§  1.6002   Form and content.

   (a) The following format shall be used for complaints of this type:

   Before the Federal Communications Commission

   Washington, D.C. 20554

   In the Matter of Complainant,

   v.

   Defendant

   File No. (to be inserted by the staff)

   Complaint

   To: The Commission.

   The complainant (here insert the name, address, and call letters of the
   complaining television broadcast station) avers that: On (here insert
   the dates upon which the alleged transmission occurred), retransmission
   of the broadcast television station's signal was made by (insert here
   name and address of the satellite carrier) to (here insert the street
   address of at least one person in the local market of the station to
   whom the alleged retransmission was made). The complainant avers that
   (here insert a statement that the retransmission was not expressly
   authorized by the television broadcast station), and requests that the
   appropriate relief be granted by the Commission, as provided by the
   pertinent provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and
   the Commission's Rules.

   Date:

   (here insert the name and address of counsel for the complaining
   station).

   (b) A complaint lacking any of the foregoing information shall be
   dismissed by the FCC without prejudice to the complaining station.

   (c) Additional information may be provided, and, where applicable,
   should conform to the requirements set forth in § § 1.48 through 1.52
   of the Commission's rules.