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FCC 73.3584
Revised as of October 2, 2015
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2016
§ 73.3584 Procedure for filing petitions to deny.
(a) For mutually exclusive applications subject to selection by competitive
bidding (non-reserved channels) or fair distribution/point system (reserved
channels), petitions to deny may be filed only against the winning bidders
or tentative selectee(s), and such petitions will be governed by § § 73.5006
and 73.7004, respectively. For all other applications the following rules
will govern. Except in the case of applications for new low power TV, TV
translator or TV booster stations, for major changes in the existing
facilities of such stations, or for applications for a change in output
channel tendered by displaced low power TV and TV translator stations
pursuant to § 73.3572(a)(1), any party in interest may file with the
Commission a Petition to Deny any application (whether as originally filed
or if amended so as to require a new file number pursuant to § 73.3571(j),
§ 73.3572(b), § 73.3573(b), § 73.3574(b) or § 73.3578) for which local notice
pursuant to § 73.3580 is required, provided such petitions are filed prior to
the day such applications are granted or designated for hearing; but where
the FCC issues a public notice pursuant to the provisions of § 73.3571(c),
§ 73.3572(c) or § 73.3573(d), establishing a “cut-off” date, such petitions
must be filed by the date specified. In the case of applications for
transfers and assignments of construction permits or station licenses,
Petitions to Deny must be filed not later than 30 days after issuance of a
public notice of the acceptance for filing of the applications. In the case
of applications for renewal of license, Petitions to Deny may be filed at
any time up to the deadline established in § 73.3516(e). Requests for
extension of time to file Petitions to Deny applications for new broadcast
stations or major changes in the facilities of existing stations or
applications for renewal of license will not be granted unless all parties
concerned, including the applicant, consent to such requests, or unless a
compelling showing can be made that unusual circumstances make the filing of
a timely petition impossible and the granting of an extension warranted.
(b) Except in the case of applications for new low power TV or TV translator
stations, or for major changes in the existing facilities of such stations,
the applicant may file an opposition to any Petition to Deny, and the
Petitioner a reply to such opposition in which allegations of fact or
denials thereof shall be supported by affidavit of a person or persons with
personal knowledge thereof. The times for filing such oppositions and
replies shall be those provided in § 1.45 except that as to a Petition to
Deny an application for renewal of license, an opposition thereto may be
filed within 30 days after the Petition to Deny is filed, and the party that
filed the Petition to Deny may reply to the opposition within 20 days after
opposition is due or within 20 days after the opposition is filed, whichever
is longer. The failure to file an opposition or a reply will not necessarily
be construed as an admission of fact or argument contained in a pleading.
(c) In the case of applications for new low power TV, TV translator, or TV
booster stations, for major changes in the existing facilities of such
stations, or for applications for a change in output channel tendered by
displaced low power TV and TV translator stations pursuant to
§ 73.3572(a)(1), any party in interest may file with the FCC a Petition to
Deny any applcation (whether as originally filed or if amended so as to
require a new file number pursuant to § 73.3572(b)) for which local notice
pursuant to § 73.3580 is required, provided such petitions are filed within
30 days of the FCC Public Notice proposing the application for grant
(applicants may file oppositions within 15 days after the Petition to Deny
is filed); but where the FCC selects a tentative permittee pursuant to
Section 1.1601 et seq., Petitions to Deny shall be accepted only if directed
against the tentative selectee and filed after issuance of and within 15
days of FCC Public Notice announcing the tentative selectee. The applicant
may file an opposition within 15 days after the Petition to Deny is filed.
In cases in which the minimum diversity preference provided for in
§ 1.1623(f)(1) has been applied, an “objection to diversity claim” and
opposition thereto, may be filed against any applicant receiving a diversity
preference, within the same time period provided herein for Petitions and
Oppositions. In all pleadings, allegations of fact or denials thereof shall
be supported by appropriate certification. However, the FCC may announce, by
the Public Notice announcing the acceptance of the last-filed mutually
exclusive application, that a notice of Petition to Deny will be required to
be filed no later than 30 days after issuance of the Public Notice.
(d) A party in interest may file a Petition to Deny any application that
proposes reclassification of a Class C authorization to Class C0 not later
than 30 days after issuance of an order to show cause by the Commission
notifying the affected licensee of the proposed reclassification.
(e) Untimely Petitions to Deny, as well as other pleadings in the nature of
a Petition to Deny, and any other pleadings or supplements which do not lie
as a matter of law or are otherwise procedurally defective, are subject to
return by the FCC's staff without consideration.
[ 48 FR 27206 , June 13, 1983, as amended at 52 FR 31401 , Aug. 20, 1987; 53 FR 2499 , Jan. 28, 1988; 55 FR 28914 , July 16, 1990; 61 FR 18291 , Apr. 25, 1996;
65 FR 36379 , June 8, 2000; 65 FR 79780 , Dec. 20, 2000]
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