All previous editions obsolete. FCC Schedule 345 Instructions

 October 2020

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Washington, D.C. 20554 3060-0075

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INSTRUCTIONS – FORM 2100, SCHEDULE 345 - APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN

CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE FOR TV OR FM TRANSLATOR STATION OR LOW POWER 

TELEVISION STATION OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING TV OR FM TRANSLATOR 

OR LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION 

The following Instructions track the Non-Pro Forma Assignment or Transfer of Control of CP or License 

Application flow in LMS for TV Translator or FM Translator Stations or LPTV Stations:

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Form 2100, Schedule 345, tracks the application flow in LMS when applying for FCC consent to: (1) assign the construction 

permit or license for a TV translator or FM translator station or a low power television station; (2) transfer control of an entity 

holding a TV translator or FM translator station or a low power television station; or (3) assign or transfer any associated 

auxiliary stations (see 47 CFR Part 74, Subparts D, E, F, and H) and UHF translator booster stations (see 47 CFR §74.701),

provided that the transaction does not also involve the transfer or assignment of a commonly owned or controlled full-service 

AM, FM, or TV station.

NOTE: When the licensee/permittee of a full-service AM, FM, or TV station files an application for assignment of a permit or 

license or for transfer of control, which includes a TV translator or FM translator or low-power television (LPTV) license or 

permit, the applicant will follow the application flow on FCC Form 2100, Schedules 314, 315, or 316, for all associated 

stations involved in the transaction. This application flow in Schedule 345 pertains only to applications to assign or transfer 

control of TV translator, FM translator, or LPTV station licenses or permits unaccompanied by the assignment or transfer of 

control of an associated full-service broadcast station authorization. 

The form consists of the following sections:

• GENERAL INFORMATION

• FEES, WAIVERS, AND EXEMPTIONS

• ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER TYPE

• AUTHORIZATIONS TO BE ASSIGNED/TRANSFERRED

• ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER QUESTIONS

• LICENSEE/PERMITTEE INFORMATION*

• LICENSEE/PERMITTEE CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES*

• LICENSEE/PERMITTEE LEGAL CERTIFICATIONS*†

• ASSIGNOR/TRANSFEROR INFORMATION

• ASSIGNOR/TRANSFEROR CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES

• ASSIGNOR LEGAL CERTIFICATIONS**

• CHANGES IN INTEREST*†

• ASSIGNEE/TRANSFEREE INFORMATION

• ASSIGNEE/TRANSFEREE CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES

• PARTIES TO THE APPLICATION / ADD PARTY TO THE APPLICATION†

• PARTIES TO THE APPLICATION CERTIFICATION†

• ASSIGNEE/TRANSFEREE LEGAL CERTIFICATIONS†
• ASSIGNEE/TRANSFEREEE ALIEN OWNERSHIP

• REBROADCAST CERTIFICATION SUMMARY

• APPLICATION SUMMARY

• LICENSEE/PERMITTEE CERTIFY AND SIGNATURE*

• ASSIGNEE/TRANSFEREE CERTIFY AND SIGNATURE

• ASSIGNOR/TRANSFEROR CERTIFY AND SIGNATURE

The applicant must complete all sections displayed to it. No section may be omitted. The sections identified with an asterisk 

(*) should only be displayed to applicants transferring control of the entity holding the license for an FM or TV translator 

station or low-power TV (LPTV) station. The Assignor Legal Certifications section, identified with two asterisks (**), will 

only display to applicants assigning an authorization for an FM or TV translator or an LPTV station. 

The sections identified with a dagger (†) contain questions or certifications that are not applicable to applicants using this 

application flow. In some cases the entire section is not applicable, in others only certain questions are not applicable. For 

these questions and certifications the applicant should respond “N/A.” Please read the instructions for these sections 

carefully to determine which questions/certifications, if any, require a response other than “N/A.”

This application form makes many references to FCC rules. Applicants should have on hand and be familiar with current 

broadcast rules in Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR):

(1) Part 0 "Commission Organization"

(2) Part 1 "Practice and Procedure"

(3) Part 73 "Radio Broadcast Services"

(4) Part 74 "Experimental Radio, Auxiliary, Special Broadcast, and Other Program Distributional Services"

FCC Rules may be purchased from the Government Publishing Office. Current prices and purchasing information may be 

obtained from the GPO Bookstore Website at https://bookstore.gpo.gov/. An up-to-date electronic version of Title 47 of the 

CFR may be accessed at https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/textidx?SID=0970bd71b3f8da40f9fc92f01b613dfd&mc=true&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title47/47tab_02.tpl .

Electronic filing of this application is mandatory. See https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/login.html. Similarly, 

any amendment to the application must be filed electronically. The amendment should contain the following information 

to identify the associated application:

(1) Applicant's name

(2) Facility ID Number

(2) Call letters or specify "NEW" station

(3) Channel number 

(4) Station location

(5) File number of application being amended (if known)

 (6) Date of filing of application being amended (if file number is not known)

Applicants should follow the procedures set forth in Parts 0, 1, 73, and 74 of the Commission's Rules. 

Public Notice Requirements

47 CFR §73.3580 requires that applicants for consent to assignment or transfer of control of an entity holding a construction

permit or license for a TV or FM translator station or an LPTV station that does not originate local programming give local

notice by posting notice online, either on the station website or a website affiliated with the station, its licensee, or its 
parent entity, or otherwise by posting notice on a publicly accessible, locally targeted website, for 30 continuous days 

following acceptance of the application for filing, in the form prescribed in 47 CFR § 73.3580(b)(2).

An applicant for consent to assignment or transfer of control of an entity holding a construction permit or license for an LPTV 

station that locally originates programming is, in addition to giving online notice as detailed above, also required to provide 

public notice by broadcasting announcements pursuant to 47 CFR § 73.3580(c)(4)(ii), at least once per week, Monday 

through Friday, from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. local time, six times over a four consecutive week period, in the form 

prescribed in 47 CFR § 73.3580(b)(1), unless the station is off the air, in which case it shall post online notice. If the station 

is off the air, it shall provide online notice only.

The public notice requirements set forth above also apply with respect to major amendments to applications as defined in

47 CFR §73.3578(b).

Compliance or intent to comply with the public notice requirements must be certified by the Licensee/Permittee in the 

Licensee/Permittee Legal Certifications Section of this application in the case of a transfer of control. Compliance or intent 

to comply with the public notice requirements must be certified by the Assignor in the Assignor Legal Certifications Section 

of the application in the case of an assignment.

FCC Registration Number (FRN). To comply with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, the applicant

must enter its FRN, a ten-digit unique entity identifier for anyone doing business with the Commission. If you do not have 

an FRN, you can obtain one through the FCC’s CORES (COmmission REgistration System) web page. Go to 

https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/commission-registration-system-fcc and follow the links to register and update 

an existing Username account, or to create or update a Username account (NOTE: Please use the Updated CORES System, 

as the legacy system is being retired and is displayed for archival purposes only). For further assistance with CORES, you 

may view tutorial videos at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fcc-registration-system-cores/commissionregistration-system-video-tutorials, or you can call the FRN help desk from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time at 1-877-

480-3201.

Online Public Inspection File. A copy of the completed application and all related documents shall be made available for 

inspection by the public in the station's online public inspection file, pursuant to the requirements of 47 CFR § 73.3526 for 

commercial stations, and Section 73.3527 for noncommercial educational stations.

Defective or incomplete applications will be dismissed. Inadvertently accepted applications are also subject to dismissal.

In accordance with 47 CFR § 1.65, applicants have a continuing obligation to advise the Commission, through amendments, 

of any substantial and material changes in the information furnished in this application. This requirement continues until the 

FCC action on this application is no longer subject to reconsideration by the Commission or review by any court.

This application requires applicants to certify compliance with many statutory and regulatory requirements. Detailed 

instructions provide additional information regarding Commission rules and policies. These materials are designed to track 

the standards and criteria that the Commission applies to determine compliance and to increase the reliability of applicant 

certifications. They are not intended to be a substitute for familiarity with the Communications Act and the Commission's 

regulations, policies, and precedent. While applicants are required to review all application instructions, they are not 

required to complete or retain any documentation created or collected to complete the application. 

This application is presented primarily in a "Yes/No" certification format. However, it contains appropriate places for 

submitting explanations and attachments where necessary or appropriate. Each certification constitutes a material 

representation. Applicants may only mark the "Yes" certification when they are certain that the response is correct. A "No" 

response is required if the applicant is requesting a waiver of a pertinent rule and/or policy, or where the applicant is 
uncertain that the application fully satisfies the pertinent rule and/or policy. Thus, a "No" response to any of the certification 

items will not cause the immediate dismissal of the application provided that an appropriate attachment is submitted.

A representative from the assignor/transferor, the assignee/transferee, and (in the case of an application to transfer 

control) the licensee/permittee must electronically sign the application. The signature will consist of the electronic 

equivalent of the typed name of the individual submitting the application as the applicants or applicants’ authorized 

representative(s). Depending on the nature of the applicants, the application should be signed as follows: if a sole 

proprietorship, personally; if a partnership, by a general partner; if a corporation, by an officer; for an unincorporated 

association, by a member who is an officer; if a governmental entity, by such duly elected or appointed official as is 

competent under the laws of the particular jurisdiction. Counsel may sign the application for his or her client, but only in 

cases of the applicant's disability or absence from the United States. In such cases, counsel must separately set forth why the 

application is not signed by the client. In addition, as to any matter stated on the basis of belief instead of personal 

knowledge, counsel shall separately set forth the reasons for believing that such statements are true. See 47 CFR § 73.3513. 

The electronic signature will consist of the electronic equivalent of the typed name of the individual. See Report and Order 

in MM Docket No. 98-43, 13 FCC Rcd 23056, 23064 (1998), ¶ 17.

