FLAG Service

Time is of the essence when tracking FCC actions, yet it can be extremely time consuming to manually search the FCC's CDBS database to find specific information.

FLAG is a comprehensive service for monitoring a station or any geographical areas of interest. It automates a search of records on the FCC website and ensures that subscribers are up-to-date on all recent FCC activities by delivering key information and analysis directly to you.

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With FLAG, you can track market activities and protect your station with strategic reports from BIA's FLAG Service. Customers can automatically monitor important issues such as:

• Identifying opportunities for facility and signal improvement.

• Tracking activities of competitive in-market stations.

• Identifying potential allocation conflicts and evaluating changes.

• Tracking city of license changes.

Comprehensive Tracking of FCC Actions

As the broadcast industry continues its digital transition, FLAG provides up-to-the-moment notification on station conversions.

FLAG initiates an alert any time an FCC release mentions your station's call letters or pertains to any place within 60 miles of the flagged geographic site (city of license). The report evaluates each change and warns of any potential allocation conflicts.

FLAG operates by reviewing all FCC Public Notice releases daily and evaluating each of the following items:

• AM

• FM

• TV

• LPTV/Translator

• CATV

• BCST

• AUX

• EBS/BRS

• Wireless Cable

The service also checks spacing criteria and educational proposals near commercial operation and uses interference and allocation criteria in the analyses to determine potential conflicts.

FLAG isolates items of competitive and commercial interest and items that could potentially interfere or present an allocation problem with a particular broadcast facility. For items outside 60 miles, FLAG evaluates FCC separation requirements and notifies subscribers of any item of conflict

Once FLAG has evaluated each change, the service sends a comprehensive email report that warns of any potential allocation conflicts. By reporting all activities in one report, an entire market can be tracked as a consolidated entity. Services or items of non-interest can be removed for a truly concise report.

Setting up FLAG Service

FLAG is a web-based service, making it very easy for subscribers to monitor an unlimited number of geographic sites, such as:

• Entire states

• Specific FCC release types or release items

FLAG Service offers a web-based user interface that allows subscribers to create, modify, and delete:

• Monitored Items

• Action/Service types (grant/dismiss, PRM, etc.) to monitor

• Limit or Extend Reporting Radius

• Safety zone for allocation / interference potential checks

With FLAG, you will be thoroughly informed of FCC activities that affect you, putting you ahead of the curve in this complex world.

To start using FLAG, please submit the form below. You may also contact us at 800.331.5086  or email info@bia.com.