GBS Opposes Geotargeted Radio Deadline Extension

NAB and NPR’s request for an extension of deadlines to file comments on geotargeted radio tests uses “fuzzy” math, said GeoBroadcast Solutions in an opposition filing posted Friday in docket 20-401. A report on the test of the technology at KSJO(FM) San Jose will have been in the docket for 262 days when comments are due June 6, and the report for WRBJ-FM Brandon, Mississippi, will have been in for 68 days, said GBS. “There is thus no reason why Movants cannot produce responses during the generous timeframe the Commission granted,” GBS said. “This proceeding does not propose any requirements; it involves an entirely voluntary technology.” NPR and NAB “failed to demonstrate that the Commission should deviate from its standard procedure of not permitting extensions of time.”