Form 309 Instructions final

Form 309 Instructions

1. This form is to be used in applying for authority to construct a new International Broadcast Station or to make changes in an existing International Broadcast Station. This form consists of this part, Section I, and the following sections:

Section II, Legal Qualifications
Section lll, Financial Qualifications

Section IV, Statement of Program Service
Section V, Equal Employment Opportunity Program

Section VI, Engineering Data

2. The name of the applicant stated herein shall be the exact corporate name, if a corporation; if a partnership, the names of all partners and the name under which the partnership does business; if an unincorporated association, the name of an executive officer, their office, and the name of the association.

3. This application shall be personally signed by the applicant, if the applicant is an individual; by one of the partners, if the applicant is a partnership; by an officer, if the applicant is a corporation, by a member who is an officer, if the applicant is an unincorporated association; by such duly elected or appointed officials as may be competent to do so under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction, if the applicant is an eligible government entity; or by the applicant's attorney in case of the applicant's physical disability or of his/her absence from the United States. [The attorney shall, in the event he or she signs for the applicant, separately set forth the reason why the application is not signed by the applicant. In addition, if "any matter is stated on the basis of the attorney's belief only {rather than knowledge), he or she shall separately set forth reasons for believing that such statements are true.]

4. Before filling out this application, the applicant should familiarize themself with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, Parts 1, 2, and 73 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, and the International and Telecommunication Union's Radio Regulations, as appropriate.