Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2023, 36154-36209 [2023-11109]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
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Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2023; 
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[MD Docket No. 22-301; MD Docket No. 23-159; FCC 23-34; FRS ID 142215]


Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2023

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) seeks comment on revising the fee schedule of FY 2023 
regulatory fees and on several additional regulatory fee issues, as 
described in the text below.

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 14, 2023; and reply comments 
on or before June 29, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's 
rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and 
reply comments identified by MD Docket No. 23-159, by any of the 
following methods below. Comments and reply comments may be filed using 
the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). See 
Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 
(1998).
    1. Comment Filing Procedures. Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 
of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may 
file comments and reply comments on or before the dates indicated on 
the first page of this document. Comments may be filed using the 
Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic 
Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998).
    2. Effective March 19, 2020, and until further notice, the 
Commission no longer accepts any hand or messenger delivered filings. 
Until further notice, the filing window is not open at the Commission's 
office located at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis, MD 20701.
    3. Pursuant to section 1.49 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.49, 
parties to this proceeding must file any documents in this proceeding 
using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS): https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
    4. Materials in Accessible Formats. To request materials in 
accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, 
electronic files, audio format), send an email to [email protected] or 
call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 
(voice).
    5. Availability of Documents. Comments, reply comments, and ex 
parte submissions will be available via ECFS. Documents will be 
available electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe 
Acrobat. When the FCC Headquarters reopens to the public, these 
documents will also be available for public inspection during regular 
business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal Communications 
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
    For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roland Helvajian, Office of Managing 
Director at (202) 418-0444 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FCC 23-34, MD Docket No. 22-301, and MD 
Docket No. 23-159, adopted on May 5, 2023 and released on May 8, 2023. 
Comments, reply comments, and ex parte submissions will be available 
via ECFS. Documents will be available electronically in ASCII, 
Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat. When the FCC Headquarters reopens 
to the public, these documents will also be available for public 
inspection during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Center, 
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 
20554. To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice).

I. Administrative Matters

    6. Ex Parte Information. The proceeding initiated by this Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, in which we seek comment on proposals as described 
above, shall be treated as a ``permit-but-disclose'' proceeding in 
accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules. Persons making ex 
parte presentations must file a copy of any written presentation or a 
memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within two business days 
after the presentation (unless a different deadline applicable to the 
Sunshine period applies). Persons making oral ex parte presentations 
are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentation must (1) list 
all persons attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at 
which the ex parte presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data 
presented and arguments made during the presentation. If the 
presentation consisted in whole or in part of the presentation of data 
or arguments already reflected in the presenter's written comments, 
memoranda, or other filings in the proceeding, the presenter may 
provide citations to such data or arguments in his or her prior 
comments, memoranda, or other filings (specifying the relevant page 
and/or paragraph numbers where such data or arguments can be found) in 
lieu of summarizing them in the memorandum. Documents shown or given to 
Commission staff during ex parte meetings are deemed to be written ex 
parte presentations and must be filed consistent with section 1.1206(b) 
of the Commission's rules. In proceedings governed by section 1.49(f) 
of the Commission's rules or for which the Commission has made 
available a method of electronic filing, written ex parte presentations 
and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all 
attachments thereto, must be filed through the electronic comment 
filing system available for that proceeding, and must be filed in their 
native format (e.g., .doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants 
in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the Commission's 
ex parte rules.
    7. Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. The Regulatory 
Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended (RFA), requires that an agency 
prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis for notice and comment 
rulemakings, unless the agency certifies that ``the rule will not, if 
promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial number 
of small entities.'' Accordingly, we have prepared an Initial 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) concerning the potential impact 
of rule and policy change proposals on small entities accompanying the 
NPRM. The IRFA) is set forth in the back of this document.
    8. Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis. This document 
does not contain new or modified information collection requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-
13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any new or modified 
information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act 
of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).

II. Introduction

    9. For fiscal year (FY) 2023, the Commission is required to collect

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$390,192,000 in regulatory fees, pursuant to sections 9 and 9A of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Communications Act or Act), and 
the Commission's FY 2023 Appropriations Act. In this annual NPRM, we 
seek comment on the Commission's proposed methodology and regulatory 
fees for FY 2023, as set forth in Tables 2 and 3. Based on the record 
received in response to the Notice of Inquiry (NOI) in MD Docket No. 
22-301, and after a review of the work being conducted by Commission 
employees, we seek comment on a proposal to treat certain FTEs from the 
Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics and Analytics, and 
the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau that have previously 
been considered indirect FTEs as direct FTEs for the purpose of 
calculating regulatory fees. Specifically, where we are able to 
determine that time is being spent on work that is directly related to 
the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in a core bureau 
and that such determination is reasonably accurate for the fiscal year, 
we propose to reallocate the FTE burden of such work as direct to the 
relevant core bureau(s).
    10. We also seek comment on several additional regulatory fee 
issues, including: (i) the calculation of television and radio 
broadcaster regulatory fees, including the modification of the existing 
grid by adding a new tier for AM and FM radio stations; (ii) defining 
the category of operations for on-orbit servicing (OOS) and rendezvous 
and proximity operations (RPO) for regulatory fee purposes, including 
whether a separate regulatory fee category is necessary, and how to 
apply regulatory fees to OOS and RPO spacecraft specifically operating 
near the geostationary satellite orbit arc, including the two licensed 
OOS and RPO spacecraft that remain operational in FY 2023; (iii) 
evaluating how our proposals may promote or inhibit advances in 
diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; (iv) considering 
whether to continue in FY 2023 several of the temporary measures we 
implemented in FYs 2020 through 2022; and (v) whether to permit 
regulatory fee payors to prepay their regulatory fees in installments.

III. Discussion

    11. In accordance with the statute, each year, in an annual fee 
proceeding, the Commission proposes adjustments to the prior fee 
schedule under section 9(c) to ``(A) reflect unexpected increases or 
decreases in the number of units subject to the payment of such fees; 
and (B) result in the collection of the amount required'' by the 
Commission's annual appropriation. Such changes are rarely the subject 
of dispute and are usually addressed in the more ministerial changes to 
the fee schedule. The Commission will also propose amendments to the 
fee schedule under section 9(d) ``if the Commission determines that the 
schedule requires amendment so that such fees reflect the full-time 
equivalent number of employees within the bureaus and offices of the 
Commission, adjusted to take into account factors that are reasonably 
related to the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the 
Commission's activities. Challenges to the Commission's allocation of 
FTEs are not uncommon.
    12. The Commission has explained that, consistent with its 
statutory directive, it bases regulatory fees on the direct FTEs in 
core bureaus. The Commission has stated that, given the Communication 
Act's explicit language that fees must reflect FTEs, the FTE counts are 
by far the most administrable starting point for regulatory fee 
allocations. The Commission does not assign direct FTEs within a bureau 
to specific fee categories by rote or at random, but rather in a manner 
that reflects the time spent by FTEs on a regulatory fee category, 
which is in itself a reflection of ``benefit'' to the fee category. 
Thus, the Commission has explained it continues to apportion regulatory 
fees across fee categories based on the number of direct FTEs in each 
core bureau and the proportionate number of indirect FTEs and to take 
into account factors that are reasonably related to the payor's 
benefits.
    13. Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Allocation and Fee Calculation. The 
Commission allocates FTEs according to the nature of the work performed 
by its different organizational units. If the work performed by a group 
or office is directly related to our oversight and regulation of a 
regulatory fee category or categories in one of the four core licensing 
bureaus, then such FTEs are counted as a direct FTE. If the work cannot 
be allocated to one of the bureau's designated fee categories, the work 
performed is counted as an indirect FTE. Under this framework, the 
Commission, therefore, has historically assessed the allocation of FTEs 
by first determining the number of direct FTEs, those non-auctions FTEs 
that work in each of the Commission's core bureaus (i.e., the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, the Media Bureau, part of the Wireline 
Competition Bureau, and part of the International Bureau), and then 
attributing all other non-auction FTEs outside the core bureaus and 
other Commission costs as indirect. Regulatory fees are initially 
apportioned across the regulatory fee categories based on the number of 
direct FTEs in each core bureau whose time is focused on a particular 
industry segment and then is adjusted ``to take into account factors 
that are reasonably related to the benefits provided to the payor of 
the fee by the Commission's activities.''
    14. The FTE time devoted to developing and implementing the 
Commission's spectrum auctions is not included in the calculation of 
regulatory fees and is not offset by the collection of regulatory fees. 
Instead, such FTE time is offset by the auction proceeds that the 
Commission is permitted to retain pursuant to section 309(j)(8)(B) of 
the Communications Act and the Commission's annual appropriation. Thus, 
spectrum auctions FTEs are not included in the calculation of 
regulatory fees and the Commission's methodology excludes all spectrum 
auction-related FTEs and their overhead from the regulatory fee 
calculations. To the extent that FTEs within core bureaus spend a 
portion of their time on auctions issues and a portion of their time on 
appropriated issues, their time is split and only the non-auctions 
portion of their time is reflected in the relevant core bureau's FTE 
count.
    15. Early in each fiscal year, the Commission receives FTE data 
from its Human Resources Management office and identifies FTEs at the 
core bureau level (i.e., direct FTEs), which is then used to determine 
the FTE allocations for the four core bureaus. This FTE data is then 
validated through consultation with the bureaus and offices and 
apportioned to the various fee categories within each core bureau based 
on FTE time spent on each fee category. After the number of direct FTEs 
is determined for each core bureau of the Commission, the direct FTE 
numbers are used to calculate the percentage of the total amount of 
regulatory fees to be collected for a given fiscal year. We allocate 
appropriated amounts to be recovered proportionally based on the number 
of direct FTEs within each core bureau, with indirect FTEs allocated in 
proportion to the direct FTEs within each core bureau. Those 
proportions are then subdivided within each core bureau into fee 
categories among the regulatees served by the core bureau. Finally, 
within each regulatory fee category the amount to be collected is 
divided by a unit that allocates the regulatee's proportionate share 
based on an objective measure.
    16. In prior regulatory fee proceedings, the Commission has

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categorized the FTEs in the Enforcement Bureau, Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau, Chairwoman's and Commissioners' Offices, Office of the Managing 
Director, Office of General Counsel, Office of Inspector General, 
Office of Communications Business Opportunities, Office of Engineering 
and Technology, Office of Legislative Affairs, Office of Workplace 
Diversity, Office of Media Relations, Office of Economics and 
Analytics, and Office of Administrative Law Judges, along with some 
FTEs in the Wireline Competition Bureau and the International Bureau as 
indirect for regulatory fee purposes. Unlike the work of direct FTEs, 
the work of indirect FTEs in the non-core bureaus and offices is not 
focused on the oversight and regulation of a specific category of 
regulatory fee payors, but instead benefits the Commission, the 
telecommunications industry, and the public as a whole. The 
Commission's high percentage of indirect FTEs demonstrates that many of 
our activities and costs are not limited to a particular fee category.
    17. In this NPRM, we are not proposing adjustments to our 
regulatory fee categories or methodologies such that our actions 
require 90 days' notice to Congress. Instead, in response to concerns 
expressed in the NOI record, we have undertaken a fresh, high level 
evaluation of the work of indirect FTEs. As more fully explained below, 
where we can determine that the work of a historically indirect FTE is 
directly related to our oversight and regulation of a regulatory fee 
payor, and we are confident that such determination is reasonably 
accurate for the fiscal year, we propose to consider the FTE burden of 
such work as direct to the relevant core bureau(s), and accordingly 
reallocate such indirect FTEs as direct, solely for the purposes of 
calculating regulatory fees.
    18. In this NPRM, we propose and seek comment on regulatory fees 
for FY 2023 as set forth in Tables 2 and 3. In particular, and as fully 
discussed below, we seek comment on our proposal to reallocate a 
limited number of indirect FTEs within the Office of Economics and 
Analysis (OEA), the Office of General Counsel (OGC), and the Public 
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) as direct FTEs and to 
incorporate them into the count of FTEs of the relevant core bureau, 
solely for the purposes of calculating regulatory fees for FY 2023.
    19. We also seek comment on several additional regulatory fee 
issues, including: (i) the calculation of television and radio 
broadcaster regulatory fees, including the modification of the existing 
grid by adding a new tier for AM and FM radio stations; (ii) defining 
the category of operations for OOS and RPO for regulatory fee purposes, 
including whether a separate regulatory fee category is necessary, and 
how to apply regulatory fees to OOS and RPO spacecraft specifically 
operating near the geostationary satellite orbit arc, including the two 
licensed OOS and RPO spacecraft that remain operational in FY 2023; 
(iii) evaluating how our proposals may promote or inhibit advances in 
diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; (iv) considering 
whether to continue in FY 2023 several of the temporary measures we 
implemented in FYs 2020 through 2022; and (v) whether to permit 
regulatory fee payors to prepay their regulatory fees in installments.
1. Assessment of Regulatory Fees
a. Methodology for Assessing Regulatory Fees
    20. Congress has required us to collect $390,192,000 in regulatory 
fees for FY 2023. Section 9 of the Communications Act requires us to 
set regulatory fees to ``reflect the full-time equivalent number of 
employees within the bureaus and offices of the Commission adjusted to 
take into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits 
provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.'' Our 
first step in establishing our regulatory fee schedule is to take into 
consideration the adjustments necessitated by the more discernable 
changes from the prior year regulatory fee proceeding, e.g., changes in 
the (i) FY appropriation, (ii) FTE levels, and (iii) relevant unit 
measures for each regulatory fee category. Such adjustments are often 
considered ministerial. Our second step is a more substantive review 
where we look to the core bureaus within the Commission in order to 
identify the number of direct non-auction FTEs in each core bureau. 
Once the direct FTEs are identified, we then allocate fees to specific 
fee categories within each core bureau. These proportional calculations 
allocate all Commission non-auction related costs across all fee 
categories.
    21. For FY 2023, in response to the comments we received to our 
NOI, we propose to employ the same methodology, but, in addition to 
looking at the current allocation of direct FTEs within the core 
bureaus, we propose to rely on and include a high level analysis of the 
work of our indirect FTEs in non-core bureaus and offices and, where we 
can determine with reasonable accuracy for the fiscal year that such 
work is being spent on the regulation and oversight of a regulatory fee 
payor, we propose to reallocate the burden of that work as direct to a 
core bureau, solely for regulatory fee purposes. As described in more 
detail below, we propose that approximately 63 indirect FTEs should be 
reallocated as direct FTEs to a core bureau, for regulatory fee 
purposes, based on our evaluation of the burden of their work. Some of 
the reallocations we are proposing are of FTE time that had previously 
been reassigned from direct to indirect as the result of a Commission 
reorganization. As a result of taking this fresh, high level evaluation 
of the work of our indirect FTEs we found that even though the physical 
location of certain FTEs moved from a core bureau to an indirect bureau 
or office, the burden of their FTE work remained focused directly on 
the oversight and regulation of specific regulatory fee payors in a 
core bureau(s). Insofar as we are confident this determination is 
reasonably accurate for the fiscal year, we find that reallocating 
certain indirect FTEs for regulatory fee purposes in the manner that we 
are proposing is consistent with section 9 of the Communications Act, 
which requires us to base our methodology on the number of FTEs in 
calculating regulatory fees. We seek comment on this proposal and on 
the schedule of FY 2023 regulatory fees as set forth in Tables 2 and 3. 
Any proposals or comments requesting a change or modification to our 
proposed methodology and regulatory fees for FY 2023 should include a 
thorough analysis showing a sufficient basis for making the change and 
provide alternative options for the Commission to meet its statutory 
obligation to collect the full amount of the appropriation by the end 
of the fiscal year. Commenters should also indicate how such proposed 
alternative options are fair, administrable, and sustainable.
b. Reallocation, for Regulatory Fee Purposes, of Certain Indirect FTEs 
as Direct FTEs
    22. Broadcasters and satellite operators commenting in response to 
our NOI have argued that the methodology used to proportionally assign 
indirect FTEs is inequitable. We disagree. Non-core bureaus and offices 
handle a variety of issues and generally most indirect FTE time is 
devoted to many matters including services that are not specifically 
correlated with one of the core bureaus or one category of regulatory 
fee payors. Further, because Commission attorneys, engineers,

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analysts, and other staff work on a variety of issues during a single 
fiscal year, a snapshot of indirect FTE assignments in a division in 
any bureau or office, for example, may misrepresent the work being done 
a short time later, and, if allocated as direct FTEs, could result in 
an inaccurate FTE count and fee calculation for a core bureau. In light 
of the issues raised by the commenters to the NOI, however, and as 
noted above, we have undertaken a high level evaluation of the work 
performed by the Commission's indirect FTEs. As a result, we now 
propose to reallocate certain indirect FTEs as direct FTEs and 
incorporate them into the count of FTEs of the relevant core bureau 
solely for purposes of calculating regulatory fees for FY 2023. This 
proposal would result in changes in the percentages of direct FTEs in 
the core bureaus. We seek comment on this proposal.
    23. According to information provided by our Human Resources 
Management office, there currently are 339.25 direct non-auctions FTEs 
for FY 2023 that are distributed among the core bureaus. Today we 
propose to reallocate 63 indirect FTEs from OEA, OGC, and PSHSB and add 
those FTEs as direct to a relevant core bureau solely for the purposes 
of collecting regulatory fees, which would result in a revised total of 
402.25 direct non-auctions FTEs. Our calculations of direct FTEs under 
our proposal, which are more fully detailed below, would be as follows: 
International Bureau (31), Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (98), 
Wireline Competition Bureau (143.25), and Media Bureau (130). Based on 
these proposed reallocations and after adjustments are made to these 
direct FTE counts to implement Commission precedent, we would collect 
approximately $30.16 million (7.73%) in fees from the International 
Bureau regulatory fee payors; $95.36 million (24.44%) in fees from the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regulatory fee payors; $139.42 
million (35.73%) in fees from Wireline Competition Bureau regulatory 
fee payors; and $125.25 million (32.10%) in fees from Media Bureau 
regulatory fee payors.

                                    Core Bureau FTE Percentages With and Without Proposed Indirect FTE Reallocations
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                                                                            2022 Amount                     2023 amount                    2023 Proposed
                                                                            (millions)                        without                       amount with
                                                                         ----------------                  indirect FTE                       certain
                                                                                            2023 FTE %     reallocations   2023 Proposed   indirect FTE
                                                                                              without       (millions)      FTE % with     reallocations
                       Core bureau                           2022 FTE%        FY 2022      indirect FTE  ----------------     certain       (millions)
                                                                           Appropriation   reallocations                   indirect FTE  ---------------
                                                                            was $381.95                       FY 2023      reallocations      FY 2023
                                                                                                           Appropriation                   Appropriation
                                                                                                            is $390.192                     is $390.192
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Wireline Bureau.........................................           33.94         $129.62           35.57         $138.79           35.73         $139.42
Media Bureau............................................  ..............          137.89           33.96          132.52           32.10          125.25
Media Bureau subcategory Broadcasters...................           16.25           62.07           15.28           59.65           14.27           55.68
Media Bureau subcategory Cable..........................           19.85           75.82           18.68           72.87           17.83           69.57
Wireless Bureau.........................................            21.4           81.74           22.19           86.56           24.44           95.36
International Bureau....................................            8.56           32.70            8.28           32.32            7.73           30.16
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    24. After our analysis of the work performed in our non-core 
bureaus and offices, we reaffirm that, in general, the vast majority of 
the FTE burden of work is properly considered indirect. In evaluating 
indirect FTE time, we are mindful that any changes we adopt must serve 
the goal of ensuring that the Commission's assessment of regulatory 
fees is fair, administrable, and sustainable. We also recognize that 
allocating regulatory fees is not and cannot be an exact science. We 
continue to conclude the Commission's indirect FTE time is devoted to a 
variety of issues, including matters that are either not directly 
allocable or not associated with a regulatory fee payor, and therefore 
should continue to be considered indirect and allocated in a 
proportional manner across all fee categories. As the Commission 
explained in the FY 2019 Report and Order, by analyzing indirect FTE 
time in order to try to associate it with a core bureau in one given 
period of time, and ignoring the understanding of management regarding 
ongoing and future work, we risk proffering FTE allocations that are 
not accurate for the entire year. We are also aware that in the non-
core bureaus and offices much of the work that could be assigned to a 
single category of regulatory fee payors is likely to be interspersed 
with the work that Commission staff does on behalf of many entities 
that do not pay regulatory fees, e.g., governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, work that does not equate with any specific 
regulatory fee category, and regulatees that have an exemption.
    25. Nevertheless, the Commission has previously evaluated whether 
certain FTEs should be reallocated, for regulatory fee purposes, from 
direct to indirect, from indirect to direct, or from one core bureau to 
another based on the nature of the work. Insofar as the regulatory fees 
are based on FTE time associated with the oversight and regulation of 
regulatory fee payors, we only propose to reallocate indirect FTEs to a 
core bureau for regulatory fee purposes where we have determined that 
such FTE work is primarily in furtherance of the oversight and 
regulation of that industry and is reasonably accurate for the fiscal 
year. After taking a closer look at FTE time in several non-core 
bureaus and offices, we now conclude that we can reasonably identify 
instances within OEA, OGC, and PSHSB, where it is appropriate to 
consider the FTE burden of such work as directly devoted to the 
oversight and regulation of certain industries such that the FTE time 
should be reallocated as direct for the relevant core bureau(s).
    26. After our review of the work within the Commission's bureaus 
and offices, we recognize that experts in the non-core bureaus and 
offices engage in measurable work associated with the oversight and 
regulation of regulatory fee payors. We will continue to be mindful of 
these findings in coming years while also relying upon the expertise of 
the bureau or office management to evaluate the overall nature of the 
work of each organizational unit, the FTE levels committed to the 
different types of work, and the level of FTE support, if any, 
primarily associated with the oversight and regulation of regulatory 
fee payors. In gathering this high level

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data for this proposal, we directed non-core bureaus and offices to 
evaluate if measurable FTE time for fiscal year 2023 is primarily spent 
on the regulation and oversight of an industry subject to regulatory 
fees. Our objective was to rigorously address the concerns that certain 
fee payors have expressed regarding the number of indirect FTEs. We 
have satisfied our goal and seek comment on our tentative conclusion 
and the factors we employed in reaching these proposed reallocations 
for regulatory fee purposes. We further recognize that these proposed 
reallocations for calculating regulatory fees may require the 
Commission to continue to assess certain indirect FTEs annually, in 
addition to the annual calculation of direct FTEs in core bureaus.
    27. Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA). During an agency 
reorganization, the Commission reassigned staff from several bureaus 
and offices to the new OEA, effective December 11, 2018. After the 
reorganization, the Commission concluded that it was appropriate for 
the non-auctions FTEs in OEA to be considered indirect FTEs because the 
work of its FTEs would benefit the Commission and the 
telecommunications industry and would not specifically focused on the 
regulatory fee payors. In creating OEA, the Commission reassigned 95 
FTEs (of which 64 were not auctions-funded) as OEA FTEs.
    28. OEA is responsible for expanding and strengthening the use of 
economic analysis in Commission policy making, for enhancing the 
development and use of auctions, and for implementing consistent and 
effective agency-wide data practices and policies. Specifically, OEA 
(a) provides economic analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, for 
rulemakings, transactions, adjudications, and other Commission actions; 
(b) manages Commission auctions in support of and in coordination with 
other bureaus and offices; (c) develops policies and strategies to help 
manage Commission data resources and establish best practices for data 
use throughout the Commission in coordination with other bureaus and 
offices; and (d) conducts long-term research on ways to improve the 
Commission's policies and processes in each of these areas. Notably, 
OEA collaborates with and advises other bureaus and offices in the 
areas of economic and data analysis and with respect to the analysis of 
benefits, costs, and regulatory impacts of Commission policies, rules, 
and proposals. As part of this collaboration, OEA reviews all 
rulemakings prepared by those bureaus and offices, all other 
Commission-level items that contain economic or data analysis, and 
similar items that the bureaus or offices release on delegated 
authority.
    29. NAB contends that we should consider treating the FTEs that 
were reorganized to OEA from direct bureaus as direct FTEs. We disagree 
that all such FTEs should be reallocated to direct. However, based on 
our experience over the approximately four years that OEA has been in 
existence, we have observed that certain bureaus tend to generate more 
numerous and more complex economic and data issues for OEA to analyze 
as well as more documents for release that require OEA review and 
expertise. As a result, OEA has necessarily devoted more time to and 
developed greater expertise in certain areas under the purview of a 
specific bureau. In light of that understanding, for FY 2023, we find 
that there is measurable work done by OEA that is being done directly 
in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors 
in certain industry segments. We recognize that we previously rejected 
suggestions related to reallocating OEA FTEs. Our proposals, however, 
are based on a current, deeper analysis of FTE work. Based on this 
analysis, we propose to reallocate a certain number of OEA's FTEs as 
direct for regulatory fee purposes, and include those FTEs in the count 
of a core bureau. We seek comment on this general proposal.
    30. Specifically, we propose to allocate a certain number of OEA 
FTEs as direct to reflect the work by OEA on wireline matters related 
to universal service fund issues in high-cost areas; competition and 
interconnection; the setting of rates for calls from incarcerated 
persons; the establishment of a national suicide hotline; and efforts 
to protect privacy. Based on our review, because this FTE work is being 
done directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of 
Wireline Competition Bureau regulatory fee payors, we propose that the 
burden of the work of 13 OEA FTEs should be reallocated as direct FTEs 
to the Wireline Competition Bureau for purposes of our regulatory fee 
calculation. Similarly, our analysis shows that OEA non-auctions FTE's 
work with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau addresses various 
wireless and spectrum issues, such as mergers, transactions, and 
acquisitions, spectrum licensing, mobile spectrum holdings policies, 
and deployment in rural areas and on tribal lands. Because this work is 
being done directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regulatory fee payors, we propose 
that the burden of the work of eight OEA FTEs should be reallocated as 
direct FTEs to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, for purposes of 
our regulatory fee calculation. OEA FTEs' work with the Media Bureau 
relates to broadcast and cable issues, including ownership regulation, 
next generation standards, content source disclosures, program carriage 
and retransmission, and rates and billing practices. We find that after 
analysis, because their work is being done directly in furtherance of 
the oversight and regulation of Media Bureau regulatory fee payors, the 
burden of the work of seven OEA FTEs should be reallocated as direct 
FTEs to the Media Bureau, proportionally among the Media Bureau 
regulatory fee categories, for purposes of our regulatory fee 
calculation. OEA's work with the International Bureau addresses 
national security, mergers and acquisitions, undersea cables, and 
satellite issues and we find that, because their work is being done 
directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of 
International Bureau regulatory fee payors, the burden of the work of 
two OEA FTEs should be reallocated as direct FTEs to the International 
Bureau, proportionally among the International Bureau regulatory fee 
categories, for purposes of our regulatory fee calculation.
    31. Notably, our analysis reveals that after the Commission's 
creation of OEA, given the amount of economic analysis and data issues 
being generated by the core bureaus, the work and expertise of certain 
of OEA's FTEs remained focused on the oversight and regulation of 
certain regulatory fee payors in a manner that was consistent with the 
work they were doing in their previous core bureau, which further 
supports our proposal to reallocate the burden of the work of certain 
of OEA's FTEs as direct for regulatory fee purposes. We seek comment on 
our proposal to reallocate a total of 30 OEA FTEs as direct FTEs to the 
core bureaus as follows: 13 FTEs to the Wireline Competition Bureau, 
eight FTEs to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, seven FTEs to the 
Media Bureau, and two FTEs to the International Bureau, for regulatory 
fee purposes.
    32. Office of General Counsel (OGC). In the context of the 
Commission's annual regulatory fee proceeding, the work of the OGC, as 
represented by FTE allocations, has been considered to be indirect. As 
we explain below, on review, we believe that certain aspects of OGC's 
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individual regulatory fee categories that the associated FTEs could 
properly be considered direct FTEs for such regulatory fee categories.
    33. OGC serves as the chief legal advisor to the Commission and its 
various bureaus and offices. In that capacity OGC's responsibilities 
are generally described as interpreting new and existing statutes and 
executive orders as they pertain to the Commission's exercise of its 
Communications Act authority and other authorities, as well as 
performing such functions involving implementation of such statutes and 
executive orders as may be assigned to it by the Commission. OGC 
advises the Commission in the preparation and revision of our rules, 
recommends decisions in adjudicatory matters before the Commission, 
assists the Commission in its decision-making capacity and performs a 
variety of legal functions regarding internal and other administrative 
matters. OGC also advises and represents the Commission in matters of 
litigation. These roles are divided between the Administrative Law 
Division and the Litigation Division and are overseen by the General 
Counsel (GC) and the GC's Front Office.
    34. The Administrative Law Division provides legal advice to the 
Commission concerning a wide array of substantive areas of the law 
necessary to the functioning of any federal agency. Such work benefits 
the work of the Commission as a whole and is not specific to any 
particular regulatory fee category. As such, the FTE burden associated 
with such work properly remains allocated as indirect. In contrast, it 
is possible to allocate some of the work of the Administrative Law 
Division in reviewing Commission rules, proposed rules, and 
adjudicatory orders, as well as providing extensive advice on the 
Commission's authority under the Communications Act, including the 
exercise of delegated authority by the bureaus and offices, to the core 
bureaus and offices that develop the underlying orders and seek the 
advice of OGC. Where this work is directly related to our oversight and 
regulation of specific regulatory fee payor categories, we propose 
allocating the FTE burden of such work as direct to the relevant 
bureau(s). Thus, we propose as follows for FY 2023: one OGC FTE would 
be reallocated as direct to the Wireline Competition Bureau; two OGC 
FTEs would be reallocated as direct to the Wireless Telecommunications 
Bureau; one OGC FTE would be reallocated as direct to the Media Bureau, 
proportionally among the Media Bureau fee categories; and one OGC FTE 
would be reallocated as direct to the International Bureau, 
proportionally among the International Bureau fee categories. We seek 
comment on this proposal.
    35. The Litigation Division represents the Commission in a wide 
variety of court cases covering actions that most federal agencies are 
subject to (e.g., personnel, Federal Tort Claims Act, Freedom of 
Information Act, False Claims Act, and contract actions and disputes) 
in addition to challenges regarding the Commission's exercise of our 
Communications Act authority. As we explain below, after careful 
consideration, we do not propose any FTE changes for the Litigation 
Division. The level of effort to support litigation that is unrelated 
to our Communications Act authority is generally not tied to oversight 
and regulation of any regulatory fee category. Thus, the FTE burden 
remains appropriately considered as indirect. The FTE burden associated 
with litigation that directly touches on our Communications Act 
authority should also remain as indirect. We make this determination 
for a variety of reasons. Primarily, it is not possible to determine 
with any level of consistency year to year whether the FTE work in 
support of litigation matters benefits a particular regulatory fee 
category. This is particularly true because the essential issue in 
dispute when a matter moves to litigation may touch on issues of 
broader concern than any one regulatory fee group, or conversely be so 
procedural as to be effectively generic to all federal agency action. 
Moreover, at its core, the FTE work defending the Commission's expert 
authority in implementing the Communications Act is the epitome of work 
that benefits the agency as a whole and we do not believe it would be 
fair for any one regulatory fee group to shoulder the FTE burden of 
such work.
    36. Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB). PSHSB 
advises and coordinates within the Commission on all matters pertaining 
to public safety, homeland security, national security, cybersecurity, 
emergency management and preparedness, disaster management, and related 
matters. The bureau leads initiatives that strengthen public safety and 
emergency response capabilities enabling the Commission to assist the 
public, first responders, law enforcement, hospitals, the 
communications industry and all levels of government in times of 
emergency.
    37. PSHSB is organized into three divisions: the Policy and 
Licensing Division, the Operations and Emergency Management Division, 
and the Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division. After 
assessing the work performed in these three divisions, in instances 
where we are able to determine that the work being performed is 
directly related to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee 
payors in a core bureau, we are proposing to consider the FTE burden of 
such work as direct to the relevant core bureau(s). We seek comment on 
this proposal for each PSHSB division below.
    38. The Policy and Licensing Division develops and administers 
rules, regulations, and policies to support public safety entities, 
including law enforcement, fire and emergency medical first responders, 
Public Safety Answering Points, and emergency operations organizations. 
The division handles licensing of public safety frequencies, including 
modifications, renewals and adjudications, in frequencies below 470 
MHz, and in 470-512 MHz, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 4.9 GHz and 5.9 GHz under 
part 90 of the Commission's rules, and the microwave bands under part 
101; 911/Enhanced 911/Next Generation 911; Communications Assistance 
for Law Enforcement Act; the Emergency Alert System; operability and 
interoperability for public safety communications and the First 
Responder Network Authority; and intra- and interagency coordination on 
spectrum management.
    39. After analyzing at a high level data regarding the FTE work in 
the Policy and Licensing Division, we find that, because the burden of 
the work of 14 of the FTEs in this division is directly in furtherance 
of the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors of a core 
bureau, we propose that it is appropriate to consider such work as 
direct to the relevant bureau, for regulatory fee purposes. 
Specifically, of the 14 FTEs we have identified, there are two FTEs 
that could be reallocated as direct FTEs to the Wireline Competition 
Bureau, eight FTEs that could be reallocated as direct FTEs to the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and four FTEs that could be 
reallocated as direct FTEs to the Media Bureau.
    40. With regard to the two FTEs we propose to consider as direct to 
the Wireline Competition Bureau, and the eight FTEs that we propose to 
consider as direct to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, we 
propose these reallocations for regulatory fee purposes because the 
burden of the work performed on 911 policy, covering issues such as 911 
location accuracy, and the transition to

