Media Bureau Waives Broadcaster Prefiling Announcements, Citing Virus
Stations scheduled for license renewal for the remainder of the 2019-2023 cycle don’t have to make prefiling announcements, said a Media Bureau public notice in Thursday’s Daily Digest. The broadcast application order voted 5-0 before Wednesday’s FCC meeting eliminated such…
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announcements, and this waiver means broadcasters filing before the new rules take effect won’t have to make them, the PN said. The waiver is in effect for applicants filing renewal applications due Aug. 3 and continues until the new rules take effect, the PN said. “Given the continuing disruptions caused by COVID-19 … the Bureau has determined that good cause exists to relieve stations of the burden of scheduling and airing pre-filing announcements."