GENERAL INFORMATION

When you first log in to LMS, you are taken to the “Saved Applications” page, which will display any applications you have 

begun and saved but not filed, if any. At the top of the Saved Applications page, below the header, you will then select the

“Facilities” tab. This will take you to a page listing all facilities associated with the FCC Registration Number (FRN) used to 

log in to LMS. You will select one facility as the “lead” facility of the assignment or transfer of control application (you will 

have the ability to add facilities to the application at the “Authorizations to be Assigned” or “Authorizations to be 

Transferred” screen, immediately below). Select the lead facility by clicking on its Facility ID number in the list.

Once you have selected the lead facility for the application, you will be taken to its Facility Details page. At the top of the 

Facility Details page is a button labeled “File an Application.” Click on this button and you will see a pull-down menu of 

application types that you can file. To begin a non-pro forma assignment or transfer of control application, select

“Assignment of Authorization non-pro forma” or “Transfer of Control non-pro forma” from the list. Making this selection 

will take you to the series of questions and certifications required for a non-pro forma (non-short form) assignment or 

transfer of control application, as detailed below. 

Application Description: In the space provided, give a brief (255 characters or fewer) description of the application. 

This is to assist you in identifying this discrete application and will be displayed only in your LMS Application 

workspace. It will not be made a part of your application or be displayed to others.

Uploaded Attachments: Indicate by clicking “Yes” or “No” whether the application includes attachments other than 

required attachments. Required attachments are those that must be filed in response to application questions, and may 

only be required if certain answers are given.

FEES, WAIVERS, AND EXEMPTIONS

Fees: The Commission is statutorily required to collect charges for certain regulatory services to the public. Generally, 

applicants seeking authority to assign or transfer control of licenses or permits of broadcast stations are required to submit a 

fee with their application. Government entities, however, are exempt from this fee requirement. Exempt entities include 

possessions, states, cities, counties, towns, villages, municipal organizations, and political organizations or subparts thereof 

governed by elected or appointed officials exercising sovereign direction over communities or governmental programs. Also 
exempt are full-service NCE radio and TV broadcast licensees and permittees, and LPFM licensees and permittees,

provided that the proposed facility will be operated noncommercially. See 47 CFR § 1.1116. 

When filing a fee-exempt application, an applicant must select “Yes” to the question asking if the applicant is exempt from 

FCC application fees. If selecting “Yes,” explain in the text box that opens the reason for the fee exemption. 

The Application Fee Filing Guide for Media Bureau, obtainable at https://www.fcc.gov/document/media-bureauapplication-fee-filing-guide-1, contains a list of the required fees and Fee Type Codes needed to complete this application. 

The Commission's fee collection program utilizes a U.S. Treasury lockbox bank for maximum efficiency of collection and 

processing. 

The Commission’s fees website contains general information on various methods for paying application filing and other fees. 

See https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees. 

The most convenient method for paying fees is from the Application Submitted page, which appears immediately after 

submitting the application, by clicking the “Pay Fees” button at the bottom of the page. This will automatically take you

to the Commission’s online Fee Filer. Applicants can also make payments directly through the Commission’s online Fee 

Filer system, https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/fee-filer. You may log in to Fee Filer using your FCC 

Registration Number (FRN – see above) and password. The Fee Filer home page contains links to information concerning 

how to pay Commission fees.

For further information regarding the applicability of a fee, the fee code, the amount of the fee, or the payment of the fee, 

applicants should consult the "Application Fee Filing Guide for Media Bureau," which may be accessed at 

https://www.fcc.gov/document/media-bureau-application-fee-filing-guide-1 .

Waivers: If any waiver of the Commission’s rules is requested at any part of the application, including a waiver of the 

Commission’s Local Radio Ownership Rule as a result of an approved incubation relationship, select “Yes” to this question. 

If selecting “Yes,” complete the box that opens by stating the number of rule sections for which you request waiver. You 

must then submit an attachment setting forth the waiver(s) sought and the legal justification for waiver.

ASSIGNMENT / TRANSFER TYPE

When you first log in to LMS, you are taken to the “Saved Applications” page, which will display any applications you have 

begun and saved but not filed, if any. At the top of the Saved Applications page, below the header, you will then select the

“Facilities” tab. This will take you to a page listing all facilities associated with the FCC Registration Number (FRN) used to 

log in to LMS. You will select one facility as the “lead” facility of the assignment or transfer of control application (you will 

have the ability to add facilities to the application at the “Authorizations to be Assigned/Transferred” screen, immediately

below). Select the lead facility by clicking on its Facility ID number in the list.

Once you have selected the lead facility for the application, you will be taken to its Facility Details page. At the top of the 

Facility Details page is a button labeled “File an Application.” Click on this button and you will see a pull-down menu of 

application types that you can file. To begin a non-pro forma assignment or transfer of control application, select 

“Assignment of Authorization non-pro forma” or “Transfer of Control non-pro forma” from the list. Making this selection 

will take you to the series of questions and certifications required for a non-pro forma (non-short form) assignment or

transfer of control application. Making this selection will also pre-fill a “No” response to the “Application/Transfer Type” 

question, “Is this application a pro forma Assignment of Authorization/Transfer of Control?”
AUTHORIZATIONS TO BE ASSIGNED / TRANSFERRED

On this page there are two tables displayed side-by-side. The left-hand table (Select Call Signs) should list all facilities 

associated with the FCC Registration Number (FRN) used to log in to LMS to file the application. Select each facility listed 

that is to be assigned or transferred in the application. Each selected facility should then appear in the right-hand table

(Selected Call Signs). If you wish to select all displayed facilities, click the “All” box at the top of the Select Call Signs 

table. 

Unless specifically enumerated as excluded authorizations, the licenses for all subsidiary communications services (SCAs), 

FM and TV booster stations, and all auxiliary service stations authorized under Subparts D, E, F, and H of 47 CFR Part 74 

will be included in the assignment/transfer of control of the license or permit of the primary station(s). Applicants should 

complete the table. 

If the station(s) to be assigned/transferred are not displayed, or cannot be selected, click on the “please review the list of 

Facility ID’s associated with one or more FRN’s” link. This will display a list of facilities that are associated with FRNs 

other than the one used to log in to the application.

ASSIGNMENT / TRANSFER QUESTIONS

Auction Authorization. This question asks whether any of the authorizations to be assigned or transferred were obtained 

through the Commission’s competitive bidding procedures, 47 CFR §§ 1.2101 and 73.5000 et seq. If answering “yes,” 

submit an attachment explaining which authorizations were so obtained, in which auction, and when the authorization was 

granted.

Under the Commission's competitive bidding licensing procedures, applicants seeking to assign or transfer control of a 

broadcast construction permit or license obtained by means of competitive bidding must inform the Commission that the 

permit or license was obtained through competitive bidding. The applicant must identify those authorizations that were 

obtained through competitive bidding, and for which FCC consent to assignment/transfer of control is sought in this 

application. 

Noncommercial Educational Maintenance of Comparative Qualifications. This question asks whether any of the 

authorizations to be assigned or transferred were obtained through the Commission’s “point system” procedures for 

noncommercial educational stations, 47 CFR § 73.7000 et seq. If answering “yes,” submit an attachment explaining which 

authorizations were so obtained, in which filing window, and when the authorization was granted.

Under the Commission’s licensing procedures for stations operating on channels reserved for noncommercial educational 

use, applicants seeking to assign or transfer control of a noncommercial educational TV, FM, or FM translator station 

received as a result of evaluation in a point system are subject to certain restrictions if the station has not after the point 

system operated for four years with a minimum operating schedule. Applicants seeking to assign or transfer control of a 

low power FM station are similarly subject to certain restrictions if (1) it has been less than 18 months since the initial 

construction permit was granted; or (2) the station was received as a result of evaluation in an LPFM point system. See 

instructions for Low Power FM Permits and Licenses Only below.

The applicant must indicate whether any authorizations were obtained through a point system. Answer “yes” if any of the 

reserved channel noncommercial educational stations involved in the assignment or transfer of control were authorized 

pursuant to a point system selection procedure, regardless of whether the authorization was issued to the applicant or to a 

predecessor. Applicants operating on reserved channels should answer “no” if all stations were authorized using a method 

other than point system (such as award to a single applicant, authorization pursuant to a settlement agreement among all 
mutually exclusive parties, or selection of an applicant based on comparison pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 307(b) (fair 

distribution) only).

Applicants who answered “yes” to whether any authorizations were obtained through a point system must also answer

whether all stations awarded by the point system have satisfied the four-year “maintenance of comparative qualifications” 

period. Applicants should answer “yes” if, between the time of the point system authorization and the time of the present 

application, the station has operated pursuant to that authorization for four years (48 months) on-air, pursuant to the 

Commission’s minimum operating schedule. Applicants with stations not yet meeting the four-year “maintenance of 

comparative qualifications” period should answer “no” and provide an attachment identifying the stations that have not 

met the period, and demonstrating that the transaction is consistent with 47 CFR Section 73.7005(a). Pursuant to that rule 

section, the applicant must demonstrate the following: (1) that the proposed assignee/transferee would qualify for points 

equal to or greater than those of the party that prevailed in the point system; and (2) that consideration received and/or 

promised does not exceed the assignor’s/transferor’s legitimate and prudent expenses in applying for and constructing the 

station.

Tribal Priority Holding Period. This question asks whether any of the authorizations to be assigned or transferred were 

obtained using the Commission’s Tribal Priority for federally recognized Native American tribes. If answering “yes,” 

upload an attachment explaining which authorizations were so obtained and when the authorization was granted. Also if 

answering “yes,” you are next asked whether all such stations obtained using the Tribal Priority have operated for at least 

four years with a minimum operating schedule since authorization grant. If answering “no” to this question, you are further 

asked whether both the assignor/transferor and assignee/transferee qualify for the Tribal Priority in all respects. If answering 

“no” to this question, you must upload an attachment demonstrating that the proposed transaction is consistent with the 

established Tribal Priority holding period restrictions, or that the policy should be waived in this instance.

