle Meade was preferable than adding a new vacant allotment at Belle Meade.

07/25/1997

Table of Allotments, Mt. Juliet and Belle Meade, TN      Report and Order, MM Docket 97-97, DA 97-1559, 12 FCC Rcd 10481, released 07/25/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration denied. Because the channel at Mt. Juliet was unusable due to EMI interference to FAA installations, the change from Mt. Juliet to Belle Meade was preferable than adding a new vacant allotment at Belle Meade. (Appeals subsequently were denied.)

03/17/2000

Table of Allotments, Kuna, NV      Report and Order, MM Docket 93-28, DA 00-539, 15 FCC Rcd 4976, released 03/17/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   'At the allotment stage, the Commission assumes omnidirectional signals operating at maximum facilities for all classes except Class C stations.' For Class C stations, we assume omnidirectional signals based on the use of actual facilities for the prediction of 70 dBu coverage of the community of license.

02/11/2000

Table of Allotments, Grand View, ID      Report and Order, MM Docket 99-204, DA 00-257, 15 FCC Rcd 2768, released 02/11/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Objector provided a letter from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that the proposed allotment sire was unavailable and unsuitable for use. Proposed allotment was denied.

02/11/2000

Table of Allotments, Buras, LA      Report and Order, MM Docket 99-209, DA 00-256, 15 FCC Rcd 2766, released 02/11/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   No site available for fully spaced allotment reference coordinates (swampland). Must have a suitable allotment reference site, the fact that short-spaced sites exist that work under Section 73.215 is not sufficient.

01/07/2000

Table of Allotments, Colonial Heights, TN      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 93-28, DA 00-25, 15 FCC Rcd 195, released 01/07/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Reimbursement issues do not require delay in creating allotment and modifying an existing station's license. FCC maintains a steadfast refusal to consider demonstrations of inability to pay reimbursement in a rulemaking context. Licensed station may continure to operate on its old channel temporarily until the new station is ready to commence operations.

12/03/1999

Table of Allotments, Warrenton, OR      Report and Order, MM Docket 99-157, DA 99-2688, 14 FCC Rcd 21154, 65 FR 1843 , released 12/03/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Proposed allotment site was in a river and was denied.

03/22/1996

Comments in Response to Reconsideration of Implementation of the AM Expanded Band and Allotment Plan      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 87-267, FCC 96-113, 11 FCC Rcd 12444, released 03/22/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Discussion regarding improvement factors and KKDZ, Seattle, WA; KHVN, Fort Worth, TX and WAOK, Atlanta, GA; WGNY, Newburgh, NY.

02/16/1996

Letter re WPMZ, East Providence, RI      Letter, released 02/16/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Unauthorized nighttime operation; STA request to continue such operation was denied. Request for split-frequency operation was also denied.

10/13/1994

Polnet Communications, Ltd., licensee of WKTA (AM), Evanston, IL, for Reconsideration of Public Notice Announcing Imterference Improvement Factors for Stations Proposing to Migrate to the AM Expanded Band       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 94-257, 9 FCC Rcd 6129, released 10/13/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration was denied, the staff calculated the improvement factors correctly (Section 73.35).

07/07/2005

Letter to Northeast Florida Radio, LLC re NEW (AM), Baldwin, FL      Letter, DA 05-1943, 20 FCC Rcd 11982, released 07/07/2005.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Relocation of an unbuilt station to a new community was denied based on Section 307(b) considerations.

11/10/2004

Letter re application of Brantley Broadcast Associates for NEW (AM), Pace, FL      Letter, released 11/10/2004.    [ Summary     Summary:   AM applicants must protect Radio Marti.

03/04/2004

Los Angeles World Airports [WNHV696]      DA 03-3483, 19 FCC Rcd 4117, released 03/04/2004.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Waiver granted to permit operation of a 100 watt Travellers' Information Station on 530 kHz.

04/07/2003

Monroe Area Broadcasters, Inc. Licensee of WRKQ (AM), Madisonville, TN      Forfeiture Order, DA 03-1033, 18 FCC Rcd 6255, released 04/07/2003.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Forfeiture for failing to reduce power at sunset, night operation at daytime power, and failutre to identify the station by call sign.

02/10/2003

Marshall County Radio Corporation, for WAXO (AM), Lewisburg, TN      Forfeiture Order, DA 03-363, 18 FCC Rcd 1588, released 02/10/2003.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   $9,000 forfeiture for failing to enclose the AM tower within a locked fence or other enclosure.

03/07/2001

An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policy and Ruled Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification      Report and Order and Notice of Further Rulemaking, MM Docket 93-177, FCC 01-60, 16 FCC Rcd 5635, released 03/07/2001.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   A0].

06/29/2000

Reier Broadcasting Company, Inc.      DA 00-1454, 15 FCC Rcd 21831, released 06/29/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   $7,000 forfeiture order for failing to provide a locked fence around an AM tower.

06/11/1999

An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Performance Verification       Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 93-177, FCC 99-126, 14 FCC Rcd 9275, released 06/11/1999.    [ Word ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM proposed changes in AM directional antenna perrformance and pattern measurements.

12/21/1998

M3 Estimated Effective Ground Ground Conductivity in the Unites States (a Wall Map)       released 12/21/1998.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Original HTML page posted 12/21/1998. Download map sections and assemble them into a large wall map showing the M3 ground conductivity lines. Links to the gonductivity data files are also available.

03/30/1998

AM Ground System Correction Factors      released 03/30/1998.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Original HTML page posted 03/30/1998. Correction figures applied by the staff to Figure 8, Section 73.190.

03/05/1998

Wings Communications, inc., for Radio Station WELE (AM), Ormond Beach, FL      Forfeiture Order, DA 98-418, 13 FCC Rcd 10806, released 03/05/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Forfeiture for failure to make required required equipment performance measurements on the main transmitter for more than 14 months, contrary to Section 73.1590(a)(6).

10/24/1984

Protection Standards for AM Stations in Alaska      Report and Order, MM Docket 83-807, FCC 84-489, 99 FCC 2d 77, released 10/24/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Class I-N AM stations established in Alaska with increased interference protection; high latitude skywave propagation curves adopted for use in Alaska.

01/11/1982

Amendment of Section 73.593 of the Commission's Rules       Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 82-1, FCC 82-1, released 01/11/1982.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM proposed deletion of the requirement that a noncommercial educational FM station could not use its subcarrier capacity for remunerative purposes.

02/09/2000

FM Broadcast Station KNEC, Arnold Broadcasting Company      Forfeiture Order, DA 00-225, 15 FCC Rcd 2704, released 02/09/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Forfeiture for ASRN, EAS, and other violations. 'Licensees are expected to know and comply with the Commission's rules, and will not be excused for violations thereof, absent clear mitigating circumstances.' (cites omitted)

06/21/1999

Commission Announces New Procedures for Antenna Structure Registration      Public Notice, DA 99-1186, 14 FCC Rcd 9668, released 06/21/1999.    [ PDF | Word ]. [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Revised procedures for antenna structure registration (1999).

12/04/1998

FCC Audit of Antenna Structures Indicates Poor Compliance with Registration Rules      News Release, released 12/04/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   368 of 1,331 structures audited in 1998 were not registered as required by the FCC's rules.

07/01/1996

Antenna Structure Registration Number Required as Supplement to FCC Application Forms Effective as of July 1, 1996      Public Notice, released 07/01/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   ASRNs required on and after 07/01/1996

04/03/1998

1998 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Streamlining of Mass Media Applications, Rules, and Processes      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 98-43, FCC 98-57, 13 FCC Rcd 11349, released 04/03/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Issues considered: electronic filing; no-profit rule on the sale of unbuilt stations proposed for elimination; submissions of contracts with assignment and transfer applications proposed for elinmation; FM directional measured data to be included at the license stage; maps no longer required for auxiliary (backup) facilities (except AM); modification of the extension

10/05/1996

Letter to Columbia Bible Broadcasting Company      Letter, released 10/05/1996.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Request for waiver of Section 73.1675, to allow an auxiliary facility's 1 mV/m contour to extend outside the 1 mV/m contour of the main station, was denied.

09/26/1994

Letter to Central Coast Communications, Inc.      Letter, released 09/26/1994.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   8 radials is insufficient to determine the location of the contours. As many radials as necessary should be used to accurately locate the main and auxiliary facility's contours.

04/13/2004

R&S Media, Inc., for application to modify the construction permit of KBNH (FM), Homedale, ID      Memorandum Opinion and Order and Order to Show Cause, DA 04-960, 19 FCC Rcd 6300, released 04/13/2004.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Waivers of Sections 73.215(a) and (e), Section 316 of the Communications Act. See also the 02/14/2005 MO&O.

10/01/1999

Greater Media Radio Company, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 99-226, 15 FCC Rcd 7090, released 10/01/1999.    [ PDF ].     [ Word ].     Summary     Summary:   A0].

01/30/2008

First Baptist Church, Inc.      Forfeiture Order, DA 08-176, released 01/30/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   $2,000 forfeiture assessed for EAS and main studio violations. No staff presence at the main studio.

08/11/1998

Review of the Commission's Rules regarding the main studio and local public inspection files of broadcast television and radio stations      Report and Order, FCC Docket 97-138, FCC 98-175, 13 FCC Rcd 15691, released 08/11/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Additional flexibility granted to stations regarding the location of the main studio, while maintaining reasonable access by members of the public. 25 mile radius adopted in Section 73.1125. Location and contents of the local public inspection file (also called local file) covered in detail.

