NEWS Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S.W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974). News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: June 17, 2013 Matthew Berry, 202-418-2005 Email: matthew.berry@fcc.gov STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER AJIT PAI ON ANNOUNCEMENT OF LPFM FILING WINDOW I applaud today’s Public Notice by the Media Bureau announcing that the window for low-power FM applications will open on October 15, 2013. Last November, I proposed to my colleagues that we set October 15 as the target date for the filing window so that community organizations could prepare their applications and begin planning new stations. 1 I was pleased that this target date was included in the Sixth Report and Order. 2 And I am even more pleased that, thanks to the hard work of those in the Media Bureau, we are meeting that target. Enabling new low-power FM stations to begin broadcasting is critical to advancing the Commission’s diversity goals, and I encourage interested organizations across the country to take advantage of this opportunity. 1 Creation of a Low Power Radio Service and Amendment of Service and Eligibility Rules for FM Broadcast Translator Stations, Sixth Report and Order and Fifth Order on Reconsideration, 27 FCC Rcd 15402, 15520 (2012) (Statement of Commissioner Ajit Pai), available at http://go.usa.gov/bmD9. 2 Id. at 15481, para. 211.