Under the Commission’s Tribal Priority (see Policies to Promote Rural Radio Service and to Streamline Allotment and 

Assignment Procedures, First Report and Order, 25 FCC Rcd 1583 (2010) (Rural First R&O), modified, Second Report 

and Order, 26 FCC Rcd 2556 (2011) (Rural Second R&O), modified, Third Report and Order, 26 FCC Rcd 17642 (2011) 

(Rural Third R&O), and 47 CFR § 73.7002(b)(1) [applicable only to noncommercial educational stations]), individuals or 

entities obtaining

(a) an AM authorization for which the applicant or a predecessor claimed and received a dispositive Section 

307(b) priority because it qualified for the Tribal Priority; or

(b) an FM commercial non-reserved band station awarded:

(1) to the applicant or a predecessor as a singleton Threshold Qualifications Window applicant, 

(2) to the applicant or a predecessor after a settlement among Threshold Qualifications Window 

applicants, or 

(3) to the applicant or a predecessor after an auction among a closed group of bidders composed only of 

threshold qualified tribal applicants (pursuant to the Threshold Qualifications procedures set forth in the 

Rural Third R&O, 26 FCC Rcd at 17645-50); or

(c) a reserved-band NCE FM station for which the applicant or predecessor claimed and received the Tribal 

Priority in a fair distribution analysis as set forth in 47 CFR Section 73.7002(b)(1) may not assign or transfer the 

authorization during the period beginning with issuance of the construction permit, until the conclusion of four 

years of on-air operations, unless the assignee/transferee also qualifies for the Tribal Priority.

The applicant must indicate whether any authorizations were obtained after award of a dispositive Section 307(b) 

preference using the Tribal Priority, through Threshold Qualifications procedures, or through the Tribal Priority as 

applied before the NCE fair distribution analysis set forth in 47 CFR § 73.7002(b). Answer “yes” if any of the 

stations involved in the assignment or transfer of control were 
(a) an AM authorization for which the applicant or a predecessor claimed and received a dispositive Section 

307(b) priority because it qualified for the Tribal Priority; or

(b) an FM commercial non-reserved band station awarded through the Threshold Qualifications procedures 

detailed in the preceding paragraph; or 

(c) a reserved-band NCE FM station for which the applicant or predecessor claimed and received the Tribal 

Priority in a fair distribution analysis as set forth in 47 CFR § 73.7002(b)(1).

Applicants who indicate that any authorization was obtained using a Tribal Priority must also indicate whether all 

stations acquired using the Tribal Priority have completed four years of on-air operations, thus satisfying the four-year 

holding period for such stations. Applicants should answer “yes” if, between the time of construction permit issuance 

and the time of the present application, the station has operated pursuant to that authorization for four years (48 

months) on-air, pursuant to the Commission’s minimum operating schedule. Applicants with stations not yet meeting 

the four-year holding period should answer “no” and proceed to the next question.

Applicants who answered “no” to the question asking whether all stations acquired using the Tribal Priority have 

satisfied the holding period requirement must indicate whether both the assignor/transferor and assignee/transferee are 

individuals or entities qualifying for the Tribal Priority in all respects. To qualify for the Tribal Priority, an applicant 

must meet all of the following qualifications:

(A) The applicant is a “Tribe” as defined in 47 CFR § 73.7000 (while the definitions in 47 CFR § 73.7000 apply 

only to NCE stations, the definition of “Tribe” accurately describes the qualifications for commercial as well 

as NCE applicants), a consortium of Tribes, or an entity 51 percent or more of which is owned or controlled 

by a Tribe or Tribes. Qualifying Tribes or Tribal entities must be those at least a portion of whose Tribal 

Lands lie within the principal community contour of the proposed facility. Although the 51 or greater 

percent Tribal control threshold need not consist of a single Tribe, the qualifying entity must be 51 percent or 

more owned or controlled by Tribes at least a portion of whose Tribal Lands lie within the proposed facility’s 

principal community contour;

(B) (1) At least 50 percent of the area within the proposed principal community contour is over that Tribe’s 

Tribal Lands, or (2) the proposed principal community contour (a) encompasses 50 percent or more of that 

Tribe’s Tribal Lands, (b) serves at least 2,000 people living on Tribal Lands, and (c) the total population on 

Tribal Lands residing within the proposed station’s service contour constitutes at least 50 percent of the total 

covered population (and, in the case of either (B)(1) or (B)(2), the proposed station’s principal community 

contour does not cover more than 50 percent of the Tribal Lands of a Tribe that is not a party to the 

application). To the extent that a Tribe lacks Tribal Lands, the Commission will be receptive to requests for 

waiver of the above-listed tribal land coverage provisions that demonstrate a geographic area identified with 

the Tribe. Likewise, the Commission will entertain requests for waiver of the other requirements where 

appropriate; see Rural Second R&O, 26 FCC Rcd at 2561-63;

(C) The proposed community of license must be located on Tribal Lands; and

(D) The proposed service must constitute first or second aural (reception) service, or first local Tribal-owned 

commercial transmission service at the proposed community of license.

For purposes of this item, the definition of “Tribal Lands” is the same as that set forth at footnote 15 of the Rural First 

R&O, and as further set forth at paragraphs 8-10 and 59 of the Rural Second R&O. As noted above, an applicant whose 

stations were initially acquired through the Tribal Priority may only assign or transfer the station(s) during the four-year 
holding period to another individual or entity qualifying for the Tribal Priority. Applicants not meeting the qualifications 

for the Tribal Priority and proposing an assignment or transfer of control during the holding period should answer “no” 

and provide an exhibit identifying the assignee/transferee(s) not qualifying for the Tribal Priority and/or the station(s) that 

have not met the holding period, and demonstrating that the transaction is consistent with the Tribal Priority policies set 

forth in the Rural First R&O, or that a waiver of the policies underlying the Tribal Priority is warranted.

LICENSEE/PERMITTEE INFORMATION

This section will only display if the application seeks to transfer control of an entity holding a construction permit or license 

for a TV or FM translator station or an LPTV station.

Licensee/Permittee Name and Type: Select the Licensee/Permittee Type (e.g., Individual, Unincorporated Association, 

Trust, Government Entity, etc.) from the drop-down menu. In the box below the drop-down menu, enter the exact legal 

name of the Licensee/Permittee or Licensee/Permittee entity. The name of the Licensee/Permittee must be stated exactly

as it appears on the authorization to be transferred. If the applicant is a corporation, the applicant should list the exact 

corporate name; if a partnership, the name under which the partnership does business; if an unincorporated association, the 

name of an executive officer, his/her office, and the name of the association; and, if an individual applicant, the person's full 

legal name. If the Licensee/Permittee is doing business under a fictitious business name or name other than the official name 

of the entity, you may enter that in the “Doing Business As” box.

Licensee/Permittee Contact Information: Enter the Licensee/Permittee’s postal address, telephone number, and Email

address in the spaces provided. Select the applicant’s Country and State from the drop-down menus.

LICENSEE/PERMITTEE CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES

This section will only display if the application seeks to transfer control of an entity holding a construction permit or license 

for a TV or FM translator station or an LPTV station.

If the Licensee/Permittee is represented by a third party (such as, for example, legal counsel), that person's name, firm or 

company, and telephone/electronic mail address may be specified as Contact Representative. Otherwise, a party to the 

application or another person associated with the applicant may be designated as Contact Representative. This is the person 

with whom the Commission will communicate regarding the application. At least one Contact Representative must be 

designated. To add a Contact Representative, click the “Add Contact” button at the top right of the screen.

Contact Type: Select the button that best describes the contact type, whether Legal Representative (e.g., attorney), 

Technical Representative (e.g., engineer), or Other.

Contact Name: Enter the name of the Contact Representative. If the Contact Representative is the same as the applicant, 

you can pre-fill the Contact Name and Contact Information fields with the applicant information previously provided, by 

clicking the “Pre-fill From Applicant Details” button.

Contact Information: Enter the Contact Representative’s postal address, telephone number, and Email address in the 

spaces provided. If the representative works for a firm or company, enter that name in the Company Name space. Select the 

Contact Representative’s Country and State from the drop-down menus.

If you have more than one Contact Representative, click the “Save & Add Another” button at the bottom of the screen and 

complete for the next Contact Representative. When you are finished, click “Save & Continue.” You will be displayed a 

summary screen listing your Contact Representative(s). From this screen you may delete a Contact Representative or edit 
the information provided. If you have no further Contact Representative information to add or edit, click “Save & 

Continue.”

LICENSEE/PERMITTEE LEGAL CERTIFICATIONS

This section will only display if the application seeks to transfer control of an entity holding a construction permit or license 

for a TV or FM translator station or an LPTV station.

Agreements for Transfer of Control of Station. All applicants must submit to the Commission with this application and 

place in the station records of each subject station a complete and final copy of the unredacted contract for the transfer(s) of 

control of the authorizations that are the subject of this application, including all exhibits and attachments. The application 

and contracts must be retained in the station records until final action is taken on this application, with the exception that any 

application granted pursuant to a waiver of any Commission rule must be retained in the station records for as long as the 

waiver is in effect. Under 47 CFR § 74.781 (for low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster stations) and 74.1281 (for FM 

translator and FM booster stations), licensees must maintain “adequate station records, including the current instrument of 

authorization, official correspondence with the FCC, contracts, permission for rebroadcast, and other pertinent documents.” 

The station records are to be kept for two years, and are to be maintained at a suitable location in one of the communities of 

license for the station, except that the station records of a booster station or translator owned by the licensee of the primary 

station may be kept at the same place where the primary station records are kept. See 47 CFR §§ 73.3526(e)(2) (for 

commercial stations) and 73.3527(e)(2) (for noncommercial educational stations). Applicants must certify their compliance 

with these requirements.

This item asks applicants to certify that the agreements for transfer of control of the subject authorizations "comply fully with 

the Commission's rules and policies." In order to complete this certification, applicants must consider a broad range of 

issues. The applicant should take particular care in responding to this question if it also holds a time brokerage agreement 

(also known as a local marketing agreement) pursuant to which the transferee will supply programming to a station in the 

market, or a joint sales agreement pursuant to which the transferee will sell commercial advertising time for a station in the 

market.

Other Authorizations. In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving only the 

transfer of control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does 

not include any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this question.

