**DA 05-1661**

**June 16, 2005**

**MM Docket No. 99-325**

**COMMENT SOUGHT ON NATIONAL RADIO SYSTEMS COMMITTEE'S**

**"IN-BAND/ON-CHANNEL DIGITAL RADIO BROADCASTING STANDARD NRSC-5"**

**Comment Date: July 18, 2005**

**Reply Comment Date: August 17, 2005**

By this *Public Notice*, the Commission establishes deadlines for public
comment on the National Radio Systems Committee (\"NRSC\") initial
digital audio broadcasting (\"DAB\") standard entitled
\"In-band/On-channel Digital Radio Broadcasting Standard NRSC-5\"
(\"NRSC-5\").

Since commencement of the Commission's DAB proceeding, MM Docket No.
99-325,[^1] the Commission has supported a public and open DAB
standard-setting process. In addition, the Commission has stated its
intention to consider the DAB standard, if adopted, when promulgating
rules for the DAB service. On April 16, 2005, NRSC-5 was approved by the
NRSC DAB Subcommittee. On May 18, 2005, the Consumer Electronics
Association and the National Association of Broadcasters, co-sponsors of
the NRSC, submitted NRSC-5 to the Commission for consideration in MM
Docket No. 99-325. A copy of NRSC-5 is available electronically from the
Commission\'s website at:
<http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.cgi> under MM Docket No.
99-325, or from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and
Printing, Inc. (\"BCPI\"), 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Room CY-B402,
Washington, DC, 20554, 1-800-378-3160. The Commission seeks comments on
the NRSC-5 standard and the DAB issues relating to its adoption.

Interested parties may submit comments on or before July 18, 2005, and
reply comments on or before August 17, 2005. Comments and reply comments
should specifically reference this *Public Notice*. Comments and reply
comments may be filed electronically at <http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs> ,
or on paper (an original and four copies) with the Commission's
Secretary, Marlene Dortch, Federal Communications Commission, 236
Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Suite 110, Washington, DC, 20002.

***Ex parte* status:** This is a "permit-but-disclose" rulemaking
proceeding. *See Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on
the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service,* 15 FCC Rcd at 1745 (1999).
"Permit-but-disclose" *ex parte* procedures permit interested parties to
make *ex parte* presentations to the Commissioners and Commission
employees and require that these presentations be disclosed in the
record of the relevant proceeding. Persons making a written *ex parte*
presentation to the Commissioners or Commission employees must file the
written presentation with the Commission, as set forth below, no later
than the next business day after the presentation. *See* 47 C.F.R. §
1.1206(b)(1). Persons making oral *ex parte* presentations must file a
summary of the presentation, as set forth below, and deliver copies to
the Commissioners or Commission employees involved with the presentation
no later than the next business day after the presentation. *See* 47
C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)(2). All *ex parte* filings must be clearly labeled as
such and must reference this Public Notice, as well as any other
applicable docket or file numbers.

An original and one copy of all *ex parte* memoranda must be filed with
the Commission's Secretary, Marlene Dortch, Federal Communications
Commission, 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Suite 110, Washington, DC,
20002, in accordance with 47 C.F.R. § 1.1206(b)(1). In addition, one
copy of each\
*ex parte* memorandum should be delivered to each of the following
locations: (1) the Commission's duplicating contractor, BCPI, 445 12^th^
Street, SW, Room CY-B402, Washington, DC, 20554. Copies of the reports
and any subsequently filed documents in this matter may be obtained
electronically at <http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html>, and on paper
from BCPI during normal business hours in the Commission's Reference
Information Center located at 445 12^th^ Street, SW, Room CY-A257,
Washington, DC, 20554.

For additional information, contact Susan Crawford, Ann Gallagher, or
Charles Miller of the Audio Division at (202) 418-2700 for engineering
issues; or Ben Golant of the Policy Division at (202)\
418-2120 for legal issues.

By: Acting Chief, Media Bureau

[^1]: *See Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
    Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service,* 15 FCC Rcd 1722 (1999).