11/09/1925

Opening Address by Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, at the Fourth National Radio Conference      Speech, released 11/09/1925.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Proceedings and recommendations for regulation of radio

08/22/1984

Revision of Program Policies and Reporting Requirements Related to Public Broadcasting Licensees       Report and Order, BC Docket 81-496, 98 FCC 2d 746, released 08/22/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Nature of public broadcasting and its regulation; formal ascertaininment requirements deleted; program logs eliminated but stations still required to keep a list of issues and programming addressing them.

06/00/1999

The Public and Broadcasting (1999 edition)      Publication, released 06/00/1999.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   The Public and Broadcasting is required to be in each station's public file, per sections 73.3526 and 73.3527. Current edition is at http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/public_and_broadcasting.html.

05/02/1984

Petition for Reconsideration of Amendment 2 and 73 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Use of Subsidiary Communications Authorization      Memorandum Opinion and Order, BC Docket 82-536, FCC 84-187, 98 FCC 2d 792, released 05/02/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Peritions for reconsideration granted to an extent. Commission preempts state regulation that prohibits or impedes use of SCA for common carrier or paging services based on need for service. Petitions to delete Section 22.516, traffic load studies for common carrier paging, granted to an extent. Petition to consider tunable subcarrier receivers was denied.

06/20/1977

Amendment of Parts 2 and 89 of the Rules to Provide for the Use of Frequencies 530, 1606, and 1612 by Stations in the Local Government Radio services for the Transmission of Certain Kinds of Information tot he Travelling Public; Amendment of Parts 2 and 73 of the Rules to provide fot he Use of Frequencies 530, 1606, and 1612 kHz by Community Access Noncommercial Stations for Locally Produced Affairs, Musical, Dramatic,and Cultural Programming       Report and Order, Docket 20509, 67 FCC 2d 917, released 06/20/1977.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Travellers' Information Service (also known as Highway Advisory Radio) established on frequencies adjacent to the AM broadcast band; 3 km service radius; 'leaky' cable antenna; 1606 and 1612 kHz deleted in favor of 1610 kHz. TIS stations may not be commercially operated. A petition to open these frequencies to noncommercial educational use was denied.

12/03/1997

Letter re: WKOX (AM), Framingham, MA      Letter, released 12/03/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Construction permit for new AM towers in 100 year flood plain was granted; station had had towers at the site since 1947 without objections from local officials. Environmental assessment not required.

03/28/1991

Table of Allotments, Randolph and Brandon, VT      Report and Order, MM Docket 89-487, DA 91-336, released 03/28/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Substitution of a vacant channel for which applications were pending. No Commission policy of reimbursement for applicants for a vacant allotment, only licensees and permittees are eligible. Vacant channels are considered equivalent for allotment purposes.

10/25/1984

Protection Standards for AM Stations in Alaska      Report and Order, MM Docket 83-807, FCC 84-489, 99 FCC 2d 77, released 10/25/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Class I-N established in Alaska with increased interference protection; high latitude skywave propagation curves adopted for use in Alaska.

06/01/1973

In re Identification of Source of, or Party Supplying, Certain Proadcast Matter       Public Notice, FCC 73-595, 41 FCC 2d 333, released 06/01/1973.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   False claims that broadcast matter originated from broadcasters' correspondents triggered this warning to properly identify the source of material broadcast.

08/09/1984

In re complaint of Yes to Stop Callaway Committee against Television Station KTVI, Dt. Louis, MO      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 84-118, 98 FCC 2d 1317, released 08/09/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Application for review of Mass Media rulings which denied Fairness Doctrinc compliant were denied. Complainant failed to establish (1) need issue, (2) current controversial issue, and (3) whether evidence submitted was properly evaluated. Bureau's application of the Standard of review -- Campaign materials and newspaper articles; base rate.

05/18/1984

Amendment of Part 74, Subpart E of the Commission's Rules Relating to FM Radio Broadcast Translator Stations; Amendment of Subparts F and L of Part 74 to permit use of alternative input sources for FM broadcast translator stations and to permit uniform 10 watt FM translator power       Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 19918, FCC 84-158, 98 FCC 2d 35, released 05/18/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for rulemaking to expand the the services of FM broadcast translators (LPFM service), and to allow alternatives to off-the-air reception for input signals, was denied.

01/24/2008

Broadcast Localism      Report on Broadcast Localism and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 04-233, FCC 08-03, released 01/24/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Communication between broadcast licensees and their communities; nature ansd amount of community-responsive programming; underserved audiences; disaster warnings; newtork affiliation rules; payola / sponsorship identification; license renewal procedures; additional spectrum allocations.

07/29/1960

Report and Statement of Policy Res: Commission en banc Programming Inquiry      Public Notice, FCC 60-970, 44 FCC 2303, released 07/29/1960.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission response to rigged quiz programs scandal, payola; discussion of the roles of the Commission and of licensees in regard to programming.

12/16/1970

Formulation of Appropriate Further Regulatory Policies Concerning Cigarette Advertising and Antismoking Presentations       Report and Order, Docket 19050, FCC 70-1305, 27 FCC 2d 453, released 12/16/1970.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   All cigarette advertising on broadcast stations ceased 01/01/1971; licensees should use reasonable judgement regarding antismoking announcements.

01/18/1971

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Specify, in Lieu of the Existing MEOV Concept, a Standard Method for Calculating Radiation for Use in Calculating Interference, Coverage, and Overlap of Mutually Prohibited Contours in the Standard Broadcast Service       Report and Order, Docket 16222, FCC 71-39, 27 FCC 2d 77, released 01/18/1971.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Standard patterns for AM stations, augmentation of said patterns, 85 percent RMS limit adopted for measured pattern within the standard pattern as augmented.

02/23/1971

Primer on Ascertainment of Community Problems by Broadcast Applicants, Part I, Sections IV-A and IV-B of FCC Forms       Report and Order, FCC 71-176, 27 FCC 2d 650, released 02/23/1971.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Ascertainment of community problems by broadcast licensees and related issues, formerly required with applications for construction permit. Question and answer approach.

10/30/1989

Table of Allotments, Gleneden beach, Sweet Home, and Toledo, OR      Report and Order, MM Docket 89-13, DA 89-1307, 4 FCC Rcd 7796, released 10/30/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Where a channel is substituted for a vacant channel, no reimbursement is required to applicants for that vacant channel. Reimbursement policy does not extend to applicants.

12/07/1992

Decatur Telecasting, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 92-1651, 7 FCC Rcd 8622, released 12/07/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Construction permit granted despite the site's location in a floodplain; City of Dallas had televison towers are a permitted use in that area.

06/00/1992

Telephone Interference, Information Bulletin       FOB Bulletin No. 10, released 06/00/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Telephone information bulletin issued in revised form in June 1992 by the Field Operations Bureau

12/07/1999

Letter to Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum      Letter, released 12/07/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Class D NCE station seeking to upgrade to Class A was denied an IF short-spacing waiver, as Class D stations are not linited by an I.F. spacing rule but Class A stations are. 'Masked' interferene argument rejected and waivers of Section 73.509 were denied.

10/21/1959

Promulgation of Rules and regulations and Standards of Good Engineering Practice Concerning Daytime Skywave Transmissions of Standard Broadcast Stations      Supplemental Report and Order, Docket 8333, FCC 59-1072, 27 FCC 690, released 10/21/1959.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Clarifications to the Report and Order, FCC 59-970. Pertinent vertical angles, changes in facilities not resulting in increased daytime skywave interference. 'Critical hours' rule (now Section 73.187) was adopted.

04/27/1984

Deregulation of Radio      Second Report and Order, BC Docket 79-219, FCC 84-67, 96 FCC 2d 930, released 04/27/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Issues/program list to be placed in the public inspection file quarterly instead of annually; limit on number of issues was removed. The Commission no longer required licensees to describe how it determined each issue to be once facing the community.

11/30/1983

In re Application of Pacifica Foundation, for Renewal of License for Noncommercial Station WPFW (FM), Washington, DC      Memorandum Opinion and oeder, FCC 83-518, 95 FCC 2d 750, released 11/30/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition to deny alleging violation of Fairness Doctrine and personal attack rule was denied; indecent language allegation; public inspection file violations result in a renewal granted with conditions.

03/28/1984

Commission Policy Regarding the Noncommercial Nature of Educational Broadcasting Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 21136, FCC 84-105, 97 FCC 2d 255, released 03/28/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'On reconsideration, the Commission amended its policy governing underwriting and donor acknowledgements aired by public broadcasters to permit the use of brand and trade names as well as product or service listings. It also clarified its policy that fundraising that altered or suspended programming was only permitted for the benefit of the station itself.'

06/28/1967

Amendment of the Rules With Respect to Hours of Operation of Standard Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, Docket 14419, FCC 67-767, 8 FCC 2d 698, 10 RR 2d 1580, released 06/28/1967.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   500 watt ceiling imposed on presunrise operations to avoid interference (Section 73.87).

08/22/1992

Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules to Provide for Satellite and Terrestrial Microwave Feeds to Noncommercial Educational FM Translators      MM Docket 86-112, FCC 92-387, 7 FCC Rcd 5546, released 08/22/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Translator rules were revised to permit independently owned noncommercial educational translators providing fill-in service for the primary station to receive the primary station's signal via satellite, microwave, or other terrestrial means (e.g. telephone, Internet).

