Channel Change Applications for LPTV Available in Updated LMS
The FCC updated the Licensing and Management System (LMS), making major change applications for Class A, low-power TV and TV translator stations available in advance of the Aug. 20 lifting of the 14-year freeze on channel change filings (see 2405290068),…
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a public notice in Friday’s Daily Digest said. “Effective immediately, applicants are permitted to input information in their major change application, but should not submit their application prior to August 20, 2024,” the PN said. Applications filed before Aug. 20 “will be dismissed and applicants will need to re-file once the freeze is lifted.” The PN also included a reminder that after updates to the FCC’s TVStudy software, all TV broadcast applications filed after Aug. 1, must use 2020 Census Data for conducting interference analyses. “Failure to do so will require amendment and may result in dismissal of applications as defective,” the PN said.