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Next Generation 911, as well as clarifying provider obligations and 
acting on waiver and other provider-specific requests, directly 
furthers the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors of the 
Wireline Competition Bureau and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. 
Similarly, with regard to the four FTEs we propose to consider as 
direct to the Media Bureau, we propose these reallocations for 
regulatory fee purposes, proportionally among the fee categories in the 
Media Bureau, because the FTE burden of the work on the Emergency Alert 
System, developing and maintaining the operational rules that apply to 
EAS participants, facilitating interactions between EAS participants 
and alert originators, reviewing State EAS Plans, and acting on waiver 
and similar requests directly furthers the oversight and regulation of 
the regulatory payors of the Media Bureau. We seek comment on this 
proposal.
    41. The Operations and Emergency Management Division (OEMD) ensures 
the readiness of the Federal Communications Commission to respond to 
threats and emergencies; conducts and coordinates risk and incident 
management activities; and supports public safety and events of 
national security significance. Division staff recommend, develop, and 
implement emergency plans, policies, and preparedness programs covering 
reporting and situational awareness of communications status during 
times of emergency; Commission functions during emergency conditions; 
and the provision of service by communications service providers during 
emergency conditions.
    42. The division staff provide legal guidance and perform technical 
operations in support of interagency Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and 
Territorial (SLTT) government national security and public safety risk 
and incident management efforts. In addition, the division provides 
situational awareness to FCC and federal government leadership 
regarding national security risks and makes recommendations to help 
manage those risks; manages the FCC Continuity Programs to ensure the 
Commission's ability to perform the functions vital to an enduring 
government and the availability of nationwide and international 
communications under all conditions; and assesses and evaluates the 
status of communications services and infrastructure through Over-The-
Air observations and analysis by its Spectrum Monitoring and Analysis 
Response Team. The division also coordinates with the U.S. Department 
of Homeland Security on critical national security and emergency 
preparedness priority communications programs, such as 
Telecommunication Service Priority Program, Government Emergency 
Telecommunications Service, and Wireless Priority Service.
    43. After analyzing at a high level data regarding the FTE work in 
OEMD, we find that the work of five of the FTEs in this division is 
directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of regulatory 
fee payors of a core bureau. We propose to consider the FTE burden of 
such work as direct to the relevant bureau for regulatory fee purposes. 
Specifically, of the five FTEs we have identified there are two FTEs 
that could be reallocated as direct FTEs to the Wireline Competition 
Bureau, two FTEs that could be reallocated as direct FTEs to the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and one FTE that could be 
reallocated as a direct FTE to the Media Bureau, proportionally among 
the fee categories in the Media Bureau.
    44. With regard to the two FTEs we propose to consider as direct to 
the Wireline Competition Bureau, we propose these reallocations for 
regulatory fee purposes because the burden of the work performed is 
directly related to the oversight and regulation of wireline regulatory 
fee payors. This division, in performance of its risk assessment 
responsibilities, surveys the status of wireline service and 
infrastructure following major disasters, emergencies, or events of a 
national security or law enforcement nature and facilitates restoration 
through coordination with other federal and SLTT entities and private 
sector companies. In addition, the division administers legal oversight 
and review of the Commission's Local Number Portability Act (LNPA) 
activities. Similarly, we propose allocating two FTEs as direct to the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, for regulatory fee purpose, because 
the burden of the work performed is directly related to the oversight 
and regulation of wireless regulatory fee payors based on the same 
functions described above, with respect to wireline regulatory fee 
payors.
    45. In addition, the work done by one FTE in OEMD directly supports 
the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors of the Media 
Bureau by conducting site surveys of media broadcast transmitters to 
determine potential issues of interference, and by deploying personnel 
to disaster areas to perform spectrum scans before and after disasters 
to ascertain the operational status of broadcast stations and assist 
those that are not operational. Deploying personnel to disaster areas 
primarily supports the oversight and regulation of the regulatory fee 
payors of all three bureaus by, among other things, providing direct 
assistance to providers in disaster areas with issues such as obtaining 
access to facility sites and procurement of fuel for generators. Based 
on this analysis, we propose to reallocate, for regulatory fee 
purposes, one FTEs as a direct FTEs to be included in the count of the 
Media Bureau, proportionally among the fee categories in that bureau. 
We seek comment on this proposal.
    46. The Communications and Crisis Management Center (FCC Operations 
Center), which is part of OEMD, maintains a 24/7 staff at FCC 
Headquarters. Its responsibilities include: monitoring the status of 
communications and engaging in real-time with emergency operations 
centers and PSAPs in the event of outages or disasters; resolving 
consumer complaints; supporting the Commission's enforcement 
activities; granting special temporary authority to Commission 
licensees after hours; and maintaining the Commission's primary 
classified environment and the required support systems.
    47. The Operations Center is available 24/7 to field requests from 
all regulatees for assistance and to grant special temporary authority 
outside of normal business hours. Operations Center staff routinely 
field calls regarding consumer complaints of communications outages and 
interference or requests for information on the provision of wireless 
and wireline communications services in specific regions of the Nation. 
In response to these communications, Operations Center staff will 
coordinate solutions across Commission Bureaus and Offices, SLTT 
stakeholder entities, and private sector companies. After analyzing at 
a high level data regarding the FTE work performed in the Operations 
Center, we find that, the work of three of the FTEs of the Operations 
Center is directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of 
regulatory fee payors of a core bureau. We propose to consider such 
work as direct to the relevant bureau for regulatory fee purposes. 
Specifically, we propose that one FTE could be reallocated for 
regulatory fee purposes as a direct FTE of the Wireline Competition 
Bureau, one FTE could be reallocated for regulatory fee purposes as a 
direct FTE to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and one FTE could 
be reallocated for regulatory fee purposes as direct to the Media 
Bureau, proportionally among the fee

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categories in that bureau. We seek comment on this proposal.
    48. The Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division helps 
ensure that the nation's communications networks are reliable and 
secure so that the public can communicate, especially during 
emergencies. This division identifies and promotes network improvements 
through analysis and investigation of significant communications 
outages, providing situational awareness of the status of 
communications infrastructure during times of emergency, administering 
the Commission's primary advisory committee on communications security 
and reliability, and rulemakings. Focus areas include emergency 
communications, such as 911 and wireless emergency alerting, network 
performance during disasters, and major network outages and threats. 
This division monitors and analyzes communications network outages to 
identify trends, assess actions the FCC can take to help prevent and 
mitigate outages, and where necessary, assist response and recovery 
activities.
    49. The division provides oversight and regulation of the 
regulatory payors by, among other things, providing situational 
awareness of the status of communications infrastructure and 
coordinating requests for assistance during times of emergency. We 
find, after analyzing the burden of the work done in this division, 
there are four FTEs that could be reallocated, for regulatory fee 
purposes, as direct FTEs to the Wireline Competition Bureau because the 
work being done on wireline network outage reporting, in routine and 
disaster environments, as well as outages and notifications impacting 
the 911 and 933 systems, is directly in furtherance of the oversight 
and regulation of wireline regulatory fee payors We also find that two 
FTEs can be reallocated, for regulatory fee purposes, to the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau because the work of FTEs being done to 
administer the Mandatory Disaster Response Initiative to ensure 
providers of commercial mobile services engage in mutual aid activities 
during times of emergency, the work of its Federal Advisory Committee 
on standards and best practices related to 5G deployment, and the work 
to develop and implement performance standards and accuracy for 
wireless emergency alerting is directly in furtherance of the oversight 
and regulation of wireless regulatory fee payors. Finally, the division 
supports the security of services provided across platforms, in the 
Commission's Alerting Security docket, and Federal Advisory Committee 
work on 911 standards and alerting standards, as well as network and 
supply chain security.
    50. In sum, because we are able to determine that some of the work 
being performed by certain FTEs in PSHSB is directly related to the 
oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in a core bureau, we 
propose to consider the FTE burden of such work as direct to the 
relevant bureau(s). Specifically, we propose to reassign a total of 
nine FTEs as direct FTEs to the Wireline Competition Bureau, 13 FTEs as 
direct FTEs to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and six FTEs as 
direct FTEs to the Media Bureau. The reassignment, for regulatory fee 
purposes, to the Media Bureau would be proportional among the fee 
categories in the bureau. This is a total of 28 Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau FTEs reallocated, as direct FTEs, for 
regulatory fee purposes, in the core bureaus.
    51. Conclusion of the Proposal To Reallocate Certain Indirect FTEs 
From OEA, OGC, and PSHSB as Direct FTEs to a Relevant Core Bureau. As 
represented above, FTE time associated with the proposed reallocations 
for regulatory fee purposes would be added to the relevant core bureau. 
Such a reallocation for regulatory fee purposes would result in 
increasing the number of direct FTEs in a core bureau and reducing the 
total number of indirect FTEs within the Commission. Because our 
underlying methodology for calculating regulatory fees does not change, 
we conclude that our fee regulatory fee calculation continues to be 
consistent with section 9 of the Communications Act, which requires us 
to base our methodology on the number of FTEs in calculating regulatory 
fees. We seek comment on this conclusion.
    52. We are mindful that our treatment of FTEs as direct or indirect 
can change over time based on our evaluation of the FTE burden 
associated with the Commission's work assignments and the ebbs and 
flows within industry segments and needs of specific regulatory fee 
payors. We also emphasize that our proposals to reallocate certain FTEs 
from indirect to direct proposes a modest change to the percentages of 
direct FTEs allocated to the core bureaus. This analysis assures us 
that the Commission's general methodology for establishing regulatory 
fees has been appropriate. Based on our careful consideration of the 
record, we seek comment on whether we should, based on a high level 
evaluation of data gathered by Commission staff as described above, 
calculate regulatory fees for FY 2023 based on the proposed 
reallocations, and whether doing so is appropriate and consistent with 
section 9 of the Communications Act. The table below shows the proposed 
reallocations of a total of 63 FTEs to each of the core bureaus, as 
discussed above. Such reallocations, for regulatory fee purposes, would 
be proportionally distributed within the core bureau. We seek comment 
on these reallocations.

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                                          Number of direct
                                            FTEs without                 Number of direct FTEs with
               Core bureau                  indirect FTE     Percentage  indirect FTE reassignments   Percentage
                                            reassignments
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International Bureau....................                28         8.28  +2 from OEA...............         7.73
                                                                         + 1 from OGC..............
                                                                         Total additional FTEs, +3.
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau......                75        22.19  +8 from OEA...............        24.44
                                                                         +2 from OGC...............
                                                                         +13 from PSHSB............
                                                                         Total additional FTEs +23.
Wireline Competition Bureau.............            120.25        35.57  +13 from OEA..............        35.73
                                                                         +1 from OGC...............
                                                                         +9 from PSHSB.............
                                                                         Total additional FTEs +23.

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Media Bureau............................               116        33.96  +7 from OEA...............        32.10
                                                                         +1 from OGC...............
                                                                         +6 from PSHSB.............
                                                                         Total additional FTEs +14.
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    53. As reflected in the table above, our proposals to reallocate 63 
indirect FTEs as direct for regulatory fee purposes will result in a 
nearly 19% increase in our overall direct FTE count. We make these 
proposals consistent with our long standing regulatory fee methodology 
and conclude that our determinations are reasonably accurate for fiscal 
year 2023. In sum, based on our staff analysis of the activities of the 
Commission, we tentatively conclude that our proposals for FTE 
reallocation better reflect the burdens that certain segments of the 
telecommunications industry impose on the Commission and our workforce, 
and will allow us to continue to assess and collect regulatory fees to 
cover the costs of meeting those obligations. We seek comment on our 
proposals and this tentative conclusion.
    54. Our proposals today to reallocate, for regulatory fee purposes, 
certain indirect FTEs to direct FTEs in a core bureau recognizes and 
responds to commenters concerns that some work being done in non-core 
bureaus and offices is done in furtherance of the oversight and 
regulation of specific regulatory fee payors. We are nonetheless 
mindful of the fact that FTEs' work in OEA, OGC, and PSHSB can change 
from year to year and we want to avoid any unplanned shifts in 
regulatory fees on an annual basis that would undermine the goals of 
having a fair, administrable, and sustainable program. In evaluating 
our proposals, we therefore ask commenters to speak to whether the 
potentially fluctuating nature of this information on an annual basis 
will negatively impact their ability to predict what their regulatory 
fee obligations will be each year. Specifically, we seek comment on 
depth of analysis we should engage in and the frequency of such 
analysis when making FTE allocation proposals.
2. Treatment of Non-High Cost Universal Service Fund FTEs as Indirect
    55. In 2017, the Commission decided to assign as indirect, for 
regulatory fee purposes, 38 FTEs in the Wireline Competition Bureau who 
worked on non-high cost programs of the Universal Service Fund. This 
reallocation was based on the Commission's conclusion that due to 
changes over time in the universal service fund regulatory landscape, 
it was no longer appropriate to consider all FTE time spent working on 
non-high cost universal service issues as Wireline Competition Bureau 
direct FTEs. In the non-high cost programs, funding eligibility is 
based on the beneficiary, i.e., a school, a library, a low-income 
individual or family, or a healthcare provider. While initial programs 
were focused on wireline services, as the Commission's non-high cost 
programs have evolved, other providers, like wireless carriers and 
broadband providers, are also participating in the programs. 
Additionally, satellite operators, Wi-Fi network installers, and fiber 
builders may all receive universal service funding through the 
Commission's non-high cost programs. As Interstate Telecommunications 
Service Providers (ITSPs) are no longer the sole contributors or 
beneficiaries of the non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs, the 
Commission concluded that reallocating the Wireline Competition Bureau 
FTEs devoted to non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs as 
indirect FTEs was more consistent with how FTEs working for programs 
that benefit consumers and the American public are treated elsewhere in 
the Commission.
    56. The Commission explained that such FTE time should be 
considered indirect because it is not focused specifically on 
regulatory fee payors of any core bureau. Instead it covers all program 
participants. In reaching this conclusion, the Commission reasoned that 
the FTE time devoted to the non-high cost Universal Service Fund issues 
is not oversight and regulation of a particular category of fee payors 
as is the case for ITSPs and CMRS providers, but instead is the 
oversight of several programs with a wide array of beneficiaries and 
participants. The Commission determined that FTE time spent on non-high 
cost Universal Service Fund issues is indirect because it would be 
``impossible to determine the precise costs attributable to FTEs and 
the precise benefits flowing from Commission regulation to any one 
regulatee, let alone a particular cross-section of regulatees or even 
an entire industry--not to mention the complications associated with 
regulatees statutorily exempt from paying regulatory fees (such as 
governmental licensees) and with beneficiaries (such as schools and 
libraries) that are not regulatees, all of whom nonetheless create 
costs that must be covered.''
    57. In FY 2022, broadcasters raised concerns about the inclusion of 
payment for these indirect FTEs in their regulatory fees. The 
Commission took a closer look at the FTE burden associated with these 
non-high cost Universal Service Fund issues and determined that 
broadcasters should be excluded from the costs associated with these 
indirect FTEs. Based on this determination, the costs associated with 
these indirect FTEs in FY 2022 was apportioned among all other 
regulatory fee payors. Broadcasters have argued that these indirect 
FTEs should be treated as direct and allocated across other fee payors 
but have not identified a methodology for reallocating the FTE burden 
associated with these programs to the core bureau. For FY 2023, we 
tentatively conclude that the Commission's FY 2022 reasoning remains 
sound and the indirect FTE burden associated with these non-high cost 
Universal Service Fund programs should not be apportioned to 
broadcasters. We seek comment on this tentative conclusion. We ask any 
commenters asserting that these indirect FTEs should be reassigned as 
direct FTEs to a core bureau to provide an explanation of how these 
FTEs provide a direct benefit to other fee payors.
    58. Additionally, our analysis of the FTE burden associated with 
these non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs reveals that we 
need to adjust downward the number of indirect FTEs working on the non-
high cost Universal Service Fund programs from 38 FTEs in FY 2022 to 
23.75 indirect FTEs for FY 2023, a decrease of 14.25 indirect FTEs. We 
seek comment on allocating, for regulatory fee purposes, these 23.75 
Wireline Competition Bureau FTEs as indirect for FY 2023.

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3. Other FTE Allocations
    59. In conducting our high-level review of FTE time within the 
various bureaus and offices within the Commission in response to 
commenters' concerns, we tentatively conclude that FTE time within the 
International Bureau, the Office of Engineering and Technology, the 
Enforcement Bureau, and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 
is appropriately designated as either indirect or direct. We seek 
comment on these tentative conclusions and our allocation analysis, as 
discussed below, for each bureau and office.
    60. International Bureau. The International Bureau had 81 FTEs as 
of October 1, 2022, and similar to last year, we propose the same 
allocation of those 81 FTES to be 28 direct FTEs and 53 indirect FTEs 
for purposes of regulatory fees (prior to adding three FTEs that we are 
proposing to reallocate for regulatory fee purposes). In 2013, the 
Commission concluded that the number of direct FTEs engaged in the 
regulation and oversight of International Bureau licensees should be 
28. The Commission reviewed the number of FTEs in the International 
Bureau each year as part of the annual regulatory fee process, 
including last year, and found that that number still accurately 
reflects the number of direct FTEs engaged in the regulation and 
oversight of International Bureau licensees. Between the 
Telecommunications and Analysis Division (TAD) and the Satellite 
Division there are 27 FTEs, and one FTE in the Office of the Bureau 
Chief (IBFO), that are allocated as direct FTEs. All FTEs in the Global 
Strategy and Negotiation Division (GSN) are considered indirect FTEs.
    61. We have taken a closer look at the indirect FTE time in the 
International Bureau, which is primarily in GSN. GSN staff represent 
the Commission in international conferences, meetings, and 
negotiations, draft written contributions including proposed USA and 
regional positions, and coordinate Commission preparation for such 
conferences, meetings, and negotiations with other Bureaus and Offices, 
and government agencies, as appropriate. In addition, GSN manages 
Commission participation in the fellowship telecommunication training 
program for foreign officials offered through the U.S. 
Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) as well as the 
Commission's International Visitors Program. Under the leadership of 
the Department of State, staff participate in various international and 
regional organizations such as the International Telecommunication 
Union (ITU), the International Maritime Organization, the International 
Civil Aeronautics Organization, the Organization for Economic 
Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Asia Pacific Economic 
Cooperation, and the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission. The 
ITU has three sectors, radiocommunications (ITU-R), telecommunications 
standardization (ITU-T), and telecommunications development (ITU-D). 
GSN staff cover all three sectors, with ITU-R work focused on spectrum 
allocations and related international regulations governing spectrum 
use, ITU-T work focused on international standards setting issues, 
numbering, and related policy issues, and ITU-D work focused on 
capacity building and digital inclusion. GSN also coordinates cross-
border issues with Mexico and Canada that involve a wide range of 
services, such as maritime, aeronautical, mobile and fixed satellite, 
broadcasting, mobile, and terrestrial wireless services. In addition, 
GSN's functions include international broadcasting station licensing 
and coordination of frequencies for International Broadcast licenses at 
the ITU. GSN's multilateral and bilateral international work ultimately 
benefits all fee payors by maintaining and advancing the United States' 
global leadership and interests, which encompasses, among others, U.S. 
trade, foreign policy, and national security interests. Insofar as the 
work of GSN does not benefit a specific fee payor, but rather the 
government as whole, we continue to conclude the work of its FTEs is 
appropriately categorized as indirect.
    62. In the IBFO and in the IB divisions, a number of FTEs support 
the various bureau functions involving management and administrative 
support, such as IT issues, international travels, and other 
administrative activities. In the IBFO, approximately one FTE can be 
attributed to overseeing the Satellite Division's activities that 
directly benefit space and earth stations. Some work in the IBFO and 
TAD involve coordinating with Executive Branch agencies on issues 
involving foreign ownership, national security, law enforcement, and 
cyber security. Most FTE work in the IBFO supports all regulatory fee 
payors and also supports GSN work. For that reason, we conclude that 
they should continue to be considered indirect. In addition, not all 
the Satellite Division work can be attributed directly to a particular 
category of regulatory fee payor. For example, a number of space 
related activities indirectly benefit the existing fee categories, 
including space stations, commercial mobile services, and earth 
stations. For example, the Satellite Division coordinates with the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA), State Department on space sustainability, planetary 
protections, and on leading space innovation. Lastly, the Satellite 
Division works closely with GSN staff, to help cover certain ITU World 
Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) agenda items. Based on our review 
of the FTEs in the International Bureau, we find that the allocation of 
direct and indirect FTEs should remain the same for FY 2023, i.e., 28 
direct and 53 indirect FTEs. We seek comment on this tentative 
conclusion.
    63. Further, we note that, on January 9, 2023, the Commission 
adopted the Space Bureau Order, which among other things, reorganized 
the International Bureau by establishing a new Space Bureau and a new 
Office of International Affairs. This reorganization became effective 
on April 10, 2023. At this time, however, we are not proposing to 
reallocate any FTEs on the basis of this reorganization. Other than the 
reallocations we have proposed herein for regulatory fee purposes, the 
number of direct FTEs working on oversight and regulation of the 
International Bureau regulatory fee payors therefore remains unchanged 
for FY 2023. We will revisit the FTE allocations for the Space Bureau, 
as we do for all the Commission's bureaus and offices, in FY 2024.
    64. Office of Engineering and Technology. The Office of Engineering 
and Technology provides engineering and technical expertise to the 
agency and supports each of the agency's four core bureaus. Part of 
that office's role is to participate in matters ``not within the 
jurisdiction of any single bureau'' or ``affecting more than one 
bureau.'' More specifically, the Office of Engineering and Technology 
manages the spectrum and maintains the U.S. Table of Frequency 
Allocations, manages the experimental licensing and equipment 
authorization programs, regulates the operation of devices on an 
unlicensed basis, and conducts engineering and technical studies. Each 
of these functions is broadly applicable and benefits multiple industry 
sectors, including the broadcasting industry. For example, work in 
overseeing the equipment authorization program benefits multiple 
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authorization, including some broadcast receiving equipment (e.g., 
smart TVs), operate on several spectrum bands under rules for both 
licensed services and unlicensed operations.
    65. NAB contends that broadcasters' regulatory fees should not 
include the indirect FTEs in the Office of Engineering and Technology 
because that office is focused on the use of spectrum on an unlicensed 
basis, evaluating new radio frequency (RF) devices, and managing the 
equipment authorization program. According to NAB, these issues have 
very little to do with broadcasters. In the FY 2021 Report and Order, 
we rejected commenters' proposals that would effectively treat the 
Office and Engineering and Technology as a core bureau making FTEs who 
work in that office direct FTEs. At that time, we found that the Office 
of Engineering and Technology provides engineering and technical 
expertise to the agency as a whole and supports each of the agency's 
four core bureaus and for that reason the FTEs were appropriately 
assigned as indirect.
    66. We have taken a closer look at the FTE time in this office and 
we again conclude that the FTEs in Office of Engineering and Technology 
are appropriately considered indirect. Our analysis shows that a 
significant amount of FTE time is devoted to equipment authorization. 
FTE work in equipment authorization involves not only RF testing of 
various equipment that uses spectrum on both a licensed and unlicensed 
basis, but also such functions as management of the equipment 
authorization system, coordination with Telecommunications 
Certification Bodies, and rulemaking activities such as updating 
testing and laboratory certification standards. FTE time to manage the 
U.S. Table of Frequency Allocations includes activities such as 
rulemaking and coordination with other federal and international 
entities, which impacts virtually all spectrum use, including both 
licensed and experimental use. The work of OET FTEs therefore benefit 
the work of the Commission as a whole and is not specific to any 
particular regulatory fee category. As such, the FTE burden associated 
with such work properly remains allocated as indirect. Other FTE time 
in OET is spread out among multiple core bureaus within the Commission 
and its regulatees. For example, users of spectrum on an unlicensed 
basis includes virtually every American consumer and business, and 
management of the U.S. Table of Frequency Allocations has the potential 
to impact every spectrum user, either directly with regard to primary 
or secondary use, or indirectly such as with regard to emissions from 
adjacent spectrum bands. Accordingly, we seek comment on our tentative 
conclusion to continue to assign all of the FTEs in the Office of 
Engineering and Technology as indirect and to apportion them across the 
core bureaus.
    67. Enforcement Bureau. NAB contends that the Enforcement Bureau's 
Fraud Division, Market Disputes Resolution Division, and 
Telecommunications Consumers Division all perform work that benefit 
broadband service providers, cable operators, and telecommunications 
carriers and broadcasters should not be responsible for these indirect 
FTEs and they should instead be characterized as direct to certain core 
bureaus. We have closely analyzed the FTE time in the Enforcement 
Bureau, not just the divisions NAB selected, and we tentatively 
conclude that this bureau should continue to be treated as indirect 
because, as we discuss below, the Enforcement Bureau FTEs enforce the 
Communications Act and the Commission's rules. The FTE oversight 
function is focused on the integrity of Commission's rules and ensuring 
the implementation of the Commission's Act. FTE time devoted to 
enforcement of the Commission's rules is the epitome of work that 
benefits the agency as a whole and the American public and we do not 
believe it would be fair for any one regulatory fee group of payors to 
shoulder the FTE burden of such work.
    68. We disagree with NAB's argument that the FTEs in the Fraud 
Division should be direct FTEs. This division has primary 
responsibility for investigating and enforcing the violations of the 
Communications Act and the Commission's rules and investigates alleged 
fraudulent receipt of federal funds from the Commission's federal 
financial aid programs. The division also coordinates with other 
offices and bureaus within the Commission and with the Office of 
Inspector General, and other federal and state agencies to maximize 
enforcement efforts. These issues handled by the Fraud Division are not 
tied to the oversight and regulation of particular regulatory fee 
categories. Investigations of fraud may involve voice service 
providers, but may also focus on entities that are not regulatory fee 
payors. We seek comment on our tentative conclusion to keep these FTEs 
as indirect.
    69. We disagree with NAB's argument that the FTEs in the 
Telecommunications Consumers Division should be reassigned as direct. 
The FTE time devoted to protecting consumers from robocalls is not 
solely focused on Commission regulatory fee payors, but includes the 
entities initiating the robocalls and coordination with other agencies. 
The wireline and wireless voice service providers (regulatory fee 
payors) are generally not the bad actors targeted in these 
investigations; although we have recently adopted rules regarding voice 
service providers that carry illegal robocall traffic. This division 
conducts investigations of a variety of entities including regulatory 
fee payors and non-payors. Further, this division investigates 
manufacturers of equipment as well as telemarketers for practices that 
harm consumers. Thus, despite NAB's assertion, FTE time in this 
division is not only focused on regulatory fee payors of the core 
bureaus but includes non-payors. We seek comment on keeping these FTEs 
as indirect.
    70. In addition to the divisions listed by NAB, we have closely 
looked at the remaining Enforcement Bureau divisions and we also find 
that the FTEs are properly assigned as indirect. The Market Disputes 
Resolution Division handles all formal complaints against common 
carriers and pole attachment complaints, and this includes entities 
that use poles that are not regulatory fee payors, such as utilities. 
The Market Disputes Resolution Division provides an avenue for such 
parties, not limited to regulatory fee payors, to resolve complaints. 
We seek comment on maintaining these FTEs as indirect.
    71. The Spectrum Enforcement Division conducts investigations and 
takes enforcement actions against complaints primarily involving 
wireless equipment matters, such as electronic devices that are 
advertised, sold, or operated without proper authorization under the 
Commission's technical rules, e.g., unauthorized drone accessories that 
could interfere with aviation frequencies. Other investigations involve 
entities that operate unauthorized wireless services, such as 
unauthorized satellite transmissions or unlicensed wireless data 
networks, which could jeopardize government operations and authorized 
commercial wireless operations. This division also focuses on public 
safety and technical issues such as jamming devices that threaten 
cellular networks and GPS, 911 system failures, and other equipment 
requirements, including labeling requirements and user manual 
disclosures for radiofrequency devices. The Spectrum Enforcement 
Division also investigates licensees that fail to comply with the terms 
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addition, this division provides engineering and technical support to 
the Enforcement Bureau. FTE time in this division is not solely focused 
on regulatory fee payors of the core bureaus. For all of these reasons, 
we find that these FTEs should remain indirect. We seek comment on 
maintaining these FTEs as indirect.
    72. Similarly, we find that the Investigations and Hearings 
Division FTEs should remain indirect. This division conducts 
investigations and takes appropriate enforcement action against 
broadcast licensees, cable operators, DBS operators, wireless 
licensees, and telecommunications carriers for violations of the 
Communications Act and Commission rules; oversees the Equal Employment 
Opportunity compliance of television and radio broadcast licensees, as 
well as multichannel video programming distributors (MPVDs), such as 
cable and DBS operators, and satellite radio; investigates and takes 
appropriate enforcement action for violations of various Commission 
transparency rules concerning broadband services, cable television, and 
other communications offerings. This FTE time is spread among all core 
bureaus as well as entities that are not Commission regulatory fee 
payors. For this reason, we find that the FTEs in this division should 
remain indirect.
    73. FTE time in the Enforcement Bureau Field Offices is devoted to 
investigating unauthorized radio stations, among other things. Parties 
found operating radio stations without FCC authorization will be 
subject to a variety of enforcement actions including seizure of 
equipment, imposition of monetary forfeitures, ineligibility to hold 
any FCC license, and criminal penalties. Such unauthorized radio 
stations interfere with licensed radio stations and prevent the 
American public from enjoying the radio station that is unable to 
broadcast due to such interference. Field offices have other functions, 
such as on-scene investigations, inspections, and audits; responding to 
safety of life matters; investigating and resolving individual 
interference complaints; investigating violations in all licensees and/
or operator services; coordinating with local and state public safety 
entities; and carrying out special priorities of the Commission.
    74. After analyzing the FTE time in this bureau, we find that the 
Enforcement Bureau is appropriately considered an indirect bureau. 
Accordingly, we tentatively conclude that none of the FTEs in the 
Enforcement Bureau should be considered for reallocation. We seek 
comment on this tentative conclusion. As a general matter, 
investigations are undertaken by Enforcement Bureau staff in the Field 
offices, and the Fraud, Telecommunications Consumers, Investigations 
and Hearings, and Spectrum Enforcement Divisions based on complaints 
and the Commission's decisions on how to allocate investigation 
resources among various disputes, including those concerning bad 
actors. Attempting to discern whether the FTE work conducted in general 
dispute resolution benefits a particular regulatory fee payor would be 
difficult, time consuming and impractical to administer. Moreover, 
where the work of the Enforcement Bureau concerns bad actors, it would 
be particularly unfair to consider the work of resolving such matters 
as direct to a category of regulatory fee payors. The direct FTE time 
on which we calculate regulatory fees should not be based on these 
types of considerations. For example, a decision by the Commission to 
have the Field offices investigate complaints about unauthorized radio 
operators should not result in an increase in the AM and FM 
broadcasters' regulatory fees based on the FTE time in such 
investigations. An investigation of a fraudulent robocaller should not 
result in an increase in the wireline or wireless carriers' regulatory 
fees, due to the fact that the robocalls were made to consumers' 
phones. This bureau addresses all violations of Commission rules; some 
of those could be considered fraud or bad actors and others are rule 
violations or disagreements between parties. As a policy matter, our 
regulatory fees should not be based on our investigations of 
generalized disputes or the actions of parties that have violated the 
Commission's rules. Our regulatory fee calculations are based on the 
FTEs devoted to oversight and regulation of the regulatory fee payors, 
and should not be inflated or skewed due to the Commission's focus on 
investigations and its enforcement of our rules that are related to the 
telecommunications industry generally or to bad actors within it. We 
therefore seek comment on our tentative conclusion to maintain all of 
the Enforcement Bureau FTEs as indirect FTEs.
    75. Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. Similarly, we propose 
to continue considering the FTEs in Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau as indirect because the work of the FTEs in this bureau, and the 
oversight and regulation by these FTEs, is primarily devoted to 
outreach and consumer matters and enforcing the Act and the 
Commission's rules. FTE time devoted to regulatory fee payors is often 
either spent on complaints or petitions for declaratory rulings or on 
oversight more generally of the industry, e.g., establishing and 
oversight of the Reassigned Numbers Database. As we explained with 
respect to Enforcement Bureau FTEs, our regulatory fees should not be 
based on the volume of complaints or petitions for declaratory 
rulemakings and the Commission's discretion in allocating resources to 
handling such matters. Thus, we tentatively conclude that none of the 
FTEs in the Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau should be considered 
for reallocation as direct FTEs. We therefore seek comment on our 
tentative conclusion to maintain the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau FTEs as indirect.
4. Broadcast Regulatory Fees
a. Broadcast Television Stations
    76. In the FY 2020 Report and Order, we completed the transition to 
a population-based full-service broadcast television regulatory fee. 
The population-based methodology conforms with the service authorized 
here--broadcasting television to the American people. For FY 2023, we 
propose to continue to assess fees for full-power broadcast television 
stations based on the population covered by a full-service broadcast 
television station's contour. We seek comment on our mechanism, 
described below, for how we will calculate the regulatory fee based on 
the previously decided population-based methodology. We propose 
adopting a factor of .7799 of one cent ($.007799) per population served 
for FY 2023 full-power broadcast television station fees. The 
population data for broadcasters' service areas are determined using 
the TVStudy software and the LMS database, based on a station's 
projected noise-limited service contour. The population data for each 
licensee and the population-based fee (population multiplied by 
$.007799) for each full-power broadcast television station is listed in 
Table 7. We seek comment on these proposed fees.
b. Broadcast Radio Stations
    77. For the last several years, broadcaster groups have 
consistently filed comments in the Commission's annual regulatory fee 
proceedings about the impact of increasing regulatory fees on small 
independent broadcasters' ability to continue to provide service to 
their local communities. Among other factors, they cite competition 
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satellite radio and music streaming services, a shrinking advertising 
base and their inability to pass regulatory fee increases on to a 
subscriber base. We share the broadcasters' concern that market 
pressures are significant and, as currently structured, we risk that 
our fee schedule results in those that are least able to pay regulatory 
fees overpaying their share of fees, to the benefit of broadcasters 
with a larger population base. We have reviewed the existing tiered fee 
structure on which we base our calculation of annual regulatory fees 
for radio broadcasters and have concluded that creating an additional 
tier within the lowest population tier is necessary to ensure that 
broadcaster fees are more equitably distributed among all radio 
broadcasters and that the regulatory fees assessed to the smaller 
broadcasters are ``reasonably related to the benefits provided to the 
payor of the fee by the Commission's activities'' as required by 
section 9(d) of the Act. To that end, we propose a revised radio 
station regulatory fee table that would include a lower population tier 
for AM and FM broadcasters. Specifically, we propose to separate the 
previous years' tier of <= 25,000 population into two tiers: (1) <== 
10,000, and (2) 10,001-25,000. Under our proposal, the remaining 
population tier thresholds would stay the same as prior years. We seek 
comment on the table below.

