From the September 17, 2015, Commission Meeting, the FCC has approved new rules that modernize on-air contests. Under the previous rules, terms and conditions of radio station contests had to be announced over the air.  This was lengthy and many stations relegated these required announcements to overnight periods.  Under the new rules, radio stations can now opt to announcing the station's website over the air and providing a link to the contest information. 

Under the newly revised rules, broadcast stations running contests:

In advance of the Federal Communications Commission open meeting on Thursday, the FCC has adopted the Audio Division's request to adjust the comparative review points of applicants in the Baltimore MX Group #198.

The Federal Communications Commission has released a Sunshine agenda for the upcoming full Commission meeting on Thursday, September 17.  On the consent agenda, there are five proposed actions on applications for review filed in LPFM proceedngs as well as action on a disputed MX group.  The Application for Review is the appeal process if the Media Bureau turns down a petition for reconsideration.   

In the case of the MX group, if an informal objection or petition to deny is filed and the outcome results in the FCC's Audio Division proposing the change the score of an application, it must go to the full Commission for approval.

REC Networks has filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission on the Petition for Rulemaking filed by the upstart Low Power FM Advocacy Group (LPFM.AG).  In their petition, LPFM.AG seeks to make substantial changes to the LPFM service which included the ability for LPFM organizations to air commercials, own more stations, have primary status, the ability to have boosters, increase power and use the same engineering rules that apply to FM translators.  The LPFM.AG petition also called for the ability for unbuilt construction permits to be transferred to other organizations in order to save the station.