FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 4, Pages 2786 to 3727, March 19 - April 6, 2012 Page: 3,315

                                
Federal Communications Commission                       FCC 12-28
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of                                )
Creation of a Low Power Radio Service           )     MM Docket No. 99-25
FIFTH REPORT AND ORDER, FOURTH FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED
RULEMAKING AND FOURTH ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION
Adopted: March 19, 2012                                                Released: March 19, 2012
Comment Date: 130 days after date of publication in the Federal Register)
Reply Comment Date: 145 days after date of publication in the Federal Register]
By the Commission:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Heading                                                                              Paragraph #
I.  INTRODUCTION .....................             .......... ............................................ 1
II. BACKGROUND .............................. ........................................... 2
III.  FIFTH  REPORT  AND  ORDER................................................. . ................................................ 10
A. Third-Adjacent Channel Minimum Distance Separation Requirements........................................ 11
B. Protection of Radio Reading Services.... ...... ............................. 12
IV. FOURTH FURTHER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ................................................ 15
A. Changes to Technical Rules Required by the LCRA................................................................. 15
1. Waiver of Second-Adjacent Channel Minimum Distance Separation Requirements ............. 16
2. Third-Adjacent Channel Interference Complaints and Remediation ................................ 21
a. LPFM Interference Protection and Remediation Requirements .................................... 26
b. Regime Applicable to Section 7(1) Stations .................................................................. 31
c. Regime Applicable to Section 7(3) Stations .......................................................... 33
d. Additional Interference Protection and Remediation Obligations ................................. 40
3. Translator Input Signals Complaint Procedure ................................... ........................ 42
B.  Other Rule  Changes ......................................................................... ..... 47
1.  C lasses  of Service................................................................... ....................... 48
2. Removal of I.F. Channel Minimum Distance Separation Requirements ............................. 52
3. Eligibility and Ownership......................................        .....................53
a. Requirement That Applicant Be Community-Based ..................................................... 53
b. Eligibility of Native Nations ........................................................ 54
c.  Cross-O wnership......................          ....................... ...................... 56
d.  M ultiple  Ow nership  ............................................................. 58
4. Selection Among Mutually Exclusive Applicants............................. 59
a.  Point  System  ........................................        . .......... ........... 60
(i)  Established Community  Presence ........................................ ............................. 60
(ii)  Local Program  Origination................................................................................... 63
(iii) Additional Selection  Criteria....... .............  ................. ........................ 64
b. First Tiebreaker, Voluntary Time Sharing ....................................  .....................65
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