[grc] FCC Will Sunset CDBS Filing System Today At 5pm.

[Tom Voorhees]

FYI,  -Tom 

http://www.insideradio.com/free/fcc-will-sunset-cdbs-filing-system-today-at-5pm/article_d152c758-7378-11ec-97f0-3f26a360b5a6.html

 FCC WILL SUNSET CDBS FILING SYSTEM TODAY AT 5PM.

The Consolidated Data Base System, or CDBS, the online filing system
used by broadcasters to submit forms and applications to the Federal
Communications Commission for decades, is coming to an end. In a Public
Notice issued Tuesday, the Media Bureau said it would no longer accept
filings in the CDBS effective at 5pm EST on Wednesday, Jan. 12. "This
action is necessary due to pressing technical issues that prevent the
effective use of CDBS going forward and is intended to facilitate the
ongoing transition of all filings to the Licensing and Management System
(LMS) database," the agency said. 

The Commission has been transitioning broadcasters to the LMS since May
2019. The majority of Media Bureau applications and submissions have
already migrated from CDBS to LMS and they must continue to be submitted
via LMS, the notice says. 

The agency says it expects this will be a "permanent sunset" of the use
of CDBS for Media Bureau filings, as all those filings continue to
transition to LMS. 

Starting today at 5pm, Media Bureau filings that can't be submitted
using LMS must be emailed to audiofilings at fcc.gov. This includes
amendments to existing applications that were previously filed using
CDBS. In the case of filings using an FCC form, the Media Bureau says
the form should be submitted as a PDF attachment to the email.
Attachments in other formats won't be accepted for filing, it warns.
Informal filings, like requests for Special Temporary Authority or
Silent Station Notifications, submitted by letter can be submitted in
"pdf" or "Word" format. The subject line of the email should include the
nature of the submission, the call sign and facility ID of the station
(if any) and any relevant docket number or file number.

The Media Bureau says it will dismiss as "procedurally defective" any
applications that are required to be filed using LMS that are submitted
using the new email filing procedures outlined above. 

Here are the types of filings that the Media Bureau says will be
required to be submitted by email: 

 	* AM Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast
Station on Form 301
 	* AM Application for Construction Permit for Reserved Channel
Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Station on Form 340
 	* AM Applications for Broadcast Station License on Form 302
 	* Special Temporary Authority (STA) Engineering Requests and Extension
of Engineering STA Requests for all audio service stations
 	* Silent STA / Notification of Suspension/ Resumption of Operations /
Extension of Silent STA Requests for all audio service stations
 	* Change in official mailing address
 	* AM Digital Notification on Form 335-AM
 	* All-Digital AM Notification on Form 335-AM
 	* FM Digital Notification on Form 335-FM
 	* Amendments to pending applications previously submitted in CDBS
 	* Pleadings (Petitions to Deny, Informal Objections, Oppositions,
Replies, Supplements, Petitions for Reconsideration and Applications for
Review) concerning applications submitted through CDBS or using the
email procedures outlined in this Public Notice

More info about the LMS system and which filings are currently supported
by it can be found at the Media Bureau's LMS Help Center HERE [1]. The
Media Bureau says the public will continue to have access to CDBS for
public searches and CDBS data files.

  

Links:
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[1] https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/lms-help-center