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The FCC Media Bureau doesn’t plan to reveal the number of applications filed for new low-powernFM stations before the filing window closes Nov. 14, said staff from the Audio Division. The bureau willnnot disclose that number “so as not to disadvantage anybody who may be applying for spectrum in certainnareas” until after the close of the filing window, Jim Bradshaw, deputy chief of engineering, said Thursdaynduring a Q-and-A webinar. If there are thousands of applications, then the bureau will likely identify singletonnapplications within a couple of months, he said. Many decisions could be issued the first fewnmonths of 2014, he said. Applicants can file minor amendments, but major amendments, like changingnthe channel position plus or minus three, must wait until after the mutually exclusive public notice is released,nBradshaw said. A university with a full-power license can apply for an LPFM license if the fullpowernstation isn’t run by students, said Parul Desai, an attorney in the division. The new station must benstudent-run, but it will not qualify for a new entrant point, she added. The Form 318 application, call signnand license will be granted in three different steps, said Gary Loehrs, an engineering staff member. Anboard member with a past felony isn’t an automatic disqualifier for an application, but it must be disclosed, Desai said. The commission will not allow a letter from parties within an interference area to indicatenwillingness to accept interference, Bradshaw said. If there’s any kind of structure in interference areas,nthe division will assume it’s occupied as a residence or workplace, he said. Desai also reminded applicantsnthat reasonable assurance is needed only for the antenna location and not the main studio location.nThe webinar was postponed from Oct. 3 due to the 16-day government shutdown (CD Oct 22 p2). It willnbe archived at http://www.fcc.gov/events.