Released:  June 2, 2000
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                       MASS MEDIA BUREAU RELEASES
                                    
                          NEW FCC FORM 302-CA 
                                    
Application for Class A Television Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License

A new FCC Form 302-CA (Application for Class A Television Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License) has
been approval by the Office of Management and Budget and is now effective and available.   

The FCC Form 302-CA is to be used by LPTV stations that seek to convert to Class A status in accordance with the
Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999.  Commencing Friday, June 9, 2000 and continuing for a six-month
period, eligible LPTV licensees may file FCC Form 302-CA to convert the secondary status of their stations to the new
Class A status.  By separate Public Notice issued today, the Mass Media Bureau has announced the LPTV licensees
deemed eligible to file an application for Class A status in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Commission's
Report and Order in MM Docket No. 00-10, entitled "Establishment of a Class A Television Service," 15 FCC Rcd 6355
(2000). 

The new FCC 302-CA is available through the Internet.  To retrieve the new form by using the Internet, access the
FCC's home page, http://www.fcc.gov, and click on the Forms link.  Printed copies of the FCC 302-CA can be
obtained by writing to the Commission's Form Distribution Center, 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capital Heights,
Maryland 20743, or by calling 1 (800) 418-3676 and leaving a request on the answering machine provided for this
purpose. 

The FCC 302-CA is also available using the Mass Media Bureau Consolidated Database System (CDBS) electronic
filing system.  This system will provide the public with the ability to fill out FCC Form 302-CA on-line via the
Internet from the Mass Media Bureau's Web Site, http://www.fcc.gov/mmb, and to file them electronically with the
Commission.  Internet access to the CDBS requires a user to have, at a minimum, a browser such as Netscape
version 3.04 or Internet Explorer version 3.51.

For further information, please contact Hossein Hashemzadeh at (202) 418-1600 or Jackie Swank at (202) 418-
2621.

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