Federal Communications Commission Approved by OMB Washington, D. C. 20554 3060-0627 Expires 01/31/98 INSTRUCTIONS FOR FCC 302-AM APPLICATION FOR NEW AM BROADCAST STATION LICENSE (FCC 302-AM ATTACHED) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS A. This form is to be used when applying for an AM Broadcast Station License. It consists of Section I, General Data, and Section II, License Application Engineering Data. B. References to FCC Rules are made in this application form. Before filling it out, the applicant should have on hand and be familiar with the current broadcast rules, which are contained in 47 Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.): (1) Part 0 "Commission Organization" (2) Part 1 "Practice and Procedure" (3) Part 17 "Construction, Marking, and Lighting of Antenna Structures" (4) Part 73 "Radio Broadcast Services" FCC Rules may be purchased from the Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402. You may telephone the GPO Order desk at (202) 512-1800 for current prices. C. Prepare an original and two complete copies of the form and all exhibits. Number exhibits serially in the spaces provided in the body of the form. Date each exhibit and each antenna pattern. The application with all required exhibits should be filed with the Federal Communications Commission in the matter and at the location specified in 47 C.F.R. Section 0.401. D. By law, the Commission is required to collect charges for certain of the regulatory services it provides to the public. Generally, applicants seeking a license to cover the facility authorized by, and constructed pursuant to, an outstanding permit are required to pay and submit a fee with the filing of FCC 302-AM. However, governmental entities, which include any possession, state, city, county, town, village, municipal corporation or similar political organization or subpart thereof controlled by publicly elected and/or duly appointed public officials exercising sovereign direction and control over their respective communities or programs, are exempt from the payment of this fee. Also exempted from this fee are licensees of noncommercial educational broadcast station licensees and permittees seeking a license to cover authorized facilities. See 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1112. To avail itself of any fee exemption, the applicant must indicate its eligibility by checking the appropriate box in Question 2(B), Section I. FCC 302-AM applications NOT involving the payment of a fee can be hand-delivered or mailed to the FCC's Washington, D. C. offices. See 47 C.F.R. Section 0.401(a). The Commission's fee collection program utilizes a U.S. Treasury lockbox bank for maximum efficiency of collection and processing. All FCC 302-AM applications, which require the remittance of a fee, must be submitted to the appropriate post office box address. See 47 C.F.R. Section 0.401(b). A listing of the required fee and the address to which FCC 302-AM should be mailed or otherwise delivered is also set forth in the "Mass Media Services Fee Filing Guide" which is obtainable either by writing to the Commission's Form Distribution Center, 9300 E. Hampton Drive, Capital Heights, Maryland 20431, or by calling Telephone No. 1-800-418-FORM and leaving your request on the answering machine provided for this purpose. Payment of any required fee can be made by check, bank draft, money order or credit card payable to the Federal Communications Commission, denominated in U.S. dollars, and drawn upon a U.S. financial institution. No postdated, altered or third-party checks will be accepted. DO NOT SEND CASH. Checks dated six months or older will not be acceptable for filing. Applicants who wish to pay their filing fee by money order or credit card must submit FCC Form 159, together with their application. Applicants who wish to pay for more than one application in the same lockbox with a single payment must also submit FCC Form 159. When paying for multiple filings in the same lockbox with a single payment instrument, you must list each filing as a separate item on FCC Form 159 (Remittance Advice). If additional entries are necessary, please use FCC Form 159C (Continuation Sheet). Those applicants electing to pay in a manner that requires the submission of FCC Form 159 must still complete Question 1, of FCC Form 302-AM. Question 2 need not be completed, but FCC Form 159 must be submitted instead. Payment of application fees may also be made by Electronic Payment provided prior approval has been obtained from the Commission. Licensees interested in this option must first contact the Billings and Collections Branch at (202) 418-1995 to make the necessary arrangements. Parties hand-delivering FCC 302-AM's may receive dated receipt copies by presenting copies of the applications to the acceptance clerk at the time of delivery. For mailed-in applications, a "return copy" of the application can be furnished provided the applicant clearly identifies the "return copy" and attaches it to a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Only one piece of paper per application will be stamped for receipt purposes. For further information regarding the applicability of a fee, the amount of the fee or the payment of the fee, refer to the "Mass Media Services Fee Filing Guide." E. The name of the applicant must be stated exactly as it appears on the construction permit which is being covered. F. Each permittee of a commercial AM broadcast station is to submit at the time it applies for a station license an ownership report (FCC 323) or a certification that its current and unamended ownership report on file with the Commission has been reviewed and is accurate. This required ownership or certification should be mailed separately and addressed to Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D. C. 20554. G. Commission policies and litigation reporting requirements for broadcast applicants have been revised with a view to focusing on misconduct which violates the Communications Act or a Commission rule or policy and on certain specified non-FCC misconduct. In responding to question 8, applicants are advised that the parameters of the Commission's policies and requirements regarding character qualifications are fully set forth in Character Qualifications, 102 FCC 2d 1179 (1985), reconsideration denied, 1 FCC Rcd 421 (1986), as modified, 5 FCC Rcd 3252 (1990) and 7 FCC Rcd 6564 (1992). For the purpose of this question, the term "parties to the application" includes any individual or entity whose ownership or positional interest in the applicant is cognizable under the Commission's multiple ownership rules. See in this regard Report and Order in MM Docket No. 83-46, 97 FCC 2d 997 (1984), reconsideration granted in part, 58 RR 2d 604 (1985), further modified on reconsideration, 61 RR 2d 739 (1986). H. Information called for by this application which is already on file with the Commission need not be refiled in this application provided: (1) the information is now on file in another application or FCC form filed by or on behalf of the applicant; (2) the information is identified fully by reference to the file number (if any), the FCC form number, the filing date of the application or other form containing the information, and the page or paragraph referred to; and (3) after making the reference the applicant states: "No change since date of filing." Any such reference will be considered to incorporate into this application all information, confidential or otherwise contained in the application or other form referred to. The incorporated application or other form will thereafter, in its entirety, be open to the public. I. This application shall be personally signed by the applicant, if the applicant is an individual; by one of the partners, if the applicant is a partnership; by an officer, if the applicant is an unincorporated association; or by the applicant's attorney in case of the applicant's physical disability or of his/her absence from the United States. The attorney shall, in the event he/she signs for the applicant, separately set forth the reason why the application is not signed by the applicant. In addition, if any matter is stated on the basis of the attorney's belief only (rather than his/her knowledge) , he/she shall separately set forth his/her reasons for believing that such statements are true. J. Be sure all necessary information is furnished and all items are fully answered. If any portions of the application are not applicable, specifically so state. Defective or incomplete applications may be returned without consideration.