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Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection of
information is contained in the
Telecommunications Act of 1996,
Public Law 104–104, Sections 301 and
302, 110 Stat. 56, 114–124.
Total Annual Burden: 210 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.952 states
that all cable operators must provide to
the subscribers on monthly bills the
name, mailing address and phone
number of the franchising authority,
unless the franchising authority in
writing requests that the cable operator
omits such information. The cable
operator must also provide subscribers
with the FCC community unit identifier
for the cable system in their
communities.
47 CFR 76.990(b)(1) requires that a
small cable operator may certify in
writing to its franchise authority at any
time that it meets all criteria necessary
to qualify as a small operator. Upon
request of the local franchising
authority, the operator shall identify in
writing all of its affiliates that provide
cable service, the total subscriber base of
itself and each affiliate, and the
aggregate gross revenues of its cable and
non-cable affiliates. Within 90 days of
receiving the original certification, the
local franchising authority shall
determine whether the operator
qualifies for deregulation and shall
notify the operator in writing of its
decision, although this 90-day period
shall be tolled for so long as it takes the
operator to respond to a proper request
for information by the local franchising
authority. An operator may appeal to
the Commission a local franchise
authority’s information request if the
operator seeks to challenge the
information request as unduly or
unreasonably burdensome. If the local
franchising authority finds that the
operator does not qualify for
deregulation, its notice shall state the
grounds for that decision. The operator
may appeal the local franchising
authority’s decision to the Commission
within 30 days.
47 CFR 76.990(b)(3) requires that
within 30 days of being served with a
local franchising authority’s notice that
the local franchising authority intends
to file a cable programming services tier
rate complaint, an operator may certify
to the local franchising authority that it
meets the criteria for qualification as a
small cable operator. This certification
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shall be filed in accordance with the
cable programming services rate
complaint procedure set forth in
§ 76.1402. Absent a cable programming
services rate complaint, the operator
may request a declaration of CPST rate
deregulation from the Commission
pursuant to § 76.7.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
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Notice of Public Information
Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission,
Comments Requested
April 7, 2011.
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 June 17, 2011. If
you anticipate that you will be
submitting PRA comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
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time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the FCC contact listed below as
soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov
and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Cathy
Williams on (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0214.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527,
Local Public Inspection Files; Sections
76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondent and
Responses: 52,285 respondents; 52,285
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5–
109 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain benefits. The 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: 1,831,706.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information
collection requirements that are apart of
this collection and are being extended
by the Commission are as follows:
47 CFR 73.3526(a) and 73.3527(a)
require that licensees and permittees of
commercial and noncommercial
educational (NCE) broadcast stations
maintain a local public inspection file.
The contents of the file vary according
to type of service and status. A separate
file shall be maintained for each station
for which an application is pending or
for which an authorization is
outstanding. The public inspection file
must be maintained so long as an
authorization to operate the station is
outstanding.
47 CFR 73.3526(b) and 73.3527(b)
require that the public inspection file be
maintained at the main studio of the
station. An applicant for a new station
or change of community shall maintain
its file at an accessible place in the
proposed community of license or at its
proposed main studio.
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47 CFR 73.3526(c) and 73.3527(c)
require the licensee/permittee to make
the file available for public inspection at
any time during regular business hours.
All or part of this file may be
maintained in a computer database as
long as a computer terminal is made
available to members of the public.
Materials in the public file must be
made available for review, printing or
reproduction upon request.
Licensees that maintain their main
studios and public file outside their
communities of license are required to
mail a copy of ‘‘The Public and
Broadcasting’’ to anyone requesting a
copy. Licensees shall be prepared to
assist members of the public in
identifying the documents they may
want to be sent to them by mail.
47 CFR 73.3526(d) and 73.3527(d)
require an assignor to maintain the
public inspection file until such time as
the assignment is consummated. At that
time, the assignee is required to
maintain the file.
Under rule sections 47 CFR 73.3526(e)
and 73.3527(e) the contents of the
public inspection files are specified.
