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摘要

Common Frequency urged the FCC to protect low-power FM station and translator opportunitiesrnas it moves toward opening an FM translator application window for AM stations. "No filing window forrntranslators should be enacted until the LPFM 90-day settlement window period for LPFM applicants occurs,"rnsaid the organization, which advocates for community and college radio broadcasting, in commentsrnin docket 13-249 (http://bit.ly/1bLprry). If mutually exclusive groups of LPFM applicants aren't dealtrnwith prior to creating additional translator mutually exclusive groups, "it would be an insurmountable engineeringrnpile-up of pending applications," it said. The commission should expedite the 250-watt upgradernopportunity before opening another FM translator auction, Common Frequency said. "If an AM translatorrnfiling auction is enacted prior to [an] LP-250 upgrade, current LPFM permittees and licensees would bernboxed in and unable to upgrade." Common Frequency also recommended the creation of an incentivernprogram for AM licensees choosing to donate their licenses to local nonprofit groups and educational institutions,rnit said.