Media Bureau Lifts LPTV and TV Translator Application Filing Freezes Effective April 18, 2019
| Citation | 84 FR 12606 |
| Record Number | 2019-06362 |
| Published date | 02 April 2019 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Communications Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 12606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06362]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[DA 19-193]
Media Bureau Lifts LPTV and TV Translator Application Filing
Freezes Effective April 18, 2019
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that, effective April 18, 2019, the
Media Bureau is lifting the displacement and digital companion channel
application filing freezes related to low power television and TV
translator stations.
DATES: The filing freezes will be lifted effective April 18, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaun Maher, Video Division, Media
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, [email protected], (202)
418-2324.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Media Bureau announces that, effective
April 18, 2019, it is lifting the displacement and digital companion
channel application filing freezes related to low power television and
TV translator stations (LPTV/translator stations). These freezes were
imposed to preserve channels for the window for LPTV/translator
stations displaced by the Incentive Auction to file displacement
applications (Special Displacement Window or Window). The displacement
freeze was temporarily lifted to accommodate the filing of displacement
applications by licensed LPTV/translator stations which were displaced
by Incentive Auction matters in the Special Displacement Window. With
completion of the Special Displacement Window on June 1, 2018, and
post-Window settlement opportunity on January 10, 2019, the Media
Bureau deems it appropriate to now lift these filing freezes.
Interested parties may resume filing of the below-referenced
applications on a first-come, first-serve basis on April 18, 2019.
Displacement Applications. The freeze on the filing of displacement
applications, enacted in 2014, is lifted effective April 18, 2019.
Digital Companion Channels. The freeze on the filing of
applications of for digital companion channels, enacted in 2017, is
lifted effective April 18, 2019.
The freeze on the filing of applications for new LPTV/translator
digital stations and major changes remains in effect.
This action is taken by the Chief, Media Bureau pursuant to
authority delegated by 47 CFR 0.283 of the Commission's rules.
Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2019-06362 Filed 4-1-19; 8:45 am]
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