MODIFICATIONS TO THE CALL SIGN RESERVATION SYSTEM
Begining February 14, 2008
Begining June 5, 2006
- DIGITAL CLASS-A (DC) AND DIGITAL LOW POWER TV (LD) APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR PROCESSING.
NOTE: CURRENT CALL SIGNS MUST BE DISPLAYED WITH THE EXTENSION (-D) AND MUST RESIDE IN CDBS AS SUCH.
- The FRN used with the call sign request must be associated with the facility of the licensee.
If an association is necessary, you may use cdbs FRN Manager to facilitate your call sign request.
THE FOLLOWING FIELDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SYSTEM SCREENS:
- LICENSEE TIN
- REPRESENTATIVE TIN
- VALIDATION CODE
Beginning November 1, 2004
A "Red Light Notice" will be displayed if you or an entity sharing the same
Taxpayer Identification Number are delinquent on debts owed to the FCC. You will be
able to continue with your call sign request however, until the delinquent debt
is resolved, there will not be action taken on the call sign request or any
other application requests for agency authorizations.
- THE CALL SIGNS SYSTEM NOW REQUIRES USERS TO ENTER AN FRN AND PASSWORD. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN FRN, A LINK TO THE CORES SYSTEM HAS BEEN CREATED ON THE MAIN CALL SIGN PAGE. THE CORES SYSTEM HAS A LINK TO RETURN YOU TO THE CALL SIGNS SYSTEM UPON COMPLETION.
- CLASS-A APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR PROCESSING.
NOTE: ONLY SUBMIT GRANTED CLASS-A APPLICATIONS.
- COAST GUARD VESSELL INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON QUERY SCREEN
- PERMITTEE SCREEN HAS BEEN MODIFIED FOR THE USER TO ENTER ONLY THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT NUMBER AND SERVICE. PREFIX IS NOT REQUIRED.
- FM LOW POWER CALL SIGNS CAN BE OBTAINED VIA THIS SYSTEM. UPON GRANT OF THE LOW POWER FM CONSTRUCTION PERMIT, THE PERMITTEE CAN REQUEST A FOUR LETTER CALL SIGN WITH THE SUFFIX OF HYPHEN -LP -- EXAMPLE: (WXXX-LP). THIS INITIAL REQUEST SHOULD BE LISTED WITH THE SERVICE TYPE OF 'FL'.