The documents to be retained in the
public inspection files are as follows:
(a) A copy of the current FCC
authorization to construct or operate the
station, as well as any other documents
necessary to reflect any modifications
thereto or any conditions that the FCC
has placed on the authorization;
(b) A copy of any application
tendered for filing with the FCC,
together with all related material, and
copies of Initial Decision and Final
Decisions in hearing cases. If petitions
to deny are filed against the application,
a statement that such a petition has been
filed shall be maintained in the file
together with the name and address of
the party filing the petition;
(c) For commercial broadcast stations,
a copy of every written citizen
agreement;
(d) A copy of any service contour
maps, submitted with any application,
together with any other information in
the application showing service
contours and/or main studio and
transmitter location;
(e) A copy of the most recent,
complete Ownership Report (FCC Form
323) filed with the FCC for the station,
together with any statements filed with
the FCC certifying that the current
Report is accurate;
(f) A political file of records required
by 47 CFR 73.1943 concerning
broadcasts by candidates for public
office;
(g) An Equal Employment
Opportunity File required by 47 CFR
73.2080;
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(h) A copy of the most recent edition
of the manual entitled ‘‘The Public and
Broadcasting’’;
(i) For commercial broadcast stations,
all written comments and suggestions
(letters and electronic mail) received
from the public regarding operation of
the station;
(j) Material having a substantial
bearing on a matter which is the subject
of an FCC investigation or complaint to
the FCC of which the applicant/
permittee/licensee has been advised;
(k) For commercial radio and TV
broadcast stations and non-exempt NCE
broadcast stations, a list of programs
that have provided the station’s most
significant treatment of community
issues. This list is kept on a quarterly
basis and contains a brief description of
how each issue was treated;
For commercial TV broadcast stations,
records sufficient to permit
substantiation of the station’s
certification, in its license renewal
application, of compliance with the
commercial limits on children’s
television programming. The records
must be placed in the public file
quarterly. The FCC Form 398,
Children’s Television Programming
Reports, reflecting efforts made by the
licensee during the preceding quarter,
and efforts planned for the next quarter,
to serve the educational and
informational needs of children must be
placed in the public file quarterly;
(l) For Commercial radio stations, a
list of community issues addressed by
the station’s programming. This list is
kept on a quarterly basis and contains
a brief description of how each issue
was treated;
(m) For NCE stations, a list of donors
supporting specific programs. The list is
to be retained for two years from the
date of the broadcast of the specific
program supported, and will be reserved
for sponsors/underwriters of specific
programming;
(n) Each applicant for renewal of
license shall place in the public file a
statement certifying compliance with
the pre-filing and post-filing local
public notice announcements. These
statements shall be placed in the public
file within 7 days of the last day of
broadcast;
(o) Commercial radio and TV
licensees who provide programming to
another licensee’s station, pursuant to
time brokerage agreements, are required
to keep copies of those agreements in
their public inspection files, with
confidential information blocked out
where appropriate; and
(p) Commercial TV stations must
make an election between
retransmission consent and must-carry
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status once every three years. Television
stations that fail to make an election
will be deemed to have elected mustcarry status. This statement must be
placed in the station’s public inspection
file. This rule codifies Section
325(b)(3)(B) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended.
(q) NCE television stations requesting
mandatory carriage on any cable system
pursuant to 47 CFR 76.56 shall place in
its public file the request and relevant
correspondence.
(r) Commercial radio and TV licensees
who have entered into joint sales
agreements must place the agreements
in the public inspection file, with
confidential and propriety information
blocked out where appropriate.
47 CFR 73.3526(e)(11)(iv) and
73.3527(e)(13) contain recordkeeping
requirements for both full-power
commercial (see § 73.3526(e)(11)(iv))
and noncommercial educational (‘‘NCE’’)
(see § 73.3527(e)(13)) TV broadcast
stations (both analog and digital) for the
contents of their public inspection files.
Stations must retain in their public
inspection file a copy of their FCC Form
388—DTV Consumer Education
Quarterly Activity Report on a quarterly
basis. The Report for each quarter is to
be placed in the public inspection file
by the tenth day of the succeeding
calendar quarter. These Reports shall be
retained in the public inspection file for
one year. Broadcasters must publicize in
an appropriate manner the existence
and location of these Reports.
47 CFR 76.1701 and 73.1943 require
every cable television system and
licensees of broadcast stations to keep
and permit public inspection of a
complete record (political file) of all
requests for cablecast time made by or
on behalf of candidates for public office,
together with an appropriate notation
showing the disposition made by the
system of such requests, and the charges
made, if any, if the request is granted.
