Notice2024-12858
Media Bureau Announces Filing Window for Qualified Low Power Television Stations To Convert to Class A Status Pursuant to the Low Power Protection Act-May 31, 2024 to May 30, 2025
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Published
June 12, 2024
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Media Bureau (Bureau) announces that all rules implementing the Low Power Protection Act (LPPA) are in effect and the one-year window for qualified low power television (LPTV) stations to apply for primary spectrum use status as Class A television stations will open on May 31, 2024 and close on May 30, 2025 (LPPA Window).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49876-49877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12858]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[DA 24-508; FR ID 224315]
Media Bureau Announces Filing Window for Qualified Low Power
Television Stations To Convert to Class A Status Pursuant to the Low
Power Protection Act--May 31, 2024 to May 30, 2025
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Media Bureau (Bureau) announces that all rules
implementing the Low Power Protection Act (LPPA) are in effect and the
one-year window for qualified low power television (LPTV) stations to
apply for primary spectrum use status as Class A television stations
will open on May 31,
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2024 and close on May 30, 2025 (LPPA Window).
DATES: The Media Bureau will conduct the LPPA Window from May 31, 2024
to May 30, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Matthews, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c48fada9ea89a5b0b0aca1b3b784a2a7a7eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c982a0a4e784a8bdbda1acbeba89afaaaae7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a>,
(202) 418-2154 of the Policy Division, Media Bureau, or Emily Harrison,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#397c545055401771584b4b504a5657795f5a5a175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4e1c9cdc8dd8aecc5d6d6cdd7cbcae4c2c7c78ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-1665, Kevin Harding,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8f3ddced1d696f0d9cadcd1d6dff8dedbdb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98d3fdeef1f6b6d0f9eafcf1f6ffd8fefbfbb6fff7ee">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-7077, or Mark Colombo,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#561b37243d7815393a393b34391630353578313920"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="175a76657c3954787b787a75785771747439707861">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-7611 of the Video Division, Media
Bureau.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Media Bureau's
Public Notice, in DA 24-508, released on May 31, 2024. The full text of
this document is available for download at <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-508A1.pdf">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-508A1.pdf</a>. To request materials in accessible formats
(braille, large print, computer diskettes, or audio recordings), please
send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#13555050262327537570703d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="266065651316126640454508414950">[email protected]</span></a> or call the Consumer & Government
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (VOICE), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
The Bureau will conduct the LPPA Window from May 31, 2024 to May
30, 2025. The LPPA provides qualifying LPTV stations with a limited
window of opportunity to apply for primary spectrum use status as Class
A television stations. Applications in the LPPA Window will be filed
electronically via the Commission's Licensing and Management System
(LMS) on FCC Form 2100, Schedule F and applicants will be required to
pay the requisite fee for an application for a ``new license'' for a
Class A station ($425.00). Instructions on completing Form 2100,
Schedule F are available at <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-332131A1.pdf">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-332131A1.pdf</a>.
In order to be eligible for Class A status under the LPPA, a
qualified LPTV licensee must have complied with the eligibility
requirements set forth in section 73.6030(b) of the Commission's rules
and complete all required certifications in FCC Form 2100, Schedule F.
A qualified LPTV licensee is required to submit, as part of its
application, a statement concerning the station's operating schedule
during the 90 days preceding January 5, 2023 and a list of locally
produced programs aired during that time period. The applicant may also
submit, or may be requested by Commission staff to submit, other
documentation to support its certification that the licensee meets the
eligibility requirements for a Class A license under the LPPA. All
stations afforded Class A status under the LPPA are reminded that they
will be required to continue to comply with the service requirements
applicable to Class A stations in order to maintain such status. A
station afforded Class A status under the LPPA must continue to operate
in a Designated Market Areas (DMA) with not more than 95,000 television
households in order to maintain its Class A status, subject to certain
exceptions, and is not permitted to initiate a move to a different DMA
with more than 95,000 television households at the time of the move and
still retain its Class A status.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2024-12858 Filed 6-11-24; 8:45 am]
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