04/15/1988

Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules to Provide for Satellite and Terrestrial Microwave Feeds to Noncommercial Educational FM Translators      Report and Order, MM Docket 86-112, FCC 88-125, 3 FCC Rcd 2196, released 04/15/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Translator rules were revised to permit noncommercial educational translators to receive the co-owned primary station's signal via satellite, microwave, or other terrestrial means (e.g. telephone, Internet).

04/15/1988

Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules to Provide for Satellite and Terrestrial Microwave Feeds to Noncommercial Educational FM Translators      Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 86-112, FCC 88-126, 3 FCC Rcd 2202, released 04/15/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FNPRM proposed to extend rules adopted in FCC 088-125 to noncommercial educational translators that are owned by parties other than the primary station.

03/30/1990

Petition of Xavier University, Licensee of Noncommercial Radio station WVXU (FM), Cincinatti, OH      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 90-111, 5 FCC Rcd 4920, released 03/30/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Licensee had taken steps to correct isolated instance where a qualitative description had been broadcast in an underwriting statement on an NCE FM station, and exercised its judgement on other announcements the Commission later found objectionble. Letter of admonishion was rescinded.

02/17/1984

Letter re: Dataspeed tunable subcarrier receiver      Declaratory Ruling, FCC 84-48, released 02/17/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Special tunable subcarrier receiver was approved. The receiver was designed to reject any SCA signal other than the service for which it was designed. (In general, tunable subcarrier receivers are prohibited.)

12/03/1993

Letter to Dr. Hossein Haghighi      Letter, released 12/03/1993.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Marketing of an SCA receiver without authorization is a violation of Section 2.803. The Commission would not knowlingly authorize an SCA receiver that is designed to be tunable.

06/20/1980

Clear Channel Broadcasting in the AM Broadcast Band      Report and Order, Docket 20642, FCC 80-317, 78 FCC 2d 1345, released 06/20/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Rules revised to permit unlimited-time Class II station assignments to the 25 Class I-A Clear Channels while preserving Clear Channel-wide service of 750 miles.'

03/14/1980

Modification of FM Broadcast Station Rules to Increase the Availability of Commercial FM Broadcast Assignments       Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, BC Docket 80-90, FCC 80-108, 78 FCC 2d 1235, released 03/14/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM proposed rule changes to make more FM allotments available.

06/10/1980

Modification of FM Broadcast Station Rules to Increase the Availability of Commercial FM Broadcast Assignments      Memorandum Opinion and Order, BC Docket 80-90, FCC 80-314, released 06/10/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NTIA petition for recoonsideration was denied. NTIA had sought use of directional antennas in connection with the assignment of FM channels.

07/30/1979

Amendment of Part 73 of the Rule Regarding Personal Attacks, and Applicability of the Fairness Doctrine to Section 315 'Uses'       Report and Order, BC Docket 79-433, FCC 79-433, 78 FCC 2d 457, released 07/30/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Rules amended to 'exempt all vestiges of personal attacks from Section 315 [of the Communications Act] uses.

06/15/1998

1998 Biennial Regularory Review -- Streamlining of Radio Technical Rules in parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 98-93, FCC 98-117, 13 FCC Rcd 14849, released 06/15/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM sought comment on negotiated interference in the FM service; contingent applications; changes to spacings for second- and third-adjacent channel stations under Section 73.215(e); 73.215 in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; Class C0; coordinate corrections by modification of license application; first-come/first-served processing was to be extended to AM and NCE FM applications; FM translators and boosters may reduced power in a single application; redefinition of 'minor change' for AM, NCE FM, and FM translator services, second-adjacent channel ratios for NCE service; 60 dBu coverage over 50 percent of the community of license by NCE stations was proposed.

01/05/2005

Lakeside Telecommunications, Inc.       Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 04-298, 20 FCC Rcd 763, released 01/05/2005.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Cochannel waiver request of Section 73.509 denied for a Class D station attempting to upgrade to Class A.

11/12/1997

Letter re NEW FM, Cabo Rojo, PR      Letter, released 11/12/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Denied a request for an Order to Show Cause to modify another FM noncommercial educational station's channel so this application for a new NCE FM station could be granted.

01/00/1976

Field Strength Calculation for TV and FM Broadcasting      FCC/OCE Report RS76-01, released 01/00/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM and TV propagation curves program.

04/20/2004

Digital Audio Systems and Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio broadcast Service      Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking anf Notice of Inquiry, MM Docket 99-325, FCC 04-99, 19 FCC Rcd 7505, 69 FR 27874 (02/17/2004), released 04/20/2004.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   FNPRM sought comment on various rule changes, notification procedures, forms, etc.

03/17/2004

Use of Separate Antennas to Initiate Digital FM Transmissions Approved      Public Notice, MM Docket 99-325, DA 04-712, released 03/17/2004.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Use of a separate antenna for digital broadcasts requires the grant of Special temporary Authority (STA) before digital FM operations can commence.

12/08/2003

Comment Sought on Use of Separate Antennas to Initiate Digital FM Systems      Public Notice, DA 03-3898, released 12/08/2003.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Comments were sought by 01/23/2004. The subject of this nitice is the NAB's 07/23/2003 report on the use of separate antennas for digital audio broadcasting (113 pages).

03/24/2003

Interference Immunity Performance Spefifications for radio receivers / Review of Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television       Notice of Inquiry, ET Docket 03-65, FCC 03-54, 18 FCC Rcd 6039, 68 FR 26377 (05/05/2003), released 03/24/2003.    Summary     Summary:   ET Docket 03-65 & MM Docket 00-39. NOI asks for inpit as to whetrher receiver standards should be required and what parameters should be specified. ET Docket 03-65 was subsequently terminated; FCC 07-79, released 05/04/2007, 22 FCC Rcd 8941: [ PDF

03/20/2003

IBOC Procedures Effective Immediately      Public Notice, DA 03-831, 18 FCC Rcd 5029, released 03/20/2003.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   AM and FM stations may implement digital operations without Special Temporary Authority; notification required within 10 days of commencement of digital operations. The sample notification letter in this Public Notice may be used for this purpose.

10/11/2002

Digital Audio broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service      First Report and Order, MM Docket 99-325, FCC 02-286, 17 FCC Rcd 19990, 67 FR 78193 (12/23/2003), released 10/11/2002.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Policy goals; AM and FM IBOC performance; selection of IBOC; interim IBOC operations, adoption of AM and FM IBOC standards.

11/01/1999

Digital Audio broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 99-325, FCC 99-327, 15 FCC Rcd 1722, 64 FR 61054 , released 11/01/1999.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM for digital audio broadcasting..

10/07/1998

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Permit the Introduction of Digital Audio Broadcasting in the AM and FM Broadcasting Services [USADR prtition]       Petition for rulemaking, RM-9395, MM Docket 99-325, released 10/07/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for rulemaking that initiated MM Docket 99-325.

04/19/2002

Comment Sought on National Radio Systems Committee DAB Subcommittee's 'Evaluation of the Ibiquity Digital Corporation IBOC System' [regarding AM In-Band On-Channel Digital Radio Broadcasting]      Public Notice, MM Docket 99-325, DA 02, FCC 899, released 04/19/2002.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Comments were due 06/18/2002; reply comments were due 07/18/2002.

10/10/2002

FCC Selects Digital Radio Technology; Authorized AM and FM Interim, Voluntary Digital Operation       News Release, MM Docket 99-325, DOC-MM, released 10/10/2002.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   News release about the First Report and Order in MM Docket 88-325.

07/09/2004

Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service      Order, MM Docket 99-325, DA 04-2073, 19 FCC Rcd 12856, released 07/09/2004.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Extension of time to file reply comments.

07/09/2004

Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service      Second Report and Order, First Order on Reconsideration, and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 99-325, FCC 07-33, 22 FCC Rcd 10344, 72 FR 45670 (08/15/2007), released 07/09/2004.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Conversion policy, service rules, signal quality, multicasting, datacasting, subscription services, NCE stations, LPFM stations, programming and operational rules, station ID, radio reading services, EAS, hours, AM nighttime operation, dual antennas (FM), TV Channel 6, notificatin procedures, international issues.

03/08/2005

Commission Clarifies Policy Regarding Multiple Audio Streams in IBOC Transmissions      Public Notice, MM Docket 99-325, DA 05-609, 20 FCC Rcd 5136, released 03/08/2005.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Experimental authority must be requested.

06/15/2005

Comment Sought on National Radio Systems Committee's 'In-Band On-Channel Digital Radio broadcasting Standard NRSC-5'      Public Notice, MM Docket 99-325, DA 05-1661, 20 FCC Rcd 10712, released 06/15/2005.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Comments due 07/18/2005, reply comments due 08/17/2005.

10/02/2007

Clarification of Notification Procedures for Dual Antenna Hybrid Digital Operation      Public Notice, MM Docket 99-325, DA 07-4114, 22 FCC Rcd 17600, released 10/02/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Effective date of the new notification procedures was 09/14/2007.

04/14/2004

Comment Sought on Use of Digital AM Transmissions During Nighttimne Hours       Public Notice, MM Docket 99-325, DA 04-1007, 19 FCC Rcd 6869, released 04/14/2004.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Comments were due o6/14/2004, reply comments were due 07/14/2004.

04/15/2004

FCC Explores Rules for Digital Audio Broadcasting      News Release, MM Docket 99-325, DOC-MM, released 04/15/2004.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   'Goal is to promote the introduction of digital radio services for Americans.'

