If a member of my MX (Mutually Exclusive) group is located more than 24 kilometers away, can I enter into a time-sharing agreement with them, requesting 24 hours of airtime for both stations while still aggregating our points?

This is indeed possible and has been successfully executed. However, for the time-sharing agreement between “A” and “C” to be valid, it must specify non-overlapping schedules. After your time-share proposal is approved, and the other applicants are subsequently dismissed, you’ll need to await the finalization of those dismissals.

In other words, the dismissed applicants have a window of up to 30 days to file a Petition for Reconsideration. Once this 30-day period has elapsed, you can proceed to request a full-time schedule through a Modification of Licensed Facility. It’s essential to note that the 30-day countdown begins with the publication of the dismissals in the public notice, which typically occurs a few days after the actual dismissal.

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