Alert
Alert
11.22.13
Full power commercial and noncommercial radio stations and LPFM stations licensed to communities in New Jersey or New York must begin airing pre-filing license renewal announcements on December 1, 2013. License renewal applications for these stations, and for in-state FM translator stations, are due by February 3, 2014.
Pre-Filing License Renewal Announcements
Full power commercial and noncommercial radio, LPFM, and FM Translator stations whose community of license is located in New Jersey or New York must file their license renewal applications with the FCC by February 3, 2014.
Beginning two months prior to that filing, full power commercial and noncommercial radio and LPFM stations must air four pre-filing announcements alerting the public to the upcoming renewal application filing. As a result, these radio stations must air the first pre-filing renewal announcement on December 1, 2013. The remaining pre-filing announcements must air once a day on December 16, 2013, and January 1, and January 16, 2014, for a total of four announcements. At least two of these four announcements must air between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and/or 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. local time.
The text of the pre-filing announcement is as follows:
On [date of last renewal grant], [call letters] was granted a license by the Federal Communications Commission to serve the public interest as a public trustee until June 1, 2014. [Stations that have not received a renewal grant since the filing of their previous renewal application should modify the foregoing to read: “(Call letters) is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to serve the public interest as a public trustee.”]
Our license will expire on June 1, 2014. We must file an application for renewal with the FCC by February 3, 2014. When filed, a copy of this application will be available for public inspection during our regular business hours. It contains information concerning this station’s performance during the last eight years [or other period of time covered by the application, if the station’s license term was not a standard eight-year license term].
Individuals who wish to advise the FCC of facts relating to our renewal application and to whether this station has operated in the public interest should file comments and petitions with the Commission by May 1, 2014.
Further information concerning the FCC’s broadcast license renewal process is available at [address of location of station’s public inspection file] or may be obtained from the FCC, Washington, DC 20554.
If a station misses airing an announcement, it should broadcast a make-up announcement as soon as possible and contact us to further address the situation. Special rules apply to noncommercial educational stations that do not normally operate during any month when their announcements would otherwise be due to air, as well as to other silent stations. These stations should also contact us regarding how to give the required public notice.