                                                          FY 2023 Radio Station Regulatory Fees
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                                                                                                                           FM Classes A,   FM Classes B,
                    Population served                       AM Class A      AM Class B      AM Class C      AM Class D        B1 & C3     C, C0, C1 & C2
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<=10,000................................................            $595            $430            $370            $410            $650            $745
10,001-25,000...........................................             990             715             620             680           1,085           1,240
25,001-75,000...........................................           1,485           1,075             930           1,020           1,630           1,860
75,001-150,000..........................................           2,230           1,610           1,395           1,530           2,440           2,790
150,001-500,000.........................................           3,345           2,415           2,095           2,300           3,665           4,190
500,001-1,200,000.......................................           5,010           3,620           3,135           3,440           5,490           6,275
1,200,001-3,000,000.....................................           7,525           5,435           4,710           5,170           8,245           9,425
3,000,001-6,000,000.....................................          11,275           8,145           7,060           7,745          12,360          14,125
>6,000,000..............................................          16,920          12,220          10,595          11,620          18,545          21,190
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5. Space Station Regulatory Fees
    78. We seek comment on the proposed regulatory fees for space 
stations as provided in Table 2. In 2020, the Commission adjusted the 
allocation of FTEs among geostationary orbit space stations (GSO) and 
non-geostationary orbit satellite systems (NGSO) operators. To ensure 
that regulatory fees more closely reflected the FTE oversight and 
regulation for each space station category, the Commission allocated 
80% of space station regulatory fees to GSOs and 20% of the space 
station regulatory fees to NGSOs. We also seek comment on defining the 
category of operations for on-orbit servicing (OOS) and rendezvous and 
proximity operations (RPO) for regulatory fee purposes, including 
whether a separate regulatory fee category is necessary. In addition, 
we seek comment on how to apply regulatory fees to OOS and RPO 
spacecraft specifically operating near the geostationary satellite 
orbit arc.
    79. In 2021, the Commission adopted two new fee subcategories: 
``less complex'' NGSO systems and all other NGSO systems identified as 
``other'' NGSO systems, both under the broader category of ``Space 
Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit).'' ``Less complex'' NGSO systems are 
defined as NGSO satellite systems planning to communicate with 20 or 
fewer U.S. authorized earth stations that are primarily used for Earth 
Exploration Satellite Service (EESS) and/or Automatic Identification 
System (AIS). ``Less complex'' NGSO fees and ``other'' NGSO fees were 
split within the broader NGSO fee category on a 20/80 basis. For FY 
2023, we calculate the fees using the allocation of 80% of space 
station regulatory fees to GSOs and 20% of the space station regulatory 
fees to NGSOs. We also use the 20/80 allocation between ``less 
complex'' and ``other'' NGSO space station fees, respectively, within 
the NGSO fee category. Such allocations still accurately reflect the 
amount of work involved in regulating NGSO systems and the number of 
reasonably related benefits provided to the payors of each fee 
category.
    80. In the Report and Order attached to the FY 2022 NPRM, we 
adopted a methodology for calculating the regulatory fee for small 
satellites and small spacecraft (together, small satellites) within the 
NGSO fee category based on 1/20th (5%) of the average of the non-small 
satellite NGSO space station regulatory fee rates from the current 
fiscal year on a per license basis. This methodology accommodates 
fluctuations in the number of NGSO space stations fee payors, continues 
to provide a middle ground and an opportunity to gain more experience 
in regulating small satellites, and reflects that FTEs spend 
approximately twenty times more time on regulating one non-small 
satellite NGSO system compared to the time spent for regulating one 
small satellite license.
    81. Accordingly, in Tables 2 and 3, we have included the proposed 
fees for NGSO space stations calculated by assessing the fees that 
small satellites will pay in FY 2023, reducing that amount from the 
overall NGSO space stations fee category, and allocating the remaining 
NGSO space station fees 20/80 using the two fee subcategories: ``less 
complex'' NGSO space stations and all other NGSO space stations 
identified as ``other'' NGSO space stations. In Tables 2 and 3, we also 
propose fees for GSO space stations. We seek comment on these proposed 
fees.
    82. Spacecraft Performing On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) and Rendezvous 
and Proximity Operations (RPO). In the FY 2022 NPRM, we sought comment 
on adopting regulatory fee categories for spacecraft performing OOS and 
RPO. Missions, which can include satellite refueling, inspecting and 
repairing in-orbit spacecraft, capturing and removing debris, and 
transforming materials through manufacturing while in space, have the 
potential to benefit all space stations and improve the sustainability 
of the outer space environment and the space-based services. Due to the 
somewhat nascent nature of the OOS and RPO, or more generally ``in-
space servicing'' industries, we currently do not have a regulatory fee 
category for such spacecraft. We noted in the FY 2022 NPRM that there 
have been a limited number of such operations. We tentatively concluded 
at that time that it was too early to identify exactly where 
operations, such as those in low-Earth orbit (LEO), might fit into the 
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fee structure in the future. We accordingly deferred our determination 
of whether to create a new fee category for such services to a future 
fiscal year once the regulatory framework under which space stations 
performing in-space servicing operations, including OOS, RPO, space 
situational awareness (SSA), and space domain awareness (SDA) 
operations, and the scope of those operations, is better understood.
    83. Since the FY 2022 NPRM, neither the scope of in-space servicing 
operations nor the regulatory framework has developed sufficiently to 
adopt regulatory fee categories at this time. For example, although we 
expect that most of these operations are likely to ultimately be in 
NGSO, there will not be any operational OOS or RPO spacecraft in NGSO 
for FY 2023. For those spacecraft that may conduct such in-space 
servicing operations in the future, we seek further comment on defining 
this emerging category of operations for regulatory fee purposes, 
including whether a separate regulatory fee category is necessary. In 
response to our FY 2022 NPRM, three commenters supported the creation 
of a new fee category. Of those commenters, one suggested that we use 
the term ``in-space servicing'' to define services that will fit within 
the category to correlate the language with the In-Space Servicing, 
Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) National Strategy and define those 
services as activities in space ``by a servicer spacecraft or servicing 
agent on a client space object which require rendezvous and/or 
proximity operations.'' Another commenter suggested a definition for 
OOS missions as spacecraft whose ``primary function'' is to provide 
OOS, including concepts of operations such as deployment via orbital 
transfer vehicle (OTV), hosting, or RPO, and another agreed with such a 
definition and added that SSA and SDA operations should also be 
included. We seek comment on these and additional or different 
definitions for a potential new fee category. Commenters that favor a 
new fee category or categories should fully explain the basis for their 
positions, including how the Commission might identify where these 
operations might fit into the existing regulatory fee structure and why 
these operations are distinct from operations classified under other 
fee categories.
    84. Some spacecraft conducting satellite servicing have or plan to 
operate near the GSO arc. To date, we have licensed two spacecraft 
under part 25 for communications while conducting these types of 
operations with GSO satellites. These two spacecraft remain operational 
in FY 2023. Based on our review and experience regulating OOS and RPO 
spacecraft in GSO, we tentatively conclude that, despite being assigned 
their own call signs, which is the unit usually used to assess fees for 
satellite regulatees operating in GSO, such spacecraft appear to 
operate as part of existing GSO systems, rather than as separate 
independent spacecraft. Under this tentative conclusion, there is no 
independent system for a separate fee assessment for these operations 
near the GSO arc, and the regulatory burden for such operations are 
included in the fees collected from the regulatory fee payors paying 
fees for GSO satellites. We seek comment on this tentative conclusion 
and whether our experience to date may not apply to future operations 
of OOS and RPO spacecraft, which may operate more independently of the 
satellites that they will service. For spacecraft conducting OOS and 
RPO with GSO satellites, identifying whether such spacecraft operations 
are part of an existing GSO system appears to be the first step in 
determining whether we should assess a separate fee. We propose to 
apply the regulatory fee for ``Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit)'' 
to OOS and RPO spacecraft operating near the GSO arc, unless we 
determine that the OOS or RPO spacecraft is operating as part of an 
existing GSO system and therefore should not be assessed a separate 
regulatory fee. We seek comment on this approach, as well as on the 
specific factors that we should consider to determine whether a OOS or 
RPO spacecraft will operate as part of an existing GSO system for 
regulatory fee purposes.
6. Digital Equity and Inclusion
    85. The Commission, as part of its continuing effort to advance 
digital equity for all, including people of color, persons with 
disabilities, persons who live in rural or tribal areas, and others who 
are or have been historically underserved, marginalized, or adversely 
affected by persistent poverty or inequality, invites comment on any 
equity-related considerations and benefits (if any) that may be 
associated with the proposals and issues discussed herein. 
Specifically, we seek comment on how our proposals for collecting 
regulatory fees for FY 2023 may promote or inhibit advances in 
diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, as well the scope of 
the Commission's relevant legal authority. We note that diversity and 
equity considerations, however, do not allow the Commission to shift 
fees from one party of fee payors to another nor to fees under section 
9 of the Act for any purpose other than as an offsetting collection in 
the amount of our annual S&E appropriation.
7. Continuing Flexibility in FY 2023 for Regulatory Fee Payors
    86. In FY 2020, the Commission adopted several temporary measures 
to assist parties experiencing COVID-19 -related financial hardship in 
seeking regulatory fee relief. The Commission found good cause to 
continue the temporary measures in FY 2021 and FY 2022. The measures 
included: (i) waiver of section 1.1166(a) of the Commission's rules to 
permit parties seeking regulatory fee waiver, reduction and/or deferral 
for financial hardship reasons to make a single request for all forms 
of relief sought, rather than requiring separate filings for each form 
of relief; (ii) waiver of section 1.1166(a) to permit requests to be 
submitted electronically to a dedicated email address, rather than 
requiring the requests to be filed in paper form with the Commission's 
Office of Secretary; and (iii) allowing parties seeking installment 
payment terms to do so by submitting their requests to the same 
dedicated email address and to combine their installment payment 
requests with their waiver, reduction, and/or deferral requests in a 
single filing.
    87. The Commission also reduced the interest rate typically charged 
on installment payments to a nominal rate and waived the down payment 
normally required before granting an installment payment request. In 
addition, the Commission partially waived the requirement that parties 
seeking relief on financial hardship grounds submit with their requests 
all financial documentation needed to prove financial hardship. This 
allowed regulatory fee payors experiencing pandemic-related financial 
hardship to submit additional financial documentation post-filing if 
necessary to determine whether relief should be granted. The Commission 
directed the Managing Director to work with individual regulatory fee 
payors that filed requests if additional documents were needed to 
render a decision on the request.
    88. Finally, the Commission allowed debtors barred from filing 
requests or applications by the Commission's red-light rule and 
experiencing pandemic-related financial hardship to nonetheless request 
relief with respect to their regulatory fees. The Commission authorized 
the Managing Director to partially waive the red light to permit 
consideration of those requests while requiring those parties to 
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delinquent debt to the Commission's satisfaction in the process.
    89. We seek comment on whether any of the remaining temporary 
measures described in paragraphs 87 and 88 above should be extended for 
FY 2023, and if so, why? Specifically, for FY 2023, should the 
Commission continue to offer a reduced interest rate and waive the down 
payment for installment payments of regulatory fees? Should we continue 
our partial waiver of the red light rule to permit delinquent debtors 
to seek fee relief, conditioned on the debtor's satisfactory resolution 
of its delinquent debt? Finally, should the Commission continue our 
partial waiver of section 1.1166 to permit a regulatee to submit 
financial documentation after its request is filed if the Managing 
Director determines that additional documents are needed to render a 
decision on the request? Commenters that support extension of any of 
these temporary measures should explain why extension of any temporary 
measure is necessary, and in the case of those temporary measures that 
require a waiver of a Commission rule, why good cause exists for the 
waiver and why the waiver is in the public interest. We remind 
commenters that we cannot relax the standard for granting a waiver or 
deferral of fees, penalties, or other charges for late payment of 
regulatory fees under section 9A of the Communications Act. Under that 
statute, the Commission may only waive a regulatory fee, penalty or 
interest if it finds there is good cause for the waiver and that the 
waiver is in the public interest. The Commission has only granted 
financial hardship waivers when the requesting party has shown it 
``lacks sufficient funds to pay the regulatory fees and to maintain its 
service to the public.'' Other statutory limitations include that the 
Commission must act on waiver requests individually, and cannot extend 
the deadline we set for payment of fees beyond September 30.
8. Providing Installment Payment Relief to Small Regulatory Fee Payors
    90. Several broadcaster groups request that the Commission allow 
regulatees to prepay their annual regulatory fees in installments, 
including by prepaying their annual regulatory fees in increments 
before the annual regulatory fee payment deadline. The broadcasters 
state that this and other measures would assist in lessening the 
broadcasters' regulatory fee burden.
    91. We start by reminding regulatory fee payors that the Commission 
has had a robust installment payment program in place for many years, 
and that many fee payors, especially small fee payors, have availed 
themselves of the relief installment payment plans provide, enabling 
repayment of the annual regulatory fee in installments after the 
payment deadline, without incurring a 25% late payment penalty. The 
Commission's existing installment payment program operates pursuant to 
the requirements of section 901.8 of the Federal Claims Collection 
Standards (FCCS), which permits installment payment of monies owed to 
the United States after the due date, where a debtor demonstrates that 
it is financially unable to pay its fees in lump sum by the due date. 
While the Commission does not have the authority to waive the required 
showing of financial inability to pay in lump sum, the Commission has 
discretion in setting the interest rate to be charged under an 
installment payment agreement and other repayment terms. In response to 
the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in FYs 2020, 2021, and 
2022, the Commission substantially reduced the interest rate it 
customarily charges on installment payment of regulatory fees to a 
nominal rate and waived its standard down payment requirement, and in 
this proceeding, is seeking comment on whether to extend those measures 
in FY 2023. We seek comment on whether the Commission should consider 
other temporary or permanent modifications to its existing installment 
payment program, bearing in mind the constraints of section 901.8 of 
the FCCS.
    92. We also seek comment on the broadcasters proposal that they be 
permitted to prepay their annual regulatory fees in increments, in 
advance of the annual regulatory fee date. We note here that the 
Communications Act has long required the Commission to permit 
installment payment of large regulatory fees. The Commission has 
historically interpreted this requirement to mean that large fee payors 
should be permitted to pay their fees in installments between the time 
the annual fee amount is established and the annual deadline for paying 
the fee, making its implementation impractical. We seek comment on 
whether we should permit prepayment in increments in advance of the 
release of the annual report and order establishing the fee amounts, 
and if so, how would such a program work? For instance, how would the 
regulatory fee payor determine the amount to be prepaid, given that the 
regulatory fee will not have been established until most, if not all, 
of the prepayments are made? How would we structure the prepayment 
terms, for instance, the frequency and size of each prepayment? Would 
the prepayment option be available to all regulatory fee payors or only 
certain payors, and if the latter, what criteria would we use to 
determine eligibility to prepay?
    93. Implementation of such a program, particularly if the eligible 
pool of regulatory fee payors is a large one, would likely require 
modifications to our recordkeeping, financial operations and accounting 
systems, as well as additional personnel to administer the program. 
What concrete benefits would the Commission and its participating 
regulatees derive from such a program? For instance, if we assume that 
the principal benefit to a regulatee of prepaying its regulatory fees 
in increments is in the ability to budget and plan the expenditure, 
would prepayment in installments be significantly more beneficial than 
a regulatee regularly setting aside an amount equivalent to the 
prepayment it would make, in order to pay its upcoming regulatory fee 
obligation when due and if so, how would it be more beneficial? Would 
the program's benefit to regulatees justify the Commission's cost of 
implementing and administering a prepayment by installment program and 
if so, how?
9. Other Forms of Assistance
    94. We seek comment on other ways in which the Commission might 
assist regulatory fee payors, including small entities such as 
broadcasters, in meeting their annual regulatory fee obligations. We 
ask that commenters explain the legal bases for any proposals they make 
and how such proposals fit within the Commission's statutory 
authorizations and our existing regulatory fee methodology.
10. New Regulatory Fee Categories
    95. Finally, we continue to seek additional comment on ``whether we 
should adopt new regulatory fee categories and on ways to improve our 
regulatory fee process regarding any and all categories of service.

IV. Procedural Matters

    96. Included below are procedural items as well as our current 
payment and collection methods. We include these payments and 
collection procedures here as a useful way of reminding regulatory fee 
payers and the public about these aspects of the annual regulatory fee 
collection process.
    97. Credit Card Transaction Levels. In accordance with Treasury 
Financial Manual, Volume I, Part 5, Chapter 7000, Section 7045--
Limitations on Card Collection Transactions, the highest

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amount that can be charged on a credit card for transactions with 
federal agencies is $24,999.99. Transactions greater than $24,999.99 
will be rejected. This limit applies to single payments or bundled 
payments of more than one bill. Multiple transactions to a single 
agency in one day may be aggregated and treated as a single transaction 
subject to the $24,999.99 limit. Customers who wish to pay an amount 
greater than $24,999.99 should consider available electronic 
alternatives such as Visa or MasterCard debit cards, Automates Clearing 
House (ACH) debits from a bank account, and wire transfers. Each of 
these payment options is available after filing regulatory fee 
information in CORES. Further details will be provided regarding 
payment methods and procedures at the time of FY 2023 regulatory fee 
collection in Fact Sheets, https://www.fcc.gov/regfees.
    98. Payment Methods. During the fee season for collecting 
regulatory fees, regulatees can pay their fees by credit card through 
Pay.gov, ACH, debit card, or by wire transfer. Additional payment 
instructions are posted on the Commission's website at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/wire-transfer. The receiving bank 
for all wire payments is the U.S. Treasury, New York, NY (TREAS NYC). 
Any other form of payment (e.g., checks, cashier's checks, or money 
orders) will be rejected. For payments by wire, an FCC Form 159-E 
should still be transmitted via fax so that the Commission can 
associate the wire payment with the correct regulatory fee information. 
The fax should be sent to the Commission at (202) 418-2843 at least one 
hour before initiating the wire transfer (but on the same business day) 
so as not to delay crediting their account. Regulatees should discuss 
arrangements (including bank closing schedules) with their bankers 
several days before they plan to make the wire transfer to allow 
sufficient time for the transfer to be initiated and completed before 
the deadline. Complete instructions for making wire payments are posted 
at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/wire-transfer.
    99. Standard Fee Calculations and Payment Dates. The Commission 
will accept fee payments made in advance of the window for the payment 
of regulatory fees. The responsibility for payment of fees by service 
category is as follows:
     Media Services: Regulatory fees must be paid for initial 
construction permits that were granted on or before October 1, 2022 for 
AM/FM radio stations, VHF/UHF broadcast television stations, and 
satellite television stations. Regulatory fees must be paid for all 
broadcast facility licenses granted on or before October 1, 2022.
     Wireline (Common Carrier) Services: Regulatory fees must 
be paid for authorizations that were granted on or before October 1, 
2022. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned 
after October 1, 2022, responsibility for payment rests with the holder 
of the permit or license as of the fee due date. Audio bridging service 
providers are included in this category. For Responsible Organizations 
(RespOrgs) that manage Toll Free Numbers (TFN), regulatory fees should 
be paid on all working, assigned, and reserved toll free numbers as 
well as toll free numbers in any other status as defined in section 
52.103 of the Commission's rules. The unit count should be based on 
toll free numbers managed by RespOrgs on or about December 31, 2022.
     Wireless Services: Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) 
cellular, mobile, and messaging services (fees based on number of 
subscribers or telephone number count): Regulatory fees must be paid 
for authorizations that were granted on or before October 1, 2022. The 
number of subscribers, units, or telephone numbers on December 31, 2021 
will be used as the basis from which to calculate the fee payment. In 
instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after 
October 1, 2022, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of 
the permit or license as of the fee due date.
     Wireless Services, Multi-year fees: The first eight 
regulatory fee categories in our Schedule of Regulatory Fees (first 
seven in our Calculation of Fees in Table 2) pay ``small multi-year 
wireless regulatory fees.'' Entities pay these regulatory fees in 
advance for the entire amount period covered by the five-year or ten-
year terms of their initial licenses, and pay regulatory fees again 
only when the license is renewed, or a new license is obtained. We 
include these fee categories in our rulemaking to publicize our 
estimates of the number of ``small multi-year wireless'' licenses that 
will be renewed or newly obtained in FY 2023.
     Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Services 
(cable television operators, Cable Television Relay Service (CARS) 
licensees, DBS, and IPTV): Regulatory fees must be paid for the number 
of basic cable television subscribers as of December 31, 2022. 
Regulatory fees also must be paid for CARS licenses that were granted 
on or before October 1, 2022. In instances where a permit or license is 
transferred or assigned after October 1, 2022, responsibility for 
payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee 
due date. For providers of DBS service and IPTV-based MVPDs, regulatory 
fees should be paid based on a subscriber count on or about December 
31, 2022. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or 
assigned after October 1, 2022, responsibility for payment rests with 
the holder of the permit or license as of the fee due date.
     International Services: Regulatory fees must be paid for 
earth stations that were licensed (or authorized) on or before October 
1, 2022. Regulatory fees must also be paid for Geostationary orbit 
space stations (GSO) and non-geostationary orbit satellite systems 
(NGSO), and the two NGSO subcategories ``Other'' and ``Less Complex,'' 
that were licensed and operational on or before October 1, 2022. 
Licensees of small satellites that were licensed and operational on or 
before October 1, 2022 must also pay regulatory fees. In instances 
where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 
2022, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or 
license as of the fee due date.
     International Services (Submarine Cable Systems, 
Terrestrial and Satellite Services): Regulatory fees for submarine 
cable systems are to be paid on a per cable landing license basis based 
on lit circuit capacity as of December 31, 2022. Regulatory fees for 
terrestrial and satellite IBCs are to be paid based on active (used or 
leased) international bearer circuits as of December 31, 2022, in any 
terrestrial or satellite transmission facility for the provision of 
service to an end user or resale carrier. When calculating the number 
of such active circuits, entities must include circuits used by 
themselves or their affiliates. For these purposes, ``active circuits'' 
include backup and redundant circuits as of December 31, 2022. Whether 
circuits are used specifically for voice or data is not relevant for 
purposes of determining that they are active circuits. In instances 
where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 
2022, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or 
license as of the fee due date.
    100. CMRS and Mobile Services Assessments. The Commission will 
compile data from the Numbering Resource Utilization Forecast (NRUF) 
report that is based on ``assigned'' telephone number (subscriber) 
counts that have been adjusted for porting to net Type 0 ports (``in'' 
and ``out''). We have included non-geographic numbers

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in the calculation of the number of subscribers for each CMRS provider 
in Table 2 and the CMRS regulatory fee factor proposed in Table 3. CMRS 
provider regulatory fees will be calculated and should be paid based on 
the inclusion of non-geographic numbers. CMRS providers can adjust the 
total number of subscribers, if needed. This information of telephone 
numbers (subscriber count) will be posted on the Commission's 
Registration System (CORES) along with the carrier's Operating Company 
Numbers (OCNs).
    101. A carrier wishing to revise its telephone number (subscriber) 
count can do so by accessing CORES and following the prompts to revise 
their telephone number counts. Any revisions to the telephone number 
counts should be accompanied by an explanation. The Commission will 
then review the revised count and supporting explanation, if any, and 
either approve or disapprove the submission in CORES. If the submission 
is disapproved, the Commission will contact the provider to afford the 
provider an opportunity to discuss its revised subscriber count and/or 
provide supporting documentation. If the Commission receives no 
response from the provider, or the Commission does not reverse its 
initial disapproval of the provider's revised count submission, the fee 
payment must be based on the number of subscribers listed initially in 
CORES. Once the timeframe for revision has passed, the telephone number 
counts are final and are the basis upon which CMRS regulatory fees are 
to be paid. Providers can view their final telephone counts online in 
CORES.
    102. Because some carriers do not file the NRUF report, they may 
not see their telephone number counts in CORES. In these instances, the 
carriers should compute their fee payment using the standard 
methodology that is currently in place for CMRS Wireless services 
(i.e., compute their telephone number counts as of December 31, 2022), 
and submit their fee payment accordingly. Whether a carrier reviews its 
telephone number counts in CORES or not, the Commission reserves the 
right to audit the number of telephone numbers for which regulatory 
fees are paid. In the event that the Commission determines that the 
number of telephone numbers that are paid is inaccurate, the Commission 
will bill the carrier for the difference between what was paid and what 
should have been paid.

V. List of Tables

 Table 1--Comments and Reply Comments to the FY 2022 Notice of Inquiry,
                          MD Docket No. 22-301
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Commenter                Abbreviated name      Date filed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Comments to NOI
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACA Connects--America's             ACA Connects........        10/26/22
 Communications Association.
National Association of             NAB.................        10/26/22
 Broadcasters.
Satellite Industry Association;     SIA.................        10/26/22
 SIA Executive Members include:
 Amazon; The Boeing Company;
 DIRECTV; EchoStar Corporation;
 HawkEye 360; Intelsat S.A.;
 Iridium Communications Inc.;
 Kratos Defense & Security
 Solutions; Ligado Networks;
 Lockheed Martin Corporation;
 Northrop Grumman; OneWeb; Planet;
 SES Americom, Inc.; Space
 Exploration Technologies Corp.;
 Spire Global Inc.; and Viasat
 Inc. SIA Associate Members
 include: ABS US Corp.; The
 Aerospace Corporation; Artel,
 LLC; AST & Science; Astranis
 Space Technologies Corp.; Aurora
 Insight; Blue Origin; Comtech
 Telecommunications Corp.;
 Eutelsat America Corp.;
 ExoAnalytic Solutions; Hughes
 Defense and Intelligence Systems
 Division/Government Solutions;
 Inmarsat; Kymeta Corporation;
 Leonardo; Lynk; Omnispace, LLC;
 OneWeb Technologies; Ovzon;
 Panasonic Avionics Corporation;
 Telesat; United Launch Alliance;
 and XTAR, LLC.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Reply Comments to NOI
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Reply commenter             Abbreviated name      Date filed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
AGM CALIFORNIA, INC...............
AGM NEVADA, LLC...................
ALABAMA MEDIA, LLC................
COXSWAIN MEDIA, LLC...............
DAVIS BROADCASTING, INC. OF
 COLUMBUS.
EQUITY COMMUNICATIONS, LP.........
FLORIDA KEYS MEDIA, LLC...........
GALAXY SYRACUSE LICENSEE LLC
 GALAXY UTICA LICENSEE LLC.
GOLDEN ISLES BROADCASTING, LLC....
GOOD KARMA BRANDS MILWAUKEE, LLC..
GOOD KARMA BROADCASTING, LLC......
GULF SOUTH RADIO, INC.............
HANCOCK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.......
HEH COMMUNICATIONS, LLC...........
HOLLADAY BROADCASTING OF
 LOUISIANA, LLC.
INLAND EMPIRE BROADCASTING CORP.
 JAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
KLAX LICENSING, INC...............
KLOS RADIO HOLDINGS, LLC..........
KPWR RADIO HOLDINGS, LLC..........
KRZZ LICENSING, INC...............
KWHY-22 BROADCASTING, LLC.........
KXOL LICENSING, INC...............
KXOS RADIO HOLDINGS, LLC..........

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L.M. COMMUNICATIONS, INC..........  Joint Commenters....        11/23/22
L.M. COMMUNICATIONS OF KENTUCKY,
 LLC.
L.M. COMMUNICATIONS OF SOUTH
 CAROLINA, INC.
L.M.N.O.C. BROADCASTING LLC.......
MERIDIAN MEDIA GROUP, LLC.........
MERUELO RADIO HOLDINGS, LLC
 MISSISSIPPI BROADCASTERS, LLC.
NEW SOUTH RADIO, INC..............
NORTHWAY BROADCASTING, LLC
 PARTNERSHIP RADIO, LLC.
PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS
 CORPORATION.
QBS BROADCASTING, LLC.............
REGIONAL RADIO GROUP, LLC.........
SBR BROADCASTING CORPORATION SERGE
 MARTIN ENTERPRISES, INC. SPANISH
 BROADCASTING SYSTEM HOLDING
 COMPANY, INC.
TALKING STICK COMMUNICATIONS,
 L.L.C.
THE CROMWELL GROUP, INC. OF
 ILLINOIS WCMQ LICENSING, INC.
WCYQ, INC. WINTON ROAD
 BROADCASTING CO., LLC.
WKLC, INC. WLEY LICENSING, INC....
WMEG LICENSING, INC...............
WPAT LICENSING, INC. WPYO
 LICENSING, INC.
WRMA LICENSING, INC...............
WRXD LICENSING, INC...............
WSBS LICENSING, INC...............
WSKQ LICENSING, INC...............
WSUN LICENSING, INC...............
WXDJ LICENSING, INC...............
National Association of             NAB.................        11/25/22
 Broadcasters.
NCTA--The Internet & Television     NCTA................        11/25/22
 Association.
WISPA--Broadband Without            WISPA...............        11/25/22
 Boundaries.
Alabama Broadcasters Association;   State Associations..        11/25/22
 Alaska Broadcasters Association;
 Arizona Broadcasters Association;
 Arkansas Broadcasters
 Association; California
 Broadcasters Association;
 Colorado Broadcasters
 Association; Connecticut
 Broadcasters Association; Florida
 Association of Broadcasters;
 Georgia Association of
 Broadcasters; Hawaii Association
 of Broadcasters; Idaho State
 Broadcasters Association;
 Illinois Broadcasters
 Association; Indiana Broadcasters
 Association; Iowa Broadcasters
 Association; Kansas Association
 of Broadcasters; Kentucky
 Broadcasters Association;
 Louisiana Association of
 Broadcasters; Maine Association
 of Broadcasters; MD/DC/DE
 Broadcasters Association;
 Massachusetts Broadcasters
 Association; Michigan Association
 of Broadcasters; Minnesota
 Broadcasters Association;
 Mississippi Association of
 Broadcasters; Missouri
 Broadcasters Association; Montana
 Broadcasters Association;
 Nebraska Broadcasters
 Association; Nevada Broadcasters
 Association; New Hampshire
 Association of Broadcasters; New
 Jersey Broadcasters Association;
 New Mexico Broadcasters
 Association; The New York State
 Broadcasters Association; Inc.,
 North Carolina Association of
 Broadcasters; North Dakota
 Broadcasters Association; Ohio
 Association of Broadcasters;
 Oklahoma Association of
 Broadcasters; Oregon Association
 of Broadcasters; Pennsylvania
 Association of Broadcasters;
 Radio Broadcasters Association of
 Puerto Rico; Rhode Island
 Broadcasters Association; South
 Carolina Broadcasters
 Association; South Dakota
 Broadcasters Association;
 Tennessee Association of
 Broadcasters; Texas Association
 of Broadcasters; Utah
 Broadcasters Association; Vermont
 Association of Broadcasters;
 Virginia Association of
 Broadcasters; Washington State
 Association of Broadcasters; West
 Virginia Broadcasters
 Association; Wisconsin
 Broadcasters Association; and
 Wyoming Association of
 Broadcasters.
CTIA..............................  CTIA................        11/25/22
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                                         Table 2--Calculation of FY 2023 Revenue Requirements and Pro-Rata Fees
 [Regulatory fees for the categories shaded in gray are collected by the Commission in advance to cover the term of the license and are submitted at the
                                                             time the application is filed]
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                                                                              FY 2022      Pro-rated FY     Computed FY
                 Fee category                    FY 2023 payment    Yrs       revenue      2023 revenue        2023         Rounded FY      Expected FY
                                                      units                  estimate       requirement   regulatory fee   2023 reg. fee   2023 revenue
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PLMRS (Exclusive Use).........................              1,200     10         187,500         300,000           25.00              25         300,000
PLMRS (Shared use)............................             19,000     10       1,250,000       1,900,000           10.00              10       1,900,000
Microwave.....................................             16,000     10       4,500,000       4,000,000           25.00              25       4,000,000
Marine (Ship).................................              7,000     10       1,035,000       1,050,000           15.00              15       1,050,000
Aviation (Aircraft)...........................              4,800     10         420,000         480,000           10.00              10         480,000
Marine (Coast)................................                240     10          84,000          96,000           40.00              40          96,000
Aviation (Ground).............................                300     10          70,000          60,000           20.00              20          60,000
AM Class A \1\................................                 60      1         326,740         290,040           4,834           4,835         290,100

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AM Class B \1\................................              1,403      1       4,054,050       3,598,533           2,565           2,565       3,598,695
AM Class C \1\................................                814      1       1,450,360       1,288,345           1,583           1,585       1,290,190
AM Class D \1\................................              1,373      1       4,793,460       4,256,627           3,100           3,100       4,256,300
FM Classes A, B1 & C3 \1\.....................              3,043      1      10,109,400       8,977,008           2,950           2,950       8,976,850
FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 \1\..............              3,111      1      12,378,460      10,992,387           3,533           3,535      10,997,385
AM Construction Permits \2\...................                  5      1           3,450           3,100             620             620           3,100
FM Construction Permits \2\...................                 16      1          19,360          17,360           1,085           1,085          17,360
Digital Television \5\ (including Satellite         3.265 billion      1      28,897,591      25,463,155       .00779893         .007799      25,463,387
 TV)..........................................         population
Digital TV Construction Permits \2\...........                  4      1          20,840          20,400           5,100           5,100          20,400
LPTV/Class A/Translators FM Trans/Boosters....              6,325      1       1,858,440       1,647,933             261             260       1,644,500
CARS Stations.................................                120      1         230,175         208,818           1,740           1,740         208,800
Cable TV Systems, including IPTV & DBS........         56,000,000      1      76,475,000      69,369,400          1.2387            1.24      69,440,000
Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers     26,100,000,000      1     124,597,500     134,784,350        0.005164         0.00516     134,676,000
Toll Free Numbers.............................         34,500,000      1       4,164,000       4,631,251          0.1342            0.13       4,485,000
CMRS Mobile Services (Cellular/Public Mobile).        545,000,000      1      74,900,000      86,287,694          0.1583            0.16      87,200,000
CMRS Messaging Services.......................          1,300,000      1         120,000         104,000          0.0800           0.080         104,000
BRS/ \3\......................................              1,195      1         716,625         836,500             700             700         836,500
LMDS..........................................                360      1         204,750         252,000             700             700         252,000
Per Gbps circuit Int'l Bearer Circuits                     17,000      1         468,000         430,862           25.34              25         425,000
 Terrestrial (Common & Non-Common) & Satellite
 (Common & Non-Common)........................
Submarine Cable Providers (See chart at bottom              67.00      1       8,822,138       8,186,376         122,185         122,185       8,186,395
 of Table 3) \4\..............................
Earth Stations................................              2,900      1       1,783,500       1,658,901             572             570       1,653,000
Space Stations (Geostationary)................                139      1      17,143,565      15,908,562         117,841         117,840      15,908,400
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Other).....                  9      1       3,380,200       3,114,764         346,085         346,085       3,114,765
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Less                         6      1         845,040         778,691         129,782         129,780         778,680
 Complex).....................................
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Small                        5      1          60,725          83,685          11,955          11,955          83,685
 Satellite)...................................
    ****** Total Estimated Revenue to be        .................  .....     385,369,869     389,887,198  ..............  ..............     391,796,260
     Collected................................
    ****** Total Revenue Requirement..........  .................  .....     381,950,000     390,192,000  ..............  ..............     390,192,000
        Difference............................  .................  .....       3,419,869       (304,802)  ..............  ..............       1,604,260
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\1\ The fee amounts listed in the column entitled ``Rounded New FY 2023 Regulatory Fee'' constitute a weighted average broadcast regulatory fee by class
  of service. The actual FY 2023 regulatory fees for AM/FM radio station are listed on a grid located at the end of Table 3.
\2\ The AM and FM Construction Permit revenues and the Digital (VHF/UHF) Construction Permit revenues were adjusted, respectively, to set the regulatory
  fee to an amount no higher than the lowest licensed fee for that class of service based on the threshold 10,001-25,000, the traditional basis for
  identifying the lowest licensed fee. Reductions in the Digital (VHF/UHF) Construction Permit revenues, and in the AM and FM Construction Permit
  revenues, were offset by increases in the revenue totals for Digital television stations by market size, and in the AM and FM radio stations by class
  size and population served, respectively.
\3\ The MDS/MMDS category was renamed Broadband Radio Service (BRS). See Amendment of Parts 1, 21, 73, 74 and 101 of the Commission's Rules to
  Facilitate the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and 2500-2690 MHz Bands,
  Report & Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 19 FCC Rcd 14165, 14169, para. 6 (2004).
\4\ The chart at the end of Table 3 lists the submarine cable bearer circuit regulatory fees (common and non-common carrier basis) that resulted from
  the adoption of the Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2008, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 24
  FCC Rcd 6388 (2008) and Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2008, Second Report and Order, 24 FCC Rcd 4208 (2009). The
  Submarine Cable fee in Table 2 is a weighted average of the various fee payers in the chart at the end of Table 3.
\5\ The actual digital television regulatory fees to be paid by call sign are identified in Table 7.