07/07/2003

Amendment of Sections 73.62 and 73.150 of the Commission's Rules [for AM directional broadcast stations]      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket 03-151, FCC 03-160, 18 FCC Rcd 13570, 68 FR 44273 (07.28/2003), released 07/07/2003.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Consideration of procedures when AM stations cannot be maintained within tolerances.

05/25/2007

Amendment of Sections 73.62 and 73.150 of the Commission's Rules [for AM directional broadcast stations]      Report and Order, MB Docket 03-151, FCC 07-97, 22 FCC Rcd 9844, 72 FR 44418 (08/08/2007), released 05/25/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   2B/- 10 degrees in pahse, any monitor point that exceeds 125 percent of the licensed linit, or any operation at variance from the license that results in complaints of interference shall be consudered operation at variance and will require immediate action, i.e., action within the tree minute time frame for responding to substantially variant out-of-tolerance conditions, or within three minutes of a bona fide complaint if the variation does not exceed the foregoing limits.' Licensees must request STA within 24 hours of commencing emergency antenna operation.

05/23/2007

Comment Sought on Proposed Rules Permitting Antenna Modelling to Verify AM Directional Antenna Performance      Public Notice, MM Docket 93-177, DA 07-2143, 22 FCC Rcd 9279, released 05/23/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   A0].

06/19/1998

Polnet Communications, Ltd.      Forfeiture Order, 13 FCC Rcd 16789, released 06/19/1998.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Forfeiture assessed for failure to move an unsuitable monitoring point location and improper operation.

05/08/1998

Bronco Broadcasting Co., Inc, St. Charles, MO      released 05/08/1998.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   Forfeiture for 'willful' operation of the AM station at night outside the monitoring point limits.

02/11/2008

Turquoise Broadcasting Company, LLC      Memorandum Opinion and Order and Declaratory Ruling, FCC 08-44, released 02/11/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied against Turquoise's translators; Commission issued a declaratory statement on the use of rate cards and airing of commercial 'spot' announcements by translators, and defrayal of costs limitation.

02/11/2008

KSBN Radio, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 08-43, released 02/11/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Commission affirmed denial of tolling request; applicant had installed two Valcom antennas in place of conventional towers, without prior FCC approval, and prior litigation had ended.

02/12/2008

SIBR, Inc.      Letter, DA 08-347, released 02/12/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration, regarding dismissal of the license application for patently defective construction, was denied.

02/13/2007

Letter to Michael Celenza      Letter, released 02/13/2007.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Waiver request of Section 74.1231(b) was denied. Impediments to receiving a clear input signal (including atmospheric distortion) are not uncommon and do not merit waiver of the rule requiring over-the-air acquisition of the input signal.

04/26/1996

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to More Efficiently Resolve Broadcast Blanketing Interference, Including Interference to Consumer Electronics and Other Communications Devices      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 96-62, FCC 96-124, 11 FCC Rcd 4750, released 04/26/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Proposal to merge blanketing interference rules for AM, FM and TV into one rule section. Blanketing interference contours, licensee's responsibility, high gain antennas, telephone interference, 'visual pollution'.

12/00/1975

FM Broadcast Channel Frequency Spacing      FCC/OCE Report RS-75-08, released 12/00/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Report on the effects of decreasing the bandwidth of FM channel from 200 kHz to 150 or 100 kHz wide. Effects on subcarriers was not considered.

08/30/1993

Quinnipiac College      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 93-414, 8 FCC Rcd 6285, released 08/30/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Class D NCE stations do not have I.F. spacing requirements. A Class D upgrading to Class A, however, must meet the Class A IF spacing rules, even as a minimum Class A facility. Application for review was denied. Appeal denied by the Court of Appeals, Quinnipiac College v. FCC, 310 U.S. App. D.C. 386, 48 F.3d 562 (1995).

06/19/1990

Review of Technical Parameters For FM Allocation Rules of Part 73, Subpart B, FM Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 86-144, FCC 90-174, 5 FCC Rcd 3715, released 06/19/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration of the reduced FM I.F. separations (derived from 36 mV/m contours) were denied. FCC did not consider a request to extend the IF spacing rules to TV Channel 5 or the aeronautical band above 108 MHz.

02/29/1996

Table of Allotments, Kingsville and Ingleside, TX      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 88-257, FCC 96-9, 11 FCC Rcd 12858, released 02/29/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission is not obligated to seek Mexican agreement to change a vacant allotment in Mexico to accommodate a proposed new U.S. allotment.

02/14/2008

Soutnern Communications Corporation       Letter, DA 08-365, released 02/14/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   That no member had asked to see the program/issues list in the station's public inspection file since 1975 cannot be considered a basis for mitigation of a forfeiture assessed for public inspection file violations. (Assessed forfeiture was modified to admonishment on the grounds that the licensee had voluntarily disclosed the violations and had taken steps to correct the omission.)

02/14/2008

Letter re license renewal of WBNW (AM), Concord, NH      Letter, DA 08-366, released 02/14/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Nighttime interference complaint is not an actionable blanketing interference complaint; renewal was granted. Licensee encouraged to work with the complainant to find a solution.

02/19/2008

BBC Broadcasting, Inc.      DA 08-407, released 02/19/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Complaints of interference and allegations of RF burns and excessive RF exposure not sufficient to be considered 'blanketing interference' under Section 73.88. Renewal granted, and station encouraged to continue working with the complainants.

02/20/2008

Birach Broadcasting, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 08-53, released 02/20/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied regarding tolling requests to extend the construction permit period. Assignee of a station will not receive additional construction time based on the mistakes of an assignor. construction of two stations simultaneously not a basis of extension. Delay in seeking zoning approval also not a basis for extension. Station may refile an application to change community of license.

02/22/2008

Media Bureau Adopts Simplified Application Procedures for AM Nondirectional Valcom Antennas      Public Notice, DA 08-448, released 02/22/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Physically shorter Valcom antennas for AM broadcast stations may be used; minimum antenna efficiency requirements are met; filing requirements.

02/29/2008

Media Bureau Provides Guidance on Continued Presunrise and Postsunset Operations During March 2008 by AM Stations in Areas With Daylight Saving Time       Public Notice, DA 08-482, released 02/29/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Daylight Saving Time began on March 9 in 2008. AM stations to use April's schedule for the period between 03/09/2008 and 03/31/2008.

03/05/2008

Promoting Diversification of Ownership In the Broadcasting Services [MB Docket 07-294]; 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review -- Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 [MB Docket 06-121]; 2002 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 [MB Docket 02-277]; Cross-Ownership of Broadcast Stations and Newspapers [MM Docket 01-235]; Rules and Policies Concerning Multiple Ownership of Radio Broadcast Stations in Local Markets [MM Docket 01-317]; Definition of Radio Markets [MM Docket 00-244]; Ways to Further Section 257 Mandate and to Build on Earlier Studies [MB Docket 04-228]      Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket 07-294, released 03/05/2008.    [ Summary     Summary:   Definition of elibible entities; revision of rules regarding construction permit deadlines; modification of attribution rule; distress sale policy; ban on discrimination in broadcast transactions; 'zero tolerance' policy for ownership fraud; non-discrimination provisions in advertising sales contracts; longitudinal research on women and minority ownership trends; local and regional bank participation in SBA guaranteed loan programs; duopoly priority for compamies that finance in incubate an eligible entry; extension of divestiture guidelines in certain mergers; transfer of grandfathered radio station combinations to non-eligible entities; 'Access to Capital' conference; guidebook on diversity; other proposals. AM expanded band stations; digital FM useage; reallocation of TV Channels 5 and 6 to FM broadcasting proposed.

04/19/2002

Comment Sought on National Radio Systems Committee DAB Subcommittee's 'Evaluation of the Ibiquity Digital Corporation IBOC System' [regarding AM In-Band On-Channel Digital Radio Broadcasting]      Public Notice, MM Docket 99-325, DA 02-899, released 04/19/2002.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   The NRSC report, on which comments wrere sought, evaluates the laboratory and field testing of the iBiquity hybrid mode2 AM IBOC DAB system, and contains conclusions and recommendations concerning this AM IBOC DAB system to the Commission.

11/01/1999

Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems And Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 99-325, FCC 99-327, 15 FCC Rcd 1722, 64 FR 61054 (11/09/1999), released 11/01/1999.    [ PDF | Word ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM proposed digitial, in-band, on-channel (IBOC) digital operations for AM and FM radio.

10/07/1998

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Permit the Introduction of Digital Audio Broadcasting in the the AM and FM Broadcasting Services [USADR Petition]      Petition for Rulemaking, MM Docket 99-325, released 10/07/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   This petition for rulemaking initiated MM Docket 99-325.

07/17/1934

FCC Order No. 1      Order, 1 FCC 3, released 07/17/1934.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FCC Order No. 1 created three divisions - Broadcasting, Telegraph, and Telephone

06/19/1934

Communications Act of 1934 (original)      released 06/19/1934.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Original Communications Act of 1934, creating the FCC

05/18/1934

Extortion by Means of Telephone, Telegraph, Radio, Oral Message, or Otherwise      Act of Congress, Pub. Law No. 231-73rd Congress&reldate=05/18/1934&comment=Penalties for extortion , released 05/18/1934.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Penalties for extortion in 1934 by means of radio, telegraph, telepnone, oral message, or otherwise.

