Q: Is there any place I can search for information on pending or granted licenses? For a public safety license approximately days. A: You cannot renew an expired license. It must be handled as a new license. A: Call us. Advice costs you nothing. The process continues for other states and groups of states on a meandering path around the country. TV station licenses expire one year later on a similar staggered schedule — click here for the television stations schedule.
Because the public file is now online, you should expect the FCC to check to see that announcements have been broadcast, the dates and times have been uploaded, and to defer granting renewal for stations that have not properly completed the announcement process. The due date for that group of applications is June 3, Here's the FCC Announcement. Step 3: Fill out the renewal, Schedule - S First: Gather some information in advance to help you navigate the application process more quickly!
Previous Application: The questions on the renewal form are the same or similar to the questions you answered when you initially applied for your station, or when you most-recently renewed the license, or perhaps when the license was transferred to you. You need to answer the questions based on your current board of directors. These can be found in the same FCC database, and should be on your old application, unless you have changed them through the FCC since you applied.
Once you have this info ready, you can take the plunge into the FCC's website, where you will fill out the application online. We explain all of the steps and if you're feeling brave, just log into LMS!. Filling out the form: Check out our guide to using LMS for renewal. Step 4: Broadcast Post-filing announcements on the air Sample POST-filing Announcement The announcement should be in the main language spoken on your station These instructions apply to renewals on or after December 1, subject to these newer rules.
Members of the public wishing to view this application or obtain information about how to file comments and petitions can visit www. One more step, and you'll be done! After filing your application you must let your listeners know the good news that you've applied for a renewal, so they have another chance to object to your application to the FCC. You can read aloud the sample notice. If a station is silent for part of the period during which on-air announcements are required, it shall meet the online notice requirement set forth in 47 CFR Section An applicant for renewal of a license that is required to maintain an online public inspection file, and that is not broadcasting during all or a portion of the period during which on-air announcements are required to be broadcast shall, within seven 7 days of the last on-air announcement or last day of posting online notice, whichever occurs last, place in its online public inspection file a statement certifying compliance with Section This must include the dates and times that any on-air announcements were broadcast, along with the dates and times that online notice was posted and the Uniform Resource Locator URL of the Internet website on which online notice was posted.
FM Translator Stations. The applicant for renewal of license of an FM translator station shall give online notice. If the applicant is required to pay a third party not affiliated with the applicant to post online public notice, the public notice must be posted at least once a week Monday through Friday for four consecutive weeks, for a period of at least 24 consecutive hours for each posting, beginning no later than five business days after release of FCC public notice that the renewal application has been accepted.
Petitions to Deny are considered to be timely filed with the Commission only upon submission through the LMS electronic filing system or upon receipt by the Commission at the address listed below , NOT when they are mailed or postmarked. Petitions to Deny may not be submitted to the Commission via e-mail.
Petition to Deny Requirements. First, to file a Petition to Deny, a person must be a "party in interest" and have "standing. He or she must be a regular listener or have some other contact with the station that gives the petitioner a real stake in the outcome of the renewal process.
A petition must be supported by an affidavit of a person or persons with personal knowledge of the allegations of fact contained in the petition. Additionally, a Petition to Deny a license renewal must be "timely" filed at least one month prior to the license expiration date, as explained in the previous paragraph. Finally, the petition must contain a certification that a copy of the petition was mailed to the station.
Failure to include the certification that a copy was mailed to the station and the affidavit of personal knowledge will result in dismissal of the Petition to Deny.
Procedure for Filing Informal Objections. A person or entity opposing the grant of a station's license renewal application may file an informal objection against the license renewal application at any time prior to staff action on the license renewal application. An informal objection is less formal than a Petition to Deny, but some requirements still apply. It may take the form of a letter signed by the objector and submitted through LMS or mailed or delivered to one of the FCC addresses below.
An informal objection need not contain the affidavit required for a Petition to Deny. It should, however, contain sufficient information to establish any violation alleged. Additionally, an informal objection not received by the time the station's license renewal is granted will not be considered.
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