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Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).  ey:  dddhy  M8}d U 1  1  Figure 1  Figure 1 y!HH@Uddfcclogo.wpgHHy! Xz dd:8a >#S2pPG;z# NEWS L X   #Xw PE37XP##dT7pApp# ~&aFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE hhhNews Media Contact:  xP(March 30, 1999  ,hhhDavid Fiske at (202) 4180500.  xP (#dHPApP#Report No. MM 992 MASS MEDIA ACTION  yO(%Q  FCC STREAMLINES RADIO TECHNICAL RULES (MM DOCKET 9893)   xP(x The FCC has streamlined its radio technical rules to facilitate service improvements by commercial AM and FM, noncommercial educational FM (NCE FM), and FM translator stations. The new procedures will make application processing in these services simpler, faster and more efficient. In a Report and Order released today, the Commission took the following actions: * It modified its rules to extend first come/first served processing to applications for minor changes to AM, NCE FM, and FM translator facilities. * It expanded the definition of "minor change" in these services to conform more closely to the commercial FM definition, which includes all changes except changes in community of license and certain changes in frequency. * It amended the contingent application rule to permit the filing of up to four related and simultaneously filed FM station minor change construction permit applications. These modifications were proposed as part of a broadbased initiative, undertaken in conjunction with the Commission's 1998 biennial regulatory review, to streamline broadcast technical rules and regulations. This Report and Order will bring substantial conformity to the processing and treatment of applications in the aural services. Under the first come/first served processing system now used for commercial FM broadcast station minor change applications, the filing of a first acceptable application "cuts off" the filing rights of subsequent, conflicting applicants. Under previous rules, however, minor change applications for AM, NCE FM, and FM translator stations remained subject to mutually exclusive proposals until the staff disposed of the applications. First come/first served processing provides greater certainty for applicants and permits staff to review applications more efficiently. With todays action, most technical modifications in the AM, NCEFM, and FM translator services will be classified as minor changes. These include most proposed changes in power, antenna height, and/or antenna location. They also include adjacent channel changes and for FM translators only, channel changes to intermediate frequencies (IF). In addition, AM stations will be able to propose changes in authorized hours of operation, including the addition of nighttime service, by filing minor change applications. NCE FM and FM translator station applications proposing antenna location changes must continue to provide 1 mV/m service to some portion of their authorized service areas in order to be classified as minor changes. This provision is designed to ensure that applications that propose to abandon present service areas would be properly processed as major changes. Amendments to applications also will be classified as minor in accordance with these standards. The expanded minor change definition will provide relief from the current new/major change"#,$$z z $"" commercial application freeze for many applications formerly classified as major changes. The revised contingent application rule eliminates the need to undertake related facility improvements through a series of risky and sometimes infeasible application and construction cycles. The new procedure  zP (provides FM broadcasters with an additional tool to improve service to listeners.   xP(Action by the Commission March 23, 1999, by First Report and Order (FCC 9955). Chairman Kennard, Commissioners Ness, FurchtgottRoth, Powell, and Tristani. -FCCx Mass Media Bureau contact: William Scher at (202) 4182754 or Peter Doyle (202) 4182789  ~&a #Xw PE37XP#FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE hhppXNews Media Contact:  Y2March 30, 1999  ,hhhDavid Fiske at (202) 4180500.  Y2#Xw PE37XP# 3~&a#dHPApP#3Report No. MM 992 MASS MEDIA ACTION  Xv2  FCC STREAMLINES RADIO TECHNICAL RULES (MM DOCKET 9893)   Y12x The FCC has streamlined its radio technical rules to facilitate service improvements by commercial AM and FM, noncommercial educational FM (NCE FM), and FM translator stations. The new procedures will make application processing in these services simpler, faster and more efficient. In a Report and Order released today, the Commission took the following actions: * It modified its rules to extend first come/first served processing to applications for minor changes to AM, NCE FM, and FM translator facilities.  Yb2 * It expanded the definition of "minor change" in these services to conform more closely to the commercial FM definition, which includes all changes except changes in community of license and certain changes in frequency. * It amended the contingent application rule to permit the filing of up to four related and simultaneously filed FM station minor change construction permit applications. These modifications were proposed as part of a broadbased initiative, undertaken in conjunction with the Commission's 1998 biennial regulatory review, to streamline broadcast technical rules and regulations. This Report and Order will bring substantial conformity to the processing and treatment of applications in the aural services. Under the first come/first served processing system now used for commercial FM broadcast station minor change applications, the filing of a first acceptable application "cuts off" the filing rights of subsequent, conflicting applicants. Under previous rules, however, minor change applications for AM, NCE FM, and FM translator stations remained subject to mutually exclusive proposals until the staff disposed of the applications. First come/first served processing provides greater certainty for applicants and permits staff to review applications more efficiently. "#,$$z z !"ԌWith todays action, most technical modifications in the AM, NCEFM, and FM translator services will be classified as minor changes. These include most proposed changes in power, antenna height, and/or antenna location. They also include adjacent channel changes and for FM translators only, channel changes to intermediate frequencies (IF). In addition, AM stations will be able to propose changes in authorized hours of operation, including the addition of nighttime service, by filing minor change applications. NCE FM and FM translator station applications proposing antenna location changes must continue to provide 1 mV/m service to some portion of their authorized service areas in order to be classified as minor changes. This provision is designed to ensure that applications that propose to abandon present service areas would be properly processed as major changes. Amendments to applications also will be classified as minor in accordance with these standards. The expanded minor change definition will provide relief from the current new/major change commercial application freeze for many applications formerly classified as major changes. The revised contingent application rule eliminates the need to undertake related facility improvements through a series of risky and sometimes infeasible application and construction cycles. The new procedure provides FM broadcasters with an additional tool to  Yb2improve service to listeners.   Y62Action by the Commission March 23, 1999, by First Report and Order (FCC 9955). Chairman Kennard, Commissioners Ness, FurchtgottRoth, Powell, and Tristani. -FCCx Mass Media Bureau contact: William Scher at (202) 4182754 or Peter Doyle (202) 4182789.  xP( ~&a  ~&a #c PE37ApP# ~&a