FCC Rejects NCE License Rules Recon Petition
FCC members 5-0 rejected Discount Legal’s petition for reconsideration of its revamped rules for mutually exclusive (MX) noncommercial educational license applications as being procedurally defective. Discount Legal asked the FCC to allow for secondary grants of leftover NCE licenses after…
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the initial MX process is resolved (see 2003130077). “Discount Legal’s Petition does not allege any change in circumstances or offer any newly discovered facts, but rather, reargues points previously advanced and rejected,” Wednesday’s order said. It rejected the substance of the arguments, emphasizing allowing secondary grants would double the workload for staff and that barring such grants has been a longstanding policy. “It has been, and remains, the resolve of the Commission -- not the staff -- that the Bureau will process applications based on a ‘one-grant’ policy.” The company didn’t comment. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said an NCE FM filing window will open this year (see 2007310062).