04/10/1934

Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, on HR 8301, A Bill To Provide for the Regulation of Interstate and Foreign Communication By Wire Or Radio, and for Other Purposes      Hearings&reldate=04/10/1934&comment=Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerc, released 04/10/1934.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, on HR 8301, A Bill To Provide for the Regulation of Interstate and Foreign Communication By Wire Or Radio, and for Other Purposes.

Regulation of American Broadcasting Companies Operating Across the International Border      HR Report No. 1037&comment=Bill to prevent anyone in the United States using a studio in the USA to,    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Bill to prevent anyone in the United States using a studio in the USA to produce material to be sent to a foreign country for transmission back to the United States.

03/15/1934

Hearings before the Committee on Merchant Marine, Radio, and Fisheries [House of Representatives]      Hearings&reldate=03/15/1934&comment=Hearings on Bill H.R. 7986. 230 pages (16.2 MB) , released 03/15/1934.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Hearings on Bill H.R. 7986. 230 pages (16.2 MB)

02/26/1934

Message from the President of the United States Recommending the Congress Create a New Agency To Be Known As The Federal Communications Commission      released 02/26/1934.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FDR message to the 73rd US Congress. Document No. 144

02/20/1934

Hearings before the Committee on Interstate Commerce [United States Senate]      released 02/20/1934.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Hearings on Senate Bill S. 2910. 220 pages (16.7 MB)

03/05/2008

Promoting Diversification of Ownership In the Broadcasting Services [MB Docket 07-294]; 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review -- Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 [MB Docket 06-121]; 2002 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 [MB Docket 02-277]; Cross-Ownership of Broadcast Stations and Newspapers [MM Docket 01-235]; Rules and Policies Concerning Multiple Ownership of Radio Broadcast Stations in Local Markets [MM Docket 01-317]; Definition of Radio Markets [MM Docket 00-244]; Ways to Further Section 257 Mandate and to Build on Earlier Studies [MB Docket 04-228]      Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket 07-294, released 03/05/2008.    [ Summary     Summary:   Definition of eligible entities; revision of rules regarding construction permit deadlines; modification of attribution rule; distress sale policy; ban on discrimination in broadcast transactions; 'zero tolerance' policy for ownership fraud; non-discrimination provisions in advertising sales contracts; longitudinal research on women and minority ownership trends; local and regional bank participation in SBA guaranteed loan programs; duopoly priority for compamies that finance in incubate an eligible entry; extension of divestiture guidelines in certain mergers; transfer of grandfathered radio station combinations to non-eligible entities; 'Access to Capital' conference; guidebook on diversity; other proposals. AM expanded band stations; digital FM useage; reallocation of TV Channels 5 and 6 to FM broadcasting proposed.

11/09/1994

Letter re KFMD (FM), KRFX (FM), KBPI (FM), Denver, CO      Letter, DA 04-3554, 19 FCC Rcd 22180, released 11/09/1994.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   'Denver waivers' discontinued. The waivers had allowed several Denver area stations to retain Class C status by using 4 radials to determine antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) rather than 8. (Appeals of this decision were resolved by settlement between the parties.)

08/16/1978

The Law of Political Broadcastign and Cablecasting [1978]      Public Notice, FCC 78-523, 69 FCC 2d 2209, released 08/16/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Summary or 'primer' of political broadcasting and cablecasting rules as they existed in 1978. Outdated today.

08/02/1978

Financial Qualifications standards for aural broadcast applicants      Public Notice, 69 FCC 407, released 08/02/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Financial qualifications standards for new radio station applicants relaxed to require a demonstration of financial ability to construct the station and operate it for three months without revenue.

01/11/1979

Changes in the Rules Relating to Noncommercial Educational FM Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 20735, FCC 78-919, 70 FCC 2d 972, released 01/11/1979.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration of FCC 78-384 granted in part. 10 watt Class D NCE stations must seek Class A or higher facilities; Class Ds remaining could continue on a secondary basis. NCE stations to operate a minimum of 36 hours per week.

05/28/1980

Origination of Solicitations for Contributions by VHF Translators and of Emergency Messages by TV and FM Translators      Report and Order, BC Docket 78-252, FCC 80-166, 77 FCC 2d 1006, released 05/28/1980.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM and TV translators may originate emergency warnings.

03/18/2008

Letter to Blakeney Communications, Inc., re license application of WRKH (FM), Mobile, AL      Letter, DA 08-588, 23 FCC Rcd 4526, released 03/18/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration was denied. Grant of license application filed two days after the construction permit's expiration date was upheld. No evidence was presented to show that program tests had not commenced by the 3:00 AM expiration date.

08/22/1984

Revision of Program Policies and Reporting Requirements Relating to Public Broadcasting Licensees      Report and Order, BC Docket 81-496, FCC 84-294, 98 FCC 2d 35, released 08/22/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   The nature of public broadcasting and its requlation; programming, ascertainment, program logs.

10/11/2001

Letter re license application of FM translator station K247AF      Letter, released 10/11/2001.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Complaint against a new translator was denied; complainant had not provided any listener complaints and also acknowledged that his full service station was not operating properly.

07/20/2007

Letter re license application of FM translator station K247AF      Letter, DA 05-2023, 20 FCC Rcd 12348, released 07/20/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Informal objection was denied. An applicant does not need to submit an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Section 106 (historic properties) if the state historic preservation office issues a 'no effect' determination, unless other factors require an EA.

07/30/1976

Development of Policy re: Changes in the Entertainment Formats of Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 20682, FCC 76-744, 60 FCC 2d 858, released 07/30/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Policy of non-intervention in broadcast station entertainment format changes adopted. Such intervention found to be in derogation of licensee programming discretion; contrary to Congressional intent in Communications Act, administratively unmanageable, and constitutionally chilling. See also 57 FCC 2d 580 [FCC 75-1426].'

07/19/1946

Frequency Service Allocations to Non-Government Fixed and Mobile Services in the Band 42-44 Mc      Public Notice, 39 FCC 252, released 07/19/1946.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Police and mobile channels newly authorized to 42 - 46 megacycles had to protect FM stations operating in the band until 01/01/1947 via an 800 kilocycle guardband.

07/02/1976

Use of 'Tone Clusters' and other Audio Attention-Getting Devices at AM, FM and TV Broadcast Stations      Public Notice, FCC 76-610, 60 FCC 2d 920, released 07/02/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.4235. Clarification of the circumstances concerning the use of audio tones to attract the attention of listeners and viewers in interruption or regular programming (news bulletins, local weather announcements, etc.).

07/27/1984

Amendment of Section 73.1201(b)(2) of the Commission's Rules -- Additional City Identification      Memorandum Opinion and Order, BC Docket 82-374, 98 FCC 2d 787, released 07/27/1984.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration was denied. Advertisers and the public can discriminate between similar sounding call signs and additional city identifications won't affect that result.

03/03/1987

Amendment of Part 73 to Authorize the use of Multiple Synchronous Transmitters by AM Broadcast Stations       Notice of Inquiry, MM Docket 87-6, FCC 87-27, 2 FCC Rcd 1389, released 03/03/1987.    [ PDF | Word ]. [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NOI sought information regarding synchronous transmitters for AM stations.

01/19/1983

Amendment of Section 73.68 of the Rules to expand the use of toroidal transformers as a method of deriving current samples in directional AM antenna systems; and, to provide for the use of radio frequency relays in sampling element transmission lines      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, BC Docket 83-16, FCC 83-12, released 01/19/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM.

07/14/1975

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules Regarding AM Station Assignment Standards      Report and Order, Docket 20265, FCC 75-769, 54 FCC 2d 1, released 07/14/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Revisions to Section 73.37. Internediate power level of 2.5 kW, between 1 and 5 kW, was adopted. Minority and specialized program requirements proposals were rejected.

02/24/1981

Deregulation of Radio      Report and Order, BC Docket 79-219, FCC 81-17, 84 FCC 2d 968, released 02/24/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Report and Order adopted to deregulate commercial broadcast radio in the areas of nonentertainment programming, ascertainment, commercialization, and program logs.' Discipline of the marketplace to play a more prominent role. Extensive summary of issues in the appendices.

10/11/1967

Amendment of the Rules With Respect to Hours of Operation of Standard Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 14419, FCC 67-1143, 10 FCC 2d 283, 11 RR 2d 1571, released 10/11/1967.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Presunrise rulemaking for AM stations. 'Permissive' rule section 73.87 had allowed AM stations to use presunrise facilities in the absence of any complaints, the R&O in Docket 14419 had deleted that requirement and adopted new Section 73.99. Petitions for stay and reconsideration were denied.

06/28/1967

Amendment of the Rules With Respect to Hours of Operation of Standard Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, Docket 14419, FCC 67-1143, 8 FCC 2d 698, 10 RR 2d 1580, released 06/28/1967. Effective date: 08/15/1967.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Presunrise rulemaking for AM stations. 1941 'permissive' rule section 73.87 deleted, which had allowed AM stations to use presunrise facilities in the absence of any complaints, and adopted new Section 73.99.

11/16/1967

Operation During Hours Before Local Sunrise Standard Broadcast Stations      Order, Docket 14419, FCC 67-1274, 10 FCC 2d 615, released 11/16/1967.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Presunrise operation requires prior authorization from the FCC.

06/28/1967

Operation During Hours Before Local Sunrise Standard Broadcast Stations      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket 17562, FCC 67-768, 8 FCC 2d 719, released 06/28/1967.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM regarding presunrise operation by Class II stations on Class I-A clear channels.

