Automatic Stays of Certain FM and TV Allotment Orders
other · Federal Communications Commission · Published 1996-08-23 · Effective 1996-09-23 · 61 FR 43468
Document
Document number
96-21444
Federal Register citation
61 FR 43468
CFR reference
47 CFR 1
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
1996-08-23
Effective date
1996-09-23
FCC docket
FCC 96-301
Abstract
This Order amends the Commission's rules to delete a provision that, for rulemaking proceedings to amend the FM or TV Table of Allotments, provides for an automatic stay, upon the filing of a petition for reconsideration of any Commission order modifying an authorization to specify operation on a different FM or TV channel. By this action, we remove an incentive for the filing of petitions for reconsideration that are largely without merit, thereby expediting the provision of expanded service to the public and conserving Commission resources now expended processing these meritless petitions. Further, we shall apply this procedural change to pending cases, thereby lifting automatic stays currently in effect pursuant to the existing rule.