§  27.20   Digital television transition education reports.

   (a) The requirements of this section shall apply only with regard to
   WCS license authorizations in Block A in the 698-704 MHz and 728-734
   MHz bands, Block B in the 704-710 MHz and 734-740 MHz bands, Block E in
   the 722-728 MHz band, Block C, C1, or C2 in the 746-757 MHz and 776-787
   MHz bands, and Block D in the 758-763 MHz and 788-793 MHz bands.

   (b) By the tenth day of the first calendar quarter after the initial
   grant of a WCS license authorization subject to the requirements of
   this section--and on a quarterly basis thereafter as specified in
   paragraph (c) of this section--the licensee holding such authorization
   must file a report with the Commission indicating whether, in the
   previous quarter, it has taken any outreach efforts to educate
   consumers about the transition from analog broadcast television service
   to digital broadcast television service (DTV) and, if so, what specific
   efforts were undertaken. Thus, for example, if the license
   authorization is granted during the April-June quarter of 2008, the
   licensee must file its first report by July 10, 2008. Each quarterly
   report, either paper or electronic, must be filed with the Commission
   in Docket Number 07-148. If the quarterly report is a paper filing, the
   cover sheet must clearly state "Report," whereas if the report is filed
   electronically using the Commission's Electronic Comment File System
   (ECFS), the "Document Type" on the cover sheet should indicate
   "REPORT."

   (c) The reporting requirements under this section cover the remaining
   period of the DTV transition. Accordingly, once the licensee files its
   quarterly report covering the second quarter of 2009, the requirements
   of this section terminate.

   [ 73 FR 15448 , Mar. 24, 2008, as amended at  74 FR 8878 , Feb. 27, 2009]

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