Character Issues/Adverse Findings. These questions require an evaluation of any unresolved character issues involving the 

Licensee/Permittee or any of its principals, as well as any relevant adverse findings by a court or administrative body. 

The Character Issues question requires the Licensee/Permittee to certify that neither it nor any party to the application has 

had any interest in or connection with an application that was or is the subject of unresolved character issues. A 

Licensee/Permittee must disclose in response to the Adverse Findings question whether the Licensee/Permittee or any party 

to the application has been the subject of a final adverse finding with respect to certain relevant non-broadcast matters. The 

Commission's character policies and litigation reporting requirements for broadcast applicants focus on misconduct which 

violates the Communications Act or a Commission rule or policy and on certain specified non-FCC misconduct. In 

responding to these questions, applicants should review the Commission's character qualifications policies, which are fully 

set forth in Character Qualifications, 102 FCC 2d 1179 (1985), reconsideration denied, 1 FCC Rcd 421 (1986), as modified, 

5 FCC Rcd 3252 (1990) and 7 FCC Rcd 6564 (1992).

Note: As used in these questions, the term "party to the application" includes any individual or entity whose ownership or 

positional interest in the Licensee/Permittee is attributable. An attributable interest is an ownership interest in or relation to a 

Licensee/Permittee which will confer on its holder that degree of influence or control over the Licensee/Permittee sufficient 
to implicate the Commission's multiple ownership rules. See Report and Order in MM Docket No. 83-46, 97 FCC 2d 997 

(1984), reconsideration granted in part, 58 RR 2d 604 (1985), further modified on reconsideration, 61 RR 2d 739 (1986).

Character Issues: Where the response to either of the Character Issues questions is "No," the Licensee/Permittee must 

submit an attachment that includes an identification of the party having had the interest, the call letters and location of the 

station or file number of the application or docket, and a description of the nature of the interest or connection, including

relevant dates. The Licensee/Permittee should also fully explain why the unresolved character issue is not an impediment to 

a grant of this application.

Adverse Findings: In responding to the Adverse Findings question, the Licensee/Permittee should consider any relevant 

adverse finding. Where that adverse finding was fully disclosed to the Commission in an application filed on behalf of this 

station or in another broadcast station application and the Commission, by specific ruling or by subsequent grant of the 

application, found the adverse finding not to be disqualifying, it need not be reported again and the Licensee/Permittee may 

respond "Yes" to this item. However, an adverse finding that has not been reported to the Commission and considered in 

connection with a prior application would require a "No" response.

Where the response to the Adverse Findings question is "No," the Licensee/Permittee must provide in an attachment a full 

disclosure of the persons and matters involved, including an identification of the court or administrative body and the 

proceeding (by dates and file numbers), and the disposition of the litigation. Where the requisite information has been earlier 

disclosed in connection with another pending application, or as required by 47 CFR § 1.65(c), the Licensee/Permittee need 

only provide an identification of that previous submission by reference to the file number in the case of an application, the

call letters of the station regarding which the application or Section 1.65 information was filed, and the date of filing. The 

Licensee/Permittee should also fully explain why the adverse finding is not an impediment to a grant of this application.

Local Public Notice. This question requires the Licensee/Permittee to certify that it has complied, or will comply, with the 

local public notice requirements found in 47 CFR § 73.3580.

Auction Authorization. This question requires the Licensee/Permittee to certify that the proposed transfer will comply with 

the "unjust enrichment" provisions of the Commission's broadcast competitive bidding rules, 47 CFR § 73.5007(c). 

Licensees/Permittees must review the instructions for the Auction Authorization question in the Transferee Legal 

Certifications Section before completing this question. 

Anti-Discrimination Certification. This question requires the Licensee/Permittee to certify that neither it nor any party 

to the application has violated the Commission's prohibition against discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, 

national origin or sex in the sale of commercially operated AM, FM, TV, Class A TV or international broadcast stations. 

See Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services, Report and Order and Third Further Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, 23 FCC Rcd 5922 (2008) (Diversity Order and Diversity Third FNPRM). Where the response to 

this question is "no," the Licensee/Permittee must provide in an exhibit a full disclosure of the persons and matters 

involved. The Licensee/Permittee should also fully explain why the violation is not an impediment to a grant of this 

application. For transactions involving the sale or transfer of noncommercial educational FM stations, noncommercial 

educational TV stations, or broadcast stations in the AM, Class A TV, or international broadcast services that are operated 

on a noncommercial basis, the Licensee/Permittee should select "N/A" in response to this question.

ASSIGNOR / TRANSFEROR INFORMATION

Assignor/Transferor Name and Type: Select the Assignor/Transferor Type (e.g., Individual, Unincorporated 

Association, Trust, Government Entity, etc.) from the drop-down menu. In the box below the drop-down menu, enter the 

exact legal name of the assignor/transferor or assignor/transferor entity. The name of the applicant must be stated exactly 
in this item. If the assignor/transferor is a corporation, the applicant should list the exact corporate name; if a partnership, the 

name under which the partnership does business; if an unincorporated association, the name of an executive officer, his/her 

office, and the name of the association; and, if an individual applicant, the person's full legal name. If the assignor/transferor

is doing business under a fictitious business name or name other than the official name of the entity, enter that in the “Doing 

Business As” box.

Assignor/Transferor Contact Information: Enter the assignor/transferor’s postal address, telephone number, and Email 

address in the spaces provided. Select the assignor/transferor’s Country and State from the drop-down menus. Click Save & 

Continue when done.

You will next be taken to an Assignor/Transferor Information summary page, from which you may choose to add more 

assignors/transferors. When you are finished, click Continue.

ASSIGNOR / TRANSFEROR CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES

If the assignor/transferor is represented by a third party (such as, for example, legal counsel), that person's name, firm or 

company, and telephone/electronic mail address may be specified as Contact Representative. Otherwise, a party to the 

application or another person associated with the applicant may be designated as Contact Representative. This is the person 

with whom the Commission will communicate regarding the application. At least one Contact Representative must be 

designated. To add a Contact Representative, click the “Add Contact” button at the top right of the screen.

Contact Type: Select the button that best describes the contact type, whether Legal Representative (e.g., attorney), 

Technical Representative (e.g., engineer), or Other.

Contact Name: Enter the name of the Contact Representative. If the Contact Representative is the same as the 

assignor/transferor, you can pre-fill the Contact Name and Contact Information fields with the applicant information 

previously provided, by clicking the “Pre-fill From Applicant Details” button.

Contact Information: Enter the Contact Representative’s postal address, telephone number, and Email address in the 

spaces provided. If the representative works for a firm or company, enter that name in the Company Name space. Select the 

Contact Representative’s Country and State from the drop-down menus.

If you have more than one Contact Representative, click the “Save & Add Another” button at the bottom of the screen and 

complete for the next Contact Representative. When you are finished, click “Save & Continue.” You will be displayed a 

summary screen listing your Contact Representative(s). From this screen you may delete a Contact Representative or edit 

the information provided. If you have no further Contact Representative information to add or edit, click “Save & 

Continue.”

ASSIGNOR LEGAL CERTIFICATIONS

This section will only display if the application seeks to assign a construction permit or license for a TV or FM translator 

station or an LPTV station.

Agreements for Sale of Station. All applicants must submit to the Commission with this application and place in the 

station records of each subject station a complete and final copy of the unredacted contract for the assignment of the 

authorizations that are the subject of this application, including all exhibits and attachments. The application and contracts 

must be retained in the station records until final action is taken on this application, with the exception that any application 

granted pursuant to a waiver of any Commission rule must be retained in the public file for as long as the waiver is in effect. 
Under 47 CFR § 74.781 (for low power TV, TV translator, or TV booster stations) and 74.1281 (for FM translator and FM 

booster stations), licensees must maintain “adequate station records, including the current instrument of authorization, official 

correspondence with the FCC, contracts, permission for rebroadcast, and other pertinent documents.” The station records are 

to be kept for two years, and are to be maintained at a suitable location in one of the communities of license for the station, 

except that the station records of a booster station or translator owned by the licensee of the primary station may be kept at the 

same place where the primary station records are kept. See 47 CFR §§ 73.3526(b), 73.3527(b). Accordingly, in this item, 

applicants are asked to certify that a complete copy of the assignment application (with unredacted contracts) has been placed 

in the station’s records.

Applicants are also asked to certify that the contracts/agreements for assignment of the subject authorizations "comply fully 

with the Commission's rules and policies." In order to complete this certification, applicants must consider a broad range of 

issues.

Other Authorizations. In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving only the 

assignment of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does not 

include any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this question.

Character Issues/Adverse Findings. These questions require an evaluation of any unresolved character issues involving the 

assignor or any of its principals, as well as any relevant adverse findings by a court or administrative body. 

The Character Issues question requires the assignor to certify that neither it nor any party to the application has had any 

interest in or connection with an application that was or is the subject of unresolved character issues. An assignor must 

disclose in response to the Adverse Findings question whether the assignor or any party to the application has been the 

subject of a final adverse finding with respect to certain relevant non-broadcast matters. The Commission's character 

policies and litigation reporting requirements for broadcast applicants focus on misconduct which violates the 

Communications Act or a Commission rule or policy and on certain specified non-FCC misconduct. In responding to these 

questions, applicants should review the Commission's character qualifications policies, which are fully set forth in Character 

Qualifications, 102 FCC 2d 1179 (1985), reconsideration denied, 1 FCC Rcd 421 (1986), as modified, 5 FCC Rcd 3252 

(1990) and 7 FCC Rcd 6564 (1992).

Note: As used in these questions, the term "party to the application" includes any individual or entity whose ownership or 

positional interest in the assignor is attributable. An attributable interest is an ownership interest in or relation to an assignor

which will confer on its holder that degree of influence or control over the assignor sufficient to implicate the Commission's 

multiple ownership rules. See Report and Order in MM Docket No. 83-46, 97 FCC 2d 997 (1984), reconsideration granted 

in part, 58 RR 2d 604 (1985), further modified on reconsideration, 61 RR 2d 739 (1986).

