Sec. 78.20  Acceptance of applications; public notice.

    (a) Applications which are tendered for filing in Washington, DC, 
are dated upon receipt and then forwarded to the Mass Media Bureau where 
an administrative examination is made to ascertain whether the 
applications are complete. Applications found to be complete or 
substantially complete, are accepted for filing and are given a file 
number. In case of minor defects as to completeness, the applicant will 
be required to supply the missing information. Applications which are 
not substantially complete will be returned to the applicant. 
Applications requiring fees as set forth at Part 1, Subpart G of this 
chapter must be filed in accordance with Sec. 0.401(b) of the rules.
    (b) Acceptance of an application for filing means only that it has 
been the subject of a preliminary review by the Commission's 
administrative staff as to completeness. Applications which are 
determined to be clearly not in accordance with the Commission's rules 
or other requirements, unless accompanied by an appropriate request for 
waiver, will be considered defective and will not be accepted for 
filing, or if inadvertently accepted for filing, will be dismissed. 
Requests for waiver shall show the nature of the waiver or exception 
desired and shall set forth the reasons in support thereof.
    (c) The Commission will give public notice of all applications and 
major amendments thereto which have been accepted for filing. No 
application shall be acted on less than thirty (30) days from the date 
of public notice.

[ 37 FR 15926 , Aug. 8, 1972, as amended at  52 FR 10231 , Mar. 31, 1987]