How would the Commission resolve competing applications for the same frequency?
Applications that request the same frequency in the same community, and thus are mutually exclusive, will be resolved through a selection process which awards applicants one point each for (1) showing a community presence of at least two years prior to the application, (2) pledging to operate at least 12 hours daily, and (3) pledging to locally originate at least eight hours of programming daily. Where the competing applicants have the same number of points, time sharing proposals, in which applicants share a given frequency, will be encouraged. Where ties have not been resolved, a group of up to eight mutually exclusive applicants will be awarded successive license terms of at least one year each. Unlike other LPFM licenses, which will be renewable at the end of each eight-year license term, these shared licenses will not be renewable.
