Though there is no electronic filing system for informal objections, we have developed an online form that will help you generate a letter of informal objection to mail to the FCC. 

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Letters of informal objection must be received (not post marked) within the 60-day period before the FCC acts on an application. The rational behind sending in an informal objection is two-fold: to use the FCCs official system to reject this kind of encroachment; to argue the value of your station to the community you serve as a unique service. Before working with the letter of informal objection, there is some information you will need to gather to make these points.

specifics:

Facility ID of the encroaching station

File Number of the CCOL

Community of license for the full power station (old and new)

Your stations facility ID

Information we recommend including:

    Communities, population, and area served by your station

    Description of citizen & volunteer participation in station operation

    Special interests served

    Examples of particular public service, especially public safety and community events

HOW TO FIND THIS INFORMATION

There are two main sources that we use to gather this information. Recnet and the FCC application search tool.

RecNET.com is one of the best tools to research any LPFM information. From this site, you can find Facility IDs, location of the full power station, and information about the encroachment status of your station. The main site is Recnet.com, but http://www.lpfm.ws/ is where you will find most information about LPFMs. From this page, click the link “Application Status” under the section “For LPFM Stations.” On the next page, navigate to the state where you are location. When you click on your state, a list of all LPFMs will appear. If you are the only LPFM in your state, then the browser will automatically bring up the listing for your station. If not, then you will see a list of towns with LPFMs and you can chose your location. If there is more than one LPFM in the region, you can select your LPFM from a list of others in the region. If you are the only one, then your browser will automatically bring up your listing. 

Once you are at your LPFMs listing, you will find specs for your station at the top followed by a series of check boxes that show the status for each stage of your stations progress to getting on-air. Below the check boxes is a section titled: “Short Spaced or Other Encroaching FM Facilities.” Here, you can link to listings of all encroaching or short spaced stations by clicking on their facility ID.

FCC Application Search Tool is a service from the FCC website at http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_sear.htm. You will need either a call sign, location, facility ID or community of license to find the information for a station (you can access full power stations, LPFMs, translators etc.) Once you have entered the appropriate information, a list of all actions filed by that station through the FCC will appear. These are listed by date. The last column, titled “Details,” provides links to either general information about the station and specific filing, or to the application for the filing.

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