Character Issues: Where the response to either of the Character Issues questions is "No," the assignor must submit an 

attachment that includes an identification of the party having had the interest, the call letters and location of the station or file 

number of the application or docket, and a description of the nature of the interest or connection, including relevant dates. 

The assignor should also fully explain why the unresolved character issue is not an impediment to a grant of this application.

Adverse Findings: In responding to the Adverse Findings question, the assignor should consider any relevant adverse 

finding. Where that adverse finding was fully disclosed to the Commission in an application filed on behalf of this station or 

in another broadcast station application and the Commission, by specific ruling or by subsequent grant of the application, 

found the adverse finding not to be disqualifying, it need not be reported again and the assignor may respond "Yes" to this 

item. However, an adverse finding that has not been reported to the Commission and considered in connection with a prior 

application would require a "No" response.
Where the response to the Adverse Findings question is "No," the assignor must provide in an attachment a full disclosure of 

the persons and matters involved, including an identification of the court or administrative body and the proceeding (by dates 

and file numbers), and the disposition of the litigation. Where the requisite information has been earlier disclosed in 

connection with another pending application, or as required by 47 CFR § 1.65(c), the assignor need only provide an 

identification of that previous submission by reference to the file number in the case of an application, the call letters of the 

station regarding which the application or Section 1.65 information was filed, and the date of filing. The assignor should 

also fully explain why the adverse finding is not an impediment to a grant of this application.

Local Public Notice. This question requires the assignor to certify that it has complied, or will comply, with the local public 

notice requirements found in 47 CFR § 73.3580.

Auction Authorization. This question requires the assignor to certify that the proposed assignment will comply with the 

"unjust enrichment" provisions of the Commission's broadcast competitive bidding rules, 47 CFR § 73.5007(c). Assignors 

must review the instructions for the Auction Authorization question in the Assignee Legal Certifications Section before 

completing this question. 

Anti-Discrimination Certification. This question requires the assignor to certify that neither it nor any party to the 

application has violated the Commission's prohibition against discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national 

origin or sex in the sale of commercially operated AM, FM, TV, Class A TV or international broadcast stations. See 

Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services, Report and Order and Third Further Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, 23 FCC Rcd 5922 (2008) (Diversity Order and Diversity Third FNPRM). Where the response to 

this question is "no," the assignor must provide in an exhibit a full disclosure of the persons and matters involved. The 

assignor should also fully explain why the violation is not an impediment to a grant of this application. For transactions 

involving the sale or transfer of noncommercial educational FM stations, noncommercial educational TV stations, or 

broadcast stations in the AM, Class A TV, or international broadcast services that are operated on a non-commercial basis, 

the assignor should select "N/A" in response to this question.

CHANGES IN INTEREST

In LMS, this question will display to all applicants seeking to transfer control of an entity holding a construction permit or 

license. However, for a transaction involving only the transfer of control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator 

station or a low-power TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does not include any full-service station), the applicant should select 

"N/A" in response to this question.

ASSIGNEE / TRANSFEREE INFORMATION

When you come to this page for the first time, there will be no assignees or transferees listed. To add assignee(s) or

transferee(s), click the “Add Assignee” or “Add Transferee” button at the top of the page.

Assignee/Transferee Name and Type: You may enter the assignee/transferee’s FRN in the box provided and, if you 

wish, may click the “Pre-fill Assignee Details” or “Pre-fill Transferee Details” button to fill the fields with information 

pertaining to the FRN entered. NOTE: you will see a box warning that continuing to pre-fill the information will delete 

any information already in those fields. You may click “Cancel” to go back to fill the fields manually, or “Pre-fill 

Assignee/Transferee Information” to continue.

Select the Assignee/Transferee Type (e.g., Individual, Unincorporated Association, Trust, Government Entity, etc.) from 

the drop-down menu. In the box below the drop-down menu, enter the exact legal name of the applicant or applicant 

entity. The name of the assignee/transferee must be stated exactly in this item. If the assignee/transferee is a corporation, 
the applicant should list the exact corporate name; if a partnership, the name under which the partnership does business; if an 

unincorporated association, the name of an executive officer, his/her office, and the name of the association; and, if an 

individual applicant, the person's full legal name. If the assignee or transferee is doing business under a fictitious business 

name or name other than the official name of the entity, enter that in the “Doing Business As” box.

Assignee/Transferee Information: Enter the applicant’s postal address, telephone number, and Email address in the spaces 

provided. Select the applicant’s Country and State from the drop-down menus. 

Noncommercial Educational / LPFM Qualifications and Educational Program (Radio Applicants Only): 

In LMS, this question displays to applicants seeking to assign a construction permit or license for a TV or FM translator 

station or an LPTV station. However, for a transaction involving only the assignment of a permit or license for an FM or 

TV translator station or a low-power TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does not include any full-service station), the applicant

should select "N/A" in response to this question.

When you are finished entering assignee/transferee Information, click the Continue button at the bottom of the page. This 

will take you to a page listing the information that you entered for the assignee/transferee. You can also edit information for 

an assignee/transferee by clicking the Edit button on the right-hand side of the entry. If there are more assignees or 

transferees, click the Add Assignee or Add Transferee button at the top of the page and repeat the process for all assignees or 

transferees. When you are done, click Continue.

ASSIGNEE / TRANSFEREE CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES

If the assignee or transferee is represented by a third party (such as, for example, legal counsel), that person's name, firm or 

company, and telephone/electronic mail address may be specified as Contact Representative. Otherwise, a party to the 

application or another person associated with the applicant may be designated as Contact Representative. This is the person 

with whom the Commission will communicate regarding the application. At least one Contact Representative must be 

designated. To add a Contact Representative, click the “Add Contact” button at the top right of the screen.

Contact Type: Select the button that best describes the contact type, whether Legal Representative (e.g., attorney), 

Technical Representative (e.g., engineer), or Other.

Contact Name: Enter the name of the Contact Representative. 

Contact Information: Enter the Contact Representative’s postal address, telephone number, and Email address in the 

spaces provided. If the representative works for a firm or company, enter that name in the Company Name space. Select the 

Contact Representative’s Country and State from the drop-down menus.

If you have more than one Contact Representative, click the “Save & Add Another” button at the bottom of the screen and 

complete for the next Contact Representative. When you are finished, click “Save & Continue.” You will be displayed a 

summary screen listing your Contact Representative(s). From this screen you may delete a Contact Representative or edit 

the information provided. If you have no further Contact Representative information to add or edit, click “Save & 

Continue.”

PARTIES TO THE APPLICATION 
In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving only the assignment or transfer of 

control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does not include 

any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this question.

PARTIES TO THE APPLICATION CERTIFICATION

In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving only the assignment or transfer of 

control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does not include 

any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this question.

ASSIGNEE / TRANSFEREE LEGAL CERTIFICATIONS

Agreements for Sale of Station. This question requires the assignee/transferee to certify that the written agreement 

submitted with the application and contained in the licensee/permittee's station records embodies the complete and final 

agreement between the parties and that the agreement complies fully with the Commission's rules and policies regarding 

station sales contracts. The assignee/transferee must undertake an independent evaluation of the contract in order to make 

this certification. The applicant should take particular care in answering this question if it has an attributable time 

brokerage or local marketing agreement, or an attributable joint sales agreement, for the stations subject to the application

or for any other stations in the same market. 

Other Authorizations. In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving only the 

assignment or transfer of control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV (LPTV) 

station (i.e., does not include any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this question.

Multiple Ownership. This item consists of several questions/certifications regarding compliance with the Commission's 

broadcast ownership rules, including restrictions on investor insulation and participation of non-party investors and creditors. 

In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving only the assignment or transfer of 

control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does not include 

any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to these questions/certifications.

Joint Sales/Time Brokerage Agreements. In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction 

involving only the assignment or transfer of control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power 

TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does not include any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this 

question.

Multiple Ownership/Cross-Ownership Rules. In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction 

involving only the assignment or transfer of control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power 

TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does not include any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this 

question.

Media Interests of Family Members/Future Ownership Interests/Insulation of Non-Party Investors and Creditors. In LMS, 

this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving only the assignment or transfer of control of a 

permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does not include any fullservice station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this question.
Eligible Entity. In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving only the assignment 

or transfer of control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV (LPTV) station (i.e., does 

not include any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this question.

Grandfathered Cluster of Stations. In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving 

only the assignment or transfer of control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV 

(LPTV) station (i.e., does not include any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this question.

NCE Diversity of Ownership Points. In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving 

only the assignment or transfer of control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV 

(LPTV) station (i.e., does not include any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this 

question.

Character Issues/Adverse Findings. These questions require the assignee/transferee to certify that neither it nor any party 

to the application has had any interest in or connection with an application that was or is the subject of unresolved character 

issues. An assignee/transferee must disclose whether it or any party to the application has been the subject of a final adverse 

finding with respect to certain relevant non-broadcast matters. The Commission's character policies and litigation reporting 

requirements for broadcast applicants focus on misconduct which violates the Communications Act or a Commission rule or 

policy, and on certain specified non-FCC misconduct. In responding to these questions, applicants should review the 

Commission's character qualification policies, which are fully set forth in Policy Regarding Character Qualifications In 

Broadcast Licensing, Amendment of Rules of Broadcast Practice and Procedure Relating to Written Responses to 

Commission Inquiries, and the Making of Misrepresentations to the Commission by Permittees and Licensees, Report, 

Order and Policy Statement, 102 F.C.C.2d 1179 (1985), recon. denied, 1 FCC Rcd 421 (1986), as modified, 5 FCC Rcd 

3252 (1990) and 7 FCC Rcd 6564 (1992).

Where the response is "No," the assignee/transferee must upload an exhibit that includes an identification of the party having 

had the interest, the call letters and location of the station or file number of the application or docket, and a description of the 

nature of the interest or connection, including relevant dates. The assignee/transferee should also fully explain why the 

unresolved character issue is not an impediment to a grant of this application. 

The assignee/transferee should consider any relevant adverse finding that occurred within the past ten years. Where that 

adverse finding was fully disclosed to the Commission in an application filed on behalf of this station or in another broadcast 

station application and the Commission, by specific ruling or by subsequent grant of the application, found the adverse 

finding not to be disqualifying, it need not be reported again and the assignee/transferee may respond "Yes" to this item. 

