Many of these new licensees have included among their offerings reprints of stories originally published by Western.
Radio stations, particularly new licensees, had been pushing for the change in hopes of cutting start-up and operating costs.
The auction is intended to bring profit back to the United States and new licensees.
The FCC is ordered to open proceedings for a new licensee.
Another measure would prohibit any of the new licensees from operating south of 96th Street in Manhattan.
Apple announced new licensees for its Newton hand-held computing system and plans to share the technology.
Without a new license, it would have had to retrofit its equipment within two years to allow the new licensees to operate.
The new licensee ran infomercials and other programming during the day.
Upon passing, the new licensee must place their license with an established real estate firm, managed by a broker.
They must take a hunting certification program, required of all new licensees unless they are licensed in another state.