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include verification of identity attesting
that the requesting individual is the
record’s subject (or his/her legal
guardian) or a notarized consent form
from the record’s subject; and (2) clearly
identifies the particular record(s).
Record(s) at issue must be described in
sufficient detail to enable EXIM Bank
staff to conduct a search for the
requested records.
CONTESTING OR AMENDING RECORD
PROCEDURES:
Individuals wishing to contest records
or to make an amendment of records
about them may do so by accessing
EXIM Bank’s Web page: https://
www.exim.gov/about/freedominformation-act/privacy-act-requests.
By email to foia@exim.gov or by U.S.
mail to: ‘‘PRIVACY ACT REQUEST’’,
Freedom of Information and Privacy
Office, 811 Vermont Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20571.
The procedures for requesting
amendment are to submit the request in
writing; including a description of the
information to be amended; reason for
amendment; type of amendment sought
and copies of available evidence
supporting the request.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Sources of information are generated
through employee resources and
obtained using one of three methods:
Manual entry, direct database
connection to supply the required
information, and through consumption
of source flat files imported using PL/
SQL procedural upload to the FPPS
database.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THIS SYSTEM:
None.
Kita L. Hall,
Program Specialist, Office of the General
Counsel.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
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Authority
Federal Communications
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ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
SUMMARY:
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required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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 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 OMB control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before July 3, 2017.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
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the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0185.
Title: Section 73.3613, Filing of
Contracts.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently collection.
Respondents: Business or other for
profit entities; not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 2,400 respondents and 2,400
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to
0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement; Recordkeeping
requirement; Third party disclosure
requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 975 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $135,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information
collections is contained in Section
154(i) and 303 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with
this information collection.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection contained in 47 CFR 73.3613
currently requires each licensee or
permittee of a commercial or
noncommercial AM, FM, TV or
International broadcast station shall file
with the FCC copies of the following
contracts, instruments, and documents
together with amendments,
supplements, and cancellations (with
the substance of oral contracts reported
in writing), within 30 days of execution
thereof:
(a) Network service: Network
affiliation contracts between stations
and networks will be reduced to writing
and filed as follows:
(1) All network affiliation contracts,
agreements, or understandings between
a TV broadcast or low power TV station
and a national network. For the
purposes of this paragraph the term
network means any person, entity, or
corporation which offers an
interconnected program service on a
regular basis for 15 or more hours per
week to at least 25 affiliated television
licensees in 10 or more states; and/or
any person, entity, or corporation
controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with such person,
entity, or corporation.
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(2) Each such filing on or after May 1,
1969, initially shall consist of a written
instrument containing all of the terms
and conditions of such contract,
agreement or understanding without
reference to any other paper or
document by incorporation or
otherwise. Subsequent filings may
simply set forth renewal, amendment or
change, as the case may be, of a
particular contract previously filed in
accordance herewith.
(3) The FCC shall also be notified of
the cancellation or termination of
network affiliations, contracts for which
are required to be filed by this section.
(b) Ownership or control: Contracts,
instruments or documents relating to
the present or future ownership or
control of the licensee or permittee or of
the licensee’s or permittee’s stock, rights
or interests therein, or relating to
changes in such ownership or control
shall include but are not limited to the
following:
(1) Articles of partnership,
association, and incorporation, and
changes in such instruments;
(2) Bylaws, and any instruments
effecting changes in such bylaws;
(3) Any agreement, document or
instrument providing for the assignment
of a license or permit, or affecting,
directly or indirectly, the ownership or
voting rights of the licensee’s or
permittee’s stock (common or preferred,
voting or nonvoting), such as:
(i) Agreements for transfer of stock;
(ii) Instruments for the issuance of
new stock; or
(iii) Agreements for the acquisition of
licensee’s or permittee’s stock by the
issuing licensee or permittee
corporation. Pledges, trust agreements,
options to purchase stock and other
executory agreements are required to be
filed. However, trust agreements or
abstracts thereof are not required to be
filed, unless requested specifically by
the FCC. Should the FCC request an
abstract of the trust agreement in lieu of
the trust agreement, the licensee or
permittee will submit the following
information concerning the trust:
(A) Name of trust;
(B) Duration of trust;
(C) Number of shares of stock owned;
(D) Name of beneficial owner of stock;
(E) Name of record owner of stock;
(F) Name of the party or parties who
have the power to vote or control the
vote of the shares; and
(G) Any conditions on the powers of
voting the stock or any unusual
characteristics of the trust.
(4) Proxies with respect to the
licensee’s or permittee’s stock running
for a period in excess of 1 year, and all
proxies, whether or not running for a
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period of 1 year, given without full and
detailed instructions binding the
nominee to act in a specified manner.
