DA 02-1094

May 10, 2002

LICENSEES OF CERTAIN BROADCAST AUXILIARY RADIO STATIONS MUST SUBMIT
LICENSE INFORMATION TO THE FCC.

*Licensing Information may be required from LP and RP radio services for
Land Mobile and AB, AI, AS, TB, TI, TP and TT radio services for
Microwave.*

The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) is currently updating
licensing information for Broadcast Auxiliary Radio Stations authorized
under 47 CFR Part 74, Subparts D, E, F and H. It is our goal to ensure
our database accurately reflects all Broadcast Auxiliary stations and
their appropriate Parent Station Call Sign Information.

**Background**

Broadcast Auxiliary licenses which are operated in association with
Broadcast Station Licenses are normally renewed only when the Parent
Station is renewed. Entities who hold Broadcast Auxiliary licenses which
are not associated with a Broadcast Station must file individual renewal
applications. Currently, there are more than 9000 Broadcast Auxiliary
licenses in the Universal Licensing System (ULS) which are not
associated with a Parent Broadcast Station License. We believe that some
of these licenses are associated with a Broadcast Station but lack the
correct information to link them to their parent stations in ULS.
Because of this data problem, we have not been allowing these licenses
to expire.

The purpose of this Public Notice (PN) is to give licensees the
opportunity to provide us with accurate Parent Station information for
Broadcast Auxiliary licenses. Once you have provided this information,
we will update our records and issue you a new license. Failure to
provide the information requested in this PN will be taken as an
indication that the Broadcast Auxiliary is not associated with a valid
broadcast license. Effective July 1, 2002, Broadcast Auxiliary licenses
which are not associated with a broadcast station will be allowed to
expire.

**Information to be Submitted**

Broadcast Auxiliary Station licensees affected by the data problem (see
"How to Determine..." below) should submit the **Facility Identification
Numbe**r **(FAC ID)** or **Parent Station Call Sign** associated with
all Remote Pickup Broadcast Stations, Aural Broadcast Auxiliary
Stations, Television Broadcast Auxiliary Stations, and Low Power
Auxiliary Stations. If licensees are unable to provide the Fac ID, they
must submit the Call Sign issued to the Parent Station for each
Auxiliary Station license. If you believe your Auxiliary Broadcast
Station is not required to have an FAC ID or Parent Station Call Sign
under FCC rules, please indicate this in your response to the
Commission.

**How to Determine if Your Auxiliary Stations are Affected**

Please provide the information requested above if your FAC ID number
does not appear in the license information for your Broadcast Auxiliary
Station in ULS. If your FAC ID number *does* appear in ULS, you do not
have to submit any information to the FCC at this time.

To verify if your FAC ID number resides correctly in ULS, access ULS
License Search through the ULS home page on the World Wide Web,
<http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls>. Enter the call sign for the *Broadcast
Auxiliary Station* (not the parent call sign), or search by your FCC
Registration Number (FRN) to view a complete listing of your call signs.
Select the call sign link on the search results page to view the license
information for your Broadcast Auxiliary Station. Then, use the
pull-down menu at the bottom of the screen to select "Microwave Admin
Data" or "Land Mobile Administration," as appropriate for your radio
service. On the administration screen your FAC ID should follow the
colon at the end of the heading "Facility Id of Parent Station:". If
this field is blank, you must provide the FAC ID or the Call Sign for
the Parent Station of this Auxiliary Station.

**How to Submit the Parent Call Sign and FAC ID Number**

If the license information for your Broadcast Auxiliary Station(s)
appear without FAC ID numbers in ULS, provide the FAC ID number or the
Parent Station Call Sign for each such station by e-mail to
<mhower@fcc.gov>, by fax to MHOWER at (717) 338-2693, or via United
States Postal Service to the Federal Communications Commission, 1270
Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325, ATTN: MHower. Overnight mail
couriers (*i.e*., FED EX, UPS, Airborne, etc.) and hand-delivered or
messenger-delivered correspondence should be addressed to the Federal
Communications Commission, ATTN: MHower, Rear Entrance, 35 York Street,
Gettysburg, PA 17325.