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Media Bureau Rejects Last Prometheus Translator Objection Out of 994

The FCC Media Bureau rejected Prometheus Radio Project’s petition for reconsideration of the bureau’s denial of an objection to an FM translator application from Mega-Philadelphia, said a letter in Tuesday’s Daily Digest. The application was among 328 Prometheus-filed petitions of…

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reconsideration, after its 994 informal objections were rejected (see 1901290033) for lacking standing. The one against Mega-Philadelphia was found to have standing but was denied on its merits. Prometheus argued all FM translator auctions should adhere to the stricter protection requirements the bureau imposed in Auction 83. MB said it sets the rules for each auction individually: “We therefore reject Petitioner’s contention that the procedures set up for Auction 83 must be utilized in all subsequent secondary service filing windows.”