Bulletin Categories: FM Translators

The FCC recently announced the initial filing deadline for reimbursement submissions by LPTV stations, TV translators, FM stations, low-power FM stations, and FM translators (collectively referred to herein as “Affected...

The Commission’s recently overhauled FM translator interference rules have been given final regulatory approval and will officially take effect next week—on August 13, according to an FCC Public Notice (the...

At its open meeting earlier this month, the FCC adopted a Report and Order (the “Order”) that streamlines the rules relating to FM translator interference vis-à-vis full-power FM stations and...

The rules and resolution processes regarding FM translator interference complaints may soon receive a long-awaited overhaul.  According to a draft Report and Order (the “Draft Order”) released last week by...

The FCC is giving stations and other interested parties an extra month to comment on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) that proposes to “streamline” and “expedite” the FM translator...

The FCC wasted little time in dismissing and denying an Informal Objection (“Informal Objection”) filed in late May by three so-called advocacy groups against almost 1,000 pending FM translator applications. ...

Deadlines for comments and reply comments are now set on the FCC’s long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) that proposes to “streamline” and “expedite” the FM translator complaint resolution process.  Comments...

And in other news affecting FM translators, we have two items to report on involving the low-power FM station (“LPFM”) advocacy group called Prometheus Radio Project.  The first item is...

Last week, the FCC adopted a long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) that proposes to “streamline” and “expedite” the FM translator complaint resolution process.  The Notice follows separate requests for...

In late February, the Media Bureau released a Public Notice announcing the opening of a filing window—from March 14 to March 28, 2018—for long-form FM translator construction permit applications filed...