With respect to proxies given without
full and detailed instructions, a
statement showing the number of such
proxies, by whom given and received,
and the percentage of outstanding stock
represented by each proxy shall be
submitted by the licensee or permittee
within 30 days after the stockholders’
meeting in which the stock covered by
such proxies has been voted. However,
when the licensee or permittee is a
corporation having more than 50
stockholders, such complete
information need be filed only with
respect to proxies given by stockholders
who are officers or directors, or who
have 1% or more of the corporation’s
voting stock. When the licensee or
permittee is a corporation having more
than 50 stockholders and the
stockholders giving the proxies are not
officers or directors or do not hold 1%
or more of the corporation’s stock, the
only information required to be filed is
the name of any person voting 1% or
more of the stock by proxy, the number
of shares voted by proxy by such
person, and the total number of shares
voted at the particular stockholders’
meeting in which the shares were voted
by proxy.
(5) Mortgage or loan agreements
containing provisions restricting the
licensee’s or permittee’s freedom of
operation, such as those affecting voting
rights, specifying or limiting the amount
of dividends payable, the purchase of
new equipment, or the maintenance of
current assets.
(6) Any agreement reflecting a change
in the officers, directors or stockholders
of a corporation, other than the licensee
or permittee, having an interest, direct
or indirect, in the licensee or permittee
as specified by § 73.3615.
(7) Agreements providing for the
assignment of a license or permit or
agreements for the transfer of stock filed
in accordance with FCC application
Forms 314, 315, 316 need not be
resubmitted pursuant to the terms of
this rule provision.
(c) Personnel: (1) Management
consultant agreements with
independent contractors; contracts
relating to the utilization in a
management capacity of any person
other than an officer, director, or regular
employee of the licensee or permittee;
station management contracts with any
persons, whether or not officers,
directors, or regular employees, which
provide for both a percentage of profits
and a sharing in losses; or any similar
agreements.
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(2) The following contracts,
agreements, or understandings need not
be filed: Agreements with persons
regularly employed as general or station
managers or salesmen; contracts with
program managers or program
personnel; contracts with attorneys,
accountants or consulting radio
engineers; contracts with performers;
contracts with station representatives;
contracts with labor unions; or any
similar agreements.
(d)(1) Time brokerage agreements
(also known as local marketing
agreements): Time brokerage agreements
involving radio stations where the
licensee (including all parties under
common ownership) is the brokering
entity, the brokering and brokered
stations are both in the same market as
defined in the local radio multiple
ownership rule contained in
§ 73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent
of the time of the brokered station, on
a weekly basis is brokered by that
licensee; time brokerage agreements
involving television stations where the
licensee (including all parties under
common control) is the brokering entity,
the brokering and brokered stations are
both licensed to the same market as
defined in the local television multiple
ownership rule contained in
§ 73.3555(b), and more than 15 percent
of the time of the brokered station, on
a weekly basis, is brokered by that
licensee; time brokerage agreements
involving radio or television stations
that would be attributable to the
licensee under § 73.3555 Note 2,
paragraph (i). Confidential or
proprietary information may be redacted
where appropriate but such information
shall be made available for inspection
upon request by the FCC.
(d)(2) Joint sales agreements: Joint
sales agreements involving radio
stations where the licensee (including
all parties under common control) is the
brokering entity, the brokering and
brokered stations are both in the same
market as defined in the local radio
multiple ownership rule contained in
§ 73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent
of the advertising time of the brokered
station on a weekly basis is brokered by
that licensee; joint sales agreements
involving television stations where the
licensee (including all parties under
common control) is the brokering entity,
the brokering and brokered stations are
both in the same market as defined in
the local television multiple ownership
rule contained in § 73.3555(b), and more
than 15 percent of the advertising time
of the brokered station on a weekly basis
is brokered by that license. Confidential
or proprietary information may be
redacted where appropriate but such
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information shall be made available for
inspection upon request by the FCC.
(e) The following contracts,
agreements or understandings need not
be filed but shall be kept at the station
and made available for inspection upon
request by the FCC; subchannel leasing
agreements for Subsidiary
Communications Authorization
operation; franchise/leasing agreements
for operation of telecommunications
services on the television vertical
blanking interval and in the visual
signal; time sales contracts with the
same sponsor for 4 or more hours per
day, except where the length of the
events (such as athletic contests,
musical programs and special events)
broadcast pursuant to the contract is not
under control of the station; and
contracts with chief operators.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Consumer Advisory Committee
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Commission announces
the next meeting date, time, and agenda
of its Consumer Advisory Committee
(hereinafter the ‘‘Committee’’). The
mission of the Committee is to make
recommendations to the Commission
regarding consumer issues within the
jurisdiction of the Commission and to
facilitate the participation of consumers
(including underserved populations,
such as Native Americans, persons
living in rural areas, older persons,
people with disabilities, and persons for
whom English is not their primary
language) in proceedings before the
Commission.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
May 19, 2017, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m.
