# Policies To Promote Rural Radio Service and To Streamline Allotment and Assignment Procedures
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2011-04-06 · Effective 2011-05-06 · 76 FR 18942
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-7964
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 18942
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 2011-04-06
- **Effective date:** 2011-05-06
- **FCC docket:** MB Docket No. 09-52
## Abstract

In this document, the Commission adopted a number of procedures, procedural changes, and clarifications of existing rules and procedures, designed to promote ownership and programming diversity, especially by Native American tribes, and to promote the initiation and retention of radio service in and to smaller communities and rural areas.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/04/06/2011-7964/policies-to-promote-rural-radio-service-and-to-streamline-allotment-and-assignment-procedures)
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