FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 4, Pages 2786 to 3727, March 19 - April 6, 2012 Page: 3,364

                                
Federal Communications Commission                 FCC 12-29
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
Amendment of Service and Eligibility Rules )    MB Docket No. 07-172
for FM Broadcast Translator Stations      )     RM-11338
FOURTH REPORT AND ORDER AND THIRD ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION
Adopted: March 19, 2012                                   Released: March 19, 2012
By the Commission:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Heading                                                                   Paragraph #
I.  INTRO DUCTION    ................................................................................... ..........................
II.  D ISCU SSIO N  ............................................................. .......... ........................... ..4
A. Section 5 of the LCRA: Broad Interpretive Principles ........................4
1.  Background   ..............................  .......................... ..................4
2. Comments .......   ................................................................7
a.  Section  5(1) -  Ensuring  that licenses are available ........................ ......................8
b. Section 5(2) - Assessing the "needs of the local community"..........................10
c.  Section 5(3)- "Equal in status" ....... .................................12
3.  A nalysis............................. .............. ................................... ...................   16
B. Implementing Section 5 of the LCRA: Proposed Market-Based Processing Policy .......28
1. Background ............................       .........   ......................28
2.  Com m ents  ......................... ..................... . ......... ................................ 32
a. Defining the Market and Channel Floors ....................     .......33
b. Translator Amendment and Settlement Procedures ............................................35
3. Analysis - Revised Translator Application Processing and Dismissal Policies ..........38
C. Prevention of Trafficking in Translator Station Construction Permits and Licenses........50
1.  Background ...... .................................... .. .........................  50
2. Comments ............   .      ...........................................51
3. Analysis....................................................54
D. Restrictions on the Use of FM Translators to Rebroadcast the Signals of AM
Stations.......................            ..           ..    .....................62
1.  Background  ........................................  ........................62
2.  Comments .........................................  .. ... ........................64
3. Analysis....................................................66
III. THIRD ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION ..................... .   ............. ....... ....71

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