Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested, 39936-39937 [2010-16983]

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39936-39937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16983]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested

July 7, 2010.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 - 3520. Comments are 
requested concerning: (a) whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways 
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on the respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, and (e) 
ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small 
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
    The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be 
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of 
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not 
display a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before September 13, 2010. If you anticipate that you 
will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within 
the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC 
contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 
Management and Budget, via fax at 202-395-5167 or via email to 
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to the Federal Communications 
Commission via email to PRA@fcc.gov and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Williams on (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0466.
    Title: Station Identification, Sections 73.1201, 74.783 and 
74.1283.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 4,200 respondents; 4,200 
responses
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes to 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party 
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits - Statutory 
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 
154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 6,566 hours
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality 
required with this collection of information.
    Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements covered 
under OMB control number 3060-0466 are as follows:
    47 CFR Section 73.1201(a) requires television broadcast licensees 
to make broadcast station identification announcements at the beginning 
and ending of each time of operation, and hourly, as close to the hour 
as feasible, at a natural break in program offerings. Television and 
Class A television broadcast stations may make these announcements 
visually or aurally.
    47 CFR Section 74.783(b) requires licensees of television 
translators whose station identification is made by the television 
station whose signals are being rebroadcast by the translator, must 
secure agreement with this television station licensee to keep in its 
file, and available to FCC personnel, the translator's call letters and 
location, giving the name, address and telephone number of the licensee 
or his service representative to be contacted in the event of 
malfunction of the translator. It shall be the responsibility of the 
translator licensee to furnish current information to the television 
station licensee for this purpose.

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    47 CFR Section 73.1201(b)(1) requires that the official station 
identification consist of the station's call letters immediately 
followed by the community or communities specified in its license as 
the station's location. The name of the licensee, the station's 
frequency, the station's channel number, as stated on the station's 
license, and/or the station's network affiliation may be inserted 
between the call letters and station location. Digital Television (DTV) 
stations, or DAB Stations, choosing to include the station's channel 
number in the station identification must use the station's major 
channel number and may distinguish multicast program streams. For 
example, a DTV station with major channel number 26 may use 26.1 to 
identify a High Definition Television (HDTV) program service and 26.2 
to identify a Standard Definition Television (SDTV) program service. A 
radio station operating in DAB hybrid mode or extended hybrid mode 
shall identify its digital signal, including any free multicast audio 
programming streams, in a manner that appropriately alerts its audience 
to the fact that it is listening to a digital audio broadcast. No other 
insertion between the station's call letters and the community or 
communities specified in its license is permissible. A station may 
include in its official station identification the name of any 
additional community or communities, but the community to which the 
station is licensed must be named first.
    47 CFR Section 74.783(e) permits low power TV permittees or 
licensees to request to be assigned four-letter call signs in lieu of 
the five-character alpha-numeric call signs.
    47 CFR Section 74.1283(c)(1) requires a FM translator station 
licensee whose identification is made by the primary station must 
arrange for the primary station licensee to furnish the translator's 
call letters and location (name, address, and telephone number of the 
licensee or service representative) to the FCC. The licensee must keep 
this information in the primary station's files.


Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary,
Office of the Secretary,
Office of Managing Director.

[FR Doc. 2010-16983 Filed 7-12-10; 8:45 am]
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