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TYPICALLY TAKES APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS FROM THE TIME A VANITY
APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED UNTIL A CALL SIGN IS ISSUED.  THE CURRENT VANITY
CALL SIGN FEE IS 21R90 FOR THE 10 YEAR LICENSE TERM.  SOME INFORMATION
COURTESY OF FRED MAIA, W5YI TATE, COPPS SWORN IN AS FCC MEMBERS REPUBLICAN
DEBORAH T. TATE AND DEMOCRAT MICHAEL J. COPPS WERE SWORN IN JANUARY 3 BY
FCC CHAIRMAN KEVIN J.  MARTIN AS MEMBERS OF THE FCC.  BUT THE COMMISSION
STILL REMAINED ONE MEMBER SHY AT PRESS TIME.  TATE WILL COMPLETE THE TERM
OF FORMER FCC CHAIRMAN MICHAEL K. POWELL, WHO DEPARTED THE COMMISSION LAST
MARCH.  THAT TERM ENDS JUNE 30, 2007.  COPPS, AN FCC MEMBER SINCE 2001, IS
BEGINNING A SECOND TERM THAT WILL RUN THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010.  BEFORE
JOINING THE FCC, TATE WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE TENNESSEE REGULATORY AUTHORITY,
WHICH SHE CHAIRED IN 2003 AND 2004.  EARLIER IN HER CAREER, TATE WAS AN
ATTORNEY AND SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR TO TWO TENNESSEE GOVERNORS.  ON JANUARY
13, HER FCC COLLEAGUES VOTED TO APPOINT TATE TO BOTH SERVE ON AND ACT AS
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N7YOQ N8LJM KB8WFH K9LO W0CJV K0RTB W5JYJ KC5YED KE6OEJ K7DLD KC7PMU NH7YS
W8LKU N8WL K9LOV WB0CNK AE0S KD5KA N5YK KZ6O N7DRM NE7P AB7YU WA8LLM W8WN
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