FAQ: REC Translator Reform Petition

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What is considered "legitimate and prudent" expenses? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Caps: For the proposed 50-cap (13-cap in the reserved band), what is the market boundary considered? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Caps: Why is the proposed cap 50 and 70? (for the reserved band 13 and 18) 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Caps: Why was no per-market cap proposed? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Core Grids: Do directional FM translators receive a reduced score since their footprint does not cover the whole area? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Core Grids: Does a translator have to protect any channel points that are entirely over major bodies of water or located outside of the United States? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Core Grids: How was the point value for FM translators determined? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Core Grids: If the translator is directional and does not radiate towards the grid, does the translator still have to protect the channel points within the grid? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Core Grids: What constitutes the use of a 21x21 grid as opposed to a 31x31 grid? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Core Grids: What if the proposed translator is outside of the grid? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Core Grids: What is the difference between a "easy" and a "hard" waiver for LPFM stations. 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Core Grids: Why count FM translators differently than LPFM stations? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Core Grids: Why give a "discount" on points to fill-in FM translators carrying an AM station but not to fill-in FM translators carrying an FM station? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: Are existing reserved band fill-in translators grandfathered? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: Can a non-reserved band translator "band hop" to the reserved band and receive the higher ERP and HAAT ability if the proposed location has no more than two educational services? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: Can a reserved band translator "band hop" to the non-reserved band and receive the higher ERP and HAAT as a fill-in station? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: Can an LPFM station file for a priority fill-in? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: Can an LPFM use alternate terrestrial means (internet or microwave, but not satellite) to feed an FM translator if the translator is fill-in? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: How would a reserved band fill-in proposal qualify? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: If we are granted priority fill-in translator in the window, do we have to rebroadcast the primary HD-1 or analog signal or is HD multicast simulcast permitted? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: We need to move a priority fill-in translator, is there any restrictions on this move? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: We were granted as a priority fill-in translator because there were only two educational services in the service contour of the fill-in translator. Now another NCE station has filed a modification that results in... 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: What if we modify the priority fill-in translator to be a non-fill in translator (where the service contour of the translator exceeds that of the primary station)? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: Why doesn't this rule apply to commercial translators? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Fill-ins: Why is the proposed reserved band fill-in translator rule necessary? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] NCE Loophole: Does the NCE Loophole Rule apply to entities that are considered non-profit and exempt from regulatory fees and apply to rebroadcast a commercial station where filing fees are paid? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] NCE Loophole: What if the FM translator is in the non-reserved band and the primary station was originally noncommercial, but then the primary station modified their license to specify being a commercial station? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] NCE Loophole: Why was the NCE Loophole rule proposed? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] NCE Loophole: Why would the NCE Loophole condition also apply to new and major change reserved band translators? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Trafficking: Does this anti-trafficking rule also apply to "singleton" FM translator grants? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Trafficking: How does the proposed anti-trafficking rule affect existing FM translator stations? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Trafficking: How would the anti-trafficking rule prevent trafficking of translator permits? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Trafficking: Is there an 18-month holding period where no assignments are allowed like in LPFM? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Trafficking: Is there an exception to the anti-trafficking rule for FM translator applications that were won in an auction? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Trafficking: What if we need to change the board members during the construction period? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Window: Can an NCE applicant that filed 18 applications in the reserved band filing window also be able to file up to 70 applications in a subsequent non-reserved band filing window? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Windows: Can an educational organization or institution LPFM station file more than 2 applications in a translator filing window even though it would only plan to keep two translators to stay within the ownership limit? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Windows: Must LPFM stations filing for translators in either window claim their LPFM station as a current authorization, even though we did not have to in the full-service NCE window? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Windows: Why hold the reserved band window before the non-reserved band window? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Windows: Why not hold a combined window for both the reserved and non-reserved band at the same time? 08/30/2022
[Translator Reform] Windows: Will holding the reserved band window first preclude any opportunities for a future nonreserved band translator filing window? 08/30/2022