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On June 7 the FCC released a Fifth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning operation of FM stations on 87.7 FM by Low Power Television Channel 6 stations. The television channel 6 occupies an area from 82-88 MHz, for which the audio part of the analog television signal occupied 87.7 FM. Upon digital television transition, this technical anomaly was supposed to disappear, however certain Channel 6 licensees asked the FCC to tack an additional analog FM service to the side of their digital television servi
Back in January, the FCC discontinued its central database for television and radio form filings (Consolidated Database System, or CDBS) which replaced paper filings in year 2000. Most of the forms of CDBS had been previously transported over to the FCC's new Media Bureau's filing system, LMS (Licensing and Management System). Between January and May 2022 LMS had no options for informal forms for filing Special Temporary Authority and Resumption of Operations.
For those acquainted with filing applications with the FCC's Media Bureau for over the last twenty years, the Consolidated Data Base System (CDBS) was the main conduit for broadcast applications. Within the last year, the FCC has been moving all application filing to the new Licensing and Management System (LMS). On January 11, 2022, the FCC gave one day notice for the CDBS shutdown of operation. Although most FCC Media Bureau application have already migrated to LMS, AM broadcast and digital notificatio
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