PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 18-364
Released:  April 12, 2018
MEDIA BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES FOR 
NPRM PROPOSING TO STREAMLINE REAUTHORIZATION PROCEDURES FOR 
ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED TELEVISION SATELLITE STATIONS
MB Docket Nos. 18-63, 17-105
Comment Date:  May 11, 2018
Reply Comment Date:  May 29, 2018
On March 23, 2018, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that 
proposed to streamline the process for reauthorizing television satellite stations when they are assigned or 
transferred in combination with their previously approved parent station.
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  The NPRM set deadlines for 
filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 45 days, respectively, after publication in the Federal 
Register.
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A summary of the NPRM was published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2018.
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  Thus, 
comments must be submitted no later than May 11, 2018; reply comments must be submitted no later 
than May 29, 2018.  Complete filing instructions are provided in the NPRM and the Federal Register.
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(Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the FCC’s 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
For more information about this proceeding, contact Julie Salovaara, Industry Analysis Division, 
Media Bureau, at 202-418-0783 or Julie.Salovaara@fcc.gov. 
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1
 Streamlined Reauthorization Procedures for Assigned or Transferred Television Satellite Stations; Modernization of 
Media Regulation Initiative, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 18-34 (rel. Mar. 23, 2018) (NPRM).  
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 Id. at 1.
3
 FCC, Streamlined Reauthorization Procedures for Assigned or Transferred Television Satellite Stations; 
Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative, 83 Fed. Reg. 15531 (Apr. 11, 2018) (NPRM Summary).
4
 NPRM at 7-8, para. 18; NPRM Summary, 83 Fed. Reg. at 15531, 15534.  The NPRM is available on the 
Commission’s website at https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2018/db0323/FCC-18-34A1.pdf.