Federal Communications
Commission, 445 12th Street SW.,
Commission Meeting Room TW–C305,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Marshall, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, (202)
418–2809 (voice or Relay), or email
Scott.Marshall@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Commission’s
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and Time of the Committee’s Next
Meeting.
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
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At its May 19, 2017 meeting, it is
anticipated that the Committee will
consider a recommendation from its
Robocalls Working Group regarding the
Commission’s Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry on
unwanted robocalls, released March 23,
2017. It is expected that the Committee
will also receive presentations by FCC
staff and outside speakers on matters of
interest to the Committee. A limited
amount of time will be available on the
agenda for comments from the public.
If time permits, the public may ask
questions of presenters via the email
address livequestions@fcc.gov or via
Twitter using the hashtag #fcclive. In
addition, the public may also follow the
meeting on Twitter @fcc or via the
Commission’s Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/fcc. Alternatively,
members of the public may send written
comments to: Scott Marshall,
Designated Federal Officer of the
Committee at the address provided
below.
The meeting is open to the public,
and the site is fully accessible to people
using wheelchairs or other mobility
aids. Reasonable accommodations for
people with disabilities, such as sign
language interpreters, open captioning,
assistive listening devices, and Braille
copies of the agenda are available upon
request. The request should include a
detailed description of the
accommodation needed and contact
information. Please provide as much
advance notice as possible; last minute
requests will be accepted, but may not
be possible to fill. To request an
accommodation, send an email to
fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer
and Governmental Affairs Bureau at
202–418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432
(TTY).
Federal Communications Commission.
D’wana R. Terry,
Acting Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau.
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Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
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;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; 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 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 OMB control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before July 3, 2017.
If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of
its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the Federal
SUMMARY:
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Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following information collections. Comments are
requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
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 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 OMB control number. No person
shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection
of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before July 3,
2017. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email
PRA@fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following
information collections. Comments are requested concerning: 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; the accuracy of the
Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; 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 ways to further reduce the information collection
burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0185.
Title: Section 73.3613, Filing of Contracts.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently collection.
Respondents: Business or other for profit entities; not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,400 respondents and 2,400
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 to 0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement;
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 975 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $135,000.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collections is contained in
Section 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for
confidentiality with this information collection.
Needs and Uses: The information collection contained in 47 CFR
73.3613 currently requires each licensee or permittee of a commercial
or noncommercial AM, FM, TV or International broadcast station shall
file with the FCC copies of the following contracts, instruments, and
documents together with amendments, supplements, and cancellations
(with the substance of oral contracts reported in writing), within 30
days of execution thereof:
(a) Network service: Network affiliation contracts between stations
and networks will be reduced to writing and filed as follows:
(1) All network affiliation contracts, agreements, or
understandings between a TV broadcast or low power TV station and a
national network. For the purposes of this paragraph the term network
means any person, entity, or corporation which offers an interconnected
program service on a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at
least 25 affiliated television licensees in 10 or more states; and/or
any person, entity, or corporation controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with such person, entity, or corporation.
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(2) Each such filing on or after May 1, 1969, initially shall
consist of a written instrument containing all of the terms and
conditions of such contract, agreement or understanding without
reference to any other paper or document by incorporation or otherwise.
Subsequent filings may simply set forth renewal, amendment or change,
as the case may be, of a particular contract previously filed in
accordance herewith.
(3) The FCC shall also be notified of the cancellation or
termination of network affiliations, contracts for which are required
to be filed by this section.
(b) Ownership or control: Contracts, instruments or documents
relating to the present or future ownership or control of the licensee
or permittee or of the licensee's or permittee's stock, rights or
interests therein, or relating to changes in such ownership or control
shall include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Articles of partnership, association, and incorporation, and
changes in such instruments;
(2) Bylaws, and any instruments effecting changes in such bylaws;
(3) Any agreement, document or instrument providing for the
assignment of a license or permit, or affecting, directly or
indirectly, the ownership or voting rights of the licensee's or
permittee's stock (common or preferred, voting or nonvoting), such as:
(i) Agreements for transfer of stock;
(ii) Instruments for the issuance of new stock; or
(iii) Agreements for the acquisition of licensee's or permittee's
stock by the issuing licensee or permittee corporation. Pledges, trust
agreements, options to purchase stock and other executory agreements
are required to be filed. However, trust agreements or abstracts
thereof are not required to be filed, unless requested specifically by
the FCC. Should the FCC request an abstract of the trust agreement in
lieu of the trust agreement, the licensee or permittee will submit the
following information concerning the trust:
(A) Name of trust;
(B) Duration of trust;
(C) Number of shares of stock owned;
(D) Name of beneficial owner of stock;
(E) Name of record owner of stock;
(F) Name of the party or parties who have the power to vote or
control the vote of the shares; and
(G) Any conditions on the powers of voting the stock or any unusual
characteristics of the trust.
