Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2023, 63694-63748 [2023-19107]

Download as PDF 63694 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 1 [MD Docket Nos. 23–159, 22–301; FCC 23– 66; FR ID 168489] Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule. AGENCY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) revises its Schedule of Regulatory Fees to recover $390,192,000 that Congress has required the Commission to collect for its fiscal year (FY) 2023. Sections 9 and 9A of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act or Communications Act), provides for the annual assessment and collection of regulatory fees by the Commission. DATES: Effective September 15, 2023, except for 47 CFR 1.1166, which is effective October 16, 2023, and 47 CFR 1.1914, which is delayed indefinitely. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for 47 CFR 1.1914 after review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. To avoid penalties and interest, regulatory fees should be paid by the due date of September 20, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roland Helvajian, Office of Managing Director at (202) 418–0444. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission’s Report and Order, in MD Docket Nos. 23–159 and 22–301; FCC 23–66, adopted on August 10, 2023 and released on August 10, 2023. The full text of this document is available for public inspection by downloading the text from the Commission’s website at https:// docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC23-66A1.pdf. SUMMARY: Synopsis ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 I. Administrative Matters A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 1. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, the Commission has prepared a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) relating to this Report and Order. The FRFA is located at the end of this document. B. Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis 2. This document does not contain new or substantively modified VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 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). The non-substantive modifications to an information collection related to 47 CFR 1.1166 effected in this document were approved by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, on August 17, 2023. C. Congressional Review Act 3. The Commission has determined, and the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, concurs that these rules are non-major under the Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 804(2). The Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). II. Introduction 4. In this item, the Commission takes action to address longstanding concerns to better ensure that our assessment and collection of our annual regulatory fees is more closely aligned with the burden of the work being performed by Commission employees for each regulatory fee category. Specifically, we adopt the proposals in our Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Regulatory Fee Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FY 2023 NPRM) (88 FR 36154, June 1, 2023) and reallocate almost nineteen percent of our indirect full time equivalents (FTEs) as direct to one of the Commission’s four core licensing bureaus, following a high-level, comprehensive staff analysis of the time utilized in the oversight and regulation of certain segments of the telecommunications industry. Our decisions in this Report and Order reflect our conclusion that we can determine, with reasonable accuracy for this fiscal year, that certain FTEs from the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics and Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau that were previously considered to be indirect are devoted to work that is sufficiently linked to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in a core bureau such that the FTE burden of that work should be allocated as direct to that bureau for regulatory fee purposes. Consistent with our longstanding regulatory fee methodology, we implement these reallocations and we PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 adopt a schedule of regulatory fees, as set forth in Appendices B and C, in order to collect $390,192,000 in congressionally required regulatory fees for FY 2023 by the end of September. 5. Additionally, in the Report and Order, we (i) adopt our proposal regarding 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) continue to consider operations for on-orbit servicing (OOS) and rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) on a mission-by-mission basis for regulatory fee purposes, and apply the regulatory fee for ‘‘Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit)’’ to OOS and RPO spacecraft operating near the geostationary orbit (GSO) arc, unless it is determined 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; (iii) confirm that orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) are responsible for regulatory fees under the current regulatory fee scheme; (iv) continue two of the temporary measures that were implemented in FYs 2020 through 2022 to assist regulatory fee payors that were experiencing financial hardship related to the COVID–19 pandemic to request waiver, reduction, deferral and/or installment payment of regulatory fees, and continue a third such measure in modified form; (v) decline to permit regulatory fee payors to prepay their regulatory fees in installments before the annual regulatory fee payment deadline; and (vi) make certain technical corrections to 47 CFR 1.1914 and 1.1166. A. Methodology for Assessing Regulatory Fees and FTE Allocation 6. Consistent with our statutory mandate and our regulatory fee methodology, we start our regulatory fee assessment with the FTE counts and then adjust fees to reflect other factors related to the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission’s activities. In section 9 of the Act Congress prescribes that regulatory fee payors bear the FTE burden associated with their oversight and regulation by the relevant core bureau(s). Insofar as the non-auctions FTE time in the four core bureaus continues to focus on the oversight and regulation of fee payors in the industry segment regulated by each of those bureaus, we will continue to apportion regulatory fees across fee categories based on the number of nonauction direct FTEs in each core bureau and take into account factors that are ‘‘reasonably related to the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations Commission’s activities.’’ After we determine the number of direct FTEs for each core bureau, we use these numbers to start our calculations of the percentage of the total amount of regulatory fees to be collected for a given fiscal year from each fee category. 7. We then allocate appropriated amounts to be recovered proportionally based on the number of direct FTEs within each core bureau. Those proportions are then subdivided within each core bureau into fee categories among the regulatory fee payors served by the core bureau. Finally, within each regulatory fee category, we divide the amount to be collected by a unit that allocates the regulatee’s proportionate share based on an objective measure. As a general matter, there is no additional calculation to attribute indirect costs. Instead, the proportional allocation of the whole S&E appropriation based on the number of direct FTEs effectively attributes all indirect costs among the core bureaus so that the Commission can recover its entire appropriation each year. 8. As the Commission has explained, ‘‘[g]iven the Act’s requirement that fees must ‘reflect’ FTEs before adjusting fees to take into account other factors, we find FTE counts by far the most administrable starting point for regulatory fee allocations.’’ Regulatory fees must cover the entire S&E appropriation, even those portions of the appropriation that supports work on issues for which we do not have regulatory fee categories. Therefore, we continue to find that, consistent with section 9 of the Act, regulatory fees are not based on a precise allocation of specific employees with certain work assignments each year and instead are based on a higher-level approach. While some commenters continue to take issue with some of the Commission’s determinations of whether certain FTEs should be considered to be indirect or direct and also advocate that the Commission should adopt new fee categories, no commenter has offered an alternative methodology for the Commission to recover our annual appropriation. Instead, we agree with commenters that argue that the record supports the adoption of regulatory fees consistent with the Commission’s long standing regulatory fee framework. Accordingly, we find no basis to adjust our general methodology for assessing regulatory fees. We find that the Commission’s general methodology for establishing regulatory fees has been, and continues to be, appropriate and consistent with section 9 of the Act. Thus, for FY 2023, our fee methodology will attribute the direct FTEs within VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 each core bureau to payor categories based on the nature of the FTE work. We also will consider the ministerial 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. Once the percentages of total direct FTEs in the core bureaus are determined, the Commission calculates fee rates among the specific fee categories within each core bureau based upon the fee categories’ proportional fee amounts to be collected. These proportional calculations allocate all Commission non-auction related costs across all fee categories that total the target goal amount. 9. For FY 2023, our Human Resources Management office has provided the Commission data identifying 339.25 non-auctions, direct FTEs distributed among the core bureaus. In consultation with the bureaus and offices, we have validated this data. In the FY 2023 NPRM, following a high level, yet comprehensive, staff analysis of indirect FTE time in non-core bureaus and offices, we proposed to reallocate 63 indirect FTEs from the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics and Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau where we were able to determine with reasonable accuracy for the fiscal year that the FTE burden of such work is directly related to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in a core bureau such that it should be considered as direct to that bureau for the purposes of calculating regulatory fees. As explained fully below, with the overwhelming support of commenters, we adopt our proposal for these reallocations. In addition, in order to apply consistent principles to our determinations, and in response to the record gathered in this proceeding, we also reallocate two direct FTEs from the Media Bureau to be considered as indirect FTEs because the nature of their work is sufficiently linked to work that is similar to that of work performed in the Enforcement Bureau, which is categorized as indirect. Our adoption of these reallocations results in a revised total of 400.25 nonauctions, direct FTEs for FY 2023. Our calculations of direct FTEs associated with each core bureau are now as follows: International Bureau (31), Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (98), Wireline Competition Bureau (143.25), and Media Bureau (128). 10. Based on these reallocations and after we make adjustments to these direct FTE counts to implement Commission precedent regarding FTEs PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 63695 working on non-high cost Universal Service Fund matters, we will collect approximately $30.32 million (7.77%) in fees from the International Bureau regulatory fee payors; $95.83 million (24.56%) in fees from the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regulatory fee payors; $140.12 million (35.91%) in fees from Wireline Competition Bureau regulatory fee payors; and $123.92 million (31.76%) in fees from Media Bureau regulatory fee payors. 11. The record supports our proposal to reallocate certain indirect FTEs from the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics and Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau as direct to a core bureau because we can determine with reasonable accuracy for the fiscal year that these FTEs are devoted to work that is sufficiently linked to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in a core bureau such that the burden of that work should be allocated as direct for regulatory fee purposes. Commenters addressing this issue agree that by taking a more granular approach, the Commission’s fee structure more closely aligns the recovery of costs with those who benefit from Commission regulatory activities. Commenters support our proposal to reallocate a total of 63 indirect FTEs as direct for regulatory fee purposes. They contend that doing so will advance the Communications Act objective for the Commission to take into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission’s activities. 12. We conclude that, as part of our annual FTE analysis, we will continue to evaluate whether any FTEs should be reallocated for regulatory fee purposes as we do each year when reviewing and validating the FTE data. And, where our evaluation merits inclusion of proposed reallocations, we will seek comment on any such potential reallocation of FTEs in an annual proceeding. We note, however, that we will exercise our discretion regarding where to focus our analytical efforts each year to best respond to changes in the FCC’s substantive work, changes in the FCC’s organization, and changes in the telecommunications industry itself. We further conclude that such agency discretion is particularly important because we agree with CTIA that we do not wish to inadvertently expand our indirect FTE levels by engaging in an endless review of all FTE allocations. As such, we will exercise our discretion to ensure that we conduct our annual review in a manner that is fair, manageable, and sustainable. E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 63696 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 13. We emphasize that our decision to adopt our proposal today is in accord with past Commission precedent. Thus, it is not uncommon for the Commission to reassign direct FTEs as indirect or from one core bureau to another for regulatory fee purposes to reflect, among other things, changes in the FCC’s substantive work, changes in the FCC’s organization, and changes in the telecommunications industry. 14. As we described in the FY 2023 NPRM, we limit our reallocation of indirect FTEs as direct FTEs to a core bureau for regulatory fee purposes to those instances where we can determine with reasonable accuracy for the entire fiscal year that such FTE work furthers the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors. We recognize that this reclassification represents a change from some recent reviews of the same offices. Nevertheless, at this time our evaluation of FTE time in the non-core bureaus and offices supports our conclusion that, for certain FTEs in the Office of Economics and Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, it is appropriate to consider the FTE burden of their work as directly devoted to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors. For that reason, we are adopting our proposal that such FTE time should be considered direct for those relevant core bureau(s). 15. For the purposes of this determination, we have evaluated whether measurable FTE time for FY 2023 is primarily being spent on the regulation and oversight of regulatory fee payors. Commission staff excluded any FTE time from this analysis if it was not equivalent to the time of at least one FTE, concluding that less than a fulltime FTE demonstrates that the work being done is appropriately considered to be indirect and should not be reassigned. Table 1 below summarizes all of the reallocations we are adopting today. TABLE 1—CORE BUREAU FTE PERCENTAGES WITH AND WITHOUT FTE REALLOCATIONS 2023 FTE % without FTE reallocations Core bureau ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Wireline Competition Bureau ........................................................................... Media Bureau .................................................................................................. Media Bureau subcategory Broadcasters ....................................................... Media Bureau subcategory Cable ................................................................... Wireless Telecommunications Bureau ............................................................ International Bureau ........................................................................................ 16. We conclude that 63 FTEs from the Office of Economics and Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau devote their time to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors, where we can determine with reasonable accuracy for the entire fiscal year, as we discuss below. For that reason, we reallocate the FTE time as direct to the relevant core bureau(s) for calculating regulatory fees. Likewise, to apply consistent principles across our determinations, we reallocate two direct FTEs from the Media Bureau as indirect FTEs because the nature of their work is sufficiently linked to work that is similar to that performed in the Enforcement Bureau, which has been categorized as indirect. Below, we discuss our analysis. 17. Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA). We adopt our proposal to reallocate 30 indirect FTEs from OEA as direct to a core bureau for regulatory fee purposes as follows: two to the International Bureau, eight to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 13 to the Wireline Competition Bureau, and seven to the Media Bureau. We reach this conclusion after evaluating the burden of FTE time in OEA. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 35.57 33.96 15.28 18.68 22.19 8.28 18. Following its inception in 2018, the Commission concluded that it was appropriate for the non-auctions FTEs in OEA to be considered indirect FTEs because their work benefits the entire Commission as well as the telecommunications industry and does not specifically focus on regulatory fee payors. As a general matter, this remains true today. Of relevance to the regulatory fee proceeding, OEA’s nonauction funded work provides economic analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, for rulemakings, transactions, adjudications, and other Commission actions; 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 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 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 2023 Amount without FTE reallocations (millions) FY 2023 appropriation is $390.192 $138.79 132.52 59.65 72.87 86.56 32.32 2023 FTE % with FTE reallocations 35.91 31.76 14.12 17.64 24.56 7.77 2023 Amount with FTE reallocations (millions) FY 2023 appropriation is $390.192 $140.12 123.9 55.10 68.83 95.83 30.32 economic or data analysis, and similar items that the bureaus or offices release on delegated authority. 19. In evaluating the burden of the work currently being performed by OEA’s FTEs, staff recognized that certain bureaus tend to generate more economic and data issues for OEA to analyze as well as more documents that require OEA review. For FY 2023, we find that there is measurable work done by OEA FTEs that is being done directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in certain industry segments. In fact, staff analysis reveals that the work and expertise of certain FTEs from OEA remain devoted to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in a manner that is consistent with the FTE burden of work performed within a core bureau prior to the OEA’s implementation. This determination supports our decision to reallocate the burden of the work of certain of OEA’s FTEs as direct for regulatory fee purposes. We recognize that this is a partial change from our determination in the 2019 regulatory fee proceeding with respect to OEA FTEs. We have explained however, that our determinations are based an analysis of the actual work of the OEA. E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 20. We conclude that 13 indirect FTEs from OEA should be reallocated as direct FTEs to the Wireline Competition Bureau because the burden of their work is devoted to universal service fund issues in high-cost areas; competition and interconnection; setting rates for calls from incarcerated persons; the establishment of a national suicide hotline, and efforts to evaluate the costs, benefits, and public interest factors associated with protecting privacy matters such as the Wireline Competition Bureau’s work on customer proprietary network information (CPNI) rules addressing access, use, and disclosure of information related to the use of a telecommunications service subscribed to by a customer of a telecommunications carrier. This FTE work is being done directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of Wireline Competition Bureau regulatory fee payors, therefore, we find that it appropriate to reallocate it as direct to the Wireline Competition Bureau for purposes of our regulatory fee calculation. 21. Similarly, staff analysis shows that the work of eight OEA FTEs address various wireless and spectrum issues, such as mergers, transactions, and acquisitions, mobile spectrum holdings policies, and deployment in rural areas and on tribal lands. Insofar as the burden of this work is being done directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regulatory fee payors, we adopt our proposal to reallocate these eight indirect FTEs as direct FTEs to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, for purposes of our regulatory fee calculation. 22. Further, we find that because the burden of the work of seven FTEs from OEA relates to broadcast and cable issues, including ownership regulation, next generation (or NextGen TV) standards, content source disclosures, program carriage and retransmission, and rates and billing practices, and is being done directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of Media Bureau regulatory fee payors, it is appropriate to reallocate these FTEs as direct to the Media Bureau, proportionally among the Media Bureau regulatory fee categories, for purposes of our regulatory fee calculation. 23. Lastly, because the burden of the work of two FTEs from OEA addressing undersea cables, international bearer circuits, and satellite services related issues is done directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of International Bureau regulatory fee payors, we conclude that it is VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 appropriate to reallocate these two indirect FTEs as direct to the International Bureau, proportionally among the International Bureau regulatory fee categories. 24. Office of General Counsel (OGC). Our evaluation of the burden of the FTE time in OGC supports the Commission’s repeated conclusion that the majority of the work this office performs is most appropriately categorized as indirect, for regulatory fee purposes. On review, however, for FY 2023 we conclude that certain aspects of OGC’s work are sufficiently linked to the oversight and regulation of individual regulatory fee categories such that five FTEs from OGC should be reallocated as direct FTEs to a relevant core bureau for regulatory purposes. 25. 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. 26. 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. After careful consideration of the burden of FTE work in this division, we do not make any FTE reallocations 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 of this work remains PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 63697 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. 27. 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. In large part, such work benefits the work of the Commission as a whole and is not specific to any particular regulatory fee category. Thus, the FTE burden associated with such work properly remains almost entirely allocated as indirect. In contrast to the Litigation Division, however, it is possible to determine that some of the burden of the work performed by FTEs from the Administrative Law Division, particularly 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, is done in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in the core bureaus. Accordingly, where we have determined that this work is directly related to our oversight and regulation of specific regulatory fee payor categories, we adopt our determination to reallocate the FTE burden of such work as direct to the relevant core bureau(s). Specifically, for FY 2023 we reallocate one OGC FTE as direct to the Wireline Competition Bureau; two OGC FTEs as direct to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; one OGC FTE as direct to the Media Bureau, proportionally among the Media Bureau fee categories; and one OGC FTE as direct to the International E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 63698 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations Bureau, proportionally among the International Bureau fee categories. 28. Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB). We also adopt our proposal to reallocate, for regulatory fee purposes, a total of 28 indirect FTEs from PSHSB as direct FTEs to core bureaus as follows: 13 to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, nine to the Wireline Competition Bureau, and six to the Media Bureau. 29. 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. Insofar as 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, we continue to conclude that the majority of its work is best categorized as indirect. PSHSB is organized into three divisions: the Policy and Licensing Division, the Operations and Emergency Management Division, and the Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division. On review for FY 2023, we conclude that certain aspects of the burden of some of the FTE work within these divisions is sufficiently linked to the oversight and regulation of individual regulatory fee categories such that certain FTEs, as described below, should be reallocated as direct FTEs to a relevant core bureau for regulatory purposes. 30. 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 (EAS); operability and interoperability for public safety communications and the First Responder Network Authority; and intra- and interagency coordination on spectrum management. 31. After analyzing the FTE work in the Policy and Licensing Division, we VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 conclude that the burden of the work of 14 FTEs in this division is directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors of a core bureau such that it is appropriate to adopt our proposal to reallocate these FTEs as direct, for regulatory fee purposes. Of the 14 FTEs we have identified, we reallocate two FTEs as direct to the Wireline Competition Bureau, eight FTEs as direct to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and four FTEs as direct to the Media Bureau. Specifically, we adopt 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 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 proposed to consider as direct to the Media Bureau, we adopt these reallocations for regulatory fee purposes, proportionally among the fee categories in the Media Bureau, because the FTE burden of the work on the EAS, developing and maintaining the operational rules that apply to EAS participants (i.e., broadcasters), facilitating interactions between EAS participants and alert originators, reviewing State EAS Plans, and acting on waiver and similar requests from broadcasters directly furthers the oversight and regulation of the regulatory payors of the Media Bureau. 32. 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 the reporting and situational awareness of communications status during times of emergency and Commission functions during emergency conditions. OEMD also manages the provision of service by communications service providers during emergency conditions. 33. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 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. After analyzing the FTE work in OEMD, we conclude that the burden of the work of five FTEs in this division is directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors of a core bureau such that it should be reallocated for regulatory purposes. Specifically, of the five FTEs we have identified from this division there are two FTEs that should be reallocated as direct FTEs to the Wireline Competition Bureau, two FTEs that should be reallocated as direct FTEs to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and one FTE that should be reallocated as a direct FTE to the Media Bureau, proportionally among the fee categories in the Media Bureau. OEMD’s deployment of personnel to disaster areas primarily supports the oversight and regulation of the regulatory fee payors of all three of these core bureaus by, among other things, receiving and facilitating federal partner responses to requests from providers in disaster areas with issues such as obtaining access to facility sites and procurement of fuel for generators. 34. Moreover, with regard to the two FTEs we reallocate as direct to the Wireline Competition Bureau and the two FTEs we reallocate as direct to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, we adopt these changes for regulatory fee purposes because the burden of the work performed by these FTEs is directly related to the oversight and regulation of wireline and wireless regulatory fee payors. In particular, the FTE burden from this division relates to working with federal partners on risk assessment and surveying the status of providers’ service and infrastructure E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations following major disasters, emergencies, matters of law enforcement or events of a national security as well as facilitating providers’ restoration by coordinating requests and responses with other federal and SLTT entities and private sector companies. In addition, the FTE burden of this work in this division involves administering legal oversight and review of the Commission’s Local Number Portability Act (LNPA) activities. 35. 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 radio frequency 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. Based on this analysis, we adopt our proposal to reallocate, for regulatory fee purposes, one FTE from OEMD as a direct to Media Bureau, proportionally among the fee categories in that bureau. 36. 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 realtime 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. 37. 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 staff analysis of data regarding the FTE work performed in the Operations Center, we find that the burden of the work of three FTEs from the Operations Center is performed directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors such that it should be reallocated as direct to a core bureau, for regulatory fee purposes. Specifically, we reallocate one FTE as a direct to the Wireline Competition Bureau, one FTE as direct FTE to Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and one FTE as direct to the Media Bureau, proportionally among the fee categories in that bureau. 38. 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 and administers 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 63699 can take to help prevent and mitigate outages, and where necessary, assist response and recovery activities. 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. 39. The Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability 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. After analyzing the burden of the work done in this division, we adopt our proposal to reallocate four FTEs from this division as direct to the Wireline Competition Bureau because the burden of the work being done on wireline network outage reporting, in routine and disaster environments, as well as outages and notifications impacting the 911 and 988 systems, is directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of wireline regulatory fee payors We also adopt our proposal to reallocate two FTEs from this division as direct to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau because the FTE burden of this work is being done to administer the Mandatory Disaster Response Initiative to ensure providers of commercial mobile services can engage in mutual aid activities during times of emergency. The FTE burden in this division also includes working with the Federal Advisory Committee on standards and best practices related to 5G deployment as well as the work performed to develop and implement performance standards and regulation of wireless regulatory fee payors. 40. Conclusion Regarding Allocations. Table 2 below summarizes the FTE reallocations adopted here. TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF FTE REALLOCATIONS Number of direct 2023 FTEs without FTE reallocations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Core bureau % Before reallocations International Bureau .................................. 28 8.28 Wireless Telecommunications Bureau ...... 75 22.19 Wireline Competition Bureau .................... 120.25 35.57 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4701 Number of direct 2023 FTEs with FTE reallocations Direct FTEs after reallocations +2 from OEA ............................................. +1 from OGC Total additional FTEs +3 +8 from OEA ............................................. +2 from OGC +13 from PSHSB Total additional FTEs +23 +13 from OEA ........................................... +1 from OGC +9 from PSHSB Total additional FTEs +23 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 % After reallocations 31 7.77 98 24.56 143.25 35.91 63700 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF FTE REALLOCATIONS—Continued Number of direct 2023 FTEs without FTE reallocations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Core bureau % Before reallocations Number of direct 2023 FTEs with FTE reallocations Direct FTEs after reallocations % After reallocations Media Bureau ............................................ 116 33.96 +7 from OEA ............................................. +1 from OGC +6 from PSHSB ¥2 from MB Reallocated as Indirect Total additional FTEs +12 128 31.76 Total ................................................... 339.25 100 .................................................................... 400.25 100 B. Non-High Cost Universal Service Fund FTEs 41. In the FY 2017 Report and Order, the Commission reallocated 38 direct FTEs from the Wireline Competition Bureau working on the non-high-cost programs of the Universal Service Fund as indirect for regulatory fee purposes. The Commission found that this reallocation was supported by the fact that contributions to the Universal Service Fund are required from service providers using any technology that has end-user interstate telecommunications and because of changes in the universal service fund regulatory landscape. The Commission observed that although initially universal service programs were focused on wireline services, wireless carriers, and broadband providers had since become involved in the E-Rate, Lifeline, and Rural Healthcare programs. The Commission also noted that the E-Rate, Lifeline, and Rural Healthcare programs tie funding eligibility to the beneficiary, i.e., a school, a library, a low-income individual or family, or a rural healthcare provider, and not to Commission regulatory fee payors. Given these considerations, the Commission concluded that the burden of FTE time dedicated to non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs should be considered indirect because the nature of the work being conducted is not focused specifically on the oversight and regulation of fee payors of any core bureau. The Universal Service Fund programs are administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), with oversight from the Commission. Specifically, the Commission reasoned that the FTE time devoted to the non-high cost Universal Service Fund issues is not oversight and regulation of a category of regulatory fee payors, but instead is the oversight of several Universal Service Fund programs (administered by USAC) with a wide array of beneficiaries and participants. With such a diversity of participants, beneficiaries, and contributors, and a wide variety of issues addressed by Commission staff VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 (including matters pertaining to entities that are not Commission regulatory fee payors), the Commission concluded that Interstate Telecommunications Service Providers (ITSPs) were no longer the sole contributors or beneficiaries of these programs. The Commission further found that it could not determine the benefits flowing from Commission oversight of the programs to any one fee category, let alone a particular cross-section of fee categories or even an entire industry. The Commission explained that as they are not traditional telecommunication industry members, attributing the benefits of FTE non-high cost work to any one fee category would be problematic at best. For all of these reasons, the Commission concluded that FTE time spent on non-high cost Universal Service Fund issues should be reassigned as indirect. 42. In the FY 2017 Report and Order, the Commission also observed that the concern that the reallocation would impose a burden on broadcasters, which do not participate in the universal service program was misplaced ‘‘as there is no completely pure way to precisely allocate every Commission FTE.’’ In support of this decision the Commission explained that the Commission’s methodology need not reach scientific precision and instead must simply be reasonable. Subsequently, the Commission addressed NAB’s continued objection to assessing broadcasters for the costs of these indirect FTEs in the FY 2022 Report and Order by explaining that the reallocation was appropriate and that indirect FTEs in the Commission devote their time to a large variety of issues, some of which may not directly affect every Commission regulatee, including broadcasters. The Commission nonetheless took a closer look at the FTE burden associated with these nonhigh cost Universal Service Fund issues, and determined that broadcasters should be excluded from the burden associated with these indirect FTEs. Based on this determination, the burden associated with these indirect FTEs in PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 FY 2022 was apportioned among all other regulatory fee payors. 43. For FY 2023, we tentatively concluded that the Commission’s FY 2022 reasoning remained sound and the indirect FTE burden associated with these non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs should not be apportioned to broadcasters. We sought comment on this tentative conclusion and asked 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. 44. NAB continues to assert that we should reallocate the burden of FTE time dedicated to these matters as direct to a core bureau or bureaus because providers receive funding and program beneficiaries receive subsidies. Specifically, NAB argues that the Commission could base this reallocation upon the information the Commission has about the fee payors that receive a particular percentage of the Commission’s non-high cost USF program funds. Likewise, the State Broadcasters Association contends that because these programs provide certain service providers with significant funding, it should not be difficult to determine the direct impact of the FTE burden that benefits specific regulatees. We disagree. As CTIA correctly points out, our regulatory fees must be based on the work conducted by Commission staff, i.e., the Commission’s FTE burden, and the amount of USF program funds that a regulatory fee payor receives, is not a relevant factor in allocating regulatory fees among the core bureaus. 45. In particular, we agree with CTIA that NAB’s argument to reallocate FTEs based upon the financial benefit received by any particular service provider does not properly demonstrate that the FTE burden of this work is devoted to the oversight and regulation of any regulatory fee category such that it should be considered to be direct. WISPA also supports the Commission’s decision to treat the FTE burden of this work as indirect, and remarks that E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations attributing FTEs as direct on the basis of such work could unfairly impact smaller providers, like WISPA’s members, and cause an exodus from non-high cost USF programs, which would be contrary to the public interest. Moreover, the FTE work on these nonhigh cost Universal Service Fund programs covers issues regarding all program participants as well as benefits that are derived by the general public. We continue to agree with prior Commission determinations that FTE time spent on non-high cost Universal Service Fund issues is indirect because we cannot reasonably determine the FTE burden of oversight of the programs to any one fee payor category, let alone a particular cross-section of fee payors or even an entire industry. 46. As we have stated previously, indirect FTE time is devoted to issues that may include more than one regulated service or matters that are not related to services regulated by the Commission. Commenters’ argument is based on their assertion that they do not obtain benefit from the universal service programs, but that is not a factor in determining whether the FTEs should be allocated as direct to other fee payors. Accordingly, we conclude that NAB’s suggestion to reallocate the burden of the 23.75 FTEs working on non-high cost Universal Service Fund matters as direct to a core bureau based upon the percentage of subsidies received by any particular category of fee payor category conflates the nature of the work of the Commission’s FTEs with the identity of the entities that ultimately receive support from any particular program. Commenters have thus failed to show that these indirect FTEs should be reassigned as direct. We therefore affirm prior Commission determinations that the burden of FTE time devoted to non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs is properly categorized as indirect, and that such a conclusion is consistent with how FTEs working for programs that benefit consumers and the American public are treated elsewhere in the Commission. 47. Additionally, as explained in the FY 2023 NPRM, staff analysis of the FTE burden associated with these non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs reveals that we need to adjust the number of indirect FTEs working on the non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs from 38 FTEs in FY 2022 downward to 23.75 indirect FTEs for FY 2023, a decrease of 14.25 indirect FTEs. As a result of staff’s comprehensive review of the Commission’s indirect bureaus and offices, we conclude that the FTE time within the Office of Engineering and Technology, the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 Enforcement Bureau, and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, continues to be appropriately designated as indirect. C. New Regulatory Fee Categories 48. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought 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. The Satellite Operators argue that the Commission has unquestionable jurisdiction to extend its regulatory fee categories to include service providers and manufacturers that benefit from the Commission’s regulatory activities. The Satellite Operators suggest that we again seek comment on four new fee categories: (i) broadband internet access providers, (ii) database administrators that enable unlicensed operations, (iii) equipment manufacturers, and (iv) experimental licenses. TechFreedom, on the other hand, contends that the Commission lacks legal authority to require entities that it neither licenses nor regulates to pay regulatory fees. 49. We have previously sought comment on the fee categories proposed by the Satellite Operators and others, and, as no new facts or analysis have been provided in the record to support such proposals, we are neither adopting such categories at this time nor seeking further comment on them. Because commenters have provided no basis for us to change the Commission’s prior determinations on this issue and we therefore affirm that such fees would be unworkable and logistically infeasible to collect at this time. D. Space Station and International Bearer Circuit Regulatory Fees 1. Space Station Regulatory Fees a. NGSO/GSO 80/20 Allocation 50. For FY 2023, we adopt the regulatory fees for space and earth stations proposed in the FY 2023 NPRM, which were based on the allocation of International Bureau FTEs that regulated space and earth stations. The International Bureau existed for most of FY 2023, and therefore we conclude that it is appropriate to adopt regulatory fees for FY 2023 based on the work of International Bureau FTEs for this fiscal year. We find that the proposed categories and allocations continue to accurately reflect the allocation of International Bureau FTEs in FY 2023. For the reasons discussed below, we decline to change allocations or add categories or subcategories of space station regulatory fees at this time. FY 2024 will be the first full fiscal year that the Space Bureau will be in existence. PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 63701 We anticipate closely evaluating the work of staff during the first year to ensure the continued accuracy of our FTE allocations. Moreover, given the rapid pace of development change in this segment of the telecommunications industry, we also anticipate closely considering whether any space and earth station regulatory fee categories should be revised in the coming years. 51. The FY 2023 NPRM sought comment on proposed regulatory fees for space and earth stations. For space stations, the proposed fees were calculated using the existing allocation of FTEs between GSO and NGSO space station categories, and among different categories of NGSO space station systems. Under the existing methodology of calculating regulatory fees for space stations, 80% of space station regulatory fees are allocated to GSOs and 20% of the space station regulatory fees to NGSOs. In addition, there are two subcategories for NGSO space stations regulatory fees: ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO systems and all other NGSO systems identified as ‘‘other’’ NGSO systems. ‘‘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. In 2022, the Commission 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. 52. The FY 2023 NPRM did not seek comment on the methodology previously adopted to allocate regulatory fees among GSO and NGSO space stations, nor did it seek comment on the definitions of existing subcategories of NGSO space stations or the creation of new subcategories of NGSO space stations in general. It did, however, seek comment generally on whether to adopt new regulatory fee categories and on ways to improve the regulatory fee process regarding ‘‘any and all categories of service.’’ It also sought comment specifically on how to apply regulatory fees to spacecraft performing On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) and Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) specifically operating near the geostationary satellite orbit arc. 53. No comments were received in response to the proposed regulatory fees E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 63702 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 for earth stations or for small satellites. As stated above, we find that these categories and allocations continue to accurately reflect the allocation of International Bureau FTEs for FY 2023. Accordingly, we adopt the proposed regulatory fees for earth stations and small satellites for FY 2023. 54. Several space station operators, individually or collectively, submitted comments regarding proposed regulatory fees for space stations other than small satellites. Broadly speaking, the comments can be divided into two categories. The first category proposes revisions to our existing methodology and categories for assessing regulatory fees on NGSO space stations. These commenters argue in favor of revising the ‘‘20/80’’ allocation between ‘‘less complex’’ and ‘‘other’’ NGSO space stations, revisiting the definition of ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO space station systems, or proposing to initiate a further notice of proposed rulemaking to revise and expand the subcategories of NGSO space station fees. The second category provides comments on how to apply regulatory fees to OOS and RPO spacecraft. We address each category of comments in turn below, but in each instance conclude that the record is insufficient at this time to adopt changes to the proposed regulatory fees for FY 2023 or to initiate a further notice of proposed rulemaking. Moreover, as observed previously in this order, the Commission’s methodology need not reach scientific precision and instead must simply be reasonable. b. NGSO Space Stations ‘‘Less Complex’’ and ‘‘Other’’ Regulatory Fees 55. 20/80 Less Complex/Other Allocation. The Satellite Operators contend that we should revisit the ‘‘20/ 80 split’’ between ‘‘less complex’’ and ‘‘other’’ NGSO space station systems and the assumptions that underly it. They argue that our regulatory fee structure should ‘‘not remain stagnant’’ regarding the nature of ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO space station systems that provide EESS, and that the Commission should initiate a further notice of proposed rulemaking because ‘‘[t]oday’s EESS business . . . is virtually unrecognizable from what existed when the Commission first established [the ‘‘less complex’’] NGSO regulatory fee structure’’ in 2021. 56. We find that the record is insufficient at this time to revisit, or to initiate a further rulemaking to revisit, the 20/80 allocation between ‘‘less complex’’ and ‘‘other’’ NGSO space station systems. The Satellite Operators do not provide any specific alternative proposals to the current allocations, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 other than to seek comment on the significance of the purported changes to the EESS business in order to build a foundation to take action on next year. As the EESS Operators observe, however, the Satellite Operators offer no new evidence that might cause the Commission to alter its conclusions and change the allocation, but repeat the argument they have made in the regulatory fee proceedings for FY 2020, FY 2021, and FY 2022, and do not provide a basis for the Commission to revisit its decision regarding NGSO fee category definitions adopted in the FY 2021 NPRM. In addition, the purported changes to the EESS business presented by the Satellite Operators (for example, multiplying use cases, mushrooming demand of customers for data, and changes in methods of distribution) do not go to the factors relied on in adopting the 20/80 allocation between ‘‘less complex’’ and ‘‘other’’ NGSO space stations: the amount of staff work involved in regulating NGSO space stations planning to communicate with 20 or fewer U.S. authorized earth stations primarily in EESS and/or AIS versus the amount of work involved in regulating other types of NGSO space station systems. Thus, there is no basis for initiating a further notice of proposed rulemaking at this time. 57. NGSO Space Station Fee Category Definitions and Expansion. Some commenters propose to revisit the definition of ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO space station systems to include a broader range of NGSO space station systems, or to initiate a further notice of proposed rulemaking to revise and expand the subcategories of NGSO space station fees. In particular, Kine´is alleges that the Commission did not fully explain the decision in the FY 2021 NPRM to use ‘‘the total number of earth stations with which satellite network will communicate’’ as the ‘‘only’’ factor to distinguish NGSO space station systems as ‘‘less complex’’ for regulatory fee purposes. To the extent that Kine´is’s comments seek reconsideration of our holding in in that order, we agree with other comments that such an argument would be untimely. While we decline to revisit our prior holding, we will, however, address the Kine´is comments to the extent it proposes that the Commission should, on a going forward basis, expand the category of ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO space stations to include factors other than ‘‘the total number of earth stations with which satellite network will communicate’’ to distinguish NGSO space station systems as ‘‘less complex.’’ 58. As an initial matter, Kine´is mischaracterizes the prior decision as to PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 which types of NGSO space station systems are ‘‘less complex’’ as being based only on the number of earth stations utilized by a NGSO space station system. In fact, the number of earth stations was not, and is not, the only factor for determining that an NGSO space station system is ‘‘less complex’’ for regulatory fee purposes. Rather, the Commission found that NGSO space station systems ‘‘planning to communicate with 20 or fewer U.S.authorized earth stations that are primarily used for [EESS] and/or [AIS] are significantly less complex to regulate than other types of NGSO systems’’ (italics added). As the Commission explained, multiple factors led to determining that NGSO space station systems communicating with 20 or less U.S.-authorized earth stations used primarily for EESS and/or AIS involved less staff resources to regulate that other NGSO space station systems. 59. Thus, the number of earth stations is not the only factor for determining whether an NGSO space station system is ‘‘less complex’’ for regulatory fee purposes, but it is one factor, together with the service primarily being provided, that serves as a proxies for other factors, such as whether processing rounds are required to process the application, the geographic area being served by the system, the quantity and range of spectrum needs, and how the system utilizes spectrum vis-a`-vis other systems. All these factors, not just the number of earth stations, go towards determining the amount of FTE resources required to regulate a NGSO space station system, thereby determining whether an NGSO space station system is ‘‘less complex’’ for regulatory fee purposes. 60. We note that the possibility of other NGSO space station systems being categorized as ‘‘less complex’’ for regulatory fee purposes in the future has not be rejected or precluded. Indeed, such a possibility has been expressly recognized. But the inclusion of NGSO space station systems into the ‘‘less complex’’ category must arise from factors that reflect the amount of work that FTEs perform to regulate such systems relative to the work performed for other NGSO space station systems. If the Commission finds in the future that another type of NGSO space station system requires less regulatory work than other NGSO space station systems, that type of NGSO space station system would be eligible for the ‘‘less complex’’ category as well. Although Kine´is and Myriota argue that their non-voice, nongeostationary mobile satellite service (NVNG MSS) designed to provide ‘‘Internet of Things’’ (IoT) connectivity E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations should also be categorized as ‘‘less complex,’’ their arguments focus on the alleged superior benefits received by other NGSO space station systems compared to their own, rather than on the amount of regulatory work that FTEs perform. Such benefits, however, are not material to determining the complexity of regulation of a satellite system, which is the determining criterion for a ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO space station system. As such, we find that the record is not sufficiently developed at this time to determine that NVNG MSS IoT space station systems should be included in the ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO space station regulatory fee category. 61. Kine´is also proposes that the Commission adopt a further notice of proposed rulemaking to develop a record to separate the various NGSO networks into more homogenous categories that group providers together with others that provide similar types of services. Kine´is proposes that we adopt a multi-tiered approach to the fee categories for NGSO space station systems, using many different factors to group NGSO space station systems into tiers that would ‘‘charge each provider an amount commensurate with its demands on Commission resources and the benefits it receives through regulation based on these enumerated factors.’’ Kine´is suggests five NGSO tiers: (1) Global Fixed/Mobile Broadband; (2) Big LEO Voice & Data; (3) EESS Space Imaging & Other; (4) UHF IoT Data Collection & Monitoring/ AIS; and (5) SmallSat. Although much of the basis for the different tiers is purported differences in the benefits received from FCC regulation, Kine´is also attempts to quantify the amount of FTE work necessitated by each tier by evaluating the number of filings each tier made in our Electronic Comments Filing System (ECFS) from the start of FY 2022 until June 1, 2023. 62. We find Kine´is’s multi-tiered proposal for defining NGSO fee categories to be potentially useful framework as the Commission has used such multi-tiered approaches for assessing regulatory fees for other services. There is not sufficient time, however, to consider such expansive changes in time to adopt regulatory fees for FY 2023 because the conclusions underlying the proposal by Kine´is require further comment and evaluation. Kine´is’s attempts to quantify the amount of FTE work necessitated by each proposed tier rely exclusively on filings made during a limited time period in docketed proceedings such as rulemakings, without consideration of applications and related filings, which would be made through ICFS, not ECFS. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 In addition, as the Satellite Operators observe, Kine´is has not attempted to explain how we would allocate the FTE time among these categories. 63. We agree, however, that an examination of our regulatory fees and categories for NGSO space stations would be useful in light of changes resulting from the creation of the Space Bureau and fuller consideration of possible adjustments to into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits provided by the Commission’s activities. We do not, however, have a sufficient record to initiate such an examination at this time. Section 9 requires regulatory fees be keyed to the FTE burden associated with the oversight and regulation of each regulatory fee category. We anticipate that the changes in the industry that resulted our decision to create the Space Bureau will likely also result in changes in the relative FTE burden between and among our space and earth station fee payors. Moreover, we anticipate the creation of the Space Bureau will result in the streamlining of the oversight and regulation of space stations, which could also change FTE burdens. Accordingly, we find it will be more efficient to seek comment on proposals to reexamine the categories of regulatory fees for NGSO space station systems, like the one offered by Kine´is, at the same time as other proposals that might arise as part of a more holistic review of the FTE burden of the Space Bureau in FY 2024. 64. Miscellaneous. Space X contends that we have miscalculated the space station regulatory fees because we based our calculations on nine units in the ‘‘Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Other)’’ category, instead of ten. Although there are ten such licensed systems, one of the licensed systems was not operational as of October 1, 2022, and we are removing that station from the unit count when calculating the per unit fee. A unit count of nine is correct. c. Spacecraft Performing On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) and Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) (In-Space Servicing Industries) 65. In the FY 2022 NPRM, we sought comment on adopting regulatory fee categories for spacecraft performing OOS and RPO. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 63703 space-based services. Due to the 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. The Commission noted at that time that there have been a limited number of such operations and tentatively concluded that it was too early to identify exactly where operations, such as those in low-Earth orbit (LEO), might fit into the regulatory fee structure in the future. 66. Neither the scope of in-space servicing operations nor the regulatory framework developed sufficiently to adopt regulatory fee categories for FY 2022. As a result, in the FY 2023 NPRM we sought comment on defining this emerging category of operations for regulatory fee purposes, including whether a separate regulatory fee category is necessary for those spacecraft that may conduct such inspace servicing operations in the future. The FY 2023 NPRM also observed that some spacecraft conducting satellite servicing operate, or plan to operate, near the GSO arc, but that most of these operations are likely to ultimately be in NGSO. 67. Currently, two spacecraft operate under part 25 for communications while conducting these types of operations with GSO satellites. These two spacecraft remain operational in FY 2023. In the FY 2023 NPRM, the Commission tentatively concluded 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. Therefore, there would be no independent system for a separate fee assessment for these operations near the GSO arc, and the regulatory burden (i.e., the FTE time) for such operations would be included in the fees collected from the GSO regulatory fee payors. The Commission sought comment on this tentative conclusion and whether it may not apply to future operations of OOS and RPO spacecraft, which may operate more independently of the satellites that they will service. The Commission also observed that, 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 the Commission should assess a separate regulatory fee. The FY 2023 NPRM proposed to apply the regulatory fee for ‘‘Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit)’’ to OOS and RPO spacecraft operating near the GSO arc, E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 63704 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations unless a determination is made 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. The Commission sought comment on this approach, as well as on the specific factors that should be considered to determine whether a OOS or RPO spacecraft is operating as part of an existing GSO system for regulatory fee purposes. 68. We find that the record remains too incomplete to adopt a separate regulatory fee category for spacecraft performing OOS and RPO at this time. Although commenters generally support the creation of new, separate regulatory fee categories for OOS and RPO space stations, we conclude there is insufficient understanding of the nature and regulation of such spacecraft to consider concrete proposals for assessing regulatory fees for OOS and RPO space stations at this time. The Commission is still in the early stages of considering the regulatory environment for such services as a whole, and the definition of which services would fit into OOS and RPO and the regulatory framework for such services are yet to be developed. Accordingly, we are unable to determine who would be eligible for such a category or the amount of the FTE burden that the Commission would spend in regulating such a category, which is a necessary first step in adopting regulatory fees. We will continue to develop the record regarding a possible separate fee category for OOS, RPO, and in-space servicing more generally, with the benefit of progress made in rulemaking proceedings concerning these emerging services and will revisit this issue as part of the regulatory fees proceeding for FY 2024. 69. We will continue to develop a record that will inform possible establishment of a fee category(ies) and appropriate methodology for assessing such a fee category(ies). We will also continue to consider OOS and RPO spacecraft licensing for those spacecraft operating near the GSO arc on a mission-by-mission basis. Relatedly, Astroscale requests that we also clarify that a determination that the OOS or RPO spacecraft is operating as part of an existing GSO system could also include GSO servicing spacecraft operating in other frequency bands not supported by the client vehicle. We find, however, that the record is insufficiently developed at this time to act on this request. Although some comments oppose ever assessing the fee for GSO space stations on OOS and RPO spacecraft, arguing that the current GSO fee category reflects FTE hours spent on VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 typical GSO spacecraft issues and that these are not efforts that servicing spacecraft near the GSO arc benefit from, there is no other fee category available for space stations operating in geostationary orbit, and section 9 does not permit the Commission to exempt regulatees from paying regulatory fees. Because we are not proposing to adopt, at this time, a regulatory fee category for OOS or RPO operations, or in-space servicing more generally, we need not consider what factors should go into determining the regulatory fees for such categories. 70. Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV). The FY 2023 NPRM also sought comment on additional or different definitions for a potential new fee category, such as including in the definition of OOS concepts of operation such as deployment via an OTV. Spaceflight argues that the new fee category for in-space servicing systems should be broadly defined, encompassing a range of activities, including OTV deployment services, rendezvous and proximity operations, refueling, situational awareness, and debris-related activities. Spaceflight submits that it is essential that OTVs are not simply designated as either GSO or NGSO, but rather recognized as a distinct category within the regulatory framework. Spaceflight believes that OTVs possess distinct capabilities and serve a specific purpose in space operations, making it crucial to establish a separate classification that reflects these characteristics. Spaceflight supports a fee assessment comparable to the one applicable for small satellites because there are similarities between OTVs and the small satellite systems. Spaceflight argues that both types of missions are generally characterized by the following factors: (i) limited interference protection, (ii) limited mission durations, (iii) smaller system investments, (iv) less probability of ongoing adjudications, (v) higher chance to require multiple licenses or market grants, and (vi) a limited number of inspace servicing missions. 71. In addition, Spaceflight disagrees with our position that innovative OTVs should not be classified as in-orbit servicing spacecraft but rather as an NGSO spacecraft which deploys other spacecraft and contends that the Commission has not provided a basis by which to characterize Sherpa-AC1, or OTVs more generally, as ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO systems for regulatory fee purposes. Spaceflight explains that the very purpose of OTVs is to support other space missions, and this service is more similar to that of a launch vehicle, rather than a traditional PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 communications or other satellite service. Spaceflight argues that there is nothing in the record or the Commission’s analysis to explain why a physical, in-orbit delivery service is like the satellite services provided by NGSO spacecraft classified in the ‘‘less complex’’ fee category, i.e., Earth imaging or other type of monitoring services. Moreover, Spaceflight purports that simply classifying OTV missions as ‘‘less complex’’ based on the number of earth stations used to communicate with the OTV system would be inappropriate. Spaceflight submits that traditional systems generally rely more heavily on spectrum use, either for the provision of two-way communications or the transmission of service data, such as imagery of the Earth or other similar commercial data; however, OTVs generally use spectrum simply to operate the spacecraft or for other limited testing. Spaceflight argues that such spectrum use is also typically on a non-interference and unprotected basis because there is no specific spectrum allocation for the physical services provided by OTV operators. 72. Spaceflight also argues that OTVs generally have significantly shorter operational lives compared to traditional NGSO satellites, such as mission lifetimes of less than a few hours or days. In contrast, Spaceflight contends, satellites in traditional communications or imaging satellite systems have mission lifetimes measured in years and are generally parts of constellations with 15-year license terms. For these reasons, Spaceflight submits that OTVs are unlike ‘‘less complex’’ (or ‘‘other’’) NGSO systems and should not be treated as such for regulatory fee purposes. Spaceflight further argues that if the Commission decides that OTV licensees should pay annual regulatory fees associated with ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO licenses, OTV operators should be permitted to seek blanket licenses for the launch and operation of multiple OTV spacecraft per license. Spaceflight submits that such a policy would be consistent with the treatment of other NGSO systems and licensees and would more accurately reflect regulatory costs borne by the Commission. 73. As stated above, the record is not sufficiently complete to adopt or even propose a separate regulatory fee category for spacecraft performing OOS, regardless of whether OTVs are included within the definition of OOS or not. We will continue to develop the record regarding a possible separate fee category for OOS, RPO, and in-space servicing more generally, and will consider OTVs as part of that record E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 development. In addition, Spaceflight’s proposal that OTV operators should be permitted to seek blanket licenses for the launch and operation of multiple OTV spacecraft per license is outside the scope of this proceeding and is more appropriately considered as part of a separate license application or rulemaking. 