02/26/1968

'Pre-sunrise' operation by Class II stations on U.S. Class I-A channels before 6 AM      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket 18036, FCC 68-194, released 02/26/1968.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM sought comment as to whether Class II stations should be permitted to commence presunrise operations before 6 AM, under certain conditions.

10/17/1967

'Pre-sunrise' operation by Class II stations under pre-sunrise service authorization on U.S. Class I-A channels      Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket 17562, FCC 67-1144, released 10/17/1967.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Further NPRM in Docket 17562

06/25/1969

Amendment of Section 0.281(kk) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, 18 FCC 2d 463, released 06/25/1969.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Chief, Broadcast Bureau, was delegated authority to dismiss requests for dual city, 'hyphenated' identification requests where the second city fails to receive coverage required by Section 73.188(b) for AM or 73.315 for FM stations.

06/25/1969

'Presunrise' operation by Class II Stations Under Presunrise Authorization on U.S. I-A Clear Channels [Docket 17562]; Amendment of Section 73.99 of the Commission's Rules (Presunrise Service Authority) to Specify 6 AM 'Local Time' [Docket 18023]; 'Presunrise' Operation by Class II Stations on U.S. Class I-A Channels before 6 AM [Docket 18036]      Report and Order, Docket 17562, 18023, 18036, FCC 69-844, 18 FCC 2d 705, released 06/25/1969.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Second Report and Order in Docket 18023. 500 watt limit on presunrise operations has continuing validity; Class II stations may be eligible for presunrise authority.

10/09/1974

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's rules to provide a one-hour advancement in the sign-on times of daytime AM broadcast stations to recoup the morning hour lost by the enactment of year-round Daylight Saving Time      Docket 19902, FCC 74-1086, released 10/09/1974. Effective date: 10/29/2974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Effective 10/29/1974, FCC orders 73-1324 and 74-135 were rescinded. These orders had permitted daytime-only AM broadcast stations to sign on early due to year-round Daylight Saving Time.

12/10/2987

Hameed Ahmad and Golden Bear Communications General Partnership       Hearing Designation Order, MM Docket 87-540, FCC 87-1744, 2 FCC Rcd 7273, released 12/10/2987.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Waiver granted to permit Class C with ERP/HAAT below the minimum for Class C (25 kW). {This was before the imtermediate classes were introduced - C0, C1, C2 and C3.) Waiver of Section 73.315 granted to allow 70 dBu coverage over the populated city area, since the city and borough are coextensive in this area of Alaska.

07/24/1963

Clear Channel Broadcasting in the Standard Broadcast Band      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 6741, FCC 63-702, 45 FCC 959, released 07/24/1963.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration were denied.

11/21/1962

Clear Channel Broadcasting in the Standard Broadcast Band      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 6741, FCC 62-1214, 45 FCC 400, released 11/21/1962.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for stay and reconsideration were denied or dismissed.

10/03/1962

Amendment of Sections 3.111, 3.112, 3.224, 3.281, 3.282, 3.284, 3.581, 3.582, 3.584, 3.663(a), 3.664(a), and 3.781, 3.782, and 3.784 of the Commission's Rules Governing Logging Requirements for Broadcast Stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 14187, FCC 62-1027, 45 FCC 295, released 10/03/1962. Effective date: 10/12/1962.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Automatic logging approved for program logs. [Note - program logs are no longer required.]

02/20/1963

Amendment of Sections 3.111(b), 3.281(b), and 3.663(b) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations So As To Permit the Use of Aufomatic Logging Devices      Report and Order, Docket 14661, FCC 63-184, released 02/20/1963. Effective date: 04/08/1963.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Rules adopted to allow automatic devices to record and maintain operating logs.

02/20/1963

Amendment of Sections 3.111(b), 3.281(b), and 3.663(b) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations So As To Permit the Use of Aufomatic Logging Devices      Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 14661, FCC 63-644, released 02/20/1963. Effective date: 04/08/1963.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petitions for reconsideration of the R&O which permitted the use of automatic logging devices for operating and maintenance logs. Some rule adjustments made.

02/14/1992

Codification of the Commission's Political Programming Policies      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 91-168, FCC 92-55, 7 FCC Rcd 1616, released 02/14/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Audio sponsorship identification deleted, visual sponsorship identification requirements modified.

02/22/1996

Wine Country Radio and Richard T. and Della R. Moring      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 95-481, 11 FCC Rcd 2333, released 02/22/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Sire availability decision affirmed. An applicant need not enter into a final or binding agreement in order to demonstrate reasonable assurance of site availability. All that is necessary is some clear indication from the landowner that he is amenable to entering into a future arrangement with the applicant for use of the property as a transmitter site, and that he would give notice of any change of intention.

01/17/2003

Minnesota Christian Broadcasters, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 03-5, 18 FCC Rcd 614, released 01/17/2003.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Noncommercial educational stations DO count toward the New Entrant Bidding Credit (NEBC) in a commercial FM auction.

04/17/2002

Eure Family Limited Partnership, Owner of Antenns Structure #1018612, Mathews County, VA      Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 02-878, 17 FCC Rcd 7042, released 04/17/2002.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Licensee is ultimately responsible for notification about and correction of tower light failures, even if a contractor should but fails to take action.

04/13/1953

Proposed Agreement Between United States and Canada respecting Assignment of Class II Standard Broadcast Stations on Clear Channels      Public Notice, Docket 10453, FCC 53-407, released 04/13/1953.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Class II stations on Canadian clear channel frequencies, and Canadian Class II stations on U.S. clear channel frequencies. Proposal made to limit skywave interference between the two countries.

09/20/1983

Hours of Operation of Daytime-Only AM Broadcast Stations      First Report and Order, BC Docket 82-538, FCC 83-412, 95 FCC 2d 1032, released 09/20/1983.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   'Section 73.99 of Commission's rules amended (1) to allow additional pre-sunrise use of U.S. Class I-A Clear Channels, (2) to permit post-sunset operation by Class II-D and Class III daytime-only stations, and (3) to permit the use of diurnal curves for interference calculations relating to presunrise and postsunstet operations.'

10/25/1991

Review of the Technical Assignment Criteria for the AM Broadcast Service      Report and Order, MM Docket 87-267, FCC 91-303, 6 FCC Rcd 6273, released 10/25/1991. Effective date: 04/19/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Topics covered: reclassification/power increases, normally protected contours, Emin and noise, protection rations, nighttime interference calculations, nighttime enhancement, advanced antenna, split frequency operations, expanded band, including migtration to the expanded band, eligibility, allotment or assignment options, selection process, ownership, technical standards, city coverage, voluntary agreements, AM-FM programming non-duplication rule, AM streo, Travellers' Information Stations (TIS), receiver model. Summary of the issues in the News Release, released 09/26/1991.

05/30/2008

Letter re minor modification application for WNOW-FM, Bessemer City, NC      Letter, DA 08-1232, released 05/30/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Change of community of license for a 1964 grandfathered short spaced FM station via the application process; informal objections denied; 307(b) criteria met; site availability certification was proper; minor modifications do not require consideration of local programming issues.

05/30/2008

Letter re minor modification of KRKO (AM), Everett, WA      Letter, DA 08-1272, released 05/30/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Environemental assement found OK and informal objections denied; flood plain construction, radiofrequency exposure concerns addressed; birds and wildlife, historical structures, Indian religious sites, and zoning issues were addressed.

05/10/1976

Temporary Suspension of Certain Portions of Sections 73.313, 73.333, 73.684, and 73.699      Order, Docket 16004, 18052, FCC 76-382, 41 FR 19949 (05/14/1976), released 05/10/1976.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Suspension of the terrain roughness rules, adopted in 1975 and temporarily suspended by FCC 75-1226, was extended.

01/14/1977

Quality Broadcasting Corporation, Las Vegas, NV      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 77-21, 62 FCC 586, 39 RR 2d 905, released 01/14/1977.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   FM station granted waiver of city coverage requirements of Section 73.315 due to irregular shape of the community of license. Small portion of the comulity lay outside the 70 dBu contour.

07/25/1998

Hill and Glover Broadcasting, LLC      Letter, DA 08-1741, released 07/25/1998.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Informal objection denied. The objection had alleged that the new AM towers would adversely affect air safety for pilots using a local airport, even though the FAA had ruled otherwise.

09/26/2008

FM Table of Allotments, Caro and Cass City, MI      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 01-33, FCC 08-222, released 09/26/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Application for review denied. Counterproposal that had sought an NCE reservation on Channel 218 was properly denied; Commission's rule do not permit rulemaking proponents to to specify noncommercial educational reserved band channels.

09/26/2008

Am Inquiry into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service Directional Antenna Performance Verification      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 93-177, FCC 08-228, released 09/26/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Computer modelling permitted to demonstrate AM directional antenna performance (moment method), amendments made to Section 73.61, 73.68, 73.151, new section 73.155. Proposed new Section AA in Part 1 to deal with construction of towers near AM stations.

09/26/2008

Edward A. Schober, for a new FM translator station in Manahawkin, NJ      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 08-225, released 09/26/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Application for review granted, construction permit grant rescinded. Applicant did not have site availability for the original site proposed in his application.

11/19/1970

Rush Broadcasting Co., Inc., Rushville, IN      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 70-1232, 26 FCC 2d 480, released 11/19/1970.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Terrain obstruction in the line-of-sight path between FM antenna and city does not necessarily bar grant of an application; line of sight is not an absolute requirement.