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              Table 3--FY 2023 Schedule of Regulatory Fees
 [Regulatory fees for the categories shaded in gray are collected by the
Commission in advance to cover the term of the license and are submitted
                 at the time the application is filed.]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Annual Regulatory Fee (U.S.
               Fee category                              $s)
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PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use) (47                               25
 CFR part 90).............................
Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part 101).                            25
Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR part                              15
 80)......................................
Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR part                             40
 80)......................................
Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22) (previously                              10
 listed under the Land Mobile category)...
PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47 CFR                              10
 part 90).................................
Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR                             10
 part 87).................................
Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR                               20
 part 87).................................
CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per unit)                             .16
 (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24, 27, 80 and 90)
 (Includes Non-Geographic telephone
 numbers).................................
CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (47 CFR                           .08
 parts 20, 22, 24 and 90).................
Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS/                              700
 MDS) (per license) (47 CFR part 27)......
Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per                           700
 call sign) (47 CFR, part 101)............
AM Radio Construction Permits.............                           620
FM Radio Construction Permits.............                         1,085
AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station Fees....               See Table Below
Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and UHF                          .007799
 Commercial Fee Factor....................   See Table 7 for fee amounts
                                                  due, also available at
                                                    https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/regulatory-fees
Digital TV Construction Permits...........                         5,100
Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM                                      260
 Translators & FM Boosters (47 CFR part
 74)......................................
CARS (47 CFR part 78).....................                         1,740
Cable Television Systems (per subscriber)                           1.24
 (47 CFR part 76), Including IPTV and
 Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS).........
Interstate Telecommunication Service                              .00516
 Providers (per revenue dollar)...........
Toll Free (per toll free subscriber) (47                             .13
 CFR section 52.101(f) of the rules)......
Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25)...........                           570
Space Stations (per operational station in                       117,840
 geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
 also includes DBS Service (per
 operational station) (47 CFR part 100)...
Space Stations (per operational system in                        346,085
 non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
 (Other)..................................
Space Stations (per operational system in                        129,780
 non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
 (Less Complex)...........................
Space Stations (per license/call sign in                          11,955
 non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
 (Small Satellite)........................
International Bearer Circuits--Terrestrial/                           25
 Satellites (per Gbps circuit)............
Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee (per                See Table Below
 cable system)............................
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                                          FY 2023 Radio Station Regulatory Fees
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                                                                                                                           FM Classes A,   FM Classes B,
                    Population served                       AM Class A      AM Class B      AM Class C      AM Class D        B1 & C3     C, C0, C1 & C2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<=10,000................................................            $595            $430            $370            $410            $650            $745
10,001-25,000...........................................             990             715             620             680           1,085           1,240
25,001-75,000...........................................           1,485           1,075             930           1,020           1,630           1,860
75,001-150,000..........................................           2,230           1,610           1,395           1,530           2,440           2,790
150,001-500,000.........................................           3,345           2,415           2,095           2,300           3,665           4,190
500,001-1,200,000.......................................           5,010           3,620           3,135           3,440           5,490           6,275
1,200,001-3,000,000.....................................           7,525           5,435           4,710           5,170           8,245           9,425
3,000,001-6,000,000.....................................          11,275           8,145           7,060           7,745          12,360          14,125
>6,000,000..............................................          16,920          12,220          10,595          11,620          18,545          21,190
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                         FY 2023 International Bearer Circuits--Submarine Cable Systems
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Submarine cable systems (capacity as of
               December 31, 2022)                            Fee ratio                 FY 2023 regulatory fees
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 50 Gbps..............................  .0625 Units......................                        $7,640
50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps.....  .125 Units.......................                        15,275
250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 Gbps..  .25 Units........................                        30,550
1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 3,500 Gbps  .5 Units.........................                        61,095
3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 6,500 Gbps  1.0 Unit.........................                       122,185
6,500 Gbps or greater..........................  2.0 Units........................                       244,370
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Table 4--Sources of Payment Unit Estimates for FY 2023

    In order to calculate individual service fees for FY 2023, we 
adjusted FY 2022 payment units for each service to more accurately 
reflect expected FY 2023 payment liabilities. We obtained our 
updated estimates through a variety of means and sources. For 
example, we used Commission licensee data bases, actual prior year 
payment records and industry and trade association projections, 
where available. The databases we consulted include our Universal 
Licensing System (ULS), International Bureau Filing System (IBFS), 
Consolidated Database System (CDBS), Licensing and Management System 
(LMS) and Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS), as well as 
reports generated within the Commission such as the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau's Numbering Resource Utilization Forecast. 
Regulatory fee payment units are not all the same for all fee 
categories. For most fee categories, the term ``units'' reflect 
licenses or permits that have been issued, but for other fee 
categories, the term ``units'' reflect quantities such as 
subscribers, population counts, circuit counts, telephone numbers, 
and revenues. As more current data is received after the Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is released, the Commission sometimes 
adjusts the NPRM fee rates to reflect the new information in the 
Report and Order. This is intended to make sure that the fee rates 
in the Report and Order reflect more recent and accurate 
information. We realize that by adjusting the unit counts as more 
accurate information is received may adjust the fee rates for 
certain regulatory fee categories. Certain entities that collect the 
fees from customers in advance in order to pay the Commission, such 
as Cable and DBS companies, ITSP providers, Cell Phone and Toll-Free 
providers, to name a few, may need to adjust their billings to 
customers as the Commission adjusts its fee rates. As a result, the 
Commission understands that these adjustments are necessary so that 
these regulatees can recover their fee obligations from their 
customers.
    We sought verification for these estimates from multiple sources 
and, in all cases, we compared FY 2023 estimates with actual FY 2022 
payment units to ensure that our revised estimates were reasonable. 
Where appropriate, we adjusted and/or rounded our final estimates to 
take into consideration the fact that certain variables that impact 
on the number of payment units cannot yet be estimated with 
sufficient accuracy. These include an unknown number of waivers and/
or exemptions that may occur in FY 2023 and the fact that, in many 
services, the number of actual licensees or station operators 
fluctuates from time to time due to economic, technical, or other 
reasons. When we note, for example, that our estimated FY 2023 
payment units are based on FY 2022 actual payment units, it does not 
necessarily mean that our FY 2023 projection is exactly the same 
number as in FY 2022. We have either rounded the FY 2023 number or 
adjusted it slightly to account for these variables.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Fee category              Sources of payment unit estimates
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land Mobile (All), Microwave,  Based on Wireless Telecommunications
 Marine (Ship & Coast),         Bureau (WTB) information as well as
 Aviation (Aircraft &           prior year payment information.
 Ground), Domestic Public       Estimates have been adjusted to take
 Fixed.                         into consideration the licensing of
                                portions of these services.
CMRS Cellular/Mobile Services  Based on WTB projection reports, and FY
                                2022 payment data.
CMRS Messaging Services......  Based on WTB reports, and FY 2022 payment
                                data.
AM/FM Radio Stations.........  Based on downloaded LMS data, adjusted
                                for exemptions, and actual FY 2022
                                payment units.
Digital TV Stations (Combined  Based on LMS data, fee rate adjusted for
 VHF/UHF units).                exemptions, and population figures are
                                calculated based on individual station
                                parameters.
AM/FM/TV Construction Permits  Based on LMS data, adjusted for
                                exemptions, and actual FY 2022 payment
                                units.
LPTV, Translators and          Based on LMS data, adjusted for
 Boosters, Class A Television.  exemptions, and actual FY 2022 payment
                                units.
BRS (formerly MDS/MMDS) LMDS.  Based on WTB reports and actual FY 2022
                                payment units. Based on WTB reports and
                                actual FY 2022 payment units.
Cable Television Relay         Based on cable trend data, data from the
 Service (CARS) Stations.       Media Bureau's COALS database, and
                                actual FY 2022 payment units.
Cable Television System        Based on publicly available data sources
 Subscribers, Including IPTV    for estimated subscriber counts, trend
 Subscribers.                   information from past payment data, and
                                actual FY 2022 payment units.
Interstate Telecommunication   Based on FCC Form 499-A worksheets due in
 Service Providers.             April 2023, and any data provided by the
                                Wireline Competition Bureau.
Earth Stations...............  Based on International Bureau licensing
                                data and actual FY 2022 payment units.
Space Stations (GSOs & NGSOs)  Based on International Bureau data
                                reports and actual FY 2022 payment
                                units.
International Bearer Circuits  Based on assistance provided by the
                                International Bureau, any data
                                submissions by licensees, adjusted as
                                necessary, and actual FY 2022 payment
                                units.
Submarine Cable Licenses.....  Based on International Bureau license
                                information, and actual FY 2022 payment
                                units.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Table 5--Factors, Measurements, and Calculations That Determine Station 
Signal Contours and Associated Population Coverages

AM Stations

    For stations with nondirectional daytime antennas, the 
theoretical radiation was used at all azimuths. For stations with 
directional daytime antennas, specific information on each day 
tower, including field ratio, phase, spacing, and orientation was 
retrieved, as well as the theoretical pattern root-mean-square of 
the radiation in all directions in the horizontal plane (RMS) figure 
(milliVolt per meter (mV/m) @1 km) for the antenna system. The 
standard, or augmented standard if pertinent, horizontal plane 
radiation pattern was calculated using techniques and methods 
specified in sections 73.150 and 73.152 of the Commission's rules. 
Radiation values were calculated for each of 360 radials around the 
transmitter site. Next, estimated soil conductivity data was 
retrieved from a database representing the information in FCC Figure 
R3. Using the calculated horizontal radiation values, and the 
retrieved soil conductivity data, the distance to the principal 
community (5 mV/m) contour was predicted for each of the 360 
radials. The resulting distance to principal community contours were 
used to form a geographical polygon. Population counting was 
accomplished by determining which 2010 block centroids were 
contained in the polygon. (A block centroid is the center point of a 
small area containing population as computed by the U.S. Census 
Bureau.) The sum of the population figures for all enclosed blocks 
represents the total population for the predicted principal 
community coverage area.

FM Stations

    The greater of the horizontal or vertical effective radiated 
power (ERP) (kW) and respective height above average terrain (HAAT) 
(m) combination was used. Where the antenna height above mean sea 
level (HAMSL) was available, it was used in lieu of the average HAAT 
figure to calculate specific HAAT figures for each of 360 radials 
under study. Any available directional pattern information was 
applied as well, to produce a radial-specific ERP figure. The HAAT 
and ERP figures were used in conjunction with the Field Strength 
(50-50) propagation curves specified in 47 CFR 73.313 of the 
Commission's rules to predict the distance to the principal 
community (70 dBu (decibel above 1 microVolt per meter) or 3.17 mV/
m) contour for each of the 360 radials. The resulting distance to 
principal community contours were used to form a

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geographical polygon. Population counting was accomplished by 
determining which 2010 block centroids were contained in the 
polygon. The sum of the population figures for all enclosed blocks 
represents the total population for the predicted principal 
community coverage area.

               Table 6--Satellite Charts for FY 2023 Regulatory Fees--U.S.-Licensed Space Stations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Licensee                        Call sign             Satellite name                Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2922  SKY-B1..........................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2640  DIRECTV T11.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2711  DIRECTV RB-1....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2632  DIRECTV T8......................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2669  DIRECTV T9S.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2641  DIRECTV T10.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2797  DIRECTV T12.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2930  DIRECTV T15.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2673  DIRECTV T5......................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2133  SPACEWAY 2......................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S3039  DIRECTV T16.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2931  ECHOSTAR 18.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2738  ECHOSTAR 11.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2694  ECHOSTAR 10.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2740  ECHOSTAR 7......................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2790  ECHOSTAR 14.....................             GSO
EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation......           S2811  ECHOSTAR 15.....................             GSO
EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation......           S2844  ECHOSTAR 16.....................             GSO
EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C.............           S2179  ECHOSTAR 9......................             GSO
ES 172 LLC....................................           S2610  EUTELSAT 174A...................             GSO
ES 172 LLC....................................           S3021  EUTELSAT 172B...................             GSO
Horizon-3 Satellite LLC.......................           S2947  HORIZONS-3e.....................             GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC...................           S2663  SPACEWAY 3......................             GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC...................           S2834  ECHOSTAR 19.....................             GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC...................           S2753  ECHOSTAR XVII...................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC/ViaSat, Inc..............           S2160  GALAXY 28.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2414  INTELSAT 10-02..................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2972  INTELSAT 37e....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2854  NSS-7...........................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2409  INELSAT 905.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2405  INTELSAT 901....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2408  INTELSAT 904....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2804  INTELSAT 25.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2959  INTELSAT 35e....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2237  INTELSAT 11.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2785  INTELSAT 14.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2380  INTELSAT 9......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2831  INTELSAT 23.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2915  INTELSAT 34.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2863  INTELSAT 21.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2750  INTELSAT 16.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2715  GALAXY 17.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2154  GALAXY 25.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2253  GALAXY 11.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2381  GALAXY 3C.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2887  INTELSAT 30.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2924  INTELSAT 31.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2647  GALAXY 19.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2687  GALAXY 16.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2733  GALAXY 18.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2385  GALAXY 14.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2386  GALAXY 13.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2422  GALAXY 12.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2387  GALAXY 15.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2704  INTELSAT 5......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2817  INTELSAT 18.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2850  INTELSAT 19.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2368  INTELSAT 1R.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2789  INTELSAT 15.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2423  HORIZONS 2......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2846  INTELSAT 22.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2847  INTELSAT 20.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2948  INTELSAT 36.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2814  INTELSAT 17.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2410  INTELSAT 906....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2406  INTELSAT 902....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2939  INTELSAT 33e....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2382  INTELSAT 10.....................             GSO

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Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2751  NEW DAWN........................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3023  INTELSAT 39.....................             GSO
Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC...............           S2358  SKYTERRA-1......................             GSO
Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC...............          AMSC-1  MSAT-2..........................             GSO
Novavision Group, Inc.........................           S2861  DIRECTV KU-79W..................             GSO
Satellite CD Radio LLC........................           S2812  FM-6............................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2415  NSS-10..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2162  AMC-3...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2347  AMC-6...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2826  SES-2...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2807  SES-1...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2892  SES-3...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2180  AMC-15..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2445  AMC-1...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2135  AMC-4...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2713  AMC-18..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2433  AMC-11..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc./Alascom, Inc...............     S2379/S3138  AMC-8/SES-22....................             GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc...........................           S2710  FM-5............................             GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc...........................    S3034/S2617/  XM-8/XM-3/XM-4..................             GSO
                                                         S2616
Skynet Satellite Corporation..................           S2933  TELSTAR 12V.....................             GSO
Skynet Satellite Corporation..................           S2357  TELSTAR 11N.....................             GSO
ViaSat, Inc...................................           S2747  VIASAT-1........................             GSO
XM Radio LLC..................................     S2786/S3033  XM-5/XM-7.......................             GSO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


             Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations--Market Access Through Petition for Declaratory Ruling
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Licensee                        Call sign          Satellite common name       Satellite type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ABS Global Ltd................................           S2987  ABS-3A..........................             GSO
Avanti Hylas 2 Ltd............................           S3130  HYLAS-4.........................             GSO
DBSD Services Ltd.............................           S2651  DBSD G1.........................             GSO
Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales              S2956  ARSAT-2.........................             GSO
 S.A.
Eutelsat S.A..................................           S3031  EUTELSAT 133 WEST A.............             GSO
Eutelsat S.A..................................           S3056  EUTELSAT 8 WEST B...............             GSO
Eutelsat S.A..................................           S3055  EUTELSAT 139 WEST A.............             GSO
Gamma Acquisition L.L.C.......................           S2633  TerreStar 1.....................             GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A................           S2793  AMAZONAS-2......................             GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A................           S2886  AMAZONAS-3......................             GSO
Hispasat, S.A.................................           S2969  HISPASAT 30W-6..................             GSO
Inmarsat PLC..................................           S2932  Inmarsat-4 F3...................             GSO
Inmarsat PLC..................................           S2949  Inmarsat-3 F5...................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2756  NSS-9...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2870  SES-6...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S3048  NSS-6...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2828  SES-4...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2950  SES-10..........................             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2695  EUTELSAT 113 WEST A.............             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2926  EUTELSAT 117 WEST B.............             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2938  EUTELSAT 115 WEST B.............             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2873  EUTELSAT 117 WEST A.............             GSO
SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd................           S2676  AMC 21..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S3037  NSS-11..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2964  SES-11..........................             GSO
SES DTH do Brasil Ltda........................           S2974  SES-14..........................             GSO
SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd................           S2951  SES-15..........................             GSO
SES-17 S.a.r.l................................           S3043  SES-17..........................             GSO
Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes S.A..........           S2678  STAR ONE C2.....................             GSO
Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes S.A..........           S2845  STAR ONE C3.....................             GSO
Telesat Brasil Capacidade de Satelites Ltda...           S2821  ESTRELA DO SUL 2................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2745  ANIK F1.........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2674  ANIK F1R........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2703  ANIK F3.........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................     S2646/S2472  ANIK F2.........................             GSO
Telesat International Ltd.....................           S2955  TELSTAR 19 VANTAGE..............             GSO
Viasat, Inc...................................           S2902  VIASAT-2........................             GSO
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                 Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations--Market Access Through Earth Station Licenses
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         ITU name (if available)                  Common name                  Call sign             GSO/NGSO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
APSTAR VI...............................  APSTAR 6..................  M292090...................             GSO
AUSSAT B 152E...........................  OPTUS D2..................  M221170...................             GSO
Ciel Satellite Group....................  Ciel-2....................  E050029...................             GSO
Eutelsat 65 West A......................  Eutelsat 65 West A........  E160081...................             GSO
INMARSAT 4F1............................  INMARSAT 4F1..............  KA25......................             GSO
INMARSAT 5F2............................  INMARSAT 5F2..............  E120072...................             GSO
INMARSAT 5F3............................  INMARSAT 5F3..............  E150028...................             GSO
JCSAT-2B................................  JCSAT-2B..................  M174163...................             GSO
NIMIQ 5.................................  NIMIQ 5...................  E080107...................             GSO
QUETZSAT-1(MEX).........................  QUETZSAT-1................  NUS1101...................             GSO
Superbird C2............................  Superbird C2..............  M334100...................             GSO
WILDBLUE-1..............................  WILDBLUE-1................  E040213...................             GSO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                     Non-Geostationary Space Stations (NGSO)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         ITU name (if available)                  Common name                  Call sign               NGSO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           U.S.-Licensed NGSO Systems
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ORBCOMM License Corp....................  ORBCOMM...................  S2103.....................           Other
Iridium Constellation LLC...............  IRIDIUM...................  S2110.....................           Other
Space Exploration Holdings, LLC.........  SPACEX Ku/Ka-Band.........  S2983/S3018...............           Other
Swarm Technologies......................  SWARM.....................  S3041.....................           Other
Planet Labs.............................  Flock/Skysats.............  S2912.....................    Less Complex
Maxar License...........................  WorldView 1,2 & 3, GeoEye-  S2129/S2348...............    Less Complex
                                           1.
BlackSky Global.........................  Global....................  S3032.....................    Less Complex
Astro Digital U.S., Inc.................  LANDMAPPER................  S3014.....................    Less Complex
Hawkeye 360.............................  HE360.....................  S3042.....................    Less Complex
Spaceflight, Inc........................  Sherpa-AC1................  S3133.....................    Less Complex
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Non-U.S.-Licensed NGSO Systems--Market Access Through Petition for Declaratory Ruling
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Telesat Canada..........................  TELESAT Ku/Ka-Band........  S2976.....................           Other
Kepler Communications, Inc..............  KEPLER....................  S2981.....................           Other
WorldVu Satellites Ltd..................  ONEWEB....................  S2963.....................           Other
Myriota Pty. Ltd........................  MYRIOTA...................  S3047.....................           Other
O3b Ltd.................................  O3b.......................  S2935.....................           Other
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NGSO Systems that Are Partly U.S.-Licensed and Partly Non-U.S.-Licensed with Market Access Through Petition for
                                               Declaratory Ruling
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Globalstar License LLC..................  GLOBALSTAR................  S2115.....................           Other
Spire Global............................  LEMUR & MINAS.............  S2946/S3045...............    Less Complex
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        NGSO Systems Licensed Under the Streamlined Small Satellite Rules
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capella Space Corp......................  Capella-2, Capella-3,       S3073.....................           Small
                                           Capella-4.                                                  Satellite
Capella Space Corp......................  Capella-5, Capella-6......  S3080.....................           Small
                                                                                                       Satellite
Capella Space Corp......................  Capella-7, Capella-8......  S3100.....................           Small
                                                                                                       Satellite
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc..............  YAM-3.....................  S3072.....................           Small
                                                                                                       Satellite
R2 Space, Inc...........................  XR-1......................  S3067.....................           Small
                                                                                                       Satellite
ICEYE US, Inc...........................  ICEYE.....................  S3082.....................           Small
                                                                                                       Satellite
Umbra Lab Inc...........................  Umbra SAR.................  S3095.....................           Small
                                                                                                       Satellite
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                    Table 7--FY 2023 Full-Service Broadcast Television Stations by Call Sign
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Service area     Terrain limited    Terrain limited
            Facility Id.                  Call sign          population         population         fee amount
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3246................................  KAAH-TV..........           $955,391           $879,906             $6,862
18285...............................  KAAL.............            589,502            568,169              4,431
11912...............................  KAAS-TV..........            220,262            219,922              1,715
56528...............................  KABB.............          2,474,296          2,456,689             19,160
282.................................  KABC-TV..........         17,540,791         16,957,292            132,250
1236................................  KACV-TV..........            372,627            372,330              2,904
33261...............................  KADN-TV..........            877,965            877,965              6,847
8263................................  KAEF-TV..........            138,085            122,808                958
2728................................  KAET.............          4,217,217          4,184,386             32,634
2767................................  KAFT.............          1,204,376          1,122,928              8,758
62442...............................  KAID.............            711,035            702,721              5,481
4145................................  KAII-TV..........            188,810            165,396              1,290

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67494...............................  KAIL.............          1,947,635          1,914,765             14,933
13988...............................  KAIT.............            605,456            596,232              4,650
40517...............................  KAJB.............            383,886            383,195              2,989
65522...............................  KAKE.............            803,937            799,254              6,233
804.................................  KAKM.............            380,240            379,105              2,957
148.................................  KAKW-DT..........          2,615,956          2,531,813             19,746
51598...............................  KALB-TV..........            943,307            942,043              7,347
51241...............................  KALO.............            954,557            910,409              7,100
40820...............................  KAMC.............            390,519            390,487              3,045
8523................................  KAMR-TV..........            366,476            366,335              2,857
65301...............................  KAMU-TV..........            346,892            342,455              2,671
2506................................  KAPP.............            319,797            283,944              2,214
3658................................  KARD.............            703,234            700,887              5,466
23079...............................  KARE.............          3,868,806          3,861,502             30,116
33440...............................  KARK-TV..........          1,212,038          1,196,196              9,329
37005...............................  KARZ-TV..........          1,113,486          1,095,224              8,542
32311...............................  KASA-TV..........          1,161,837          1,119,457              8,731
41212...............................  KASN.............          1,175,627          1,159,721              9,045
7143................................  KASW.............          4,174,437          4,160,497             32,448
55049...............................  KASY-TV..........          1,145,133          1,100,391              8,582
33471...............................  KATC.............          1,348,897          1,348,897             10,520
13813...............................  KATN.............             97,466             97,128                758
21649...............................  KATU.............          3,030,547          2,881,993             22,477
33543...............................  KATV.............          1,257,777          1,234,933              9,631
50182...............................  KAUT-TV..........          1,637,333          1,636,330             12,762
21488...............................  KAUU.............            381,413            380,355              2,966
6864................................  KAUZ-TV..........            381,671            379,435              2,959
73101...............................  KAVU-TV..........            319,618            319,484              2,492
49579...............................  KAWB.............            186,919            186,845              1,457
49578...............................  KAWE.............            136,033            133,937              1,045
58684...............................  KAYU-TV..........            809,464            750,766              5,855
29234...............................  KAZA-TV..........         14,973,535         13,810,130            107,705
17433...............................  KAZD.............          6,776,778          6,774,172             52,832
1151................................  KAZQ.............          1,097,010          1,084,327              8,457
35811...............................  KAZT-TV..........            436,925            359,273              2,802
4148................................  KBAK-TV..........          1,510,400          1,263,910              9,857
16940...............................  KBCA.............            479,260            479,219              3,737
53586...............................  KBCB.............          1,323,222          1,295,924             10,107
69619...............................  KBCW.............          8,227,562          7,375,199             57,519
22685...............................  KBDI-TV..........          4,042,177          3,683,394             28,727
56384...............................  KBEH.............         17,736,497         17,695,306            138,006
65395...............................  KBFD-DT..........            953,207            834,341              6,507
169030..............................  KBGS-TV..........            159,269            156,802              1,223
61068...............................  KBHE-TV..........            140,860            133,082              1,038
48556...............................  KBIM-TV..........            205,701            205,647              1,604
29108...............................  KBIN-TV..........            912,921            911,725              7,111
33658...............................  KBJR-TV..........            275,585            271,298              2,116
83306...............................  KBLN-TV..........            297,384            134,927              1,052
63768...............................  KBLR.............          1,964,979          1,915,861             14,942
53324...............................  KBME-TV..........            123,571            123,485                963
10150...............................  KBMT.............            767,572            766,414              5,977
22121...............................  KBMY.............            119,993            119,908                935
49760...............................  KBOI-TV..........            715,191            708,374              5,525
55370...............................  KBRR.............            149,869            149,868              1,169
66414...............................  KBSD-DT..........            155,012            154,891              1,208
66415...............................  KBSH-DT..........            102,781            100,433                783
19593...............................  KBSI.............            756,501            754,722              5,886
66416...............................  KBSL-DT..........             49,814             48,483                378
4939................................  KBSV.............          1,352,166          1,262,708              9,848
62469...............................  KBTC-TV..........          3,697,981          3,621,965             28,248
61214...............................  KBTV-TV..........            734,008            734,008              5,725
6669................................  KBTX-TV..........          4,404,648          4,401,048             34,324
35909...............................  KBVO.............          1,498,015          1,312,360             10,235
58618...............................  KBVU.............            135,249            120,827                942
6823................................  KBYU-TV..........          2,389,548          2,209,060             17,228
33756...............................  KBZK.............            123,523            109,131                851
21422...............................  KCAL-TV..........         17,499,483         16,889,157            131,719
11265...............................  KCAU-TV..........            714,315            706,224              5,508
14867...............................  KCBA.............          3,088,394          2,369,803             18,482
27507...............................  KCBD.............            414,804            414,091              3,229
9628................................  KCBS-TV..........         17,853,152         16,656,778            129,906

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49750...............................  KCBY-TV..........             89,156             73,211                571
33710...............................  KCCI.............          1,109,952          1,102,514              8,599
9640................................  KCCW-TV..........            284,280            276,935              2,160
63158...............................  KCDO-TV..........          2,798,103          2,650,225             20,669
62424...............................  KCDT.............            698,389            657,101              5,125
83913...............................  KCEB.............            417,491            417,156              3,253
57219...............................  KCEC.............          3,831,192          3,613,287             28,180
10245...............................  KCEN-TV..........          1,795,767          1,757,018             13,703
13058...............................  KCET.............         17,129,650         15,689,832            122,365
18079...............................  KCFW-TV..........            177,697            140,192              1,093
132606..............................  KCGE-DT..........            123,930            123,930                967
60793...............................  KCHF.............          1,118,671          1,085,205              8,464
33722...............................  KCIT.............            382,477            381,818              2,978
62468...............................  KCKA.............            953,680            804,362              6,273
41969...............................  KCLO-TV..........            138,413            132,157              1,031
47903...............................  KCNC-TV..........          3,794,400          3,541,089             27,617
71586...............................  KCNS.............          8,270,858          7,381,656             57,570
33742...............................  KCOP-TV..........         17,386,133         16,647,708            129,835
19117...............................  KCOS.............          1,014,396          1,014,205              7,910
63165...............................  KCOY-TV..........            664,655            459,468              3,583
33894...............................  KCPQ.............          4,439,875          4,312,133             33,630
53843...............................  KCPT.............          2,507,879          2,506,224             19,546
33875...............................  KCRA-TV..........         10,612,483          6,500,774             50,700
9719................................  KCRG-TV..........          1,136,762          1,107,130              8,635
60728...............................  KCSD-TV..........            273,553            273,447              2,133
59494...............................  KCSG.............            174,814            164,765              1,285
33749...............................  KCTS-TV..........          4,177,824          4,115,603             32,098
41230...............................  KCTV.............          2,547,456          2,545,645             19,853
58605...............................  KCVU.............            684,900            674,585              5,261
10036...............................  KCWC-DT..........             44,216             39,439                308
64444...............................  KCWE.............          2,459,924          2,458,302             19,172
51502...............................  KCWI-TV..........          1,043,811          1,042,642              8,132
42008...............................  KCWO-TV..........             50,707             50,685                395
166511..............................  KCWV.............            207,398            207,370              1,617
24316...............................  KCWX.............          3,961,268          3,954,787             30,843
68713...............................  KCWY-DT..........             80,904             80,479                628
22201...............................  KDAF.............          6,648,507          6,645,226             51,826
33764...............................  KDBC-TV..........          1,015,564          1,015,162              7,917
79258...............................  KDCK.............             43,088             43,067                336
166332..............................  KDCU-DT..........            753,204            753,190              5,874
38375...............................  KDEN-TV..........          3,376,799          3,351,182             26,136
17037...............................  KDFI.............          6,684,439          6,682,487             52,117
33770...............................  KDFW.............          6,659,312          6,657,023             51,918
29102...............................  KDIN-TV..........          1,088,376          1,083,845              8,453
25454...............................  KDKA-TV..........          3,611,796          3,450,690             26,912
60740...............................  KDKF.............             71,413             64,567                504
4691................................  KDLH.............            263,422            260,394              2,031
41975...............................  KDLO-TV..........            208,354            208,118              1,623
55379...............................  KDLT-TV..........            639,284            628,281              4,900
55375...............................  KDLV-TV..........             96,873             96,620                754
25221...............................  KDMD.............            376,906            374,641              2,922
78915...............................  KDMI.............          1,141,990          1,140,939              8,898
56524...............................  KDNL-TV..........          2,987,219          2,982,311             23,259
24518...............................  KDOC-TV..........         17,503,793         16,701,233            130,253
1005................................  KDOR-TV..........          1,112,060          1,108,556              8,646
60736...............................  KDRV.............            519,706            440,002              3,432
61064...............................  KDSD-TV..........             64,314             59,635                465
53329...............................  KDSE.............             42,896             41,432                323
56527...............................  KDSM-TV..........          1,096,220          1,095,478              8,544
49326...............................  KDTN.............          6,602,327          6,600,186             51,475
83491...............................  KDTP.............             26,564             24,469                191
33778...............................  KDTV-DT..........          7,959,349          7,129,638             55,604
67910...............................  KDTX-TV..........          6,680,738          6,679,424             52,093
126.................................  KDVR.............          3,644,912          3,521,884             27,467
18084...............................  KECI-TV..........            211,745            193,803              1,511
51208...............................  KECY-TV..........            399,372            394,379              3,076
58408...............................  KEDT.............            513,683            513,683              4,006
55435...............................  KEET.............            177,313            159,960              1,248
37103...............................  KEKE.............             97,959             94,560                737
41983...............................  KELO-TV..........            705,364            646,126              5,039
34440...............................  KEMO-TV..........          8,270,858          7,381,656             57,570

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2777................................  KEMV.............            619,889            559,135              4,361
26304...............................  KENS.............          2,544,094          2,529,382             19,727
63845...............................  KENV-DT..........             47,220             40,677                317
18338...............................  KENW.............             87,017             87,017                679
50591...............................  KEPB-TV..........            576,964            523,655              4,084
56029...............................  KEPR-TV..........            453,259            433,260              3,379
49324...............................  KERA-TV..........          6,681,083          6,677,852             52,081
40878...............................  KERO-TV..........          1,285,357          1,164,979              9,086
61067...............................  KESD-TV..........            166,018            159,195              1,242
25577...............................  KESQ-TV..........          1,334,172            572,057              4,461
50205...............................  KETA-TV..........          1,702,441          1,688,227             13,166
62182...............................  KETC.............          2,913,924          2,911,313             22,705
37101...............................  KETD.............          3,323,570          3,285,231             25,622
2768................................  KETG.............            426,883            409,511              3,194
12895...............................  KETH-TV..........          6,088,821          6,088,677             47,486
55643...............................  KETK-TV..........          1,031,567          1,030,122              8,034
2770................................  KETS.............          1,185,111          1,166,796              9,100
53903...............................  KETV.............          1,355,238          1,350,292             10,531
92872...............................  KETZ.............            526,890            523,877              4,086
68853...............................  KEYC-TV..........            544,900            531,079              4,142
33691...............................  KEYE-TV..........          2,732,257          2,652,529             20,687
60637...............................  KEYT-TV..........          1,419,564          1,239,577              9,667
83715...............................  KEYU.............            339,348            339,302              2,646
34406...............................  KEZI.............          1,113,171          1,065,880              8,313
34412...............................  KFBB-TV..........             93,519             91,964                717
125.................................  KFCT.............            795,114            788,747              6,151
51466...............................  KFDA-TV..........            385,064            383,977              2,995
22589...............................  KFDM.............            732,665            732,588              5,713
65370...............................  KFDX-TV..........            381,703            381,318              2,974
49264...............................  KFFV.............          4,020,926          3,987,153             31,096
12729...............................  KFFX-TV..........            409,952            403,692              3,148
83992...............................  KFJX.............            689,090            663,506              5,175
42122...............................  KFMB-TV..........          3,947,735          3,699,981             28,856
53321...............................  KFME.............            393,045            392,472              3,061
74256...............................  KFNB.............             80,382             79,842                623
21613...............................  KFNE.............             54,988             54,420                424
21612...............................  KFNR.............             10,988             10,965                 86
66222...............................  KFOR-TV..........          1,616,459          1,615,614             12,600
33716...............................  KFOX-TV..........          1,023,999          1,018,549              7,944
41517...............................  KFPH-DT..........            347,579            282,838              2,206
81509...............................  KFPX-TV..........            963,969            963,846              7,517
31597...............................  KFQX.............            186,473            163,637              1,276
59013...............................  KFRE-TV..........          1,721,275          1,705,484             13,301
51429...............................  KFSF-DT..........          7,348,828          6,528,430             50,915
66469...............................  KFSM-TV..........            906,728            884,919              6,901
8620................................  KFSN-TV..........          1,836,607          1,819,585             14,191
29560...............................  KFTA-TV..........            818,859            809,173              6,311
83714...............................  KFTC.............             61,990             61,953                483
60537...............................  KFTH-DT..........          6,080,688          6,080,373             47,421
60549...............................  KFTR-DT..........         17,560,679         16,305,726            127,168
61335...............................  KFTS.............             74,936             65,126                508
81441...............................  KFTU-DT..........            113,876            109,731                856
34439...............................  KFTV-DT..........          1,794,984          1,779,917             13,882
664.................................  KFVE.............             82,902             73,553                574
592.................................  KFVS-TV..........            895,871            873,777              6,815
29015...............................  KFWD.............          6,666,428          6,660,565             51,946
35336...............................  KFXA.............            875,538            874,070              6,817
17625...............................  KFXB-TV..........            373,280            368,466              2,874
70917...............................  KFXK-TV..........            934,043            931,791              7,267
84453...............................  KFXL-TV..........            862,531            854,678              6,666
56079...............................  KFXV.............          1,225,732          1,225,732              9,559
41427...............................  KFYR-TV..........            130,881            128,301              1,001
25685...............................  KGAN.............          1,083,213          1,057,597              8,248
34457...............................  KGBT-TV..........          1,239,001          1,238,870              9,662
7841................................  KGCW.............            949,575            945,476              7,374
24485...............................  KGEB.............          1,186,225          1,150,201              8,970
34459...............................  KGET-TV..........            917,927            874,332              6,819
53320...............................  KGFE.............            114,564            114,564                893
7894................................  KGIN.............            230,535            228,338              1,781
83945...............................  KGLA-DT..........          1,636,922          1,636,922             12,766
34445...............................  KGMB.............            953,398            851,088              6,638

