[opendtv] FCC on applications for new LPTV stations and translators

From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:38:22 -0500
Is this standard procedure?

In this site:

http://www.dtv.gov/lptv.html

the FCC says:

"The June 12, 2009 DTV transition deadline does not apply to low-power 
television stations. The FCC will determine a deadline for these stations to 
transition to digital at a future date."

Then in this new announcement, the FCC is telling analog LPTV and translator 
applicants, whose application is pending, that they will be charged an extra 
$705 fee for changing their application to digital.

Wait a minute. How can they be charged for a change that the FCC imposed after 
the fact? I can see if the applicant initiated the change at the 11th hour, but 
this seems bass ackwards to me.

(Not that applicants should not have known better than trying to keep NTSC 
alive this way.)

Bert

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http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-10-496A1.pdf

PUBLIC NOTICE

Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554

News Media Information 202 / 418-0500
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
TTY: 1-888-835-5322
DA 10-496
Released: March 25, 2010

APPLICANTS FOR NEW ANALOG LOW POWER TELEVISION AND TV TRANSLATOR
STATIONS MUST CONVERT TO DIGITAL BY MAY 24, 2010

In furtherance of the digital television transition, the Media Bureau announces 
that applicants for new analog low power television and TV translator stations 
must submit an amendment to their pending applications to specify digital 
operations by May 24, 2010. Pending applications for new analog facilities that 
are not amended to specify digital operations by the deadline set forth herein 
will not be processed.

Attachment A includes all of the pending applications for new analog low power 
television and TV translator stations. Such amendments will be considered a 
"major change" to the pending analog application and will be subject to a 
$705.00 filing fee.

Amendments must be filed electronically using FCC Form 346. Paper-filed 
amendments will not be accepted. Instructions for use of the electronic filing 
system are available in the CDBS User's Guide, which can be accessed from the 
electronic filing web site at:

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/cdbs.html

For assistance with electronic filing, call the Media Bureau Help Desk at (202) 
418-26MB (418-2662).

If you have any questions, please contact Hossein Hashemzadeh (technical) or 
Shaun Maher (legal) of the Video Division, Media Bureau at 202-418-1600.

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[opendtv] FCC on applications for new LPTV stations and translators

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