01/24/1991

Amendment of Parts 73 and 90 of the Commission's Rules to Authorize the Transmission of Emergency Signals on Channel 200       Order, DA 01-157, 16 FCC Rcd 2219, released 01/24/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for rulemaking seeking use of FM Channel 200 (87.9 MHz) for emergency uses was dismissed.

06/24/1986

Changes in AM Technical Rules to Reflect New International Agreements      Order, MM Docket 84-752, released 06/24/1986.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Metric AM propagations curves became effective 01/01/1987

10/29/2008

Potomac radio, LLC, for construction permit for WAGE (AM), Leesburg, VA      Letter, DA 08-2392, released 10/29/2008.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Interference reduction agreement: WBIS (AM) in Annapolis, MD to cease operation when WAGE (AM) starts program test operations on 1190 kHz. No conflicts of interest.

11/05/2005

Applications of 1090 Investments, LLC, for construction permits for WCAR (AM), Livonia, MI and WOAP (AM), Waverly, MI      Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 08-2455, released 11/05/2005.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Interference reduction between WCAR (AM) and WOAP (AM) accepted. License of WTIC (AM), Hartford CT modified so as to protect only the groundwave signal of that station's daytime operation.

04/13/2004

Delmarva Educational Association, et. al      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 04-90, 19 FCC Rcd 6793, released 04/13/2004.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Satellite station waiver of main studio rules (typical example).

11/19/1975

Re-Regulation of Radio and Television Broadcasting      FCC 75-1263, 56 FCC 2d 798, released 11/19/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   A0 Those music service format contracts which contain no provisions restricting licensee flexibility; expressly state the licensee's right to reject or substitute programs; and subordinate the contract to FCC rules, regulations, policies and licensee responsibility, do not impair the public interest.'

03/19/1994

Deadline Nears For Determining Compliance With AM Emission Limits      Public Notice, released 03/19/1994.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NRSC-1 and NRSC-2 emission limits for AM stations; stations were required to 'resume an annual schedule of measuring their emitted spectra before 06/30/1994.'

04/27/1989

Amendment of the Commission's Rules to improve the quality of the AM Broadcast Service by reducing adjacent channel interference and by eliminating restrictions pertaining to the protected daytime contour      MM Docket 88-376, FCC 89-118, 4 FCC Rcd 3835, released 04/27/1989. Effective date: 06/13/1990.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NRSC-1 and NRSC-2 emission masks, Section 73.44.

09/12/1988

Amendment of the Commission's Rules to improve the quality of the AM Broadcast Service by reducing adjacent channel interference and by eliminating restrictions pertaining to the protected daytime contour      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 88-252, 3 FCC Rcd 5687, 53 FR 36870 , released 09/12/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NRSC-1 and NRSC-2 emission masks, elimination of the restrictions contained in Section 73.37(b) were proposed.

04/17/1989

Ted Tucker and Jana Tucker, for modification of construction permit and license for FM Broadcast Translator Station K285DL      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 89-92, 4 FCC Rcd 3625, released 04/17/1989.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Common transmission line for FM translators feeding 2 antennas is acceptable with the use of power combiners and dividers; circularly polarized antennas; TPO greater than 10 watts may be permitted without needing a waiver.

09/05/1995

Letter re Florida Public Television's request for on-air fundraising for the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation       Letter, DA 95-1879, 10 FCC Rcd 9763, released 09/05/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Florida Public Broadcasting's request for noncommercial educational TV station WXEL-TV to carry the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Foundation's telethon was denied.

01/29/1974

In re Public Notice Concerning the Applicability of Commission Policies on Program-Length Commercials      FCC 74-77, 44 FCC 2d 985, released 01/29/1974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   1974 clarification of Commission policies on program-length commercials

02/22/1973

In the Matter of Program-Length Commercials      Public Notice, FCC 73-215, 39 FCC 2d 1062, released 02/22/1973.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   1973 public notice on program-length commercials

07/12/1978

Petition for Reconsideration of Rulings on Auction Programs As Program-Length Commercials      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 78-469, 69 FCC 2d 682, released 07/12/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration was denied, seeing not to classify auction programs as program-length commercials.

02/28/1973

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules, Regarding AM Station Assignment Standards and the Relationship Between the AM and FM Broadcast Services      Report and Order, Docket 18651, FCC 73-220, 39 FCC 2d 645, released 02/28/1973.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Restrictions in Sections 73.37 added for new AM station applicants and daytime-only applicants.

01/10/1974

Amencment of Part 74, Subpart L of the Commission's Rules Pertaining to FM Radio Broadcast Translator Stations      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Docket 19918, FCC 74-25, 44 FCC 2d 794, released 01/10/1974.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM proposed to prohibit any FM translator to be licensed from serving an area beyond the 1 mV/m (60 dBu) contour, where the translator would provide service to any community or area within the predicted contours of more than one FM station licensed to a community other than that of the primary station.

02/23/1998

Letter re WKOE (FM), Ocean City, NJ and WZZP (FM), Atlantic City, NJ      Letter, released 02/23/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   14 day waiver granted to permit WZZP to simulcast WKOE under time-brokerage agreements, exceeding the 25 percent limit in Section 73.3556(a).

06/19/1991

Walter P. Gaber, Jr., for modification of construction permit for KQMB, Midvale, UT      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 91-177, 6 FCC Rcd 3601, released 06/19/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Section 73.207 waiver request for denial for I.F. (intermediate frequency) spacing shorfall was affirmed; petition for reconsideration was denied. Change of policy by the Commission can be acceptable provided that a reasoned analysis is provided. Waivers of technical rules are not based on non-technical considerations.

02/16/1971

Amendment of Parts 1 and 73 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations Pertaining to the Main Studio Location of FM and Television Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, Docket 19028, FCC 71-150, 27 FCC 2d 851, released 02/16/1971.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Main studio moves. Main studio rules 'are intended to make broadcast stations readily accessible to the people in the communities which they are primarily licensed to serve, and they constitute one of the essential ways we have for insuring that stations realistically meet their obligation to serve their communities of license as outlets for local expression.' Prior Commission approval was required to move a main studio outside the community of license. FM main studio could be colocated with a commonly owned AM studio for an AM station in the same community without prior permission.

06/02/1988

Amemdment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules Concerning FM Translator Stations      Notice of Inquiry, MM Docket 88-140, FCC 88-120, 3 FCC Rcd 3664, released 06/02/1988.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NOI for FM translator rules.

03/08/1996

Implementation of Sections 202(a) and 202(b)(1) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Broadcast Radio Ownership) -- 47 CFR Section 73.3555      Order, FCC 96-90, 61 FR 19689 , released 03/08/1996.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Implementation of Telecommunications Act of 1996. National ownership limits on the number of stations an entity is allowed to control was removed. Small and minority-controlled business provision was removed. Local station ownership provisions implemented (noncommercial educational, translators, and stations that are not operational are excluded; foreign stations are included in market analysis).

02/27/1995

Letter re assignment application for WIIZ (FM), Battle Ground, IN      Letter, released 02/27/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Objector's analysis of ownerhip using the Technical Note 101 method was rejected. Noncommercial educational stations not counted in ownership analyses. Petition for reconsideration was denied 06/12/1995.

07/14/1978

Amendment of the Commission;s Multiple Ownership Rules to Include Educational FM and TV Stations      Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, BC Docket 78-165, FCC 78-387, 68 FCC 2d 831, 43 FR 31047 (07/19/1978), released 07/14/1978.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NPRM proposed to include noncommercial educational FM and NCE TV stations in ownership riles, fixing the numver of such stations a single entity may own.

06/23/1993

Letter re WNNO (AM/FM), Wisconsin Dells, WI      Letter, DA 93-703, 8 FCC Rcd 4222, released 06/23/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Station's 'newspaper', published by desktop publishing methods, does not have sufficient circulation to be a 'newspaper' under the cross-ownership rule. That the paper is also focused on community affaris rather than local news, and has no editorial viewpoint, were also considerations in this decision.

08/12/1993

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules to Clarify the Definition and Measurement of Aural Modulation Limits in the Broadcast Services      Notice of Inquiry, MM Docket 93-225, FCC 93-370, 8 FCC Rcd 5470, released 08/12/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NOI on aural modulation

09/24/1997

Letter re assignment application of WWDC (FM), Washington, DC      Letter, DA 97-2069, 12 FCC Rcd 15242, released 09/24/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   C-SPAN (National Cabls Satellite Corporation) was found to be qualified as an educational organization. Loss of jazz programming format on WDCU is not a factor considered in the review of assignment applciations.

08/11/1992

Radio Station WBHL -- Tri State Inspirational Broadcasting Corporation      Letter, DA 92-1081, 7 FCC Rcd 5123, released 08/11/1992.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   NCE station broadcasts announcements containing qualitative descriptions such as 'efficient, economical, dependable, dedicated, prompt, reliable, and excellent'. Such qualitative terms exceed the Commission's limits (see the Commission's Public Notice dated 08/11/1986). Petition for reconsideration was denied, DA 93-1034.

10/05/1993

Cable Carriage of Broadcast Stations -Questions and Answers      Public Notice, released 10/05/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   New law required cable operators to receive permission to carry all broadcast stations, including radio and television.

01/21/1993

Letter to Central Mississippi Educational Radio, Inc., re NEW noncommercial educational application at Forest, MS      Letter, released 01/21/1993.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission may consider state-wide broadcasting plans under Section 73.502, but states may not warehouse frequencies for an indefinate period of time. Petition to deny was itself denied.