2. International Bearer Circuit Regulatory Fees—Submarine Cable Systems 74. We reject the Submarine Cable Coalition’s request to revise the Commission’s regulatory fee methodology for submarine cable operators, which is based upon the lit capacity of the fiber-optic submarine cable, because, they contend, that under our current methodology the fees charged to submarine cable operators do not account for the amount of Commission resources and services required for oversight. We find that the Submarine Cable Coalition provides no persuasive argument that the Commission’s assessment of these regulatory fees based on capacity is contrary to the Communications Act and is not reasonably related to the benefits provided. We adopt our proposal to use the same tiers for assessing fees on submarine cable operators for FY 2023 as in FY 2022, which are based on the ‘‘lit’’ capacity of the fiber-optic submarine cable. 75. International bearer circuits (IBCs) consist of terrestrial and satellite circuits and submarine cable systems. In the 2009 Submarine Cable Order (74 FR 22104, May 12, 2009), based on a consensus proposal made by a large number of submarine cable operators (Consensus Proposal), the Commission adopted a new methodology for assessing IBC fees. Instead of assessing IBC fees based on 64 kbps circuits for all types of IBCs, the Commission began assessing regulatory fees for submarine cable operators on a per cable landing license basis, with higher fees for larger capacity submarine cable systems and lower fees for smaller capacity submarine cable systems. The Commission adopted a five-tier structure for assessing fees on submarine cables systems based on lit capacity. The Commission explained that it will define operational submarine cable systems as either ‘‘large’’ or ‘‘small’’ submarine cable systems based on the capacity of each system and the ‘‘small’’ systems will be further subdivided into additional subcategories. The Commission concluded that this methodology served the public interest and was competitively neutral because it VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 included both common carrier and noncommon carrier submarine cable operators. The Commission also explained that the methodology would be easier to administer and for submarine cable operators to comply with. The Commission further stated that a lower fee for licensees of smaller cable systems would mitigate concerns that a flat fee may create a barrier to entry for new entrants. In the FY 2020 Report and Order (85 FR 59864, September 23, 2020), the Commission found that lit capacity was an appropriate measure by which to assess IBC fees for submarine cables. 76. The Submarine Cable Coalition contends that the fee structure continues to impose disproportionate fees on submarine cable operations that do not reflect their limited use of Commission resources and services. These commenters argue that the benefits submarine cable licensees receive from the Commission’s work pale significantly in comparison to the regulatory oversight required of other Commission licensees. The Submarine Cable Coalition argues that a regulatory fee structure disconnected from and disproportionate to the benefits rendered to the regulatory fee payor is contrary to the Communications Act and imposes an undue burden on the industry. 77. We disagree with the Submarine Cable Coalition’s contention that the Commission’s regulatory fee methodology is contrary to the Communications Act and that the Commission has not developed regulatory fees that are reasonably related to the benefits provided. The Commission has long held that capacity is a reasonable basis to assess regulatory costs among the submarine cable regulatory fee payors that benefit from the Commission’s work. As the Commission has previously stated, the fee assessment on submarine cables covers the costs for regulatory activity concerning submarine cables as well as the services provided over the submarine cables. We find it reasonable to continue to assess higher regulatory fees on licensees with larger facilities that benefit more from the Commission’s work and thus should pay a larger proportion of the Commission’s costs. 78. Since FY 2009, when the Commission adopted the new methodology for assessing submarine cable fees, the level of lit capacity for submarine cable systems has increased and the Commission has expanded the different tiers to take into account this change and accommodate for this rapid growth in capacity. However, the basic PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 63705 methodology for calculating submarine cable fees based on capacity has not changed. Submarine cable fees are still calculated on the basis of ‘‘1’’ unit, ‘‘.5’’ units, ‘‘.25’’ units and so forth. Furthermore, we note that the regulatory fees for FY 2023 have been reduced from those assessed in FY 2022. As discussed above, lit capacity remains a reasonable basis to apportion regulatory costs among the submarine cable regulatory fee payors that benefit from the Commission’s work, and our fee methodology with respect to submarine cables continues to reasonably reflect the FTE costs for our regulatory activity concerning submarine cables as well as the services provided over the submarine cables. E. Broadcaster Regulatory Fees for FY 2023 1. Full Service Television 79. The Commission has utilized a population-based full-service broadcast television regulatory fee since 2020. The population-based methodology conforms with the service authorized here—broadcasting television to the American people. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we proposed to continue to assess fees for full-power broadcast stations based on the population covered by a full-service broadcast station’s contour and proposed adopting a factor of 0.7799 of one cent ($0.007799) per population served for FY 2023 full-power broadcast television station fees. We received no comments on this issue. We therefore conclude that we will continue to use the population-based methodology for fullservice television broadcasters based on the population covered by a full-service broadcast television station’s contour. We also adopt a factor of 0.7799 of one cent ($0.007799) per population served for FY 2023 full-power broadcast television station fees. The population data for broadcasters’ service areas will continue to be 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 $0.007799) for each fullpower broadcast television station is listed in Table 10. For those VHF stations whose power had to be increased to obtain a clearer signal, the Commission will continue to use a population count based on that station’s lower VHF power level rather than at the increased power level. E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 63706 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 2. Radio Stations 80. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought comment on the existing tiered fee structure for radio broadcasters regulatory fees and proposed the creation of an additional tier within the lowest population tier to ensure that broadcaster fees fairly represent the regulatory oversight benefits 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. NAB agrees that we should adopt the proposal to create a new fee tier for the smallest AM and FM radio stations. In its reply comments, the State Associations of Broadcasters agree that the Commission should implement the proposed new radio tier to more fairly distribute the burden of regulatory fees. No commenter in the record objected to our proposal. We therefore adopt a revised radio station regulatory fee table that includes a lower population tier for AM and FM broadcasters. Specifically, we separate the previous years’ tier of <=25,000 population into two tiers: (1) <=10,000, and (2) 10,001–25,000. The remaining population tier thresholds will stay the same as prior years. In addition, beginning in FY 2023, the radio population count that is the basis for assessing regulatory fees will include 2020 U.S. Census data. TABLE 3—FY 2023 RADIO STATION REGULTORY FEES FY 2023 Radio Station Regulatory Fees Population served AM Class A AM Class B AM Class C AM Class D FM Classes A, B1 & C3 FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 $595 990 1,485 2,230 3,345 5,010 7,525 11,275 16,920 $430 715 1,075 1,610 2,415 3,620 5,435 8,145 12,220 $370 620 930 1,395 2,095 3,135 4,710 7,060 10,595 $410 680 1,020 1,530 2,300 3,440 5,170 7,745 11,620 $650 1,085 1,630 2,440 3,665 5,490 8,245 12,360 18,545 $745 1,240 1,860 2,790 4,190 6,275 9,425 14,125 21,190 <=10,000 ........................................................................................................... 10,001–25,000 .................................................................................................. 25,001–75,000 .................................................................................................. 75,001–150,000 ................................................................................................ 150,001–500,000 .............................................................................................. 500,001–1,200,000 ........................................................................................... 1,200,001–3,000,000 ........................................................................................ 3,000,001–6,000,000 ........................................................................................ >6,000,000 ........................................................................................................ ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 F. Continuing Flexibility in FY 2023 for Regulatory Fee Payors 81. In FYs 2020, 2021, and 2022, we provided temporary relief to fee payors experiencing financial hardship caused or exacerbated by the COVID–19 pandemic. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we asked whether we should continue certain of those temporary measures for FY 2023 regulatory fees. Both NAB and the State Broadcasters Associations filed comments in support of continuing the temporary measures for FY 2023 regulatory fees. While the National Emergency has ended, we recognize, as NAB and the State Broadcasters Associations pointed out in their comments to the FY 2023 NPRM, that extending relief measures for FY 2023 regulatory fees while businesses like broadcasters continue to recover from the economic impact of the pandemic, will benefit fee payors. Therefore, the Commission finds good cause to continue to offer a nominal interest rate and waive its down payment requirement, for installment payment of regulatory fee debt. OMD will continue to exercise its delegated authority to partially waive § 1.1910 of the Commission’s rules to allow regulatees on ‘‘red light’’ and experiencing financial hardship to nonetheless request waiver, reduction, deferral, and/ or installment payment of their FY 2023 regulatory fees, provided that those regulatees resolve all of the delinquent debt they owe to the Commission in VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:02 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 advance of the Commission’s decision on their relief requests. 82. We also will continue a partial waiver of § 1.1166 of our rules to permit fee payors seeking waiver, deferral or reduction of their FY 2023 regulatory fees to submit documentation supporting their requests after their underlying requests are submitted. This partial waiver of § 1.1166(c) does not remove the burden of submitting documents in support of individual waiver requests. Parties seeking waiver, deferral or reduction of their FY 2023 regulatory fees must make a good faith effort to submit all necessary documentation with their initial regulatory fee waiver requests. As part of our partial waiver of 1.1166(c), we will provide fee payors, after filing their requests for waiver, reduction or deferral of their FY 2023 regulatory fees, with one opportunity to submit additional documents to support their requests, which submission must occur by January 31, 2024 in order for their supplemental documentation to be considered with their requests. We condition our temporary waiver in order to more closely align our practices with the requirements of § 1.1166. This provides fee payors with relief while at the same time scaffolding a return to normal operation of our rules. 83. The State Broadcasters Associations also advocate for making permanent these remaining temporary measures, stating that without them, the Commission’s processes and rules, PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 particularly with respect to installment payment requests, are sufficiently onerous as to prevent distressed fee payors from effectively accessing the relief. Because we did not propose to codify the remaining temporary measures in the FY 2023 NPRM, the record is insufficient to consider the State Broadcasters Associations’ proposal and we therefore decline to consider it at this time. 84. Finally, in the FY 2023 NPRM, we amended § 1.1166 of our rules to permit parties seeking regulatory fee waiver, reduction and/or deferral to make a single request for all forms of relief sought, rather than requiring separate filings for each form of relief, and to require all requests made under the rule to be submitted electronically to a dedicated email address. We also amended § 1.1914 of our rules to direct parties seeking to pay their regulatory fees in installments to submit those requests to the same dedicated email address and to permit those parties to combine their installment payment requests with their waiver. While we did not receive any comments on this point, it is very unlikely that the OMB PRA approval process will conclude in time for parties seeking installment relief to proceed under the codified revisions to § 1.1914. Therefore, we will continue these revisions to § 1.1914 as temporary measures until their codification is effective. 85. We also remind regulatory fee payors that we cannot relax the E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations substantive standard for granting a waiver or deferral of fees, penalties, or other charges for late payment of regulatory fees under section 9A of the Act. Under the statute, the Commission may only waive a regulatory fee, penalty, or interest charge 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. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 G. Providing Installment Payment Relief to Small Regulatory Fee Payors 86. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought comment on a proposal to allow regulatory fee payors to prepay their annual regulatory fees in increments before the annual regulatory fee payment deadline. The State Broadcasters Associations asked that the Commission consider the proposal, on the basis that permitting incremental prepayment of regulatory fees would ease broadcasters’ regulatory fee burden. In seeking comment on the proposal, we noted that implementation of such a program would require modifications to our recordkeeping, financial operations, and accounting systems and additional personnel to administer the program. We asked commenters what concrete benefits the Commission and participating regulatory fee payors would derive from the program, to justify the Commission’s cost of implementing and administering a prepayment by installment program. In their reply comments, the State Broadcasters Associations concede the significant administrative difficulties of a prepayment program but do not identify any program benefits sufficient to justify implementation and administration of such a program. We received no other comments on the proposal. Because the record does not identify any concrete benefits derived from a prepayment program, as distinct from, for example, broadcasters individually setting aside money each month in advance of the payment deadline to pay their regulatory fee obligation, and would increase the Commission’s costs, we decline to adopt the proposal to permit regulated parties to prepay their annual regulatory fee obligation in increments in advance of the regulatory fee payment deadline. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 H. Technical Corrections to Sections 1.1166 and 1.1914 of the Commission’s Rules 87. We further amend § 1.1166 to delete certain language added to the rule in error in the FY 2023 NPRM. Specifically, we delete ‘‘or installment payment’’ in the introductory paragraph of § 1.1166 and in 1.1166(a), make grammatical changes to move the word ‘‘or’’ twice, and we delete ‘‘and 1.1914’’ in 1.1166(a). We also restore the following text (bolded) that was inadvertently deleted from § 1.1166(a) in the FY 2023 NPRM: ‘‘All requests for waiver, reduction and deferral shall be acted upon by the Managing Director with the concurrence of the General Counsel.’’ 88. We also make two technical corrections to § 1.1914 to clarify the language of the rule. The third sentence of § 1.1914(a) is revised to read as follows: ‘‘Requests for installment payment of non-regulatory fee debt shall be filed electronically, by submission to the following email address: installmentplanrequest@fcc.gov.’’ We make this change to ensure that, for administrative simplicity purposes, installment payment requests that are non-regulatory fee in nature are submitted to a different email address than the email address to which all regulatory fee relief requests, including those for installment payment of regulatory fees, are to be submitted. Finally, we revise the fourth sentence of § 1.1914(a) to more clearly state that requests for installment payment of regulatory fees may be combined with other regulatory fee relief requests that are filed pursuant to § 1.1166 of our rules. We make these technical corrections sua sponte without notice and comment because we conclude that they are rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice exempt from the general notice-and-comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). I. Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility 89. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought comment on how our proposals may promote or inhibit advances in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, as well the scope of the Commission’s relevant legal authority. We did not receive any comments on this issue. While diversity and equity considerations do not impact our methodology for establishing regulatory fee rates, we continue to remain mindful of the importance of these considerations and the impact of our rules on them. We again emphasize, PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 63707 however, that the Commission is not permitted to shift fees from one party of fee payors to another nor to raise fees for any purpose other than as an offsetting collection in the amount of our annual S&E appropriation, consistent with the requirements of section 9 of the Act. III. Procedural Matters 90. Included below are procedural items as well as our current payment and collection methods. 91. Commission’s Registration System. To increase efficiency, the Commission is using an all-electronic payment system for regulatory fees, which is contained within the Commission’s Registration System (CORES). Before using CORES for the first time, you must obtain an FCC Username through the FCC User Registration System, and subsequently use it to access CORES and either register an FCC Registration Number (FRN) or associate an existing FRN to your password. If you are unable to register electronically, you may fax your application for a Registration Number (FCC Form 160) to the CORES Helpdesk at (202) 418–7869 for filing procedures. 92. Credit Card Transaction Levels. In accordance with Treasury Financial Manual, Volume I, Part 5, Chapter 7000, Section 7055.20—Transaction Maximums, the highest 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, ACH debits from a bank account, and wire transfers. Each of these payment options is available after filing regulatory fee information in the CORES system. 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. 93. 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 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 63708 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 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/licensingdatabases/fees/wire-transfer. 94. De Minimis Regulatory Fees, Section 9(e)(2) Exemption. Under the de minimis rule, and pursuant to our analysis under section 9(e)(2) of the Act, a regulatory fee payor is exempt from paying regulatory fees if the sum total of all of its annual regulatory fee liabilities is $1,000 or less for the fiscal year. The de minimis threshold applies only to filers of annual regulatory fees, not regulatory fees paid through multi-year filings, and it is not a permanent exemption. Each regulatory fee payor will need to reevaluate the total annual fee liability each fiscal year to determine whether it meets the de minimis exemption. 95. 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 and VHF/UHF broadcast 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 free numbers in any other status as defined in § 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: 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, 2022 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 seven regulatory fee categories in our Schedule of Regulatory Fees pay ‘‘small multi-year wireless regulatory fees.’’ Entities pay these regulatory fees in advance for the entire amount period covered by the 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 2022. • Multichannel Video Programming Distributor Services (cable television operators, 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 (Earth Stations and Space Stations): Regulatory fees must be paid for (1) by all licensed or authorized earth stations on or before October 1, 2022, (2) geostationary orbit space stations and non-geostationary orbit satellite systems that are licensed and operational on or before October 1, 2022, and (3) small satellite space stations that were PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 licensed and operational 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. During the ‘‘decommissioning’’ phase of satellites, whereby satellites are often not operational, the satellite license must be cancelled by September 30, 2022 to avoid paying FY 2023 regulatory fees. • 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. 96. Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) and Mobile Services Assessments. The Commission compiled 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 in the calculation of the number of subscribers for each CMRS provider in Table 6 and the CMRS regulatory fee rate. CMRS provider regulatory fees are 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 electronic filing and payment system. 97. A carrier wishing to revise its telephone number (subscriber) count can do so by accessing CORES and follow the prompts to revise their telephone number counts. Any revisions to the telephone number counts should be accompanied by an explanation or E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations supporting documentation. The Commission will then review the revised count and supporting documentation 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 additional supporting documentation. If we receive no response from the provider, or we do not reverse our 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. A final CMRS assessment letter will not be mailed out. 98. 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. 99. Effective Date. Providing a 30-day period after Federal Register publication before this Report and Order becomes effective as normally required 63709 by 5 U.S.C. 553(d) will not allow sufficient time to collect the FY 2023 fees before FY 2023 ends on September 30, 2023. For this reason, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), we find there is good cause to waive the requirements of section 553(d), and this Report and Order will become effective upon publication in the Federal Register. Because payments of the regulatory fees will not actually be due until late September, persons affected by the Report and Order will still have a reasonable period in which to make their payments and thereby comply with the rules established herein. 100. People with Disabilities. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice). IV. List of Tables ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 4—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] Pro-rated FY 2023 revenue requirement Computed FY 2023 regulatory fee 187,500 1,250,000 4,500,000 1,035,000 420,000 84,000 70,000 326,740 4,054,050 1,450,360 4,793,460 10,109,400 12,378,460 3,450 19,360 28,897,591 300,000 1,900,000 4,000,000 1,050,000 480,000 96,000 60,000 286,929 3,559,924 1,274,519 4,210,959 8,880,633 10,874,394 3,100 17,360 25,463,155 25.00 10.00 25.00 15.00 10.00 40.00 20.00 4,782 2,537 1,566 3,067 2,918 3,496 620.1 1,085 .00779893 25 10 25 15 10 40 20 4,780 2,535 1,565 3,065 2,920 3,495 620 1,085 .007799 300,000 1,900,000 4,000,000 1,050,000 480,000 96,000 60,000 286,800 3,556,605 1,273,910 4,208,245 8,885,560 10,872,945 3,100 17,360 25,463,735 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20,840 1,858,440 230,175 76,475,000 124,597,500 4,164,000 74,900,000 120,000 716,625 204,750 468,000 20,400 1,630,258 206,629 68,642,063 135,463,365 4,654,582 86,750,595 104,000 836,500 252,000 433,092 5,100 257.7 1,721.9 1.226 0.005397 0.1341 0.1569 0.0800 700 700 25.48 5,100 260 1,720 1.23 0.00540 0.13 0.16 0.080 700 700 26 20,400 1,644,500 206,400 68,880,000 135,540,000 4,511,000 88,480,000 104,000 836,500 252,000 442,000 67.00 ...................... 1 8,822,138 8,228,737 122,817 122,815 8,228,605 2,900 ...................... 136 ......................... 9 ............................. 6 ............................. 1 1 1 1 1,783,500 17,143,565 3,380,200 845,040 1,667,486 15,990,883 3,129,773 782,443 575 117,580 347,753 130,407 575 117,580 347,755 130,405 1,667,500 15,990,880 3,129,795 782,430 7 ............................. 1 60,725 85,505 12,215 12,215 85,505 ****** Total Estimated Revenue to be Collected. ................................. ........ 385,369,869 389,885,391 ........................ ........................ 392,991,324 ****** Total Revenue Requirement ................ ................................. ........ 381,950,000 390,192,000 ........................ ........................ 390,192,000 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Fee category FY 2023 payment units PLMRS (Exclusive Use) ....................................... PLMRS (Shared use) ........................................... Microwave ............................................................ Marine (Ship) ........................................................ Aviation (Aircraft) .................................................. Marine (Coast) ..................................................... Aviation (Ground) ................................................. AM Class A 1 ........................................................ AM Class B 1 ........................................................ AM Class C 1 ........................................................ AM Class D 1 ........................................................ FM Classes A, B1 & C3 1 ..................................... FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 1 ......................... AM Construction Permits 2 ................................... FM Construction Permits 2 ................................... Digital Television 5 (including Satellite TV) .......... 1,200 ...................... 19,000 .................... 16,000 .................... 7,000 ...................... 4,800 ...................... 240 ......................... 300 ......................... 60 ........................... 1,403 ...................... 814 ......................... 1,373 ...................... 3,043 ...................... 3,111 ...................... 5 ............................. 16 ........................... 3.265 billion population. 4 ............................. 6,325 ...................... 120 ......................... 56,000,000 ............. $25,100,000,000 .... 34,700,000 ............. 553,000,000 ........... 1,300,000 ............... 1,195 ...................... 360 ......................... 17,000 .................... 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Digital TV Construction Permits 2 ......................... LPTV/Class A/Translators FM Trans/Boosters .... CARS Stations ..................................................... Cable TV Systems, including IPTV & DBS .......... Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers Toll Free Numbers ............................................... CMRS Mobile Services (Cellular/Public Mobile) .. CMRS Messaging Services ................................. BRS/ 3 ................................................................... LMDS ................................................................... Per Gbps circuit Int’l Bearer Circuits .................... Terrestrial (Common & Non-Common) & Satellite (Common & Non-Common) Submarine Cable Providers (See chart at bottom of Table 6) 4. Earth Stations ....................................................... Space Stations (Geostationary) ........................... Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Other) ........ Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Less Complex). Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Small Satellite). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Yrs FY 2022 revenue estimate E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 Rounded FY 2023 reg. fee Expected FY 2023 revenue 63710 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations TABLE 4—CALCULATION OF FY 2023 REVENUE REQUIREMENTS AND PRO-RATA FEES—Continued [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] Fee category Difference ............................................... FY 2023 payment units Yrs ................................. ........ FY 2022 revenue estimate 3,419,869 Pro-rated FY 2023 revenue requirement Computed FY 2023 regulatory fee Rounded FY 2023 reg. fee (306,609) ........................ ........................ Expected FY 2023 revenue 2,799,324 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 6. 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 5 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 4 is a weighted average of the various fee payers in the chart at the end of Table 5. 5 The actual digital television regulatory fees to be paid by call sign are identified in Table 9. TABLE 5—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. $s) Fee category ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use) (47 CFR part 90) ......................... Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part 101) ............................................. Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR part 80) ........................................... Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR part 80) ........................................ Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22) (previously listed under the Land Mobile category). PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47 CFR part 90) ............................. Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR part 87) ..................................... Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR part 87) ................................... CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24, 27, 80 and 90) (Includes Non-Geographic telephone numbers). CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24 and 90) Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS/MDS) (per license) (47 CFR part 27). Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per call sign) (47 CFR, part 101) AM Radio Construction Permits ............................................................... FM Radio Construction Permits ............................................................... AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station Fees ............................................. Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and UHF Commercial Fee Factor ...... Digital TV Construction Permits ............................................................... Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM Translators & FM Boosters (47 CFR part 74). CARS (47 CFR part 78) ........................................................................... Cable Television Systems (per subscriber) (47 CFR part 76), Including IPTV and Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS). Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers (per revenue dollar) .... Toll Free (per toll free subscriber) (47 CFR 52.101 (f) of the rules) ....... Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25) .............................................................. Space Stations (per operational station in geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) also includes DBS Service (per operational station) (47 CFR part 100). Space Stations (per operational system in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Other). Space Stations (per operational system in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Less Complex). Space Stations (per license/call sign in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Small Satellite). International Bearer Circuits—Terrestrial/Satellites (per Gbps circuit) .... Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee (per cable system) .................. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4701 25. 25. 15. 40. 10. 10. 10. 20. .16. .08. 700. 700. 620. 1,085. See Table Below. $.007799. See Table 10 for fee amounts due, also available at https:// www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/regulatory-fees. 5,100. 260. 1,720. 1.23. .00540. .13. 575. 117,580. 347,755. 130,405. 12,215. $26. See Table Below. Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63711 FY 2023—RADIO STATION REGULATORY FEES Population served AM Class A ≤10,000 ............................................................................ 10,001–25,000 ................................................................. 25,001–75,000 ................................................................. 75,001–150,000 ............................................................... 150,001–500,000 ............................................................. 500,001–1,200,000 .......................................................... 1,200,001–3,000,000 ....................................................... 3,000,001–6,000,000 ....................................................... >6,000,000 ....................................................................... $595 990 1,485 2,230 3,345 5,010 7,525 11,275 16,920 AM Class B AM Class C $430 715 1,075 1,610 2,415 3,620 5,435 8,145 12,220 FM Classes A, B1 & C3 AM Class D $370 620 930 1,395 2,095 3,135 4,710 7,060 10,595 $410 680 1,020 1,530 2,300 3,440 5,170 7,745 11,620 $650 1,085 1,630 2,440 3,665 5,490 8,245 12,360 18,545 FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 $745 1,240 1,860 2,790 4,190 6,275 9,425 14,125 21,190 FY 2023 INTERNATIONAL BEARER CIRCUITS—SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEMS Submarine cable systems (capacity as of December 31, 2022) Fee ratio (Units) Less than 50 Gbps .................................................................................................................................................. 50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps .......................................................................................................... 250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 Gbps ..................................................................................................... 1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 3,500 Gbps .................................................................................................. 3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 6,500 Gbps .................................................................................................. 6,500 Gbps or greater ............................................................................................................................................. Table 6—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. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Fee category CMRS Cellular/Mobile Services ............................................................... CMRS Messaging Services ...................................................................... AM/FM Radio Stations ............................................................................. 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 $7,680 15,355 30,705 61,410 122,815 245,630 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. Sources of payment unit estimates Land Mobile (All), Microwave, Marine (Ship & Coast), Aviation (Aircraft & Ground), Domestic Public Fixed. VerDate Sep<11>2014 .0625 .125 .25 .5 1.0 2.0 FY 2023 regulatory fees PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4701 Based on Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) information as well as prior year payment information. Estimates have been adjusted to take into consideration the licensing of portions of these services. Based on WTB projection reports, and FY 2022 payment data. Based on WTB reports, and FY 2022 payment data. Based on downloaded LMS data, adjusted for exemptions, and actual FY 2022 payment units. Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 63712 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations Fee category Sources of payment unit estimates Digital TV Stations (Combined VHF/UHF units) ...................................... Based on LMS data, fee rate adjusted for exemptions, and population figures are calculated based on individual station parameters. Based on LMS data, adjusted for exemptions, and actual FY 2022 payment units. Based on LMS data, adjusted for exemptions, and actual FY 2022 payment units. Based on WTB reports and actual FY 2022 payment units. Based on WTB reports and actual FY 2022 payment units. Based on cable trend data, data from the Media Bureau’s COALS database, and actual FY 2022 payment units. Based on publicly available data sources for estimated subscriber counts, trend information from past payment data, and actual FY 2022 payment units. Based on FCC Form 499–A worksheets due in April 2023, and any data assistance provided by the Wireline Competition Bureau. Based on International Bureau licensing data and actual FY 2022 payment units. Based on International Bureau data reports and actual FY 2022 payment units. Based on assistance provided by the International Bureau, any data submissions by licensees, adjusted as necessary, and actual FY 2022 payment units. Based on International Bureau license information, and actual FY 2022 payment units. AM/FM/TV Construction Permits .............................................................. LPTV, Translators and Boosters, Class A Television .............................. BRS (formerly MDS/MMDS)LMDS ........................................................... Cable Television Relay Service (CARS) Stations .................................... Cable Television System Subscribers, Including IPTV Subscribers ........ Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers ..................................... Earth Stations ........................................................................................... Space Stations (GSOs & NGSOs) ........................................................... International Bearer Circuits ..................................................................... Submarine Cable Licenses ...................................................................... Table 7—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 rootmean-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 2020 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 radialspecific 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 geographical polygon. Population counting was accomplished by determining which 2020 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 8—SATELLITE CHARTS FOR FY 2023 REGULATORY FEES—U.S.-LICENSED SPACE STATIONS ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Licensee Call sign DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... DISH Operating L.L.C ................................................................................ DISH Operating L.L.C ................................................................................ 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E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 Type GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63713 TABLE 8—SATELLITE CHARTS FOR FY 2023 REGULATORY FEES—U.S.-LICENSED SPACE STATIONS—Continued ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Licensee Call sign DISH Operating L.L.C ................................................................................ DISH Operating L.L.C ................................................................................ DISH Operating L.L.C ................................................................................ EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation ................................................. EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation ................................................. EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C ............................................................. ES 172 LLC ............................................................................................... ES 172 LLC ............................................................................................... Horizon-3 Satellite LLC .............................................................................. Hughes Network Systems, LLC ................................................................ Hughes Network Systems, LLC ................................................................ Hughes Network Systems, LLC ................................................................ Intelsat License LLC/ViaSat, Inc ............................................................... Intelsat License LLC .................................................................................. Intelsat License LLC .................................................................................. 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Intelsat License LLC .................................................................................. Intelsat License LLC .................................................................................. Intelsat License LLC .................................................................................. Intelsat License LLC .................................................................................. Intelsat License LLC .................................................................................. Intelsat License LLC .................................................................................. Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC ............................................................. Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC ............................................................. Novavision Group, Inc ............................................................................... Satellite CD Radio LLC ............................................................................. SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... 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INTELSAT 23 .................................. INTELSAT 34 .................................. INTELSAT 21 .................................. INTELSAT 16 .................................. GALAXY 17 ..................................... GALAXY 25 ..................................... GALAXY 11 ..................................... GALAXY 3C .................................... INTELSAT 30 .................................. INTELSAT 31 .................................. GALAXY 19 ..................................... GALAXY 16 ..................................... GALAXY 18 ..................................... GALAXY 14 ..................................... GALAXY 13 ..................................... GALAXY 12 ..................................... GALAXY 15 ..................................... INTELSAT 5 .................................... INTELSAT 18 .................................. INTELSAT 19 .................................. INTELSAT 1R .................................. INTELSAT 15 .................................. HORIZONS 2 .................................. INTELSAT 22 .................................. INTELSAT 20 .................................. INTELSAT 36 .................................. INTELSAT 17 .................................. INTELSAT 906 ................................ INTELSAT 902 ................................ INTELSAT 33e ................................ INTELSAT 10 .................................. NEW DAWN .................................... INTELSAT 39 .................................. SKYTERRA–1 ................................. MSAT–2 ........................................... DIRECTV KU–79W ......................... FM–6 ............................................... NSS–10 ........................................... AMC–3 ............................................. AMC–6 ............................................. SES–2 ............................................. SES–1 ............................................. SES–3 ............................................. AMC–15 ........................................... AMC–1 ............................................. AMC–4 ............................................. AMC–18 ........................................... AMC–11 ........................................... E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 Type GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO 63714 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations TABLE 8—SATELLITE CHARTS FOR FY 2023 REGULATORY FEES—U.S.-LICENSED SPACE STATIONS—Continued Licensee Call sign Satellite name SES Americom, Inc./Alascom, Inc ............................................................. Sirius XM Radio Inc ................................................................................... Sirius XM Radio Inc ................................................................................... S2379/S3138 S2710 S3034/S2617/ S2616 S2933 S2357 S2747 S2786/S3033 AMC–8/SES–22 .............................. FM–5 ............................................... XM–8/XM–3/XM–4 .......................... GSO GSO GSO TELSTAR 12V ................................. TELSTAR 11N ................................. VIASAT–1 ........................................ XM–5/XM–7 ..................................... GSO GSO GSO GSO Skynet Satellite Corporation ...................................................................... Skynet Satellite Corporation ...................................................................... ViaSat, Inc ................................................................................................. XM Radio LLC ........................................................................................... Type NON-U.S.-LICENSED SPACE STATIONS—MARKET ACCESS THROUGH PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING Licensee Call sign Satellite common name ABS Global Ltd ............................................................. Avanti Hylas 2 Ltd ......................................................... DBSD Services Ltd ....................................................... Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales S.A ...... Eutelsat S.A .................................................................. Eutelsat S.A .................................................................. Eutelsat S.A .................................................................. Gamma Acquisition L.L.C ............................................. Hispamar Sate´lites, S.A ................................................ Hispamar Sate´lites, S.A ................................................ Hispasat, S.A ................................................................ Inmarsat PLC ................................................................ Inmarsat PLC ................................................................ New Skies Satellites B.V .............................................. New Skies Satellites B.V .............................................. New Skies Satellites B.V .............................................. New Skies Satellites B.V .............................................. New Skies Satellites B.V .............................................. Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V ................................. Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V ................................. Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V ................................. Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V ................................. SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd ........................................ SES Americom, Inc ....................................................... SES Americom, Inc ....................................................... SES DTH do Brasil Ltda ............................................... SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd ........................................ SES–17 S.a.r.l .............................................................. Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes S.A ..................... Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes S.A ..................... Telesat Brasil Capacidade de Satelites Ltda ............... Telesat Canada ............................................................. Telesat Canada ............................................................. Telesat Canada ............................................................. Telesat Canada ............................................................. Telesat International Ltd ............................................... Viasat, Inc ..................................................................... S2987 ...................... S3130 ...................... S2651 ...................... S2956 ...................... S3031 ...................... S3056 ...................... S3055 ...................... S2633 ...................... S2793 ...................... S2886 ...................... S2969 ...................... S2932 ...................... S2949 ...................... S2756 ...................... S2870 ...................... S3048 ...................... S2828 ...................... S2950 ...................... S2695 ...................... S2926 ...................... S2938 ...................... S2873 ...................... S2676 ...................... S3037 ...................... S2964 ...................... S2974 ...................... S2951 ...................... S3043 ...................... S2678 ...................... S2845 ...................... S2821 ...................... S2745 ...................... S2674 ...................... S2703 ...................... S2646/S2472 ........... S2955 ...................... S2902 ...................... ABS–3A ..................................................... HYLAS–4 ................................................... DBSD G1 ................................................... ARSAT–2 ................................................... EUTELSAT 133 WEST A .......................... EUTELSAT 8 WEST B .............................. EUTELSAT 139 WEST A .......................... TerreStar 1 ................................................ AMAZONAS–2 ........................................... AMAZONAS–3 ........................................... HISPASAT 30W–6 .................................... Inmarsat-4 F3 ............................................ Inmarsat-3 F5 ............................................ NSS–9 ....................................................... SES–6 ........................................................ NSS–6 ....................................................... SES–4 ........................................................ SES–10 ...................................................... EUTELSAT 113 WEST A .......................... EUTELSAT 117 WEST B .......................... EUTELSAT 115 WEST B .......................... EUTELSAT 117 WEST A .......................... AMC 21 ...................................................... NSS–11 ..................................................... SES–11 ...................................................... SES–14 ...................................................... SES–15 ...................................................... SES–17 ...................................................... STAR ONE C2 .......................................... STAR ONE C3 .......................................... ESTRELA DO SUL 2 ................................ ANIK F1 ..................................................... ANIK F1R .................................................. ANIK F3 ..................................................... ANIK F2 ..................................................... TELSTAR 19 VANTAGE ........................... VIASAT–2 .................................................. Satellite type GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 NON-U.S.-LICENSED SPACE STATIONS—MARKET ACCESS THROUGH EARTH STATION LICENSES ITU name (if available) Common name Call sign APSTAR VI ................................................................... AUSSAT B 152E ........................................................... Ciel Satellite Group ....................................................... Eutelsat 65 West A ....................................................... INMARSAT 4F1 ............................................................ INMARSAT 5F2 ............................................................ INMARSAT 5F3 ............................................................ JCSAT–2B .................................................................... NIMIQ 5 ......................................................................... QUETZSAT–1(MEX) ..................................................... Superbird C2 ................................................................. WILDBLUE–1 ................................................................ APSTAR 6 ................................................. OPTUS D2 ................................................. Ciel-2 ......................................................... Eutelsat 65 West A .................................... INMARSAT 4F1 ......................................... INMARSAT 5F2 ......................................... INMARSAT 5F3 ......................................... JCSAT–2B ................................................. NIMIQ 5 ..................................................... QUETZSAT–1 ............................................ Superbird C2 ............................................. WILDBLUE–1 ............................................ M292090 .................. M221170 .................. E050029 .................. E160081 .................. KA25 ........................ E120072 .................. E150028 .................. M174163 .................. E080107 .................. NUS1101 ................. M334100 .................. E040213 .................. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 GSO/NGSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO GSO Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63715 NON-GEOSTATIONARY SPACE STATIONS (NGSO) ITU name (if available) Common name Call sign NGSO U.S.-Licensed NGSO Systems ORBCOMM License Corp ............................................ Iridium Constellation LLC .............................................. Space Exploration Holdings, LLC ................................. Swarm Technologies .................................................... Planet Labs ................................................................... Maxar License ............................................................... BlackSky Global ............................................................ Astro Digital U.S., Inc ................................................... Hawkeye 360 ................................................................ ORBCOMM ................................................ IRIDIUM ..................................................... SPACEX Ku/Ka-Band ................................ SWARM ..................................................... Flock/Skysats ............................................. WorldView 1, 2 & 3, GeoEye-1 ................. Global ........................................................ LANDMAPPER .......................................... HE360 ........................................................ S2103 ...................... S2110 ...................... S2983/S3018 ........... S3041 ...................... S2912 ...................... S2129/S2348 ........... S3032 ...................... S3014 ...................... S3042 ...................... Other. Other. Other. Other. Less Complex. Less Complex. Less Complex. Less Complex. Less Complex. Non-U.S.-Licensed NGSO Systems—Market Access Through Petition for Declaratory Ruling Telesat Canada ............................................................. Kepler Communications, Inc ......................................... WorldVu Satellites Ltd .................................................. O3b Ltd ......................................................................... TELESAT Ku/Ka-Band .............................. KEPLER ..................................................... ONEWEB ................................................... O3b ............................................................ S2976 S2981 S2963 S2935 ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... Other. Other. Other. 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 ................................................ Spire Global .................................................................. GLOBALSTAR ........................................... LEMUR & MINAS ...................................... S2115 ...................... S2946/S3045 ........... Other. Less Complex. NGSO Systems Licensed Under the Streamlined Small Satellite Rules Capella Space Corp ...................................................... Capella Space Corp ...................................................... Capella Space Corp ...................................................... Loft Orbital Solutions Inc .............................................. R2 Space, Inc ............................................................... ICEYE US, Inc .............................................................. Umbra Lab Inc .............................................................. Capella-2, Capella-3, Capella-4 ................ Capella-5, Capella-6 .................................. Capella-7, Capella-8 .................................. YAM–3 ....................................................... XR–1 .......................................................... ICEYE ........................................................ Umbra SAR ............................................... S3073 S3080 S3100 S3072 S3067 S3082 S3095 ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... ...................... Small Small Small Small Small Small Small Satellite. Satellite. Satellite. Satellite. Satellite. Satellite. Satellite. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 3246 .................................. 18285 ................................ 11912 ................................ 56528 ................................ 282 .................................... 1236 .................................. 33261 ................................ 8263 .................................. 2728 .................................. 2767 .................................. 62442 ................................ 4145 .................................. 67494 ................................ 13988 ................................ 40517 ................................ 65522 ................................ 804 .................................... 148 .................................... 51598 ................................ 51241 ................................ 40820 ................................ 8523 .................................. 65301 ................................ 2506 .................................. 3658 .................................. 23079 ................................ 33440 ................................ 37005 ................................ 32311 ................................ 41212 ................................ 7143 .................................. 55049 ................................ KAAH–TV .................................................................... KAAL ........................................................................... KAAS–TV .................................................................... KABB .......................................................................... KABC–TV .................................................................... KACV–TV .................................................................... KADN–TV ................................................................... KAEF–TV .................................................................... KAET ........................................................................... KAFT ........................................................................... KAID ............................................................................ KAII–TV ....................................................................... KAIL ............................................................................ KAIT ............................................................................ KAJB ........................................................................... KAKE .......................................................................... KAKM .......................................................................... KAKW–DT ................................................................... KALB–TV .................................................................... KALO .......................................................................... KAMC .......................................................................... KAMR–TV ................................................................... KAMU–TV ................................................................... KAPP .......................................................................... KARD .......................................................................... KARE .......................................................................... KARK–TV .................................................................... KARZ–TV .................................................................... KASA–TV .................................................................... KASN .......................................................................... KASW ......................................................................... KASY–TV .................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 955,391 589,502 220,262 2,474,296 17,540,791 372,627 877,965 138,085 4,217,217 1,204,376 711,035 188,810 1,947,635 605,456 383,886 803,937 380,240 2,615,956 943,307 954,557 390,519 366,476 346,892 319,797 703,234 3,868,806 1,212,038 1,113,486 1,161,837 1,175,627 4,174,437 1,145,133 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 879,906 568,169 219,922 2,456,689 16,957,292 372,330 877,965 122,808 4,184,386 1,122,928 702,721 165,396 1,914,765 596,232 383,195 799,254 379,105 2,531,813 942,043 910,409 390,487 366,335 342,455 283,944 700,887 3,861,502 1,196,196 1,095,224 1,119,457 1,159,721 4,160,497 1,100,391 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount $6,862 4,431 1,715 19,160 132,250 2,904 6,847 958 32,634 8,758 5,481 1,290 14,933 4,650 2,989 6,233 2,957 19,746 7,347 7,100 3,045 2,857 2,671 2,214 5,466 30,116 9,329 8,542 8,731 9,045 32,448 8,582 63716 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 33471 ................................ 13813 ................................ 21649 ................................ 33543 ................................ 50182 ................................ 21488 ................................ 6864 .................................. 73101 ................................ 49579 ................................ 49578 ................................ 58684 ................................ 29234 ................................ 17433 ................................ 1151 .................................. 35811 ................................ 4148 .................................. 16940 ................................ 53586 ................................ 69619 ................................ 22685 ................................ 56384 ................................ 65395 ................................ 169030 .............................. 61068 ................................ 48556 ................................ 29108 ................................ 33658 ................................ 83306 ................................ 63768 ................................ 53324 ................................ 10150 ................................ 22121 ................................ 49760 ................................ 55370 ................................ 66414 ................................ 66415 ................................ 19593 ................................ 66416 ................................ 4939 .................................. 62469 ................................ 61214 ................................ 6669 .................................. 35909 ................................ 58618 ................................ 6823 .................................. 33756 ................................ 21422 ................................ 11265 ................................ 14867 ................................ 27507 ................................ 9628 .................................. 49750 ................................ 33710 ................................ 9640 .................................. 63158 ................................ 62424 ................................ 83913 ................................ 57219 ................................ 10245 ................................ 13058 ................................ 18079 ................................ 132606 .............................. 60793 ................................ 33722 ................................ 62468 ................................ 41969 ................................ 47903 ................................ 71586 ................................ 33742 ................................ 19117 ................................ 63165 ................................ KATC .......................................................................... KATN .......................................................................... KATU .......................................................................... KATV ........................................................................... KAUT–TV .................................................................... KAUU .......................................................................... KAUZ–TV .................................................................... KAVU–TV .................................................................... KAWB ......................................................................... KAWE ......................................................................... KAYU–TV .................................................................... KAZA–TV .................................................................... KAZD .......................................................................... KAZQ .......................................................................... KAZT–TV .................................................................... KBAK–TV .................................................................... KBCA .......................................................................... KBCB .......................................................................... KBCW ......................................................................... KBDI–TV ..................................................................... KBEH .......................................................................... KBFD–DT .................................................................... KBGS–TV ................................................................... KBHE–TV .................................................................... KBIM–TV ..................................................................... KBIN–TV ..................................................................... KBJR–TV .................................................................... KBLN–TV .................................................................... KBLR ........................................................................... KBME–TV ................................................................... KBMT .......................................................................... KBMY .......................................................................... KBOI–TV ..................................................................... KBRR .......................................................................... KBSD–DT ................................................................... KBSH–DT ................................................................... KBSI ............................................................................ KBSL–DT .................................................................... KBSV .......................................................................... KBTC–TV .................................................................... KBTV–TV .................................................................... KBTX–TV .................................................................... KBVO .......................................................................... KBVU .......................................................................... KBYU–TV .................................................................... KBZK ........................................................................... KCAL–TV .................................................................... KCAU–TV ................................................................... KCBA .......................................................................... KCBD .......................................................................... KCBS–TV .................................................................... KCBY–TV .................................................................... KCCI ........................................................................... KCCW–TV .................................................................. KCDO–TV ................................................................... KCDT .......................................................................... KCEB .......................................................................... KCEC .......................................................................... KCEN–TV ................................................................... KCET .......................................................................... KCFW–TV ................................................................... KCGE–DT ................................................................... KCHF .......................................................................... KCIT ............................................................................ KCKA .......................................................................... KCLO–TV .................................................................... KCNC–TV ................................................................... KCNS .......................................................................... KCOP–TV ................................................................... KCOS .......................................................................... KCOY–TV ................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 1,348,897 97,466 3,030,547 1,257,777 1,637,333 381,413 381,671 319,618 186,919 136,033 809,464 14,973,535 6,776,778 1,097,010 436,925 1,510,400 479,260 1,323,222 8,227,562 4,042,177 17,736,497 953,207 159,269 140,860 205,701 912,921 275,585 297,384 1,964,979 123,571 767,572 119,993 715,191 149,869 155,012 102,781 756,501 49,814 1,352,166 3,697,981 734,008 4,404,648 1,498,015 135,249 2,389,548 123,523 17,499,483 714,315 3,088,394 414,804 17,853,152 89,156 1,109,952 284,280 2,798,103 698,389 417,491 3,831,192 1,795,767 17,129,650 177,697 123,930 1,118,671 382,477 953,680 138,413 3,794,400 8,270,858 17,386,133 1,014,396 664,655 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 1,348,897 97,128 2,881,993 1,234,933 1,636,330 380,355 379,435 319,484 186,845 133,937 750,766 13,810,130 6,774,172 1,084,327 359,273 1,263,910 479,219 1,295,924 7,375,199 3,683,394 17,695,306 834,341 156,802 133,082 205,647 911,725 271,298 134,927 1,915,861 123,485 766,414 119,908 708,374 149,868 154,891 100,433 754,722 48,483 1,262,708 3,621,965 734,008 4,401,048 1,312,360 120,827 2,209,060 109,131 16,889,157 706,224 2,369,803 414,091 16,656,778 73,211 1,102,514 276,935 2,650,225 657,101 417,156 3,613,287 1,757,018 15,689,832 140,192 123,930 1,085,205 381,818 804,362 132,157 3,541,089 7,381,656 16,647,708 1,014,205 459,468 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 10,520 758 22,477 9,631 12,762 2,966 2,959 2,492 1,457 1,045 5,855 107,705 52,832 8,457 2,802 9,857 3,737 10,107 57,519 28,727 138,006 6,507 1,223 1,038 1,604 7,111 2,116 1,052 14,942 963 5,977 935 5,525 1,169 1,208 783 5,886 378 9,848 28,248 5,725 34,324 10,235 942 17,228 851 131,719 5,508 18,482 3,229 129,906 571 8,599 2,160 20,669 5,125 3,253 28,180 13,703 122,365 1,093 967 8,464 2,978 6,273 1,031 27,617 57,570 129,835 7,910 3,583 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63717 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 33894 ................................ 53843 ................................ 33875 ................................ 9719 .................................. 60728 ................................ 59494 ................................ 33749 ................................ 41230 ................................ 58605 ................................ 10036 ................................ 64444 ................................ 51502 ................................ 42008 ................................ 166511 .............................. 24316 ................................ 68713 ................................ 22201 ................................ 33764 ................................ 79258 ................................ 166332 .............................. 38375 ................................ 17037 ................................ 33770 ................................ 29102 ................................ 25454 ................................ 60740 ................................ 4691 .................................. 41975 ................................ 55379 ................................ 55375 ................................ 25221 ................................ 78915 ................................ 56524 ................................ 24518 ................................ 1005 .................................. 60736 ................................ 61064 ................................ 53329 ................................ 56527 ................................ 49326 ................................ 83491 ................................ 33778 ................................ 67910 ................................ 126 .................................... 18084 ................................ 51208 ................................ 58408 ................................ 55435 ................................ 37103 ................................ 41983 ................................ 34440 ................................ 2777 .................................. 26304 ................................ 63845 ................................ 18338 ................................ 50591 ................................ 56029 ................................ 49324 ................................ 40878 ................................ 61067 ................................ 25577 ................................ 50205 ................................ 62182 ................................ 37101 ................................ 2768 .................................. 12895 ................................ 55643 ................................ 2770 .................................. 53903 ................................ 92872 ................................ 68853 ................................ KCPQ .......................................................................... KCPT .......................................................................... KCRA–TV ................................................................... KCRG–TV ................................................................... KCSD–TV ................................................................... KCSG .......................................................................... KCTS–TV .................................................................... KCTV .......................................................................... KCVU .......................................................................... KCWC–DT .................................................................. KCWE ......................................................................... KCWI–TV .................................................................... KCWO–TV .................................................................. KCWV ......................................................................... KCWX ......................................................................... KCWY–DT .................................................................. KDAF .......................................................................... KDBC–TV ................................................................... KDCK .......................................................................... KDCU–DT ................................................................... KDEN–TV ................................................................... KDFI ............................................................................ KDFW ......................................................................... KDIN–TV ..................................................................... KDKA–TV .................................................................... KDKF .......................................................................... KDLH .......................................................................... KDLO–TV .................................................................... KDLT–TV .................................................................... KDLV–TV .................................................................... KDMD ......................................................................... KDMI ........................................................................... KDNL–TV .................................................................... KDOC–TV ................................................................... KDOR–TV ................................................................... KDRV .......................................................................... KDSD–TV ................................................................... KDSE .......................................................................... KDSM–TV ................................................................... KDTN .......................................................................... KDTP .......................................................................... KDTV–DT .................................................................... KDTX–TV .................................................................... KDVR .......................................................................... KECI–TV ..................................................................... KECY–TV .................................................................... KEDT .......................................................................... KEET ........................................................................... KEKE .......................................................................... KELO–TV .................................................................... KEMO–TV ................................................................... KEMV .......................................................................... KENS .......................................................................... KENV–DT ................................................................... KENW ......................................................................... KEPB–TV .................................................................... KEPR–TV .................................................................... KERA–TV .................................................................... KERO–TV ................................................................... KESD–TV .................................................................... KESQ–TV ................................................................... KETA–TV .................................................................... KETC .......................................................................... KETD .......................................................................... KETG .......................................................................... KETH–TV .................................................................... KETK–TV .................................................................... KETS ........................................................................... KETV ........................................................................... KETZ ........................................................................... KEYC–TV .................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 4,439,875 2,507,879 10,612,483 1,136,762 273,553 174,814 4,177,824 2,547,456 684,900 44,216 2,459,924 1,043,811 50,707 207,398 3,961,268 80,904 6,648,507 1,015,564 43,088 753,204 3,376,799 6,684,439 6,659,312 1,088,376 3,611,796 71,413 263,422 208,354 639,284 96,873 376,906 1,141,990 2,987,219 17,503,793 1,112,060 519,706 64,314 42,896 1,096,220 6,602,327 26,564 7,959,349 6,680,738 3,644,912 211,745 399,372 513,683 177,313 97,959 705,364 8,270,858 619,889 2,544,094 47,220 87,017 576,964 453,259 6,681,083 1,285,357 166,018 1,334,172 1,702,441 2,913,924 3,323,570 426,883 6,088,821 1,031,567 1,185,111 1,355,238 526,890 544,900 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 4,312,133 2,506,224 6,500,774 1,107,130 273,447 164,765 4,115,603 2,545,645 674,585 39,439 2,458,302 1,042,642 50,685 207,370 3,954,787 80,479 6,645,226 1,015,162 43,067 753,190 3,351,182 6,682,487 6,657,023 1,083,845 3,450,690 64,567 260,394 208,118 628,281 96,620 374,641 1,140,939 2,982,311 16,701,233 1,108,556 440,002 59,635 41,432 1,095,478 6,600,186 24,469 7,129,638 6,679,424 3,521,884 193,803 394,379 513,683 159,960 94,560 646,126 7,381,656 559,135 2,529,382 40,677 87,017 523,655 433,260 6,677,852 1,164,979 159,195 572,057 1,688,227 2,911,313 3,285,231 409,511 6,088,677 1,030,122 1,166,796 1,350,292 523,877 531,079 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 33,630 19,546 50,700 8,635 2,133 1,285 32,098 19,853 5,261 308 19,172 8,132 395 1,617 30,843 628 51,826 7,917 336 5,874 26,136 52,117 51,918 8,453 26,912 504 2,031 1,623 4,900 754 2,922 8,898 23,259 130,253 8,646 3,432 465 323 8,544 51,475 191 55,604 52,093 27,467 1,511 3,076 4,006 1,248 737 5,039 57,570 4,361 19,727 317 679 4,084 3,379 52,081 9,086 1,242 4,461 13,166 22,705 25,622 3,194 47,486 8,034 9,100 10,531 4,086 4,142 63718 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 33691 ................................ 60637 ................................ 83715 ................................ 34406 ................................ 34412 ................................ 125 .................................... 51466 ................................ 22589 ................................ 65370 ................................ 49264 ................................ 12729 ................................ 83992 ................................ 42122 ................................ 53321 ................................ 74256 ................................ 21613 ................................ 21612 ................................ 66222 ................................ 33716 ................................ 41517 ................................ 81509 ................................ 31597 ................................ 59013 ................................ 51429 ................................ 66469 ................................ 8620 .................................. 29560 ................................ 83714 ................................ 60537 ................................ 60549 ................................ 61335 ................................ 81441 ................................ 34439 ................................ 664 .................................... 592 .................................... 29015 ................................ 35336 ................................ 17625 ................................ 70917 ................................ 84453 ................................ 56079 ................................ 41427 ................................ 25685 ................................ 34457 ................................ 7841 .................................. 24485 ................................ 34459 ................................ 53320 ................................ 7894 .................................. 83945 ................................ 34445 ................................ 58608 ................................ 36914 ................................ 36920 ................................ 10061 ................................ 34470 ................................ 56034 ................................ 81694 ................................ 25511 ................................ 40876 ................................ 36918 ................................ 34874 ................................ 63177 ................................ 63162 ................................ 63166 ................................ 63170 ................................ 4146 .................................. 60353 ................................ 27300 ................................ 26431 ................................ 21160 ................................ KEYE–TV .................................................................... KEYT–TV .................................................................... KEYU .......................................................................... KEZI ............................................................................ KFBB–TV .................................................................... KFCT ........................................................................... KFDA–TV .................................................................... KFDM .......................................................................... KFDX–TV .................................................................... KFFV ........................................................................... KFFX–TV .................................................................... KFJX ........................................................................... KFMB–TV ................................................................... KFME .......................................................................... KFNB .......................................................................... KFNE .......................................................................... KFNR .......................................................................... KFOR–TV ................................................................... KFOX–TV .................................................................... KFPH–DT .................................................................... KFPX–TV .................................................................... KFQX .......................................................................... KFRE–TV .................................................................... KFSF–DT .................................................................... KFSM–TV ................................................................... KFSN–TV .................................................................... KFTA–TV .................................................................... KFTC ........................................................................... KFTH–DT .................................................................... KFTR–DT .................................................................... KFTS ........................................................................... KFTU–DT .................................................................... KFTV–DT .................................................................... KFVE ........................................................................... KFVS–TV .................................................................... KFWD ......................................................................... KFXA ........................................................................... KFXB–TV .................................................................... KFXK–TV .................................................................... KFXL–TV .................................................................... KFXV ........................................................................... KFYR–TV .................................................................... KGAN .......................................................................... KGBT–TV .................................................................... KGCW ......................................................................... KGEB .......................................................................... KGET–TV .................................................................... KGFE .......................................................................... KGIN ........................................................................... KGLA–DT .................................................................... KGMB ......................................................................... KGMC ......................................................................... KGMD–TV ................................................................... KGMV ......................................................................... KGNS–TV ................................................................... KGO–TV ..................................................................... KGPE .......................................................................... KGPX–TV ................................................................... KGTF .......................................................................... KGTV .......................................................................... KGUN–TV ................................................................... KGW ........................................................................... KGWC–TV .................................................................. KGWL–TV ................................................................... KGWN–TV .................................................................. KGWR–TV .................................................................. KHAW–TV ................................................................... KHBS .......................................................................... KHCE–TV ................................................................... KHET .......................................................................... KHGI–TV ..................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 2,732,257 1,419,564 339,348 1,113,171 93,519 795,114 385,064 732,665 381,703 4,020,926 409,952 689,090 3,947,735 393,045 80,382 54,988 10,988 1,616,459 1,023,999 347,579 963,969 186,473 1,721,275 7,348,828 906,728 1,836,607 818,859 61,990 6,080,688 17,560,679 74,936 113,876 1,794,984 82,902 895,871 6,666,428 875,538 373,280 934,043 862,531 1,225,732 130,881 1,083,213 1,239,001 949,575 1,186,225 917,927 114,564 230,535 1,636,922 953,398 1,936,675 94,323 193,564 267,236 8,637,074 1,699,131 685,626 161,885 3,960,667 1,398,527 3,026,617 80,475 38,125 469,467 51,315 95,204 631,770 2,353,883 959,060 233,973 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 2,652,529 1,239,577 339,302 1,065,880 91,964 788,747 383,977 732,588 381,318 3,987,153 403,692 663,506 3,699,981 392,472 79,842 54,420 10,965 1,615,614 1,018,549 282,838 963,846 163,637 1,705,484 6,528,430 884,919 1,819,585 809,173 61,953 6,080,373 16,305,726 65,126 109,731 1,779,917 73,553 873,777 6,660,565 874,070 368,466 931,791 854,678 1,225,732 128,301 1,057,597 1,238,870 945,476 1,150,201 874,332 114,564 228,338 1,636,922 851,088 1,914,168 93,879 162,230 259,548 7,929,294 1,682,082 624,955 160,568 3,682,219 1,212,484 2,878,510 80,009 38,028 440,388 50,957 94,851 608,052 2,348,391 944,568 229,173 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 20,687 9,667 2,646 8,313 717 6,151 2,995 5,713 2,974 31,096 3,148 5,175 28,856 3,061 623 424 86 12,600 7,944 2,206 7,517 1,276 13,301 50,915 6,901 14,191 6,311 483 47,421 127,168 508 856 13,882 574 6,815 51,946 6,817 2,874 7,267 6,666 9,559 1,001 8,248 9,662 7,374 8,970 6,819 893 1,781 12,766 6,638 14,929 732 1,265 2,024 61,841 13,119 4,874 1,252 28,718 9,456 22,449 624 297 3,435 397 740 4,742 18,315 7,367 1,787 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63719 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 36917 ................................ 29085 ................................ 17688 ................................ 47670 ................................ 47987 ................................ 34867 ................................ 60354 ................................ 4144 .................................. 34529 ................................ 4690 .................................. 34537 ................................ 30601 ................................ 34348 ................................ 24508 ................................ 69677 ................................ 64544 ................................ 23394 ................................ 34564 ................................ 56028 ................................ 58560 ................................ 53382 ................................ 66258 ................................ 16950 ................................ 10188 ................................ 29095 ................................ 34527 ................................ 63865 ................................ 56033 ................................ 66402 ................................ 67089 ................................ 34847 ................................ 51708 ................................ 26249 ................................ 62427 ................................ 66781 ................................ 62430 ................................ 12896 ................................ 64548 ................................ 59255 ................................ 47285 ................................ 13792 ................................ 14000 ................................ 20015 ................................ 53315 ................................ 59439 ................................ 55364 ................................ 7675 .................................. 55031 ................................ 13814 ................................ 36607 ................................ 83180 ................................ 58267 ................................ 24766 ................................ 35097 ................................ 22644 ................................ 35037 ................................ 35042 ................................ 52907 ................................ 3660 .................................. 65523 ................................ 38430 ................................ 77719 ................................ 51479 ................................ 37105 ................................ 56032 ................................ 35059 ................................ 54011 ................................ 11264 ................................ 52593 ................................ 47975 ................................ 38590 ................................ KHII–TV ...................................................................... KHIN ........................................................................... KHME .......................................................................... KHMT .......................................................................... KHNE–TV ................................................................... KHNL .......................................................................... KHOG–TV ................................................................... KHON–TV ................................................................... KHOU .......................................................................... KHQA–TV ................................................................... KHQ–TV ...................................................................... KHRR .......................................................................... KHSD–TV ................................................................... KHSL–TV .................................................................... KHSV .......................................................................... KHVO .......................................................................... KIAH ............................................................................ KICU–TV ..................................................................... KIDK ............................................................................ KIDY ............................................................................ KIEM–TV ..................................................................... KIFI–TV ....................................................................... KIFR ............................................................................ KIII ............................................................................... KIIN ............................................................................. KIKU ............................................................................ KILM ............................................................................ KIMA–TV ..................................................................... KIMT ........................................................................... KINC ........................................................................... KING–TV ..................................................................... KINT–TV ..................................................................... KION–TV ..................................................................... KIPT ............................................................................ KIRO–TV ..................................................................... KISU–TV ..................................................................... KITU–TV ..................................................................... KITV ............................................................................ KIVI–TV ....................................................................... KIXE–TV ..................................................................... KJJC–TV ..................................................................... KJLA ........................................................................... KJNP–TV .................................................................... KJRE ........................................................................... KJRH–TV .................................................................... KJRR ........................................................................... KJTL ............................................................................ KJTV–TV ..................................................................... KJUD ........................................................................... KJZZ–TV ..................................................................... KKAI ............................................................................ KKAP .......................................................................... KKCO .......................................................................... KKJB ........................................................................... KKPX–TV .................................................................... KKTV ........................................................................... KLAS–TV .................................................................... KLAX–TV .................................................................... KLBK–TV .................................................................... KLBY ........................................................................... KLCS ........................................................................... KLCW–TV ................................................................... KLDO–TV .................................................................... KLEI ............................................................................ KLEW–TV ................................................................... KLFY–TV .................................................................... KLJB ........................................................................... KLKN ........................................................................... KLML ........................................................................... KLNE–TV .................................................................... KLPA–TV .................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 953,895 1,041,244 181,345 175,601 203,931 953,398 765,360 953,207 6,083,315 318,469 822,371 1,227,847 188,735 625,904 2,059,794 94,226 6,099,694 8,233,041 305,509 116,614 174,390 324,422 2,180,045 569,864 1,365,215 953,896 17,256,205 308,604 654,083 2,002,066 4,074,288 1,015,582 2,400,317 171,405 4,058,101 311,827 712,362 953,207 710,819 467,518 82,749 17,929,100 98,403 16,187 1,416,108 45,515 379,594 406,283 31,229 2,388,965 953,400 957,786 206,018 629,939 7,588,288 2,892,126 2,094,297 367,212 387,783 31,102 17,129,650 381,889 250,832 175,045 164,908 1,355,890 1,027,104 1,161,979 270,089 123,324 414,699 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 851,585 1,039,383 179,706 170,957 202,944 851,088 702,984 886,431 6,081,936 316,134 774,821 1,166,890 185,202 608,850 2,020,045 93,657 6,099,297 7,174,316 302,535 116,596 160,801 320,118 2,160,460 566,796 1,335,707 850,963 15,804,489 260,593 643,384 1,920,903 4,036,926 1,015,274 855,808 170,455 4,030,968 307,651 712,362 839,906 702,619 428,118 81,865 16,794,896 98,097 16,170 1,397,311 44,098 379,263 406,260 30,106 2,209,183 919,742 923,172 172,628 624,784 6,758,490 2,478,864 1,940,030 366,839 387,743 31,096 15,689,832 381,816 250,832 138,087 148,256 1,355,409 1,012,309 1,122,111 218,544 123,246 414,447 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 6,642 8,106 1,402 1,333 1,583 6,638 5,483 6,913 47,433 2,466 6,043 9,101 1,444 4,748 15,754 730 47,568 55,952 2,359 909 1,254 2,497 16,849 4,420 10,417 6,637 123,259 2,032 5,018 14,981 31,484 7,918 6,674 1,329 31,438 2,399 5,556 6,550 5,480 3,339 638 130,983 765 126 10,898 344 2,958 3,168 235 17,229 7,173 7,200 1,346 4,873 52,709 19,333 15,130 2,861 3,024 243 122,365 2,978 1,956 1,077 1,156 10,571 7,895 8,751 1,704 961 3,232 63720 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 38588 ................................ 749 .................................... 11951 ................................ 8564 .................................. 8322 .................................. 31114 ................................ 24436 ................................ 38587 ................................ 38589 ................................ 38591 ................................ 68540 ................................ 12913 ................................ 57220 ................................ 11683 ................................ 82476 ................................ 40250 ................................ 64551 ................................ 51499 ................................ 65686 ................................ 35183 ................................ 41237 ................................ 42636 ................................ 38584 ................................ 22127 ................................ 162016 .............................. 26428 ................................ 39665 ................................ 35123 ................................ 40875 ................................ 35131 ................................ 16749 ................................ 63164 ................................ 53541 ................................ 52046 ................................ 47981 ................................ 24753 ................................ 4326 .................................. 41425 ................................ 70034 ................................ 51488 ................................ 73701 ................................ 44052 ................................ 68883 ................................ 12525 ................................ 43095 ................................ 35189 ................................ 35190 ................................ 77063 ................................ 35200 ................................ 32958 ................................ 86534 ................................ 51518 ................................ 54420 ................................ 35822 ................................ 993 .................................... 24749 ................................ 47906 ................................ 81464 ................................ 9754 .................................. 82611 ................................ 82615 ................................ 12395 ................................ 12427 ................................ 17683 ................................ 48003 ................................ 125710 .............................. 59363 ................................ 48525 ................................ 48521 ................................ 84215 ................................ 55528 ................................ KLPB–TV .................................................................... KLRN .......................................................................... KLRT–TV .................................................................... KLRU .......................................................................... KLSR–TV .................................................................... KLST ........................................................................... KLTJ ............................................................................ KLTL–TV ..................................................................... KLTM–TV .................................................................... KLTS–TV .................................................................... KLTV ........................................................................... KLUJ–TV ..................................................................... KLUZ–TV .................................................................... KLVX ........................................................................... KLWB .......................................................................... KLWY .......................................................................... KMAU .......................................................................... KMAX–TV ................................................................... KMBC–TV ................................................................... KMCB .......................................................................... KMCC ......................................................................... KMCI–TV .................................................................... KMCT–TV ................................................................... KMCY .......................................................................... KMDE .......................................................................... KMEB .......................................................................... KMEG ......................................................................... KMEX–DT ................................................................... KMGH–TV ................................................................... KMID ........................................................................... KMIR–TV .................................................................... KMIZ ........................................................................... KMLM–DT ................................................................... KMLU .......................................................................... KMNE–TV ................................................................... KMOH–TV ................................................................... KMOS–TV ................................................................... KMOT .......................................................................... KMOV ......................................................................... KMPH–TV ................................................................... KMPX .......................................................................... KMSB .......................................................................... KMSP–TV ................................................................... KMSS–TV ................................................................... KMTP–TV ................................................................... KMTR .......................................................................... KMTV–TV ................................................................... KMTW ......................................................................... KMVT .......................................................................... KMVU–DT ................................................................... KMYA–DT ................................................................... KMYS .......................................................................... KMYT–TV ................................................................... KMYU .......................................................................... KNAT–TV .................................................................... KNAZ–TV .................................................................... KNBC .......................................................................... KNBN .......................................................................... KNCT .......................................................................... KNDB .......................................................................... KNDM ......................................................................... KNDO .......................................................................... KNDU .......................................................................... KNEP .......................................................................... KNHL .......................................................................... KNIC–DT ..................................................................... KNIN–TV ..................................................................... KNLC .......................................................................... KNLJ ........................................................................... KNMD–TV ................................................................... KNME–TV ................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 749,053 2,374,472 1,171,678 2,614,658 564,415 199,067 6,034,131 423,574 694,280 947,141 1,069,690 1,195,751 1,079,718 2,044,150 1,065,748 541,043 213,060 10,767,605 2,506,035 69,357 2,064,592 2,429,392 267,004 71,797 35,409 221,810 708,748 17,628,354 3,815,224 383,449 2,760,914 532,025 293,290 711,951 47,232 199,885 804,745 81,517 3,035,077 1,754,037 6,678,829 1,321,614 3,857,891 1,067,838 5,242,638 589,948 1,346,549 761,521 184,647 308,150 200,764 2,273,888 1,314,197 133,563 1,157,630 332,321 17,244,237 145,493 1,751,838 118,154 72,216 314,875 475,612 101,389 277,777 2,398,296 708,289 2,981,508 655,000 1,135,642 1,148,741 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 749,053 2,353,440 1,152,541 2,575,518 508,157 169,551 6,033,867 423,574 688,915 944,257 1,051,361 1,195,751 1,019,302 1,936,083 1,065,748 538,231 188,953 7,132,240 2,504,622 66,203 2,010,262 2,428,626 266,880 71,793 35,401 203,470 704,130 16,318,720 3,574,344 383,439 730,764 530,008 293,290 708,107 44,189 184,283 803,129 79,504 3,029,405 1,717,555 6,674,706 1,039,442 3,829,859 1,066,106 4,441,372 520,666 1,344,796 761,516 176,351 231,506 200,725 2,267,913 1,302,378 130,198 1,124,619 227,658 15,812,389 136,995 1,726,148 118,122 72,209 270,892 462,556 95,890 277,308 2,383,294 703,838 2,978,979 642,705 1,108,358 1,105,095 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 5,842 18,354 8,989 20,086 3,963 1,322 47,058 3,303 5,373 7,364 8,200 9,326 7,950 15,100 8,312 4,198 1,474 55,624 19,534 516 15,678 18,941 2,081 560 276 1,587 5,492 127,270 27,876 2,990 5,699 4,134 2,287 5,523 345 1,437 6,264 620 23,626 13,395 52,056 8,107 29,869 8,315 34,638 4,061 10,488 5,939 1,375 1,806 1,565 17,687 10,157 1,015 8,771 1,776 123,321 1,068 13,462 921 563 2,113 3,607 748 2,163 18,587 5,489 23,233 5,012 8,644 8,619 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63721 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 47707 ................................ 48975 ................................ 49273 ................................ 10228 ................................ 55362 ................................ 35277 ................................ 19191 ................................ 23302 ................................ 35280 ................................ 144 .................................... 33745 ................................ 69692 ................................ 29557 ................................ 59440 ................................ 59014 ................................ 50588 ................................ 50590 ................................ 58552 ................................ 53928 ................................ 35313 ................................ 35321 ................................ 8260 .................................. 62272 ................................ 50170 ................................ 4328 .................................. 84225 ................................ 12508 ................................ 83181 ................................ 18283 ................................ 66195 ................................ 50198 ................................ 51189 ................................ 34859 ................................ 166534 .............................. 35380 ................................ 35388 ................................ 11910 ................................ 48663 ................................ 7890 .................................. 63331 ................................ 28496 ................................ 21656 ................................ 65583 ................................ 35396 ................................ 60675 ................................ 50589 ................................ 2566 .................................. 64877 ................................ 6865 .................................. 34347 ................................ 8284 .................................. 35434 ................................ 56550 ................................ 51101 ................................ 51102 ................................ 3659 .................................. 35455 ................................ 67868 ................................ 6124 .................................. 50044 ................................ 77452 ................................ 35460 ................................ 12524 ................................ 41223 ................................ 61551 ................................ 86205 ................................ 25452 ................................ 58912 ................................ 166510 .............................. 13994 ................................ 41964 ................................ KNMT .......................................................................... KNOE–TV ................................................................... KNOP–TV ................................................................... KNPB .......................................................................... KNRR .......................................................................... KNSD .......................................................................... KNSN–TV ................................................................... KNSO .......................................................................... KNTV .......................................................................... KNVA .......................................................................... KNVN .......................................................................... KNVO .......................................................................... KNWA–TV ................................................................... KNXV–TV .................................................................... KOAA–TV ................................................................... KOAB–TV ................................................................... KOAC–TV ................................................................... KOAM–TV ................................................................... KOAT–TV .................................................................... KOB ............................................................................ KOBF .......................................................................... KOBI ........................................................................... KOBR .......................................................................... KOCB .......................................................................... KOCE–TV ................................................................... KOCM ......................................................................... KOCO–TV ................................................................... KOCW ......................................................................... KODE–TV ................................................................... KOED–TV ................................................................... KOET .......................................................................... KOFY–TV .................................................................... KOGG ......................................................................... KOHD .......................................................................... KOIN ........................................................................... KOKH–TV ................................................................... KOKI–TV ..................................................................... KOLD–TV .................................................................... KOLN .......................................................................... KOLO–TV ................................................................... KOLR .......................................................................... KOMO–TV .................................................................. KOMU–TV ................................................................... KONG ......................................................................... KOOD ......................................................................... KOPB–TV ................................................................... KOPX–TV ................................................................... KORO ......................................................................... KOSA–TV ................................................................... KOTA–TV .................................................................... KOTI ............................................................................ KOTV–DT ................................................................... KOVR .......................................................................... KOZJ ........................................................................... KOZK .......................................................................... KOZL–TV .................................................................... KPAX–TV .................................................................... KPAZ–TV .................................................................... KPBS .......................................................................... KPBT–TV .................................................................... KPCB–DT ................................................................... KPDX .......................................................................... KPEJ–TV .................................................................... KPHO–TV ................................................................... KPIC ............................................................................ KPIF ............................................................................ KPIX–TV ..................................................................... KPJK ........................................................................... KPJR–TV .................................................................... KPLC ........................................................................... KPLO–TV .................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 2,887,142 733,097 87,904 604,614 25,957 3,861,660 611,981 1,824,786 8,525,818 2,550,225 495,902 1,247,014 822,906 4,183,943 1,608,528 207,070 1,957,282 793,563 1,132,372 1,152,841 201,911 562,463 211,709 1,629,783 17,446,133 1,434,325 1,716,569 83,807 740,156 1,497,297 658,606 5,242,638 190,829 201,310 3,028,482 1,627,116 1,366,220 1,216,228 1,421,223 959,178 1,076,144 4,132,260 551,658 3,998,831 113,416 3,059,231 1,501,110 560,983 340,978 174,876 298,175 1,417,753 10,784,477 429,982 839,841 992,495 206,895 4,190,080 3,584,237 340,080 30,861 2,970,703 368,212 4,195,073 156,687 265,080 8,226,463 7,884,411 3,402,088 1,406,085 55,827 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 2,794,995 729,703 85,423 462,732 25,931 3,618,321 459,485 1,803,796 8,027,505 2,529,184 470,252 1,247,014 804,682 4,173,022 1,203,731 203,371 1,543,401 767,962 1,105,116 1,113,162 166,177 519,063 211,551 1,629,152 16,461,581 1,433,605 1,708,085 83,789 731,512 1,459,833 637,640 4,441,372 161,310 197,662 2,881,460 1,625,246 1,352,227 887,754 1,337,970 826,985 1,038,613 4,087,435 542,544 3,981,688 113,285 2,875,815 1,500,883 560,983 338,070 152,861 97,132 1,403,838 7,162,989 427,991 834,308 963,281 193,201 4,176,323 3,463,189 340,080 30,835 2,848,423 368,208 4,175,139 105,807 258,174 7,360,625 6,955,179 3,372,831 1,403,853 52,765 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 21,798 5,691 666 3,609 202 28,219 3,584 14,068 62,607 19,725 3,667 9,725 6,276 32,545 9,388 1,586 12,037 5,989 8,619 8,682 1,296 4,048 1,650 12,706 128,384 11,181 13,321 653 5,705 11,385 4,973 34,638 1,258 1,542 22,473 12,675 10,546 6,924 10,435 6,450 8,100 31,878 4,231 31,053 884 22,428 11,705 4,375 2,637 1,192 758 10,949 55,864 3,338 6,507 7,513 1,507 32,571 27,009 2,652 240 22,215 2,872 32,562 825 2,013 57,406 54,243 26,305 10,949 412 63722 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 35417 ................................ 12144 ................................ 47973 ................................ 35486 ................................ 77512 ................................ 73998 ................................ 26655 ................................ 53117 ................................ 48660 ................................ 61071 ................................ 53544 ................................ 81445 ................................ 77451 ................................ 51491 ................................ 33345 ................................ 50633 ................................ 82575 ................................ 1270 .................................. 58835 ................................ 68695 ................................ 68834 ................................ 33337 ................................ 5801 .................................. 81507 ................................ 61173 ................................ 35907 ................................ 58978 ................................ 77483 ................................ 21156 ................................ 10242 ................................ 41430 ................................ 18287 ................................ 78322 ................................ 35525 ................................ 35500 ................................ 35663 ................................ 8214 .................................. 5471 .................................. 17686 ................................ 61063 ................................ 8378 .................................. 20427 ................................ 78921 ................................ 306 .................................... 166319 .............................. 22161 ................................ 57945 ................................ 41110 ................................ 8291 .................................. 10192 ................................ 49134 ................................ 52579 ................................ 70578 ................................ 34868 ................................ 51493 ................................ 70596 ................................ 70579 ................................ 48589 ................................ 43328 ................................ 82698 ................................ 29114 ................................ 25559 ................................ 22204 ................................ 14040 ................................ 14042 ................................ 20476 ................................ 84224 ................................ 20373 ................................ 47971 ................................ 60307 ................................ 65526 ................................ KPLR–TV .................................................................... KPMR .......................................................................... KPNE–TV .................................................................... KPNX .......................................................................... KPNZ .......................................................................... KPOB–TV ................................................................... KPPX–TV .................................................................... KPRC–TV ................................................................... KPRY–TV .................................................................... KPSD–TV .................................................................... KPTB–DT .................................................................... KPTF–DT .................................................................... KPTH .......................................................................... KPTM .......................................................................... KPTS ........................................................................... KPTV ........................................................................... KPTW .......................................................................... KPVI–DT ..................................................................... KPXB–TV .................................................................... KPXC–TV .................................................................... KPXD–TV .................................................................... KPXE–TV .................................................................... KPXG–TV ................................................................... KPXJ ........................................................................... KPXL–TV .................................................................... KPXM–TV ................................................................... KPXN–TV .................................................................... KPXO–TV ................................................................... KPXR–TV .................................................................... KQCA .......................................................................... KQCD–TV ................................................................... KQCK .......................................................................... KQCW–DT .................................................................. KQDS–TV ................................................................... KQED .......................................................................... KQEH .......................................................................... KQET .......................................................................... KQIN ........................................................................... KQME ......................................................................... KQSD–TV ................................................................... KQSL .......................................................................... KQTV .......................................................................... KQUP .......................................................................... KRBC–TV ................................................................... KRBK .......................................................................... KRCA .......................................................................... KRCB .......................................................................... KRCG .......................................................................... KRCR–TV ................................................................... KRCW–TV .................................................................. KRDK–TV ................................................................... KRDO–TV ................................................................... KREG–TV ................................................................... KREM .......................................................................... KREN–TV ................................................................... KREX–TV .................................................................... KREY–TV .................................................................... KREZ–TV .................................................................... KRGV–TV ................................................................... KRII ............................................................................. KRIN ........................................................................... KRIS–TV ..................................................................... KRIV ............................................................................ KRMA–TV ................................................................... KRMJ .......................................................................... KRMT .......................................................................... KRMU ......................................................................... KRMZ .......................................................................... KRNE–TV ................................................................... KRNV–DT ................................................................... KRON–TV ................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 2,991,598 1,731,370 92,675 4,180,982 2,394,311 144,525 4,186,998 6,099,422 42,521 19,886 322,780 84,512 660,556 1,405,533 832,000 2,998,460 89,433 271,379 6,062,458 3,362,518 6,555,157 2,437,178 3,026,219 1,138,632 2,257,007 3,507,312 17,256,205 953,329 828,915 10,077,891 35,623 3,216,059 1,128,198 304,935 8,195,398 8,195,398 2,981,040 596,371 188,783 32,526 199,123 1,494,987 697,016 229,395 983,888 17,540,791 8,783,441 737,927 423,000 2,966,912 349,941 2,622,603 149,306 817,619 810,039 145,700 74,963 148,079 1,247,057 133,840 949,313 565,112 6,078,936 3,722,512 174,094 2,956,144 85,274 36,293 47,473 955,490 8,573,167 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 2,988,106 1,473,251 89,021 4,176,442 2,208,707 143,656 4,171,450 6,099,076 42,426 18,799 320,646 84,512 655,373 1,404,364 827,866 2,847,263 82,522 264,204 6,062,238 3,341,951 6,553,373 2,436,024 2,882,598 1,135,626 2,243,520 3,506,503 15,804,489 913,341 821,250 6,276,197 33,415 3,185,307 1,123,324 301,439 7,283,828 7,283,828 2,076,157 596,277 184,719 31,328 142,419 1,401,160 551,824 229,277 966,187 16,957,292 8,503,802 722,255 402,594 2,842,523 349,929 2,272,383 95,141 752,113 681,212 145,606 65,700 105,121 1,247,029 132,912 923,735 565,044 6,078,846 3,564,949 159,511 2,864,236 72,499 33,620 38,273 792,543 8,028,256 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 23,304 11,490 694 32,572 17,226 1,120 32,533 47,567 331 147 2,501 659 5,111 10,953 6,457 22,206 644 2,061 47,279 26,064 51,110 18,999 22,481 8,857 17,497 27,347 123,259 7,123 6,405 48,948 261 24,842 8,761 2,351 56,807 56,807 16,192 4,650 1,441 244 1,111 10,928 4,304 1,788 7,535 132,250 66,321 5,633 3,140 22,169 2,729 17,722 742 5,866 5,313 1,136 512 820 9,726 1,037 7,204 4,407 47,409 27,803 1,244 22,338 565 262 298 6,181 62,612 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63723 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 53539 ................................ 48575 ................................ 57431 ................................ 82613 ................................ 35567 ................................ 84157 ................................ 35585 ................................ 55516 ................................ 48360 ................................ 307 .................................... 11911 ................................ 53118 ................................ 35584 ................................ 35587 ................................ 38214 ................................ 19653 ................................ 19654 ................................ 82910 ................................ 10202 ................................ 35608 ................................ 72348 ................................ 46981 ................................ 35594 ................................ 48658 ................................ 17680 ................................ 59444 ................................ 73706 ................................ 29096 ................................ 34846 ................................ 35606 ................................ 70482 ................................ 6359 .................................. 71558 ................................ 33336 ................................ 28510 ................................ 35611 ................................ 21161 ................................ 72359 ................................ 67766 ................................ 72361 ................................ 72362 ................................ 67335 ................................ 10179 ................................ 72358 ................................ 61956 ................................ 52953 ................................ 166546 .............................. 53313 ................................ 35843 ................................ 63182 ................................ 28010 ................................ 60534 ................................ 64987 ................................ 22215 ................................ 23428 ................................ 5243 .................................. 58827 ................................ 60683 ................................ 35645 ................................ 61350 ................................ 59988 ................................ 999 .................................... 35648 ................................ 12930 ................................ 81458 ................................ 35649 ................................ 67884 ................................ 67999 ................................ 35652 ................................ 28324 ................................ 67950 ................................ KRPV–DT ................................................................... KRQE .......................................................................... KRSU–TV ................................................................... KRTN–TV .................................................................... KRTV .......................................................................... KRWB–TV ................................................................... KRWF ......................................................................... KRWG–TV .................................................................. KRXI–TV ..................................................................... KSAN–TV .................................................................... KSAS–TV .................................................................... KSAT–TV .................................................................... KSAX .......................................................................... KSAZ–TV .................................................................... KSBI ............................................................................ KSBW ......................................................................... KSBY .......................................................................... KSCC .......................................................................... KSCE .......................................................................... KSCI ............................................................................ KSCW–DT .................................................................. KSDK .......................................................................... KSEE .......................................................................... KSFY–TV .................................................................... KSGW–TV .................................................................. KSHB–TV .................................................................... KSHV–TV .................................................................... KSIN–TV ..................................................................... KSIX–TV ..................................................................... KSKN .......................................................................... KSLA ........................................................................... KSL–TV ....................................................................... KSMN .......................................................................... KSMO–TV ................................................................... KSMQ–TV ................................................................... KSMS–TV ................................................................... KSNB–TV .................................................................... KSNC .......................................................................... KSNF .......................................................................... KSNG .......................................................................... KSNK .......................................................................... KSNT .......................................................................... KSNV .......................................................................... KSNW ......................................................................... KSPS–TV .................................................................... KSPX–TV .................................................................... KSQA .......................................................................... KSRE .......................................................................... KSTC–TV .................................................................... KSTF ........................................................................... KSTP–TV .................................................................... KSTR–DT .................................................................... KSTS ........................................................................... KSTU .......................................................................... KSTW .......................................................................... KSVI ............................................................................ KSWB–TV ................................................................... KSWK ......................................................................... KSWO–TV .................................................................. KSYS .......................................................................... KTAB–TV .................................................................... KTAJ–TV ..................................................................... KTAL–TV .................................................................... KTAS ........................................................................... KTAZ ........................................................................... KTBC .......................................................................... KTBN–TV .................................................................... KTBO–TV .................................................................... KTBS–TV .................................................................... KTBU .......................................................................... KTBW–TV ................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 65,943 1,135,461 1,000,289 84,231 92,645 111,538 85,596 894,492 725,391 135,063 752,513 2,539,658 365,209 4,203,126 1,577,231 5,083,461 535,029 517,740 1,015,148 17,446,133 915,691 2,986,776 1,761,193 670,536 62,178 2,432,205 943,947 340,143 74,884 731,818 1,017,556 2,390,742 320,813 2,401,201 524,391 1,589,263 664,079 174,135 621,919 145,058 48,715 622,818 1,967,781 791,403 819,101 7,078,228 382,328 75,181 3,843,788 51,317 3,788,898 6,632,577 8,363,473 2,384,996 4,265,956 175,390 3,677,190 79,012 483,132 519,209 274,707 2,343,843 1,094,332 471,882 4,182,503 3,242,215 17,929,445 1,585,293 1,163,228 6,035,927 4,202,104 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 65,943 1,105,093 998,310 68,550 90,849 110,979 85,596 661,703 548,865 135,051 752,504 2,502,246 365,209 4,178,448 1,575,865 4,429,165 495,562 517,740 1,010,581 16,461,581 910,511 2,979,047 1,746,282 607,844 57,629 2,431,273 942,978 338,811 74,884 643,590 1,016,667 2,206,920 320,808 2,398,686 507,983 882,948 662,726 173,744 617,868 144,822 45,414 594,604 1,919,296 791,127 769,852 5,275,946 374,290 75,181 3,835,674 51,122 3,782,053 6,629,296 7,264,852 2,201,716 4,186,266 173,667 3,488,655 78,784 458,057 443,204 274,536 2,343,227 1,092,958 464,149 4,160,481 2,956,614 16,750,096 1,583,553 1,159,665 6,035,725 4,108,031 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 514 8,619 7,786 535 709 866 668 5,161 4,281 1,053 5,869 19,515 2,848 32,588 12,290 34,543 3,865 4,038 7,882 128,384 7,101 23,234 13,619 4,741 449 18,961 7,354 2,642 584 5,019 7,929 17,212 2,502 18,707 3,962 6,886 5,169 1,355 4,819 1,129 354 4,637 14,969 6,170 6,004 41,147 2,919 586 29,914 399 29,496 51,702 56,659 17,171 32,649 1,354 27,208 614 3,572 3,457 2,141 18,275 8,524 3,620 32,448 23,059 130,634 12,350 9,044 47,073 32,039 63724 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 35655 ................................ 68594 ................................ 68597 ................................ 35187 ................................ 36916 ................................ 2769 .................................. 83707 ................................ 35666 ................................ 24514 ................................ 35512 ................................ 20871 ................................ 68753 ................................ 35084 ................................ 29232 ................................ 2787 .................................. 29100 ................................ 66170 ................................ 49397 ................................ 35670 ................................ 62354 ................................ 49153 ................................ 64984 ................................ 14675 ................................ 10177 ................................ 21533 ................................ 47996 ................................ 60519 ................................ 74100 ................................ 71023 ................................ 8651 .................................. 7078 .................................. 68541 ................................ 35675 ................................ 28230 ................................ 69170 ................................ 61066 ................................ 37511 ................................ 67760 ................................ 35678 ................................ 28501 ................................ 11908 ................................ 22208 ................................ 28521 ................................ 65355 ................................ 35685 ................................ 10173 ................................ 77480 ................................ 49632 ................................ 34858 ................................ 31437 ................................ 68581 ................................ 35692 ................................ 49621 ................................ 5290 .................................. 35693 ................................ 40993 ................................ 22570 ................................ 18066 ................................ 59139 ................................ 21251 ................................ 35694 ................................ 50592 ................................ 23422 ................................ 35703 ................................ 35705 ................................ 68889 ................................ 55907 ................................ 18286 ................................ 70938 ................................ 51517 ................................ 42359 ................................ KTBY ........................................................................... KTCA–TV .................................................................... KTCI–TV ..................................................................... KTCW ......................................................................... KTDO .......................................................................... KTEJ ........................................................................... KTEL–TV .................................................................... KTEN .......................................................................... KTFD–TV .................................................................... KTFF–DT .................................................................... KTFK–DT .................................................................... KTFN ........................................................................... KTFQ–TV .................................................................... KTGM .......................................................................... KTHV .......................................................................... KTIN ............................................................................ KTIV ............................................................................ KTKA–TV .................................................................... KTLA ........................................................................... KTLM .......................................................................... KTLN–TV .................................................................... KTMD .......................................................................... KTMF .......................................................................... KTMW ......................................................................... KTNC–TV .................................................................... KTNE–TV .................................................................... KTNL–TV .................................................................... KTNV–TV .................................................................... KTNW ......................................................................... KTOO–TV ................................................................... KTPX–TV .................................................................... KTRE .......................................................................... KTRK–TV .................................................................... KTRV–TV .................................................................... KTSC .......................................................................... KTSD–TV .................................................................... KTSF ........................................................................... KTSM–TV ................................................................... KTTC ........................................................................... KTTM .......................................................................... KTTU ........................................................................... KTTV ........................................................................... KTTW .......................................................................... KTTZ–TV .................................................................... KTUL ........................................................................... KTUU–TV .................................................................... KTUZ–TV .................................................................... KTVA ........................................................................... KTVB ........................................................................... KTVC .......................................................................... KTVD .......................................................................... KTVE ........................................................................... KTVF ........................................................................... KTVH–DT .................................................................... KTVI ............................................................................ KTVK ........................................................................... KTVL ........................................................................... KTVM–TV ................................................................... KTVN .......................................................................... KTVO .......................................................................... KTVQ .......................................................................... KTVR .......................................................................... KTVT ........................................................................... KTVU .......................................................................... KTVW–DT ................................................................... KTVX ........................................................................... KTVZ ........................................................................... KTWO–TV ................................................................... KTWU ......................................................................... KTXA ........................................................................... KTXD–TV .................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 348,080 3,693,877 3,606,606 103,341 1,015,336 419,750 52,878 602,788 3,210,669 2,225,169 6,969,307 1,017,335 1,151,433 159,358 1,275,053 281,096 751,089 759,369 18,156,910 1,044,526 5,381,955 6,095,741 187,251 2,261,671 8,270,858 100,341 8,642 2,094,506 450,926 31,269 1,066,196 441,879 6,114,259 714,833 3,124,536 83,645 7,959,349 1,015,348 815,213 76,133 1,324,801 17,380,551 329,633 380,240 1,416,959 380,240 1,668,531 342,517 714,865 137,239 3,800,970 641,139 98,068 228,832 2,995,764 4,184,825 419,849 260,105 955,490 227,128 179,797 147,808 6,912,366 8,297,634 4,174,310 2,389,392 201,828 80,426 1,703,798 6,915,461 6,706,651 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 346,562 3,684,081 3,597,183 89,207 1,010,771 417,368 52,875 599,778 3,172,543 2,203,398 5,211,719 1,013,157 1,117,061 159,091 1,246,348 279,385 746,274 746,370 16,870,262 1,044,509 4,740,894 6,095,606 168,526 2,144,791 7,381,656 95,324 8,642 1,936,752 432,398 31,176 1,063,754 421,406 6,112,870 707,557 2,949,795 82,828 7,129,638 1,011,264 731,919 73,664 1,060,613 16,693,085 326,405 380,225 1,388,183 379,047 1,666,026 342,300 707,882 100,204 3,547,607 640,201 97,929 184,264 2,991,513 4,173,028 369,469 217,694 800,420 226,616 173,271 54,480 6,908,715 7,406,751 4,160,877 2,200,520 198,558 79,905 1,562,305 6,911,822 6,704,781 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 2,703 28,732 28,054 696 7,883 3,255 412 4,678 24,743 17,184 40,646 7,902 8,712 1,241 9,720 2,179 5,820 5,821 131,571 8,146 36,974 47,540 1,314 16,727 57,570 743 67 15,105 3,372 243 8,296 3,287 47,674 5,518 23,005 646 55,604 7,887 5,708 575 8,272 130,189 2,546 2,965 10,826 2,956 12,993 2,670 5,521 781 27,668 4,993 764 1,437 23,331 32,545 2,881 1,698 6,242 1,767 1,351 425 53,881 57,765 32,451 17,162 1,549 623 12,184 53,905 52,291 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63725 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 51569 ................................ 10205 ................................ 308 .................................... 69315 ................................ 51233 ................................ 2722 .................................. 2731 .................................. 60520 ................................ 70492 ................................ 1136 .................................. 69396 ................................ 69582 ................................ 82576 ................................ 82585 ................................ 66611 ................................ 169028 .............................. 68717 ................................ 69269 ................................ 62382 ................................ 169027 .............................. 35724 ................................ 41429 ................................ 81447 ................................ 4624 .................................. 86532 ................................ 66589 ................................ 86263 ................................ 65535 ................................ 27431 ................................ 89714 ................................ 57884 ................................ 23074 ................................ 61072 ................................ 10238 ................................ 43567 ................................ 69694 ................................ 81451 ................................ 68886 ................................ 35823 ................................ 63927 ................................ 7700 .................................. 35841 ................................ 58609 ................................ 49766 ................................ 32621 ................................ 58795 ................................ 35846 ................................ 10195 ................................ 64969 ................................ 19783 ................................ 12523 ................................ 2495 .................................. 35852 ................................ 49832 ................................ 35855 ................................ 40450 ................................ 40446 ................................ 61961 ................................ 16729 ................................ 83825 ................................ 25735 ................................ 35862 ................................ 69733 ................................ 55372 ................................ 166331 .............................. 608 .................................... 2784 .................................. 607 .................................... 35867 ................................ 78910 ................................ 35870 ................................ KTXH .......................................................................... KTXL ........................................................................... KTXS–TV .................................................................... KUAC–TV ................................................................... KUAM–TV ................................................................... KUAS–TV .................................................................... KUAT–TV .................................................................... KUBD .......................................................................... KUBE–TV .................................................................... KUCW ......................................................................... KUED .......................................................................... KUEN .......................................................................... KUES .......................................................................... KUEW ......................................................................... KUFM–TV ................................................................... KUGF–TV ................................................................... KUHM–TV ................................................................... KUHT .......................................................................... KUID–TV ..................................................................... KUKL–TV .................................................................... KULR–TV .................................................................... KUMV–TV ................................................................... KUNP .......................................................................... KUNS–TV ................................................................... KUOK .......................................................................... KUON–TV ................................................................... KUPB .......................................................................... KUPK .......................................................................... KUPT .......................................................................... KUPU .......................................................................... KUPX–TV .................................................................... KUSA .......................................................................... KUSD–TV ................................................................... KUSI–TV ..................................................................... KUSM–TV ................................................................... KUTF ........................................................................... KUTH–DT ................................................................... KUTP .......................................................................... KUTV .......................................................................... KUVE–DT ................................................................... KUVI–DT ..................................................................... KUVN–DT ................................................................... KUVS–DT ................................................................... KVAL–TV .................................................................... KVAW ......................................................................... KVCR–DT ................................................................... KVCT .......................................................................... KVCW ......................................................................... KVDA .......................................................................... KVEA .......................................................................... KVEO–TV ................................................................... KVEW ......................................................................... KVHP .......................................................................... KVIA–TV ..................................................................... KVIE ............................................................................ KVIH–TV ..................................................................... KVII–TV ....................................................................... KVLY–TV .................................................................... KVMD .......................................................................... KVME–TV ................................................................... KVOA .......................................................................... KVOS–TV ................................................................... KVPT ........................................................................... KVRR .......................................................................... KVSN–DT ................................................................... KVTH–DT .................................................................... KVTJ–DT .................................................................... KVTN–DT .................................................................... KVUE .......................................................................... KVUI ............................................................................ KVVU–TV .................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 6,092,627 8,306,449 247,603 98,717 159,358 994,802 1,485,024 14,817 6,090,970 2,388,889 2,388,995 2,364,481 30,925 132,168 187,680 86,622 154,836 6,080,222 432,855 124,505 177,242 41,607 130,559 4,027,849 28,974 1,375,257 318,914 149,642 87,602 956,178 2,374,672 3,802,407 460,480 3,572,818 122,678 1,210,774 2,219,788 4,191,015 2,388,625 1,294,971 1,204,490 6,680,126 4,043,413 1,016,673 76,153 18,215,524 288,221 1,967,550 2,566,563 17,538,249 1,244,504 476,720 747,917 1,015,350 10,759,440 91,912 379,042 362,850 15,274,297 26,711 1,317,956 2,202,674 1,744,349 356,645 2,706,244 303,755 1,466,426 936,328 2,661,290 257,964 2,045,255 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 6,092,442 5,896,320 246,760 98,189 159,358 977,391 1,253,342 13,363 6,090,817 2,199,787 2,203,093 2,184,483 25,978 120,411 166,697 85,986 145,241 6,078,866 284,023 115,844 170,142 41,224 43,472 4,015,626 28,945 1,360,005 318,914 148,180 87,602 948,005 2,191,229 3,560,546 460,277 3,435,670 109,830 1,031,870 2,027,174 4,176,014 2,199,731 964,396 1,009,943 6,678,157 4,005,657 866,173 76,153 17,467,140 287,446 1,918,809 2,548,720 16,335,335 1,244,504 464,347 747,837 1,011,266 7,467,369 91,564 378,218 362,838 14,512,400 22,802 1,030,404 2,131,652 1,719,318 356,645 2,283,409 299,230 1,465,802 925,884 2,611,314 251,872 1,935,583 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 47,515 45,985 1,924 766 1,243 7,623 9,775 104 47,502 17,156 17,182 17,037 203 939 1,300 671 1,133 47,409 2,215 903 1,327 322 339 31,318 226 10,607 2,487 1,156 683 7,393 17,089 27,769 3,590 26,795 857 8,048 15,810 32,569 17,156 7,521 7,877 52,083 31,240 6,755 594 136,226 2,242 14,965 19,877 127,399 9,706 3,621 5,832 7,887 58,238 714 2,950 2,830 113,182 178 8,036 16,625 13,409 2,781 17,808 2,334 11,432 7,221 20,366 1,964 15,096 63726 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 36170 ................................ 35095 ................................ 78314 ................................ 27425 ................................ 76268 ................................ 66413 ................................ 71549 ................................ 35419 ................................ 42007 ................................ 50194 ................................ 35881 ................................ 35883 ................................ 37099 ................................ 36846 ................................ 26231 ................................ 35096 ................................ 162115 .............................. 12522 ................................ 21162 ................................ 67347 ................................ 56852 ................................ 6885 .................................. 29121 ................................ 53318 ................................ 71024 ................................ 25382 ................................ 35903 ................................ 593 .................................... 84410 ................................ 14674 ................................ 10032 ................................ 35920 ................................ 49330 ................................ 24287 ................................ 35954 ................................ 55083 ................................ 35959 ................................ 53847 ................................ 35906 ................................ 61978 ................................ 55684 ................................ 55686 ................................ 55685 ................................ 55683 ................................ 47995 ................................ 81593 ................................ 35991 ................................ 1255 .................................. 25048 ................................ 35994 ................................ 62293 ................................ 23277 ................................ 9781 .................................. 31870 ................................ 29086 ................................ 60384 ................................ 33639 ................................ 47974 ................................ 53820 ................................ 36003 ................................ 55644 ................................ 13815 ................................ 5237 .................................. 33752 ................................ 55762 ................................ 25453 ................................ 69531 ................................ 69571 ................................ 61062 ................................ 33079 ................................ 57292 ................................ KVYE .......................................................................... KWBA–TV ................................................................... KWBM ......................................................................... KWBN ......................................................................... KWBQ ......................................................................... KWCH–DT .................................................................. KWCM–TV .................................................................. KWDK ......................................................................... KWES–TV ................................................................... KWET .......................................................................... KWEX–DT ................................................................... KWGN–TV .................................................................. KWHB ......................................................................... KWHE ......................................................................... KWHY–TV ................................................................... KWKB ......................................................................... KWKS ......................................................................... KWKT–TV ................................................................... KWNB–TV ................................................................... KWOG ......................................................................... KWPX–TV ................................................................... KWQC–TV .................................................................. KWSD ......................................................................... KWSE ......................................................................... KWSU–TV ................................................................... KWTV–DT ................................................................... KWTX–TV ................................................................... KWWL ......................................................................... KWWT ......................................................................... KWYB ......................................................................... KWYP–DT ................................................................... KXAN–TV .................................................................... KXAS–TV .................................................................... KXGN–TV ................................................................... KXII ............................................................................. KXLA ........................................................................... KXLF–TV .................................................................... KXLN–DT .................................................................... KXLT–TV .................................................................... KXLY–TV .................................................................... KXMA–TV ................................................................... KXMB–TV ................................................................... KXMC–TV ................................................................... KXMD–TV ................................................................... KXNE–TV .................................................................... KXNW ......................................................................... KXRM–TV ................................................................... KXTF ........................................................................... KXTV ........................................................................... KXTX–TV .................................................................... KXVA .......................................................................... KXVO .......................................................................... KXXV .......................................................................... KYAZ ........................................................................... KYIN ............................................................................ KYLE–TV .................................................................... KYMA–DT ................................................................... KYNE–TV .................................................................... KYOU–TV ................................................................... KYTV ........................................................................... KYTX ........................................................................... KYUR .......................................................................... KYUS–TV .................................................................... KYVE .......................................................................... KYVV–TV .................................................................... KYW–TV ..................................................................... KZJL ............................................................................ KZJO ........................................................................... KZSD–TV .................................................................... KZTV ........................................................................... WAAY–TV ................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 396,495 1,129,524 657,822 953,207 1,149,598 883,647 252,284 4,194,152 424,854 127,976 2,376,463 3,706,455 979,393 952,966 17,736,497 1,121,676 39,708 1,299,675 91,093 512,412 4,220,008 1,063,507 280,675 54,471 725,554 1,628,106 2,071,023 1,089,498 293,291 86,495 148,473 2,678,666 6,774,295 14,217 2,323,974 17,929,100 258,100 6,085,891 348,025 772,116 32,005 142,755 97,569 37,962 305,839 602,168 1,843,363 140,746 10,759,864 6,721,578 185,478 1,397,072 1,771,620 6,038,257 581,748 323,330 396,278 980,094 651,334 1,095,904 927,327 379,943 12,496 301,951 67,201 11,212,189 6,037,458 4,147,016 41,207 567,635 1,531,377 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 392,498 1,073,029 639,560 840,455 1,107,211 881,674 244,033 4,117,852 423,536 112,750 2,370,469 3,513,537 978,719 834,341 17,695,306 1,111,629 39,323 1,298,478 89,332 505,049 4,148,577 1,054,618 280,672 53,400 468,295 1,627,198 1,972,365 1,078,458 293,291 69,598 133,470 2,624,648 6,771,827 13,883 2,264,951 16,794,896 217,808 6,085,712 347,296 740,960 31,909 138,506 89,483 37,917 304,682 597,747 1,500,689 140,312 7,477,140 6,718,616 185,276 1,396,085 1,748,287 6,038,071 574,691 323,225 391,619 979,887 640,935 1,083,524 925,550 379,027 12,356 259,559 67,201 11,008,413 6,037,272 4,097,776 35,825 564,464 1,452,612 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 3,061 8,369 4,988 6,555 8,635 6,876 1,903 32,115 3,303 879 18,487 27,402 7,633 6,507 138,006 8,670 307 10,127 697 3,939 32,355 8,225 2,189 416 3,652 12,691 15,382 8,411 2,287 543 1,041 20,470 52,813 108 17,664 130,983 1,699 47,462 2,709 5,779 249 1,080 698 296 2,376 4,662 11,704 1,094 58,314 52,398 1,445 10,888 13,635 47,091 4,482 2,521 3,054 7,642 4,999 8,450 7,218 2,956 96 2,024 524 85,855 47,085 31,959 279 4,402 11,329 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63727 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 1328 .................................. 4190 .................................. 43203 ................................ 17005 ................................ 16820 ................................ 23917 ................................ 19199 ................................ 189358 .............................. 23930 ................................ 60018 ................................ 361 .................................... 455 .................................... 589 .................................... 591 .................................... 70689 ................................ 48305 ................................ 37809 ................................ 706 .................................... 701 .................................... 4143 .................................. 70713 ................................ 60536 ................................ 70852 ................................ 39270 ................................ 72120 ................................ 52280 ................................ 64546 ................................ 52073 ................................ 49712 ................................ 67792 ................................ 13206 ................................ 71082 ................................ 22819 ................................ 20287 ................................ 11907 ................................ 13989 ................................ 71127 ................................ 54938 ................................ 65247 ................................ 12793 ................................ 65696 ................................ 74417 ................................ 71085 ................................ 65204 ................................ 9617 .................................. 9088 .................................. 70138 ................................ 51349 ................................ 10758 ................................ 12497 ................................ 6568 .................................. 81594 ................................ 84802 ................................ 717 .................................... 46984 ................................ 67048 ................................ 34167 ................................ 4692 .................................. 76001 ................................ 68427 ................................ 73692 ................................ 23337 ................................ 71217 ................................ 72958 ................................ 71218 ................................ 71220 ................................ 60850 ................................ 7692 .................................. 5981 .................................. 71221 ................................ 71225 ................................ WABC–TV ................................................................... WABE–TV ................................................................... WABG–TV .................................................................. WABI–TV .................................................................... WABM ......................................................................... WABW–TV .................................................................. WACH ......................................................................... WACP ......................................................................... WACS–TV ................................................................... WACX ......................................................................... WACY–TV ................................................................... WADL .......................................................................... WAFB .......................................................................... WAFF .......................................................................... WAGA–TV .................................................................. WAGM–TV .................................................................. WAGV ......................................................................... WAIQ .......................................................................... WAKA ......................................................................... WALA–TV ................................................................... WALB .......................................................................... WAMI–DT ................................................................... WAND ......................................................................... WANE–TV ................................................................... WANF ......................................................................... WAOE ......................................................................... WAOW ........................................................................ WAPA–TV 2 7 .............................................................. WAPT .......................................................................... WAQP ......................................................................... WATC–DT ................................................................... WATE–TV ................................................................... WATL .......................................................................... WATM–TV .................................................................. WATN–TV ................................................................... WAVE ......................................................................... WAVY–TV ................................................................... WAWD ........................................................................ WAWV–TV .................................................................. WAXN–TV ................................................................... WBAL–TV ................................................................... WBAY–TV ................................................................... WBBH–TV ................................................................... WBBJ–TV ................................................................... WBBM–TV .................................................................. WBBZ–TV ................................................................... WBDT ......................................................................... WBEC–TV ................................................................... WBFF .......................................................................... WBFS–TV ................................................................... WBGU–TV .................................................................. WBIF ........................................................................... WBIH ........................................................................... WBIQ .......................................................................... WBIR–TV .................................................................... WBKB–TV ................................................................... WBKI ........................................................................... WBKO ......................................................................... WBKP ......................................................................... WBMM ........................................................................ WBNA ......................................................................... WBNG–TV .................................................................. WBNS–TV ................................................................... WBNX–TV ................................................................... WBOC–TV .................................................................. WBOY–TV .................................................................. WBPH–TV ................................................................... WBPX–TV ................................................................... WBRA–TV ................................................................... WBRC ......................................................................... WBRE–TV ................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 20,948,273 5,308,575 393,020 530,773 1,772,367 1,097,560 1,403,222 9,415,263 786,536 4,292,829 946,580 4,610,065 1,857,882 1,527,517 6,000,355 64,721 1,614,321 611,733 799,637 1,320,419 773,899 5,449,193 1,388,118 1,146,442 6,027,276 2,963,253 636,957 3,759,648 793,621 2,135,670 5,732,204 1,874,433 5,882,837 893,989 1,787,595 1,891,797 2,080,708 579,079 705,790 2,677,951 9,743,335 1,226,036 2,017,267 662,148 9,914,233 1,269,256 3,831,757 5,421,355 8,523,983 5,349,613 1,343,816 309,707 718,439 1,563,080 1,978,347 136,823 2,104,090 963,413 55,655 562,284 1,699,683 1,435,634 2,847,721 3,639,256 813,888 711,302 10,613,847 6,833,712 1,726,408 1,884,007 2,879,196 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 20,560,001 5,291,523 392,348 510,729 1,742,240 1,096,376 1,400,385 9,301,049 783,207 4,288,149 946,071 4,606,521 1,857,418 1,456,436 5,923,191 63,331 1,282,063 609,794 793,645 1,318,127 772,467 5,449,193 1,386,074 1,146,442 5,961,471 2,907,224 629,068 2,784,044 791,620 2,131,399 5,705,819 1,638,059 5,819,099 749,183 1,784,560 1,880,563 2,080,691 579,023 700,361 2,669,224 9,344,875 1,225,443 2,017,267 658,839 9,907,806 1,260,686 3,819,550 5,421,355 8,381,042 5,349,613 1,343,816 309,707 706,994 1,532,266 1,701,857 130,625 2,085,393 862,651 55,305 562,123 1,666,248 1,051,932 2,784,795 3,630,531 813,888 621,367 9,474,797 6,761,949 1,677,204 1,849,135 2,244,735 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 160,347 41,269 3,060 3,983 13,588 8,551 10,922 72,539 6,108 33,443 7,378 35,926 14,486 11,359 46,195 494 9,999 4,756 6,190 10,280 6,024 42,498 10,810 8,941 46,494 22,673 4,906 21,713 6,174 16,623 44,500 12,775 45,383 5,843 13,918 14,667 16,227 4,516 5,462 20,817 72,881 9,557 15,733 5,138 77,271 9,832 29,789 42,281 65,364 41,722 10,480 2,415 5,514 11,950 13,273 1,019 16,264 6,728 431 4,384 12,995 8,204 21,719 28,315 6,348 4,846 73,894 52,736 13,081 14,421 17,507 63728 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 38616 ................................ 82627 ................................ 30826 ................................ 66407 ................................ 16363 ................................ 59281 ................................ 60830 ................................ 72971 ................................ 25456 ................................ 63153 ................................ 363 .................................... 46728 ................................ 39659 ................................ 10587 ................................ 12477 ................................ 9610 .................................. 49157 ................................ 9629 .................................. 14050 ................................ 69544 ................................ 3001 .................................. 23937 ................................ 65666 ................................ 46755 ................................ 71280 ................................ 42124 ................................ 711 .................................... 71428 ................................ 9015 .................................. 42116 ................................ 16993 ................................ 11125 ................................ 68007 ................................ 50781 ................................ 9917 .................................. 9908 .................................. 9922 .................................. 9913 .................................. 32326 ................................ 53734 ................................ 73642 ................................ 40618 ................................ 59438 ................................ 10981 ................................ 71297 ................................ 39664 ................................ 69479 ................................ 18334 ................................ 31590 ................................ 33081 ................................ 65684 ................................ 9987 .................................. 83304 ................................ 34204 ................................ 9989 .................................. 73042 ................................ 35385 ................................ 29712 ................................ 73264 ................................ 2455 .................................. 11291 ................................ 21250 ................................ 22129 ................................ 22124 ................................ 71325 ................................ 71326 ................................ 71329 ................................ 51567 ................................ 16530 ................................ 30576 ................................ 54385 ................................ WBRZ–TV ................................................................... WBSF .......................................................................... WBTV .......................................................................... WBTW ......................................................................... WBUI ........................................................................... WBUP ......................................................................... WBUY–TV ................................................................... WBXX–TV ................................................................... WBZ–TV ..................................................................... WCAU ......................................................................... WCAV ......................................................................... WCAX–TV ................................................................... WCBB ......................................................................... WCBD–TV .................................................................. WCBI–TV .................................................................... WCBS–TV ................................................................... WCCB ......................................................................... WCCO–TV .................................................................. WCCT–TV ................................................................... WCCU ......................................................................... WCCV–TV .................................................................. WCES–TV ................................................................... WCET ......................................................................... WCFE–TV ................................................................... WCHS–TV .................................................................. WCIA ........................................................................... WCIQ .......................................................................... WCIU–TV .................................................................... WCIV ........................................................................... WCIX ........................................................................... WCJB–TV ................................................................... WCLF .......................................................................... WCLJ–TV .................................................................... WCMH–TV .................................................................. WCML ......................................................................... WCMU–TV .................................................................. WCMV ......................................................................... WCMW ........................................................................ WCNC–TV .................................................................. WCNY–TV .................................................................. WCOV–TV .................................................................. WCPB ......................................................................... WCPO–TV .................................................................. WCPX–TV ................................................................... WCSC–TV .................................................................. WCSH ......................................................................... WCTE ......................................................................... WCTI–TV .................................................................... WCTV ......................................................................... WCTX ......................................................................... WCVB–TV ................................................................... WCVE–TV ................................................................... WCVI–TV .................................................................... WCVN–TV .................................................................. WCVW ........................................................................ WCWF ........................................................................ WCWG ........................................................................ WCWJ ......................................................................... WCWN ........................................................................ WCYB–TV ................................................................... WDAF–TV ................................................................... WDAM–TV .................................................................. WDAY–TV ................................................................... WDAZ–TV ................................................................... WDBB ......................................................................... WDBD ......................................................................... WDBJ .......................................................................... WDCA ......................................................................... WDCQ–TV .................................................................. WDCW ........................................................................ WDEF–TV ................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 2,223,336 1,836,543 4,433,795 1,975,457 981,884 126,472 1,569,254 2,142,759 7,960,556 11,269,831 1,032,270 784,748 964,079 1,149,489 680,511 22,087,789 3,642,232 3,862,571 5,818,471 694,550 3,391,703 1,098,868 3,123,290 459,417 1,352,824 834,084 3,186,320 10,052,136 1,152,800 554,002 977,492 4,097,389 2,305,723 2,756,260 233,439 707,702 425,499 106,975 3,883,049 1,342,821 889,102 567,809 3,330,885 9,753,235 1,028,018 1,755,325 612,760 1,688,065 1,065,524 7,844,936 7,780,868 1,721,004 50,601 2,129,816 1,505,484 1,131,390 3,630,551 1,661,270 1,909,223 2,363,002 2,539,581 512,594 339,239 151,720 1,792,728 940,665 1,626,017 8,101,358 1,269,199 8,155,998 1,730,762 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 2,222,309 1,832,446 4,296,893 1,959,172 981,868 112,603 1,567,815 1,984,544 7,730,847 11,098,540 874,886 665,685 910,222 1,149,489 678,424 21,511,236 3,574,928 3,855,451 5,307,612 693,317 2,062,994 1,097,706 3,110,519 419,756 1,274,766 833,547 3,016,907 10,049,244 1,152,800 549,911 977,492 4,096,624 2,303,534 2,712,989 224,255 699,551 411,288 104,859 3,809,706 1,279,429 884,417 567,809 3,313,654 9,751,916 1,028,018 1,548,824 541,314 1,685,638 1,065,464 7,332,431 7,618,496 1,712,249 50,495 2,120,349 1,505,330 1,130,818 3,299,114 1,661,132 1,621,751 2,057,404 2,537,411 500,343 338,856 151,659 1,762,643 939,489 1,435,762 8,049,329 1,269,199 8,114,847 1,530,403 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 17,332 14,291 33,511 15,280 7,658 878 12,227 15,477 60,293 86,558 6,823 5,192 7,099 8,965 5,291 167,766 27,881 30,069 41,394 5,407 16,089 8,561 24,259 3,274 9,942 6,501 23,529 78,374 8,991 4,289 7,623 31,950 17,965 21,159 1,749 5,456 3,208 818 29,712 9,978 6,898 4,428 25,843 76,055 8,018 12,079 4,222 13,146 8,310 57,186 59,417 13,354 394 16,537 11,740 8,819 25,730 12,955 12,648 16,046 19,789 3,902 2,643 1,183 13,747 7,327 11,198 62,777 9,898 63,288 11,936 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63729 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 32851 ................................ 43846 ................................ 71338 ................................ 714 .................................... 53114 ................................ 71427 ................................ 39561 ................................ 64017 ................................ 67893 ................................ 72335 ................................ 83740 ................................ 1283 .................................. 6476 .................................. 28476 ................................ 12171 ................................ 17726 ................................ 71353 ................................ 71357 ................................ 7908 .................................. 65690 ................................ 70592 ................................ 25045 ................................ 4110 .................................. 49421 ................................ 71363 ................................ 7893 .................................. 61003 ................................ 19561 ................................ 48666 ................................ 13602 ................................ 13607 ................................ 69338 ................................ 21808 ................................ 13594 ................................ 13595 ................................ 24801 ................................ 6744 .................................. 24215 ................................ 721 .................................... 18301 ................................ 69271 ................................ 60825 ................................ 26602 ................................ 40761 ................................ 69237 ................................ 71508 ................................ 83946 ................................ 81508 ................................ 25738 ................................ 65670 ................................ 69944 ................................ 60653 ................................ 18252 ................................ 2709 .................................. 72041 ................................ 59441 ................................ 72052 ................................ 72054 ................................ 81669 ................................ 69532 ................................ 10132 ................................ 25040 ................................ 11123 ................................ 6554 .................................. 13991 ................................ 715 .................................... 64592 ................................ 22211 ................................ 72060 ................................ 39736 ................................ 72062 ................................ WDFX–TV ................................................................... WDHN ......................................................................... WDIO–DT ................................................................... WDIQ .......................................................................... WDIV–TV .................................................................... WDJT–TV ................................................................... WDKA ......................................................................... WDKY–TV ................................................................... WDLI–TV .................................................................... WDPB ......................................................................... WDPM–DT .................................................................. WDPN–TV .................................................................. WDPX–TV ................................................................... WDRB ......................................................................... WDSC–TV .................................................................. WDSE ......................................................................... WDSI–TV .................................................................... WDSU ......................................................................... WDTI ........................................................................... WDTN ......................................................................... WDTV ......................................................................... WDVM–TV .................................................................. WDWL ......................................................................... WEAO ......................................................................... WEAR–TV ................................................................... WEAU ......................................................................... WEBA–TV ................................................................... WECN ......................................................................... WECT ......................................................................... WEDH ......................................................................... WEDN ......................................................................... WEDQ ......................................................................... WEDU ......................................................................... WEDW ........................................................................ WEDY ......................................................................... WEEK–TV ................................................................... WEFS .......................................................................... WEHT ......................................................................... WEIQ .......................................................................... WEIU–TV .................................................................... WEKW–TV .................................................................. WELF–TV ................................................................... WELU .......................................................................... WEMT ......................................................................... WENH–TV .................................................................. WENY–TV ................................................................... WEPH ......................................................................... WEPX–TV ................................................................... WESH ......................................................................... WETA–TV ................................................................... WETK .......................................................................... WETM–TV .................................................................. WETP–TV ................................................................... WEUX ......................................................................... WEVV–TV ................................................................... WEWS–TV .................................................................. WEYI–TV .................................................................... WFAA .......................................................................... WFBD ......................................................................... WFDC–DT .................................................................. WFFF–TV ................................................................... WFFT–TV ................................................................... WFGC ......................................................................... WFGX ......................................................................... WFIE ........................................................................... WFIQ ........................................................................... WFLA–TV ................................................................... WFLD .......................................................................... WFLI–TV ..................................................................... WFLX .......................................................................... WFMJ–TV ................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 271,499 452,377 341,506 663,062 5,450,318 3,267,652 658,699 1,204,817 4,147,298 596,888 1,365,977 11,594,463 6,833,712 2,054,813 3,389,559 330,994 1,100,302 1,649,083 2,092,242 3,831,757 566,592 3,074,837 2,638,361 3,960,217 1,520,973 1,006,393 641,354 2,886,669 1,156,807 5,328,800 3,451,170 5,379,887 5,379,887 5,996,408 5,328,800 752,596 3,380,743 857,558 1,055,632 458,480 1,263,049 1,477,691 2,315,163 1,726,085 4,500,498 656,240 604,105 950,012 4,063,973 8,315,499 670,087 870,206 2,167,383 380,569 752,417 4,112,984 3,715,686 6,917,502 817,914 8,155,998 633,649 1,095,429 3,018,351 1,493,866 743,079 546,563 5,583,544 9,957,301 1,294,209 5,740,086 4,328,477 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 270,942 451,978 327,469 620,124 5,450,174 3,256,507 658,277 1,173,579 4,114,920 596,888 1,364,744 11,467,616 6,761,949 2,037,086 3,389,559 316,643 1,042,191 1,649,083 2,091,941 3,819,550 524,961 2,646,508 1,977,410 3,945,408 1,520,386 971,050 632,282 2,157,288 1,156,807 4,724,167 2,643,344 5,365,612 5,365,612 5,544,708 4,724,167 752,539 3,380,743 844,070 1,055,193 458,416 773,108 1,387,044 1,721,317 1,186,706 4,328,222 517,754 602,833 950,012 4,053,252 8,258,807 558,842 770,731 1,888,574 373,680 751,094 4,078,299 3,652,991 6,907,616 817,389 8,114,847 552,182 1,095,411 3,018,351 1,493,319 740,909 544,258 5,576,649 9,954,828 1,189,897 5,740,086 3,822,691 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 2,113 3,525 2,554 4,836 42,506 25,397 5,134 9,153 32,092 4,655 10,644 89,436 52,736 15,887 26,435 2,469 8,128 12,861 16,315 29,789 4,094 20,640 15,422 30,770 11,857 7,573 4,931 16,825 9,022 36,844 20,615 41,846 41,846 43,243 36,844 5,869 26,366 6,583 8,229 3,575 6,029 10,818 13,425 9,255 33,756 4,038 4,701 7,409 31,611 64,410 4,358 6,011 14,729 2,914 5,858 31,807 28,490 53,872 6,375 63,288 4,306 8,543 23,540 11,646 5,778 4,245 43,492 77,638 9,280 44,767 29,813 63730 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 72064 ................................ 39884 ................................ 83943 ................................ 47902 ................................ 11909 ................................ 40626 ................................ 21245 ................................ 25396 ................................ 9635 .................................. 53115 ................................ 6093 .................................. 21801 ................................ 11913 ................................ 64588 ................................ 16788 ................................ 72076 ................................ 70649 ................................ 60553 ................................ 25395 ................................ 60555 ................................ 22108 ................................ 9054 .................................. 3228 .................................. 70815 ................................ 19707 ................................ 24813 ................................ 6463 .................................. 22245 ................................ 43424 ................................ 25236 ................................ 41397 ................................ 53930 ................................ 2708 .................................. 24314 ................................ 72099 ................................ 12498 ................................ 11113 ................................ 72098 ................................ 72096 ................................ 62388 ................................ 54275 ................................ 27387 ................................ 7727 .................................. 25682 ................................ 11027 ................................ 9064 .................................. 72106 ................................ 710 .................................... 12520 ................................ 25683 ................................ 24618 ................................ 72119 ................................ 9762 .................................. 72115 ................................ 40619 ................................ 65074 ................................ 64547 ................................ 63329 ................................ 66285 ................................ 59279 ................................ 59280 ................................ 23948 ................................ 7623 .................................. 24783 ................................ 24784 ................................ 21536 ................................ 56642 ................................ 58262 ................................ 73371 ................................ 32327 ................................ 6096 .................................. WFMY–TV .................................................................. WFMZ–TV ................................................................... WFNA ......................................................................... WFOR–TV .................................................................. WFOX–TV ................................................................... WFPT .......................................................................... WFPX–TV ................................................................... WFQX–TV ................................................................... WFRV–TV ................................................................... WFSB .......................................................................... WFSG ......................................................................... WFSU–TV ................................................................... WFTC .......................................................................... WFTS–TV ................................................................... WFTT–TV ................................................................... WFTV .......................................................................... WFTX–TV ................................................................... WFTY–DT ................................................................... WFUP ......................................................................... WFUT–DT ................................................................... WFWA ......................................................................... WFXB .......................................................................... WFXG ......................................................................... WFXL .......................................................................... WFXP .......................................................................... WFXR ......................................................................... WFXT .......................................................................... WFXU ......................................................................... WFXV .......................................................................... WFXW ......................................................................... WFYI ........................................................................... WGAL ......................................................................... WGBA–TV .................................................................. WGBC ......................................................................... WGBH–TV .................................................................. WGBO–DT .................................................................. WGBP–TV .................................................................. WGBX–TV .................................................................. WGBY–TV .................................................................. WGCU ......................................................................... WGEM–TV .................................................................. WGEN–TV .................................................................. WGFL .......................................................................... WGGB–TV .................................................................. WGGN–TV .................................................................. WGGS–TV .................................................................. WGHP ......................................................................... WGIQ .......................................................................... WGMB–TV .................................................................. WGME–TV .................................................................. WGNM ........................................................................ WGNO ........................................................................ WGNT ......................................................................... WGN–TV ..................................................................... WGPT ......................................................................... WGPX–TV .................................................................. WGRZ ......................................................................... WGTA ......................................................................... WGTE–TV ................................................................... WGTQ ......................................................................... WGTU ......................................................................... WGTV ......................................................................... WGTW–TV .................................................................. WGVK ......................................................................... WGVU–TV .................................................................. WGWG ........................................................................ WGWW ....................................................................... WGXA ......................................................................... WHAM–TV .................................................................. WHAS–TV ................................................................... WHA–TV ..................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 4,772,783 10,613,847 1,391,519 5,398,266 1,603,324 5,829,153 2,637,949 537,340 1,263,353 4,752,788 364,961 576,105 3,787,177 5,236,379 4,523,828 3,882,888 1,758,172 5,678,755 234,863 20,538,272 1,035,114 1,393,865 1,070,032 793,637 583,315 1,426,061 7,494,070 218,273 702,682 274,078 2,389,627 6,287,688 1,170,375 249,415 7,711,842 9,828,737 1,820,589 7,803,280 4,470,009 1,510,671 361,598 43,037 877,163 3,443,386 4,002,841 2,759,326 4,174,964 363,849 1,742,708 1,495,724 742,458 1,641,765 2,128,079 9,983,395 578,294 2,765,350 1,878,725 1,061,654 2,210,496 116,301 358,543 5,989,342 807,797 2,439,225 1,825,744 986,963 1,677,166 779,955 1,381,564 1,955,983 1,635,777 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 4,746,167 9,474,797 1,390,447 5,398,266 1,603,324 5,442,279 2,634,141 534,314 1,256,376 4,370,519 364,796 576,093 3,770,207 5,236,287 4,521,879 3,882,888 1,758,172 5,560,460 234,436 20,130,459 1,034,862 1,393,510 1,057,760 785,106 562,500 1,286,450 7,400,830 218,273 612,494 270,967 2,388,970 5,610,833 1,170,127 249,235 7,601,732 9,826,530 1,812,232 7,636,641 3,739,675 1,510,671 356,682 43,037 877,163 3,053,436 3,981,382 2,705,067 4,123,106 363,806 1,742,659 1,325,465 741,502 1,641,765 2,127,891 9,981,137 344,300 2,754,743 1,812,309 1,030,538 2,208,927 112,633 353,477 5,917,966 807,797 2,437,526 1,784,264 986,963 1,647,976 779,087 1,334,653 1,925,901 1,628,950 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 37,015 73,894 10,844 42,101 12,504 42,444 20,544 4,167 9,798 34,086 2,845 4,493 29,404 40,838 35,266 30,283 13,712 43,366 1,828 156,997 8,071 10,868 8,249 6,123 4,387 10,033 57,719 1,702 4,777 2,113 18,632 43,759 9,126 1,944 59,286 76,637 14,134 59,558 29,166 11,782 2,782 336 6,841 23,814 31,051 21,097 32,156 2,837 13,591 10,337 5,783 12,804 16,595 77,843 2,685 21,484 14,134 8,037 17,227 878 2,757 46,154 6,300 19,010 13,915 7,697 12,853 6,076 10,409 15,020 12,704 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63731 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 13950 ................................ 12521 ................................ 10894 ................................ 65128 ................................ 72145 ................................ 83929 ................................ 70041 ................................ 67971 ................................ 41458 ................................ 713 .................................... 61216 ................................ 65919 ................................ 18780 ................................ 48668 ................................ 24582 ................................ 37102 ................................ 61004 ................................ 36117 ................................ 37106 ................................ 72300 ................................ 48693 ................................ 66221 ................................ 6866 .................................. 72313 ................................ 51980 ................................ 73036 ................................ 25932 ................................ 68058 ................................ 4688 .................................. 9990 .................................. 72326 ................................ 11117 ................................ 27772 ................................ 18793 ................................ 72338 ................................ 5360 .................................. 63160 ................................ 25684 ................................ 25686 ................................ 24970 ................................ 62210 ................................ 18410 ................................ 26025 ................................ 720 .................................... 68939 ................................ 6863 .................................. 22093 ................................ 67787 ................................ 41314 ................................ 3646 .................................. 48408 ................................ 53863 ................................ 53859 ................................ 10253 ................................ 39887 ................................ 71336 ................................ 13990 ................................ 65143 ................................ 13960 ................................ 39269 ................................ 65680 ................................ 73083 ................................ 73107 ................................ 594 .................................... 61005 ................................ 7780 .................................. 11260 ................................ 60571 ................................ 62207 ................................ 73120 ................................ 10259 ................................ WHBF–TV ................................................................... WHBQ–TV .................................................................. WHBR ......................................................................... WHDF ......................................................................... WHDH ......................................................................... WHDT ......................................................................... WHEC–TV .................................................................. WHFT–TV ................................................................... WHIO–TV .................................................................... WHIQ .......................................................................... WHIZ–TV .................................................................... WHKY–TV ................................................................... WHLA–TV ................................................................... WHLT .......................................................................... WHLV–TV ................................................................... WHMB–TV .................................................................. WHMC ........................................................................ WHME–TV .................................................................. WHNO ......................................................................... WHNS ......................................................................... WHNT–TV ................................................................... WHO–DT .................................................................... WHOI .......................................................................... WHP–TV ..................................................................... WHPX–TV ................................................................... WHRM–TV .................................................................. WHRO–TV .................................................................. WHSG–TV .................................................................. WHSV–TV ................................................................... WHTJ .......................................................................... WHTM–TV .................................................................. WHTN ......................................................................... WHUT–TV ................................................................... WHWC–TV ................................................................. WHYY–TV ................................................................... WIAT ........................................................................... WIBW–TV ................................................................... WICD .......................................................................... WICS ........................................................................... WICU–TV .................................................................... WICZ–TV .................................................................... WIDP ........................................................................... WIFS ........................................................................... WIIQ ............................................................................ WILL–TV ..................................................................... WILX–TV ..................................................................... WINK–TV .................................................................... WINM .......................................................................... WINP–TV .................................................................... WIPB ........................................................................... WIPL ........................................................................... WIPM–TV 1 ................................................................. WIPR–TV 1 .................................................................. WIPX–TV .................................................................... WIRS 12 ....................................................................... WIRT–DT .................................................................... WIS ............................................................................. WISC–TV .................................................................... WISE–TV .................................................................... WISH–TV .................................................................... WISN–TV .................................................................... WITF–TV ..................................................................... WITI ............................................................................ WITN–TV .................................................................... WITV ........................................................................... WIVB–TV .................................................................... WIVT ........................................................................... WIWN .......................................................................... WIYC ........................................................................... WJAC–TV ................................................................... WJAL .......................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 1,712,339 1,736,335 1,302,764 1,553,469 7,441,208 5,768,239 1,322,243 5,417,409 3,877,520 1,278,174 911,245 3,358,493 554,446 484,432 3,906,201 2,959,585 774,921 1,455,358 1,499,653 2,549,610 1,569,885 1,120,480 736,125 4,030,693 5,579,464 535,778 2,169,238 5,870,314 845,013 807,960 3,211,085 1,914,755 7,953,119 1,123,941 10,448,829 1,868,854 1,234,347 1,238,332 1,101,798 740,115 1,249,974 2,559,306 1,583,693 353,241 1,178,545 3,378,644 1,818,122 1,001,485 2,935,057 1,965,353 850,656 2,280,935 3,596,802 2,305,723 1,091,825 127,001 2,644,715 1,734,112 1,070,155 2,912,963 3,003,636 2,412,561 3,111,641 1,861,458 871,783 1,900,503 855,138 3,338,845 639,641 2,219,529 8,750,706 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 1,704,072 1,708,345 1,302,041 1,502,852 7,343,735 5,768,239 1,279,606 5,417,409 3,868,597 1,225,940 840,696 3,294,261 515,561 483,532 3,906,201 2,889,145 774,921 1,455,110 1,499,653 2,270,868 1,487,578 1,099,818 736,047 3,538,096 5,114,336 532,820 2,169,237 5,808,605 711,912 690,381 2,799,192 1,905,733 7,915,675 1,091,281 10,049,700 1,830,924 1,181,009 1,237,046 1,099,718 683,435 965,416 1,899,768 1,578,870 347,685 1,158,147 3,218,221 1,818,122 971,031 2,883,944 1,965,174 799,165 1,648,150 2,811,148 2,303,534 757,978 126,300 2,600,887 1,697,537 1,070,155 2,855,253 2,997,695 2,191,501 3,102,097 1,836,905 871,783 1,820,106 613,934 3,323,941 637,499 1,897,986 8,446,074 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 13,290 13,323 10,155 11,721 57,274 44,986 9,980 42,250 30,171 9,561 6,557 25,692 4,021 3,771 30,464 22,532 6,044 11,348 11,696 17,710 11,602 8,577 5,740 27,594 39,887 4,155 16,918 45,301 5,552 5,384 21,831 14,863 61,734 8,511 78,378 14,279 9,211 9,648 8,577 5,330 7,529 14,816 12,314 2,712 9,032 25,099 14,180 7,573 22,492 15,326 6,233 2,251 21,924 17,965 4,676 985 20,284 13,239 8,346 22,268 23,379 17,092 24,193 14,326 6,799 14,195 4,788 25,923 4,972 14,802 65,871 63732 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 50780 ................................ 35576 ................................ 27140 ................................ 73123 ................................ 37174 ................................ 73130 ................................ 29719 ................................ 65749 ................................ 7651 .................................. 49699 ................................ 73136 ................................ 57826 ................................ 68519 ................................ 1051 .................................. 86537 ................................ 9630 .................................. 61008 ................................ 58340 ................................ 21735 ................................ 23918 ................................ 41210 ................................ 48667 ................................ 73150 ................................ 61007 ................................ 58342 ................................ 53116 ................................ 11893 ................................ 32334 ................................ 25455 ................................ 73152 ................................ 64983 ................................ 6104 .................................. 34171 ................................ 51570 ................................ 73153 ................................ 13929 ................................ 74424 ................................ 54176 ................................ 53465 ................................ 73155 ................................ 34177 ................................ 34196 ................................ 34207 ................................ 34212 ................................ 71293 ................................ 34195 ................................ 34202 ................................ 34174 ................................ 42061 ................................ 83931 ................................ 34205 ................................ 67869 ................................ 34211 ................................ 18267 ................................ 64545 ................................ 21432 ................................ 65758 ................................ 34200 ................................ 27504 ................................ 58341 ................................ 11289 ................................ 73187 ................................ 73188 ................................ 34222 ................................ 40902 ................................ 60654 ................................ 73195 ................................ 24914 ................................ 71861 ................................ 34181 ................................ 18819 ................................ WJAR .......................................................................... WJAX–TV ................................................................... WJBF .......................................................................... WJBK .......................................................................... WJCL .......................................................................... WJCT .......................................................................... WJEB–TV ................................................................... WJET–TV .................................................................... WJFB .......................................................................... WJFW–TV ................................................................... WJHG–TV ................................................................... WJHL–TV .................................................................... WJKT .......................................................................... WJLA–TV .................................................................... WJLP .......................................................................... WJMN–TV ................................................................... WJPM–TV ................................................................... WJPX 6 10 12 ................................................................ WJRT–TV ................................................................... WJSP–TV ................................................................... WJTC .......................................................................... WJTV .......................................................................... WJW ........................................................................... WJWJ–TV ................................................................... WJWN–TV 6 ................................................................ WJXT .......................................................................... WJXX .......................................................................... WJYS .......................................................................... WJZ–TV ...................................................................... WJZY .......................................................................... WKAQ–TV 3 ................................................................ WKAR–TV ................................................................... WKAS ......................................................................... WKBD–TV ................................................................... WKBN–TV ................................................................... WKBS–TV ................................................................... WKBT–DT ................................................................... WKBW–TV .................................................................. WKCF ......................................................................... WKEF .......................................................................... WKGB–TV .................................................................. WKHA ......................................................................... WKLE .......................................................................... WKMA–TV .................................................................. WKMG–TV .................................................................. WKMJ–TV ................................................................... WKMR ......................................................................... WKMU ......................................................................... WKNO ......................................................................... WKNX–TV ................................................................... WKOH ......................................................................... WKOI–TV .................................................................... WKON ......................................................................... WKOP–TV .................................................................. WKOW ........................................................................ WKPC–TV ................................................................... WKPD ......................................................................... WKPI–TV .................................................................... WKPT–TV ................................................................... WKPV 10 ...................................................................... WKRC–TV .................................................................. WKRG–TV .................................................................. WKRN–TV .................................................................. WKSO–TV .................................................................. WKTC ......................................................................... WKTV .......................................................................... WKYC ......................................................................... WKYT–TV ................................................................... WKYU–TV ................................................................... WKZT–TV ................................................................... WLAE–TV ................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 7,108,180 1,630,782 1,601,088 5,748,623 938,086 1,618,817 1,607,603 747,431 2,310,517 277,530 864,121 2,034,663 655,780 8,750,706 21,384,080 160,991 623,939 3,254,481 2,788,684 4,225,860 1,381,529 987,206 3,977,148 1,034,555 2,063,156 1,622,616 1,618,191 9,667,341 9,743,335 4,432,745 3,697,088 1,693,373 542,308 5,065,617 4,898,622 1,082,894 866,325 2,247,191 4,241,181 3,730,595 413,268 511,281 856,237 524,617 3,817,673 1,477,906 463,316 344,430 1,645,867 1,684,178 584,645 3,831,757 1,080,274 1,555,654 1,918,224 1,525,919 283,454 606,666 1,131,213 1,132,932 3,281,914 1,526,600 2,409,767 658,441 1,387,229 1,573,503 4,180,327 1,174,615 411,448 1,044,532 1,397,967 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 6,976,099 1,630,782 1,588,444 5,711,224 938,086 1,617,292 1,607,603 717,721 2,302,217 268,295 859,823 1,462,129 655,373 8,447,643 21,119,164 154,424 623,787 2,500,195 2,543,446 4,188,428 1,379,283 980,717 3,905,325 1,034,555 1,461,497 1,622,616 1,617,272 9,667,317 9,350,346 4,301,117 2,731,588 1,689,830 512,994 5,065,350 4,535,576 937,847 824,795 2,161,366 4,240,354 3,716,127 411,587 400,721 846,630 524,035 3,817,673 1,470,645 428,462 344,050 1,642,092 1,459,493 579,258 3,819,550 1,072,320 1,382,098 1,899,746 1,517,701 282,250 481,220 887,806 731,199 3,229,223 1,526,075 2,388,588 642,090 1,386,779 1,342,387 4,124,135 1,156,978 409,310 1,020,878 1,397,967 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 54,407 12,718 12,388 44,542 7,316 12,613 12,538 5,598 17,955 2,092 6,706 11,403 5,111 65,883 164,708 1,204 4,865 19,499 19,836 32,666 10,757 7,649 30,458 8,068 4,676 12,655 12,613 75,395 72,923 33,544 2,628 13,179 4,001 39,505 35,373 7,314 6,433 16,856 33,071 28,982 3,210 3,125 6,603 4,087 29,774 11,470 3,342 2,683 12,807 11,383 4,518 29,789 8,363 10,779 14,816 11,837 2,201 3,753 6,924 4,676 25,185 11,902 18,629 5,008 10,815 10,469 32,164 9,023 3,192 7,962 10,903 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63733 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 36533 ................................ 2710 .................................. 68542 ................................ 39644 ................................ 69328 ................................ 63046 ................................ 73203 ................................ 37806 ................................ 37808 ................................ 73204 ................................ 73205 ................................ 19777 ................................ 37503 ................................ 38336 ................................ 27696 ................................ 71645 ................................ 53939 ................................ 11033 ................................ 1222 .................................. 17076 ................................ 68518 ................................ 22591 ................................ 74420 ................................ 73206 ................................ 84253 ................................ 56537 ................................ 37732 ................................ 13995 ................................ 38586 ................................ 73189 ................................ 66358 ................................ 73226 ................................ 73230 ................................ 37176 ................................ 37179 ................................ 21259 ................................ 4150 .................................. 73238 ................................ 36989 ................................ 3978 .................................. 46979 ................................ 54452 ................................ 55350 ................................ 43192 ................................ 43170 ................................ 43197 ................................ 43176 ................................ 47905 ................................ 59442 ................................ 43184 ................................ 43193 ................................ 43169 ................................ 46991 ................................ 66398 ................................ 43952 ................................ 42121 ................................ 83969 ................................ 60829 ................................ 9739 .................................. 19184 ................................ 189357 .............................. 73255 ................................ 16455 ................................ 39656 ................................ 39648 ................................ 70537 ................................ 39649 ................................ 39662 ................................ 41893 ................................ 41436 ................................ 61111 ................................ WLAJ .......................................................................... WLAX .......................................................................... WLBT .......................................................................... WLBZ .......................................................................... WLED–TV ................................................................... WLEF–TV ................................................................... WLEX–TV ................................................................... WLFB .......................................................................... WLFG .......................................................................... WLFI–TV ..................................................................... WLFL .......................................................................... WLII–DT 4 8 ................................................................. WLIO ........................................................................... WLIW .......................................................................... WLJC–TV .................................................................... WLJT–DT .................................................................... WLKY .......................................................................... WLLA .......................................................................... WLMA ......................................................................... WLMB ......................................................................... WLMT ......................................................................... WLNE–TV ................................................................... WLNS–TV ................................................................... WLNY–TV ................................................................... WLOO ......................................................................... WLOS ......................................................................... WLOV–TV ................................................................... WLOX ......................................................................... WLPB–TV ................................................................... WLPX–TV ................................................................... WLRN–TV ................................................................... WLS–TV ...................................................................... WLTV–DT ................................................................... WLTX .......................................................................... WLTZ .......................................................................... WLUC–TV ................................................................... WLUK–TV ................................................................... WLVI ........................................................................... WLVT–TV ................................................................... WLWC ......................................................................... WLWT ......................................................................... WLXI ........................................................................... WLYH .......................................................................... WMAB–TV .................................................................. WMAE–TV .................................................................. WMAH–TV .................................................................. WMAO–TV .................................................................. WMAQ–TV .................................................................. WMAR–TV .................................................................. WMAU–TV .................................................................. WMAV–TV .................................................................. WMAW–TV ................................................................. WMAZ–TV .................................................................. WMBB ......................................................................... WMBC–TV .................................................................. WMBD–TV .................................................................. WMBF–TV .................................................................. WMCF–TV .................................................................. WMCN–TV .................................................................. WMC–TV .................................................................... WMDE ......................................................................... WMDN ........................................................................ WMDT ......................................................................... WMEA–TV .................................................................. WMEB–TV .................................................................. WMEC ......................................................................... WMED–TV .................................................................. WMEM–TV .................................................................. WMFD–TV .................................................................. WMFP ......................................................................... WMGM–TV ................................................................. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 4,100,475 469,017 948,671 373,129 332,718 200,517 969,481 798,916 1,614,321 2,243,009 3,747,583 2,801,102 1,067,232 20,027,920 1,401,072 385,493 1,927,997 2,081,693 1,646,714 2,754,484 1,736,552 6,429,522 4,100,475 7,501,199 913,960 3,086,751 609,526 1,182,149 1,219,624 1,066,912 5,447,399 10,174,464 5,427,398 1,580,677 689,521 92,246 1,187,616 7,441,208 10,613,847 3,281,532 3,367,381 4,184,851 3,211,085 405,483 686,076 1,257,393 369,696 9,914,395 9,198,495 642,328 1,008,339 726,173 1,185,678 935,027 18,706,132 742,729 445,363 612,942 10,448,829 2,047,403 6,384,827 278,227 731,868 902,755 511,761 218,027 30,488 71,700 1,561,367 5,792,048 807,797 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 4,063,963 447,381 947,857 364,346 174,998 199,188 964,735 688,519 1,282,063 2,221,313 3,743,960 2,153,564 1,050,170 19,717,729 1,281,256 385,380 1,919,810 2,081,436 1,644,206 2,747,490 1,733,496 6,381,825 4,063,963 7,415,578 912,674 2,544,410 607,780 1,170,659 1,219,407 1,022,543 5,447,399 10,170,757 5,427,398 1,578,645 685,358 85,393 1,186,861 7,343,735 9,474,797 3,150,875 3,355,009 4,166,318 2,799,192 399,560 653,173 1,256,995 369,343 9,913,272 9,072,076 636,504 1,008,208 715,450 1,136,616 914,607 18,458,331 742,660 445,363 609,635 10,049,700 2,043,125 6,257,910 278,018 731,868 853,857 494,574 217,839 29,577 69,981 1,324,244 5,564,295 807,797 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 31,695 3,489 7,392 2,842 1,365 1,553 7,524 5,370 9,999 17,324 29,199 16,796 8,190 153,779 9,993 3,006 14,973 16,233 12,823 21,428 13,520 49,772 31,695 57,834 7,118 19,844 4,740 9,130 9,510 7,975 42,484 79,322 42,328 12,312 5,345 666 9,256 57,274 73,894 24,574 26,166 32,493 21,831 3,116 5,094 9,803 2,881 77,314 70,753 4,964 7,863 5,580 8,864 7,133 143,957 5,792 3,473 4,755 78,378 15,934 48,805 2,168 5,708 6,659 3,857 1,699 231 546 10,328 43,396 6,300 63734 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 43847 ................................ 73263 ................................ 68545 ................................ 53819 ................................ 81503 ................................ 65944 ................................ 43168 ................................ 65942 ................................ 60827 ................................ 10221 ................................ 2174 .................................. 6870 .................................. 73288 ................................ 23935 ................................ 73292 ................................ 42663 ................................ 42665 ................................ 81946 ................................ 56548 ................................ 74211 ................................ 20624 ................................ 25544 ................................ 73310 ................................ 73311 ................................ 47535 ................................ 83965 ................................ 72307 ................................ 50782 ................................ 57838 ................................ 41674 ................................ 28462 ................................ 71928 ................................ 60931 ................................ 41221 ................................ 49439 ................................ 73318 ................................ 18795 ................................ 51864 ................................ 23942 ................................ 67802 ................................ 41671 ................................ 48457 ................................ 48477 ................................ 48481 ................................ 48465 ................................ 73333 ................................ 73336 ................................ 61217 ................................ 71905 ................................ 4318 .................................. 73344 ................................ 54280 ................................ 71676 ................................ 62137 ................................ 41398 ................................ 28468 ................................ 61009 ................................ 61010 ................................ 16539 ................................ 7933 .................................. 9999 .................................. 10019 ................................ 73354 ................................ 136751 .............................. 30303 ................................ 6048 .................................. 34329 ................................ 67784 ................................ 73363 ................................ 22206 ................................ 69618 ................................ WMGT–TV .................................................................. WMHT ......................................................................... WMLW–TV .................................................................. WMOR–TV .................................................................. WMOW ....................................................................... WMPB ......................................................................... WMPN–TV .................................................................. WMPT ......................................................................... WMPV–TV .................................................................. WMSN–TV .................................................................. WMTJ 11 ...................................................................... WMTV ......................................................................... WMTW ........................................................................ WMUM–TV ................................................................. WMUR–TV .................................................................. WMVS ......................................................................... WMVT ......................................................................... WMWC–TV ................................................................. WMYA–TV .................................................................. WMYD ......................................................................... WMYT–TV .................................................................. WMYV ......................................................................... WNAB ......................................................................... WNAC–TV .................................................................. WNBC ......................................................................... WNBW–DT ................................................................. WNCF ......................................................................... WNCN ......................................................................... WNCT–TV ................................................................... WNDU–TV .................................................................. WNDY–TV .................................................................. WNED–TV .................................................................. WNEH ......................................................................... WNEM–TV .................................................................. WNEO ......................................................................... WNEP–TV ................................................................... WNET ......................................................................... WNEU ......................................................................... WNGH–TV .................................................................. WNIN .......................................................................... WNIT ........................................................................... WNJB .......................................................................... WNJN .......................................................................... WNJS .......................................................................... WNJT .......................................................................... WNJU .......................................................................... WNJX–TV 2 ................................................................. WNKY ......................................................................... WNLO ......................................................................... WNMU ........................................................................ WNNE ......................................................................... WNOL–TV ................................................................... WNPB–TV ................................................................... WNPI–DT .................................................................... WNPT ......................................................................... WNPX–TV ................................................................... WNSC–TV .................................................................. WNTV ......................................................................... WNTZ–TV ................................................................... WNUV ......................................................................... WNVC ......................................................................... WNVT ......................................................................... WNWO–TV ................................................................. WNYA ......................................................................... WNYB ......................................................................... WNYE–TV ................................................................... WNYI ........................................................................... WNYO–TV .................................................................. WNYT ......................................................................... WNYW ........................................................................ WOAI–TV .................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 601,894 1,719,949 1,843,933 5,394,541 121,150 7,452,728 856,237 8,637,742 1,423,052 1,947,942 3,143,148 1,548,616 1,940,292 925,814 5,242,334 3,172,534 3,172,534 946,858 1,650,798 5,750,989 4,432,745 3,901,915 2,176,984 7,310,183 21,952,082 1,400,631 667,683 3,795,494 1,935,414 1,863,764 2,912,963 1,387,961 1,261,482 1,475,094 3,353,869 3,429,213 21,113,760 7,135,190 5,744,856 908,275 1,305,447 20,787,272 20,787,272 7,383,483 7,383,483 21,952,082 1,628,732 379,002 1,900,503 181,736 792,551 1,632,389 2,130,047 167,931 2,266,543 2,084,890 2,431,154 2,419,841 344,704 9,098,694 807,960 1,721,004 2,872,428 1,923,118 1,785,269 19,414,613 1,627,542 1,430,491 1,679,494 20,075,874 2,525,811 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 601,309 1,550,977 1,843,663 5,394,541 105,957 7,343,061 854,089 8,584,398 1,422,411 1,927,158 2,365,308 1,545,459 1,658,816 920,835 5,057,770 3,112,231 3,112,231 916,989 1,571,594 5,750,873 4,301,117 3,875,210 2,166,809 6,959,064 21,399,204 1,396,012 665,950 3,783,131 1,887,929 1,835,398 2,855,253 1,370,480 1,255,218 1,471,908 3,271,369 2,838,000 20,615,190 7,067,520 5,595,366 891,946 1,305,447 20,036,393 20,036,393 7,343,269 7,343,269 21,399,204 1,170,083 377,357 1,820,106 179,662 676,539 1,632,389 1,941,707 161,748 2,235,316 2,071,017 2,425,044 2,211,019 343,849 8,906,508 690,381 1,712,249 2,872,250 1,651,777 1,756,096 19,180,858 1,338,811 1,409,756 1,516,775 19,753,060 2,513,887 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 4,690 12,096 14,379 42,072 826 57,269 6,661 66,950 11,093 15,030 18,447 12,053 12,937 7,182 39,446 24,272 24,272 7,152 12,257 44,851 33,544 30,223 16,899 54,274 166,892 10,887 5,194 29,505 14,724 14,314 22,268 10,688 9,789 11,479 25,513 22,134 160,778 55,120 43,638 6,956 10,181 156,264 156,264 57,270 57,270 166,892 2,462 2,943 14,195 1,401 5,276 12,731 15,143 1,261 17,433 16,152 18,913 17,244 2,682 69,462 5,384 13,354 22,401 12,882 13,696 149,592 10,441 10,995 11,829 154,054 19,606 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63735 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 66804 ................................ 41225 ................................ 70651 ................................ 8661 .................................. 39746 ................................ 71725 ................................ 73375 ................................ 60963 ................................ 36838 ................................ 67602 ................................ 64865 ................................ 73901 ................................ 60357 ................................ 66185 ................................ 131 .................................... 10212 ................................ 50147 ................................ 50141 ................................ 23342 ................................ 65528 ................................ 31570 ................................ 51988 ................................ 21253 ................................ 62136 ................................ 13456 ................................ 13924 ................................ 64033 ................................ 4354 .................................. 69880 ................................ 17012 ................................ 52527 ................................ 84088 ................................ 54728 ................................ 60820 ................................ 73875 ................................ 2942 .................................. 73879 ................................ 73881 ................................ 53113 ................................ 11906 ................................ 10213 ................................ 18798 ................................ 73907 ................................ 28480 ................................ 51984 ................................ 47404 ................................ 51991 ................................ 12499 ................................ 66219 ................................ 73905 ................................ 25067 ................................ 25065 ................................ 59443 ................................ 57476 ................................ 8616 .................................. 48772 ................................ 51969 ................................ 71236 ................................ 5800 .................................. 37104 ................................ 48406 ................................ 73312 ................................ 73910 ................................ 2325 .................................. 52628 ................................ 21729 ................................ 48608 ................................ 73356 ................................ 27290 ................................ 50063 ................................ 70251 ................................ WOAY–TV .................................................................. WOFL .......................................................................... WOGX ......................................................................... WOI–DT ...................................................................... WOIO .......................................................................... WOLE–DT 4 ................................................................ WOLF–TV ................................................................... WOLO–TV .................................................................. WOOD–TV .................................................................. WOPX–TV .................................................................. WORA–TV 3 13 ............................................................ WORO–DT .................................................................. WOST ......................................................................... WOSU–TV .................................................................. WOTF–TV ................................................................... WOTV ......................................................................... WOUB–TV .................................................................. WOUC–TV .................................................................. WOWK–TV ................................................................. WOWT ........................................................................ WPAN ......................................................................... WPBF .......................................................................... WPBN–TV ................................................................... WPBS–TV ................................................................... WPBT .......................................................................... WPCB–TV ................................................................... WPCH–TV .................................................................. WPCT ......................................................................... WPCW ........................................................................ WPDE–TV ................................................................... WPEC ......................................................................... WPFO ......................................................................... WPGA–TV .................................................................. WPGD–TV .................................................................. WPGH–TV .................................................................. WPGX ......................................................................... WPHL–TV ................................................................... WPIX ........................................................................... WPLG ......................................................................... WPMI–TV .................................................................... WPMT ......................................................................... WPNE–TV ................................................................... WPNT ......................................................................... WPPT .......................................................................... WPPX–TV ................................................................... WPRI–TV .................................................................... WPSD–TV ................................................................... WPSG ......................................................................... WPSU–TV ................................................................... WPTA .......................................................................... WPTD ......................................................................... WPTO ......................................................................... WPTV–TV ................................................................... WPTZ .......................................................................... WPVI–TV .................................................................... WPWR–TV .................................................................. WPXA–TV ................................................................... WPXC–TV ................................................................... WPXD–TV ................................................................... WPXE–TV ................................................................... WPXG–TV .................................................................. WPXH–TV ................................................................... WPXI ........................................................................... WPXJ–TV ................................................................... WPXK–TV ................................................................... WPXL–TV ................................................................... WPXM–TV .................................................................. WPXN–TV ................................................................... WPXP–TV ................................................................... WPXQ–TV .................................................................. WPXR–TV ................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 581,486 4,048,104 1,112,408 1,173,757 3,821,233 1,784,094 2,990,646 2,635,715 2,507,053 3,877,863 3,594,115 3,236,498 1,193,381 2,843,651 3,451,383 2,368,797 756,762 1,713,515 1,159,175 1,380,979 1,254,821 3,190,307 442,005 338,448 5,416,604 2,934,614 5,948,778 195,270 3,393,365 1,772,233 5,764,571 1,329,690 559,495 2,355,629 3,236,098 425,098 10,421,216 20,948,273 5,588,748 1,468,001 2,412,561 1,161,295 3,172,170 10,613,847 8,044,823 7,254,721 883,814 10,798,264 1,055,133 1,099,180 3,423,417 2,961,254 5,840,102 792,551 11,491,587 9,957,301 6,587,205 1,561,014 5,249,447 3,067,071 2,577,848 1,471,601 3,300,896 2,357,870 1,801,997 1,639,180 5,153,621 20,878,066 5,565,072 3,281,532 1,375,640 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 443,210 4,043,672 1,112,408 1,170,432 3,745,335 1,312,984 2,522,858 2,594,980 2,501,084 3,877,805 2,762,755 2,516,588 853,762 2,776,901 3,451,383 2,368,397 734,988 1,649,853 1,083,663 1,377,287 1,254,636 3,186,405 430,953 301,692 5,416,604 2,800,516 5,874,163 194,869 3,188,441 1,769,553 5,764,571 1,209,873 559,025 2,343,715 3,121,767 422,872 10,246,856 20,501,774 5,588,748 1,467,594 2,191,501 1,160,631 3,064,423 9,474,797 7,839,141 6,990,606 879,213 10,529,460 868,013 1,099,180 3,411,727 2,951,883 5,840,102 676,539 11,302,701 9,954,828 6,458,510 1,561,014 5,249,447 3,057,388 2,512,150 1,451,634 3,197,864 2,289,706 1,577,806 1,639,180 5,153,621 20,454,468 5,565,072 3,150,875 1,200,331 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 3,457 31,537 8,676 9,128 29,210 7,379 19,676 20,238 19,506 30,243 21,547 19,627 6,658 21,657 26,917 18,471 5,732 12,867 8,451 10,741 9,785 24,851 3,361 2,353 42,244 21,841 45,813 1,520 24,867 13,801 44,958 9,436 4,360 18,279 24,347 3,298 79,915 159,893 43,587 11,446 17,092 9,052 23,899 73,894 61,137 54,520 6,857 82,119 6,770 8,573 26,608 23,022 45,547 5,276 88,150 77,638 50,370 12,174 40,940 23,845 19,592 11,321 24,940 17,857 12,305 12,784 40,193 159,524 43,402 24,574 9,361 63736 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 40861 ................................ 53065 ................................ 37971 ................................ 67077 ................................ 74091 ................................ 21726 ................................ 73319 ................................ 65130 ................................ 71561 ................................ 41315 ................................ 3255 .................................. 60556 ................................ 53716 ................................ 52075 ................................ 64550 ................................ 5468 .................................. 64690 ................................ 52408 ................................ 2175 .................................. 8688 .................................. 10133 ................................ 64611 ................................ 136749 .............................. 3359 .................................. 57221 ................................ 54940 ................................ 59137 ................................ 47904 ................................ 54963 ................................ 55454 ................................ 73937 ................................ 66174 ................................ 61011 ................................ 73940 ................................ 54443 ................................ 73942 ................................ 411 .................................... 74416 ................................ 61012 ................................ 412 .................................... 61013 ................................ 43870 ................................ 74156 ................................ 73964 ................................ 159007 .............................. 20590 ................................ 62009 ................................ 40877 ................................ 15320 ................................ 71580 ................................ 48662 ................................ 6867 .................................. 36912 ................................ 56092 ................................ 73982 ................................ 72053 ................................ 73983 ................................ 23960 ................................ 69446 ................................ 64971 ................................ 70536 ................................ 49711 ................................ 21258 ................................ 73988 ................................ 13993 ................................ 11118 ................................ 10203 ................................ 72871 ................................ 73999 ................................ 4297 .................................. 74007 ................................ WPXS ......................................................................... WPXT .......................................................................... WPXU–TV ................................................................... WPXV–TV ................................................................... WPXW–TV .................................................................. WPXX–TV ................................................................... WQAD–TV .................................................................. WQCW ........................................................................ WQEC ......................................................................... WQED ......................................................................... WQHA ......................................................................... WQHS–DT .................................................................. WQLN ......................................................................... WQMY ........................................................................ WQOW ........................................................................ WQPT–TV ................................................................... WQPX–TV .................................................................. WQRF–TV .................................................................. WQTO 11 ..................................................................... WRAL–TV ................................................................... WRAY–TV ................................................................... WRAZ ......................................................................... WRBJ–TV ................................................................... WRBL .......................................................................... WRBU ......................................................................... WRBW ........................................................................ WRCB ......................................................................... WRC–TV ..................................................................... WRDC ......................................................................... WRDQ ......................................................................... WRDW–TV ................................................................. WREG–TV .................................................................. WRET–TV ................................................................... WREX ......................................................................... WRFB 13 ...................................................................... WRGB ......................................................................... WRGT–TV .................................................................. WRIC–TV .................................................................... WRJA–TV ................................................................... WRLH–TV ................................................................... WRLK–TV ................................................................... WRLM ......................................................................... WRNN–TV .................................................................. WROC–TV .................................................................. WRPT ......................................................................... WRPX–TV ................................................................... WRSP–TV ................................................................... WRTV ......................................................................... WRUA ......................................................................... WRXY–TV ................................................................... WSAV–TV ................................................................... WSAW–TV .................................................................. WSAZ–TV ................................................................... WSBE–TV ................................................................... WSBK–TV ................................................................... WSBS–TV ................................................................... WSBT–TV ................................................................... WSB–TV ..................................................................... WSCG ......................................................................... WSCV ......................................................................... WSEC ......................................................................... WSEE–TV ................................................................... WSES ......................................................................... WSET–TV ................................................................... WSFA .......................................................................... WSFJ–TV .................................................................... WSFL–TV ................................................................... WSFX–TV ................................................................... WSIL–TV ..................................................................... WSIU–TV .................................................................... WSJV .......................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 2,339,305 1,002,128 700,488 1,919,794 8,075,268 1,562,675 1,101,012 1,307,345 183,969 3,529,305 3,322,840 3,996,567 602,232 410,269 369,066 941,381 1,644,283 1,375,774 2,864,201 3,852,675 4,184,851 3,800,594 1,030,831 1,493,140 2,933,497 4,080,267 1,587,742 8,188,601 3,972,477 3,930,315 1,564,584 1,642,307 2,419,841 2,303,027 2,674,527 1,759,432 3,451,036 2,059,152 1,204,291 2,017,508 1,229,094 3,960,217 19,853,836 1,203,412 110,009 2,637,949 1,102,162 2,919,683 2,985,428 1,784,000 1,000,315 652,442 1,239,187 7,535,710 7,290,901 42,952 1,763,215 5,897,425 867,516 5,465,435 538,090 613,176 1,829,499 1,575,886 1,166,744 1,675,987 5,344,129 970,833 672,560 1,019,939 1,651,178 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 2,251,498 952,535 700,488 1,919,794 8,024,342 1,560,834 1,089,523 1,236,020 183,690 3,426,684 2,368,215 3,952,672 577,633 254,586 358,576 933,107 1,212,587 1,354,979 1,598,365 3,848,801 4,166,318 3,797,515 1,028,010 1,461,459 2,929,776 4,077,341 1,363,582 8,146,696 3,966,864 3,930,315 1,533,682 1,638,585 2,211,019 2,047,951 1,975,375 1,550,958 3,416,078 1,996,075 1,201,900 1,959,111 1,228,616 3,945,408 19,615,370 1,185,203 109,937 2,634,141 1,100,077 2,895,164 2,224,902 1,784,000 1,000,309 646,386 1,168,954 7,266,304 7,225,463 42,952 1,752,698 5,828,269 867,490 5,465,435 536,891 595,476 1,796,561 1,340,273 1,132,826 1,667,150 5,344,129 970,833 669,176 937,070 1,644,683 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 17,559 7,429 5,463 14,972 62,582 12,173 8,497 9,640 1,433 26,725 18,470 30,827 4,505 1,986 2,797 7,277 9,457 10,567 5,728 30,017 32,493 29,617 8,017 11,398 22,849 31,799 10,635 63,536 30,938 30,653 11,961 12,779 17,244 15,972 2,628 12,096 26,642 15,567 9,374 15,279 9,582 30,770 152,980 9,243 857 20,544 8,580 22,579 17,352 13,913 7,801 5,041 9,117 56,670 56,351 335 13,669 45,455 6,766 42,625 4,187 4,644 14,011 10,453 8,835 13,002 41,679 7,572 5,219 7,308 12,827 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63737 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 78908 ................................ 74034 ................................ 76324 ................................ 57840 ................................ 21737 ................................ 41232 ................................ 70119 ................................ 74070 ................................ 66391 ................................ 64352 ................................ 17611 ................................ 63867 ................................ 60341 ................................ 21252 ................................ 11204 ................................ 19776 ................................ 2370 .................................. 63840 ................................ 73374 ................................ 28155 ................................ 71680 ................................ 74094 ................................ 73113 ................................ 40758 ................................ 56549 ................................ 65681 ................................ 23341 ................................ 4685 .................................. 416 .................................... 67993 ................................ 29715 ................................ 65667 ................................ 67786 ................................ 28954 ................................ 74422 ................................ 9881 .................................. 27245 ................................ 70655 ................................ 70162 ................................ 147 .................................... 26681 ................................ 66536 ................................ 1002 .................................. 4593 .................................. 70287 ................................ 47401 ................................ 82735 ................................ 23486 ................................ 67781 ................................ 65046 ................................ 74098 ................................ 74109 ................................ 19200 ................................ 590 .................................... 74112 ................................ 4686 .................................. 13992 ................................ 21254 ................................ 74122 ................................ 82574 ................................ 86496 ................................ 6869 .................................. 67798 ................................ 11290 ................................ 4108 .................................. 74137 ................................ 22207 ................................ 56526 ................................ 74138 ................................ 56523 ................................ 10802 ................................ WSKA ......................................................................... WSKG–TV .................................................................. WSKY–TV ................................................................... WSLS–TV ................................................................... WSMH ......................................................................... WSMV–TV .................................................................. WSNS–TV ................................................................... WSOC–TV .................................................................. WSPA–TV ................................................................... WSPX–TV ................................................................... WSRE ......................................................................... WSST–TV ................................................................... WSTE–DT ................................................................... WSTM–TV .................................................................. WSTR–TV ................................................................... WSUR–DT 8 ................................................................ WSVI ........................................................................... WSVN ......................................................................... WSWB ........................................................................ WSWG ........................................................................ WSWP–TV .................................................................. WSYM–TV .................................................................. WSYR–TV ................................................................... WSYT .......................................................................... WSYX ......................................................................... WTAE–TV ................................................................... WTAJ–TV .................................................................... WTAP–TV ................................................................... WTAT–TV ................................................................... WTBY–TV ................................................................... WTCE–TV ................................................................... WTCI ........................................................................... WTCT .......................................................................... WTCV 5 9 ..................................................................... WTEN ......................................................................... WTGL .......................................................................... WTGS ......................................................................... WTHI–TV .................................................................... WTHR ......................................................................... WTIC–TV .................................................................... WTIN–TV 7 .................................................................. WTIU ........................................................................... WTJP–TV .................................................................... WTJR .......................................................................... WTJX–TV .................................................................... WTKR ......................................................................... WTLF .......................................................................... WTLH .......................................................................... WTLJ ........................................................................... WTLV .......................................................................... WTMJ–TV ................................................................... WTNH ......................................................................... WTNZ .......................................................................... WTOC–TV .................................................................. WTOG ......................................................................... WTOK–TV ................................................................... WTOL .......................................................................... WTOM–TV .................................................................. WTOV–TV ................................................................... WTPC–TV ................................................................... WTPX–TV ................................................................... WTRF–TV ................................................................... WTSF .......................................................................... WTSP .......................................................................... WTTA .......................................................................... WTTE .......................................................................... WTTG ......................................................................... WTTK .......................................................................... WTTO ......................................................................... WTTV .......................................................................... WTTW ......................