However, an adverse finding that has not been reported to the Commission and considered in connection with a prior 

application would require a "No" response.

Where the response is "No," the assignee/transferee must provide in an exhibit a full disclosure of the persons and matters 

involved, including an identification of the court or administrative body and the proceeding (by dates and file numbers), and

the disposition of the litigation. Where the requisite information has been earlier disclosed in connection with another 

pending application, or as required by 47 CFR § 1.65(c), the applicant need only provide an identification of that previous 

submission by reference to the file number in the case of an application, the call letters of the station regarding which the

application or Section 1.65 information was filed, and the date of filing. The assignee/transferee should also fully explain 

why the adverse finding is not an impediment to a grant of this application.

NOTE: As used in this question, the term "party to the application" includes any individual or entity whose ownership or 

positional interest in the applicant is attributable. An attributable interest is an ownership interest in or relation to an

applicant or licensee which will confer on its holder that degree of influence or control over the applicant or licensee 
sufficient to implicate the Commission's multiple ownership rules. See 47 CFR § 73.3555, as revised and explained in 

Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Attribution of Broadcast and Cable/MDS Interests, FCC 99-207, 

released August 6, 1999. See also Report and Order in MM Docket No. 83-46, 97 FCC 2d 997 (1984), reconsideration 

granted in part, 58 RR 2d 604 (1985), further modified on reconsideration, 61 RR 2d 739 (1986). General guidelines are set 

forth below.

INVESTORS AND CREDITORS: Certain interests held by substantial investors in, or creditors of, the applicant may 

also be attributable and the investor reportable as a party to the application, if the interest falls within the Commission's

equity/debt plus (EDP) attribution standard. Under the EDP standard, the interest held is attributable if, aggregating both 

equity and debt, it exceeds 33 percent of the total asset value (all equity plus all debt) of the applicant – a broadcast station 

licensee, cable television system, daily newspaper or other media outlet subject to the Commission’s broadcast multiple 

ownership or cross-ownership rules – AND the interest holder also holds (1) an attributable interest in a media outlet in 

the same market, or (2) supplies over 15 percent of the total weekly broadcast programming hours of the station in which 

the interest is held. For example, the equity interest of an insulated limited partner in a limited partnership applicant would 

normally not be considered attributable, but, under the EDP standard, that interest would be attributable if the limited 

partner’s interest exceeded 33 percent of the applicant’s total asset value AND the limited partner also held a 5 percent 

voting interest in a radio or television station licensee in the same market.

The interest holder may, however, exceed the 33 percent threshold without triggering attribution where such investment 

would enable an eligible entity to acquire a broadcast station provided that: (1) the combined equity and debt of the 

interest holder in the eligible entity is less than 50 percent, or (2) the total debt of the interest holder in the eligible entity 

does not exceed 80 percent of the asset value of the station being acquired by the eligible entity and the interest holder

does not hold any equity interest, option, or promise to acquire an equity interest in the eligible entity or any related entity. 

See In re Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services, Report and Order and Third Further 

Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 23 FCC Rcd 5922 (Mar. 5, 2008).

The Commission defines an “eligible entity” as any entity that qualifies as a small business under the Small Business 

Administration’s size standards for its industry grouping, as set forth in 13 C.F.R. § 121-201, and holds (1) 30 percent or 

more of the stock or partnership interests and more than 50 percent of the voting power of the corporation or partnership 

that will own the media outlet; or (2) 15 percent or more of the stock or partnership interests and more than 50 percent of 

the voting power of the corporation or partnership that will own the media outlet, provided that no other person or entity 

owns or controls more than 25 percent of the outstanding stock or partnership interests; or (3) more than 50 percent of the 

voting power of the corporation that will own the media outlet if such corporation is a publicly traded company.

INDIVIDUAL APPLICANT: The natural person seeking to hold in his or her own right the authorization specified in this 

application is a party to the application.

PARTNERSHIP APPLICANT: Each partner, including all limited partners may be parties to the application. However, a 

limited partner in a limited partnership is not considered a party to the application IF the limited partner is not materially 

involved, directly or indirectly, in the management or operation of the media-related activities of the partnership. Sufficient 

insulation of a limited partner for purposes of this certification would be assured if the limited partnership arrangement:

(1) specifies that any exempt limited partner (if not a natural person, its directors, officers, partners, etc.) cannot act as 

an employee of the limited partnership if his or her functions, directly or indirectly, relate to the media enterprises 

of the company;

(2) bars any exempt limited partner from serving, in any material capacity, as an independent contractor or agent with 

respect to the partnership's media enterprises;
(3) restricts any exempted limited partner from communicating with the licensee or the general partner on matters 

pertaining to the day-to-day operations of its business;

(4) empowers the general partner to veto any admissions of additional general partners admitted by vote of the exempt 

limited partners;

(5) prohibits any exempt limited partner from voting on the removal of a general partner or limits this right to situations 

where the general partner is subject to bankruptcy proceedings, as described in Sections 402 (4)-(5) of the Revised 

Uniform Limited Partnership Act, is adjudicated incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction, or is removed 

for cause, as determined by an independent party;

(6) bars any exempt limited partner from performing any services to the limited partnership materially relating to its 

media activities, with the exception of making loans to, or acting as a surety for, the business; and

(7) states, in express terms, that any exempt limited partner is prohibited from becoming actively involved in the 

management or operation of the media businesses of the partnership.

Notwithstanding conformance of the partnership agreement to these criteria, however, if the applicant has actual knowledge 

of a material involvement of a limited partner in the management or operation of the media-related businesses of the 

partnership, the limited partner will be considered as a party to this application.

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY APPLICANT: The Commission treats an LLC as a limited partnership, each of 

whose members is considered to be a party to the application. However, where an LLC member is insulated in the manner 

specified above with respect to a limited partnership and where the relevant state statute authorizing the LLC permits an LLC 

member to insulate itself in accordance with the Commission's criteria, that LLC member is not considered a party to the 

application. 

CORPORATE APPLICANT: Each officer, director and owner of stock accounting for 5% or more of the issued and 

outstanding voting stock of the applicant is considered a party to the application. Where the 5% stock owner is itself a 

corporation, each of its stockholders, directors and "executive" officers (president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer or their 

equivalents) is considered a party to this application UNLESS the applicant submits as an exhibit a statement establishing 

that an individual director or officer will not exercise authority or influence in areas that will affect the applicant or the 

station. In this statement, the applicant should identify the individual by name and title, describe the individual's duties and 

responsibilities, and explain the manner in which such individual is insulated from the corporate applicant and should not be 

attributed an interest in the corporate applicant or considered a party to this application. In addition, a person or entity

holding an ownership interest in the corporate stockholder of the applicant is considered a party to this application ONLY IF

that interest, when multiplied by the corporate stockholder's interest in the applicant, would account for 5% or more of the 

issued and outstanding voting stock of the applicant. For example, where Corporation X owns stock accounting for 25% of 

the applicant's votes, only Corporation X shareholders holding 20 percent or more of the issued and outstanding voting stock 

of Corporation X have a 5% or more indirect interest in the applicant (.25 x .20 = .05) and, therefore, are considered parties 

to this application. In applying the multiplier, any entity holding more than 50% of its subsidiary will be considered a 100% 

owner. Where the 5% stock owner is a partnership, each general partner and any limited partner that is not insulated, 

regardless of the partnership interest, is considered a party to the application.

Stock subject to stockholder cooperative voting agreements accounting for 5% or more of the votes in a corporate applicant 

will be treated as if held by a single entity and any stockholder holding 5% or more of the stock in that block is considered a 

party to this application.
An investment company, insurance company or trust department of a bank is not considered a party to this application, IF its 

aggregated holding accounts for less than 20% of the outstanding votes in the applicant AND IF: 

(1) such entity exercises no influence or control over the corporation, directly or indirectly; and

(2) such entity has no representatives among the officers and directors of the corporation.

ANY OTHER APPLICANT: Each executive officer, member of the governing board and owner or holder of 5% or more 

of the votes in the applicant is considered a party to the application.

Financial Qualifications. An assignee/transferee must certify that it is financially qualified to effectuate its proposal, with 

sufficient net liquid assets on hand or available from committed sources of funds to consummate the transaction and operate 

the facilities for three months without additional revenue. This certification includes all contractual requirements, if any, as 

to collateral, guarantees, and capital investments. See Revision of Application for Construction Permit for Commercial 

Broadcast Station (FCC Form 301) and Modification of Processing Standards for Determining the Financial 

Qualifications of Broadcast Station Purchasers, 87 F.C.C.2d 200 (1981).

If the assignee/transferee cannot make this certification, the assignee/transferee must answer “No” to this question and 

upload an attachment containing information relevant to an exemption or waiver from this policy. Documentation 

supporting a “Yes” certification need not be submitted with this application, but must be made available to the Commission 

upon request. Financial statements relied on to make this certification should be prepared in accordance with generally 

accepted accounting principles.

Program Service Certification. In LMS, this question displays to all applicants. However, for a transaction involving 

only the assignment or transfer of control of a permit or license for an FM or TV translator station or a low-power TV 

(LPTV) station (i.e., does not include any full-service station), the applicant should select "N/A" in response to this 

question.

Auction Authorization. The competitive bidding rules adopted by the Commission include certain provisions to prevent 

"unjust enrichment" by entities that acquire broadcast authorizations through the use of bidding credits or other special 

measures. Specifically, the holder of a broadcast license or construction permit, who successfully utilized a bidding credit to 

obtain the authorization, is required to reimburse the government for the total amount of the bidding credit, plus interest 

based on the rate for ten-year U.S. Treasury obligations applicable on the date the construction permit was granted, as a 

condition for Commission approval of any assignment or transfer of that license or construction permit, if the authorization 

will be acquired by an entity that does not meet the eligibility criteria for the bidding credit. See 47 CFR § 73.5007. The 

amount of this payment will be reduced over a five-year period. See 47 CFR § 73.5007. No payment is required if (1) the 

authorization is transferred or assigned more than five years after the initial issuance of the construction permit; or (2) the 

proposed transferee or assignee meets the eligibility criteria for the bidding credit. 

