[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37095-37096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16663]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[DA 17-724]


Opening of First Priority Filing Window for Eligible Full Power 
and Class A Television Stations

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the first priority filing window 
for eligible full power and Class A television stations to file 
applications for alternate channels or expanded facilities will be open 
from August 9, 2017 through September 8, 2017.

DATES: August 8, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, 
[email protected], or Kevin Harding, [email protected], Video 
Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Auction 1000, which was conducted pursuant 
to Title VI of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 
2012, was completed on April 13, 2017, and the Commission initiated a 
transition period during which broadcast television stations that 
received new channel assignments in the April 13, 2017 Closing and 
Channel Reassignment Public Notice will be reauthorized and relicensed. 
The deadline for applications for construction permits consistent with 
the requirements of that Public Notice were due July 12, 2017.
    The first priority filing window, which opens on Wednesday, August 
9, 2017 and closes at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 8, 2017, is 
limited to: (1) 25 reassigned stations that were granted a waiver of 
the July 12, 2017 filing deadline because they were ``unable to 
construct'' the specified facilities assigned to them in the Closing 
and Channel Reassignment Public Notice; (2) stations entitled to 
protection in the repacking process that are predicted to experience a 
loss of population served in excess of one percent as a result of the 
auction repacking process; and (3) Class A stations that did not 
receive protection and were displaced in the repacking

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process. Applications filed by stations that received a waiver of the 
July 12, 2017 filing deadline and displaced Class A stations are exempt 
from a filing fee.
    Eligible stations may file applications for expanded facilities 
that qualify as a minor change under the Commission's rules, or for 
alternate channels which will be treated as major change applications 
under the Commission's rules. Applicants must protect the construction 
permit facilities of stations assigned to new channels, whether those 
stations' applications have been granted or remain pending, and must 
also protect the facilities specified in applications that were filed 
before the April 2013 freeze on applications proposing to extend a 
station's contour. Applications filed by displaced Class A stations 
must also demonstrate that the proposal would not cause interference to 
a low power television or translator facility previously authorized or 
proposed. A station that files an application that is incomplete or 
defective will be afforded an opportunity to submit an amendment to 
correct any defects, and failure to correct will result in dismissal of 
the application. If an application filed by (1) a station that was 
unable to construct the facilities specified in the Closing and Channel 
Reassignment Public Notice or (2) a displaced Class A station is 
dismissed, then the station must file a new application within 15 days 
of dismissal and pay the requisite filing fee.
    Applications filed during the first priority filing window will be 
treated as filed on the last day of the window for purposes of 
determining mutual exclusivity. Stations with mutually exclusive 
applications will be notified and given a 90-day period to resolve 
their mutual exclusivity by proposing a technical solution or 
settlement in an amendment to their pending applications.

Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2017-16663 Filed 8-7-17; 8:45 am]
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