6/21/08 The FCC has identified 148 additional NCE MX pools with up to 13 applicants each listed here.  Applicants that were accidentally omitted (or incorrectly included) must report the errors to the FCC within 30 days.

The commission is getting ready to process the larger groups of applicants all competing for the same reserved band frequencies  from the 2007 filing window.

As the FCC works its way through the more than 3,600 applications for NCE construction permits filed in 2007, it has now released another batch of applications in competition with other parties for reserved band channels so the parties have time to work out settlements. This batch consists of groups of 13 or fewer applicants, each seeking the same frequency.

To promote settlement discussions and ease workloads on applicants and their consulting engineers and attorneys, the Commission says it periodically will issue additional public notices identifying the remaining mutually exclusive groups. An applicant who believes that his or her paperwork has either been mistakenly included or excluded from any of the mutually exclusive groups should notify the Commission within 30 days.

The FCC previously granted a Form 316 "Change of Board" request, but hese are the first complete ownership transfer of LPFM stations via Form 314.  The FCC created new procedures to facilitate this. 

Question: Can LPFM ownership be transferred to another group? KKXI-LP

Answer: Form 314 should be used when a complete ownership change occurs; Form 315 when there is no change of ownership but all or virtually all board change, and Form 316 when the board changes by 50% or more (i.e. four members of an 8 member board)..  Some questions asked in these forms (i.e. full-power points system and "market size / share") do not apply to LPFM and should be answered "N/A".