The Media Bureau recently announced that, effective January 3, 2012, the FCC will no longer accept new Cable Special Relief and Cable Show Cause petitions filed on paper.  These petitions must now be submitted electronically through the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System,http://www.fcc.gov/ecfs, in MB Docket No. 12-1. 

Upon review and acceptance of each petition, the Media Bureau will place the petition on public notice, assign a CSR or CSC number to the petition, and assign a new docket number for parties to file comments or oppositions. 

Anyone may search for petitions electronically filed in MB Docket No. 12-1.  Once the Media Bureau puts a petition on public notice, the petition can be found using the newly assigned docket number or CSR or CSC number. 

If you have questions about new electronic filing requirements, please contact Scott Friedman at (312) 372-3930 or via email at sfriedman@cm-chi.com.