Attachment Petition

This document pretains to SES-RWL-20181011-03212 for Renewal on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Receive-Only Earth Station E030201 Kansas City, MO Petition for Reinstatement October 2018 PETITION FOR REINSTATEMENT The Curators of the University of Missouri (the “licensee”) hereby respectfully submits this petition pursuant to 47 C.F.R. § 25.163(a) for reinstatement and renewal of its registration for domestic receive-only earth station E030201. Due to an inadvertent oversight, registration for this station expired on September 15, 2018. Granting of this petition to reinstate the license will serve the public interest, convenience and necessity because this earth station is vital for the distribution of public programming over the licensee’s system and its registration lapse was a one-time unintended error. A. Public Interest The licensee respectfully submits to the Commission that renewal and reinstatement of this station will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity because of the programming it offers its community and its consistent operational record. This station is an important component of the University of Missouri’s radio broadcast system. In particular, this earth station is vital to the distribution of KCUR-FM (Fac. ID: 14738, Kansas City, MO), which is the primary National Public Radio station in the Kansas City metropolitan area, broadcasting across large portions of Missouri and Kansas. Further, KCUR operates pursuant to the highest levels of broadcast and engineering practices, and has consistently served the public with content of local, national, and international importance. Despite its late-filed renewal, the continued operation of this earth station is in the public interest. B. Inadvertent Error Registration for station E030201 was granted on October 30, 2003. The due date for the station’s renewal application was inadvertently calendared for October 2018 to reflect a fifteen- year term to begin on the station’s grant date. In fact, the station’s term expired on the anniversary of its registration’s filing date. Upon discovery of the expired registration, the licensee immediately filed this application and petition. The licensee regrets this error and respectfully submits to the Commission that this oversight does not reflect the general operating practices of the licensee. C. Procedures to Ensure Timely Filing in the Future This renewal mishap is a one-time error and the licensee has established clear and efficient procedures so that such lapses do not occur in the future. The licensee currently and will continue to regularly monitor the status of its authorizations and, if granted, will calendar this renewal for the appropriate time, allowing for extra time to prepare and file the next term’s renewal application. For these reasons, the licensee respectfully submits that reinstatement of this station authorization would best serve the public interest, convenience and necessity. 4832-9563-4550.v1


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