The disposition includes the schedule
of time purchased, when the spots
actually aired, the rates charged, and the
classes of time purchased. Also, when
free time is provided for use by or on
behalf of candidates, a record of the free
time provided is to be placed in the
political file as soon as possible and
maintained for a period of two years. 47
CFR 76.1701 also requires that, when an
entity sponsors origination cablecasting
material that concerns a political matter
or a discussion of a controversial issue
of public importance, a list must be
maintained in the public file of the
system that includes the sponsoring
entity’s chief executive officers, or
members of its executive committee or
of its board of directors.
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December 7, 2012, or when the Committee is
terminated, whichever is earlier.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011–9251 Filed 4–15–11; 8:45 am]
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[DA 10–2318 and DA 11–55]
Emergency Access Advisory
Committee; Announcement of
Establishment, and of Members and
Co-Chairpersons, and Announcement
of Date of First Meeting
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
The Federal Communication
Commission published a document in
the Federal Register on December 15,
2010 (75 FR 78244), announcing the
establishment of the Emergency Access
Advisory Committee (hereinafter ‘‘the
Committee’’ or ‘‘EAAC’’) pursuant to The
Twenty-First Century Communications
and Video Accessibility Act (‘‘CVAA’’),
the date of the first meeting, and further
announced the membership of the
Committee. The Notice contained
incorrect and/or omitted names of
members or their affiliations and did not
designate alternates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl King, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission, 202–
418–2284 (voice), 202–418–0416 (TTY),
or Cheryl.King@fcc.gov (e-mail).
Correction
In the Federal Register of December
15, 2010, in FR Doc. 2010–31513, on
page 78244, column 2, correct the last
paragraph of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION caption to read:
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SUMMARY:
The Chairman of the Commission is
appointing thirty-four (34) members of the
EAAC. Of this number, eleven (11) represent
interests of persons with disabilities and
researchers; seven (7) represent interests of
communication service providers; six (6)
represent interests of State and local
emergency responders and emergency subject
matter technologies; three (3) represent
venders, developers and manufacturers of
systems, facilities and equipment; four(4)
represent Federal agencies; and three (3)
represent industry organizations. The
EAAC’s membership is designed to be
representative of the Commission’s many
constituencies, and the diversity achieved
ensures a balance among individuals with
disabilities and other stakeholders, as
required by the CVAA. All appointments are
effective immediately and shall terminate
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On page 78244, column 3, paragraph
2 and continuing on page 78245,
column 1, paragraph 1, correct the list
of appointed members of the EAAC to
read:
The membership of the EAAC,
designated by organization or affiliation
as appropriate, is as follows:
• American Foundation for the
Blind—Brad Hodges
• AT&T—Brian Daly, alternate Peter
Musgrove
• Avaya Labs—Paul Michaelis,
alternate Mark Fletcher
• Center for Public Safety Innovation/
National Terrorism Preparedness
Institute—Christopher Littlewood
• City of Los Angeles Department on
Disability and National Emergency
Number Association’s Accessibility
Committee—Richard Ray
• Comcast Cable—Angel Arocho
• Communication Service for the
Deaf—Alfred Sonnenstrahl
• CTIA, The Wireless Association—
Matthew Gerst
• Fairfax County Emergency
Management—Bruce McFarlane
• Gallaudet University—Norman
Williams
• Hearing, Speech & Deafness
Center—Donna Platt
• Intrado, Inc.—John Snapp
• Livingston Parrish (Louisiana)
Communication District 911—Ronnie
Cotton
• Microsoft—Bernard Aboba,
alternate Laura Ruby
• National Association of the Deaf,
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.
and NorCal Center for Deaf and Hard of
Hearing—Sheri A. Farinha, alternate
Claude Stout
• Omnitor—Gunnar Hellstrom
• Partners for Access, LLC—Joel Ziev
• Purple Communications—Mark
Stern
• RealTime Text Task Force (R3TF)—
Arnoud van Wijk
• Research in Motion (RIM)—Gregory
Fields
• Speech Communication Assistance
for the Telephone, Inc.—Rebecca Ladew
• TeleCommunications Systems,
Inc.—Don Mitchell
• Telecommunications Industry
Association and the Mobile
Manufacturers Forum—David J. Dzumba
• Time Warner Cable
Communications—Martha (Marte)
Kinder
• T–Mobile, 911 Policy—Jim Nixon
• Trace R&D Center, University of
Wisconsin (IT&Tel-RERC)—Gregg
Vanderheiden
• U.S. Department of Commerce,
NIST—Douglas Montgomery
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• U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency
Management Agency—Marcie Roth
• U. S. Department of Justice, Civil
Rights Division/DRS—Robert Mather
• U. S. Department of Transportation,
NHTSA—Laurie Flaherty
• Verizon Communications—Kevin
Green, alternate Susan Sherwood
• Vonage Holding Corp.—Brendan
Kasper
• Washington Parish, LA
Communications District—James
Coleman
Dated: April 8, 2011.
