Media Bureau Freezes LPTV Minor Change Applications as Prelude to Displacement Window
The FCC Media Bureau will no longer accept applications for minor changes for low-power TV and translator stations, said a public notice Wednesday. “This action will help to provide a stable database for eligible LPTV/translator stations to identify and apply…
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for available channels in an upcoming displacement window.” Sixty days before the upcoming LPTV displacement window, the bureau needs to issue a PN listing locations and channels that aren’t going to be available during the window because of interference, and gathering that data is the reason for the freeze, the bureau said. It will continue to process pending applications, and consider requests for waiver of the freeze case-by-case, the PN said. The freeze is effective immediately, and the PN said it doesn’t require notice and comment because it's “procedural in nature.” The bureau won't delay the freeze to wait for Federal Register publication, the PN said. “Such a delay would be impractical, unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest because it would undercut the purposes of the freeze.” An announcement on lifting the freeze will follow the displacement window, the notice said.