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58608...............................  KGMC.............          1,936,675          1,914,168             14,929
36914...............................  KGMD-TV..........             94,323             93,879                732
36920...............................  KGMV.............            193,564            162,230              1,265
10061...............................  KGNS-TV..........            267,236            259,548              2,024
34470...............................  KGO-TV...........          8,637,074          7,929,294             61,841
56034...............................  KGPE.............          1,699,131          1,682,082             13,119
81694...............................  KGPX-TV..........            685,626            624,955              4,874
25511...............................  KGTF.............            161,885            160,568              1,252
40876...............................  KGTV.............          3,960,667          3,682,219             28,718
36918...............................  KGUN-TV..........          1,398,527          1,212,484              9,456
34874...............................  KGW..............          3,026,617          2,878,510             22,449
63177...............................  KGWC-TV..........             80,475             80,009                624
63162...............................  KGWL-TV..........             38,125             38,028                297
63166...............................  KGWN-TV..........            469,467            440,388              3,435
63170...............................  KGWR-TV..........             51,315             50,957                397
4146................................  KHAW-TV..........             95,204             94,851                740
60353...............................  KHBS.............            631,770            608,052              4,742
27300...............................  KHCE-TV..........          2,353,883          2,348,391             18,315
26431...............................  KHET.............            959,060            944,568              7,367
21160...............................  KHGI-TV..........            233,973            229,173              1,787
36917...............................  KHII-TV..........            953,895            851,585              6,642
29085...............................  KHIN.............          1,041,244          1,039,383              8,106
17688...............................  KHME.............            181,345            179,706              1,402
47670...............................  KHMT.............            175,601            170,957              1,333
47987...............................  KHNE-TV..........            203,931            202,944              1,583
34867...............................  KHNL.............            953,398            851,088              6,638
60354...............................  KHOG-TV..........            765,360            702,984              5,483
4144................................  KHON-TV..........            953,207            886,431              6,913
34529...............................  KHOU.............          6,083,315          6,081,936             47,433
4690................................  KHQA-TV..........            318,469            316,134              2,466
34537...............................  KHQ-TV...........            822,371            774,821              6,043
30601...............................  KHRR.............          1,227,847          1,166,890              9,101
34348...............................  KHSD-TV..........            188,735            185,202              1,444
24508...............................  KHSL-TV..........            625,904            608,850              4,748
69677...............................  KHSV.............          2,059,794          2,020,045             15,754
64544...............................  KHVO.............             94,226             93,657                730
23394...............................  KIAH.............          6,099,694          6,099,297             47,568
34564...............................  KICU-TV..........          8,233,041          7,174,316             55,952
56028...............................  KIDK.............            305,509            302,535              2,359
58560...............................  KIDY.............            116,614            116,596                909
53382...............................  KIEM-TV..........            174,390            160,801              1,254
66258...............................  KIFI-TV..........            324,422            320,118              2,497
16950...............................  KIFR.............          2,180,045          2,160,460             16,849
10188...............................  KIII.............            569,864            566,796              4,420
29095...............................  KIIN.............          1,365,215          1,335,707             10,417
34527...............................  KIKU.............            953,896            850,963              6,637
63865...............................  KILM.............         17,256,205         15,804,489            123,259
56033...............................  KIMA-TV..........            308,604            260,593              2,032
66402...............................  KIMT.............            654,083            643,384              5,018
67089...............................  KINC.............          2,002,066          1,920,903             14,981
34847...............................  KING-TV..........          4,074,288          4,036,926             31,484
51708...............................  KINT-TV..........          1,015,582          1,015,274              7,918
26249...............................  KION-TV..........          2,400,317            855,808              6,674
62427...............................  KIPT.............            171,405            170,455              1,329
66781...............................  KIRO-TV..........          4,058,101          4,030,968             31,438
62430...............................  KISU-TV..........            311,827            307,651              2,399
12896...............................  KITU-TV..........            712,362            712,362              5,556
64548...............................  KITV.............            953,207            839,906              6,550
59255...............................  KIVI-TV..........            710,819            702,619              5,480
47285...............................  KIXE-TV..........            467,518            428,118              3,339
13792...............................  KJJC-TV..........             82,749             81,865                638
14000...............................  KJLA.............         17,929,100         16,794,896            130,983
20015...............................  KJNP-TV..........             98,403             98,097                765
53315...............................  KJRE.............             16,187             16,170                126
59439...............................  KJRH-TV..........          1,416,108          1,397,311             10,898
55364...............................  KJRR.............             45,515             44,098                344
7675................................  KJTL.............            379,594            379,263              2,958
55031...............................  KJTV-TV..........            406,283            406,260              3,168
13814...............................  KJUD.............             31,229             30,106                235
36607...............................  KJZZ-TV..........          2,388,965          2,209,183             17,229
83180...............................  KKAI.............            953,400            919,742              7,173

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58267...............................  KKAP.............            957,786            923,172              7,200
24766...............................  KKCO.............            206,018            172,628              1,346
35097...............................  KKJB.............            629,939            624,784              4,873
22644...............................  KKPX-TV..........          7,588,288          6,758,490             52,709
35037...............................  KKTV.............          2,892,126          2,478,864             19,333
35042...............................  KLAS-TV..........          2,094,297          1,940,030             15,130
52907...............................  KLAX-TV..........            367,212            366,839              2,861
3660................................  KLBK-TV..........            387,783            387,743              3,024
65523...............................  KLBY.............             31,102             31,096                243
38430...............................  KLCS.............         17,129,650         15,689,832            122,365
77719...............................  KLCW-TV..........            381,889            381,816              2,978
51479...............................  KLDO-TV..........            250,832            250,832              1,956
37105...............................  KLEI.............            175,045            138,087              1,077
56032...............................  KLEW-TV..........            164,908            148,256              1,156
35059...............................  KLFY-TV..........          1,355,890          1,355,409             10,571
54011...............................  KLJB.............          1,027,104          1,012,309              7,895
11264...............................  KLKN.............          1,161,979          1,122,111              8,751
52593...............................  KLML.............            270,089            218,544              1,704
47975...............................  KLNE-TV..........            123,324            123,246                961
38590...............................  KLPA-TV..........            414,699            414,447              3,232
38588...............................  KLPB-TV..........            749,053            749,053              5,842
749.................................  KLRN.............          2,374,472          2,353,440             18,354
11951...............................  KLRT-TV..........          1,171,678          1,152,541              8,989
8564................................  KLRU.............          2,614,658          2,575,518             20,086
8322................................  KLSR-TV..........            564,415            508,157              3,963
31114...............................  KLST.............            199,067            169,551              1,322
24436...............................  KLTJ.............          6,034,131          6,033,867             47,058
38587...............................  KLTL-TV..........            423,574            423,574              3,303
38589...............................  KLTM-TV..........            694,280            688,915              5,373
38591...............................  KLTS-TV..........            947,141            944,257              7,364
68540...............................  KLTV.............          1,069,690          1,051,361              8,200
12913...............................  KLUJ-TV..........          1,195,751          1,195,751              9,326
57220...............................  KLUZ-TV..........          1,079,718          1,019,302              7,950
11683...............................  KLVX.............          2,044,150          1,936,083             15,100
82476...............................  KLWB.............          1,065,748          1,065,748              8,312
40250...............................  KLWY.............            541,043            538,231              4,198
64551...............................  KMAU.............            213,060            188,953              1,474
51499...............................  KMAX-TV..........         10,767,605          7,132,240             55,624
65686...............................  KMBC-TV..........          2,506,035          2,504,622             19,534
35183...............................  KMCB.............             69,357             66,203                516
41237...............................  KMCC.............          2,064,592          2,010,262             15,678
42636...............................  KMCI-TV..........          2,429,392          2,428,626             18,941
38584...............................  KMCT-TV..........            267,004            266,880              2,081
22127...............................  KMCY.............             71,797             71,793                560
162016..............................  KMDE.............             35,409             35,401                276
26428...............................  KMEB.............            221,810            203,470              1,587
39665...............................  KMEG.............            708,748            704,130              5,492
35123...............................  KMEX-DT..........         17,628,354         16,318,720            127,270
40875...............................  KMGH-TV..........          3,815,224          3,574,344             27,876
35131...............................  KMID.............            383,449            383,439              2,990
16749...............................  KMIR-TV..........          2,760,914            730,764              5,699
63164...............................  KMIZ.............            532,025            530,008              4,134
53541...............................  KMLM-DT..........            293,290            293,290              2,287
52046...............................  KMLU.............            711,951            708,107              5,523
47981...............................  KMNE-TV..........             47,232             44,189                345
24753...............................  KMOH-TV..........            199,885            184,283              1,437
4326................................  KMOS-TV..........            804,745            803,129              6,264
41425...............................  KMOT.............             81,517             79,504                620
70034...............................  KMOV.............          3,035,077          3,029,405             23,626
51488...............................  KMPH-TV..........          1,754,037          1,717,555             13,395
73701...............................  KMPX.............          6,678,829          6,674,706             52,056
44052...............................  KMSB.............          1,321,614          1,039,442              8,107
68883...............................  KMSP-TV..........          3,857,891          3,829,859             29,869
12525...............................  KMSS-TV..........          1,067,838          1,066,106              8,315
43095...............................  KMTP-TV..........          5,242,638          4,441,372             34,638
35189...............................  KMTR.............            589,948            520,666              4,061
35190...............................  KMTV-TV..........          1,346,549          1,344,796             10,488
77063...............................  KMTW.............            761,521            761,516              5,939
35200...............................  KMVT.............            184,647            176,351              1,375
32958...............................  KMVU-DT..........            308,150            231,506              1,806
86534...............................  KMYA-DT..........            200,764            200,725              1,565

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51518...............................  KMYS.............          2,273,888          2,267,913             17,687
54420...............................  KMYT-TV..........          1,314,197          1,302,378             10,157
35822...............................  KMYU.............            133,563            130,198              1,015
993.................................  KNAT-TV..........          1,157,630          1,124,619              8,771
24749...............................  KNAZ-TV..........            332,321            227,658              1,776
47906...............................  KNBC.............         17,244,237         15,812,389            123,321
81464...............................  KNBN.............            145,493            136,995              1,068
9754................................  KNCT.............          1,751,838          1,726,148             13,462
82611...............................  KNDB.............            118,154            118,122                921
82615...............................  KNDM.............             72,216             72,209                563
12395...............................  KNDO.............            314,875            270,892              2,113
12427...............................  KNDU.............            475,612            462,556              3,607
17683...............................  KNEP.............            101,389             95,890                748
48003...............................  KNHL.............            277,777            277,308              2,163
125710..............................  KNIC-DT..........          2,398,296          2,383,294             18,587
59363...............................  KNIN-TV..........            708,289            703,838              5,489
48525...............................  KNLC.............          2,981,508          2,978,979             23,233
48521...............................  KNLJ.............            655,000            642,705              5,012
84215...............................  KNMD-TV..........          1,135,642          1,108,358              8,644
55528...............................  KNME-TV..........          1,148,741          1,105,095              8,619
47707...............................  KNMT.............          2,887,142          2,794,995             21,798
48975...............................  KNOE-TV..........            733,097            729,703              5,691
49273...............................  KNOP-TV..........             87,904             85,423                666
10228...............................  KNPB.............            604,614            462,732              3,609
55362...............................  KNRR.............             25,957             25,931                202
35277...............................  KNSD.............          3,861,660          3,618,321             28,219
19191...............................  KNSN-TV..........            611,981            459,485              3,584
23302...............................  KNSO.............          1,824,786          1,803,796             14,068
35280...............................  KNTV.............          8,525,818          8,027,505             62,607
144.................................  KNVA.............          2,550,225          2,529,184             19,725
33745...............................  KNVN.............            495,902            470,252              3,667
69692...............................  KNVO.............          1,247,014          1,247,014              9,725
29557...............................  KNWA-TV..........            822,906            804,682              6,276
59440...............................  KNXV-TV..........          4,183,943          4,173,022             32,545
59014...............................  KOAA-TV..........          1,608,528          1,203,731              9,388
50588...............................  KOAB-TV..........            207,070            203,371              1,586
50590...............................  KOAC-TV..........          1,957,282          1,543,401             12,037
58552...............................  KOAM-TV..........            793,563            767,962              5,989
53928...............................  KOAT-TV..........          1,132,372          1,105,116              8,619
35313...............................  KOB..............          1,152,841          1,113,162              8,682
35321...............................  KOBF.............            201,911            166,177              1,296
8260................................  KOBI.............            562,463            519,063              4,048
62272...............................  KOBR.............            211,709            211,551              1,650
50170...............................  KOCB.............          1,629,783          1,629,152             12,706
4328................................  KOCE-TV..........         17,446,133         16,461,581            128,384
84225...............................  KOCM.............          1,434,325          1,433,605             11,181
12508...............................  KOCO-TV..........          1,716,569          1,708,085             13,321
83181...............................  KOCW.............             83,807             83,789                653
18283...............................  KODE-TV..........            740,156            731,512              5,705
66195...............................  KOED-TV..........          1,497,297          1,459,833             11,385
50198...............................  KOET.............            658,606            637,640              4,973
51189...............................  KOFY-TV..........          5,242,638          4,441,372             34,638
34859...............................  KOGG.............            190,829            161,310              1,258
166534..............................  KOHD.............            201,310            197,662              1,542
35380...............................  KOIN.............          3,028,482          2,881,460             22,473
35388...............................  KOKH-TV..........          1,627,116          1,625,246             12,675
11910...............................  KOKI-TV..........          1,366,220          1,352,227             10,546
48663...............................  KOLD-TV..........          1,216,228            887,754              6,924
7890................................  KOLN.............          1,421,223          1,337,970             10,435
63331...............................  KOLO-TV..........            959,178            826,985              6,450
28496...............................  KOLR.............          1,076,144          1,038,613              8,100
21656...............................  KOMO-TV..........          4,132,260          4,087,435             31,878
65583...............................  KOMU-TV..........            551,658            542,544              4,231
35396...............................  KONG.............          3,998,831          3,981,688             31,053
60675...............................  KOOD.............            113,416            113,285                884
50589...............................  KOPB-TV..........          3,059,231          2,875,815             22,428
2566................................  KOPX-TV..........          1,501,110          1,500,883             11,705
64877...............................  KORO.............            560,983            560,983              4,375
6865................................  KOSA-TV..........            340,978            338,070              2,637
34347...............................  KOTA-TV..........            174,876            152,861              1,192
8284................................  KOTI.............            298,175             97,132                758

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35434...............................  KOTV-DT..........          1,417,753          1,403,838             10,949
56550...............................  KOVR.............         10,784,477          7,162,989             55,864
51101...............................  KOZJ.............            429,982            427,991              3,338
51102...............................  KOZK.............            839,841            834,308              6,507
3659................................  KOZL-TV..........            992,495            963,281              7,513
35455...............................  KPAX-TV..........            206,895            193,201              1,507
67868...............................  KPAZ-TV..........          4,190,080          4,176,323             32,571
6124................................  KPBS.............          3,584,237          3,463,189             27,009
50044...............................  KPBT-TV..........            340,080            340,080              2,652
77452...............................  KPCB-DT..........             30,861             30,835                240
35460...............................  KPDX.............          2,970,703          2,848,423             22,215
12524...............................  KPEJ-TV..........            368,212            368,208              2,872
41223...............................  KPHO-TV..........          4,195,073          4,175,139             32,562
61551...............................  KPIC.............            156,687            105,807                825
86205...............................  KPIF.............            265,080            258,174              2,013
25452...............................  KPIX-TV..........          8,226,463          7,360,625             57,406
58912...............................  KPJK.............          7,884,411          6,955,179             54,243
166510..............................  KPJR-TV..........          3,402,088          3,372,831             26,305
13994...............................  KPLC.............          1,406,085          1,403,853             10,949
41964...............................  KPLO-TV..........             55,827             52,765                412
35417...............................  KPLR-TV..........          2,991,598          2,988,106             23,304
12144...............................  KPMR.............          1,731,370          1,473,251             11,490
47973...............................  KPNE-TV..........             92,675             89,021                694
35486...............................  KPNX.............          4,180,982          4,176,442             32,572
77512...............................  KPNZ.............          2,394,311          2,208,707             17,226
73998...............................  KPOB-TV..........            144,525            143,656              1,120
26655...............................  KPPX-TV..........          4,186,998          4,171,450             32,533
53117...............................  KPRC-TV..........          6,099,422          6,099,076             47,567
48660...............................  KPRY-TV..........             42,521             42,426                331
61071...............................  KPSD-TV..........             19,886             18,799                147
53544...............................  KPTB-DT..........            322,780            320,646              2,501
81445...............................  KPTF-DT..........             84,512             84,512                659
77451...............................  KPTH.............            660,556            655,373              5,111
51491...............................  KPTM.............          1,405,533          1,404,364             10,953
33345...............................  KPTS.............            832,000            827,866              6,457
50633...............................  KPTV.............          2,998,460          2,847,263             22,206
82575...............................  KPTW.............             89,433             82,522                644
1270................................  KPVI-DT..........            271,379            264,204              2,061
58835...............................  KPXB-TV..........          6,062,458          6,062,238             47,279
68695...............................  KPXC-TV..........          3,362,518          3,341,951             26,064
68834...............................  KPXD-TV..........          6,555,157          6,553,373             51,110
33337...............................  KPXE-TV..........          2,437,178          2,436,024             18,999
5801................................  KPXG-TV..........          3,026,219          2,882,598             22,481
81507...............................  KPXJ.............          1,138,632          1,135,626              8,857
61173...............................  KPXL-TV..........          2,257,007          2,243,520             17,497
35907...............................  KPXM-TV..........          3,507,312          3,506,503             27,347
58978...............................  KPXN-TV..........         17,256,205         15,804,489            123,259
77483...............................  KPXO-TV..........            953,329            913,341              7,123
21156...............................  KPXR-TV..........            828,915            821,250              6,405
10242...............................  KQCA.............         10,077,891          6,276,197             48,948
41430...............................  KQCD-TV..........             35,623             33,415                261
18287...............................  KQCK.............          3,216,059          3,185,307             24,842
78322...............................  KQCW-DT..........          1,128,198          1,123,324              8,761
35525...............................  KQDS-TV..........            304,935            301,439              2,351
35500...............................  KQED.............          8,195,398          7,283,828             56,807
35663...............................  KQEH.............          8,195,398          7,283,828             56,807
8214................................  KQET.............          2,981,040          2,076,157             16,192
5471................................  KQIN.............            596,371            596,277              4,650
17686...............................  KQME.............            188,783            184,719              1,441
61063...............................  KQSD-TV..........             32,526             31,328                244
8378................................  KQSL.............            199,123            142,419              1,111
20427...............................  KQTV.............          1,494,987          1,401,160             10,928
78921...............................  KQUP.............            697,016            551,824              4,304
306.................................  KRBC-TV..........            229,395            229,277              1,788
166319..............................  KRBK.............            983,888            966,187              7,535
22161...............................  KRCA.............         17,540,791         16,957,292            132,250
57945...............................  KRCB.............          8,783,441          8,503,802             66,321
41110...............................  KRCG.............            737,927            722,255              5,633
8291................................  KRCR-TV..........            423,000            402,594              3,140
10192...............................  KRCW-TV..........          2,966,912          2,842,523             22,169
49134...............................  KRDK-TV..........            349,941            349,929              2,729

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52579...............................  KRDO-TV..........          2,622,603          2,272,383             17,722
70578...............................  KREG-TV..........            149,306             95,141                742
34868...............................  KREM.............            817,619            752,113              5,866
51493...............................  KREN-TV..........            810,039            681,212              5,313
70596...............................  KREX-TV..........            145,700            145,606              1,136
70579...............................  KREY-TV..........             74,963             65,700                512
48589...............................  KREZ-TV..........            148,079            105,121                820
43328...............................  KRGV-TV..........          1,247,057          1,247,029              9,726
82698...............................  KRII.............            133,840            132,912              1,037
29114...............................  KRIN.............            949,313            923,735              7,204
25559...............................  KRIS-TV..........            565,112            565,044              4,407
22204...............................  KRIV.............          6,078,936          6,078,846             47,409
14040...............................  KRMA-TV..........          3,722,512          3,564,949             27,803
14042...............................  KRMJ.............            174,094            159,511              1,244
20476...............................  KRMT.............          2,956,144          2,864,236             22,338
84224...............................  KRMU.............             85,274             72,499                565
20373...............................  KRMZ.............             36,293             33,620                262
47971...............................  KRNE-TV..........             47,473             38,273                298
60307...............................  KRNV-DT..........            955,490            792,543              6,181
65526...............................  KRON-TV..........          8,573,167          8,028,256             62,612
53539...............................  KRPV-DT..........             65,943             65,943                514
48575...............................  KRQE.............          1,135,461          1,105,093              8,619
57431...............................  KRSU-TV..........          1,000,289            998,310              7,786
82613...............................  KRTN-TV..........             84,231             68,550                535
35567...............................  KRTV.............             92,645             90,849                709
84157...............................  KRWB-TV..........            111,538            110,979                866
35585...............................  KRWF.............             85,596             85,596                668
55516...............................  KRWG-TV..........            894,492            661,703              5,161
48360...............................  KRXI-TV..........            725,391            548,865              4,281
307.................................  KSAN-TV..........            135,063            135,051              1,053
11911...............................  KSAS-TV..........            752,513            752,504              5,869
53118...............................  KSAT-TV..........          2,539,658          2,502,246             19,515
35584...............................  KSAX.............            365,209            365,209              2,848
35587...............................  KSAZ-TV..........          4,203,126          4,178,448             32,588
38214...............................  KSBI.............          1,577,231          1,575,865             12,290
19653...............................  KSBW.............          5,083,461          4,429,165             34,543
19654...............................  KSBY.............            535,029            495,562              3,865
82910...............................  KSCC.............            517,740            517,740              4,038
10202...............................  KSCE.............          1,015,148          1,010,581              7,882
35608...............................  KSCI.............         17,446,133         16,461,581            128,384
72348...............................  KSCW-DT..........            915,691            910,511              7,101
46981...............................  KSDK.............          2,986,776          2,979,047             23,234
35594...............................  KSEE.............          1,761,193          1,746,282             13,619
48658...............................  KSFY-TV..........            670,536            607,844              4,741
17680...............................  KSGW-TV..........             62,178             57,629                449
59444...............................  KSHB-TV..........          2,432,205          2,431,273             18,961
73706...............................  KSHV-TV..........            943,947            942,978              7,354
29096...............................  KSIN-TV..........            340,143            338,811              2,642
34846...............................  KSIX-TV..........             74,884             74,884                584
35606...............................  KSKN.............            731,818            643,590              5,019
70482...............................  KSLA.............          1,017,556          1,016,667              7,929
6359................................  KSL-TV...........          2,390,742          2,206,920             17,212
71558...............................  KSMN.............            320,813            320,808              2,502
33336...............................  KSMO-TV..........          2,401,201          2,398,686             18,707
28510...............................  KSMQ-TV..........            524,391            507,983              3,962
35611...............................  KSMS-TV..........          1,589,263            882,948              6,886
21161...............................  KSNB-TV..........            664,079            662,726              5,169
72359...............................  KSNC.............            174,135            173,744              1,355
67766...............................  KSNF.............            621,919            617,868              4,819
72361...............................  KSNG.............            145,058            144,822              1,129
72362...............................  KSNK.............             48,715             45,414                354
67335...............................  KSNT.............            622,818            594,604              4,637
10179...............................  KSNV.............          1,967,781          1,919,296             14,969
72358...............................  KSNW.............            791,403            791,127              6,170
61956...............................  KSPS-TV..........            819,101            769,852              6,004
52953...............................  KSPX-TV..........          7,078,228          5,275,946             41,147
166546..............................  KSQA.............            382,328            374,290              2,919
53313...............................  KSRE.............             75,181             75,181                586
35843...............................  KSTC-TV..........          3,843,788          3,835,674             29,914
63182...............................  KSTF.............             51,317             51,122                399
28010...............................  KSTP-TV..........          3,788,898          3,782,053             29,496

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60534...............................  KSTR-DT..........          6,632,577          6,629,296             51,702
64987...............................  KSTS.............          8,363,473          7,264,852             56,659
22215...............................  KSTU.............          2,384,996          2,201,716             17,171
23428...............................  KSTW.............          4,265,956          4,186,266             32,649
5243................................  KSVI.............            175,390            173,667              1,354
58827...............................  KSWB-TV..........          3,677,190          3,488,655             27,208
60683...............................  KSWK.............             79,012             78,784                614
35645...............................  KSWO-TV..........            483,132            458,057              3,572
61350...............................  KSYS.............            519,209            443,204              3,457
59988...............................  KTAB-TV..........            274,707            274,536              2,141
999.................................  KTAJ-TV..........          2,343,843          2,343,227             18,275
35648...............................  KTAL-TV..........          1,094,332          1,092,958              8,524
12930...............................  KTAS.............            471,882            464,149              3,620
81458...............................  KTAZ.............          4,182,503          4,160,481             32,448
35649...............................  KTBC.............          3,242,215          2,956,614             23,059
67884...............................  KTBN-TV..........         17,929,445         16,750,096            130,634
67999...............................  KTBO-TV..........          1,585,293          1,583,553             12,350
35652...............................  KTBS-TV..........          1,163,228          1,159,665              9,044
28324...............................  KTBU.............          6,035,927          6,035,725             47,073
67950...............................  KTBW-TV..........          4,202,104          4,108,031             32,039
35655...............................  KTBY.............            348,080            346,562              2,703
68594...............................  KTCA-TV..........          3,693,877          3,684,081             28,732
68597...............................  KTCI-TV..........          3,606,606          3,597,183             28,054
35187...............................  KTCW.............            103,341             89,207                696
36916...............................  KTDO.............          1,015,336          1,010,771              7,883
2769................................  KTEJ.............            419,750            417,368              3,255
83707...............................  KTEL-TV..........             52,878             52,875                412
35666...............................  KTEN.............            602,788            599,778              4,678
24514...............................  KTFD-TV..........          3,210,669          3,172,543             24,743
35512...............................  KTFF-DT..........          2,225,169          2,203,398             17,184
20871...............................  KTFK-DT..........          6,969,307          5,211,719             40,646
68753...............................  KTFN.............          1,017,335          1,013,157              7,902
35084...............................  KTFQ-TV..........          1,151,433          1,117,061              8,712
29232...............................  KTGM.............            159,358            159,091              1,241
2787................................  KTHV.............          1,275,053          1,246,348              9,720
29100...............................  KTIN.............            281,096            279,385              2,179
66170...............................  KTIV.............            751,089            746,274              5,820
49397...............................  KTKA-TV..........            759,369            746,370              5,821
35670...............................  KTLA.............         18,156,910         16,870,262            131,571
62354...............................  KTLM.............          1,044,526          1,044,509              8,146
49153...............................  KTLN-TV..........          5,381,955          4,740,894             36,974
64984...............................  KTMD.............          6,095,741          6,095,606             47,540
14675...............................  KTMF.............            187,251            168,526              1,314
10177...............................  KTMW.............          2,261,671          2,144,791             16,727
21533...............................  KTNC-TV..........          8,270,858          7,381,656             57,570
47996...............................  KTNE-TV..........            100,341             95,324                743
60519...............................  KTNL-TV..........              8,642              8,642                 67
74100...............................  KTNV-TV..........          2,094,506          1,936,752             15,105
71023...............................  KTNW.............            450,926            432,398              3,372
8651................................  KTOO-TV..........             31,269             31,176                243
7078................................  KTPX-TV..........          1,066,196          1,063,754              8,296
68541...............................  KTRE.............            441,879            421,406              3,287
35675...............................  KTRK-TV..........          6,114,259          6,112,870             47,674
28230...............................  KTRV-TV..........            714,833            707,557              5,518
69170...............................  KTSC.............          3,124,536          2,949,795             23,005
61066...............................  KTSD-TV..........             83,645             82,828                646
37511...............................  KTSF.............          7,959,349          7,129,638             55,604
67760...............................  KTSM-TV..........          1,015,348          1,011,264              7,887
35678...............................  KTTC.............            815,213            731,919              5,708
28501...............................  KTTM.............             76,133             73,664                575
11908...............................  KTTU.............          1,324,801          1,060,613              8,272
22208...............................  KTTV.............         17,380,551         16,693,085            130,189
28521...............................  KTTW.............            329,633            326,405              2,546
65355...............................  KTTZ-TV..........            380,240            380,225              2,965
35685...............................  KTUL.............          1,416,959          1,388,183             10,826
10173...............................  KTUU-TV..........            380,240            379,047              2,956
77480...............................  KTUZ-TV..........          1,668,531          1,666,026             12,993
49632...............................  KTVA.............            342,517            342,300              2,670
34858...............................  KTVB.............            714,865            707,882              5,521
31437...............................  KTVC.............            137,239            100,204                781
68581...............................  KTVD.............          3,800,970          3,547,607             27,668

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35692...............................  KTVE.............            641,139            640,201              4,993
49621...............................  KTVF.............             98,068             97,929                764
5290................................  KTVH-DT..........            228,832            184,264              1,437
35693...............................  KTVI.............          2,995,764          2,991,513             23,331
40993...............................  KTVK.............          4,184,825          4,173,028             32,545
22570...............................  KTVL.............            419,849            369,469              2,881
18066...............................  KTVM-TV..........            260,105            217,694              1,698
59139...............................  KTVN.............            955,490            800,420              6,242
21251...............................  KTVO.............            227,128            226,616              1,767
35694...............................  KTVQ.............            179,797            173,271              1,351
50592...............................  KTVR.............            147,808             54,480                425
23422...............................  KTVT.............          6,912,366          6,908,715             53,881
35703...............................  KTVU.............          8,297,634          7,406,751             57,765
35705...............................  KTVW-DT..........          4,174,310          4,160,877             32,451
68889...............................  KTVX.............          2,389,392          2,200,520             17,162
55907...............................  KTVZ.............            201,828            198,558              1,549
18286...............................  KTWO-TV..........             80,426             79,905                623
70938...............................  KTWU.............          1,703,798          1,562,305             12,184
51517...............................  KTXA.............          6,915,461          6,911,822             53,905
42359...............................  KTXD-TV..........          6,706,651          6,704,781             52,291
51569...............................  KTXH.............          6,092,627          6,092,442             47,515
10205...............................  KTXL.............          8,306,449          5,896,320             45,985
308.................................  KTXS-TV..........            247,603            246,760              1,924
69315...............................  KUAC-TV..........             98,717             98,189                766
51233...............................  KUAM-TV..........            159,358            159,358              1,243
2722................................  KUAS-TV..........            994,802            977,391              7,623
2731................................  KUAT-TV..........          1,485,024          1,253,342              9,775
60520...............................  KUBD.............             14,817             13,363                104
70492...............................  KUBE-TV..........          6,090,970          6,090,817             47,502
1136................................  KUCW.............          2,388,889          2,199,787             17,156
69396...............................  KUED.............          2,388,995          2,203,093             17,182
69582...............................  KUEN.............          2,364,481          2,184,483             17,037
82576...............................  KUES.............             30,925             25,978                203
82585...............................  KUEW.............            132,168            120,411                939
66611...............................  KUFM-TV..........            187,680            166,697              1,300
169028..............................  KUGF-TV..........             86,622             85,986                671
68717...............................  KUHM-TV..........            154,836            145,241              1,133
69269...............................  KUHT.............          6,080,222          6,078,866             47,409
62382...............................  KUID-TV..........            432,855            284,023              2,215
169027..............................  KUKL-TV..........            124,505            115,844                903
35724...............................  KULR-TV..........            177,242            170,142              1,327
41429...............................  KUMV-TV..........             41,607             41,224                322
81447...............................  KUNP.............            130,559             43,472                339
4624................................  KUNS-TV..........          4,027,849          4,015,626             31,318
86532...............................  KUOK.............             28,974             28,945                226
66589...............................  KUON-TV..........          1,375,257          1,360,005             10,607
86263...............................  KUPB.............            318,914            318,914              2,487
65535...............................  KUPK.............            149,642            148,180              1,156
27431...............................  KUPT.............             87,602             87,602                683
89714...............................  KUPU.............            956,178            948,005              7,393
57884...............................  KUPX-TV..........          2,374,672          2,191,229             17,089
23074...............................  KUSA.............          3,802,407          3,560,546             27,769
61072...............................  KUSD-TV..........            460,480            460,277              3,590
10238...............................  KUSI-TV..........          3,572,818          3,435,670             26,795
43567...............................  KUSM-TV..........            122,678            109,830                857
69694...............................  KUTF.............          1,210,774          1,031,870              8,048
81451...............................  KUTH-DT..........          2,219,788          2,027,174             15,810
68886...............................  KUTP.............          4,191,015          4,176,014             32,569
35823...............................  KUTV.............          2,388,625          2,199,731             17,156
63927...............................  KUVE-DT..........          1,294,971            964,396              7,521
7700................................  KUVI-DT..........          1,204,490          1,009,943              7,877
35841...............................  KUVN-DT..........          6,680,126          6,678,157             52,083
58609...............................  KUVS-DT..........          4,043,413          4,005,657             31,240
49766...............................  KVAL-TV..........          1,016,673            866,173              6,755
32621...............................  KVAW.............             76,153             76,153                594
58795...............................  KVCR-DT..........         18,215,524         17,467,140            136,226
35846...............................  KVCT.............            288,221            287,446              2,242
10195...............................  KVCW.............          1,967,550          1,918,809             14,965
64969...............................  KVDA.............          2,566,563          2,548,720             19,877
19783...............................  KVEA.............         17,538,249         16,335,335            127,399
12523...............................  KVEO-TV..........          1,244,504          1,244,504              9,706

