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Re: Question


On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Dan Strassberg wrote:

> License to cover is short for license to cover a construction permit. The
> FCC grants a license to cover when it considers the construction of a new
> station or modification of an existing station to be complete. Of course,
> the permittee must first submit all necessary proofs of performance and
> tender an application for a license to cover. Then the FCC must accept the
> application for tender. Usually, a statutory waiting and comment period
> follows. Finally, after the waiting period has elapsed, the FCC can act, but
> may actually hold hearings depending on the comments received. There's many
> a slip between the grant of a CP and a license to cover.

I've never heard of the FCC asking for comments on an application for
license to cover. My experience has been that once program test authority
has been granted, the license is more or less a formality.


Rob Landry
umar@nerodia.wcrb.com