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FCC RIN: 3060-AI93 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Amendment for Eligibility Rules for FM Broadcast Translator Stations (MB Docket No. 07-172) 
Abstract: On July 14, 2006, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) filed a Petition for Rulemaking proposing that the Commission amend its rules to allow AM broadcast stations to operate FM translator stations. The NAB Petition proposed that AM stations be permitted to license and/or use FM translator stations to retransmit their AM service as a fill-in service. Specifically, the NAB proposed that AM stations be allowed to use FM translator stations to rebroadcast the AM signal, within specific technical parameters. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposed rules permitting the use of FM translators by AM stations and examines the issues related to such a rule change, including the issue of program origination at night over FM translators by AM daytime-only stations. The resulting Report and Order adopted changes to the FM translator rules to permit AM retransmission. 
Agency: Federal Communications Commission(FCC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1201    47 CFR 1231 and 1232    47 CFR 1263    47 CFR 1284   
Legal Authority: 47 USC 151    47 USC 154 (i) and (j)    47 USC 301 to 303    47 USC 307 to 309    47 USC 319    47 USC 324   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/06/2007  72 FR 62616   
NPRM Comment Period End  12/06/2007    
R&O  09/01/2009  74 FR 45126   
Next Action Undetermined  To Be Determined    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Tom Hutton
Audio Division, Media Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554
Phone:202 418-2700
Email: tom.hutton@fcc.gov