FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 18, Pages 14770 to 15765, November 26 - December 13, 2012 Page: 15,402

                                
Federal Communications Commission                            FCC 12-144
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 for       )       MB Docket No. 07-172, RM     11338
FM Broadcast Translator Stations                     )
FIFTH ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION AND SIXTH REPORT AND ORDER
Adopted: November 30, 2012                                        Released: December 4, 2012
By the Commission: Chairman Genachowski and Commissioners McDowell, Clyburn, Rosenworcel and
Pai issuing separate statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Heading                                                                                        Paragraph #
I.  IN TROD  U CTIO  N  ............................................................................................................................ 1
II. FIFTH ORDER ON RECONSIDERATION .....................................................................2
A. Background....................................................... .2
1. Rationale for the Translator Application Caps .................................................4
2. Petitions for Reconsideration..........................................................14
3. Responsive Pleadings ................................................................. . .................. 22
B. Discussion. ......................................................................25
1.  M arket Definitions ............................................ ......................................26
2. Notice of Appendix A Per-Market Cap Proposal......................................    .......31
3. The National Cap of 50 Applications...............................................34
4. The Need for a Per-Market Cap...................................................................42
5. Revision of the Per-Market Cap.........      .......   ........       .......................... ..46
III. SIXTH REPORT AND ORDER ....................................................................................................... 69
A. Waiver of Second-Adjacent Channel Minimum Distance Separation Requirements....................... 72
B. Third-Adjacent Channel Interference Complaints and Remediation.........................................  86
1. LPFM Interference Protection and Remediation Requirements........................................... 87
2. Regime Applicable to Section 7(1) Stations..........................                        96
3. Regime Applicable to Other LPFM      Stations................................ 101
4. Additional Interference Protection and Remediation Obligations.........................      121
C. Protection of Translator Input Signals ........................................ 124
D.  Other Rule  Changes .............................. ....... ......... ...... ..........................................   133
1.  Eligibility  and  Ownership.............................. ... ................................ ..........................134
a.  Requirement That Applicants Be Local..........       ............................... 34
b. Cross-Ownership of LPFM      and FM Translator Stations ................................................ 137
c. Ownership Issues Affecting Tribal Nations......................................................... 144
d. Ownership of Student-run Stations ........................................ 158
2. Selection Among Mutually Exclusive Applicants................................................................. 161
a. Point System Structure, and Elimination of Proposed Operating Hours Criterion......... 163
b. Established Community Presence...       ...................................... ........................... 168
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