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Xz dd8u H#S2pPG;h# NEWS L  #Xw PE37WXP# X Report No. MM 98 1 U%U 4 MASS MEDIA ACTION October 21, 1998  Y-   TZFCC SEEKS COMMENTS ON LOTTERIES, POINT SYSTEM TO CHOOSE BETWEEN gCOMPETING APPLICANTS FOR NONCOMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS T TPxThe FCC today asked for public comments on its tentative conclusion that either a  Yv-lottery or a point system should be used to award noncommercial educational (NCE)  Y_- television and radio station licenses between mutually exclusive competing applicants. xIn a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission said it had tentatively concluded that in these competing NCE cases it should no longer continue to use traditional comparative hearings, which it said can be cumbersome, costly and result in delays of  Y -service to the public , without making meaningful distinctions between applicants. x xIn asking for comments on using lotteries, the FCC noted that the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 had preserved FCC authority to use lotteries for noncommercial licenses. It said that one advantage of lotteries is that license decisions could be made quickly and would not put financial burdens on competing applicants, many of whom have limited financial resources. xThe Commission also suggested alternatively using a point system which would be designed to select the best qualified noncommercial applicant, rather than leaving that selection to chance. The Commission asked for comment on a system that would award points as follows: 2 points for local diversity; 12 points for introducing a second or a first fulltime NCE service into the community; and 1 point for having a 10% or greater service range than the competing proposal. The Commission asked for comments on other factors that could be included in a point system, and what factors would be used as a "tiebreaker" when two or more applicants received the same number of points. xWith regard to the lottery option, the Commission noted that the Communications Act requires the FCC to give significant preference in any broadcast lottery to applicants who  Y7- would increase the diversification of ownership and to applicants controlled by a member or  Y - members of minority groups. It asked for comments on a number of legal and practical issues raised by these statutory priorities.  xThe Commission also asked for comments on how to choose among competing applicants where NCE applicants apply for commercial broadcast spectrum. "!,.#.#z z ""ԌxThe Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which authorizes auctions to resolve competing applications for commercial licenses, specifically states that competitive bidding can not be  Y-used for certain licenses for noncommercial educational and public broadcast stations. The  Y-Commission asked for comment on whether this prohibition applies whenever an NCE entity is among the competing applicants (even when competing with commercial applicants for nonreserved spectrum) or whether this prohibition applies only when NCE entities are the only applicants, such as on channels reserved for NCE use. xIf the Commission decided to allow NCE applicants to participate in auctions for commercial channels, it asked whether commercial and NCE applicants should compete under the same auction rules, or whether NCE applicants should receive some kind of bidding credit to enhance fair competition, or whether it should have procedures to allow an NCE entity to more easily request reallocation of a commercially available channel to one available only to NCE applicants in order to counterbalance any potential competitive disadvantage. xAlternatively, the Commission asked for comments on several "nonauction options," including: finding NCE entities ineligible for nonreserved channels altogether; reserving a commercial channel for noncommercial educational use once a technically acceptable application is filed for a commercial channel by a noncommercial applicant; and a "hybrid"  Y5-approach of conducting a lottery or point system first, and if a noncommercial educational  Y- entity does not win the lottery or point system , then using a subsequent auction among remaining commercial applicants. xAction by the Commission October 21, 1998, by Decision (FCC 98269). Chairman Kennard, Commissioners Ness, FurchtgottRoth, Powell and Tristani. =ԩ FCC T TPNews Media Contact: David Fiske (202) 4180513  YO-Mass Media Bureau Contact: Irene Bleiweiss (202) 4182780