Media Bureau Identifies Tentative NCE FM Selectees

The FCC Media Bureau identified tentative selectees in 27 groups of mutually exclusive applications for noncommercial educational FM construction permits from the November NCE window, said a public notice Wednesday. The selectees include Stonewall Alliance of Chico’s application for Willows, California; Restored Together Radio’s application for Bowman, Georgia; and Vanguard Association of Sunbelt Colleges’ application for Middletown, Indiana. The bureau made the choices using an analysis based on which applicant would provide a first or second NCE radio station to the population in the proposed service area, and favors localism and applicants serving the most people, the PN said. Petitions to deny the applications of the selectees are due 30 days after the order.