Technologie i telekomunikacja · 1.08.1995

Broadcast Services; Allocations; Automatic Stay

This Notice of Proposed Rule Making proposes to delete the automatic stay provision in Section 1.420(f) of the Commission's rules. That rule applies to proposals to amend the FM and TV Tables of Allotments and provides for an automatic stay upon the filing of a petition for reconsideration of any Commission order modifying an authorization to specify operation on a different channel. The purpose of the proposed amendment is to remove any incentive to challenge an agency order simply to delay institution of expanded service by a competitor, and to expedite provision of improved service to the public.