FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 7, Pages 5674 to 6652, May 23 - June 15, 2012 Page: 5,959
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Concerns Raised in the LPFM Third Further Notice and Fourth Report and Order. As Perry
notes, its proposed move to Oklahoma City would not foreclose future licensing opportunities in the
LPFM service, and we find that this factor also weighs in favor of a waiver grant. In the LPFM Third
Further Notice, the Commission found that certain temporary restrictions on the modification of
translator stations were necessary to preserve LPFM licensing opportunities in identified spectrum-limited
markets, and directed the Media Bureau to suspend the processing of any translator modification
application that proposed a transmitter site for the first time within those markets.35 Oklahoma City was
subsequently identified in the Fourth Report and Order as a "Spectrum Available" market and not subject
to such a restriction.36 Thus, we find that Perry's proposal does not implicate the concerns raised about
LPFM spectrum availability in the Third Further Notice or Fourth Report and Order.
Fill-in for AM Station. Perry proposes to change the transmitter site for Station K221FQ and
rebroadcast primary Station KRMP(AM), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as an AM fill-in translator. In
2009, the Commission authorized the use of certain FM translators to rebroadcast the signal of a local AM
station." This deregulatory measure has brought enhanced local service to hundreds of communities and
allowed these AM stations to compete more effectively in their local markets. In addition, the
Commission recently took steps to expand this practice in the Fourth Report and Order." Approving
Perry's proposed arrangement is consistent with our continued efforts to revitalize the AM service and to
make the most efficient use of limited spectrum. While this factor alone may be insufficient to justify a
waiver grant, we find that, when combined with the other factors discussed above, the public interest
would best be served by granting Perry's waiver request.
Conclusion/Action. Accordingly, for the reasons discussed above, IT IS ORDERED that
Section 74.1233(a)(1) of the Commission's Rules IS WAIVED to the extent indicated, and that the
application of Perry Broadcasting Company, Inc. (File No. BPFT-20120217ABF) to relocate K221FQ's
transmitter from Edmond to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, IS GRANTED.
Sincerely,
Peter H. Doyle
Chief, Audio Division
Media Bureau
"3 Third Further Notice, 26 FCC Rcd at 9998.
36 Fourth Report and Order at Appendix B.
37 See Amendment of Service and Eligibility Rules for FM Broadcast Translator Stations, Report and Order, 24 FCC
Red 9642 (2009).
38 Fourth Report and Order, 66-70.5959
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