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 546,588 892,402 1,934,585 1,447,286 2,339,224 2,447,769 9,914,395 3,706,808 3,388,945 1,298,295 1,354,495 331,907 3,723,967 1,455,586 3,297,280 3,714,790 50,601 5,588,748 1,530,002 381,004 902,592 1,568,403 1,329,977 1,970,721 2,635,937 2,995,755 1,187,718 512,358 1,111,476 15,858,470 2,620,599 1,216,209 608,457 3,254,481 1,902,431 3,707,507 966,519 978,126 2,949,339 5,318,753 3,716,312 1,570,257 1,947,743 334,527 135,017 2,149,376 349,696 1,065,127 1,622,365 1,757,600 3,096,406 7,845,782 1,699,427 993,098 5,268,364 417,919 4,487,440 120,369 3,892,886 2,049,246 255,972 2,941,511 922,441 5,506,869 5,583,544 2,690,341 8,101,358 2,844,384 1,877,570 2,522,077 9,776,348 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 431,354 633,163 1,934,519 1,277,753 2,327,660 2,404,766 9,913,272 3,638,832 3,227,025 1,174,763 1,353,634 331,601 3,000,000 1,379,393 3,286,795 3,000,000 50,601 5,588,748 1,102,316 380,910 694,697 1,567,920 1,243,098 1,739,071 2,592,420 2,860,979 948,598 494,914 1,111,476 15,766,438 2,620,599 1,104,698 607,620 2,500,195 1,613,747 3,707,507 966,357 928,582 2,901,633 4,707,697 2,987,150 1,569,135 1,907,300 334,221 121,498 2,149,375 349,691 1,065,105 1,621,227 1,739,021 3,085,983 7,332,431 1,513,754 992,658 5,267,177 412,276 4,479,518 117,121 3,619,899 2,042,851 255,791 2,565,375 851,465 5,489,954 5,576,649 2,650,354 8,049,329 2,825,807 1,844,214 2,518,133 9,776,348 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 3,364 4,938 15,087 9,965 18,153 18,755 77,314 28,379 25,168 9,162 10,557 2,586 23,397 10,758 25,634 7,379 395 43,587 8,597 2,971 5,418 12,228 9,695 13,563 20,218 22,313 7,398 3,860 8,668 122,962 20,438 8,616 4,739 19,499 12,586 28,915 7,537 7,242 22,630 36,715 2,462 12,238 14,875 2,607 948 16,763 2,727 8,307 12,644 13,563 24,068 57,186 11,806 7,742 41,079 3,215 34,936 913 28,232 15,932 1,995 20,007 6,641 42,816 43,492 20,670 62,777 22,038 14,383 19,639 76,246 63738 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 74148 ................................ 22590 ................................ 8617 .................................. 55305 ................................ 36504 ................................ 74150 ................................ 74151 ................................ 10645 ................................ 63154 ................................ 595 .................................... 72945 ................................ 28311 ................................ 51597 ................................ 57832 ................................ 16817 ................................ 68569 ................................ 3661 .................................. 35575 ................................ 4152 .................................. 40759 ................................ 66908 ................................ 20426 ................................ 81692 ................................ 51568 ................................ 41065 ................................ 8532 .................................. 12855 ................................ 36395 ................................ 69440 ................................ 413 .................................... 8156 .................................. 69080 ................................ 69292 ................................ 69114 ................................ 69300 ................................ 69124 ................................ 60551 ................................ 69332 ................................ 69149 ................................ 69360 ................................ 69444 ................................ 69397 ................................ 69416 ................................ 83822 ................................ 6900 .................................. 13938 ................................ 10897 ................................ 19190 ................................ 23128 ................................ 65593 ................................ 4301 .................................. 60552 ................................ 30577 ................................ 57837 ................................ 415 .................................... 16517 ................................ 48813 ................................ 3072 .................................. 60560 ................................ 9971 .................................. 417 .................................... 23947 ................................ 65387 ................................ 72342 ................................ 60559 ................................ 74167 ................................ 5802 .................................. 61573 ................................ 69946 ................................ 10976 ................................ 47929 ................................ WTVA .......................................................................... WTVC ......................................................................... WTVD ......................................................................... WTVE .......................................................................... WTVF .......................................................................... WTVG ......................................................................... WTVH ......................................................................... WTVI ........................................................................... WTVJ .......................................................................... WTVM ......................................................................... WTVO ......................................................................... WTVP .......................................................................... WTVQ–DT .................................................................. WTVR–TV ................................................................... WTVS .......................................................................... WTVT .......................................................................... WTVW ......................................................................... WTVX .......................................................................... WTVY .......................................................................... WTVZ–TV ................................................................... WTWC–TV .................................................................. WTWO ........................................................................ WTWV ......................................................................... WTXF–TV ................................................................... WTXL–TV ................................................................... WUAB ......................................................................... WUCF–TV ................................................................... WUCW ........................................................................ WUFT .......................................................................... WUHF ......................................................................... WUJA .......................................................................... WUNC–TV .................................................................. WUND–TV .................................................................. WUNE–TV .................................................................. WUNF–TV ................................................................... WUNG–TV .................................................................. WUNI .......................................................................... WUNJ–TV ................................................................... WUNK–TV .................................................................. WUNL–TV ................................................................... WUNM–TV .................................................................. WUNP–TV .................................................................. WUNU ......................................................................... WUNW ........................................................................ WUPA ......................................................................... WUPL .......................................................................... WUPV ......................................................................... WUPW ........................................................................ WUPX–TV ................................................................... WUSA ......................................................................... WUSI–TV .................................................................... WUTB ......................................................................... WUTF–TV ................................................................... WUTR ......................................................................... WUTV ......................................................................... WUVC–DT .................................................................. WUVG–DT .................................................................. WUVN ......................................................................... WUVP–DT .................................................................. WUXP–TV ................................................................... WVAH–TV ................................................................... WVAN–TV ................................................................... WVBT .......................................................................... WVCY–TV ................................................................... WVEA–TV ................................................................... WVEC ......................................................................... WVEN–TV ................................................................... WVEO5 ....................................................................... WVER ......................................................................... WVFX .......................................................................... WVIA–TV .................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 823,492 1,579,628 3,790,354 5,156,905 2,384,622 4,405,350 1,390,502 2,856,703 5,458,451 1,498,667 1,409,708 678,884 989,786 1,816,197 5,511,091 5,473,148 839,003 3,157,609 974,532 2,156,534 1,061,101 737,341 1,527,511 10,784,256 1,054,514 3,821,233 3,707,507 3,664,480 1,372,142 1,152,580 2,638,361 4,184,851 1,504,532 3,146,865 2,625,583 3,605,143 7,209,571 1,116,458 1,991,039 3,055,263 1,357,346 1,402,186 1,202,495 1,856,918 5,966,454 1,721,320 1,933,664 2,100,914 1,102,435 8,750,706 339,507 8,523,983 7,918,927 526,114 1,589,376 3,768,817 6,029,495 1,233,568 10,421,216 2,316,872 1,373,555 1,026,862 1,885,169 3,111,641 4,553,004 2,098,679 3,921,016 1,091,825 888,756 711,483 3,429,213 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 810,123 1,366,976 3,775,757 5,152,997 2,367,601 4,397,113 1,327,319 2,829,960 5,458,451 1,405,957 1,398,825 678,539 983,552 1,809,035 5,510,837 5,460,179 834,187 3,157,609 971,173 2,156,346 1,061,079 731,294 1,526,625 10,492,549 1,054,322 3,745,335 3,707,507 3,657,236 1,372,142 1,147,972 1,977,410 4,166,318 1,504,532 2,625,942 2,331,723 3,588,220 7,084,349 1,116,458 1,985,696 2,834,274 1,357,346 1,393,524 1,201,481 1,333,273 5,888,379 1,721,320 1,914,643 2,099,572 1,089,118 8,446,074 339,507 8,381,042 7,709,189 481,957 1,557,474 3,748,841 5,965,975 1,157,140 10,246,856 2,305,293 1,295,383 1,025,950 1,885,169 3,102,097 4,552,113 2,092,868 3,919,361 757,978 758,441 618,730 2,838,000 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 6,318 10,661 29,447 40,188 18,465 34,293 10,352 22,071 42,570 10,965 10,909 5,292 7,671 14,109 42,979 42,584 6,506 24,626 7,574 16,817 8,275 5,703 11,906 81,831 8,223 29,210 28,915 28,523 10,701 8,953 15,422 32,493 11,734 20,480 18,185 27,985 55,251 8,707 15,486 22,105 10,586 10,868 9,370 10,398 45,923 13,425 14,932 16,375 8,494 65,871 2,648 65,364 60,124 3,759 12,147 29,237 46,529 9,025 79,915 17,979 10,103 8,001 14,702 24,193 35,502 16,322 30,567 4,676 5,915 4,825 22,134 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63739 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 3667 .................................. 70309 ................................ 74170 ................................ 18753 ................................ 70021 ................................ 81750 ................................ 35908 ................................ 74169 ................................ 11259 ................................ 29000 ................................ 71657 ................................ 60111 ................................ 70491 ................................ 66378 ................................ 67190 ................................ 66943 ................................ 69940 ................................ 74173 ................................ 74174 ................................ 77496 ................................ 4149 .................................. 4329 .................................. 74176 ................................ 3113 .................................. 12033 ................................ 30833 ................................ 20295 ................................ 24812 ................................ 23671 ................................ 21158 ................................ 14682 ................................ 72123 ................................ 166512 .............................. 6868 .................................. 74192 ................................ 3133 .................................. 74195 ................................ 68851 ................................ 74197 ................................ 65943 ................................ 23264 ................................ 68547 ................................ 61251 ................................ 23142 ................................ 16747 ................................ 998 .................................... 26994 ................................ 84214 ................................ 26993 ................................ 23338 ................................ 61504 ................................ 61084 ................................ 60539 ................................ 23929 ................................ 51163 ................................ 53921 ................................ 146 .................................... 39738 ................................ 414 .................................... 68433 ................................ 64549 ................................ 6601 .................................. 74215 ................................ 12472 ................................ 11970 ................................ 57274 ................................ 53517 ................................ 10267 ................................ 77515 ................................ 70149 ................................ 62219 ................................ WVII–TV ...................................................................... WVIR–TV .................................................................... WVIT ........................................................................... WVIZ ........................................................................... WVLA–TV ................................................................... WVLR .......................................................................... WVLT–TV ................................................................... WVNS–TV ................................................................... WVNY ......................................................................... WVOZ–TV 9 ................................................................ WVPB–TV ................................................................... WVPT .......................................................................... WVPX–TV ................................................................... WVPY ......................................................................... WVSN ......................................................................... WVTA .......................................................................... WVTB .......................................................................... WVTM–TV .................................................................. WVTV .......................................................................... WVUA ......................................................................... WVUE–DT .................................................................. WVUT ......................................................................... WVVA ......................................................................... WVXF .......................................................................... WWAY ........................................................................ WWBT ......................................................................... WWCP–TV .................................................................. WWCW ....................................................................... WWDP ........................................................................ WWHO ........................................................................ WWJE–DT .................................................................. WWJ–TV ..................................................................... WWJX ......................................................................... WWLP ......................................................................... WWL–TV ..................................................................... WWMB ........................................................................ WWMT ........................................................................ WWNY–TV .................................................................. WWOR–TV ................................................................. WWPB ........................................................................ WWPX–TV .................................................................. WWRS–TV .................................................................. WWSB ........................................................................ WWSI .......................................................................... WWTI .......................................................................... WWTO–TV .................................................................. WWTV ......................................................................... WWTW ........................................................................ WWUP–TV .................................................................. WXBU ......................................................................... WXCW ........................................................................ WXEL–TV ................................................................... WXFT–DT ................................................................... WXGA–TV .................................................................. WXIA–TV .................................................................... WXII–TV ...................................................................... WXIN ........................................................................... WXIX–TV .................................................................... WXLV–TV ................................................................... WXMI .......................................................................... WXOW ........................................................................ WXPX–TV ................................................................... WXTV–DT ................................................................... WXTX .......................................................................... WXXA–TV ................................................................... WXXI–TV .................................................................... WXXV–TV ................................................................... WXYZ–TV ................................................................... WYCI ........................................................................... WYCW ........................................................................ WYDC ......................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 Terrain limited population 368,022 1,945,637 5,846,093 3,695,223 1,897,179 1,412,728 1,888,607 916,451 742,579 1,132,932 992,798 767,268 4,147,298 756,696 2,948,832 760,072 455,880 2,009,346 3,091,132 2,209,921 1,658,125 273,293 1,037,632 85,191 1,208,625 1,924,502 2,811,278 1,390,985 5,792,048 2,762,344 7,209,571 5,562,031 518,866 3,838,272 1,788,624 1,547,974 2,538,485 375,600 19,853,836 3,197,858 2,299,441 2,324,155 3,340,133 11,269,831 196,531 6,760,133 1,034,174 1,527,511 116,638 4,030,693 1,687,947 5,416,604 10,174,464 608,494 6,179,680 3,630,551 2,836,532 2,911,054 4,364,244 1,988,970 425,378 4,594,588 20,538,272 699,095 1,680,670 1,184,860 1,191,123 5,622,543 35,873 3,388,945 560,266 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 346,874 1,908,395 5,357,639 3,689,173 1,897,007 1,300,554 1,633,633 588,963 659,270 731,199 959,526 642,173 4,114,920 632,649 2,137,333 579,703 257,445 1,940,153 3,083,108 2,160,101 1,658,125 273,215 722,666 78,556 1,208,625 1,892,842 2,548,691 1,212,308 5,564,295 2,721,504 7,084,349 5,561,777 518,846 3,077,800 1,788,624 1,544,778 2,531,309 346,623 19,615,370 2,775,966 2,231,612 2,321,066 3,340,133 11,098,540 190,097 6,760,133 1,022,322 1,526,625 110,592 3,538,096 1,687,947 5,416,604 10,170,757 606,849 6,035,625 3,299,114 2,814,815 2,900,875 4,334,365 1,988,589 413,264 4,592,639 20,130,459 694,837 1,537,868 1,168,696 1,189,584 5,622,140 26,508 3,227,025 449,486 15SER2 Terrain limited fee amount 2,705 14,884 41,784 28,772 14,795 10,143 12,741 4,593 5,142 4,676 7,483 5,008 32,092 4,934 16,669 4,521 2,008 15,131 24,045 16,847 12,932 2,131 5,636 613 9,426 14,762 19,877 9,455 43,396 21,225 55,251 43,376 4,046 24,004 13,949 12,048 19,742 2,703 152,980 21,650 17,404 18,102 26,050 86,558 1,483 52,722 7,973 11,906 863 27,594 13,164 42,244 79,322 4,733 47,072 25,730 21,953 22,624 33,804 15,509 3,223 35,818 156,997 5,419 11,994 9,115 9,278 43,847 207 25,168 3,506 63740 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued Service area population Facility Id. Call sign 18783 ................................ 35582 ................................ 25090 ................................ 53905 ................................ 49803 ................................ 24915 ................................ 17010 ................................ 77789 ................................ 13933 ................................ 4693 .................................. 5875 .................................. 15507 ................................ 28119 ................................ 70493 ................................ 81448 ................................ 71871 ................................ 136750 .............................. 418 .................................... 83270 ................................ 19183 ................................ 49713 ................................ WYDN ......................................................................... WYDO ......................................................................... WYES–TV ................................................................... WYFF .......................................................................... WYIN ........................................................................... WYMT–TV .................................................................. WYOU ......................................................................... WYOW ........................................................................ WYPX–TV ................................................................... WYTV .......................................................................... WYZZ–TV ................................................................... WZBJ .......................................................................... WZDX ......................................................................... WZME ......................................................................... WZMQ ......................................................................... WZPX–TV ................................................................... WZRB ......................................................................... WZTV .......................................................................... WZVI ........................................................................... WZVN–TV ................................................................... WZZM ......................................................................... Terrain limited population 2,577,848 1,330,728 1,872,245 2,626,363 6,956,141 1,180,276 2,879,196 91,839 1,529,500 4,898,622 1,042,140 1,626,017 1,596,771 5,996,408 73,423 2,039,157 952,279 2,312,658 76,992 1,981,488 1,574,546 2,512,150 1,330,728 1,872,059 2,416,551 6,956,141 863,881 2,226,883 91,311 1,413,583 4,535,576 1,036,721 1,435,762 1,514,654 5,544,708 72,945 2,039,157 951,693 2,301,187 75,863 1,981,488 1,548,835 Terrain limited fee amount 19,592 10,378 14,600 18,847 54,251 6,737 17,367 712 11,025 35,373 8,085 11,198 11,813 43,243 569 15,903 7,422 17,947 592 15,454 12,079 1 Call signs WIPM and WIPR are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. signs WNJX and WAPA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 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. 2 Call 3 Call TABLE 10—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] Fee category Annual regulatory fee (U.S. $s) ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use) (47 CFR part 90) ........................................................................... Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part 101) .............................................................................................. Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR part 80) ............................................................................................ Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR part 80) ......................................................................................... Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22) (previously listed under the Land Mobile category) ................................. PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47 CFR part 90) .............................................................................. Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR part 87) ...................................................................................... Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR part 87) ..................................................................................... CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24, 27, 80 and 90) (Includes Non-Geographic telephone numbers). CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24 and 90) ................................................ Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS/MDS) (per license) (47 CFR part 27) .................................. Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per call sign) (47 CFR, part 101) ................................................... AM Radio Construction Permits ................................................................................................................ FM Radio Construction Permits ................................................................................................................. AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station Fees ............................................................................................... Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and UHF Commercial Fee Factor ....................................................... Digital TV Construction Permits ................................................................................................................. Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM Translators & FM Boosters (47 CFR part 74) ................................. CARS (47 CFR part 78) ............................................................................................................................ Cable Television Systems (per subscriber) (47 CFR part 76), Including IPTV and Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS). Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers (per revenue dollar) ..................................................... Toll Free (per toll free subscriber) (47 CFR 52.101 (f) of the rules) ......................................................... Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25) ................................................................................................................ Space Stations (per operational station in geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) also includes DBS Service (per operational station) (47 CFR part 100). Space Stations (per operational system in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Other) ............... Space Stations (per operational system in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Less Complex) VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:02 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 25. 25. 15. 40. 10. 10. 10. 20. .14. .08. 590. 590. 655. 1,145. See Table Below. $.008430. See Appendix G of FY 22 R&O for fee amounts due. 5,200. 330. 1,715. 1.16. .00452. .12. 620. 124,060. 340,005. 141,670. 15SER2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 63741 TABLE 10—FY 2022 SCHEDULE OF REGULATORY FEES—Continued [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] Fee category Annual regulatory fee (U.S. $s) Space Stations (per license/call sign in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Small Satellite) ...... International Bearer Circuits—Terrestrial/Satellites (per Gbps circuit) ...................................................... Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee (per cable system) ................................................................... 12,215. $39. See Table Below. FY 2022 RADIO STATION REGULATORY FEES Population served AM Class A ≤25,000 .................................................... 25,001–75,000 ......................................... 75,001–150,000 ....................................... 150,001–500,000 ..................................... 500,001–1,200,000 .................................. 1,200,001–3,000,000 ............................... 3,000,001–6,000,000 ............................... >6,000,000 ............................................... AM Class B $1,050 1,575 365 3,550 5,315 7,980 11,960 17,945 AM Class C $755 1,135 1,700 2,550 3,820 5,740 8,600 12,905 $655 985 1,475 2,215 3,315 4,980 7,460 11,195 AM Class D FM Classes A, B1 & C3 $720 1,080 1,620 2,435 3,645 5,470 8,200 12,305 $1,145 1,720 2,575 3,870 5,795 8,700 13,040 19,570 FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 $1,310 1,965 2,950 4,430 6,630 9,955 14,920 22,390 FY 2022 INTERNATIONAL BEARER CIRCUITS—SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEMS Submarine cable systems (capacity as of December 31, 2021) Fee ratio Less than 50 Gbps .................................................................................................................................................. 50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps .......................................................................................................... 250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 Gbps ..................................................................................................... 1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 3,500 Gbps .................................................................................................. 3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 6,500 Gbps .................................................................................................. 6,500 Gbps or greater ............................................................................................................................................. .0625 Units .... .125 Units ...... .25 Units ........ .5 Units .......... 1.0 Unit .......... 2.0 Units ........ ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 V. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 101. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended (RFA), an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) was included in the Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2023, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FY 2023 NPRM) released in June 2023. The Commission sought written public comment on the proposals in the FY 2023 NPRM, including comment on the IRFA. No comments were filed addressing the IRFA. A. Need for, and Objectives of, the Report and Order 102. In the Report and Order, we adopt a regulatory fee schedule to collect $390,192,000 in congressionally mandated regulatory fees for FY 2023. Under section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, (Act or Communications Act), regulatory fees are mandated by Congress and collected to recover the regulatory costs associated with the Commission’s oversight and regulatory activities in an amount that can be reasonably expected to equal the amount of the Commission’s annual appropriation. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 The objective in adopting the regulatory fee schedule is to comply with the Congressional mandate to recover the total amount of the Commission’s annual appropriation, from the various industries for which the Commission provides oversight and/or regulation, with a fair, administrable and sustainable fee framework based on the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) involved in such oversight and regulation in the licensing bureaus. 103. In the FY 2023 NPRM, the Commission sought comment on the methodology for assessing regulatory fees and the FY 2023 regulatory fee schedule, as well as on other issues related to the collection of regulatory fees 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)) (‘‘In-Space Servicing’’ Industries) for regulatory fee purposes, including whether a separate regulatory fee category is necessary and how to apply regulatory fees to OOS and RPO PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 FY 2022 Regulatory fees $8,610 17,215 34,430 68,860 137,715 275,430 spacecraft specifically operating near the geostationary satellite orbit arc; (iii) evaluating how the Commission’s 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 the Commission implemented in FYs 2020 through 2022; and (v) whether to permit regulatory fee payors to prepay their regulatory fees in installments. For FY 2023, the Commission adopts, with modification, the regulatory fee schedule set forth in Appendices B and C to the Report and Order. B. Summary of the Significant Issues Raised by the Public Comments in Response to the IRFA 104. There were no comments filed that specifically addressed the proposed rules and policies presented in the IRFA C. Response to Comments by the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration 105. The Chief Counsel did not file any comments in response to the proposed rules in this proceeding. E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 63742 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations D. Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to Which the Rules Will Apply E. Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping and Other Compliance Requirements 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 rules adopted herein. The following entities may be affected by the Report and Order: • Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers. • Telecommunications Carriers. • Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. • Interexchange Carriers. • Operator Service Providers. • Local Resellers. • Toll Resellers. • Satellite Telecommunications. • 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 services, via clientsupplied telecommunications connections are also included in this industry. • Television Broadcasting. • Radio Stations. • Cable Companies and Systems. • Cable System Operators. • Direct Broadcast Satellite Service. • Responsible Organizations, or RespOrgs (also referred to as Toll-Free Number providers). • Carrier RespOrgs. • Wired Telecommunications Carriers. • Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) engage in operating and maintaining switching and transmission facilities to provide communications via the airwaves. • Other Management Consulting Services. This industry includes 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. 107. The Report and Order does not adopt any new reporting, recordkeeping, or other compliance requirements. Small and other regulated entities are required to pay regulatory fees on an annual basis. The cost of compliance with the annual regulatory fee assessment for small entities is the amount assessed for their regulatory fee category and should not require small entities to hire professionals in order 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 request a waiver, reduction, deferral, and/or installment payment of their FY 2023 regulatory fees. The waiver process is an easier filing process for smaller entities that may not be familiar with our procedural filing rules. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 F. Steps Taken To Minimize the Significant Economic Impact on Small Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered 108. The RFA requires an agency to provide, ‘‘a description of the steps the agency has taken to minimize the significant economic impact on small entities . . . including a statement of the factual, policy, and legal reasons for selecting the alternative adopted in the final rule and why each one of the other significant alternatives to the rule considered by the agency which affect the impact on small entities was rejected. 109. The Report and Order for FY 2023 maintains several approaches from the prior regulatory fee framework which will minimize the significant economic impact for some small entities. Specifically, the FY 2023 regulatory fee framework maintains: (1) the methodology adopted using the population-based calculations for TV broadcasters that was initially adopted because it is a more fair methodology for smaller broadcasters; (2) the flexibility for regulatory payees to request a waiver, reduction, deferral and/or installment payments of their regulatory fees; and (3) the application of the Commission’s de minimis threshold rule adopted pursuant to section 9(e)(2) of the Act, which exempts a regulatee from paying regulatory fees if the sum total of all of its annual regulatory fee liabilities is $1,000 or less for the fiscal year. The de minimis threshold applies only to filers of annual regulatory fees and provides relief to small and other entities with lower annual regulatory fees. PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 110. The Commission received comments proposing alternatives to various elements of the methodology for assessing regulatory fees and the FY 2023 regulatory fee schedule that the Commission proposed in the FY 2023 NPRM, as well as other issues related to the collection of regulatory fees. Below we discuss a number of these proposals and why they were not adopted. 111. Methodology for Assessing Regulatory Fees and FTE Allocation. Satellite Operators suggested that instead of assessing regulatory fees on an annual basis, based on our annual appropriation, we should instead determine the allocation of regulatory fee costs associated with each nonapplication proceeding and identify its allocation in the document that initiates the proceeding. We rejected this proposal in the Report and Order because it is inconsistent with section 9 of the Act. We are required to conduct an annual regulatory fee proceeding each year, and to recover the annual appropriation. Further, this approach would fail to recover the Commission’s entire appropriation on an annual basis, and would not be administratively feasible because we cannot assess the duration or impact of a proceeding in a manner that accurately correlates it to the burden of FTE time annually. 112. Non-High Cost Universal Service Fund FTEs. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) proposed that we reallocate the burden of FTE time dedicated to non-high cost universal service fund issues as direct to a core bureau or bureaus. We declined to adopt NAB’s suggested reallocation because it conflates the nature of the work of the Commission’s FTEs with the identity of the entities that ultimately receive a subsidy from any particular program. The FTE time devoted to the non-high cost universal service programs is not in oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors, but is oversight and management of the programs generally. The programs tie funding eligibility to the beneficiary, i.e., a school, a library, a low-income individual or family, or healthcare provider, and not to Commission regulatory fee payors. 113. Other FTE Allocations: Office of Engineering and Technology, Enforcement Bureau, and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. We rejected proposals that suggest that the burden of FTE time dedicated to equipment authorization should have its own fee category or be characterized as direct to any particular category of fee payor. OET FTEs benefit the work of the Commission as a whole and are not specific to any particular regulatory fee category. We also rejected Intelsat’s E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations contention that fraud investigations by the Enforcement Bureau benefit their related industries, finding that the fraud investigations handled benefit consumers in general as well as other entities. Further, these investigations are primarily with respect to federally funded programs, and not specifically to benefit regulatory fee payors for any particular industry. We accepted NAB’s proposal that for regulatory fee purposes, the burden of certain FTE time in the Media Bureau should be considered as indirect because it is devoted to enforcement responsibilities of the Commission’s political programming rules, the cable and broadcast must carry rules, and the rules related to broadcast retransmission consent, among others. We agree, and in order to be consistent with the manner that we treat other enforcement efforts in the Commission, this FTE time should be reallocated as indirect for regulatory fee purposes. 114. New Regulatory Fee Categories Discussed by Commenters. We do not have a sufficient basis, consistent with section 9 of the Act, for the adoption of new regulatory fee categories at this time, and therefore we rejected such proposals. There is no basis for the Commission to change its prior determinations on this issue that such fees would be unworkable and logistically infeasible to collect. Specifically, Satellite Operators proposed that we again seek comment on four fee categories: (i) broadband internet access providers, (ii) database administrators that enable unlicensed operations, (iii) equipment manufacturers, and (iv) experimental licenses. The Commission previously sought comment on these specific issues and as no additional information has been provided in the record to support such proposals, we are not adopting such categories in the Report and Order or seeking further comment on them. Although the Commission has adopted new fee categories in the past, in those instances the Commission determined that significant FTE resources of a core bureau were being spent on oversight and regulatory activities with respect to a specific service necessitating a new regulatory fee category. Those circumstances are not present here. 115. Similarly, we rejected Intelsat and Satellite Coalition’s proposal to adopt a regulatory fee for holders of experimental licenses. These licenses are approved for a proposed experiment or range of experiments, and not for an actual operational service under established service rules. It is likely we would have to consider multiple regulatory fee categories and multiple VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 ways of allocating proportional fees to such categories. Accordingly, based on the record, we did not adopt a new regulatory fee category for broadband internet access providers, database administrators that enable unlicensed operations, equipment manufacturers, or experimental licenses. 116. Space Station Regulatory Fees. We did not adopt a number of proposals to alter the allocated 80% of space station regulatory fees to geostationary orbit space stations (GSO) and 20% of the space station regulatory fees to nongeostationary orbit satellite systems (NGSO). Satellite Operators contended that we should not attribute only 20% of the costs of regulating NGSO systems to ‘‘less complex’’ satellite systems (principally Earth Exploration Satellite Service (EESS) systems) and to maintain the dividing line of ‘‘20 or fewer U.S. authorized earth stations’’ between ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO systems and ‘‘other’’ NGSO systems. Kine´is argued that defining only a single category of ‘‘less complex’’ systems, and defining them simply as systems designed to communicate with 20 or fewer U.S. authorized earth stations, is inadequate as the sole basis for distinguishing fee liability among myriad types of NGSO satellite systems. 117. We did not find any reason to deviate from our calculation of fees using the 20/80 allocation in our review of the FTE time for space stations and for FY 2023. We used the 20/80 allocation between ‘‘less complex’’ and ‘‘other’’ NGSO space station fees, respectively, within the NGSO fee category. These allocations continue to 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. We are not convinced by the Satellite Operators that the FTE time spent on less complex and other NGSO systems issues has changed sufficiently to warrant a revision in the 20/80 allocation. We also rejected the contention of Space X that we miscalculated the space station regulatory fees because we based our calculations on nine NGSO systems instead of ten. We recognize that there are ten licensed systems; however one of the licensed systems is not yet operational, and hence should not be counted in the unit count. 118. Further, we rejected Spaceflight’s proposals for fee assessments for ‘‘InSpace Servicing’’ Industries. Due to the somewhat nascent nature of ‘‘in-space servicing’’ industries, we currently do not have a regulatory fee category for such spacecraft. As noted in the FY 23 NPRM, there have been a limited PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 63743 number of such operations and we tentatively concluded that it was too early to identify exactly where operations, such as those in low-Earth orbit (LEO), might fit into the regulatory 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 inspace servicing operations, including OOS, RPO, space situational awareness (SSA), and space domain awareness (SDA) operations, and the scope of those operations, is better understood. 119. Kine´is proposed that the Commission adopt a multi-tiered approach to NGSO regulatory fees that would charge each provider an amount commensurate with its demands on Commission resources and the benefits it receives through regulation based on these enumerated factors, consistent with the Act. While we find the proposal to be useful, it requires further comment and evaluation. There is not time to fully consider this proposal prior to the need to adopt regulatory fees before the end of the current fiscal year. It will be more efficient to seek comment on proposals like this together with other proposals that might arise as part of the anticipated reexamination of regulatory fees for space and earth stations in light of the creation of the Space Bureau. 120. International Bearer Circuit Regulatory Fees—Submarine Cable Systems. In the Report and Order the Commission rejected the Submarine Cable Coalition’s request to revise the Commission’s regulatory fee methodology for submarine cable operators, which is based upon the lit capacity of the fiber-optic submarine cable. We disagreed with the Submarine Cable Coalition’s contention that the Commission’s regulatory fee methodology is contrary to the Communications Act, and that the Commission has not developed regulatory fees that are reasonably related to the benefits provided. Moreover, we did not find persuasive its arguments that the Commission’s assessment of these regulatory fees based on capacity is contrary to the Communications Act, and is not reasonably related to the benefits provided. The Commission has long held that capacity is a reasonable basis to assess regulatory costs among the submarine cable regulatory fee payors that benefit from the Commission’s work, and find it reasonable to continue to assess higher regulatory fees on licensees with larger facilities that benefit more from the Commission’s E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 63744 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations work and thus should pay a larger proportion of the Commission’s costs. VI. Ordering Clauses 121. Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to the authority found in sections 4(i) and (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 Report and Order is hereby adopted. 122. It is further ordered that the FY 2023 section 9 regulatory fees assessment requirements and the rules set forth in the Final Rules section are adopted as specified herein. 123. It is further ordered that the Report and Order, except for portions containing information collection requirements in § 1.1166 and information collection requirements in § 1.1914, shall be effective upon publication in the Federal Register. 124. It is further ordered that the amendments to § 1.1166 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.1166, which were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act, on August 17, 2023, shall be effective 30 days after publication of this summary in the Federal Register. The amendments to § 1.1914 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.1914, will not become effective until 30 days after publication in the Federal Register that the Office of Management and Budget has completed review of any information collection requirements that the Office of Managing Director determines is required under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these provisions. Federal Communications Commission. and recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications, Telephone, Television. Marlene Dortch, Secretary. Final Rules For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 1 as follows: PART 1—PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE 1. The authority citation for part 1 is revised to read as follows: ■ Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs 2,5,9,13; 28 U.S.C. 2461. List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 1 2. Revise §§ 1.1152 through 1.1156 to read as follows: Administrative practice and procedure, Communications, Reporting § 1.1152 Schedule of annual regulatory fees for wireless radio services. ■ TABLE 1 TO § 1.1152 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Exclusive use services (per license) Fee amount 1. Land Mobile (Above 470 MHz and 220 MHz Local, Base Station & SMRS) (47 CFR part 90): (a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................................................... (b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ......................................................................................................... (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 220 MHz Nationwide: (a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................................................... (b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ......................................................................................................... (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 2. Microwave (47 CFR part 101) (Private): (a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................................................... (b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ......................................................................................................... (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 3. Shared Use Services— Land Mobile (Frequencies Below 470 MHz—except 220 MHz): (a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................................................... (b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ......................................................................................................... (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................... Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22): (a) New, Additional Facility, Major Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ................................................................. (b) Renewal, Minor Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) ..................................................................................................................... 4. Marine Coast: (a) New Renewal/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) ..................................................................................................................................... (b) New, Renewal/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................... (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 5. Aviation Ground: (a) New, Renewal/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) .................................................................................................................................... (b) New, Renewal/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................... (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Only) (FCC 601 & 159) ................................................................................................................. 6. Marine Ship: (a) New, Renewal/Mod (FCC 605 & 159) .................................................................................................................................... (b) New, Renewal/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159) ....................................................................................................... (c) Renewal Only (FCC 605 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 7. Aviation Aircraft: (a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 605 & 159) ....................................................................................................................................... (b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159) ......................................................................................................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 $25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 63745 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations TABLE 1 TO § 1.1152—Continued Exclusive use services (per license) Fee amount (c) Renewal Only (FCC 605 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 8. CMRS Cellular/Mobile Services (per unit) (FCC 159) .................................................................................................................... 9. CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (FCC 159) ........................................................................................................................... 10. Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS and MDS) ................................................................................................................ 11. Local Multipoint Distribution Service ............................................................................................................................................. 1 These 2 These 10.00 10.00 1.16 2 .08 700 700 are standard fees that are to be paid in accordance with § 1.1157(b) of this chapter. are standard fees that are to be paid in accordance with § 1.1157(b) of this chapter. § 1.1153 Schedule of annual regulatory fees and filing locations for mass media services. TABLE 1 TO § 1.1153 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Radio [AM and FM] (47 CFR part 73) Fee amount 1. AM Class A: ≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 25,001–75,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ >6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 2. AM Class B: ≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 25,001–75,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ >6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 3. AM Class C: ≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 25,001–75,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ >6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 4. AM Class D: ≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 25,001–75,000 population. 75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ >6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 5. AM Construction Permit ........................................................................................................................................ 6. FM Classes A, B1 and C3: ≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 25,001–75,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ >6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 7. FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 and C2: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 $595 990 1,485 2,230 3,345 5,010 7,525 11,275 16,920 430 715 1,075 1,610 2,415 3,620 5,435 8,145 12,220 370 620 930 1,395 2,095 3,135 4,710 7,060 10,595 410 680 1,530 2,300 3,440 5,170 7,745 11,620 620 650 1,085 1,630 2,440 3,665 5,490 8,245 12,360 18,545 63746 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations TABLE 1 TO § 1.1153—Continued Radio [AM and FM] (47 CFR part 73) Fee amount ≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 25,001–75,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ >6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 8. FM Construction Permits: ...................................................................................................................................... 745 1,240 1,860 2,790 4,190 6,275 9,425 14,125 21,190 1,085 TV (47 CFR part 73) 9. Digital TV (UHF and VHF Commercial Stations): 1. Digital TV Construction Permits ..................................................................................................................... 2. Television Fee Factor ..................................................................................................................................... 10. Low Power TV, Class A TV, FM Translator, & TV/FM Booster (47 CFR part 74) ............................................. 5,100 .007799 per pop 260 § 1.1154 Schedule of annual regulatory charges for common carrier services. TABLE 1 TO § 1.1154 Radio facilities Fee amount 1. Microwave (Domestic Public Fixed) (Electronic Filing) (FCC Form 601 & 159) Carriers ........................................ 1. Interstate Telephone Service Providers (per interstate and international end-user revenues (see FCC Form 499–A). 2. Toll Free Number Fee ............................................................................................................................................... $25.00. $.00540. $.13 per Toll Free Number. § 1.1155 Schedule of regulatory fees for cable television services. TABLE 1 TO § 1.1155 Fee amount 1. Cable Television Relay Service ...................................................................................................................................................... 2. Cable TV System, Including IPTV (per subscriber), and DBS (per subscriber) ............................................................................. § 1.1156 Schedule of regulatory fees for international services. $1,720 1.23 stations. The following schedule applies for the listed services: (a) Geostationary orbit (GSO) and non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) space TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (a) Fee category Fee amount ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit) .................................................................................................................................................. Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Other ............................................................................................................................. Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Less Complex ............................................................................................................... Space Stations (per license/call sign in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Small Satellite) ................................................ Earth Stations: Transmit/Receive & Transmit only (per authorization or registration) ....................................................................... (b) International terrestrial and satellite Bearer Circuits. (1) Regulatory fees for International Bearer Circuits are to be paid by facilities-based common carriers that have active (used or leased) international bearer circuits as of December 31 of the prior year in any terrestrial or satellite transmission VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 facility for the provision of service to an end user or resale carrier, which includes active circuits to themselves or to their affiliates. In addition, noncommon carrier terrestrial and satellite operators must pay a fee for each active circuit sold or leased to any customer, including themselves or their affiliates, PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 $117,580 347,755 130,405 12,215 575 other than an international common carrier authorized by the Commission to provide U.S. international common carrier services. ‘‘Active circuits’’ for purposes of this paragraph (b) include backup and redundant circuits. In addition, whether circuits are used specifically for voice or data is not E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations relevant in determining that they are active circuits. 63747 (2) The fee amount, per active Gbps circuit will be determined for each fiscal year. TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH (b)(2) International terrestrial and satellite (capacity as of December 31, 2022) Fee amount Terrestrial Common Carrier and Non-Common Carrier Satellite Common Carrier and Non-Common Carrier ........... (c) Submarine cable. Regulatory fees for submarine cable systems will be paid annually, per cable landing license, for all submarine cable systems operating based on their lit capacity as of December 31 of the prior year. The $26 per Gbps circuit. fee amount will be determined by the Commission for each fiscal year. TABLE 3 TO PARAGRAPH (c)—FY 2023 INTERNATIONAL BEARER CIRCUITS—SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEMS Submarine cable systems (lit capacity as of December 31, 2022) Fee ratio (units) Less than 50 Gbps ............................................................................................................................................ 50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps .................................................................................................... 250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 Gbps ............................................................................................... 1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 3,500 Gbps ............................................................................................ 3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 6,500 Gbps ............................................................................................ 6,500 Gbps or greater ....................................................................................................................................... 3. Effective October 16, 2023 revise § 1.1166 to read as follows: ■ ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 § 1.1166 Waivers, reductions and deferrals of regulatory fees. The fees established by §§ 1.1152 through 1.1156 and associated interest charges and penalties may be waived, reduced or deferred in specific instances, on a case-by-case basis, where good cause is shown and where waiver, reduction or deferral of such fees, interest charges and penalties would promote the public interest. Requests to pay fees established by §§ 1.1152 through 1.1156 and associated interest charges and penalties in installments may be granted in accordance with § 1.1914. Requests for waiver, reduction or deferral of regulatory fees for entire categories of payors will not be considered. (a) Requests for waiver, reduction or deferral of regulatory fees shall be filed electronically, by submission to the following email address: regfeerelief@ fcc.gov. All requests for waiver, reduction and deferral shall be acted upon by the Managing Director with the concurrence of the General Counsel. All such requests made pursuant to § 1.1166 may be combined in a single pleading. (b) Deferrals of fees, interest, or penalties if granted, will be for a designated period of time not to exceed six months. (c) Petitions for waiver of a regulatory fee, interest, or penalties must be accompanied by the required fee, interest, or penalties and FCC Form 159. Submitted fees, interest, or penalties will be returned if a waiver is granted. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 Waiver requests that do not include the required fees, interest, or penalties or forms will be dismissed unless a request to defer payment due to financial hardship, supported by documentation of the financial hardship, is included in the filing. (d) Petitions for reduction of a fee, interest, or penalty must be accompanied by the full fee, interest, or penalty payment and FCC Form 159. Petitions for reduction that do not include the required fees, interest, or penalties or forms will be dismissed unless a request to defer payment due to financial hardship, supported by documentation of the financial hardship, is included in the filing. (e) Petitions for waiver of a fee, interest, or penalty based on financial hardship, including bankruptcy, will not be granted, even if otherwise consistent with Commission policy, to the extent that the total regulatory and application fees, interest, or penalties for which waiver is sought exceeds $500,000 in any fiscal year, including regulatory fees due in any fiscal year, but paid prior to the due date. In computing this amount, the amounts owed by an entity and its subsidiaries and other affiliated entities will be aggregated. In cases where the claim of financial hardship is not based on bankruptcy, waiver, partial waiver, or deferral of fees, interest, or penalties above the $500,000 cap may be considered on a case-by-case basis. 4. Delayed indefinitely, revise § 1.1914 to read as follows: ■ PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 § 1.1914 FY 2022 Regulatory fees .0625 .125 .25 .5 1.0 2.0 $7,680 15,355 30,705 61,410 122,815 245,630 Collection in installments. (a) Subject to the Commission’s rules pertaining to the installment loan program (see e.g., § 1.2110(g)), subpart Q or other agreements among the parties, the terms of which will control, whenever feasible, the Commission shall collect the total amount of a debt in one lump sum. If a debtor is financially unable to pay a debt in one lump sum, the Commission, in its sole discretion, may accept payment in regular installments. Requests for installment payment of non-regulatory fee debt shall be filed electronically, by submission to the following email address: installmentplanrequest@ fcc.gov. Requests for installment payment of regulatory fees may be combined with other requests for regulatory fee relief in accordance with § 1.1166(a) and shall be filed electronically by submission to regfeerelief@fcc.gov. The Commission will obtain financial statements from debtors who represent that they are unable to pay in one lump sum and which are able to verify independently such representations (see 31 CFR 902.2(g)). The Commission will require and obtain a legally enforceable written agreement from the debtor that specifies all of the terms of the arrangement, including, as appropriate, sureties and other indicia of creditworthiness (see Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, 2 U.S.C. 661, et seq., OMB Circular A– 129), and that contains a provision accelerating the debt in the event of default. E:\FR\FM\15SER2.SGM 15SER2 63748 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 178 / Friday, September 15, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with RULES2 (b) The size and frequency of installment payments should bear a reasonable relation to the size of the debt and the debtor’s ability to pay. If possible, the installment payments will be sufficient in size and frequency to liquidate the debt in three years or less. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Sep 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 (c) Security for deferred payments will be obtained in appropriate cases. The Commission may accept installment payments notwithstanding the refusal of the debtor to execute a written agreement or to give security, at the Commission’s option. PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 9990 (d) The Commission may deny the extension of credit to any debtor who fails to provide the records requested or fails to show an ability to pay the debt. 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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[MD Docket Nos. 23-159, 22-301; FCC 23-66; FR ID 168489]


Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2023

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) revises its Schedule of Regulatory Fees to recover 
$390,192,000 that Congress has required the Commission to collect for 
its fiscal year (FY) 2023. Sections 9 and 9A of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended (Act or Communications Act), provides for the 
annual assessment and collection of regulatory fees by the Commission.

DATES: Effective September 15, 2023, except for 47 CFR 1.1166, which is 
effective October 16, 2023, and 47 CFR 1.1914, which is delayed 
indefinitely. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal 
Register announcing the effective date for 47 CFR 1.1914 after review 
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. To avoid penalties and interest, regulatory 
fees should be paid by the due date of September 20, 2023.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Report 
and Order, in MD Docket Nos. 23-159 and 22-301; FCC 23-66, adopted on 
August 10, 2023 and released on August 10, 2023. The full text of this 
document is available for public inspection by downloading the text 
from the Commission's website at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-23-66A1.pdf.

Synopsis

I. Administrative Matters

A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    1. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, the 
Commission has prepared a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) 
relating to this Report and Order. The FRFA is located at the end of 
this document.

B. Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis

    2. This document does not contain new or substantively 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). The non-substantive modifications to an information 
collection related to 47 CFR 1.1166 effected in this document were 
approved by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, on August 17, 2023.

C. Congressional Review Act

    3. The Commission has determined, and the Administrator of the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, concurs that these rules are non-major under the Congressional 
Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 804(2). The Commission will send a copy of this 
Report and Order to Congress and the Government Accountability Office 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

II. Introduction

    4. In this item, the Commission takes action to address 
longstanding concerns to better ensure that our assessment and 
collection of our annual regulatory fees is more closely aligned with 
the burden of the work being performed by Commission employees for each 
regulatory fee category. Specifically, we adopt the proposals in our 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Regulatory Fee Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FY 
2023 NPRM) (88 FR 36154, June 1, 2023) and reallocate almost nineteen 
percent of our indirect full time equivalents (FTEs) as direct to one 
of the Commission's four core licensing bureaus, following a high-
level, comprehensive staff analysis of the time utilized in the 
oversight and regulation of certain segments of the telecommunications 
industry. Our decisions in this Report and Order reflect our conclusion 
that we can determine, with reasonable accuracy for this fiscal year, 
that certain FTEs from the Office of General Counsel, the Office of 
Economics and Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau that were previously considered to be indirect are devoted to 
work that is sufficiently linked to the oversight and regulation of 
regulatory fee payors in a core bureau such that the FTE burden of that 
work should be allocated as direct to that bureau for regulatory fee 
purposes. Consistent with our long-standing regulatory fee methodology, 
we implement these reallocations and we adopt a schedule of regulatory 
fees, as set forth in Appendices B and C, in order to collect 
$390,192,000 in congressionally required regulatory fees for FY 2023 by 
the end of September.
    5. Additionally, in the Report and Order, we (i) adopt our proposal 
regarding 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) continue to 
consider operations for on-orbit servicing (OOS) and rendezvous and 
proximity operations (RPO) on a mission-by-mission basis for regulatory 
fee purposes, and apply the regulatory fee for ``Space Stations 
(Geostationary Orbit)'' to OOS and RPO spacecraft operating near the 
geostationary orbit (GSO) arc, unless it is determined 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; (iii) 
confirm that orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) are responsible for 
regulatory fees under the current regulatory fee scheme; (iv) continue 
two of the temporary measures that were implemented in FYs 2020 through 
2022 to assist regulatory fee payors that were experiencing financial 
hardship related to the COVID-19 pandemic to request waiver, reduction, 
deferral and/or installment payment of regulatory fees, and continue a 
third such measure in modified form; (v) decline to permit regulatory 
fee payors to prepay their regulatory fees in installments before the 
annual regulatory fee payment deadline; and (vi) make certain technical 
corrections to 47 CFR 1.1914 and 1.1166.

A. Methodology for Assessing Regulatory Fees and FTE Allocation

    6. Consistent with our statutory mandate and our regulatory fee 
methodology, we start our regulatory fee assessment with the FTE counts 
and then adjust fees to reflect other factors related to the benefits 
provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities. In 
section 9 of the Act Congress prescribes that regulatory fee payors 
bear the FTE burden associated with their oversight and regulation by 
the relevant core bureau(s). Insofar as the non-auctions FTE time in 
the four core bureaus continues to focus on the oversight and 
regulation of fee payors in the industry segment regulated by each of 
those bureaus, we will continue to apportion regulatory fees across fee 
categories based on the number of non-auction direct FTEs in each core 
bureau and take into account factors that are ``reasonably related to 
the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the

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Commission's activities.'' After we determine the number of direct FTEs 
for each core bureau, we use these numbers to start our calculations of 
the percentage of the total amount of regulatory fees to be collected 
for a given fiscal year from each fee category.
    7. We then allocate appropriated amounts to be recovered 
proportionally based on the number of direct FTEs within each core 
bureau. Those proportions are then subdivided within each core bureau 
into fee categories among the regulatory fee payors served by the core 
bureau. Finally, within each regulatory fee category, we divide the 
amount to be collected by a unit that allocates the regulatee's 
proportionate share based on an objective measure. As a general matter, 
there is no additional calculation to attribute indirect costs. 
Instead, the proportional allocation of the whole S&E appropriation 
based on the number of direct FTEs effectively attributes all indirect 
costs among the core bureaus so that the Commission can recover its 
entire appropriation each year.
    8. As the Commission has explained, ``[g]iven the Act's requirement 
that fees must `reflect' FTEs before adjusting fees to take into 
account other factors, we find FTE counts by far the most administrable 
starting point for regulatory fee allocations.'' Regulatory fees must 
cover the entire S&E appropriation, even those portions of the 
appropriation that supports work on issues for which we do not have 
regulatory fee categories. Therefore, we continue to find that, 
consistent with section 9 of the Act, regulatory fees are not based on 
a precise allocation of specific employees with certain work 
assignments each year and instead are based on a higher-level approach. 
While some commenters continue to take issue with some of the 
Commission's determinations of whether certain FTEs should be 
considered to be indirect or direct and also advocate that the 
Commission should adopt new fee categories, no commenter has offered an 
alternative methodology for the Commission to recover our annual 
appropriation. Instead, we agree with commenters that argue that the 
record supports the adoption of regulatory fees consistent with the 
Commission's long standing regulatory fee framework. Accordingly, we 
find no basis to adjust our general methodology for assessing 
regulatory fees. We find that the Commission's general methodology for 
establishing regulatory fees has been, and continues to be, appropriate 
and consistent with section 9 of the Act. Thus, for FY 2023, our fee 
methodology will attribute the direct FTEs within each core bureau to 
payor categories based on the nature of the FTE work. We also will 
consider the ministerial 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. Once the 
percentages of total direct FTEs in the core bureaus are determined, 
the Commission calculates fee rates among the specific fee categories 
within each core bureau based upon the fee categories' proportional fee 
amounts to be collected. These proportional calculations allocate all 
Commission non-auction related costs across all fee categories that 
total the target goal amount.
    9. For FY 2023, our Human Resources Management office has provided 
the Commission data identifying 339.25 non-auctions, direct FTEs 
distributed among the core bureaus. In consultation with the bureaus 
and offices, we have validated this data. In the FY 2023 NPRM, 
following a high level, yet comprehensive, staff analysis of indirect 
FTE time in non-core bureaus and offices, we proposed to reallocate 63 
indirect FTEs from the Office of General Counsel, the Office of 
Economics and Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau where we were able to determine with reasonable accuracy for the 
fiscal year that the FTE burden of such work is directly related to the 
oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in a core bureau such 
that it should be considered as direct to that bureau for the purposes 
of calculating regulatory fees. As explained fully below, with the 
overwhelming support of commenters, we adopt our proposal for these 
reallocations. In addition, in order to apply consistent principles to 
our determinations, and in response to the record gathered in this 
proceeding, we also reallocate two direct FTEs from the Media Bureau to 
be considered as indirect FTEs because the nature of their work is 
sufficiently linked to work that is similar to that of work performed 
in the Enforcement Bureau, which is categorized as indirect. Our 
adoption of these reallocations results in a revised total of 400.25 
non-auctions, direct FTEs for FY 2023. Our calculations of direct FTEs 
associated with each core bureau are now as follows: International 
Bureau (31), Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (98), Wireline 
Competition Bureau (143.25), and Media Bureau (128).
    10. Based on these reallocations and after we make adjustments to 
these direct FTE counts to implement Commission precedent regarding 
FTEs working on non-high cost Universal Service Fund matters, we will 
collect approximately $30.32 million (7.77%) in fees from the 
International Bureau regulatory fee payors; $95.83 million (24.56%) in 
fees from the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regulatory fee payors; 
$140.12 million (35.91%) in fees from Wireline Competition Bureau 
regulatory fee payors; and $123.92 million (31.76%) in fees from Media 
Bureau regulatory fee payors.
    11. The record supports our proposal to reallocate certain indirect 
FTEs from the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics and 
Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau as direct 
to a core bureau because we can determine with reasonable accuracy for 
the fiscal year that these FTEs are devoted to work that is 
sufficiently linked to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee 
payors in a core bureau such that the burden of that work should be 
allocated as direct for regulatory fee purposes. Commenters addressing 
this issue agree that by taking a more granular approach, the 
Commission's fee structure more closely aligns the recovery of costs 
with those who benefit from Commission regulatory activities. 
Commenters support our proposal to reallocate a total of 63 indirect 
FTEs as direct for regulatory fee purposes. They contend that doing so 
will advance the Communications Act objective for the Commission to 
take into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits 
provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.
    12. We conclude that, as part of our annual FTE analysis, we will 
continue to evaluate whether any FTEs should be reallocated for 
regulatory fee purposes as we do each year when reviewing and 
validating the FTE data. And, where our evaluation merits inclusion of 
proposed reallocations, we will seek comment on any such potential 
reallocation of FTEs in an annual proceeding. We note, however, that we 
will exercise our discretion regarding where to focus our analytical 
efforts each year to best respond to changes in the FCC's substantive 
work, changes in the FCC's organization, and changes in the 
telecommunications industry itself. We further conclude that such 
agency discretion is particularly important because we agree with CTIA 
that we do not wish to inadvertently expand our indirect FTE levels by 
engaging in an endless review of all FTE allocations. As such, we will 
exercise our discretion to ensure that we conduct our annual review in 
a manner that is fair, manageable, and sustainable.

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    13. We emphasize that our decision to adopt our proposal today is 
in accord with past Commission precedent. Thus, it is not uncommon for 
the Commission to reassign direct FTEs as indirect or from one core 
bureau to another for regulatory fee purposes to reflect, among other 
things, changes in the FCC's substantive work, changes in the FCC's 
organization, and changes in the telecommunications industry.
    14. As we described in the FY 2023 NPRM, we limit our reallocation 
of indirect FTEs as direct FTEs to a core bureau for regulatory fee 
purposes to those instances where we can determine with reasonable 
accuracy for the entire fiscal year that such FTE work furthers the 
oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors. We recognize that 
this reclassification represents a change from some recent reviews of 
the same offices. Nevertheless, at this time our evaluation of FTE time 
in the non-core bureaus and offices supports our conclusion that, for 
certain FTEs in the Office of Economics and Analytics, the Office of 
General Counsel, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, it 
is appropriate to consider the FTE burden of their work as directly 
devoted to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors. For 
that reason, we are adopting our proposal that such FTE time should be 
considered direct for those relevant core bureau(s).
    15. For the purposes of this determination, we have evaluated 
whether measurable FTE time for FY 2023 is primarily being spent on the 
regulation and oversight of regulatory fee payors. Commission staff 
excluded any FTE time from this analysis if it was not equivalent to 
the time of at least one FTE, concluding that less than a full-time FTE 
demonstrates that the work being done is appropriately considered to be 
indirect and should not be reassigned. Table 1 below summarizes all of 
the reallocations we are adopting today.

                     Table 1--Core Bureau FTE Percentages With and Without FTE Reallocations
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                                                                    2023 Amount                     2023 Amount
                                                                    without FTE                      with FTE
                                                                   reallocations                   reallocations
                                                    2023 FTE %      (millions)      2023 FTE %      (millions)
                   Core bureau                      without FTE  ----------------    with FTE    ---------------
                                                   reallocations      FY 2023      reallocations      FY 2023
                                                                   appropriation                   appropriation
                                                                    is $390.192                     is $390.192
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Wireline Competition Bureau.....................           35.57         $138.79           35.91         $140.12
Media Bureau....................................           33.96          132.52           31.76           123.9
Media Bureau subcategory Broadcasters...........           15.28           59.65           14.12           55.10
Media Bureau subcategory Cable..................           18.68           72.87           17.64           68.83
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau..............           22.19           86.56           24.56           95.83
International Bureau............................            8.28           32.32            7.77           30.32
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    16. We conclude that 63 FTEs from the Office of Economics and 
Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and the Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau devote their time to the oversight and 
regulation of regulatory fee payors, where we can determine with 
reasonable accuracy for the entire fiscal year, as we discuss below. 
For that reason, we reallocate the FTE time as direct to the relevant 
core bureau(s) for calculating regulatory fees. Likewise, to apply 
consistent principles across our determinations, we reallocate two 
direct FTEs from the Media Bureau as indirect FTEs because the nature 
of their work is sufficiently linked to work that is similar to that 
performed in the Enforcement Bureau, which has been categorized as 
indirect. Below, we discuss our analysis.
    17. Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA). We adopt our proposal 
to reallocate 30 indirect FTEs from OEA as direct to a core bureau for 
regulatory fee purposes as follows: two to the International Bureau, 
eight to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 13 to the Wireline 
Competition Bureau, and seven to the Media Bureau. We reach this 
conclusion after evaluating the burden of FTE time in OEA.
    18. Following its inception in 2018, the Commission concluded that 
it was appropriate for the non-auctions FTEs in OEA to be considered 
indirect FTEs because their work benefits the entire Commission as well 
as the telecommunications industry and does not specifically focus on 
regulatory fee payors. As a general matter, this remains true today. Of 
relevance to the regulatory fee proceeding, OEA's non-auction funded 
work provides economic analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, for 
rulemakings, transactions, adjudications, and other Commission actions; 
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 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.
    19. In evaluating the burden of the work currently being performed 
by OEA's FTEs, staff recognized that certain bureaus tend to generate 
more economic and data issues for OEA to analyze as well as more 
documents that require OEA review. For FY 2023, we find that there is 
measurable work done by OEA FTEs that is being done directly in 
furtherance of the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in 
certain industry segments. In fact, staff analysis reveals that the 
work and expertise of certain FTEs from OEA remain devoted to the 
oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in a manner that is 
consistent with the FTE burden of work performed within a core bureau 
prior to the OEA's implementation. This determination supports our 
decision to reallocate the burden of the work of certain of OEA's FTEs 
as direct for regulatory fee purposes. We recognize that this is a 
partial change from our determination in the 2019 regulatory fee 
proceeding with respect to OEA FTEs. We have explained however, that 
our determinations are based an analysis of the actual work of the OEA.

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    20. We conclude that 13 indirect FTEs from OEA should be 
reallocated as direct FTEs to the Wireline Competition Bureau because 
the burden of their work is devoted to universal service fund issues in 
high-cost areas; competition and interconnection; setting rates for 
calls from incarcerated persons; the establishment of a national 
suicide hotline, and efforts to evaluate the costs, benefits, and 
public interest factors associated with protecting privacy matters such 
as the Wireline Competition Bureau's work on customer proprietary 
network information (CPNI) rules addressing access, use, and disclosure 
of information related to the use of a telecommunications service 
subscribed to by a customer of a telecommunications carrier. This FTE 
work is being done directly in furtherance of the oversight and 
regulation of Wireline Competition Bureau regulatory fee payors, 
therefore, we find that it appropriate to reallocate it as direct to 
the Wireline Competition Bureau for purposes of our regulatory fee 
calculation.
    21. Similarly, staff analysis shows that the work of eight OEA FTEs 
address various wireless and spectrum issues, such as mergers, 
transactions, and acquisitions, mobile spectrum holdings policies, and 
deployment in rural areas and on tribal lands. Insofar as the burden of 
this work is being done directly in furtherance of the oversight and 
regulation of Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regulatory fee payors, 
we adopt our proposal to reallocate these eight indirect FTEs as direct 
FTEs to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, for purposes of our 
regulatory fee calculation.
    22. Further, we find that because the burden of the work of seven 
FTEs from OEA relates to broadcast and cable issues, including 
ownership regulation, next generation (or NextGen TV) standards, 
content source disclosures, program carriage and retransmission, and 
rates and billing practices, and is being done directly in furtherance 
of the oversight and regulation of Media Bureau regulatory fee payors, 
it is appropriate to reallocate these FTEs as direct to the Media 
Bureau, proportionally among the Media Bureau regulatory fee 
categories, for purposes of our regulatory fee calculation.
    23. Lastly, because the burden of the work of two FTEs from OEA 
addressing undersea cables, international bearer circuits, and 
satellite services related issues is done directly in furtherance of 
the oversight and regulation of International Bureau regulatory fee 
payors, we conclude that it is appropriate to reallocate these two 
indirect FTEs as direct to the International Bureau, proportionally 
among the International Bureau regulatory fee categories.
    24. Office of General Counsel (OGC). Our evaluation of the burden 
of the FTE time in OGC supports the Commission's repeated conclusion 
that the majority of the work this office performs is most 
appropriately categorized as indirect, for regulatory fee purposes. On 
review, however, for FY 2023 we conclude that certain aspects of OGC's 
work are sufficiently linked to the oversight and regulation of 
individual regulatory fee categories such that five FTEs from OGC 
should be reallocated as direct FTEs to a relevant core bureau for 
regulatory purposes.
    25. 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.
    26. 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. After careful consideration of the burden 
of FTE work in this division, we do not make any FTE reallocations 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 of this work 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.
    27. 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. In large part, such 
work benefits the work of the Commission as a whole and is not specific 
to any particular regulatory fee category. Thus, the FTE burden 
associated with such work properly remains almost entirely allocated as 
indirect. In contrast to the Litigation Division, however, it is 
possible to determine that some of the burden of the work performed by 
FTEs from the Administrative Law Division, particularly 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, is done in furtherance of the oversight and 
regulation of regulatory fee payors in the core bureaus. Accordingly, 
where we have determined that this work is directly related to our 
oversight and regulation of specific regulatory fee payor categories, 
we adopt our determination to reallocate the FTE burden of such work as 
direct to the relevant core bureau(s). Specifically, for FY 2023 we 
reallocate one OGC FTE as direct to the Wireline Competition Bureau; 
two OGC FTEs as direct to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; one 
OGC FTE as direct to the Media Bureau, proportionally among the Media 
Bureau fee categories; and one OGC FTE as direct to the International

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Bureau, proportionally among the International Bureau fee categories.
    28. Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB). We also 
adopt our proposal to reallocate, for regulatory fee purposes, a total 
of 28 indirect FTEs from PSHSB as direct FTEs to core bureaus as 
follows: 13 to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, nine to the 
Wireline Competition Bureau, and six to the Media Bureau.
    29. 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. Insofar as 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, we continue to conclude 
that the majority of its work is best categorized as indirect. PSHSB is 
organized into three divisions: the Policy and Licensing Division, the 
Operations and Emergency Management Division, and the Cybersecurity and 
Communications Reliability Division. On review for FY 2023, we conclude 
that certain aspects of the burden of some of the FTE work within these 
divisions is sufficiently linked to the oversight and regulation of 
individual regulatory fee categories such that certain FTEs, as 
described below, should be reallocated as direct FTEs to a relevant 
core bureau for regulatory purposes.
    30. 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 (EAS); operability 
and interoperability for public safety communications and the First 
Responder Network Authority; and intra- and interagency coordination on 
spectrum management.
    31. After analyzing the FTE work in the Policy and Licensing 
Division, we conclude that the burden of the work of 14 FTEs in this 
division is directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of 
regulatory fee payors of a core bureau such that it is appropriate to 
adopt our proposal to reallocate these FTEs as direct, for regulatory 
fee purposes. Of the 14 FTEs we have identified, we reallocate two FTEs 
as direct to the Wireline Competition Bureau, eight FTEs as direct to 
the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and four FTEs as direct to the 
Media Bureau. Specifically, we adopt 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 
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 proposed to consider as 
direct to the Media Bureau, we adopt these reallocations for regulatory 
fee purposes, proportionally among the fee categories in the Media 
Bureau, because the FTE burden of the work on the EAS, developing and 
maintaining the operational rules that apply to EAS participants (i.e., 
broadcasters), facilitating interactions between EAS participants and 
alert originators, reviewing State EAS Plans, and acting on waiver and 
similar requests from broadcasters directly furthers the oversight and 
regulation of the regulatory payors of the Media Bureau.
    32. 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 
the reporting and situational awareness of communications status during 
times of emergency and Commission functions during emergency 
conditions. OEMD also manages the provision of service by 
communications service providers during emergency conditions.
    33. 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. After 
analyzing the FTE work in OEMD, we conclude that the burden of the work 
of five FTEs in this division is directly in furtherance of the 
oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors of a core bureau such 
that it should be reallocated for regulatory purposes. Specifically, of 
the five FTEs we have identified from this division there are two FTEs 
that should be reallocated as direct FTEs to the Wireline Competition 
Bureau, two FTEs that should be reallocated as direct FTEs to the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and one FTE that should be 
reallocated as a direct FTE to the Media Bureau, proportionally among 
the fee categories in the Media Bureau. OEMD's deployment of personnel 
to disaster areas primarily supports the oversight and regulation of 
the regulatory fee payors of all three of these core bureaus by, among 
other things, receiving and facilitating federal partner responses to 
requests from providers in disaster areas with issues such as obtaining 
access to facility sites and procurement of fuel for generators.
    34. Moreover, with regard to the two FTEs we reallocate as direct 
to the Wireline Competition Bureau and the two FTEs we reallocate as 
direct to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, we adopt these 
changes for regulatory fee purposes because the burden of the work 
performed by these FTEs is directly related to the oversight and 
regulation of wireline and wireless regulatory fee payors. In 
particular, the FTE burden from this division relates to working with 
federal partners on risk assessment and surveying the status of 
providers' service and infrastructure

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following major disasters, emergencies, matters of law enforcement or 
events of a national security as well as facilitating providers' 
restoration by coordinating requests and responses with other federal 
and SLTT entities and private sector companies. In addition, the FTE 
burden of this work in this division involves administering legal 
oversight and review of the Commission's Local Number Portability Act 
(LNPA) activities.
    35. 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 radio frequency 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. Based on this 
analysis, we adopt our proposal to reallocate, for regulatory fee 
purposes, one FTE from OEMD as a direct to Media Bureau, proportionally 
among the fee categories in that bureau.
    36. 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.
    37. 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 staff 
analysis of data regarding the FTE work performed in the Operations 
Center, we find that the burden of the work of three FTEs from the 
Operations Center is performed directly in furtherance of the oversight 
and regulation of regulatory fee payors such that it should be 
reallocated as direct to a core bureau, for regulatory fee purposes. 
Specifically, we reallocate one FTE as a direct to the Wireline 
Competition Bureau, one FTE as direct FTE to Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, and one FTE as direct to the Media Bureau, 
proportionally among the fee categories in that bureau.
    38. 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 and administers 
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. 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.
    39. The Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability 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. After analyzing the burden of the work done 
in this division, we adopt our proposal to reallocate four FTEs from 
this division as direct to the Wireline Competition Bureau because the 
burden of the work being done on wireline network outage reporting, in 
routine and disaster environments, as well as outages and notifications 
impacting the 911 and 988 systems, is directly in furtherance of the 
oversight and regulation of wireline regulatory fee payors We also 
adopt our proposal to reallocate two FTEs from this division as direct 
to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau because the FTE burden of 
this work is being done to administer the Mandatory Disaster Response 
Initiative to ensure providers of commercial mobile services can engage 
in mutual aid activities during times of emergency. The FTE burden in 
this division also includes working with the Federal Advisory Committee 
on standards and best practices related to 5G deployment as well as the 
work performed to develop and implement performance standards and 
regulation of wireless regulatory fee payors.
    40. Conclusion Regarding Allocations. Table 2 below summarizes the 
FTE reallocations adopted here.

                                                          Table 2--Summary of FTE Reallocations
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                                                 Number of direct                                                      Number of direct
                                                    2023 FTEs          % Before                                        2023 FTEs  with       % After
                  Core bureau                      without FTE      reallocations    Direct FTEs after reallocations         FTE          reallocations
                                                  reallocations                                                         reallocations
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International Bureau..........................                 28             8.28  +2 from OEA.....................                 31             7.77
                                                                                    +1 from OGC.....................
                                                                                    Total additional FTEs +3........
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau............                 75            22.19  +8 from OEA.....................                 98            24.56
                                                                                    +2 from OGC.....................
                                                                                    +13 from PSHSB..................
                                                                                    Total additional FTEs +23.......
Wireline Competition Bureau...................             120.25            35.57  +13 from OEA....................             143.25            35.91
                                                                                    +1 from OGC.....................
                                                                                    +9 from PSHSB...................
                                                                                    Total additional FTEs +23.......

