Policies To Promote Rural Radio Service and To Streamline Allotment and Assignment Procedures

Resumen

In this document, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), seeking comment on a number of procedures designed to streamline the process of allocating new FM channels and AM frequency assignments, with an emphasis on encouraging policies that foster new and modified channel assignments favoring smaller communities, rural areas, and Native American and Alaska Native tribal areas. The Commission proposes a number of rule and procedural changes addressing channel assignment and allotment priorities under Section 307(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, including proposing a new priority for Native American and Alaska Native tribes and their members seeking to provide new radio service to tribal lands. The Commission also proposes a number of smaller but significant procedural changes designed to make the allotment and assignment of radio channels more efficient.