In accordance with these provisions, this item requires that the assignee/transferee certifies that either (1) more than five 

years have passed since the assignor/transferor received its authorization(s) via the competitive bidding process; or (2) the 

proposed assignee/transferee meets the eligibility criteria for the bidding credit. If such certification cannot be made, then 

the assignee/transferee must answer "No" and tender the applicable reimbursement payment to the United States 

Government. See 47 CFR §§ 73.5007, 73.5008.

Equal Employment Opportunity Program. Applicants seeking authority to obtain assignment or transfer of control of the 

construction permit or license of a commercial, noncommercial, or international broadcast station are required to afford equal 
employment opportunity to all qualified persons and to refrain from discriminating in employment and related benefits on 

the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or sex. See 47 CFR § 73.2080. Pursuant to these requirements, an applicant 

that proposes to employ five or more full-time employees in its station employment unit must establish a program designed 

to assure equal employment opportunity for women and minority groups (that is, Blacks not of Hispanic origin, Asian or 

Pacific Islanders, American Indians or Alaskan Natives, and Hispanics). This program is submitted to the Commission as 

the Broadcast Equal Opportunity Model Program Report on FCC Form 2100, Schedule 396-A. If the applicant proposes to 

employ five or more full-time employees, applicant should select “Yes” to certify that it is filing simultaneously with this

application a Model EEO Program Report on FCC Form 2100, Schedule 396-A. If an applicant proposes to employ fewer

than five full-time employees in its station employment unit, no EEO program for women or minorities need be filed, and the 

applicant should select “N/A.”

General guidelines for developing a model Equal Employment Opportunity program are set forth in FCC Form 2100, 

Schedule 396-A.

NOTE: This Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Model Program Report (FCC Form 2100, Schedule 396-A) is to be 

utilized only by applicants for new construction permits and by assignees and transferees.

ASSIGNEE / TRANSFEREE ALIEN OWNERSHIP

All applications must comply with section 310 of the Communications Act, as amended. Specifically, section 310 proscribes 

issuance of a construction permit or station license to an alien, a representative of an alien, a foreign government or the 

representative thereof, or a corporation organized under the laws of a foreign government. This proscription also applies 

with respect to any entity of which more than 20% of the capital stock is owned or voted by aliens, their representatives, a 

foreign government or its representative, or an entity organized under the laws of a foreign country. The Commission may 

also deny a construction permit or station license to a licensee directly or indirectly controlled by another entity of which 

more than 25% of the capital stock is owned or voted by aliens, their representatives, a foreign government or its 

representative, or another entity organized under the laws of a foreign country. Any such applicant seeking Commission 

consent to exceed this 25% benchmark in section 310(b)(4) of the Act must do so by filing a petition for declaratory ruling 

pursuant to section 1.5000-04.

Compliance with section 310 is determined by means of a two-pronged analysis, one pertaining to voting interests and the 

second to ownership interests. See, e.g., BBC License Subsidiary L.P., 10 FCC Rcd 10968 (1995). The voting interests held 

by aliens in a licensee through intervening domestically organized entities are determined in accordance with the multiplier 

guidelines for calculating indirect ownership interests in an applicant as set forth in the "Corporate Applicant" Instructions 

above. For example, if an alien held a 30-percent voting interest in Corporation A which, in turn, held a non-controlling 40-

percent voting interest in Licensee Corporation B, the alien interest in Licensee Corporation B would be calculated by 

multiplying the alien's interest in Corporation A by that entity's voting interest in Licensee Corporation B. The resulting 

voting interest (30% x 40% = 12%) would not exceed the 25% statutory benchmark. However, if Corporation A held a 

controlling 60% voting interest in Corporation B, the multiplier would not be utilized and the full 30 percent alien voting 

interest in Corporation A would be treated as a 30 percent interest in Licensee Corporation B, i.e., an impermissible 30% 

indirect alien voting interest in the licensee. If Partnership A held a 40% voting interest in Licensee Corporation B, that 

voting interest would be similarly impermissible if any general partner or any non-insulated limited partner of partnership A 

was an alien, regardless of his or her partnership interest. See also Review of Foreign Ownership Policies for Broadcast, 

Common Carrier and Aeronautical Radio Licensees Under Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

Amended, Report and Order, 31 FCC Rcd 11272, paras. 67-72 (2016) (2016 Foreign Ownership Order).
Applicants must also comply with the separate alien equity ownership benchmark restrictions of section 310. Under the 

second prong of the analysis, an applicant must determine the pro rata equity holdings of any alien investor in a licensee 

entity or its parent. In calculating alien ownership, the same voting interest multiplier rules apply. 

In order to complete this two-pronged analysis, an applicant must determine the citizenship of each entity holding either a 

voting or equity interest or explain how it determined the relevant percentages. Corporate applicants and licensees whose 

stock is publicly traded must determine the citizenship of interest holders who are known or should be known to the 

company in the ordinary course of business, including: (1) registered shareholders; (2) officers, directors, and employees; 

(3) interest holders reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission; (4) beneficial owners identified in annual or 

quarterly reports and proxy statements; and (5) any other interest holders that are actually known to the company, such as 

through transactions, litigation, proxies, or any other source. Statistical sampling surveys are no longer necessary. 

Although direct inquiry and publicly available resources may be used to determine citizenship of known or should-beknown interest holders, street addresses are not sufficient for this purpose. For more detailed information on identifying 

and calculating foreign interests, see 2016 Foreign Ownership Order, paras. 44-72. 

If the combined total foreign ownership (foreign voting interests and foreign equity interests) identified under this 

methodology does not exceed 25%, a declaratory ruling is not necessary to grant the application. A subsidiary or affiliate 

of a licensee already named in a foreign ownership declaratory ruling may rely on that ruling, and by certifying 

compliance with the provisions of section 310 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, relating to interests of 

aliens and foreign governments, certifies that it and the licensee named in the declaratory ruling are in compliance with the 

terms and conditions of the original foreign ownership declaratory ruling. See 47 CFR § 1.5004(b). This item asks

whether the applicant has received a foreign ownership declaratory ruling and whether the applicant complies with the 

terms of that prior declaratory ruling. Alternatively, it asks whether the applicant is filing for a foreign ownership 

declaratory ruling in connection with this application.

REBROADCAST CERTIFICATION SUMMARY

Rebroadcast Certification. An FM or TV Translator operator proposing to rebroadcast the signal of a primary station which 

it does not own must obtain written permission of that station prior to retransmission of that signal. See 47 CFR §§ 74.784 

(TV Translators) and 74.1284 (FM Translators). The assignee/transferee in an FM translator or TV translator transaction must 

certify that such authority has been received.

Low Power Television Station (LPTV) applicants, as well as FM translator or TV translator applicants proposing to 

rebroadcast the signal of a primary station that they properly own, should mark the box labeled "N/A."

Additionally, the Commission must be notified of the call letters of each primary station rebroadcast, as well as any changes in 

primary stations. Enter the Facility ID number of each station rebroadcast into the field provided. Entering the Facility ID 

number(s) will populate the Call Sign, City, and State of each station rebroadcast.

For purposes of this item, "rebroadcast" means the reception by radio of the programs or other signals of a radio or television 

station and the simultaneous or subsequent retransmission of such program or signals for direct reception by the general 

public. See 47 CFR §§ 74.784(a) and 74.1284(a).

Compliance with 47 CFR Section 74.1232(d). This two-part question relates to the applicant's compliance with the 

restrictions on FM translator operation adopted by the Commission in MM Docket No. 88-140. In that rule making 

proceeding, the Commission tightened and/or clarified several technical and operational requirements for FM translator 

stations after affirming that the proper role for that service was to supplement the service provided by full-service FM radio 

broadcast stations. The amended regulations prohibit the licensee of a commercial FM station that will be rebroadcast, or 

any entity "having any interest whatsoever [in] or any connection with" the licensee of such a "primary" station, from 
owning an FM translator that will operate outside the protected service contour of that primary station. Because of the 

potential for abuse, the Commission intended this restriction to be read very broadly. Report and Order in MM Docket No. 

88-140, 5 FCC Rcd at 7244, note 25 (1990). Therefore, pursuant to 47 CFR §74.1232(d), interested and connected parties 

include, but are not limited to, group owners, corporate parents, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, general and 

limited partners, family members, and business associates. "Business associates" has been defined to include a situation in 

which one of the translator principals owns or works for a business that advertises on the primary station. Letter to Mr. Eric 

Redd and Christopher D. Imlay, Esq., DA 98-876, 13 FCC Rcd 25,188 (M.M. Bur. 1998). The underlying rationale for this 

prohibition has been to prevent FM station licensees from using FM translators as a competitive means for extending their 

stations' service areas. 

NOTE: Section 74.1232(d) does not apply to FM translator applicants proposing noncommercial educational 

operation.

In situations where a licensee establishes that the proposed facility's service contour will include a substantial amount of 

"white area," the Commission may grant requests for waiver of Section 74.1232(d). The Commission has defined a "white 

area" as any area outside the coverage contour of any full-time aural service. In order for licensees of commercial primary 

stations to have an interest in or connection with translators serving such areas, the Commission requires a showing of a lack 

of service in accordance with the stated "white area" definition. See Report and Order in MM Docket No. 88-140, 5 FCC 

Rcd 7212, 7216 (1990); Kevin C. Boyle, Esq., 11 FCC Rcd 2348 (M.M. Bur. 1996). 

Accordingly, the first part of this question asks the applicant to certify that the FM translator applicant is not also the licensee 

or permittee of the commercial primary station to be rebroadcast and that none of the principals in the FM translator 

applicant have any interest in or connection with the primary station. If there is any interest or connection whatever, the 

applicant must answer "No" to this question, and must disclose or describe the relationship or connection in an uploaded 

exhibit.

The second part of this question asks the applicant to certify that the FM translator station will be used as a fill-in service. 