11/29/1995

In re application of Hancock Communications, Inc.      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 95-457, 10 FCC Rcd 13068, released 11/29/1995.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Republication of an application's chronology in a public notice, e.g. 'CP cancelled ...', does no open the door anew for later filings. It is the petitioner's 'burden to make all necessary arrangements to assure that Commission document would promptly reach it or some person authorized to act on its behalf.'

03/07/1991

Pueblo Radio Broadcasting Service, et. al      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 88-137, FCC 91-58, released 03/07/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Commission lacks statutory authority to extend or waive to 30 day period for petitions for reconsideration set forth in 47 USC Section 406. No showing of 'extraordinary circumstances', so even though the filing is one day late, it must be dismissed.

06/03/1970

Amendment of Section 1.598 of the Commission's Rulesto Provide a Revised Period for Construction for Various Broadcast Stations      Report and Order, Docket 18763, FCC 70-592, 23 FCC 2d 274, released 06/03/1970.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   8 month construction period lengthened to 12 months for AM and FM and 18 months for TV.

12/11/2007

Creation of a Low Power Radio Service      Third Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 99-25, FCC 07-204, 22 FCC Rcd 21912, released 12/11/2007.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   LPFM service. Ownership and eligibility, time sharing, license renewal procedures for parties to time sharing arrangements, construction period, LPFM - translator priorities, interference protection from subsequently authorized full service FM stations, Section 73.807 second-adjacent channel waiver standard, LPFM displacement, changes in board membership.

03/17/2005

Creation of a Low Power Radio Service      Second Order on Reconsideration and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket 99-25, FCC 05-75, 20 FCC Rcd 6763, released 03/17/2005.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   LPFM, ownership and eligibility, transferability, technical rules, construction period.

10/26/2000

Repeal or Modification of the Personal Attack and Political Editorial Rules      Order, MM Docket 83-484, FCC 00-386, 15 FCC Rcd 20697, released 10/26/2000.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Sections 73.1920 and 73.1930 repealed (broadcast personal attack and political editorial rules).

05/28/1999

Review of the Commission's Rules regarding the main studio and local public inspection files of broadcast television and radio stations      Memorandum Opinion and Order, MM Docket 97-138, FCC 99-118, 14 FCC Rcd 11113, released 05/28/1999.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Revisions to public inspection file rules adopted (Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527). A person seeking documents from a station's public file is expected to pay the reasonable expenses of photocopying. Public files must remain reasonably accessible. Limited mailing area for documents requested by phone. The same access provisions do not extend to a station's political file. Applicantions must remain in the public inspection file only so long as there are pending before the Commission or the courts. If the application contains a waiver, the application must be retained for the entire period the waiver is in effect. Letters and e-mails from the public regarding operation of the station must be retained in the file unless the letter writer has asked that the communication not be made public. Only e-mails sent to a publicly advertised e-mail address or station management need be retained. NCE donors lists must be retained. NCE stations not required to include letters regarding violent programming with renewal applications. Ownership reports to be retained int he local public inspection file. The Public and Broadcasting manual was reissued. Commission declines to pick a standard source for center city coordinates.

04/01/2009

Media Bureau Provides Guidance to NCE Stations Regarding Television Channel 6 Protection Requirements      Public Notice, DA 09-744, released 04/01/2009.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   FM noncommercial educational applicants may not file Channel 6 agreement letters that are conditioned on the DTV transition, nor file NCE applications upon the cessation of analog TV transmissions when the TV station converts to digital. A date will be announced when FM NCE stations will be permitted to file applications premised on the cessation of analog TV Channel 6 operations.

04/09/2009

JCE Licenses, LLC, for minor modification of KNIT (AM), Dallas, TX      DA 09-801, released 04/09/2009.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Informal ojection denied and Interference Reduction Agreement accepted, modification granted conditioned on the surrender of license for KVLH (AM). Removal of KVLH's sole service at Pauls Valley found OK.

04/09/2009

FCC Takes Steps to Improve Its Collection of Data on Minority and Female Broadcast Ownership      News Release, MB Docket 02-277, 06-121, 07-294 , DOC-289894, released 04/09/2009.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued to impriove the FCC's collection of data on minority and female ownership of broadcast stations.

05/19/1981

Commission Policy Concerning the Noncommercial Nature of Educational Broadcast Stations      Second Report and Order, Docket 21136, FCC 81-204, 86 FCC 2d 141, released 05/19/1981.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Fundraising activities by noncommercial educational broadcast stations: transitory events; promotion of courses, government documents; no rules prohibiting remote broadcasts; prizes and premiums; 'name only' limitation eliminated; limits on acknowledgements; acknowledgements of non-cash contributions; fundraising for others; fundraising that disrupts programming and is beyond an 'announcement' shall be for station purposes only.

03/29/1991

Nelson Broadcasting Corporation (WIOI-FM), Brunswick, GA      Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 91-78, 6 FCC Rcd 1765, released 03/29/1991.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   IF short-spacing was gramted for a booster station since the reqirement had not been posted in the Federal Register.

07/21/1975

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules Regarding AM Station Assignment Standards      Errata, Docket 20265, 54 FCC 2d 301, released 07/21/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Corrections to Sections 73.37 and 73.51. 'Aural Service' means interference-free grounwave service provided by an AM broadcast station with a field strength of 5 mV/m or greater, or an FM broadcast station with a field strength of 3.16 mV/m or greater.

08/20/1975

Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules Regarding AM Station Assignment Standards       Memorandum Opinion and Order, Docket 20265, FCC 75-974, released 08/20/1975.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Stay of rules adipted in the Report and Order was denied.

03/25/1940

FCC v. Sanders Brothers Radio Station      [Supreme Court decision], released 03/25/1940.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Economic injury to a rival station is not, in and of itself, an element that the FCC must weigh or make findings on when deciding to authorize a new station.

11/25/1998

Penfold Communications, Inc., Licensee of Station KRTM (FM), Temecula, CA      Memorandum Opinion and Order and Forfeiture Order, DA 98-2407, 13 FCC Rcd 23731, released 11/25/1998.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Improper promotional announcements on a noncommercial educational station; forfeiture reduced to $4,000.

08/15/1997

Penfold Communications, Inc., License of Station KRTM (FM), Temecula, CA      Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, DA 97-1740, 13 FCC Rcd 1947, released 08/15/1997.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Improper promotional announcements on a noncommercial educational station; forfeiture reduced to $4,000.

05/15/1999

Know When to Say No: Underwriting Controversies      Speech, released 05/15/1999.    [ HTML ].     Summary     Summary:   Speech on noncommercial educational underwriting issues given by Kenneth Scheibel to the 1999 National Public Radio Conference. 'No Censorship' provision of the Communications Acr; alcohol and tobacco; lotteries; legally turning away an underwriter; language in underwriting announcements; name of the sponsor in underwriting announcements; no credit card, CD, or mortgage interest rates; 'menu listing'; recruitment underwriting.

07/02/1982

Amendment of Part 2 of the Commission's Rules governing Frequency Allocations and Radio Treaty matters General Rules and Regulations, 73 of the Commission's Rules governing the Radio Broadcast Services, and 74 governing Experimental, Auxiliary and Special Broadcast and Other Program Distributional Services to reallocate the frequency bands 78-88 and 88-100 MHz to television and radio respectively in the State of Alaska       Report and Order, GEN Docket 81-911, FCC 82-283, released 07/02/1982.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Government and non-Government fixed operations on 76-100 MHz in Alaska were reallocated to Channel 5 and 6 TV (76 - 88 MHz) and FM radio (88-100 MHz).

09/29/1970

Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations to permit the operation of low power FM translator and booster stations      Report and Order, Docket 17159, FCC 70-1042, 20 RR 1538, released 09/29/1970. Effective date: 11/06/1970.    Summary     Summary:   NOT POSTED TO INTERNET. Docket 17159 created FM translator and booster stations. Boosters were limited to 10 watts nationwide, translators limited to 10 watts west of the Mississippi River and 1 watt east. Translatos to be authorized on a no-interference basis. NCE translators can be authorized on the 20 channels reserved for noncommercial educational use as well as the commercial channels. More than one translator can be licensed the same party even if they cover the same area. Frequency Shift Keying (KSK) can be used to identify FM translators, same as the rules for TV translators already then in existence.

12/10/1969

Amendment of Sections 74.750(c)(7) and 74.783(a) of the Commission's Rules to Modify TV Broadcast Translator Station Identification Requirements      Report and Order, 20 FCC 2d 858, released 12/10/1969.    [ PDF ].     Summary     Summary:   Revised TV translator station identification requirements were adopted.

04/30/2009

Ontario Broadcasting, LLC, request for Special Temporary Authority (STA) for a new unbuilt AM station      Letter, DA 09-990, released 04/30/2009.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Petition for reconsideration denied, regarding request to operate a new unbuilt AM station on STA while the construction permit application was pending.

05/18/2009

Impact of Arbitron Audience Ratings on Radio Broadcasters      Notice of Inquiry, MB Docket 08-197, FCC 09-43, released 05/18/2009.    [ PDF | Word ]. Summary     Summary:   Inquiry into Arbitron's use of its radio audience measurement device, known as the 'portable people meter' or PPM, which was alleged to undercount and misrepresent the number and loyalty of minority liosteners.