NPR supports a more restrained FCC enforcement policy...
NPR supports a more restrained FCC enforcement policy to address the uncertainty faced by public radio stations and other producers reporting on matters of public concern. The FCC’s “fleeting utterance” approach “has led to unnecessary and protracted delays in the…
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processing of station license applications,” NPR said in an ex parte filing in dockets 12-106, 13-86 and 13-249 (http://bit.ly/1mSkGnm). NPR reiterated its position that the current waiver system works well for noncommercial radio stations concerning the use of on-air time to raise funds for third-party nonprofit organizations, it said. The FCC’s proposal to allow noncommercial educational stations to interrupt programming for this purpose raises “serious operational, fundraising and other concerns,” it said. NPR also continued to support revitalizing the AM band, including opening an FM translator filing window for AM station licensees, it said.