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2495................................  KVEW.............            476,720            464,347              3,621
35852...............................  KVHP.............            747,917            747,837              5,832
49832...............................  KVIA-TV..........          1,015,350          1,011,266              7,887
35855...............................  KVIE.............         10,759,440          7,467,369             58,238
40450...............................  KVIH-TV..........             91,912             91,564                714
40446...............................  KVII-TV..........            379,042            378,218              2,950
61961...............................  KVLY-TV..........            362,850            362,838              2,830
16729...............................  KVMD.............         15,274,297         14,512,400            113,182
83825...............................  KVME-TV..........             26,711             22,802                178
25735...............................  KVOA.............          1,317,956          1,030,404              8,036
35862...............................  KVOS-TV..........          2,202,674          2,131,652             16,625
69733...............................  KVPT.............          1,744,349          1,719,318             13,409
55372...............................  KVRR.............            356,645            356,645              2,781
166331..............................  KVSN-DT..........          2,706,244          2,283,409             17,808
608.................................  KVTH-DT..........            303,755            299,230              2,334
2784................................  KVTJ-DT..........          1,466,426          1,465,802             11,432
607.................................  KVTN-DT..........            936,328            925,884              7,221
35867...............................  KVUE.............          2,661,290          2,611,314             20,366
78910...............................  KVUI.............            257,964            251,872              1,964
35870...............................  KVVU-TV..........          2,045,255          1,935,583             15,096
36170...............................  KVYE.............            396,495            392,498              3,061
35095...............................  KWBA-TV..........          1,129,524          1,073,029              8,369
78314...............................  KWBM.............            657,822            639,560              4,988
27425...............................  KWBN.............            953,207            840,455              6,555
76268...............................  KWBQ.............          1,149,598          1,107,211              8,635
66413...............................  KWCH-DT..........            883,647            881,674              6,876
71549...............................  KWCM-TV..........            252,284            244,033              1,903
35419...............................  KWDK.............          4,194,152          4,117,852             32,115
42007...............................  KWES-TV..........            424,854            423,536              3,303
50194...............................  KWET.............            127,976            112,750                879
35881...............................  KWEX-DT..........          2,376,463          2,370,469             18,487
35883...............................  KWGN-TV..........          3,706,455          3,513,537             27,402
37099...............................  KWHB.............            979,393            978,719              7,633
36846...............................  KWHE.............            952,966            834,341              6,507
26231...............................  KWHY-TV..........         17,736,497         17,695,306            138,006
35096...............................  KWKB.............          1,121,676          1,111,629              8,670
162115..............................  KWKS.............             39,708             39,323                307
12522...............................  KWKT-TV..........          1,299,675          1,298,478             10,127
21162...............................  KWNB-TV..........             91,093             89,332                697
67347...............................  KWOG.............            512,412            505,049              3,939
56852...............................  KWPX-TV..........          4,220,008          4,148,577             32,355
6885................................  KWQC-TV..........          1,063,507          1,054,618              8,225
29121...............................  KWSD.............            280,675            280,672              2,189
53318...............................  KWSE.............             54,471             53,400                416
71024...............................  KWSU-TV..........            725,554            468,295              3,652
25382...............................  KWTV-DT..........          1,628,106          1,627,198             12,691
35903...............................  KWTX-TV..........          2,071,023          1,972,365             15,382
593.................................  KWWL.............          1,089,498          1,078,458              8,411
84410...............................  KWWT.............            293,291            293,291              2,287
14674...............................  KWYB.............             86,495             69,598                543
10032...............................  KWYP-DT..........            148,473            133,470              1,041
35920...............................  KXAN-TV..........          2,678,666          2,624,648             20,470
49330...............................  KXAS-TV..........          6,774,295          6,771,827             52,813
24287...............................  KXGN-TV..........             14,217             13,883                108
35954...............................  KXII.............          2,323,974          2,264,951             17,664
55083...............................  KXLA.............         17,929,100         16,794,896            130,983
35959...............................  KXLF-TV..........            258,100            217,808              1,699
53847...............................  KXLN-DT..........          6,085,891          6,085,712             47,462
35906...............................  KXLT-TV..........            348,025            347,296              2,709
61978...............................  KXLY-TV..........            772,116            740,960              5,779
55684...............................  KXMA-TV..........             32,005             31,909                249
55686...............................  KXMB-TV..........            142,755            138,506              1,080
55685...............................  KXMC-TV..........             97,569             89,483                698
55683...............................  KXMD-TV..........             37,962             37,917                296
47995...............................  KXNE-TV..........            305,839            304,682              2,376
81593...............................  KXNW.............            602,168            597,747              4,662
35991...............................  KXRM-TV..........          1,843,363          1,500,689             11,704
1255................................  KXTF.............            140,746            140,312              1,094
25048...............................  KXTV.............         10,759,864          7,477,140             58,314
35994...............................  KXTX-TV..........          6,721,578          6,718,616             52,398
62293...............................  KXVA.............            185,478            185,276              1,445

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23277...............................  KXVO.............          1,397,072          1,396,085             10,888
9781................................  KXXV.............          1,771,620          1,748,287             13,635
31870...............................  KYAZ.............          6,038,257          6,038,071             47,091
29086...............................  KYIN.............            581,748            574,691              4,482
60384...............................  KYLE-TV..........            323,330            323,225              2,521
33639...............................  KYMA-DT..........            396,278            391,619              3,054
47974...............................  KYNE-TV..........            980,094            979,887              7,642
53820...............................  KYOU-TV..........            651,334            640,935              4,999
36003...............................  KYTV.............          1,095,904          1,083,524              8,450
55644...............................  KYTX.............            927,327            925,550              7,218
13815...............................  KYUR.............            379,943            379,027              2,956
5237................................  KYUS-TV..........             12,496             12,356                 96
33752...............................  KYVE.............            301,951            259,559              2,024
55762...............................  KYVV-TV..........             67,201             67,201                524
25453...............................  KYW-TV...........         11,212,189         11,008,413             85,855
69531...............................  KZJL.............          6,037,458          6,037,272             47,085
69571...............................  KZJO.............          4,147,016          4,097,776             31,959
61062...............................  KZSD-TV..........             41,207             35,825                279
33079...............................  KZTV.............            567,635            564,464              4,402
57292...............................  WAAY-TV..........          1,531,377          1,452,612             11,329
1328................................  WABC-TV..........         20,948,273         20,560,001            160,347
4190................................  WABE-TV..........          5,308,575          5,291,523             41,269
43203...............................  WABG-TV..........            393,020            392,348              3,060
17005...............................  WABI-TV..........            530,773            510,729              3,983
16820...............................  WABM.............          1,772,367          1,742,240             13,588
23917...............................  WABW-TV..........          1,097,560          1,096,376              8,551
19199...............................  WACH.............          1,403,222          1,400,385             10,922
189358..............................  WACP.............          9,415,263          9,301,049             72,539
23930...............................  WACS-TV..........            786,536            783,207              6,108
60018...............................  WACX.............          4,292,829          4,288,149             33,443
361.................................  WACY-TV..........            946,580            946,071              7,378
455.................................  WADL.............          4,610,065          4,606,521             35,926
589.................................  WAFB.............          1,857,882          1,857,418             14,486
591.................................  WAFF.............          1,527,517          1,456,436             11,359
70689...............................  WAGA-TV..........          6,000,355          5,923,191             46,195
48305...............................  WAGM-TV..........             64,721             63,331                494
37809...............................  WAGV.............          1,614,321          1,282,063              9,999
706.................................  WAIQ.............            611,733            609,794              4,756
701.................................  WAKA.............            799,637            793,645              6,190
4143................................  WALA-TV..........          1,320,419          1,318,127             10,280
70713...............................  WALB.............            773,899            772,467              6,024
60536...............................  WAMI-DT..........          5,449,193          5,449,193             42,498
70852...............................  WAND.............          1,388,118          1,386,074             10,810
39270...............................  WANE-TV..........          1,146,442          1,146,442              8,941
72120...............................  WANF.............          6,027,276          5,961,471             46,494
52280...............................  WAOE.............          2,963,253          2,907,224             22,673
64546...............................  WAOW.............            636,957            629,068              4,906
52073...............................  WAPA-TV \2\ \7\..          3,759,648          2,784,044             21,713
49712...............................  WAPT.............            793,621            791,620              6,174
67792...............................  WAQP.............          2,135,670          2,131,399             16,623
13206...............................  WATC-DT..........          5,732,204          5,705,819             44,500
71082...............................  WATE-TV..........          1,874,433          1,638,059             12,775
22819...............................  WATL.............          5,882,837          5,819,099             45,383
20287...............................  WATM-TV..........            893,989            749,183              5,843
11907...............................  WATN-TV..........          1,787,595          1,784,560             13,918
13989...............................  WAVE.............          1,891,797          1,880,563             14,667
71127...............................  WAVY-TV..........          2,080,708          2,080,691             16,227
54938...............................  WAWD.............            579,079            579,023              4,516
65247...............................  WAWV-TV..........            705,790            700,361              5,462
12793...............................  WAXN-TV..........          2,677,951          2,669,224             20,817
65696...............................  WBAL-TV..........          9,743,335          9,344,875             72,881
74417...............................  WBAY-TV..........          1,226,036          1,225,443              9,557
71085...............................  WBBH-TV..........          2,017,267          2,017,267             15,733
65204...............................  WBBJ-TV..........            662,148            658,839              5,138
9617................................  WBBM-TV..........          9,914,233          9,907,806             77,271
9088................................  WBBZ-TV..........          1,269,256          1,260,686              9,832
70138...............................  WBDT.............          3,831,757          3,819,550             29,789
51349...............................  WBEC-TV..........          5,421,355          5,421,355             42,281
10758...............................  WBFF.............          8,523,983          8,381,042             65,364
12497...............................  WBFS-TV..........          5,349,613          5,349,613             41,722
6568................................  WBGU-TV..........          1,343,816          1,343,816             10,480

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81594...............................  WBIF.............            309,707            309,707              2,415
84802...............................  WBIH.............            718,439            706,994              5,514
717.................................  WBIQ.............          1,563,080          1,532,266             11,950
46984...............................  WBIR-TV..........          1,978,347          1,701,857             13,273
67048...............................  WBKB-TV..........            136,823            130,625              1,019
34167...............................  WBKI.............          2,104,090          2,085,393             16,264
4692................................  WBKO.............            963,413            862,651              6,728
76001...............................  WBKP.............             55,655             55,305                431
68427...............................  WBMM.............            562,284            562,123              4,384
73692...............................  WBNA.............          1,699,683          1,666,248             12,995
23337...............................  WBNG-TV..........          1,435,634          1,051,932              8,204
71217...............................  WBNS-TV..........          2,847,721          2,784,795             21,719
72958...............................  WBNX-TV..........          3,639,256          3,630,531             28,315
71218...............................  WBOC-TV..........            813,888            813,888              6,348
71220...............................  WBOY-TV..........            711,302            621,367              4,846
60850...............................  WBPH-TV..........         10,613,847          9,474,797             73,894
7692................................  WBPX-TV..........          6,833,712          6,761,949             52,736
5981................................  WBRA-TV..........          1,726,408          1,677,204             13,081
71221...............................  WBRC.............          1,884,007          1,849,135             14,421
71225...............................  WBRE-TV..........          2,879,196          2,244,735             17,507
38616...............................  WBRZ-TV..........          2,223,336          2,222,309             17,332
82627...............................  WBSF.............          1,836,543          1,832,446             14,291
30826...............................  WBTV.............          4,433,795          4,296,893             33,511
66407...............................  WBTW.............          1,975,457          1,959,172             15,280
16363...............................  WBUI.............            981,884            981,868              7,658
59281...............................  WBUP.............            126,472            112,603                878
60830...............................  WBUY-TV..........          1,569,254          1,567,815             12,227
72971...............................  WBXX-TV..........          2,142,759          1,984,544             15,477
25456...............................  WBZ-TV...........          7,960,556          7,730,847             60,293
63153...............................  WCAU.............         11,269,831         11,098,540             86,558
363.................................  WCAV.............          1,032,270            874,886              6,823
46728...............................  WCAX-TV..........            784,748            665,685              5,192
39659...............................  WCBB.............            964,079            910,222              7,099
10587...............................  WCBD-TV..........          1,149,489          1,149,489              8,965
12477...............................  WCBI-TV..........            680,511            678,424              5,291
9610................................  WCBS-TV..........         22,087,789         21,511,236            167,766
49157...............................  WCCB.............          3,642,232          3,574,928             27,881
9629................................  WCCO-TV..........          3,862,571          3,855,451             30,069
14050...............................  WCCT-TV..........          5,818,471          5,307,612             41,394
69544...............................  WCCU.............            694,550            693,317              5,407
3001................................  WCCV-TV..........          3,391,703          2,062,994             16,089
23937...............................  WCES-TV..........          1,098,868          1,097,706              8,561
65666...............................  WCET.............          3,123,290          3,110,519             24,259
46755...............................  WCFE-TV..........            459,417            419,756              3,274
71280...............................  WCHS-TV..........          1,352,824          1,274,766              9,942
42124...............................  WCIA.............            834,084            833,547              6,501
711.................................  WCIQ.............          3,186,320          3,016,907             23,529
71428...............................  WCIU-TV..........         10,052,136         10,049,244             78,374
9015................................  WCIV.............          1,152,800          1,152,800              8,991
42116...............................  WCIX.............            554,002            549,911              4,289
16993...............................  WCJB-TV..........            977,492            977,492              7,623
11125...............................  WCLF.............          4,097,389          4,096,624             31,950
68007...............................  WCLJ-TV..........          2,305,723          2,303,534             17,965
50781...............................  WCMH-TV..........          2,756,260          2,712,989             21,159
9917................................  WCML.............            233,439            224,255              1,749
9908................................  WCMU-TV..........            707,702            699,551              5,456
9922................................  WCMV.............            425,499            411,288              3,208
9913................................  WCMW.............            106,975            104,859                818
32326...............................  WCNC-TV..........          3,883,049          3,809,706             29,712
53734...............................  WCNY-TV..........          1,342,821          1,279,429              9,978
73642...............................  WCOV-TV..........            889,102            884,417              6,898
40618...............................  WCPB.............            567,809            567,809              4,428
59438...............................  WCPO-TV..........          3,330,885          3,313,654             25,843
10981...............................  WCPX-TV..........          9,753,235          9,751,916             76,055
71297...............................  WCSC-TV..........          1,028,018          1,028,018              8,018
39664...............................  WCSH.............          1,755,325          1,548,824             12,079
69479...............................  WCTE.............            612,760            541,314              4,222
18334...............................  WCTI-TV..........          1,688,065          1,685,638             13,146
31590...............................  WCTV.............          1,065,524          1,065,464              8,310
33081...............................  WCTX.............          7,844,936          7,332,431             57,186
65684...............................  WCVB-TV..........          7,780,868          7,618,496             59,417

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9987................................  WCVE-TV..........          1,721,004          1,712,249             13,354
83304...............................  WCVI-TV..........             50,601             50,495                394
34204...............................  WCVN-TV..........          2,129,816          2,120,349             16,537
9989................................  WCVW.............          1,505,484          1,505,330             11,740
73042...............................  WCWF.............          1,131,390          1,130,818              8,819
35385...............................  WCWG.............          3,630,551          3,299,114             25,730
29712...............................  WCWJ.............          1,661,270          1,661,132             12,955
73264...............................  WCWN.............          1,909,223          1,621,751             12,648
2455................................  WCYB-TV..........          2,363,002          2,057,404             16,046
11291...............................  WDAF-TV..........          2,539,581          2,537,411             19,789
21250...............................  WDAM-TV..........            512,594            500,343              3,902
22129...............................  WDAY-TV..........            339,239            338,856              2,643
22124...............................  WDAZ-TV..........            151,720            151,659              1,183
71325...............................  WDBB.............          1,792,728          1,762,643             13,747
71326...............................  WDBD.............            940,665            939,489              7,327
71329...............................  WDBJ.............          1,626,017          1,435,762             11,198
51567...............................  WDCA.............          8,101,358          8,049,329             62,777
16530...............................  WDCQ-TV..........          1,269,199          1,269,199              9,898
30576...............................  WDCW.............          8,155,998          8,114,847             63,288
54385...............................  WDEF-TV..........          1,730,762          1,530,403             11,936
32851...............................  WDFX-TV..........            271,499            270,942              2,113
43846...............................  WDHN.............            452,377            451,978              3,525
71338...............................  WDIO-DT..........            341,506            327,469              2,554
714.................................  WDIQ.............            663,062            620,124              4,836
53114...............................  WDIV-TV..........          5,450,318          5,450,174             42,506
71427...............................  WDJT-TV..........          3,267,652          3,256,507             25,397
39561...............................  WDKA.............            658,699            658,277              5,134
64017...............................  WDKY-TV..........          1,204,817          1,173,579              9,153
67893...............................  WDLI-TV..........          4,147,298          4,114,920             32,092
72335...............................  WDPB.............            596,888            596,888              4,655
83740...............................  WDPM-DT..........          1,365,977          1,364,744             10,644
1283................................  WDPN-TV..........         11,594,463         11,467,616             89,436
6476................................  WDPX-TV..........          6,833,712          6,761,949             52,736
28476...............................  WDRB.............          2,054,813          2,037,086             15,887
12171...............................  WDSC-TV..........          3,389,559          3,389,559             26,435
17726...............................  WDSE.............            330,994            316,643              2,469
71353...............................  WDSI-TV..........          1,100,302          1,042,191              8,128
71357...............................  WDSU.............          1,649,083          1,649,083             12,861
7908................................  WDTI.............          2,092,242          2,091,941             16,315
65690...............................  WDTN.............          3,831,757          3,819,550             29,789
70592...............................  WDTV.............            566,592            524,961              4,094
25045...............................  WDVM-TV..........          3,074,837          2,646,508             20,640
4110................................  WDWL.............          2,638,361          1,977,410             15,422
49421...............................  WEAO.............          3,960,217          3,945,408             30,770
71363...............................  WEAR-TV..........          1,520,973          1,520,386             11,857
7893................................  WEAU.............          1,006,393            971,050              7,573
61003...............................  WEBA-TV..........            641,354            632,282              4,931
19561...............................  WECN.............          2,886,669          2,157,288             16,825
48666...............................  WECT.............          1,156,807          1,156,807              9,022
13602...............................  WEDH.............          5,328,800          4,724,167             36,844
13607...............................  WEDN.............          3,451,170          2,643,344             20,615
69338...............................  WEDQ.............          5,379,887          5,365,612             41,846
21808...............................  WEDU.............          5,379,887          5,365,612             41,846
13594...............................  WEDW.............          5,996,408          5,544,708             43,243
13595...............................  WEDY.............          5,328,800          4,724,167             36,844
24801...............................  WEEK-TV..........            752,596            752,539              5,869
6744................................  WEFS.............          3,380,743          3,380,743             26,366
24215...............................  WEHT.............            857,558            844,070              6,583
721.................................  WEIQ.............          1,055,632          1,055,193              8,229
18301...............................  WEIU-TV..........            458,480            458,416              3,575
69271...............................  WEKW-TV..........          1,263,049            773,108              6,029
60825...............................  WELF-TV..........          1,477,691          1,387,044             10,818
26602...............................  WELU.............          2,315,163          1,721,317             13,425
40761...............................  WEMT.............          1,726,085          1,186,706              9,255
69237...............................  WENH-TV..........          4,500,498          4,328,222             33,756
71508...............................  WENY-TV..........            656,240            517,754              4,038
83946...............................  WEPH.............            604,105            602,833              4,701
81508...............................  WEPX-TV..........            950,012            950,012              7,409
25738...............................  WESH.............          4,063,973          4,053,252             31,611
65670...............................  WETA-TV..........          8,315,499          8,258,807             64,410
69944...............................  WETK.............            670,087            558,842              4,358

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60653...............................  WETM-TV..........            870,206            770,731              6,011
18252...............................  WETP-TV..........          2,167,383          1,888,574             14,729
2709................................  WEUX.............            380,569            373,680              2,914
72041...............................  WEVV-TV..........            752,417            751,094              5,858
59441...............................  WEWS-TV..........          4,112,984          4,078,299             31,807
72052...............................  WEYI-TV..........          3,715,686          3,652,991             28,490
72054...............................  WFAA.............          6,917,502          6,907,616             53,872
81669...............................  WFBD.............            817,914            817,389              6,375
69532...............................  WFDC-DT..........          8,155,998          8,114,847             63,288
10132...............................  WFFF-TV..........            633,649            552,182              4,306
25040...............................  WFFT-TV..........          1,095,429          1,095,411              8,543
11123...............................  WFGC.............          3,018,351          3,018,351             23,540
6554................................  WFGX.............          1,493,866          1,493,319             11,646
13991...............................  WFIE.............            743,079            740,909              5,778
715.................................  WFIQ.............            546,563            544,258              4,245
64592...............................  WFLA-TV..........          5,583,544          5,576,649             43,492
22211...............................  WFLD.............          9,957,301          9,954,828             77,638
72060...............................  WFLI-TV..........          1,294,209          1,189,897              9,280
39736...............................  WFLX.............          5,740,086          5,740,086             44,767
72062...............................  WFMJ-TV..........          4,328,477          3,822,691             29,813
72064...............................  WFMY-TV..........          4,772,783          4,746,167             37,015
39884...............................  WFMZ-TV..........         10,613,847          9,474,797             73,894
83943...............................  WFNA.............          1,391,519          1,390,447             10,844
47902...............................  WFOR-TV..........          5,398,266          5,398,266             42,101
11909...............................  WFOX-TV..........          1,603,324          1,603,324             12,504
40626...............................  WFPT.............          5,829,153          5,442,279             42,444
21245...............................  WFPX-TV..........          2,637,949          2,634,141             20,544
25396...............................  WFQX-TV..........            537,340            534,314              4,167
9635................................  WFRV-TV..........          1,263,353          1,256,376              9,798
53115...............................  WFSB.............          4,752,788          4,370,519             34,086
6093................................  WFSG.............            364,961            364,796              2,845
21801...............................  WFSU-TV..........            576,105            576,093              4,493
11913...............................  WFTC.............          3,787,177          3,770,207             29,404
64588...............................  WFTS-TV..........          5,236,379          5,236,287             40,838
16788...............................  WFTT-TV..........          4,523,828          4,521,879             35,266
72076...............................  WFTV.............          3,882,888          3,882,888             30,283
70649...............................  WFTX-TV..........          1,758,172          1,758,172             13,712
60553...............................  WFTY-DT..........          5,678,755          5,560,460             43,366
25395...............................  WFUP.............            234,863            234,436              1,828
60555...............................  WFUT-DT..........         20,538,272         20,130,459            156,997
22108...............................  WFWA.............          1,035,114          1,034,862              8,071
9054................................  WFXB.............          1,393,865          1,393,510             10,868
3228................................  WFXG.............          1,070,032          1,057,760              8,249
70815...............................  WFXL.............            793,637            785,106              6,123
19707...............................  WFXP.............            583,315            562,500              4,387
24813...............................  WFXR.............          1,426,061          1,286,450             10,033
6463................................  WFXT.............          7,494,070          7,400,830             57,719
22245...............................  WFXU.............            218,273            218,273              1,702
43424...............................  WFXV.............            702,682            612,494              4,777
25236...............................  WFXW.............            274,078            270,967              2,113
41397...............................  WFYI.............          2,389,627          2,388,970             18,632
53930...............................  WGAL.............          6,287,688          5,610,833             43,759
2708................................  WGBA-TV..........          1,170,375          1,170,127              9,126
24314...............................  WGBC.............            249,415            249,235              1,944
72099...............................  WGBH-TV..........          7,711,842          7,601,732             59,286
12498...............................  WGBO-DT..........          9,828,737          9,826,530             76,637
11113...............................  WGBP-TV..........          1,820,589          1,812,232             14,134
72098...............................  WGBX-TV..........          7,803,280          7,636,641             59,558
72096...............................  WGBY-TV..........          4,470,009          3,739,675             29,166
62388...............................  WGCU.............          1,510,671          1,510,671             11,782
54275...............................  WGEM-TV..........            361,598            356,682              2,782
27387...............................  WGEN-TV..........             43,037             43,037                336
7727................................  WGFL.............            877,163            877,163              6,841
25682...............................  WGGB-TV..........          3,443,386          3,053,436             23,814
11027...............................  WGGN-TV..........          4,002,841          3,981,382             31,051
9064................................  WGGS-TV..........          2,759,326          2,705,067             21,097
72106...............................  WGHP.............          4,174,964          4,123,106             32,156
710.................................  WGIQ.............            363,849            363,806              2,837
12520...............................  WGMB-TV..........          1,742,708          1,742,659             13,591
25683...............................  WGME-TV..........          1,495,724          1,325,465             10,337
24618...............................  WGNM.............            742,458            741,502              5,783

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72119...............................  WGNO.............          1,641,765          1,641,765             12,804
9762................................  WGNT.............          2,128,079          2,127,891             16,595
72115...............................  WGN-TV...........          9,983,395          9,981,137             77,843
40619...............................  WGPT.............            578,294            344,300              2,685
65074...............................  WGPX-TV..........          2,765,350          2,754,743             21,484
64547...............................  WGRZ.............          1,878,725          1,812,309             14,134
63329...............................  WGTA.............          1,061,654          1,030,538              8,037
66285...............................  WGTE-TV..........          2,210,496          2,208,927             17,227
59279...............................  WGTQ.............            116,301            112,633                878
59280...............................  WGTU.............            358,543            353,477              2,757
23948...............................  WGTV.............          5,989,342          5,917,966             46,154
7623................................  WGTW-TV..........            807,797            807,797              6,300
24783...............................  WGVK.............          2,439,225          2,437,526             19,010
24784...............................  WGVU-TV..........          1,825,744          1,784,264             13,915
21536...............................  WGWG.............            986,963            986,963              7,697
56642...............................  WGWW.............          1,677,166          1,647,976             12,853
58262...............................  WGXA.............            779,955            779,087              6,076
73371...............................  WHAM-TV..........          1,381,564          1,334,653             10,409
32327...............................  WHAS-TV..........          1,955,983          1,925,901             15,020
6096................................  WHA-TV...........          1,635,777          1,628,950             12,704
13950...............................  WHBF-TV..........          1,712,339          1,704,072             13,290
12521...............................  WHBQ-TV..........          1,736,335          1,708,345             13,323
10894...............................  WHBR.............          1,302,764          1,302,041             10,155
65128...............................  WHDF.............          1,553,469          1,502,852             11,721
72145...............................  WHDH.............          7,441,208          7,343,735             57,274
83929...............................  WHDT.............          5,768,239          5,768,239             44,986
70041...............................  WHEC-TV..........          1,322,243          1,279,606              9,980
67971...............................  WHFT-TV..........          5,417,409          5,417,409             42,250
41458...............................  WHIO-TV..........          3,877,520          3,868,597             30,171
713.................................  WHIQ.............          1,278,174          1,225,940              9,561
61216...............................  WHIZ-TV..........            911,245            840,696              6,557
65919...............................  WHKY-TV..........          3,358,493          3,294,261             25,692
18780...............................  WHLA-TV..........            554,446            515,561              4,021
48668...............................  WHLT.............            484,432            483,532              3,771
24582...............................  WHLV-TV..........          3,906,201          3,906,201             30,464
37102...............................  WHMB-TV..........          2,959,585          2,889,145             22,532
61004...............................  WHMC.............            774,921            774,921              6,044
36117...............................  WHME-TV..........          1,455,358          1,455,110             11,348
37106...............................  WHNO.............          1,499,653          1,499,653             11,696
72300...............................  WHNS.............          2,549,610          2,270,868             17,710
48693...............................  WHNT-TV..........          1,569,885          1,487,578             11,602
66221...............................  WHO-DT...........          1,120,480          1,099,818              8,577
6866................................  WHOI.............            736,125            736,047              5,740
72313...............................  WHP-TV...........          4,030,693          3,538,096             27,594
51980...............................  WHPX-TV..........          5,579,464          5,114,336             39,887
73036...............................  WHRM-TV..........            535,778            532,820              4,155
25932...............................  WHRO-TV..........          2,169,238          2,169,237             16,918
68058...............................  WHSG-TV..........          5,870,314          5,808,605             45,301
4688................................  WHSV-TV..........            845,013            711,912              5,552
9990................................  WHTJ.............            807,960            690,381              5,384
72326...............................  WHTM-TV..........          3,211,085          2,799,192             21,831
11117...............................  WHTN.............          1,914,755          1,905,733             14,863
27772...............................  WHUT-TV..........          7,953,119          7,915,675             61,734
18793...............................  WHWC-TV..........          1,123,941          1,091,281              8,511
72338...............................  WHYY-TV..........         10,448,829         10,049,700             78,378
5360................................  WIAT.............          1,868,854          1,830,924             14,279
63160...............................  WIBW-TV..........          1,234,347          1,181,009              9,211
25684...............................  WICD.............          1,238,332          1,237,046              9,648
25686...............................  WICS.............          1,101,798          1,099,718              8,577
24970...............................  WICU-TV..........            740,115            683,435              5,330
62210...............................  WICZ-TV..........          1,249,974            965,416              7,529
18410...............................  WIDP.............          2,559,306          1,899,768             14,816
26025...............................  WIFS.............          1,583,693          1,578,870             12,314
720.................................  WIIQ.............            353,241            347,685              2,712
68939...............................  WILL-TV..........          1,178,545          1,158,147              9,032
6863................................  WILX-TV..........          3,378,644          3,218,221             25,099
22093...............................  WINK-TV..........          1,818,122          1,818,122             14,180
67787...............................  WINM.............          1,001,485            971,031              7,573
41314...............................  WINP-TV..........          2,935,057          2,883,944             22,492
3646................................  WIPB.............          1,965,353          1,965,174             15,326
48408...............................  WIPL.............            850,656            799,165              6,233

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53863...............................  WIPM-TV \1\......          2,280,935          1,648,150              2,251
53859...............................  WIPR-TV \1\......          3,596,802          2,811,148             21,924
10253...............................  WIPX-TV..........          2,305,723          2,303,534             17,965
39887...............................  WIRS \12\........          1,091,825            757,978              4,676
71336...............................  WIRT-DT..........            127,001            126,300                985
13990...............................  WIS..............          2,644,715          2,600,887             20,284
65143...............................  WISC-TV..........          1,734,112          1,697,537             13,239
13960...............................  WISE-TV..........          1,070,155          1,070,155              8,346
39269...............................  WISH-TV..........          2,912,963          2,855,253             22,268
65680...............................  WISN-TV..........          3,003,636          2,997,695             23,379
73083...............................  WITF-TV..........          2,412,561          2,191,501             17,092
73107...............................  WITI.............          3,111,641          3,102,097             24,193
594.................................  WITN-TV..........          1,861,458          1,836,905             14,326
61005...............................  WITV.............            871,783            871,783              6,799
7780................................  WIVB-TV..........          1,900,503          1,820,106             14,195
11260...............................  WIVT.............            855,138            613,934              4,788
60571...............................  WIWN.............          3,338,845          3,323,941             25,923
62207...............................  WIYC.............            639,641            637,499              4,972
73120...............................  WJAC-TV..........          2,219,529          1,897,986             14,802
10259...............................  WJAL.............          8,750,706          8,446,074             65,871
50780...............................  WJAR.............          7,108,180          6,976,099             54,407
35576...............................  WJAX-TV..........          1,630,782          1,630,782             12,718
27140...............................  WJBF.............          1,601,088          1,588,444             12,388
73123...............................  WJBK.............          5,748,623          5,711,224             44,542
37174...............................  WJCL.............            938,086            938,086              7,316
73130...............................  WJCT.............          1,618,817          1,617,292             12,613
29719...............................  WJEB-TV..........          1,607,603          1,607,603             12,538
65749...............................  WJET-TV..........            747,431            717,721              5,598
7651................................  WJFB.............          2,310,517          2,302,217             17,955
49699...............................  WJFW-TV..........            277,530            268,295              2,092
73136...............................  WJHG-TV..........            864,121            859,823              6,706
57826...............................  WJHL-TV..........          2,034,663          1,462,129             11,403
68519...............................  WJKT.............            655,780            655,373              5,111
1051................................  WJLA-TV..........          8,750,706          8,447,643             65,883
86537...............................  WJLP.............         21,384,080         21,119,164            164,708
9630................................  WJMN-TV..........            160,991            154,424              1,204
61008...............................  WJPM-TV..........            623,939            623,787              4,865
58340...............................  WJPX \6\ \10\              3,254,481          2,500,195             19,499
                                       \12\.
21735...............................  WJRT-TV..........          2,788,684          2,543,446             19,836
23918...............................  WJSP-TV..........          4,225,860          4,188,428             32,666
41210...............................  WJTC.............          1,381,529          1,379,283             10,757
48667...............................  WJTV.............            987,206            980,717              7,649
73150...............................  WJW..............          3,977,148          3,905,325             30,458
61007...............................  WJWJ-TV..........          1,034,555          1,034,555              8,068
58342...............................  WJWN-TV \6\......          2,063,156          1,461,497              4,676
53116...............................  WJXT.............          1,622,616          1,622,616             12,655
11893...............................  WJXX.............          1,618,191          1,617,272             12,613
32334...............................  WJYS.............          9,667,341          9,667,317             75,395
25455...............................  WJZ-TV...........          9,743,335          9,350,346             72,923
73152...............................  WJZY.............          4,432,745          4,301,117             33,544
64983...............................  WKAQ-TV \3\......          3,697,088          2,731,588              2,628
6104................................  WKAR-TV..........          1,693,373          1,689,830             13,179
34171...............................  WKAS.............            542,308            512,994              4,001
51570...............................  WKBD-TV..........          5,065,617          5,065,350             39,505
73153...............................  WKBN-TV..........          4,898,622          4,535,576             35,373
13929...............................  WKBS-TV..........          1,082,894            937,847              7,314
74424...............................  WKBT-DT..........            866,325            824,795              6,433
54176...............................  WKBW-TV..........          2,247,191          2,161,366             16,856
53465...............................  WKCF.............          4,241,181          4,240,354             33,071
73155...............................  WKEF.............          3,730,595          3,716,127             28,982
34177...............................  WKGB-TV..........            413,268            411,587              3,210
34196...............................  WKHA.............            511,281            400,721              3,125
34207...............................  WKLE.............            856,237            846,630              6,603
34212...............................  WKMA-TV..........            524,617            524,035              4,087
71293...............................  WKMG-TV..........          3,817,673          3,817,673             29,774
34195...............................  WKMJ-TV..........          1,477,906          1,470,645             11,470
34202...............................  WKMR.............            463,316            428,462              3,342
34174...............................  WKMU.............            344,430            344,050              2,683
42061...............................  WKNO.............          1,645,867          1,642,092             12,807
83931...............................  WKNX-TV..........          1,684,178          1,459,493             11,383
34205...............................  WKOH.............            584,645            579,258              4,518

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67869...............................  WKOI-TV..........          3,831,757          3,819,550             29,789
34211...............................  WKON.............          1,080,274          1,072,320              8,363
18267...............................  WKOP-TV..........          1,555,654          1,382,098             10,779
64545...............................  WKOW.............          1,918,224          1,899,746             14,816
21432...............................  WKPC-TV..........          1,525,919          1,517,701             11,837
65758...............................  WKPD.............            283,454            282,250              2,201
34200...............................  WKPI-TV..........            606,666            481,220              3,753
27504...............................  WKPT-TV..........          1,131,213            887,806              6,924
58341...............................  WKPV \10\........          1,132,932            731,199              4,676
11289...............................  WKRC-TV..........          3,281,914          3,229,223             25,185
73187...............................  WKRG-TV..........          1,526,600          1,526,075             11,902
73188...............................  WKRN-TV..........          2,409,767          2,388,588             18,629
34222...............................  WKSO-TV..........            658,441            642,090              5,008
40902...............................  WKTC.............          1,387,229          1,386,779             10,815
60654...............................  WKTV.............          1,573,503          1,342,387             10,469
73195...............................  WKYC.............          4,180,327          4,124,135             32,164
24914...............................  WKYT-TV..........          1,174,615          1,156,978              9,023
71861...............................  WKYU-TV..........            411,448            409,310              3,192
34181...............................  WKZT-TV..........          1,044,532          1,020,878              7,962
18819...............................  WLAE-TV..........          1,397,967          1,397,967             10,903
36533...............................  WLAJ.............          4,100,475          4,063,963             31,695
2710................................  WLAX.............            469,017            447,381              3,489
68542...............................  WLBT.............            948,671            947,857              7,392
39644...............................  WLBZ.............            373,129            364,346              2,842
69328...............................  WLED-TV..........            332,718            174,998              1,365
63046...............................  WLEF-TV..........            200,517            199,188              1,553
73203...............................  WLEX-TV..........            969,481            964,735              7,524
37806...............................  WLFB.............            798,916            688,519              5,370
37808...............................  WLFG.............          1,614,321          1,282,063              9,999
73204...............................  WLFI-TV..........          2,243,009          2,221,313             17,324
73205...............................  WLFL.............          3,747,583          3,743,960             29,199
19777...............................  WLII-DT \4\ \8\..          2,801,102          2,153,564             16,796
37503...............................  WLIO.............          1,067,232          1,050,170              8,190
38336...............................  WLIW.............         20,027,920         19,717,729            153,779
27696...............................  WLJC-TV..........          1,401,072          1,281,256              9,993
71645...............................  WLJT-DT..........            385,493            385,380              3,006
53939...............................  WLKY.............          1,927,997          1,919,810             14,973
11033...............................  WLLA.............          2,081,693          2,081,436             16,233
1222................................  WLMA.............          1,646,714          1,644,206             12,823
17076...............................  WLMB.............          2,754,484          2,747,490             21,428
68518...............................  WLMT.............          1,736,552          1,733,496             13,520
22591...............................  WLNE-TV..........          6,429,522          6,381,825             49,772
74420...............................  WLNS-TV..........          4,100,475          4,063,963             31,695
73206...............................  WLNY-TV..........          7,501,199          7,415,578             57,834
84253...............................  WLOO.............            913,960            912,674              7,118
56537...............................  WLOS.............          3,086,751          2,544,410             19,844
37732...............................  WLOV-TV..........            609,526            607,780              4,740
13995...............................  WLOX.............          1,182,149          1,170,659              9,130
38586...............................  WLPB-TV..........          1,219,624          1,219,407              9,510
73189...............................  WLPX-TV..........          1,066,912          1,022,543              7,975
66358...............................  WLRN-TV..........          5,447,399          5,447,399             42,484
73226...............................  WLS-TV...........         10,174,464         10,170,757             79,322
73230...............................  WLTV-DT..........          5,427,398          5,427,398             42,328
37176...............................  WLTX.............          1,580,677          1,578,645             12,312
37179...............................  WLTZ.............            689,521            685,358              5,345
21259...............................  WLUC-TV..........             92,246             85,393                666
4150................................  WLUK-TV..........          1,187,616          1,186,861              9,256
73238...............................  WLVI.............          7,441,208          7,343,735             57,274
36989...............................  WLVT-TV..........         10,613,847          9,474,797             73,894
3978................................  WLWC.............          3,281,532          3,150,875             24,574
46979...............................  WLWT.............          3,367,381          3,355,009             26,166
54452...............................  WLXI.............          4,184,851          4,166,318             32,493
55350...............................  WLYH.............          3,211,085          2,799,192             21,831
43192...............................  WMAB-TV..........            405,483            399,560              3,116
43170...............................  WMAE-TV..........            686,076            653,173              5,094
43197...............................  WMAH-TV..........          1,257,393          1,256,995              9,803
43176...............................  WMAO-TV..........            369,696            369,343              2,881
47905...............................  WMAQ-TV..........          9,914,395          9,913,272             77,314
59442...............................  WMAR-TV..........          9,198,495          9,072,076             70,753
43184...............................  WMAU-TV..........            642,328            636,504              4,964
43193...............................  WMAV-TV..........          1,008,339          1,008,208              7,863

