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Full Commission Rejects FM Translator Appeals

The full FCC rejected two applications for review appealing Media Bureau decisions to deny applications for FM translator construction permits, said orders in Thursday's Daily Digest. Alaska Educational Radio System's applications were rejected because it didn't show it's financially able…

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to construct the translators it was applying for, said one order. “Given AERS’s repeated failure to provide this information, we affirm dismissal of the Applications,” it said. Emmanuel Communications' application for a Worcester, Massachusetts, translator permit was rejected because it would have interfered with a full-power radio station, a second order said. Though the FCC acknowledged that criteria for translator interference changed (see 1908270061) since Emmanuel's application was dismissed, that order applies only to applications that hadn't been acted upon when it was approved.