We will be working on numerous bugs reported on myLPFM 2.0. This includes reports of missing contour maps, nonfunctional census information and false positives in results.
ETU: Sunday 9PM ET.
6/21/2020 1443 EDT
Determined and cleared the issue that was causing the false positive result. The Channel Search was not properly handling some LMS applications.
Determined and cleared the issue that was causing the lack of contour maps.
J1 uses Twitter to obtain service status information for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority trains, Metrolink and some Japanese private railways. After a 6 day outage, we have redesigned the interface to Twitter using their most recent API and we have resumed travel information on J1 and the (new) J1 Mobile App.
Twitter updates will be retrieved once per minute, 24 hours a day.
Metro and Metrolink updates will take place once per minute, 24 hours a day.
Japan updates will take place on the following schedule:
A new "Daily Releases" section has been added to FCC.today. It will only be on the desktop version and will be located between Broadcast Applications and Broadcast Actions.
Daily Releases will track all of the new documents released by the FCC (from all Bureaus, not just Media) in order to provide a "first view" into newly released decisions and documents.
Clicking the news item will open a new browser tab and take you to that item at FCC.gov.
Releases made within the past 30 minutes will display with a yellow background.
Put in several modifications to the display and handling of LMS LPFM records that have extremely low powers and bring them back up to what they should be.
Fixed a bug in the display of FM maps on LMS FM records where an amendment was filed.
We note that there may still be some issues with LMS FM maps, especially for LPFM stations. We will try to fix those on the weekend.
Last weekend, we had converted contours for FM Translator stations from using the FCC contour file to the system doing a calculation of HAAT and determination of contours. This was due to the fact that the FCC contour file had a considerable number of inaccuracies, especially with the applications filed through LMS post September 25, 2019. This past weekend, we have extended that functionality to include full-service FM, LPFM and FM booster stations.
Due to the decaying reliability of the contours provided by the FCC on their flat files, we are moving to generating our own contours that will be used in the display of maps in FCCdata.
Renewal Status Tool
The REC Renewal Status tool has been updated to interface with the data used to drive FCC.today. This means that prior to giving a result based on LMS data, the REC LMSBOT real-time data will be used to determine if a grant happened since the last LMS raw data update. If it has, the tool will display the grant and provide a link to the authorization.
Renewal Delays and Dismissals
myLPFM 2.0
Removed requirement to protect FM boosters. There is technically nothing in the rules that requires it and it does mess up LPFM facilities that have boosters.
Put some fixes in that will retain the geographic location on the entry screen if the facility entered has multiple active applications.
Tool will now display a notice in the results when the same channel as the current LPFM station is displayed.
Other minor cosmetic fixes from last weekend's refresh project.
REC has created a new tool for LPFM stations to update the listing that appears on LPFM.us, the Official National LPFM Station Directory, presented by REC Networks.
Within the tool, users will be able to update the following fields:
This project is updating the various applications that are hosted off of the recnet.com infrastructure. Many of these changes are cosmetic and are intended to improve display on small screen mobile devices. One tool has been discontinued. Other changes may be made if needed. REC has updated the following applications:
Updated page style. Added message warning about the tool's use in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands due to possible issues with REC's NADCON table in this area.
Installed and configured new website theme for main recnet.com site. New theme is cleaner, has more functionality including top pull down menus.
Some apps served off of the recnet.com website may be modified mainly for cosmeting changes to work with the new theme.
These changes may take place over time and not be reported here.
For the second day in a row, we have received a nearly blank ZIP file from the FCC. We are in the process of replacing with a vintage ZIP file from 2/26/2020. This will represent all FM engineering (except STAs) but there will be gap in CDBS filings for about a 2 month period until the issue with CDBS data is resolved.
ETU for vintage data build, approximately 11:30 AM ET 4/30.
5/1/20 load was normal.
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