In the FM service, the coverage contour of the FM translator station must not extend beyond the protected coverage 

contour of the commercial FM primary station to be rebroadcast. For purposes of this question, the “protected coverage 

contour” is:

Non-reserved band 

Class B Stations 0.5mV/m 54 dBu (50,50) contour

Non-reserved band 

Class B1 Stations 0.7 mV/m 57 dBu (50,50) contour

All other FM 

Station Classes 1 mV/m 60 dBu (50,50) contour

The Commission adopted rules in MB Docket No. 07-172 that would allow AM stations to use FM translator stations to 

rebroadcast the AM signal locally, retransmitting their AM programming as a fill-in service. The cross-service translating 

rules limit FM translators to providing fill-in service only, specifically within the primary AM station’s authorized service 

area. In 2017, the Commission modified 47 CFR § 74.1201(g), allowing an FM translator station rebroadcasting an AM 

broadcast station to be located such that the 60 dBμ contour of the FM translator station must be contained within the 

greater of either (a) the 2 mV/m daytime contour of the AM station, or (b) a 25-mile radius centered at the AM station’s 
transmitter site. Revitalization of the AM Radio Service, Second Report and Order, MB Docket 13-249, 32 FCC Rcd 1724 

(2017).

Therefore, in the AM service, the FM translator’s entire 1 mV/m coverage contour must be contained within the greater of 

either: (i) the 2 mV/m daytime contour of the commercial AM primary station to be rebroadcast, or (ii) a 25-mile radius 

centered at the commercial AM primary station’s transmitter site. 

If the answer to both parts of the question is “No” and no waiver has been justified, the application will be dismissed as 

unacceptable for filing under 47 CFR §§ 73.3566(a) and 74.1232(d).

Applicants for FM booster stations, as well as applicants proposing noncommercial educational translator operation, should 

mark "N/A" to both parts of this question.

Compliance with 47 CFR § 74.1232(e). This question requires the FM translator applicant to certify that it complies with 

the rule regarding financial and technical assistance from the primary station to be rebroadcast, which rule also was adopted

by the Commission in MM Docket No. 88-140. Applicants proposing FM translator operation for which the translator 

contour extends beyond the protected contour of the commercial primary station to be rebroadcast may not "receive any 

support, either directly or indirectly, from the commercial primary FM radio broadcast station" or from any entity "having 

any interest whatsoever [in] or any connection with" the licensee of such a commercial primary station. See 47 CFR §

74.1232(e). Pursuant to 47 CFR §74.1232(e), "[i]nterested and connected parties" include but are not limited to group 

owners, corporate parents, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, general and limited partners, family members, and 

business associates. This provision is to be interpreted very broadly. Report and Order in MM Docket No. 88-140, 5 FCC 

Rcd at 7244, note 25 (1990). "Business associates" has been defined to include a situation in which one of the translator 

principals owns or works for a business that advertises on the primary station. Letter to Mr. Eric Redd and Christopher D. 

Imlay, Esq., DA 98-876 13 FCC Rcd 25188 (M.M. Bur. 1998). 

Notwithstanding these restrictions, FM translators may receive "technical assistance" from the commercial primary station to 

the extent of installing or repairing equipment or making adjustments to equipment to ensure compliance with the terms of 

the translator operator's construction permit and license. "Technical assistance" here refers to actual services provided by the 

primary station's technical staff or compensation for the time and services provided by independent engineering personnel. It 

does not include the provision of equipment for the translator's operation or direct funding for the translator operator's 

discretionary use. Furthermore, such technical assistance must occur after the issuance of the translator's construction permit 

or license in order to meet expenses incurred by installing, repairing, or making adjustments to equipment. Thus, applicants 

for new FM translator stations may not be promised or receive financial or technical assistance during the application process 

from the commercial primary station or any person interested in or connected with that station. Memorandum Opinion and 

Order in MM Docket No. 88-140, 8 FCC Rcd 5093, 5096 (1993).

47 CFR § 74.1232(e) provides that an other area FM translator station (i.e., FM translator station whose coverage contour 

extends beyond the protected contour of the commercial FM primary station) shall not receive any support, before, during, 

or after construction, either directly or indirectly, from the commercial primary FM radio broadcast station, or from any 

person or entity having an interest or connection with the commercial primary FM station. For the purposes of this rule, 

interested and connected parties extend to group owners, corporate parents, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, 

general and limited partners, family members, business associates, and advertisers.

If the translator applicant is receiving or has been promised from the primary station or any party interested in or connected 

to that station: (1) financial support; (2) technical support over and above what is specified in Section 74.1232(e); or (3) 

technical assistance of any sort prior to grant of the requested permit, it should answer "No" to this question and provide all 

pertinent details and, if necessary, request a waiver by uploading an explanatory exhibit.
Applicants for FM booster stations, as well as applicants proposing noncommercial educational translator operation, should 

mark "N/A" to this question.

Since the primary station financial support and technical assistance prohibition of Section 74.1232(e) does not apply to 

“fill-in” FM translators, applicants proposing to rebroadcast the signal of an AM primary station should mark “N/A” to 

this question.

APPLICATION SUMMARY

Before certifying and signing the application, you will view the Application Summary page, which displays the 

information entered in the various sections of this application, allowing you to review the information before certifying, 

signing, and submitting the application. In particular, the Application Summary page displays any missing or erroneous 

information that must be entered or corrected before you can proceed to application certification and signature. If you see 

a red box near the top of the Application Summary page that reads, “This application is incomplete or contains errors,” 

you will need to make corrections before certifying.

To correct errors or omissions in the application, go to the Application Sections bar on the right side of the page. This 

lists all of the major application sections. An application section that is complete will have a green checkmark next to its

name; a section that is incomplete or that has errors will have a red “X” next to its name. Click on the name of a section

that indicates errors, and you will be taken back to that section to complete it and/or to correct any errors.

Once you have corrected all incompletions and errors, the Application Summary page will display green checkmarks next 

to all application sections in the Application Sections bar. Click the Continue to Certify button at the bottom of the screen 

to continue to certify and sign the application.

LICENSEE/PERMITTEE / ASSIGNEE/TRANSFEREE / ASSIGNOR/TRANSFEROR CERTIFY AND 

SIGNATURE

General Certification Statements: The Licensee/Permittee, Assignee/Transferee, and Assignor/Transferor must certify 

that the statements in this application are true, complete, and correct to the best of their knowledge and belief, and are 

made in good faith. Licensee/Permittee, Assignee/Transferee, and Assignor/Transferor must acknowledge that all 

certifications and uploaded Exhibits are considered material representations. Transferee must waive any claim to the use of 

any particular frequency or of the electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of 

the previous use of such frequency(ies) or spectrum, whether by authorization or otherwise. Licensee/Permittee, 

Assignee/Transferee, and Assignor/Transferor must also certify that neither they nor any party to the application is subject 

to denial of federal benefits pursuant to section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 862. 

Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 provides federal and state court judges the discretion to deny federal 

benefits to individuals convicted of offenses consisting of the distribution or possession of controlled substances. Federal

benefits within the scope of the statute include FCC authorizations. The Licensee/Permittee, Assignee/Transferee, and 

Assignor/Transferor, by electronically signing the application, certify that neither they nor any party to this application has 

been convicted of such an offense or, if they or any party have been so convicted, they are not ineligible to receive the 

authorization sought by this application because of section 5301.
NOTE: With respect to this certification, the term "party to the application" includes, if the Licensee/Permittee, 

Assignee/Transferee, or Assignor/Transferor is an individual, that individual; if a corporation or unincorporated association, 

all officers, directors, or persons holding five percent or more of the outstanding stock or shares (voting and/or non-voting) 

of the Licensee/Permittee, Assignee/Transferee, or Assignor/Transferor; all members if a membership association; and if the 

Licensee/Permittee, Assignee/Transferee, or Assignor/Transferor is a partnership, all general partners and all limited 

partners, including both insulated and non-insulated limited partners, holding a five percent or more interest in the 

partnership. See 47 CFR § 1.2002(b)-(c).

Authorized Party to Sign: The Licensee/Permittee, Assignee/Transferee, and Assignor/Transferor must 

electronically sign the application. Depending on the nature of the Licensee/Permittee, Assignee/Transferee, and 

Assignor/Transferor , the application should be signed as follows: if a sole proprietorship, personally; if a partnership, by a 

general partner; if a corporation, by an officer; for an unincorporated association, by a member who is an officer; if a 

governmental entity, by such duly elected or appointed official as is competent under the laws of the particular jurisdiction. 

Counsel may sign the application for his or her client, but only in cases of the applicant's disability or absence from the 

United States. In such cases, counsel must separately set forth why the application is not signed by the client. In addition, as 

to any matter stated on the basis of belief instead of personal knowledge, counsel shall separately set forth the reasons for

believing that such statements are true. See 47 CFR § 73.3513. The electronic signature will consist of the electronic 

equivalent of the typed name of the individual. See Report and Order in MM Docket No. 98-43, 13 FCC Rcd 23056, 23064 

(1998), ¶ 17.

Licensee/Permittee, Assignee/Transferee, and Assignor/Transferor must also check the box to certify that they have

submitted with the application all required and relevant attachments.

Click the “Submit Application” button to submit the application. The application is not considered to be submitted unless 

and until you click the “Submit Application” button.

FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

We have estimated that each response to this collection of information will take 1.25 hours. Our estimate includes the 

time to read the instructions, look through existing records, gather and maintain the required data, and actually complete 

and review the form or response. If you have any comments on this burden estimate, or on how we can improve the 

collection and reduce the burden it causes you, please Email them to pra@fcc.gov or send them to the Federal 

Communications Commission, AMD-PERM, Paperwork Reduction Project (3060-0075), Washington, DC 20554. Please 

DO NOT SEND COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO THIS ADDRESS. Remember - you are not required to respond to 

a collection of information sponsored by the Federal government, and the government may not conduct or sponsor this 

collection, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number or if we fail to provide you with this notice. This 

collection has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060-0075.

THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995, P.L. 104-13, 

OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. SECTION 3507.