Fourth Report and Order: Difference between revisions

The ''Third Further Notice'' tentatively concluded that the proposed market-based translator application processing policy would not be sufficient to deter speculative licensing conduct because the remaining translator filings present significant issues of abuse of our licensing process. It tentatively concluded that nothing in the LCRA limits the Commission’s ability to address the potential for licensing abuses by any applicant in Auction 83, and sought comment on processing policies to deter the potential for speculative abuses among the remaining translator applicants. Specifically, it sought comment on whether to establish an application cap for the applications that would remain pending in non-spectrum limited markets and unrated markets, and asked whether a cap of 50 or 75 applications in a window would force filers with a large number of applications to concentrate on those proposals and markets where they have bona fide service aspirations. The ''Third Further Notice'' also asked whether applicants should be limited to one or a few applications in any particular market, noting that a limitation of this sort could limit substantially the opportunity to warehouse and traffic in translator authorizations while promoting diversity goals. It also sought comment on alternative approaches to protect against abuses in the translator licensing process.