Media Bureau Opens New Comment Cycle on Geotargeted Radio

The FCC Media Bureau wants additional comments on the GeoBroadcast Solutions geotargeted radio proposal, after tests of the company’s FM booster technology, said a public notice posted Monday in docket 20-401. NAB, which opposes the proposal, asked the FCC to close the proceeding’s docket, in a recent ex parte filing. As part of the experimental test authority the FCC granted to allow the tests, GBS provided detailed technical reports on the technology, information that wasn’t available to the public during the first round of comments in 2021, the PN said. The second comment cycle is “in light of these recent developments and to provide a complete record on developments since the completion of the commenting cycle in this matter,” the PN said. Comments will be due 30 days after Federal Register publication, replies 45 days after.