---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.88"
title: "47"
number: "1.88"
heading: "Predesignation pleading procedure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.88"
---

# §1.88. Predesignation pleading procedure.


In cases where an investigation is being conducted by the Commission in connection with the operation of a broadcast station or a pending application for renewal of a broadcast license, the licensee may file a written statement to the Commission setting forth its views regarding the matters under investigation; the staff, in its discretion, may in writing, advise such licensee of the general nature of the investigation, and advise the licensee of its opportunity to submit such a statement to the staff. Any filing by the licensee will be forwarded to the Commission in conjunction with any staff memorandum recommending that the Commission take action as a result of the invesigation. Nothing in this rule shall supersede the application of our ex parte rules to situations described in [§ 1.1203](/cfr/47/1.1203.md) of these rules.


## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 65597, Oct. 3, 1980]

### Source

Source: 28 FR 12415, Nov. 22, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 65597, Oct. 3, 1980]