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43169...............................  WMAW-TV..........            726,173            715,450              5,580
46991...............................  WMAZ-TV..........          1,185,678          1,136,616              8,864
66398...............................  WMBB.............            935,027            914,607              7,133
43952...............................  WMBC-TV..........         18,706,132         18,458,331            143,957
42121...............................  WMBD-TV..........            742,729            742,660              5,792
83969...............................  WMBF-TV..........            445,363            445,363              3,473
60829...............................  WMCF-TV..........            612,942            609,635              4,755
9739................................  WMCN-TV..........         10,448,829         10,049,700             78,378
19184...............................  WMC-TV...........          2,047,403          2,043,125             15,934
189357..............................  WMDE.............          6,384,827          6,257,910             48,805
73255...............................  WMDN.............            278,227            278,018              2,168
16455...............................  WMDT.............            731,868            731,868              5,708
39656...............................  WMEA-TV..........            902,755            853,857              6,659
39648...............................  WMEB-TV..........            511,761            494,574              3,857
70537...............................  WMEC.............            218,027            217,839              1,699
39649...............................  WMED-TV..........             30,488             29,577                231
39662...............................  WMEM-TV..........             71,700             69,981                546
41893...............................  WMFD-TV..........          1,561,367          1,324,244             10,328
41436...............................  WMFP.............          5,792,048          5,564,295             43,396
61111...............................  WMGM-TV..........            807,797            807,797              6,300
43847...............................  WMGT-TV..........            601,894            601,309              4,690
73263...............................  WMHT.............          1,719,949          1,550,977             12,096
68545...............................  WMLW-TV..........          1,843,933          1,843,663             14,379
53819...............................  WMOR-TV..........          5,394,541          5,394,541             42,072
81503...............................  WMOW.............            121,150            105,957                826
65944...............................  WMPB.............          7,452,728          7,343,061             57,269
43168...............................  WMPN-TV..........            856,237            854,089              6,661
65942...............................  WMPT.............          8,637,742          8,584,398             66,950
60827...............................  WMPV-TV..........          1,423,052          1,422,411             11,093
10221...............................  WMSN-TV..........          1,947,942          1,927,158             15,030
2174................................  WMTJ \11\........          3,143,148          2,365,308             18,447
6870................................  WMTV.............          1,548,616          1,545,459             12,053
73288...............................  WMTW.............          1,940,292          1,658,816             12,937
23935...............................  WMUM-TV..........            925,814            920,835              7,182
73292...............................  WMUR-TV..........          5,242,334          5,057,770             39,446
42663...............................  WMVS.............          3,172,534          3,112,231             24,272
42665...............................  WMVT.............          3,172,534          3,112,231             24,272
81946...............................  WMWC-TV..........            946,858            916,989              7,152
56548...............................  WMYA-TV..........          1,650,798          1,571,594             12,257
74211...............................  WMYD.............          5,750,989          5,750,873             44,851
20624...............................  WMYT-TV..........          4,432,745          4,301,117             33,544
25544...............................  WMYV.............          3,901,915          3,875,210             30,223
73310...............................  WNAB.............          2,176,984          2,166,809             16,899
73311...............................  WNAC-TV..........          7,310,183          6,959,064             54,274
47535...............................  WNBC.............         21,952,082         21,399,204            166,892
83965...............................  WNBW-DT..........          1,400,631          1,396,012             10,887
72307...............................  WNCF.............            667,683            665,950              5,194
50782...............................  WNCN.............          3,795,494          3,783,131             29,505
57838...............................  WNCT-TV..........          1,935,414          1,887,929             14,724
41674...............................  WNDU-TV..........          1,863,764          1,835,398             14,314
28462...............................  WNDY-TV..........          2,912,963          2,855,253             22,268
71928...............................  WNED-TV..........          1,387,961          1,370,480             10,688
60931...............................  WNEH.............          1,261,482          1,255,218              9,789
41221...............................  WNEM-TV..........          1,475,094          1,471,908             11,479
49439...............................  WNEO.............          3,353,869          3,271,369             25,513
73318...............................  WNEP-TV..........          3,429,213          2,838,000             22,134
18795...............................  WNET.............         21,113,760         20,615,190            160,778
51864...............................  WNEU.............          7,135,190          7,067,520             55,120
23942...............................  WNGH-TV..........          5,744,856          5,595,366             43,638
67802...............................  WNIN.............            908,275            891,946              6,956
41671...............................  WNIT.............          1,305,447          1,305,447             10,181
48457...............................  WNJB.............         20,787,272         20,036,393            156,264
48477...............................  WNJN.............         20,787,272         20,036,393            156,264
48481...............................  WNJS.............          7,383,483          7,343,269             57,270
48465...............................  WNJT.............          7,383,483          7,343,269             57,270
73333...............................  WNJU.............         21,952,082         21,399,204            166,892
73336...............................  WNJX-TV \2\......          1,628,732          1,170,083              2,462
61217...............................  WNKY.............            379,002            377,357              2,943
71905...............................  WNLO.............          1,900,503          1,820,106             14,195
4318................................  WNMU.............            181,736            179,662              1,401
73344...............................  WNNE.............            792,551            676,539              5,276

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54280...............................  WNOL-TV..........          1,632,389          1,632,389             12,731
71676...............................  WNPB-TV..........          2,130,047          1,941,707             15,143
62137...............................  WNPI-DT..........            167,931            161,748              1,261
41398...............................  WNPT.............          2,266,543          2,235,316             17,433
28468...............................  WNPX-TV..........          2,084,890          2,071,017             16,152
61009...............................  WNSC-TV..........          2,431,154          2,425,044             18,913
61010...............................  WNTV.............          2,419,841          2,211,019             17,244
16539...............................  WNTZ-TV..........            344,704            343,849              2,682
7933................................  WNUV.............          9,098,694          8,906,508             69,462
9999................................  WNVC.............            807,960            690,381              5,384
10019...............................  WNVT.............          1,721,004          1,712,249             13,354
73354...............................  WNWO-TV..........          2,872,428          2,872,250             22,401
136751..............................  WNYA.............          1,923,118          1,651,777             12,882
30303...............................  WNYB.............          1,785,269          1,756,096             13,696
6048................................  WNYE-TV..........         19,414,613         19,180,858            149,592
34329...............................  WNYI.............          1,627,542          1,338,811             10,441
67784...............................  WNYO-TV..........          1,430,491          1,409,756             10,995
73363...............................  WNYT.............          1,679,494          1,516,775             11,829
22206...............................  WNYW.............         20,075,874         19,753,060            154,054
69618...............................  WOAI-TV..........          2,525,811          2,513,887             19,606
66804...............................  WOAY-TV..........            581,486            443,210              3,457
41225...............................  WOFL.............          4,048,104          4,043,672             31,537
70651...............................  WOGX.............          1,112,408          1,112,408              8,676
8661................................  WOI-DT...........          1,173,757          1,170,432              9,128
39746...............................  WOIO.............          3,821,233          3,745,335             29,210
71725...............................  WOLE-DT \4\......          1,784,094          1,312,984              7,379
73375...............................  WOLF-TV..........          2,990,646          2,522,858             19,676
60963...............................  WOLO-TV..........          2,635,715          2,594,980             20,238
36838...............................  WOOD-TV..........          2,507,053          2,501,084             19,506
67602...............................  WOPX-TV..........          3,877,863          3,877,805             30,243
64865...............................  WORA-TV \3\ \13\.          3,594,115          2,762,755             21,547
73901...............................  WORO-DT..........          3,236,498          2,516,588             19,627
60357...............................  WOST.............          1,193,381            853,762              6,658
66185...............................  WOSU-TV..........          2,843,651          2,776,901             21,657
131.................................  WOTF-TV..........          3,451,383          3,451,383             26,917
10212...............................  WOTV.............          2,368,797          2,368,397             18,471
50147...............................  WOUB-TV..........            756,762            734,988              5,732
50141...............................  WOUC-TV..........          1,713,515          1,649,853             12,867
23342...............................  WOWK-TV..........          1,159,175          1,083,663              8,451
65528...............................  WOWT.............          1,380,979          1,377,287             10,741
31570...............................  WPAN.............          1,254,821          1,254,636              9,785
51988...............................  WPBF.............          3,190,307          3,186,405             24,851
21253...............................  WPBN-TV..........            442,005            430,953              3,361
62136...............................  WPBS-TV..........            338,448            301,692              2,353
13456...............................  WPBT.............          5,416,604          5,416,604             42,244
13924...............................  WPCB-TV..........          2,934,614          2,800,516             21,841
64033...............................  WPCH-TV..........          5,948,778          5,874,163             45,813
4354................................  WPCT.............            195,270            194,869              1,520
69880...............................  WPCW.............          3,393,365          3,188,441             24,867
17012...............................  WPDE-TV..........          1,772,233          1,769,553             13,801
52527...............................  WPEC.............          5,764,571          5,764,571             44,958
84088...............................  WPFO.............          1,329,690          1,209,873              9,436
54728...............................  WPGA-TV..........            559,495            559,025              4,360
60820...............................  WPGD-TV..........          2,355,629          2,343,715             18,279
73875...............................  WPGH-TV..........          3,236,098          3,121,767             24,347
2942................................  WPGX.............            425,098            422,872              3,298
73879...............................  WPHL-TV..........         10,421,216         10,246,856             79,915
73881...............................  WPIX.............         20,948,273         20,501,774            159,893
53113...............................  WPLG.............          5,588,748          5,588,748             43,587
11906...............................  WPMI-TV..........          1,468,001          1,467,594             11,446
10213...............................  WPMT.............          2,412,561          2,191,501             17,092
18798...............................  WPNE-TV..........          1,161,295          1,160,631              9,052
73907...............................  WPNT.............          3,172,170          3,064,423             23,899
28480...............................  WPPT.............         10,613,847          9,474,797             73,894
51984...............................  WPPX-TV..........          8,044,823          7,839,141             61,137
47404...............................  WPRI-TV..........          7,254,721          6,990,606             54,520
51991...............................  WPSD-TV..........            883,814            879,213              6,857
12499...............................  WPSG.............         10,798,264         10,529,460             82,119
66219...............................  WPSU-TV..........          1,055,133            868,013              6,770
73905...............................  WPTA.............          1,099,180          1,099,180              8,573
25067...............................  WPTD.............          3,423,417          3,411,727             26,608

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25065...............................  WPTO.............          2,961,254          2,951,883             23,022
59443...............................  WPTV-TV..........          5,840,102          5,840,102             45,547
57476...............................  WPTZ.............            792,551            676,539              5,276
8616................................  WPVI-TV..........         11,491,587         11,302,701             88,150
48772...............................  WPWR-TV..........          9,957,301          9,954,828             77,638
51969...............................  WPXA-TV..........          6,587,205          6,458,510             50,370
71236...............................  WPXC-TV..........          1,561,014          1,561,014             12,174
5800................................  WPXD-TV..........          5,249,447          5,249,447             40,940
37104...............................  WPXE-TV..........          3,067,071          3,057,388             23,845
48406...............................  WPXG-TV..........          2,577,848          2,512,150             19,592
73312...............................  WPXH-TV..........          1,471,601          1,451,634             11,321
73910...............................  WPXI.............          3,300,896          3,197,864             24,940
2325................................  WPXJ-TV..........          2,357,870          2,289,706             17,857
52628...............................  WPXK-TV..........          1,801,997          1,577,806             12,305
21729...............................  WPXL-TV..........          1,639,180          1,639,180             12,784
48608...............................  WPXM-TV..........          5,153,621          5,153,621             40,193
73356...............................  WPXN-TV..........         20,878,066         20,454,468            159,524
27290...............................  WPXP-TV..........          5,565,072          5,565,072             43,402
50063...............................  WPXQ-TV..........          3,281,532          3,150,875             24,574
70251...............................  WPXR-TV..........          1,375,640          1,200,331              9,361
40861...............................  WPXS.............          2,339,305          2,251,498             17,559
53065...............................  WPXT.............          1,002,128            952,535              7,429
37971...............................  WPXU-TV..........            700,488            700,488              5,463
67077...............................  WPXV-TV..........          1,919,794          1,919,794             14,972
74091...............................  WPXW-TV..........          8,075,268          8,024,342             62,582
21726...............................  WPXX-TV..........          1,562,675          1,560,834             12,173
73319...............................  WQAD-TV..........          1,101,012          1,089,523              8,497
65130...............................  WQCW.............          1,307,345          1,236,020              9,640
71561...............................  WQEC.............            183,969            183,690              1,433
41315...............................  WQED.............          3,529,305          3,426,684             26,725
3255................................  WQHA.............          3,322,840          2,368,215             18,470
60556...............................  WQHS-DT..........          3,996,567          3,952,672             30,827
53716...............................  WQLN.............            602,232            577,633              4,505
52075...............................  WQMY.............            410,269            254,586              1,986
64550...............................  WQOW.............            369,066            358,576              2,797
5468................................  WQPT-TV..........            941,381            933,107              7,277
64690...............................  WQPX-TV..........          1,644,283          1,212,587              9,457
52408...............................  WQRF-TV..........          1,375,774          1,354,979             10,567
2175................................  WQTO \11\........          2,864,201          1,598,365              5,728
8688................................  WRAL-TV..........          3,852,675          3,848,801             30,017
10133...............................  WRAY-TV..........          4,184,851          4,166,318             32,493
64611...............................  WRAZ.............          3,800,594          3,797,515             29,617
136749..............................  WRBJ-TV..........          1,030,831          1,028,010              8,017
3359................................  WRBL.............          1,493,140          1,461,459             11,398
57221...............................  WRBU.............          2,933,497          2,929,776             22,849
54940...............................  WRBW.............          4,080,267          4,077,341             31,799
59137...............................  WRCB.............          1,587,742          1,363,582             10,635
47904...............................  WRC-TV...........          8,188,601          8,146,696             63,536
54963...............................  WRDC.............          3,972,477          3,966,864             30,938
55454...............................  WRDQ.............          3,930,315          3,930,315             30,653
73937...............................  WRDW-TV..........          1,564,584          1,533,682             11,961
66174...............................  WREG-TV..........          1,642,307          1,638,585             12,779
61011...............................  WRET-TV..........          2,419,841          2,211,019             17,244
73940...............................  WREX.............          2,303,027          2,047,951             15,972
54443...............................  WRFB \13\........          2,674,527          1,975,375              2,628
73942...............................  WRGB.............          1,759,432          1,550,958             12,096
411.................................  WRGT-TV..........          3,451,036          3,416,078             26,642
74416...............................  WRIC-TV..........          2,059,152          1,996,075             15,567
61012...............................  WRJA-TV..........          1,204,291          1,201,900              9,374
412.................................  WRLH-TV..........          2,017,508          1,959,111             15,279
61013...............................  WRLK-TV..........          1,229,094          1,228,616              9,582
43870...............................  WRLM.............          3,960,217          3,945,408             30,770
74156...............................  WRNN-TV..........         19,853,836         19,615,370            152,980
73964...............................  WROC-TV..........          1,203,412          1,185,203              9,243
159007..............................  WRPT.............            110,009            109,937                857
20590...............................  WRPX-TV..........          2,637,949          2,634,141             20,544
62009...............................  WRSP-TV..........          1,102,162          1,100,077              8,580
40877...............................  WRTV.............          2,919,683          2,895,164             22,579
15320...............................  WRUA.............          2,985,428          2,224,902             17,352
71580...............................  WRXY-TV..........          1,784,000          1,784,000             13,913
48662...............................  WSAV-TV..........          1,000,315          1,000,309              7,801

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6867................................  WSAW-TV..........            652,442            646,386              5,041
36912...............................  WSAZ-TV..........          1,239,187          1,168,954              9,117
56092...............................  WSBE-TV..........          7,535,710          7,266,304             56,670
73982...............................  WSBK-TV..........          7,290,901          7,225,463             56,351
72053...............................  WSBS-TV..........             42,952             42,952                335
73983...............................  WSBT-TV..........          1,763,215          1,752,698             13,669
23960...............................  WSB-TV...........          5,897,425          5,828,269             45,455
69446...............................  WSCG.............            867,516            867,490              6,766
64971...............................  WSCV.............          5,465,435          5,465,435             42,625
70536...............................  WSEC.............            538,090            536,891              4,187
49711...............................  WSEE-TV..........            613,176            595,476              4,644
21258...............................  WSES.............          1,829,499          1,796,561             14,011
73988...............................  WSET-TV..........          1,575,886          1,340,273             10,453
13993...............................  WSFA.............          1,166,744          1,132,826              8,835
11118...............................  WSFJ-TV..........          1,675,987          1,667,150             13,002
10203...............................  WSFL-TV..........          5,344,129          5,344,129             41,679
72871...............................  WSFX-TV..........            970,833            970,833              7,572
73999...............................  WSIL-TV..........            672,560            669,176              5,219
4297................................  WSIU-TV..........          1,019,939            937,070              7,308
74007...............................  WSJV.............          1,651,178          1,644,683             12,827
78908...............................  WSKA.............            546,588            431,354              3,364
74034...............................  WSKG-TV..........            892,402            633,163              4,938
76324...............................  WSKY-TV..........          1,934,585          1,934,519             15,087
57840...............................  WSLS-TV..........          1,447,286          1,277,753              9,965
21737...............................  WSMH.............          2,339,224          2,327,660             18,153
41232...............................  WSMV-TV..........          2,447,769          2,404,766             18,755
70119...............................  WSNS-TV..........          9,914,395          9,913,272             77,314
74070...............................  WSOC-TV..........          3,706,808          3,638,832             28,379
66391...............................  WSPA-TV..........          3,388,945          3,227,025             25,168
64352...............................  WSPX-TV..........          1,298,295          1,174,763              9,162
17611...............................  WSRE.............          1,354,495          1,353,634             10,557
63867...............................  WSST-TV..........            331,907            331,601              2,586
60341...............................  WSTE-DT..........          3,723,967          3,000,000             23,397
21252...............................  WSTM-TV..........          1,455,586          1,379,393             10,758
11204...............................  WSTR-TV..........          3,297,280          3,286,795             25,634
19776...............................  WSUR-DT \8\......          3,714,790          3,000,000              7,379
2370................................  WSVI.............             50,601             50,601                395
63840...............................  WSVN.............          5,588,748          5,588,748             43,587
73374...............................  WSWB.............          1,530,002          1,102,316              8,597
28155...............................  WSWG.............            381,004            380,910              2,971
71680...............................  WSWP-TV..........            902,592            694,697              5,418
74094...............................  WSYM-TV..........          1,568,403          1,567,920             12,228
73113...............................  WSYR-TV..........          1,329,977          1,243,098              9,695
40758...............................  WSYT.............          1,970,721          1,739,071             13,563
56549...............................  WSYX.............          2,635,937          2,592,420             20,218
65681...............................  WTAE-TV..........          2,995,755          2,860,979             22,313
23341...............................  WTAJ-TV..........          1,187,718            948,598              7,398
4685................................  WTAP-TV..........            512,358            494,914              3,860
416.................................  WTAT-TV..........          1,111,476          1,111,476              8,668
67993...............................  WTBY-TV..........         15,858,470         15,766,438            122,962
29715...............................  WTCE-TV..........          2,620,599          2,620,599             20,438
65667...............................  WTCI.............          1,216,209          1,104,698              8,616
67786...............................  WTCT.............            608,457            607,620              4,739
28954...............................  WTCV \5\ \9\.....          3,254,481          2,500,195             19,499
74422...............................  WTEN.............          1,902,431          1,613,747             12,586
9881................................  WTGL.............          3,707,507          3,707,507             28,915
27245...............................  WTGS.............            966,519            966,357              7,537
70655...............................  WTHI-TV..........            978,126            928,582              7,242
70162...............................  WTHR.............          2,949,339          2,901,633             22,630
147.................................  WTIC-TV..........          5,318,753          4,707,697             36,715
26681...............................  WTIN-TV \7\......          3,716,312          2,987,150              2,462
66536...............................  WTIU.............          1,570,257          1,569,135             12,238
1002................................  WTJP-TV..........          1,947,743          1,907,300             14,875
4593................................  WTJR.............            334,527            334,221              2,607
70287...............................  WTJX-TV..........            135,017            121,498                948
47401...............................  WTKR.............          2,149,376          2,149,375             16,763
82735...............................  WTLF.............            349,696            349,691              2,727
23486...............................  WTLH.............          1,065,127          1,065,105              8,307
67781...............................  WTLJ.............          1,622,365          1,621,227             12,644
65046...............................  WTLV.............          1,757,600          1,739,021             13,563
74098...............................  WTMJ-TV..........          3,096,406          3,085,983             24,068

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74109...............................  WTNH.............          7,845,782          7,332,431             57,186
19200...............................  WTNZ.............          1,699,427          1,513,754             11,806
590.................................  WTOC-TV..........            993,098            992,658              7,742
74112...............................  WTOG.............          5,268,364          5,267,177             41,079
4686................................  WTOK-TV..........            417,919            412,276              3,215
13992...............................  WTOL.............          4,487,440          4,479,518             34,936
21254...............................  WTOM-TV..........            120,369            117,121                913
74122...............................  WTOV-TV..........          3,892,886          3,619,899             28,232
82574...............................  WTPC-TV..........          2,049,246          2,042,851             15,932
86496...............................  WTPX-TV..........            255,972            255,791              1,995
6869................................  WTRF-TV..........          2,941,511          2,565,375             20,007
67798...............................  WTSF.............            922,441            851,465              6,641
11290...............................  WTSP.............          5,506,869          5,489,954             42,816
4108................................  WTTA.............          5,583,544          5,576,649             43,492
74137...............................  WTTE.............          2,690,341          2,650,354             20,670
22207...............................  WTTG.............          8,101,358          8,049,329             62,777
56526...............................  WTTK.............          2,844,384          2,825,807             22,038
74138...............................  WTTO.............          1,877,570          1,844,214             14,383
56523...............................  WTTV.............          2,522,077          2,518,133             19,639
10802...............................  WTTW.............          9,776,348          9,776,348             76,246
74148...............................  WTVA.............            823,492            810,123              6,318
22590...............................  WTVC.............          1,579,628          1,366,976             10,661
8617................................  WTVD.............          3,790,354          3,775,757             29,447
55305...............................  WTVE.............          5,156,905          5,152,997             40,188
36504...............................  WTVF.............          2,384,622          2,367,601             18,465
74150...............................  WTVG.............          4,405,350          4,397,113             34,293
74151...............................  WTVH.............          1,390,502          1,327,319             10,352
10645...............................  WTVI.............          2,856,703          2,829,960             22,071
63154...............................  WTVJ.............          5,458,451          5,458,451             42,570
595.................................  WTVM.............          1,498,667          1,405,957             10,965
72945...............................  WTVO.............          1,409,708          1,398,825             10,909
28311...............................  WTVP.............            678,884            678,539              5,292
51597...............................  WTVQ-DT..........            989,786            983,552              7,671
57832...............................  WTVR-TV..........          1,816,197          1,809,035             14,109
16817...............................  WTVS.............          5,511,091          5,510,837             42,979
68569...............................  WTVT.............          5,473,148          5,460,179             42,584
3661................................  WTVW.............            839,003            834,187              6,506
35575...............................  WTVX.............          3,157,609          3,157,609             24,626
4152................................  WTVY.............            974,532            971,173              7,574
40759...............................  WTVZ-TV..........          2,156,534          2,156,346             16,817
66908...............................  WTWC-TV..........          1,061,101          1,061,079              8,275
20426...............................  WTWO.............            737,341            731,294              5,703
81692...............................  WTWV.............          1,527,511          1,526,625             11,906
51568...............................  WTXF-TV..........         10,784,256         10,492,549             81,831
41065...............................  WTXL-TV..........          1,054,514          1,054,322              8,223
8532................................  WUAB.............          3,821,233          3,745,335             29,210
12855...............................  WUCF-TV..........          3,707,507          3,707,507             28,915
36395...............................  WUCW.............          3,664,480          3,657,236             28,523
69440...............................  WUFT.............          1,372,142          1,372,142             10,701
413.................................  WUHF.............          1,152,580          1,147,972              8,953
8156................................  WUJA.............          2,638,361          1,977,410             15,422
69080...............................  WUNC-TV..........          4,184,851          4,166,318             32,493
69292...............................  WUND-TV..........          1,504,532          1,504,532             11,734
69114...............................  WUNE-TV..........          3,146,865          2,625,942             20,480
69300...............................  WUNF-TV..........          2,625,583          2,331,723             18,185
69124...............................  WUNG-TV..........          3,605,143          3,588,220             27,985
60551...............................  WUNI.............          7,209,571          7,084,349             55,251
69332...............................  WUNJ-TV..........          1,116,458          1,116,458              8,707
69149...............................  WUNK-TV..........          1,991,039          1,985,696             15,486
69360...............................  WUNL-TV..........          3,055,263          2,834,274             22,105
69444...............................  WUNM-TV..........          1,357,346          1,357,346             10,586
69397...............................  WUNP-TV..........          1,402,186          1,393,524             10,868
69416...............................  WUNU.............          1,202,495          1,201,481              9,370
83822...............................  WUNW.............          1,856,918          1,333,273             10,398
6900................................  WUPA.............          5,966,454          5,888,379             45,923
13938...............................  WUPL.............          1,721,320          1,721,320             13,425
10897...............................  WUPV.............          1,933,664          1,914,643             14,932
19190...............................  WUPW.............          2,100,914          2,099,572             16,375
23128...............................  WUPX-TV..........          1,102,435          1,089,118              8,494
65593...............................  WUSA.............          8,750,706          8,446,074             65,871
4301................................  WUSI-TV..........            339,507            339,507              2,648

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60552...............................  WUTB.............          8,523,983          8,381,042             65,364
30577...............................  WUTF-TV..........          7,918,927          7,709,189             60,124
57837...............................  WUTR.............            526,114            481,957              3,759
415.................................  WUTV.............          1,589,376          1,557,474             12,147
16517...............................  WUVC-DT..........          3,768,817          3,748,841             29,237
48813...............................  WUVG-DT..........          6,029,495          5,965,975             46,529
3072................................  WUVN.............          1,233,568          1,157,140              9,025
60560...............................  WUVP-DT..........         10,421,216         10,246,856             79,915
9971................................  WUXP-TV..........          2,316,872          2,305,293             17,979
417.................................  WVAH-TV..........          1,373,555          1,295,383             10,103
23947...............................  WVAN-TV..........          1,026,862          1,025,950              8,001
65387...............................  WVBT.............          1,885,169          1,885,169             14,702
72342...............................  WVCY-TV..........          3,111,641          3,102,097             24,193
60559...............................  WVEA-TV..........          4,553,004          4,552,113             35,502
74167...............................  WVEC.............          2,098,679          2,092,868             16,322
5802................................  WVEN-TV..........          3,921,016          3,919,361             30,567
61573...............................  WVEO \5\.........          1,091,825            757,978              4,676
69946...............................  WVER.............            888,756            758,441              5,915
10976...............................  WVFX.............            711,483            618,730              4,825
47929...............................  WVIA-TV..........          3,429,213          2,838,000             22,134
3667................................  WVII-TV..........            368,022            346,874              2,705
70309...............................  WVIR-TV..........          1,945,637          1,908,395             14,884
74170...............................  WVIT.............          5,846,093          5,357,639             41,784
18753...............................  WVIZ.............          3,695,223          3,689,173             28,772
70021...............................  WVLA-TV..........          1,897,179          1,897,007             14,795
81750...............................  WVLR.............          1,412,728          1,300,554             10,143
35908...............................  WVLT-TV..........          1,888,607          1,633,633             12,741
74169...............................  WVNS-TV..........            916,451            588,963              4,593
11259...............................  WVNY.............            742,579            659,270              5,142
29000...............................  WVOZ-TV \9\......          1,132,932            731,199              4,676
71657...............................  WVPB-TV..........            992,798            959,526              7,483
60111...............................  WVPT.............            767,268            642,173              5,008
70491...............................  WVPX-TV..........          4,147,298          4,114,920             32,092
66378...............................  WVPY.............            756,696            632,649              4,934
67190...............................  WVSN.............          2,948,832          2,137,333             16,669
66943...............................  WVTA.............            760,072            579,703              4,521
69940...............................  WVTB.............            455,880            257,445              2,008
74173...............................  WVTM-TV..........          2,009,346          1,940,153             15,131
74174...............................  WVTV.............          3,091,132          3,083,108             24,045
77496...............................  WVUA.............          2,209,921          2,160,101             16,847
4149................................  WVUE-DT..........          1,658,125          1,658,125             12,932
4329................................  WVUT.............            273,293            273,215              2,131
74176...............................  WVVA.............          1,037,632            722,666              5,636
3113................................  WVXF.............             85,191             78,556                613
12033...............................  WWAY.............          1,208,625          1,208,625              9,426
30833...............................  WWBT.............          1,924,502          1,892,842             14,762
20295...............................  WWCP-TV..........          2,811,278          2,548,691             19,877
24812...............................  WWCW.............          1,390,985          1,212,308              9,455
23671...............................  WWDP.............          5,792,048          5,564,295             43,396
21158...............................  WWHO.............          2,762,344          2,721,504             21,225
14682...............................  WWJE-DT..........          7,209,571          7,084,349             55,251
72123...............................  WWJ-TV...........          5,562,031          5,561,777             43,376
166512..............................  WWJX.............            518,866            518,846              4,046
6868................................  WWLP.............          3,838,272          3,077,800             24,004
74192...............................  WWL-TV...........          1,788,624          1,788,624             13,949
3133................................  WWMB.............          1,547,974          1,544,778             12,048
74195...............................  WWMT.............          2,538,485          2,531,309             19,742
68851...............................  WWNY-TV..........            375,600            346,623              2,703
74197...............................  WWOR-TV..........         19,853,836         19,615,370            152,980
65943...............................  WWPB.............          3,197,858          2,775,966             21,650
23264...............................  WWPX-TV..........          2,299,441          2,231,612             17,404
68547...............................  WWRS-TV..........          2,324,155          2,321,066             18,102
61251...............................  WWSB.............          3,340,133          3,340,133             26,050
23142...............................  WWSI.............         11,269,831         11,098,540             86,558
16747...............................  WWTI.............            196,531            190,097              1,483
998.................................  WWTO-TV..........          6,760,133          6,760,133             52,722
26994...............................  WWTV.............          1,034,174          1,022,322              7,973
84214...............................  WWTW.............          1,527,511          1,526,625             11,906
26993...............................  WWUP-TV..........            116,638            110,592                863
23338...............................  WXBU.............          4,030,693          3,538,096             27,594
61504...............................  WXCW.............          1,687,947          1,687,947             13,164

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61084...............................  WXEL-TV..........          5,416,604          5,416,604             42,244
60539...............................  WXFT-DT..........         10,174,464         10,170,757             79,322
23929...............................  WXGA-TV..........            608,494            606,849              4,733
51163...............................  WXIA-TV..........          6,179,680          6,035,625             47,072
53921...............................  WXII-TV..........          3,630,551          3,299,114             25,730
146.................................  WXIN.............          2,836,532          2,814,815             21,953
39738...............................  WXIX-TV..........          2,911,054          2,900,875             22,624
414.................................  WXLV-TV..........          4,364,244          4,334,365             33,804
68433...............................  WXMI.............          1,988,970          1,988,589             15,509
64549...............................  WXOW.............            425,378            413,264              3,223
6601................................  WXPX-TV..........          4,594,588          4,592,639             35,818
74215...............................  WXTV-DT..........         20,538,272         20,130,459            156,997
12472...............................  WXTX.............            699,095            694,837              5,419
11970...............................  WXXA-TV..........          1,680,670          1,537,868             11,994
57274...............................  WXXI-TV..........          1,184,860          1,168,696              9,115
53517...............................  WXXV-TV..........          1,191,123          1,189,584              9,278
10267...............................  WXYZ-TV..........          5,622,543          5,622,140             43,847
77515...............................  WYCI.............             35,873             26,508                207
70149...............................  WYCW.............          3,388,945          3,227,025             25,168
62219...............................  WYDC.............            560,266            449,486              3,506
18783...............................  WYDN.............          2,577,848          2,512,150             19,592
35582...............................  WYDO.............          1,330,728          1,330,728             10,378
25090...............................  WYES-TV..........          1,872,245          1,872,059             14,600
53905...............................  WYFF.............          2,626,363          2,416,551             18,847
49803...............................  WYIN.............          6,956,141          6,956,141             54,251
24915...............................  WYMT-TV..........          1,180,276            863,881              6,737
17010...............................  WYOU.............          2,879,196          2,226,883             17,367
77789...............................  WYOW.............             91,839             91,311                712
13933...............................  WYPX-TV..........          1,529,500          1,413,583             11,025
4693................................  WYTV.............          4,898,622          4,535,576             35,373
5875................................  WYZZ-TV..........          1,042,140          1,036,721              8,085
15507...............................  WZBJ.............          1,626,017          1,435,762             11,198
28119...............................  WZDX.............          1,596,771          1,514,654             11,813
70493...............................  WZME.............          5,996,408          5,544,708             43,243
81448...............................  WZMQ.............             73,423             72,945                569
71871...............................  WZPX-TV..........          2,039,157          2,039,157             15,903
136750..............................  WZRB.............            952,279            951,693              7,422
418.................................  WZTV.............          2,312,658          2,301,187             17,947
83270...............................  WZVI.............             76,992             75,863                592
19183...............................  WZVN-TV..........          1,981,488          1,981,488             15,454
49713...............................  WZZM.............          1,574,546          1,548,835             12,079
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\1\ Call signs WIPM and WIPR are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\2\ Call signs WNJX and WAPA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\3\ Call signs WKAQ and WORA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\4\ Call signs WOLE and WLII are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\5\ Call signs WVEO and WTCV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\6\ Call signs WJPX and WJWN are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\7\ Call signs WAPA and WTIN are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\8\ Call signs WSUR and WLII are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\9\ Call signs WVOZ and WTCV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\10\ Call signs WJPX and WKPV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\11\ Call signs WMTJ and WQTO are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\12\ Call signs WIRS and WJPX are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.
\13\ Call signs WRFB and WORA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175.