(4) Proxies with respect to the licensee's or permittee's stock
running for a period in excess of 1 year, and all proxies, whether or
not running for a period of 1 year, given without full and detailed
instructions binding the nominee to act in a specified manner. With
respect to proxies given without full and detailed instructions, a
statement showing the number of such proxies, by whom given and
received, and the percentage of outstanding stock represented by each
proxy shall be submitted by the licensee or permittee within 30 days
after the stockholders' meeting in which the stock covered by such
proxies has been voted. However, when the licensee or permittee is a
corporation having more than 50 stockholders, such complete information
need be filed only with respect to proxies given by stockholders who
are officers or directors, or who have 1% or more of the corporation's
voting stock. When the licensee or permittee is a corporation having
more than 50 stockholders and the stockholders giving the proxies are
not officers or directors or do not hold 1% or more of the
corporation's stock, the only information required to be filed is the
name of any person voting 1% or more of the stock by proxy, the number
of shares voted by proxy by such person, and the total number of shares
voted at the particular stockholders' meeting in which the shares were
voted by proxy.
(5) Mortgage or loan agreements containing provisions restricting
the licensee's or permittee's freedom of operation, such as those
affecting voting rights, specifying or limiting the amount of dividends
payable, the purchase of new equipment, or the maintenance of current
assets.
(6) Any agreement reflecting a change in the officers, directors or
stockholders of a corporation, other than the licensee or permittee,
having an interest, direct or indirect, in the licensee or permittee as
specified by Sec. 73.3615.
(7) Agreements providing for the assignment of a license or permit
or agreements for the transfer of stock filed in accordance with FCC
application Forms 314, 315, 316 need not be resubmitted pursuant to the
terms of this rule provision.
(c) Personnel: (1) Management consultant agreements with
independent contractors; contracts relating to the utilization in a
management capacity of any person other than an officer, director, or
regular employee of the licensee or permittee; station management
contracts with any persons, whether or not officers, directors, or
regular employees, which provide for both a percentage of profits and a
sharing in losses; or any similar agreements.
(2) The following contracts, agreements, or understandings need not
be filed: Agreements with persons regularly employed as general or
station managers or salesmen; contracts with program managers or
program personnel; contracts with attorneys, accountants or consulting
radio engineers; contracts with performers; contracts with station
representatives; contracts with labor unions; or any similar
agreements.
(d)(1) Time brokerage agreements (also known as local marketing
agreements): Time brokerage agreements involving radio stations where
the licensee (including all parties under common ownership) is the
brokering entity, the brokering and brokered stations are both in the
same market as defined in the local radio multiple ownership rule
contained in Sec. 73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent of the time of
the brokered station, on a weekly basis is brokered by that licensee;
time brokerage agreements involving television stations where the
licensee (including all parties under common control) is the brokering
entity, the brokering and brokered stations are both licensed to the
same market as defined in the local television multiple ownership rule
contained in Sec. 73.3555(b), and more than 15 percent of the time of
the brokered station, on a weekly basis, is brokered by that licensee;
time brokerage agreements involving radio or television stations that
would be attributable to the licensee under Sec. 73.3555 Note 2,
paragraph (i). Confidential or proprietary information may be redacted
where appropriate but such information shall be made available for
inspection upon request by the FCC.
(d)(2) Joint sales agreements: Joint sales agreements involving
radio stations where the licensee (including all parties under common
control) is the brokering entity, the brokering and brokered stations
are both in the same market as defined in the local radio multiple
ownership rule contained in Sec. 73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent
of the advertising time of the brokered station on a weekly basis is
brokered by that licensee; joint sales agreements involving television
stations where the licensee (including all parties under common
control) is the brokering entity, the brokering and brokered stations
are both in the same market as defined in the local television multiple
ownership rule contained in Sec. 73.3555(b), and more than 15 percent
of the advertising time of the brokered station on a weekly basis is
brokered by that license. Confidential or proprietary information may
be redacted where appropriate but such
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information shall be made available for inspection upon request by the
FCC.
(e) The following contracts, agreements or understandings need not
be filed but shall be kept at the station and made available for
inspection upon request by the FCC; subchannel leasing agreements for
Subsidiary Communications Authorization operation; franchise/leasing
agreements for operation of telecommunications services on the
television vertical blanking interval and in the visual signal; time
sales contracts with the same sponsor for 4 or more hours per day,
except where the length of the events (such as athletic contests,
musical programs and special events) broadcast pursuant to the contract
is not under control of the station; and contracts with chief
operators.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-08955 Filed 5-3-17; 8:45 am]
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