FM Expansion Group

Federal Communication Commission Resources

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:06:34 +0000

The Federal Communication Commission Web site offers numerous resources. These are our favorites

Federal Communications Commission: http://www.fcc.gov/
Daily Digest: http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/2010/
Media Bureau: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/
Audio Division: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/
Application Search: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/elecfile.html

Government Printing Office Resources

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:07:38 +0000

The Government Printing Office maintains a site that includes the full text of the Code of Federal Regulation.

Title 47 contains the Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations. Parts 73 and 74 contain the rules relevant to FM radio stations and translators.

This link takes you to Title 47: http://www.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/cfrassemble.cgi?title=200947

FCC Compares 26 Groups (August 2010)

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:26:09 +0000

Compararive Consideration of 26 Groups of Mutually Exclusive Applications for Permits to Construct New or Modified Noncommercial Educational FM Stations Filed in the October 2007 Filing Window, Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O), FCC 10-142, released August 3, 2010. NCE MX Group numbers 399, 401, 403, 406, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 414, 416, 417, 418, 421, 423, 426, 428, 420, 431, 437, 440, 441, 443, 444A, 445, and 447.

The full document is here: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/FCC-10-142A1.doc

Two FMEG Clients Selected for New Stations

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:19:23 +0000

On August 3, 2010, the Commission released Comparative Consideration of 26 Groups of Mutually Exclusive Applications for Permits to Construct New or Modified Noncommercial Educational FM Stations Filed in the October 2007 Filing Window, Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O), FCC 10-142.

In that document, the Commission identified two FMEG clients as tentative selectees.

Bryant College is the tentative selectee for a construction permit to serve Danielson, CT.

Rochester Community and Technical College is the tentative selectee to build a new station serving Stewartville, MN.

The full document is here: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/FCC-10-142A1.doc

KCVQ Power Upgrade Approved

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:01:43 +0000

On May 18, 2010, FMEG submitted an application on behalf of Lake Area Educational Broadcasting Foundation to increase the power of KCVQ (Knob Noster, MO).

The power increase is possible because stations operating in the reserved band are no longer required to protect analog TV6 stations.

The Media Bureau granted that application on July 28, 2010.

Details: http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1369719

FCC Compares 52 NCE Groups

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:25:08 +0000

Comparative Consideration of 52 Groups of Mutually Exclusive Applications for Permits to Construct New or Modified Noncommercial Educational FM Stations filed in the October 2007 Filing Window, Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O), FCC 10-118, released June 28, 2010. NCE MX Groups 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305A, 305B, 309, 311A, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 320, 322, 323, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 333, 334, 336, 337A, 227B, 338, 340, 341, 342, 344, 346, 347, 350, 351, 353, 354, 359, 360, 362, 365, 371, 374, 379, 380, 381, 384, 389, 392, and 394.

The full document is here: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/FCC-10-118A1.doc

Columbus County Schools Awarded CP

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:46:34 +0000

FMEG submitted an application on behalf of Columbus County Schools for a new station during the 2007 NCE window.

The granted authority to build WZCO (Chadbourn, NC) on May 12, 2010.

Columbus County Schools intends to use the station to train its students and provide unique programming to the community.

http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1364441

FCC Compares 32 NCE Groups (April 2010)

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:24:06 +0000

Comparative Consideration of 32 Groups of Mutually Exclusive Applications for Permits to Construct New or Modified Noncommercial Educational FM Stations filed in the October 2007 Filing Window, Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O), FCC 10-69, released April 26, 2010. NCE MX Groups 51, 57, 123, 172, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 188, 200, 202, 203, 209, 210, 211, 218, 219, 220, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 245, 252, 253, 255, 256, 260, and 263.

The full document is here: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/FCC-10-69A1.doc

KCVK Move Approved

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:00:37 +0000

On March 17, 2010, FMEG submitted an application on behalf of Lake Area Educational Broadcasting Foundation to move KCVK (Otterville, MO) to a new tower.

The Media Bureau granted that application on April 6, 2010.

http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1360328

FCC Compares 59 NCE Groups (Feb 2010)

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:22:11 +0000

Comparative Consideration of 59 Groups of Mutually Exclusive Applications for Permits to Construct New or Modified Noncommercial Educational FM Stations Filed in the October 2007 Filing Window, FCC 10-29, released February 16, 2010. Results of point system analysis identifying tentative selectees for noncommercial educational FM stations. NCE MX Group Numbers 6, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 38, 44, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 60, 63, 70, 73, 74, 81, 82, 83, 87, 90, 92, 93, 94, 97, 99, 102, 103, 104, 105, 110, 113, 114, 116, 118, 120, 129, 130, 135, 138, 147, 149, 151, 153, 155, 158, and 159.

The full document is here: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/FCC-10-29A1.doc