              Table 8--FY 2022 Schedule of Regulatory Fees
 [Regulatory fees for the categories shaded in gray are collected by the
Commission in advance to cover the term of the license and are submitted
                  at the time the application is filed]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Annual regulatory fee (U.S.
               Fee category                              $s)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use) (47                               25
 CFR part 90).............................
Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part 101).                            25
Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR part                              15
 80)......................................
Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR part                             40
 80)......................................
Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22) (previously                              10
 listed under the Land Mobile category)...
PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47 CFR                              10
 part 90).................................
Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR                             10
 part 87).................................
Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR                               20
 part 87).................................
CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per unit)                             .14
 (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24, 27, 80 and 90)
 (Includes Non-Geographic telephone
 numbers).................................

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CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (47 CFR                           .08
 parts 20, 22, 24 and 90).................
Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS/                              590
 MDS) (per license) (47 CFR part 27)......
Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per                           590
 call sign) (47 CFR, part 101)............
AM Radio Construction Permits.............                           655
FM Radio Construction Permits.............                         1,145
AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station Fees....               See Table Below
Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and UHF                          .008430
 Commercial Fee Factor....................  See Table 7 fee amounts due,
                                                       also available at
                                                    https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/regulatory-fees
Digital TV Construction Permits...........                         5,200
Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM                                      330
 Translators & FM Boosters (47 CFR part
 74)......................................
CARS (47 CFR part 78).....................                         1,715
Cable Television Systems (per subscriber)                           1.16
 (47 CFR part 76), Including IPTV and
 Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS).........
Interstate Telecommunication Service                              .00452
 Providers (per revenue dollar)...........
Toll Free (per toll free subscriber) (47                             .12
 CFR section 52.101(f) of the rules)......
Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25)...........                           620
Space Stations (per operational station in                       124,060
 geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
 also includes DBS Service (per
 operational station) (47 CFR part 100)...
Space Stations (per operational system in                        340,005
 non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
 (Other)..................................
Space Stations (per operational system in                        141,670
 non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
 (Less Complex)...........................
Space Stations (per license/call sign in                          12,215
 non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
 (Small Satellite)........................
International Bearer Circuits--Terrestrial/                           39
 Satellites (per Gbps circuit)............
Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee (per                See Table Below
 cable system)............................
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                                          FY 2022 Radio Station Regulatory Fees
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                                                                                                                           FM Classes A,   FM Classes B,
                    Population served                       AM Class A      AM Class B      AM Class C      AM Class D        B1 & C3     C, C0, C1 & C2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<=25,000................................................          $1,050            $755            $655            $720          $1,145          $1,310
25,001-75,000...........................................           1,575           1,135             985           1,080           1,720           1,965
75,001-150,000..........................................           2,365           1,700           1,475           1,620           2,575           2,950
150,001-500,000.........................................           3,550           2,550           2,215           2,435           3,870           4,430
500,001-1,200,000.......................................           5,315           3,820           3,315           3,645           5,795           6,630
1,200,001-3,000,000.....................................           7,980           5,740           4,980           5,470           8,700           9,955
3,000,001-6,000,000.....................................          11,960           8,600           7,460           8,200          13,040          14,920
>6,000,000..............................................          17,945          12,905          11,195          12,305          19,570          22,390
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     FY 2022 International Bearer Circuits--Submarine Cable Systems
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              FY 2022
 Submarine cable systems (capacity        Fee ratio         regulatory
      as of December 31, 2021)                                 fees
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 50 Gbps..................  .0625 Units........          $8,610
50 Gbps or greater, but less than    .125 Units.........          17,215
 250 Gbps.
250 Gbps or greater, but less than   .25 Units..........          34,430
 1,500 Gbps.
1,500 Gbps or greater, but less      .5 Units...........          68,860
 than 3,500 Gbps.
3,500 Gbps or greater, but less      1.0 Unit...........         137,715
 than 6,500 Gbps.
6,500 Gbps or greater..............  2.0 Units..........         275,430
------------------------------------------------------------------------

VI. Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    103. As required by the RFA, the Commission prepared this IRFA of 
the possible significant economic impact on small entities by the 
policies and rules proposed in the NPRM. Written comments are requested 
on this IRFA. Comments must be identified as responses to the IRFA and 
must be filed by the deadline for comments on this NPRM. The Commission 
will send a copy of the NPRM, including the IRFA and the Supplemental 
FRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business 
Administration (SBA). In addition, the NPRM and IRFA (or summaries 
thereof) will be published in the Federal Register.

A. Need for, and Objectives of, the Proposed Rules

    104. The Commission is required by Congress pursuant to sections 
159 of the Communications Act, and the Commission's FY 2023 
Appropriations

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Act to assess and collect regulatory fees each year to recover the 
regulatory costs associated with the Commission's oversight and 
regulatory activities in an amount that can reasonably be expected to 
equal the amount of its annual appropriation. Accordingly for FY 2023, 
the Commission must recover $390,192,000 in regulatory fees. In the 
NPRM, we seek comment on the Commission's proposed fee calculation 
methodology and the regulatory fees for FY 2023 as set forth in Tables 
2 and 3. Based on the record in response to the NOI, we specifically 
seek comment on reassigning certain indirect full time equivalents 
(FTEs) as direct FTEs based on their time spent primarily working on 
matters related to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee 
payors without regard to the bureau or office in which they work. We 
also seek comment on several additional regulatory fee issues, 
including: (i) the calculation of television and radio broadcaster 
regulatory fees, including a new grid for the AM and FM radio stations; 
(ii) defining the category of operations for on-orbit servicing (OOS) 
and rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) for regulatory fee 
purposes, including whether a separate regulatory fee category is 
necessary, and how to apply regulatory fees to OOS and RPO spacecraft 
specifically operating near the geostationary satellite orbit arc; 
(iii) evaluating how our proposals may promote or inhibit advances in 
diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; and (iv) whether to 
continue in FY 2023 several of the temporary measures we implemented in 
FYs 2020 through 2022 to assist parties experiencing COVID-19 pandemic-
related financial hardship in seeking regulatory fee relief.

B. Legal Basis

    105. The proposed action is authorized pursuant to sections 
4154(i), and (j), 159, and 303(r) of the Communications Act.

C. Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to Which 
the Proposed Rules Will Apply

    106. The RFA directs agencies to provide a description of, and 
where feasible, an estimate of the number of small entities that may be 
affected by the proposed rules, if adopted. The RFA generally defines 
the term ``small entity'' as having the same meaning as the terms 
``small business,'' ``small organization,'' and ``small governmental 
jurisdiction.'' In addition, the term ``small business'' has the same 
meaning as the term ``small business concern'' under the Small Business 
Act. A ``small business concern'' is one which: (1) is independently 
owned and operated; (2) is not dominant in its field of operation; and 
(3) satisfies any additional criteria established by the SBA.
    107. Small Businesses, Small Organizations, Small Governmental 
Jurisdictions. Our actions, over time, may affect small entities that 
are not easily categorized at present. We therefore describe here, at 
the outset, three broad groups of small entities that could be directly 
affected herein. First, while there are industry specific size 
standards for small businesses that are used in the regulatory 
flexibility analysis, according to data from the Small Business 
Administration's (SBA) Office of Advocacy, in general a small business 
is an independent business having fewer than 500 employees. These types 
of small businesses represent 99.9% of all businesses in the United 
States, which translates to 32.5 million businesses.
    108. Next, the type of small entity described as a ``small 
organization'' is generally ``any not-for-profit enterprise which is 
independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field.'' 
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses a revenue benchmark of $50,000 
or less to delineate its annual electronic filing requirements for 
small exempt organizations. Nationwide, for tax year 2020, there were 
approximately 447,689 small exempt organizations in the U.S. reporting 
revenues of $50,000 or less according to the registration and tax data 
for exempt organizations available from the IRS.
    109. Finally, the small entity described as a ``small governmental 
jurisdiction'' is defined generally as ``governments of cities, 
counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or special 
districts, with a population of less than fifty thousand.'' U.S. Census 
Bureau data from the 2017 Census of Governments indicate that there 
were 90,075 local governmental jurisdictions consisting of general 
purpose governments and special purpose governments in the United 
States. Of this number there were 36,931 general purpose governments 
(county, municipal and town or township) with populations of less than 
50,000 and 12,040 special purpose governments--independent school 
districts with enrollment populations of less than 5ll governmental 
jurisdictions.''
    110. Wired Telecommunications Carriers. The U.S. Census Bureau 
defines this industry as establishments primarily engaged in operating 
and/or providing access to transmission facilities and infrastructure 
that they own and/or lease for the transmission of voice, data, text, 
sound, and video using wired communications networks. Transmission 
facilities may be based on a single technology or a combination of 
technologies. Establishments in this industry use the wired 
telecommunications network facilities that they operate to provide a 
variety of services, such as wired telephony services, including VoIP 
services, wired (cable) audio and video programming distribution, and 
wired broadband internet services. By exception, establishments 
providing satellite television distribution services using facilities 
and infrastructure that they operate are included in this industry. 
Wired Telecommunications Carriers are also referred to as wireline 
carriers or fixed local service providers.
    111. The SBA small business size standard for Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer 
employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there 
were 3,054 firms that operated in this industry for the entire year. Of 
this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. 
Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2021 Universal Service 
Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2020, there were 5,183 providers 
that reported they were engaged in the provision of fixed local 
services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 4,737 
providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's 
small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered 
small entities.
    112. Local Exchange Carriers (LECs). Neither the Commission nor the 
SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically 
applicable to local exchange services. Providers of these services 
include both incumbent and competitive local exchange service 
providers. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the closest industry 
with a SBA small business size standard. Wired Telecommunications 
Carriers are also referred to as wireline carriers or fixed local 
service providers. The SBA small business size standard for Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer 
employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there 
were 3,054 firms that operated in this industry for the entire year. Of 
this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. 
Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2021 Universal Service 
Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2020, there were 5,183 providers 
that reported they were fixed local exchange service providers. Of

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these providers, the Commission estimates that 4,737 providers have 
1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business 
size standard, most of these providers can be considered small 
entities.
    113. Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (Incumbent LECs). Neither 
the Commission nor the SBA have developed a small business size 
standard specifically for incumbent local exchange carriers. Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers is the closest industry with a SBA small 
business size standard. The SBA small business size standard for Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer 
employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there 
were 3,054 firms in this industry that operated for the entire year. Of 
this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. 
Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2021 Universal Service 
Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2020, there were 1,227 providers 
that reported they were incumbent local exchange service providers. Of 
these providers, the Commission estimates that 929 providers have 1,500 
or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size 
standard, the Commission estimates that the majority of incumbent local 
exchange carriers can be considered small entities.
    114. Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (LECs). Neither the 
Commission nor the SBA has developed a size standard for small 
businesses specifically applicable to local exchange services. 
Providers of these services include several types of competitive local 
exchange service providers. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the 
closest industry with a SBA small business size standard. The SBA small 
business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies 
firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data 
for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms that operated in this 
industry for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with 
fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 
2021 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2020, 
there were 3,956 providers that reported they were competitive local 
exchange service providers. Of these providers, the Commission 
estimates that 3,808 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. 
Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of 
these providers can be considered small entities.
    115. Interexchange Carriers (IXCs). Neither the Commission nor the 
SBA have developed a small business size standard specifically for 
Interexchange Carriers. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the 
closest industry with a SBA small business size standard. The SBA small 
business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies 
firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data 
for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms that operated in this 
industry for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with 
fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 
2021 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2020, 
there were 151 providers that reported they were engaged in the 
provision of interexchange services. Of these providers, the Commission 
estimates that 131 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. 
Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, the 
Commission estimates that the majority of providers in this industry 
can be considered small entities.
    116. Prepaid Calling Card Providers. Neither the Commission nor the 
SBA has developed a small business size standard specifically for 
prepaid calling card providers. Telecommunications Resellers is the 
closest industry with an SBA small business size standard. The 
Telecommunications Resellers industry comprises establishments engaged 
in purchasing access and network capacity from owners and operators of 
telecommunications networks and reselling wired and wireless 
telecommunications services (except satellite) to businesses and 
households. Establishments in this industry resell telecommunications; 
they do not operate transmission facilities and infrastructure. Mobile 
virtual network operators (MVNOs) are included in this industry. The 
SBA small business size standard for Telecommunications Resellers 
classifies a business as small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. 
Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 1,386 firms in this industry 
provided resale services for the entire year. Of that number, 1,375 
firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on 
Commission data in the 2021 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of 
December 31, 2020, there were 58 providers that reported they were 
engaged in the provision of payphone services. Of these providers, the 
Commission estimates that 57 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. 
Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of 
these providers can be considered small entities.
    117. Local Resellers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA have 
developed a small business size standard specifically for Local 
Resellers. Telecommunications Resellers is the closest industry with a 
SBA small business size standard. The Telecommunications Resellers 
industry comprises establishments engaged in purchasing access and 
network capacity from owners and operators of telecommunications 
networks and reselling wired and wireless telecommunications services 
(except satellite) to businesses and households. Establishments in this 
industry resell telecommunications; they do not operate transmission 
facilities and infrastructure. Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) 
are included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard for 
Telecommunications Resellers classifies a business as small if it has 
1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 
1,386 firms in this industry provided resale services for the entire 
year. Of that number, 1,375 firms operated with fewer than 250 
employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2021 Universal 
Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2020, there were 293 
providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of local 
resale services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 289 
providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's 
small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered 
small entities.
    118. Toll Resellers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA have 
developed a small business size standard specifically for Toll 
Resellers. Telecommunications Resellers is the closest industry with a 
SBA small business size standard. The Telecommunications Resellers 
industry comprises establishments engaged in purchasing access and 
network capacity from owners and operators of telecommunications 
networks and reselling wired and wireless telecommunications services 
(except satellite) to businesses and households. Establishments in this 
industry resell telecommunications; they do not operate transmission 
facilities and infrastructure. Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) 
are included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard for 
Telecommunications Resellers classifies a business as small if it has 
1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that

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1,386 firms in this industry provided resale services for the entire 
year. Of that number, 1,375 firms operated with fewer than 250 
employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2021 Universal 
Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2020, there were 518 
providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of toll 
services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 495 
providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's 
small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered 
small entities.
    119. Other Toll Carriers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has 
developed a definition for small businesses specifically applicable to 
Other Toll Carriers. This category includes toll carriers that do not 
fall within the categories of interexchange carriers, operator service 
providers, prepaid calling card providers, satellite service carriers, 
or toll resellers. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the closest 
industry with a SBA small business size standard. The SBA small 
business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies 
firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data 
for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms in this industry that 
operated for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with 
fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 
2021 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2020, 
there were 115 providers that reported they were engaged in the 
provision of other toll services. Of these providers, the Commission 
estimates that 113 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. 
Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of 
these providers can be considered small entities.
    120. Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite). This 
industry comprises establishments engaged in operating and maintaining 
switching and transmission facilities to provide communications via the 
airwaves. Establishments in this industry have spectrum licenses and 
provide services using that spectrum, such as cellular services, paging 
services, wireless internet access, and wireless video services. The 
SBA size standard for this industry classifies a business as small if 
it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show 
that there were 2,893 firms in this industry that operated for the 
entire year. Of that number, 2,837 firms employed fewer than 250 
employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2021 Universal 
Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2020, there were 797 
providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of wireless 
services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 715 
providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's 
small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered 
small entities.
    121. Television Broadcasting. This industry is comprised of 
``establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting images together with 
sound.'' These establishments operate television broadcast studios and 
facilities for the programming and transmission of programs to the 
public. These establishments also produce or transmit visual 
programming to affiliated broadcast television stations, which in turn 
broadcast the programs to the public on a predetermined schedule. 
Programming may originate in their own studio, from an affiliated 
network, or from external sources. The SBA small business size standard 
for this industry classifies businesses having $41.5 million or less in 
annual receipts as small. 2017 U.S. Census Bureau data indicate that 
744 firms in this industry operated for the entire year. Of that 
number, 657 firms had revenue of less than $25,000,000. Based on this 
data we estimate that the majority of television broadcasters are small 
entities under the SBA small business size standard.
    122. As of December 31, 2022, there were 1375 licensed commercial 
television stations. Of this total, 1282 stations (or 93.2%) had 
revenues of $41.5 million or less in 2021, according to Commission 
staff review of the BIAKelsey Media Access Pro Online Television 
Database (MAPro) on January 13, 2023, and therefore these licensees 
qualify as small entities under the SBA definition. In addition, the 
Commission estimates that as of December 31, 2022, there were 383 
licensed NCE television stations, 383 Class A TV stations, 1912 LPTV 
stations and 3122 TV translator stations. The Commission however does 
not compile, and otherwise does not have access to financial 
information for these television broadcast stations that would permit 
it to determine how many of these stations qualify as small entities 
under the SBA small business size standard. Nevertheless, given the 
SBA's large annual receipts threshold for this industry and the nature 
of television station licensees, we presume that all of these entities 
qualify as small entities under the above SBA small business size 
standard.
    123. Radio Stations. This industry is comprised of ``establishments 
primarily engaged in broadcasting aural programs by radio to the 
public.'' Programming may originate in their own studio, from an 
affiliated network, or from external sources. The SBA small business 
size standard for this industry classifies firms having $41.5 million 
or less in annual receipts as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 
show that 2,963 firms operated in this industry during that year. Of 
this number, 1,879 firms operated with revenue of less than $25 million 
per year. Based on this data and the SBA's small business size 
standard, we estimate a majority of such entities are small entities.
    124. The Commission estimates that as of December 31, 2022, there 
were 4,484 licensed commercial AM radio stations and 6,686 licensed 
commercial FM radio stations for a combined total of 11,170 commercial 
radio stations. Of this total, 11,168 stations (or 99.98%) had revenues 
of $41.5 million or less in 2021, according to Commission staff review 
of the MAPro on January 13, 2023, and therefore, these licensees 
qualify as small entities under the SBA definition. In addition, the 
Commission estimates that as of December 31, 2022, there were 4207 
licensed NCE FM radio stations, 2015 low power FM stations and 8950 FM 
translators and boosters. The Commission however does not compile, and 
otherwise does not have access to financial information for these radio 
stations that would permit it to determine how many of these stations 
qualify as small entities under the SBA small business size standard. 
Nevertheless, given the SBA's large annual receipts threshold for this 
industry and the nature of radio station licensees, we presume that all 
of these entities qualify as small entities under the above SBA small 
business size standard.
    125. Cable Companies and Systems (Rate Regulation). The Commission 
has developed its own small business size standard for the purpose of 
cable rate regulation. Under the Commission's rules, a ``small cable 
company'' is one serving 400,000 or fewer subscribers nationwide. Based 
on industry data, there are about 420 cable companies in the United 
States. Of these, only seven have more than 400,000 subscribers. In 
addition, under the Commission's rules, a ``small system'' is a cable 
system servicing 15,000 or fewer subscribers. Based on industry data, 
there are about 4139 cable systems (headends) in the United States. Of 
these, about 639 have more than 15,000 subscribers. Accordingly, the 
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that the majority of cable operators are small.
    126. Cable System Operators (Telecom Act Standard). The 
Communications Act contains a size standard for a ``small cable system 
operator'', which is ``a cable operator that, directly or through an 
affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than one percent of all 
subscribers in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity 
or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed 
$250,000,000,'' as small. For purposes of the Telecom Act Standard, the 
Commission determined that a cable systems operation that serves fewer 
than 677,000 subscribers, either directly or through affiliates, will 
meet the definition of a small cable operator based on the cable 
subscriber count established in a 2001 Public Notice. Based on industry 
data, only six cable system operators have more than 677,000 
subscribers. Accordingly, the Commission estimates that the majority of 
cable system operators are small under this size standard. We note 
however, that the Commission neither requests nor collects information 
on whether cable system operators are affiliated with entities whose 
gross annual revenues exceed $250 million. Therefore, we are unable at 
this time to estimate with greater precision the number of cable system 
operators that would qualify as small cable operators under the 
definition in the Communications Act.
    127. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Service. DBS service is a 
nationally distributed subscription service that delivers video and 
audio programming via satellite to a small parabolic ``dish'' antenna 
at the subscriber's location. DBS is included in the Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers industry which comprises establishments 
primarily engaged in operating and/or providing access to transmission 
facilities and infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the 
transmission of voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired 
telecommunications networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a 
single technology or combination of technologies. Establishments in 
this industry use the wired telecommunications network facilities that 
they operate to provide a variety of services, such as wired telephony 
services, including VoIP services, wired (cable) audio and video 
programming distribution; and wired broadband internet services. By 
exception, establishments providing satellite television distribution 
services using facilities and infrastructure that they operate are 
included in this industry.
    128. The SBA small business size standard for Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer 
employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 3,054 
firms operated in this industry for the entire year. Of this number, 
2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Based on this data, 
the majority of firms in this industry can be considered small under 
the SBA small business size standard. According to Commission data 
however, only two entities provide DBS service--DIRECTV (owned by AT&T) 
and DISH Network, which require a great deal of capital for operation. 
DIRECTV and DISH Network both exceed the SBA size standard for 
classification as a small business. Therefore, we must conclude based 
on internally developed Commission data, in general DBS service is 
provided only by large firms.
    129. Satellite Telecommunications. This industry comprises firms 
``primarily engaged in providing telecommunications services to other 
establishments in the telecommunications and broadcasting industries by 
forwarding and receiving communications signals via a system of 
satellites or reselling satellite telecommunications.'' Satellite 
telecommunications service providers include satellite and earth 
station operators. The SBA small business size standard for this 
industry classifies a business with $35 million or less in annual 
receipts as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 275 firms 
in this industry operated for the entire year. Of this number, 242 
firms had revenue of less than $25 million. Additionally, based on 
Commission data in the 2021 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of 
December 31, 2020, there were 71 providers that reported they were 
engaged in the provision of satellite telecommunications services. Of 
these providers, the Commission estimates that approximately 48 
providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's 
small business size standard, a little more than of these providers can 
be considered small entities.
    130. All Other Telecommunications. This industry is comprised of 
establishments primarily engaged in providing specialized 
telecommunications services, such as satellite tracking, communications 
telemetry, and radar station operation. This industry also includes 
establishments primarily engaged in providing satellite terminal 
stations and associated facilities connected with one or more 
terrestrial systems and capable of transmitting telecommunications to, 
and receiving telecommunications from, satellite systems. Providers of 
internet services (e.g. dial-up ISPs) or voice over internet protocol 
(VoIP) services, via client-supplied telecommunications connections are 
also included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard 
for this industry classifies firms with annual receipts of $35 million 
or less as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 
1,079 firms in this industry that operated for the entire year. Of 
those firms, 1,039 had revenue of less than $25 million. Based on this 
data, the Commission estimates that the majority of ``All Other 
Telecommunications'' firms can be considered small.
    131. RespOrgs. Responsible Organizations, or RespOrgs (also 
referred to as Toll-Free Number (TFN) providers), are entities chosen 
by toll free subscribers to manage and administer the appropriate 
records in the toll-free Service Management System for the toll-free 
subscriber. Based on information on the website of SOMOS, the entity 
that maintains a registry of Toll-Free Number providers (SMS/800 TFN 
Registry) for the more than 42 million Toll-Free numbers in North 
America, and the TSS Registry, a centralized registry for the use of 
Toll-Free Numbers in text messaging and multimedia services, there were 
approximately 446 registered RespOrgs/Toll-Free Number providers in 
July 2021. RespOrgs are often wireline carriers, however they can 
include non-carrier entities. Accordingly, the description below for 
RespOrgs include both Carrier RespOrgs and Non-Carrier RespOrgs.
    132. Carrier RespOrgs. Neither the Commission nor the SBA have 
developed a small business size standard for Carrier RespOrgs. Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers, and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers 
(except Satellite) are the closest industries with a SBA small business 
size applicable to Carrier RespOrgs.
    133. Wired Telecommunications Carriers are establishments primarily 
engaged in operating and/or providing access to transmission facilities 
and infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of 
voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired communications 
networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single technology 
or a combination of technologies. Establishments in this industry use 
the wired telecommunications network facilities that they operate to 
provide a variety of services, such as wired telephony services, 
including VoIP services, wired

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(cable) audio and video programming distribution, and wired broadband 
internet services. By exception, establishments providing satellite 
television distribution services using facilities and infrastructure 
that they operate are included in this industry. The SBA small business 
size standard for this industry classifies a business as small if it 
has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show 
that there were 3,054 firms that operated for the entire year. Of this 
number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Based on 
that data, we conclude that the majority of Carrier RespOrgs that 
operated with wireline-based technology are small.
    134. Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) engage 
in operating and maintaining switching and transmission facilities to 
provide communications via the airwaves. Establishments in this 
industry have spectrum licenses and provide services using that 
spectrum, such as cellular services, paging services, wireless internet 
access, and wireless video services. The SBA small business size 
standard for this industry classifies a business as small if it has 
1,500 or fewer employees. For this industry, U.S. Census Bureau data 
for 2017 show that there were 2,893 firms that operated for the entire 
year. Of this number, 2,837 firms employed fewer than 250 employees. 
Based on this data, we conclude that the majority of Carrier RespOrgs 
that operated with wireless-based technology are small.
    135. Non-Carrier RespOrgs. Neither the Commission, nor the SBA have 
developed a small business size standard Non-Carrier RespOrgs. Other 
Services Related to Advertising and Other Management Consulting 
Services'' are the closest industries with an SBA small business size 
applicable to Non-Carrier RespOrgs.
    136. The Other Services Related to Advertising industry contains 
establishments primarily engaged in providing advertising services 
(except advertising agency services, public relations agency services, 
media buying agency services, media representative services, display 
advertising services, direct mail advertising services, advertising 
material distribution services, and marketing consulting services). The 
SBA small business size standard for this industry classifies a 
business as small that has annual receipts of $16.5 million or less. 
U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 5,650 firms operated in this 
industry for the entire year. Of that number, 3,693 firms operated with 
revenue of less than $10 million. Based on this data, we conclude that 
a majority of non-carrier RespOrgs who provide TFN-related management 
consulting services are small.
    137. The Other Management Consulting Services industry contains 
establishments primarily engaged in providing management consulting 
services (except administrative and general management consulting; 
human resources consulting; marketing consulting; or process, physical 
distribution, and logistics consulting). Establishments providing 
telecommunications or utilities management consulting services are 
included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard for 
this industry classifies a business as small if it has annual receipts 
of $16.5 million or less. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 
4,696 firms operated in this industry for the entire year. Of that 
number, 3,700 firms had revenue of less than $10 million. Based on this 
data, we conclude that a majority of non-carrier RespOrgs who provide 
TFN-related management consulting services are small.

D. Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping and Other 
Compliance Requirements for Small Entities

    138. The NPRM does not propose any changes to the Commission's 
current information collection, reporting, recordkeeping, or compliance 
requirements for small entities. Small and other regulated entities are 
required to pay regulatory fees on an annual basis. The cost of 
compliance with the annual regulatory assessment for small entities is 
the amount assessed for their regulatory fee category and should not 
require small entities to hire professionals to comply. Small entities 
that qualify can take advantage of the exemption from payment of 
regulatory fees allowed under the de minimis threshold. Small entities 
may also be able to reduce their costs of compliance if the Commission 
maintains the flexibility options for regulatory fee payors that the 
Commission made available in FYs 2020 through 2022 as a result of the 
COVID-19 pandemic.

E. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Economic Impact on Small 
Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered

    139. The RFA requires an agency to describe any significant, 
specifically business, alternatives that it has considered in reaching 
its proposed approach, which may include the following four 
alternatives, among others: ``(1) the establishment of differing 
compliance or reporting requirements or timetables that take into 
account the resources available to small entities; (2) the 
clarification, consolidation, or simplification of compliance or 
reporting requirements under the rule for such small entities; (3) the 
use of performance, rather than design, standards; and (4) an exemption 
from coverage of the rule, or any part thereof, for such small 
entities.''
    140. Assessment of Regulatory Fees. In response to the comments to 
the NOI, for FY 2023 we propose to employ the same methodology to 
calculate regulatory fees. However, in addition to looking at the 
current allocation of direct FTEs within the Commission's core bureaus 
(i.e., the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, the Media Bureau, part 
of the Wireline Competition Bureau, and part of the International 
Bureau) as discussed in the NPRM, we also evaluated the work of certain 
indirect FTEs in non-core bureaus and offices to determine if, based on 
the nature of their work spent primarily on regulation and oversight of 
the industry in a fee category, such indirect FTEs could be considered 
as direct FTEs in a core bureau for regulatory fee purposes. Based on 
the results of our evaluation, we propose that certain indirect FTEs 
could be reassigned as direct FTEs and incorporate these into the count 
of FTEs of the relevant core bureau for purposes of calculating 
regulatory fees for FY 2023 which could reduce regulatory fee 
obligations for some small and other regulatory payees.
    141. More specifically, the proposed reassignment of certain 
indirect FTEs to direct FTEs would result in changes in the percentages 
of direct FTEs in the core bureaus and a decrease in the regulatory fee 
assessment amounts and could therefore decrease the regulatory 
assessment payable by small entities. Using the methodology that does 
not include the indirect FTE reassignments would result in an increase 
in the FY 2023 regulatory assessment amounts from FY 2022 for three of 
the four core bureaus. However, when the indirect FTE reassignments are 
included in the assessment methodology, half of the core bureaus' FY 
2023 regulatory assessment amounts decrease from FY 2022. Our 
evaluation of the indirect FTE reassignments considered treating the 
FTEs that were moved to OEA from core bureaus as direct FTEs and 
determined that some work done by OEA FTEs is work that primarily 
furthers the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in 
certain industry segments. Conducting similar analyses of work for all 
non-core bureaus resulted in the number and indirect FTE percentages we 
have incorporated in our proposed

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methodology and regulatory fees for FY 2023.
    142. While the Commission's proposed methodology considered 
assessment calculations with and without indirect FTE reassignments, 
there could be other alternatives that help minimize the economic 
impact of the regulatory fees for small entities. Therefore, the NPRM 
invites alternative proposals or comments suggesting changes to our 
proposed methodology and regulatory fees for FY 2023. Alternative 
proposals or modification requests should contain a thorough analysis 
showing a sufficient basis for making the change, provide alternative 
options for the Commission to meet it statutory obligation to collect 
the full amount of the appropriation by the end of the fiscal year, and 
indicate how any proposed alternative options are fair, administrable, 
and sustainable.
    143. Broadcast Regulatory Fees. In the NPRM, we propose to continue 
to assess fees for full-power broadcast television stations based on 
the population covered by a full-service broadcast television station's 
contour which will reduce the economic impact of the regulatory fees 
for some small licensees. The population-based methodology increases 
fees for some licensees and reduces fees for others, However, we 
believe the population-based metric better conforms with the service of 
broadcasting television to the American people. The Commission 
recognizes that many small independent radio broadcasters face 
hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues, such as 
competition from satellite radio and music streaming services. The 
ability of these independent stations to stay in business and serve 
their communities is an important public interest consideration. 
Therefore, in the NPRM, we propose splitting the lowest population tier 
into two separate tiers which should reduce the economic impact for 
small regulators. In addition, small licensees experiencing financial 
hardship will continue to have access to fee relief, such as waiver, 
reduction, deferral and/or installment payment of their regulatory fees 
and may be exempt from paying a regulatory fee if the assessed fee is 
below the de minimus threshold that the Commission has established.
    144. Space Station Regulatory Fees. In Tables 2 and 3 of the NPRM, 
we include the proposed fees for NGSO space stations calculated by 
assessing the fees small satellites will pay in FY 2023, reducing that 
amount from the overall NGSO space stations fee category, and 
allocating the remaining NGSO space station fees 20/80 using two fee 
subcategories: ``less complex'' NGSO space stations and ``other'' NGSO 
space stations. For small satellites and small spacecraft (together, 
small satellites) within the NGSO fee category, we determine that FTEs 
spend approximately twenty time more time on regulating one non-small 
NGSO space station than the FTE time spent regulating one small 
satellite licensee.
    145. Consistent with FY 2022, in the NPRM, we propose to continue 
using the methodology for calculating regulatory fees for small 
satellites within the NGSO fee category based on 1/20th (5%) of the 
average of the non-small satellite NGSO space station regulatory fee 
rates from the current fiscal year on a per license basis. This 
proposal will minimize the economic impact of the regulatory fees for 
small satellites. The methodology reflects the significant difference 
of FTE time attributable to work on small satellite matters, and more 
equitably apportions the regulatory fees among small and non-small 
satellite NGSO space stations within the NGSO fee category. The 
methodology also accommodates fluctuations in the number of NGSO space 
station fee payors and continues to provide a middle ground and an 
opportunity to gain more experience in regulating small satellites.
    146. Continuing Flexibility in FY 2023 for Regulatory Fee Payors. 
In FYs 2020, 2021, and 2022, the Commission implemented temporary 
measures to assist regulatees experiencing financial hardship related 
to the COVID-19 pandemic in seeking waiver, reduction, deferral and 
installment payment of their regulatory fees, In the NPRM, we consider 
and seek comment on whether certain of these measures should be 
continued in FY 2023, and if so, why. Specifically, we consider and 
seek comment on whether the Commission should continue (i) to offer a 
reduced interest and waive the down payment for installment payment of 
FY 2023 regulatory fees; (ii) its partial waiver of the red light rule 
to permit delinquent debtors to seek fee relief, conditioned on the 
debtor's satisfactory resolution of its delinquent debt; and/or (iii) 
its partial waiver of section 1.1166 of the Commission's regulations to 
permit regulatees seeking to waive, reduce and/or defer their 
regulatory fees to submit financial documentation after a request is 
filed.
    147. Providing Installment Payment Relief to Small Regulatory Fee 
Payors. The NPRM also considers a regulator fee payment alternative 
suggested by broadcaster groups to reduce the economic impact of 
regulatory fee payments for small and other entities. Specifically, the 
broadcaster groups request that the Commission allow regulatees to 
prepay their annual regulatory fees in increments, before the annual 
regulatory fee payment deadline. The broadcasters state that this 
measure would assist broadcasters in meeting their annual regulatory 
fee obligation. We seek comment on the broadcasters' proposal and 
answers to the questions we raise in the NPRM regarding implementation 
and operation of such a program, including the costs and benefits of 
such a program.

F. Federal Rules That May Duplicate, Overlap, or Conflict With the 
Proposed Rules

    148. None.

VII. Ordering Clauses

    149. Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to sections 47 
U.S.C. 4(i), 4(j), 9, 9A, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 159, 159A, and 303(r), this 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is hereby adopted.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-11109 Filed 5-31-23; 8:45 am]
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