Federal Communications Commission.
Karen Peltz Strauss,
Deputy Chief, Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau.
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Twenty-First Century Communications
and Video Programming Accessibility
Act; Announcement of Town Hall
Meeting
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission announces that it held a
Town Hall meeting on The Twenty-First
Century Communications and Video
Programming Accessibility Act (the Act
or CVAA) hosted by the California State
University at Northridge (CSUN). The
Town Hall meeting provided an
orientation to the Act, and discussed the
advanced communications and video
programming changes required by the
Act.
SUMMARY:
The Town Hall meeting was held
on Thursday, March 17th, 2011 from
9:20 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The Manchester Grand
Hyatt Hotel, One Market Place, Room
H–I, San Diego, CA 92101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam
Gregory, Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau, 202–418–2498 (voice),
202–418–1169 (TTY), or
Pam.Gregory@fcc.gov (e-mail); or Jamal
Mazrui, Wireline Competition Bureau,
202–418–0069, Jamal.Mazrui@fcc.gov
(e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 8, 2010, President Obama
signed The Twenty-First Century
Communications and Video
Programming Accessibility Act, Public
DATES:
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the
Federal Communications Commission, Comments Requested
April 7, 2011.
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 June 17, 2011. 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 the Federal Communications
Commission via e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov and Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact
Cathy Williams on (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060-0214.
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection Files;
Sections 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondent and Responses: 52,285 respondents; 52,285
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.5-109 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. The 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: 1,831,706.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements that are
apart of this collection and are being extended by the Commission are
as follows:
47 CFR 73.3526(a) and 73.3527(a) require that licensees and
permittees of commercial and noncommercial educational (NCE) broadcast
stations maintain a local public inspection file. The contents of the
file vary according to type of service and status. A separate file
shall be maintained for each station for which an application is
pending or for which an authorization is outstanding. The public
inspection file must be maintained so long as an authorization to
operate the station is outstanding.
47 CFR 73.3526(b) and 73.3527(b) require that the public inspection
file be maintained at the main studio of the station. An applicant for
a new station or change of community shall maintain its file at an
accessible place in the proposed community of license or at its
proposed main studio.
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47 CFR 73.3526(c) and 73.3527(c) require the licensee/permittee to
make the file available for public inspection at any time during
regular business hours. All or part of this file may be maintained in a
computer database as long as a computer terminal is made available to
members of the public. Materials in the public file must be made
available for review, printing or reproduction upon request.
Licensees that maintain their main studios and public file outside
their communities of license are required to mail a copy of ``The
Public and Broadcasting'' to anyone requesting a copy. Licensees shall
be prepared to assist members of the public in identifying the
documents they may want to be sent to them by mail.
47 CFR 73.3526(d) and 73.3527(d) require an assignor to maintain
the public inspection file until such time as the assignment is
consummated. At that time, the assignee is required to maintain the
file.
