NCE/LPFM Point System NPRM Comment Deadlines Set

The FCC has announced the deadlines for comments in its rulemaking proceeding to revise how it awards NCE and LPFM licenses. Comments are due no later than May 20, 2019 with reply comments due June 18, 2019. The rulemaking sets out several proposals designed to improve the rules and procedures to select and license competing applications for new noncommercial educational broadcast stations and low power FM stations. Comments can be filed electronically through the FCC’s electronic comment filing system.