73.855: Difference between revisions

Part 73, Subpart G, Section 73.855 is a core regulation that addresses ownership limits for LPFM stations.  It's sometimes referred to as the "'''One to a customer rule'''".  

This rule was first enacted in the original 2000 ''LPFM Report and Order'' to prohibit entities from being a party to more than one LPFM station if those LPFM stations are less than 12 kilometers (7 miles) apart.  The original rule allowed for multiple ownership and would use a phased-in approach for multiple ownership.  After two years following the original filing window, entities could own up to 5 LPFM stations and after three years, they could own up to 10 stations.  The rule was amended in the 2000 ''Order on Reconsideration'' to permit public safety applicants to file multiple applications and to specify one as a priority application. In 2007 as a part of the ''Third Report and Order'', the rule was amended again to eliminate multiple ownership except for public safety entities.  In the 2012 ''Sixth Report and Order,'' the rule was amended to allow for tribal entities to own up to two LPFM stations.