Under rule sections 47 CFR 73.3526(e) and 73.3527(e) the contents
of the public inspection files are specified. The documents to be
retained in the public inspection files are as follows:
(a) A copy of the current FCC authorization to construct or operate
the station, as well as any other documents necessary to reflect any
modifications thereto or any conditions that the FCC has placed on the
authorization;
(b) A copy of any application tendered for filing with the FCC,
together with all related material, and copies of Initial Decision and
Final Decisions in hearing cases. If petitions to deny are filed
against the application, a statement that such a petition has been
filed shall be maintained in the file together with the name and
address of the party filing the petition;
(c) For commercial broadcast stations, a copy of every written
citizen agreement;
(d) A copy of any service contour maps, submitted with any
application, together with any other information in the application
showing service contours and/or main studio and transmitter location;
(e) A copy of the most recent, complete Ownership Report (FCC Form
323) filed with the FCC for the station, together with any statements
filed with the FCC certifying that the current Report is accurate;
(f) A political file of records required by 47 CFR 73.1943
concerning broadcasts by candidates for public office;
(g) An Equal Employment Opportunity File required by 47 CFR
73.2080;
(h) A copy of the most recent edition of the manual entitled ``The
Public and Broadcasting'';
(i) For commercial broadcast stations, all written comments and
suggestions (letters and electronic mail) received from the public
regarding operation of the station;
(j) Material having a substantial bearing on a matter which is the
subject of an FCC investigation or complaint to the FCC of which the
applicant/permittee/licensee has been advised;
(k) For commercial radio and TV broadcast stations and non-exempt
NCE broadcast stations, a list of programs that have provided the
station's most significant treatment of community issues. This list is
kept on a quarterly basis and contains a brief description of how each
issue was treated;
For commercial TV broadcast stations, records sufficient to permit
substantiation of the station's certification, in its license renewal
application, of compliance with the commercial limits on children's
television programming. The records must be placed in the public file
quarterly. The FCC Form 398, Children's Television Programming Reports,
reflecting efforts made by the licensee during the preceding quarter,
and efforts planned for the next quarter, to serve the educational and
informational needs of children must be placed in the public file
quarterly;
(l) For Commercial radio stations, a list of community issues
addressed by the station's programming. This list is kept on a
quarterly basis and contains a brief description of how each issue was
treated;
(m) For NCE stations, a list of donors supporting specific
programs. The list is to be retained for two years from the date of the
broadcast of the specific program supported, and will be reserved for
sponsors/underwriters of specific programming;
(n) Each applicant for renewal of license shall place in the public
file a statement certifying compliance with the pre-filing and post-
filing local public notice announcements. These statements shall be
placed in the public file within 7 days of the last day of broadcast;
(o) Commercial radio and TV licensees who provide programming to
another licensee's station, pursuant to time brokerage agreements, are
required to keep copies of those agreements in their public inspection
files, with confidential information blocked out where appropriate; and
(p) Commercial TV stations must make an election between
retransmission consent and must-carry status once every three years.
Television stations that fail to make an election will be deemed to
have elected must-carry status. This statement must be placed in the
station's public inspection file. This rule codifies Section
325(b)(3)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
(q) NCE television stations requesting mandatory carriage on any
cable system pursuant to 47 CFR 76.56 shall place in its public file
the request and relevant correspondence.
(r) Commercial radio and TV licensees who have entered into joint
sales agreements must place the agreements in the public inspection
file, with confidential and propriety information blocked out where
appropriate.
47 CFR 73.3526(e)(11)(iv) and 73.3527(e)(13) contain recordkeeping
requirements for both full-power commercial (see Sec.
73.3526(e)(11)(iv)) and noncommercial educational (``NCE'') (see Sec.
73.3527(e)(13)) TV broadcast stations (both analog and digital) for the
contents of their public inspection files. Stations must retain in
their public inspection file a copy of their FCC Form 388--DTV Consumer
Education Quarterly Activity Report on a quarterly basis. The Report
for each quarter is to be placed in the public inspection file by the
tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter. These Reports shall be
retained in the public inspection file for one year. Broadcasters must
publicize in an appropriate manner the existence and location of these
Reports.
47 CFR 76.1701 and 73.1943 require every cable television system
and licensees of broadcast stations to keep and permit public
inspection of a complete record (political file) of all requests for
cablecast time made by or on behalf of candidates for public office,
together with an appropriate notation showing the disposition made by
the system of such requests, and the charges made, if any, if the
request is granted. The disposition includes the schedule of time
purchased, when the spots actually aired, the rates charged, and the
classes of time purchased. Also, when free time is provided for use by
or on behalf of candidates, a record of the free time provided is to be
placed in the political file as soon as possible and maintained for a
period of two years. 47 CFR 76.1701 also requires that, when an entity
sponsors origination cablecasting material that concerns a political
matter or a discussion of a controversial issue of public importance, a
list must be maintained in the public file of the system that includes
the sponsoring entity's chief executive officers, or members of its
executive committee or of its board of directors.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-9251 Filed 4-15-11; 8:45 am]
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