MX LPFM applicants in the western USA should be prepared for the upcoming Public Notice that will announce the scores, tentative selectees and the window openings for settlement agreements and objections.  

The document is currently in "circulation" meaning that it is being reviewed by the full Commission for approval.  Any decisions that involve points in MX situations must go through the full Commission.  

On the day the Public Notice is released, day 1 of the windows will open the next day. 

On Thursday at the annual National Federation of Community Broadcasters conference in Reston, VA, an LPFM workshop was hosted by communications attorney Michael Couzens and featured guests from the FCC including Audio Division Chief Peter Doyle, Assistant Chief James Bradshaw and Staff Attorney Parul Desai.  

I am satisfied with today's FCC action regarding the Cesar Guel-assisted applications. While a determination of lack of candor and/or misrepresentation has not been determined, I do hope that the outcome of the investigation is in the public interest, convenience and necessity.

Over the past few months, I have been approached by churches who claim to be legitimate clients of Cesar Guel. I have offered to withdraw REC's informal objection against their applications if they can provide information that they are their own independent organization. Not one has done so yet. REC's offer still stands.

Today, the FCC has dismissed 14 LPFM applications that were prepared by Hispanic Christian Community Network headed by Antonio Cesar Guel. These applications were the subject of a Letter of Inquiry by the FCC back in February.

In the original Letter of Inquiry, the FCC seeked additional information about the parties to the application, site assurances and how the applications were prepared to determine if there was misrepresentation and/or lack of candor in the applications.

On December 2, 2013, the advocacy side of REC Networks had filed an Informal Objection against 249 LPFM applications filed during the 2013 LPFM filing window showing Antonio Cesar Guel of HCCN as the preparer. In that informal objection, REC alleges that because of similarities between all 249 applications, that there are concerns over whether the applications are for legitimate organizations.