Main Studio and Public Inspection File of Broadcast Stations
broadcasting · Federal Communications Commission · Published 1998-10-22 · Effective 1998-10-30 · 63 FR 56578
Document
Document number
98-28405
Federal Register citation
63 FR 56578
CFR reference
47 CFR 73
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; announcement of effective date.
Category
broadcasting
Publication date
1998-10-22
Effective date
1998-10-30
FCC docket
MM Docket No. 97-138, RM-8855, 8856, 8857, 8858, 8872
Abstract
This rule announces the effective date of the rules published on September 16, 1998. Those rules amended the Commission's rules governing main studio and local public inspection file requirements for broadcast licensees. The Commission relaxed the standard governing the location of the main studio to allow a station to locate within the principal community contour of any station licensed to the community of license, and required the local public inspection file to be located at the broadcast station's main studio, wherever located. The Commission also amended the public inspection file rules to streamline the contents of the public inspection file.