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Media Bureau..................................                116            33.96  +7 from OEA.....................                128            31.76
                                                                                    +1 from OGC.....................
                                                                                    +6 from PSHSB...................
                                                                                    -2 from MB Reallocated as
                                                                                     Indirect.
                                                                                    Total additional FTEs +12.......
                                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total.....................................             339.25              100  ................................             400.25              100
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B. Non-High Cost Universal Service Fund FTEs

    41. In the FY 2017 Report and Order, the Commission reallocated 38 
direct FTEs from the Wireline Competition Bureau working on the non-
high-cost programs of the Universal Service Fund as indirect for 
regulatory fee purposes. The Commission found that this reallocation 
was supported by the fact that contributions to the Universal Service 
Fund are required from service providers using any technology that has 
end-user interstate telecommunications and because of changes in the 
universal service fund regulatory landscape. The Commission observed 
that although initially universal service programs were focused on 
wireline services, wireless carriers, and broadband providers had since 
become involved in the E-Rate, Lifeline, and Rural Healthcare programs. 
The Commission also noted that the E-Rate, Lifeline, and Rural 
Healthcare programs tie funding eligibility to the beneficiary, i.e., a 
school, a library, a low-income individual or family, or a rural 
healthcare provider, and not to Commission regulatory fee payors. Given 
these considerations, the Commission concluded that the burden of FTE 
time dedicated to non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs should 
be considered indirect because the nature of the work being conducted 
is not focused specifically on the oversight and regulation of fee 
payors of any core bureau. The Universal Service Fund programs are 
administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), 
with oversight from the Commission. Specifically, the Commission 
reasoned that the FTE time devoted to the non-high cost Universal 
Service Fund issues is not oversight and regulation of a category of 
regulatory fee payors, but instead is the oversight of several 
Universal Service Fund programs (administered by USAC) with a wide 
array of beneficiaries and participants. With such a diversity of 
participants, beneficiaries, and contributors, and a wide variety of 
issues addressed by Commission staff (including matters pertaining to 
entities that are not Commission regulatory fee payors), the Commission 
concluded that Interstate Telecommunications Service Providers (ITSPs) 
were no longer the sole contributors or beneficiaries of these 
programs. The Commission further found that it could not determine the 
benefits flowing from Commission oversight of the programs to any one 
fee category, let alone a particular cross-section of fee categories or 
even an entire industry. The Commission explained that as they are not 
traditional telecommunication industry members, attributing the 
benefits of FTE non-high cost work to any one fee category would be 
problematic at best. For all of these reasons, the Commission concluded 
that FTE time spent on non-high cost Universal Service Fund issues 
should be reassigned as indirect.
    42. In the FY 2017 Report and Order, the Commission also observed 
that the concern that the reallocation would impose a burden on 
broadcasters, which do not participate in the universal service program 
was misplaced ``as there is no completely pure way to precisely 
allocate every Commission FTE.'' In support of this decision the 
Commission explained that the Commission's methodology need not reach 
scientific precision and instead must simply be reasonable. 
Subsequently, the Commission addressed NAB's continued objection to 
assessing broadcasters for the costs of these indirect FTEs in the FY 
2022 Report and Order by explaining that the reallocation was 
appropriate and that indirect FTEs in the Commission devote their time 
to a large variety of issues, some of which may not directly affect 
every Commission regulatee, including broadcasters. The Commission 
nonetheless 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 burden associated with these 
indirect FTEs. Based on this determination, the burden associated with 
these indirect FTEs in FY 2022 was apportioned among all other 
regulatory fee payors.
    43. For FY 2023, we tentatively concluded that the Commission's FY 
2022 reasoning remained sound and the indirect FTE burden associated 
with these non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs should not be 
apportioned to broadcasters. We sought comment on this tentative 
conclusion and asked 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.
    44. NAB continues to assert that we should reallocate the burden of 
FTE time dedicated to these matters as direct to a core bureau or 
bureaus because providers receive funding and program beneficiaries 
receive subsidies. Specifically, NAB argues that the Commission could 
base this reallocation upon the information the Commission has about 
the fee payors that receive a particular percentage of the Commission's 
non-high cost USF program funds. Likewise, the State Broadcasters 
Association contends that because these programs provide certain 
service providers with significant funding, it should not be difficult 
to determine the direct impact of the FTE burden that benefits specific 
regulatees. We disagree. As CTIA correctly points out, our regulatory 
fees must be based on the work conducted by Commission staff, i.e., the 
Commission's FTE burden, and the amount of USF program funds that a 
regulatory fee payor receives, is not a relevant factor in allocating 
regulatory fees among the core bureaus.
    45. In particular, we agree with CTIA that NAB's argument to 
reallocate FTEs based upon the financial benefit received by any 
particular service provider does not properly demonstrate that the FTE 
burden of this work is devoted to the oversight and regulation of any 
regulatory fee category such that it should be considered to be direct. 
WISPA also supports the Commission's decision to treat the FTE burden 
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attributing FTEs as direct on the basis of such work could unfairly 
impact smaller providers, like WISPA's members, and cause an exodus 
from non-high cost USF programs, which would be contrary to the public 
interest. Moreover, the FTE work on these non-high cost Universal 
Service Fund programs covers issues regarding all program participants 
as well as benefits that are derived by the general public. We continue 
to agree with prior Commission determinations that FTE time spent on 
non-high cost Universal Service Fund issues is indirect because we 
cannot reasonably determine the FTE burden of oversight of the programs 
to any one fee payor category, let alone a particular cross-section of 
fee payors or even an entire industry.
    46. As we have stated previously, indirect FTE time is devoted to 
issues that may include more than one regulated service or matters that 
are not related to services regulated by the Commission. Commenters' 
argument is based on their assertion that they do not obtain benefit 
from the universal service programs, but that is not a factor in 
determining whether the FTEs should be allocated as direct to other fee 
payors. Accordingly, we conclude that NAB's suggestion to reallocate 
the burden of the 23.75 FTEs working on non-high cost Universal Service 
Fund matters as direct to a core bureau based upon the percentage of 
subsidies received by any particular category of fee payor category 
conflates the nature of the work of the Commission's FTEs with the 
identity of the entities that ultimately receive support from any 
particular program. Commenters have thus failed to show that these 
indirect FTEs should be reassigned as direct. We therefore affirm prior 
Commission determinations that the burden of FTE time devoted to non-
high cost Universal Service Fund programs is properly categorized as 
indirect, and that such a conclusion is consistent with how FTEs 
working for programs that benefit consumers and the American public are 
treated elsewhere in the Commission.
    47. Additionally, as explained in the FY 2023 NPRM, staff analysis 
of the FTE burden associated with these non-high cost Universal Service 
Fund programs reveals that we need to adjust the number of indirect 
FTEs working on the non-high cost Universal Service Fund programs from 
38 FTEs in FY 2022 downward to 23.75 indirect FTEs for FY 2023, a 
decrease of 14.25 indirect FTEs. As a result of staff's comprehensive 
review of the Commission's indirect bureaus and offices, we conclude 
that the FTE time within the Office of Engineering and Technology, the 
Enforcement Bureau, and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 
continues to be appropriately designated as indirect.

C. New Regulatory Fee Categories

    48. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought 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. The 
Satellite Operators argue that the Commission has unquestionable 
jurisdiction to extend its regulatory fee categories to include service 
providers and manufacturers that benefit from the Commission's 
regulatory activities. The Satellite Operators suggest that we again 
seek comment on four new fee categories: (i) broadband internet access 
providers, (ii) database administrators that enable unlicensed 
operations, (iii) equipment manufacturers, and (iv) experimental 
licenses. TechFreedom, on the other hand, contends that the Commission 
lacks legal authority to require entities that it neither licenses nor 
regulates to pay regulatory fees.
    49. We have previously sought comment on the fee categories 
proposed by the Satellite Operators and others, and, as no new facts or 
analysis have been provided in the record to support such proposals, we 
are neither adopting such categories at this time nor seeking further 
comment on them. Because commenters have provided no basis for us to 
change the Commission's prior determinations on this issue and we 
therefore affirm that such fees would be unworkable and logistically 
infeasible to collect at this time.

D. Space Station and International Bearer Circuit Regulatory Fees

1. Space Station Regulatory Fees
a. NGSO/GSO 80/20 Allocation
    50. For FY 2023, we adopt the regulatory fees for space and earth 
stations proposed in the FY 2023 NPRM, which were based on the 
allocation of International Bureau FTEs that regulated space and earth 
stations. The International Bureau existed for most of FY 2023, and 
therefore we conclude that it is appropriate to adopt regulatory fees 
for FY 2023 based on the work of International Bureau FTEs for this 
fiscal year. We find that the proposed categories and allocations 
continue to accurately reflect the allocation of International Bureau 
FTEs in FY 2023. For the reasons discussed below, we decline to change 
allocations or add categories or subcategories of space station 
regulatory fees at this time. FY 2024 will be the first full fiscal 
year that the Space Bureau will be in existence. We anticipate closely 
evaluating the work of staff during the first year to ensure the 
continued accuracy of our FTE allocations. Moreover, given the rapid 
pace of development change in this segment of the telecommunications 
industry, we also anticipate closely considering whether any space and 
earth station regulatory fee categories should be revised in the coming 
years.
    51. The FY 2023 NPRM sought comment on proposed regulatory fees for 
space and earth stations. For space stations, the proposed fees were 
calculated using the existing allocation of FTEs between GSO and NGSO 
space station categories, and among different categories of NGSO space 
station systems. Under the existing methodology of calculating 
regulatory fees for space stations, 80% of space station regulatory 
fees are allocated to GSOs and 20% of the space station regulatory fees 
to NGSOs. In addition, there are two subcategories for NGSO space 
stations regulatory fees: ``less complex'' NGSO systems and all other 
NGSO systems identified as ``other'' NGSO systems. ``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. In 2022, the Commission 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.
    52. The FY 2023 NPRM did not seek comment on the methodology 
previously adopted to allocate regulatory fees among GSO and NGSO space 
stations, nor did it seek comment on the definitions of existing 
subcategories of NGSO space stations or the creation of new 
subcategories of NGSO space stations in general. It did, however, seek 
comment generally on whether to adopt new regulatory fee categories and 
on ways to improve the regulatory fee process regarding ``any and all 
categories of service.'' It also sought comment specifically on how to 
apply regulatory fees to spacecraft performing On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) 
and Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) specifically operating 
near the geostationary satellite orbit arc.
    53. No comments were received in response to the proposed 
regulatory fees

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for earth stations or for small satellites. As stated above, we find 
that these categories and allocations continue to accurately reflect 
the allocation of International Bureau FTEs for FY 2023. Accordingly, 
we adopt the proposed regulatory fees for earth stations and small 
satellites for FY 2023.
    54. Several space station operators, individually or collectively, 
submitted comments regarding proposed regulatory fees for space 
stations other than small satellites. Broadly speaking, the comments 
can be divided into two categories. The first category proposes 
revisions to our existing methodology and categories for assessing 
regulatory fees on NGSO space stations. These commenters argue in favor 
of revising the ``20/80'' allocation between ``less complex'' and 
``other'' NGSO space stations, revisiting the definition of ``less 
complex'' NGSO space station systems, or proposing to initiate a 
further notice of proposed rulemaking to revise and expand the 
subcategories of NGSO space station fees. The second category provides 
comments on how to apply regulatory fees to OOS and RPO spacecraft. We 
address each category of comments in turn below, but in each instance 
conclude that the record is insufficient at this time to adopt changes 
to the proposed regulatory fees for FY 2023 or to initiate a further 
notice of proposed rulemaking. Moreover, as observed previously in this 
order, the Commission's methodology need not reach scientific precision 
and instead must simply be reasonable.
b. NGSO Space Stations ``Less Complex'' and ``Other'' Regulatory Fees
    55. 20/80 Less Complex/Other Allocation. The Satellite Operators 
contend that we should revisit the ``20/80 split'' between ``less 
complex'' and ``other'' NGSO space station systems and the assumptions 
that underly it. They argue that our regulatory fee structure should 
``not remain stagnant'' regarding the nature of ``less complex'' NGSO 
space station systems that provide EESS, and that the Commission should 
initiate a further notice of proposed rulemaking because ``[t]oday's 
EESS business . . . is virtually unrecognizable from what existed when 
the Commission first established [the ``less complex''] NGSO regulatory 
fee structure'' in 2021.
    56. We find that the record is insufficient at this time to 
revisit, or to initiate a further rulemaking to revisit, the 20/80 
allocation between ``less complex'' and ``other'' NGSO space station 
systems. The Satellite Operators do not provide any specific 
alternative proposals to the current allocations, other than to seek 
comment on the significance of the purported changes to the EESS 
business in order to build a foundation to take action on next year. As 
the EESS Operators observe, however, the Satellite Operators offer no 
new evidence that might cause the Commission to alter its conclusions 
and change the allocation, but repeat the argument they have made in 
the regulatory fee proceedings for FY 2020, FY 2021, and FY 2022, and 
do not provide a basis for the Commission to revisit its decision 
regarding NGSO fee category definitions adopted in the FY 2021 NPRM. In 
addition, the purported changes to the EESS business presented by the 
Satellite Operators (for example, multiplying use cases, mushrooming 
demand of customers for data, and changes in methods of distribution) 
do not go to the factors relied on in adopting the 20/80 allocation 
between ``less complex'' and ``other'' NGSO space stations: the amount 
of staff work involved in regulating NGSO space stations planning to 
communicate with 20 or fewer U.S. authorized earth stations primarily 
in EESS and/or AIS versus the amount of work involved in regulating 
other types of NGSO space station systems. Thus, there is no basis for 
initiating a further notice of proposed rulemaking at this time.
    57. NGSO Space Station Fee Category Definitions and Expansion. Some 
commenters propose to revisit the definition of ``less complex'' NGSO 
space station systems to include a broader range of NGSO space station 
systems, or to initiate a further notice of proposed rulemaking to 
revise and expand the subcategories of NGSO space station fees. In 
particular, Kin[eacute]is alleges that the Commission did not fully 
explain the decision in the FY 2021 NPRM to use ``the total number of 
earth stations with which satellite network will communicate'' as the 
``only'' factor to distinguish NGSO space station systems as ``less 
complex'' for regulatory fee purposes. To the extent that 
Kin[eacute]is's comments seek reconsideration of our holding in in that 
order, we agree with other comments that such an argument would be 
untimely. While we decline to revisit our prior holding, we will, 
however, address the Kin[eacute]is comments to the extent it proposes 
that the Commission should, on a going forward basis, expand the 
category of ``less complex'' NGSO space stations to include factors 
other than ``the total number of earth stations with which satellite 
network will communicate'' to distinguish NGSO space station systems as 
``less complex.''
    58. As an initial matter, Kin[eacute]is mischaracterizes the prior 
decision as to which types of NGSO space station systems are ``less 
complex'' as being based only on the number of earth stations utilized 
by a NGSO space station system. In fact, the number of earth stations 
was not, and is not, the only factor for determining that an NGSO space 
station system is ``less complex'' for regulatory fee purposes. Rather, 
the Commission found that NGSO space station systems ``planning to 
communicate with 20 or fewer U.S.-authorized earth stations that are 
primarily used for [EESS] and/or [AIS] are significantly less complex 
to regulate than other types of NGSO systems'' (italics added). As the 
Commission explained, multiple factors led to determining that NGSO 
space station systems communicating with 20 or less U.S.-authorized 
earth stations used primarily for EESS and/or AIS involved less staff 
resources to regulate that other NGSO space station systems.
    59. Thus, the number of earth stations is not the only factor for 
determining whether an NGSO space station system is ``less complex'' 
for regulatory fee purposes, but it is one factor, together with the 
service primarily being provided, that serves as a proxies for other 
factors, such as whether processing rounds are required to process the 
application, the geographic area being served by the system, the 
quantity and range of spectrum needs, and how the system utilizes 
spectrum vis-[agrave]-vis other systems. All these factors, not just 
the number of earth stations, go towards determining the amount of FTE 
resources required to regulate a NGSO space station system, thereby 
determining whether an NGSO space station system is ``less complex'' 
for regulatory fee purposes.
    60. We note that the possibility of other NGSO space station 
systems being categorized as ``less complex'' for regulatory fee 
purposes in the future has not be rejected or precluded. Indeed, such a 
possibility has been expressly recognized. But the inclusion of NGSO 
space station systems into the ``less complex'' category must arise 
from factors that reflect the amount of work that FTEs perform to 
regulate such systems relative to the work performed for other NGSO 
space station systems. If the Commission finds in the future that 
another type of NGSO space station system requires less regulatory work 
than other NGSO space station systems, that type of NGSO space station 
system would be eligible for the ``less complex'' category as well. 
Although Kin[eacute]is and Myriota argue that their non-voice, non-
geostationary mobile satellite service (NVNG MSS) designed to provide 
``Internet of Things'' (IoT) connectivity

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should also be categorized as ``less complex,'' their arguments focus 
on the alleged superior benefits received by other NGSO space station 
systems compared to their own, rather than on the amount of regulatory 
work that FTEs perform. Such benefits, however, are not material to 
determining the complexity of regulation of a satellite system, which 
is the determining criterion for a ``less complex'' NGSO space station 
system. As such, we find that the record is not sufficiently developed 
at this time to determine that NVNG MSS IoT space station systems 
should be included in the ``less complex'' NGSO space station 
regulatory fee category.
    61. Kin[eacute]is also proposes that the Commission adopt a further 
notice of proposed rulemaking to develop a record to separate the 
various NGSO networks into more homogenous categories that group 
providers together with others that provide similar types of services. 
Kin[eacute]is proposes that we adopt a multi-tiered approach to the fee 
categories for NGSO space station systems, using many different factors 
to group NGSO space station systems into tiers that would ``charge each 
provider an amount commensurate with its demands on Commission 
resources and the benefits it receives through regulation based on 
these enumerated factors.'' Kin[eacute]is suggests five NGSO tiers: (1) 
Global Fixed/Mobile Broadband; (2) Big LEO Voice & Data; (3) EESS Space 
Imaging & Other; (4) UHF IoT Data Collection & Monitoring/AIS; and (5) 
SmallSat. Although much of the basis for the different tiers is 
purported differences in the benefits received from FCC regulation, 
Kin[eacute]is also attempts to quantify the amount of FTE work 
necessitated by each tier by evaluating the number of filings each tier 
made in our Electronic Comments Filing System (ECFS) from the start of 
FY 2022 until June 1, 2023.
    62. We find Kin[eacute]is's multi-tiered proposal for defining NGSO 
fee categories to be potentially useful framework as the Commission has 
used such multi-tiered approaches for assessing regulatory fees for 
other services. There is not sufficient time, however, to consider such 
expansive changes in time to adopt regulatory fees for FY 2023 because 
the conclusions underlying the proposal by Kin[eacute]is require 
further comment and evaluation. Kin[eacute]is's attempts to quantify 
the amount of FTE work necessitated by each proposed tier rely 
exclusively on filings made during a limited time period in docketed 
proceedings such as rulemakings, without consideration of applications 
and related filings, which would be made through ICFS, not ECFS. In 
addition, as the Satellite Operators observe, Kin[eacute]is has not 
attempted to explain how we would allocate the FTE time among these 
categories.
    63. We agree, however, that an examination of our regulatory fees 
and categories for NGSO space stations would be useful in light of 
changes resulting from the creation of the Space Bureau and fuller 
consideration of possible adjustments to into account factors that are 
reasonably related to the benefits provided by the Commission's 
activities. We do not, however, have a sufficient record to initiate 
such an examination at this time. Section 9 requires regulatory fees be 
keyed to the FTE burden associated with the oversight and regulation of 
each regulatory fee category. We anticipate that the changes in the 
industry that resulted our decision to create the Space Bureau will 
likely also result in changes in the relative FTE burden between and 
among our space and earth station fee payors. Moreover, we anticipate 
the creation of the Space Bureau will result in the streamlining of the 
oversight and regulation of space stations, which could also change FTE 
burdens. Accordingly, we find it will be more efficient to seek comment 
on proposals to reexamine the categories of regulatory fees for NGSO 
space station systems, like the one offered by Kin[eacute]is, at the 
same time as other proposals that might arise as part of a more 
holistic review of the FTE burden of the Space Bureau in FY 2024.
    64. Miscellaneous. Space X contends that we have miscalculated the 
space station regulatory fees because we based our calculations on nine 
units in the ``Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Other)'' category, 
instead of ten. Although there are ten such licensed systems, one of 
the licensed systems was not operational as of October 1, 2022, and we 
are removing that station from the unit count when calculating the per 
unit fee. A unit count of nine is correct.
c. Spacecraft Performing On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) and Rendezvous and 
Proximity Operations (RPO) (In-Space Servicing Industries)
    65. In the FY 2022 NPRM, we sought comment on adopting regulatory 
fee categories for spacecraft performing OOS and RPO. 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 
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. The Commission noted at that time that 
there have been a limited number of such operations and tentatively 
concluded that it was too early to identify exactly where operations, 
such as those in low-Earth orbit (LEO), might fit into the regulatory 
fee structure in the future.
    66. Neither the scope of in-space servicing operations nor the 
regulatory framework developed sufficiently to adopt regulatory fee 
categories for FY 2022. As a result, in the FY 2023 NPRM we sought 
comment on defining this emerging category of operations for regulatory 
fee purposes, including whether a separate regulatory fee category is 
necessary for those spacecraft that may conduct such in-space servicing 
operations in the future. The FY 2023 NPRM also observed that some 
spacecraft conducting satellite servicing operate, or plan to operate, 
near the GSO arc, but that most of these operations are likely to 
ultimately be in NGSO.
    67. Currently, two spacecraft operate under part 25 for 
communications while conducting these types of operations with GSO 
satellites. These two spacecraft remain operational in FY 2023. In the 
FY 2023 NPRM, the Commission tentatively concluded 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. Therefore, there would be no independent system 
for a separate fee assessment for these operations near the GSO arc, 
and the regulatory burden (i.e., the FTE time) for such operations 
would be included in the fees collected from the GSO regulatory fee 
payors. The Commission sought comment on this tentative conclusion and 
whether it may not apply to future operations of OOS and RPO 
spacecraft, which may operate more independently of the satellites that 
they will service. The Commission also observed that, 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 the Commission should assess a 
separate regulatory fee. The FY 2023 NPRM proposed to apply the 
regulatory fee for ``Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit)'' to OOS and 
RPO spacecraft operating near the GSO arc,

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unless a determination is made 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. The Commission sought comment on 
this approach, as well as on the specific factors that should be 
considered to determine whether a OOS or RPO spacecraft is operating as 
part of an existing GSO system for regulatory fee purposes.
    68. We find that the record remains too incomplete to adopt a 
separate regulatory fee category for spacecraft performing OOS and RPO 
at this time. Although commenters generally support the creation of 
new, separate regulatory fee categories for OOS and RPO space stations, 
we conclude there is insufficient understanding of the nature and 
regulation of such spacecraft to consider concrete proposals for 
assessing regulatory fees for OOS and RPO space stations at this time. 
The Commission is still in the early stages of considering the 
regulatory environment for such services as a whole, and the definition 
of which services would fit into OOS and RPO and the regulatory 
framework for such services are yet to be developed. Accordingly, we 
are unable to determine who would be eligible for such a category or 
the amount of the FTE burden that the Commission would spend in 
regulating such a category, which is a necessary first step in adopting 
regulatory fees. We will continue to develop the record regarding a 
possible separate fee category for OOS, RPO, and in-space servicing 
more generally, with the benefit of progress made in rulemaking 
proceedings concerning these emerging services and will revisit this 
issue as part of the regulatory fees proceeding for FY 2024.
    69. We will continue to develop a record that will inform possible 
establishment of a fee category(ies) and appropriate methodology for 
assessing such a fee category(ies). We will also continue to consider 
OOS and RPO spacecraft licensing for those spacecraft operating near 
the GSO arc on a mission-by-mission basis. Relatedly, Astroscale 
requests that we also clarify that a determination that the OOS or RPO 
spacecraft is operating as part of an existing GSO system could also 
include GSO servicing spacecraft operating in other frequency bands not 
supported by the client vehicle. We find, however, that the record is 
insufficiently developed at this time to act on this request. Although 
some comments oppose ever assessing the fee for GSO space stations on 
OOS and RPO spacecraft, arguing that the current GSO fee category 
reflects FTE hours spent on typical GSO spacecraft issues and that 
these are not efforts that servicing spacecraft near the GSO arc 
benefit from, there is no other fee category available for space 
stations operating in geostationary orbit, and section 9 does not 
permit the Commission to exempt regulatees from paying regulatory fees. 
Because we are not proposing to adopt, at this time, a regulatory fee 
category for OOS or RPO operations, or in-space servicing more 
generally, we need not consider what factors should go into determining 
the regulatory fees for such categories.
    70. Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV). The FY 2023 NPRM also sought 
comment on additional or different definitions for a potential new fee 
category, such as including in the definition of OOS concepts of 
operation such as deployment via an OTV. Spaceflight argues that the 
new fee category for in-space servicing systems should be broadly 
defined, encompassing a range of activities, including OTV deployment 
services, rendezvous and proximity operations, refueling, situational 
awareness, and debris-related activities. Spaceflight submits that it 
is essential that OTVs are not simply designated as either GSO or NGSO, 
but rather recognized as a distinct category within the regulatory 
framework. Spaceflight believes that OTVs possess distinct capabilities 
and serve a specific purpose in space operations, making it crucial to 
establish a separate classification that reflects these 
characteristics. Spaceflight supports a fee assessment comparable to 
the one applicable for small satellites because there are similarities 
between OTVs and the small satellite systems. Spaceflight argues that 
both types of missions are generally characterized by the following 
factors: (i) limited interference protection, (ii) limited mission 
durations, (iii) smaller system investments, (iv) less probability of 
ongoing adjudications, (v) higher chance to require multiple licenses 
or market grants, and (vi) a limited number of in-space servicing 
missions.
    71. In addition, Spaceflight disagrees with our position that 
innovative OTVs should not be classified as in-orbit servicing 
spacecraft but rather as an NGSO spacecraft which deploys other 
spacecraft and contends that the Commission has not provided a basis by 
which to characterize Sherpa-AC1, or OTVs more generally, as ``less 
complex'' NGSO systems for regulatory fee purposes. Spaceflight 
explains that the very purpose of OTVs is to support other space 
missions, and this service is more similar to that of a launch vehicle, 
rather than a traditional communications or other satellite service. 
Spaceflight argues that there is nothing in the record or the 
Commission's analysis to explain why a physical, in-orbit delivery 
service is like the satellite services provided by NGSO spacecraft 
classified in the ``less complex'' fee category, i.e., Earth imaging or 
other type of monitoring services. Moreover, Spaceflight purports that 
simply classifying OTV missions as ``less complex'' based on the number 
of earth stations used to communicate with the OTV system would be 
inappropriate. Spaceflight submits that traditional systems generally 
rely more heavily on spectrum use, either for the provision of two-way 
communications or the transmission of service data, such as imagery of 
the Earth or other similar commercial data; however, OTVs generally use 
spectrum simply to operate the spacecraft or for other limited testing. 
Spaceflight argues that such spectrum use is also typically on a non-
interference and unprotected basis because there is no specific 
spectrum allocation for the physical services provided by OTV 
operators.
    72. Spaceflight also argues that OTVs generally have significantly 
shorter operational lives compared to traditional NGSO satellites, such 
as mission lifetimes of less than a few hours or days. In contrast, 
Spaceflight contends, satellites in traditional communications or 
imaging satellite systems have mission lifetimes measured in years and 
are generally parts of constellations with 15-year license terms. For 
these reasons, Spaceflight submits that OTVs are unlike ``less 
complex'' (or ``other'') NGSO systems and should not be treated as such 
for regulatory fee purposes. Spaceflight further argues that if the 
Commission decides that OTV licensees should pay annual regulatory fees 
associated with ``less complex'' NGSO licenses, OTV operators should be 
permitted to seek blanket licenses for the launch and operation of 
multiple OTV spacecraft per license. Spaceflight submits that such a 
policy would be consistent with the treatment of other NGSO systems and 
licensees and would more accurately reflect regulatory costs borne by 
the Commission.
    73. As stated above, the record is not sufficiently complete to 
adopt or even propose a separate regulatory fee category for spacecraft 
performing OOS, regardless of whether OTVs are included within the 
definition of OOS or not. We will continue to develop the record 
regarding a possible separate fee category for OOS, RPO, and in-space 
servicing more generally, and will consider OTVs as part of that record

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development. In addition, Spaceflight's proposal that OTV operators 
should be permitted to seek blanket licenses for the launch and 
operation of multiple OTV spacecraft per license is outside the scope 
of this proceeding and is more appropriately considered as part of a 
separate license application or rulemaking.
2. International Bearer Circuit Regulatory Fees--Submarine Cable 
Systems
    74. We reject the Submarine Cable Coalition's request to revise the 
Commission's regulatory fee methodology for submarine cable operators, 
which is based upon the lit capacity of the fiber-optic submarine 
cable, because, they contend, that under our current methodology the 
fees charged to submarine cable operators do not account for the amount 
of Commission resources and services required for oversight. We find 
that the Submarine Cable Coalition provides no persuasive argument that 
the Commission's assessment of these regulatory fees based on capacity 
is contrary to the Communications Act and is not reasonably related to 
the benefits provided. We adopt our proposal to use the same tiers for 
assessing fees on submarine cable operators for FY 2023 as in FY 2022, 
which are based on the ``lit'' capacity of the fiber-optic submarine 
cable.
    75. International bearer circuits (IBCs) consist of terrestrial and 
satellite circuits and submarine cable systems. In the 2009 Submarine 
Cable Order (74 FR 22104, May 12, 2009), based on a consensus proposal 
made by a large number of submarine cable operators (Consensus 
Proposal), the Commission adopted a new methodology for assessing IBC 
fees. Instead of assessing IBC fees based on 64 kbps circuits for all 
types of IBCs, the Commission began assessing regulatory fees for 
submarine cable operators on a per cable landing license basis, with 
higher fees for larger capacity submarine cable systems and lower fees 
for smaller capacity submarine cable systems. The Commission adopted a 
five-tier structure for assessing fees on submarine cables systems 
based on lit capacity. The Commission explained that it will define 
operational submarine cable systems as either ``large'' or ``small'' 
submarine cable systems based on the capacity of each system and the 
``small'' systems will be further subdivided into additional 
subcategories. The Commission concluded that this methodology served 
the public interest and was competitively neutral because it included 
both common carrier and non-common carrier submarine cable operators. 
The Commission also explained that the methodology would be easier to 
administer and for submarine cable operators to comply with. The 
Commission further stated that a lower fee for licensees of smaller 
cable systems would mitigate concerns that a flat fee may create a 
barrier to entry for new entrants. In the FY 2020 Report and Order (85 
FR 59864, September 23, 2020), the Commission found that lit capacity 
was an appropriate measure by which to assess IBC fees for submarine 
cables.
    76. The Submarine Cable Coalition contends that the fee structure 
continues to impose disproportionate fees on submarine cable operations 
that do not reflect their limited use of Commission resources and 
services. These commenters argue that the benefits submarine cable 
licensees receive from the Commission's work pale significantly in 
comparison to the regulatory oversight required of other Commission 
licensees. The Submarine Cable Coalition argues that a regulatory fee 
structure disconnected from and disproportionate to the benefits 
rendered to the regulatory fee payor is contrary to the Communications 
Act and imposes an undue burden on the industry.
    77. We disagree with the Submarine Cable Coalition's contention 
that the Commission's regulatory fee methodology is contrary to the 
Communications Act and that the Commission has not developed regulatory 
fees that are reasonably related to the benefits provided. The 
Commission has long held that capacity is a reasonable basis to assess 
regulatory costs among the submarine cable regulatory fee payors that 
benefit from the Commission's work. As the Commission has previously 
stated, the fee assessment on submarine cables covers the costs for 
regulatory activity concerning submarine cables as well as the services 
provided over the submarine cables. We find it reasonable to continue 
to assess higher regulatory fees on licensees with larger facilities 
that benefit more from the Commission's work and thus should pay a 
larger proportion of the Commission's costs.
    78. Since FY 2009, when the Commission adopted the new methodology 
for assessing submarine cable fees, the level of lit capacity for 
submarine cable systems has increased and the Commission has expanded 
the different tiers to take into account this change and accommodate 
for this rapid growth in capacity. However, the basic methodology for 
calculating submarine cable fees based on capacity has not changed. 
Submarine cable fees are still calculated on the basis of ``1'' unit, 
``.5'' units, ``.25'' units and so forth. Furthermore, we note that the 
regulatory fees for FY 2023 have been reduced from those assessed in FY 
2022. As discussed above, lit capacity remains a reasonable basis to 
apportion regulatory costs among the submarine cable regulatory fee 
payors that benefit from the Commission's work, and our fee methodology 
with respect to submarine cables continues to reasonably reflect the 
FTE costs for our regulatory activity concerning submarine cables as 
well as the services provided over the submarine cables.

E. Broadcaster Regulatory Fees for FY 2023

1. Full Service Television
    79. The Commission has utilized a population-based full-service 
broadcast television regulatory fee since 2020. The population-based 
methodology conforms with the service authorized here--broadcasting 
television to the American people. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we proposed to 
continue to assess fees for full-power broadcast stations based on the 
population covered by a full-service broadcast station's contour and 
proposed adopting a factor of 0.7799 of one cent ($0.007799) per 
population served for FY 2023 full-power broadcast television station 
fees. We received no comments on this issue. We therefore conclude that 
we will continue to use the population-based methodology for full-
service television broadcasters based on the population covered by a 
full-service broadcast television station's contour. We also adopt a 
factor of 0.7799 of one cent ($0.007799) per population served for FY 
2023 full-power broadcast television station fees. The population data 
for broadcasters' service areas will continue to be 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 
$0.007799) for each full-power broadcast television station is listed 
in Table 10. For those VHF stations whose power had to be increased to 
obtain a clearer signal, the Commission will continue to use a 
population count based on that station's lower VHF power level rather 
than at the increased power level.

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2. Radio Stations
    80. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought comment on the existing tiered 
fee structure for radio broadcasters regulatory fees and proposed the 
creation of an additional tier within the lowest population tier to 
ensure that broadcaster fees fairly represent the regulatory oversight 
benefits 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. NAB 
agrees that we should adopt the proposal to create a new fee tier for 
the smallest AM and FM radio stations. In its reply comments, the State 
Associations of Broadcasters agree that the Commission should implement 
the proposed new radio tier to more fairly distribute the burden of 
regulatory fees. No commenter in the record objected to our proposal. 
We therefore adopt a revised radio station regulatory fee table that 
includes a lower population tier for AM and FM broadcasters. 
Specifically, we separate the previous years' tier of <=25,000 
population into two tiers: (1) <=10,000, and (2) 10,001-25,000. The 
remaining population tier thresholds will stay the same as prior years. 
In addition, beginning in FY 2023, the radio population count that is 
the basis for assessing regulatory fees will include 2020 U.S. Census 
data.

                                  Table 3--FY 2023 Radio Station Regultory Fees
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                                      FY 2023 Radio Station Regulatory Fees
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                                                                                                      FM Classes
         Population served           AM Class A   AM Class B   AM Class C   AM Class D   FM Classes   B, C, C0,
                                                                                         A, B1 & C3    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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F. Continuing Flexibility in FY 2023 for Regulatory Fee Payors

    81. In FYs 2020, 2021, and 2022, we provided temporary relief to 
fee payors experiencing financial hardship caused or exacerbated by the 
COVID-19 pandemic. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we asked whether we should 
continue certain of those temporary measures for FY 2023 regulatory 
fees. Both NAB and the State Broadcasters Associations filed comments 
in support of continuing the temporary measures for FY 2023 regulatory 
fees. While the National Emergency has ended, we recognize, as NAB and 
the State Broadcasters Associations pointed out in their comments to 
the FY 2023 NPRM, that extending relief measures for FY 2023 regulatory 
fees while businesses like broadcasters continue to recover from the 
economic impact of the pandemic, will benefit fee payors. Therefore, 
the Commission finds good cause to continue to offer a nominal interest 
rate and waive its down payment requirement, for installment payment of 
regulatory fee debt. OMD will continue to exercise its delegated 
authority to partially waive Sec.  1.1910 of the Commission's rules to 
allow regulatees on ``red light'' and experiencing financial hardship 
to nonetheless request waiver, reduction, deferral, and/or installment 
payment of their FY 2023 regulatory fees, provided that those 
regulatees resolve all of the delinquent debt they owe to the 
Commission in advance of the Commission's decision on their relief 
requests.
    82. We also will continue a partial waiver of Sec.  1.1166 of our 
rules to permit fee payors seeking waiver, deferral or reduction of 
their FY 2023 regulatory fees to submit documentation supporting their 
requests after their underlying requests are submitted. This partial 
waiver of Sec.  1.1166(c) does not remove the burden of submitting 
documents in support of individual waiver requests. Parties seeking 
waiver, deferral or reduction of their FY 2023 regulatory fees must 
make a good faith effort to submit all necessary documentation with 
their initial regulatory fee waiver requests. As part of our partial 
waiver of 1.1166(c), we will provide fee payors, after filing their 
requests for waiver, reduction or deferral of their FY 2023 regulatory 
fees, with one opportunity to submit additional documents to support 
their requests, which submission must occur by January 31, 2024 in 
order for their supplemental documentation to be considered with their 
requests. We condition our temporary waiver in order to more closely 
align our practices with the requirements of Sec.  1.1166. This 
provides fee payors with relief while at the same time scaffolding a 
return to normal operation of our rules.
    83. The State Broadcasters Associations also advocate for making 
permanent these remaining temporary measures, stating that without 
them, the Commission's processes and rules, particularly with respect 
to installment payment requests, are sufficiently onerous as to prevent 
distressed fee payors from effectively accessing the relief. Because we 
did not propose to codify the remaining temporary measures in the FY 
2023 NPRM, the record is insufficient to consider the State 
Broadcasters Associations' proposal and we therefore decline to 
consider it at this time.
    84. Finally, in the FY 2023 NPRM, we amended Sec.  1.1166 of our 
rules to permit parties seeking regulatory fee waiver, reduction and/or 
deferral to make a single request for all forms of relief sought, 
rather than requiring separate filings for each form of relief, and to 
require all requests made under the rule to be submitted electronically 
to a dedicated email address. We also amended Sec.  1.1914 of our rules 
to direct parties seeking to pay their regulatory fees in installments 
to submit those requests to the same dedicated email address and to 
permit those parties to combine their installment payment requests with 
their waiver. While we did not receive any comments on this point, it 
is very unlikely that the OMB PRA approval process will conclude in 
time for parties seeking installment relief to proceed under the 
codified revisions to Sec.  1.1914. Therefore, we will continue these 
revisions to Sec.  1.1914 as temporary measures until their 
codification is effective.
    85. We also remind regulatory fee payors that we cannot relax the

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substantive standard for granting a waiver or deferral of fees, 
penalties, or other charges for late payment of regulatory fees under 
section 9A of the Act. Under the statute, the Commission may only waive 
a regulatory fee, penalty, or interest charge 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.

G. Providing Installment Payment Relief to Small Regulatory Fee Payors

    86. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought comment on a proposal to allow 
regulatory fee payors to prepay their annual regulatory fees in 
increments before the annual regulatory fee payment deadline. The State 
Broadcasters Associations asked that the Commission consider the 
proposal, on the basis that permitting incremental prepayment of 
regulatory fees would ease broadcasters' regulatory fee burden. In 
seeking comment on the proposal, we noted that implementation of such a 
program would require modifications to our recordkeeping, financial 
operations, and accounting systems and additional personnel to 
administer the program. We asked commenters what concrete benefits the 
Commission and participating regulatory fee payors would derive from 
the program, to justify the Commission's cost of implementing and 
administering a prepayment by installment program. In their reply 
comments, the State Broadcasters Associations concede the significant 
administrative difficulties of a prepayment program but do not identify 
any program benefits sufficient to justify implementation and 
administration of such a program. We received no other comments on the 
proposal. Because the record does not identify any concrete benefits 
derived from a prepayment program, as distinct from, for example, 
broadcasters individually setting aside money each month in advance of 
the payment deadline to pay their regulatory fee obligation, and would 
increase the Commission's costs, we decline to adopt the proposal to 
permit regulated parties to prepay their annual regulatory fee 
obligation in increments in advance of the regulatory fee payment 
deadline.

H. Technical Corrections to Sections 1.1166 and 1.1914 of the 
Commission's Rules

    87. We further amend Sec.  1.1166 to delete certain language added 
to the rule in error in the FY 2023 NPRM. Specifically, we delete ``or 
installment payment'' in the introductory paragraph of Sec.  1.1166 and 
in 1.1166(a), make grammatical changes to move the word ``or'' twice, 
and we delete ``and 1.1914'' in 1.1166(a). We also restore the 
following text (bolded) that was inadvertently deleted from Sec.  
1.1166(a) in the FY 2023 NPRM: ``All requests for waiver, reduction and 
deferral shall be acted upon by the Managing Director with the 
concurrence of the General Counsel.''
    88. We also make two technical corrections to Sec.  1.1914 to 
clarify the language of the rule. The third sentence of Sec.  1.1914(a) 
is revised to read as follows: ``Requests for installment payment of 
non-regulatory fee debt shall be filed electronically, by submission to 
the following email address: [email protected].'' We make 
this change to ensure that, for administrative simplicity purposes, 
installment payment requests that are non-regulatory fee in nature are 
submitted to a different email address than the email address to which 
all regulatory fee relief requests, including those for installment 
payment of regulatory fees, are to be submitted. Finally, we revise the 
fourth sentence of Sec.  1.1914(a) to more clearly state that requests 
for installment payment of regulatory fees may be combined with other 
regulatory fee relief requests that are filed pursuant to Sec.  1.1166 
of our rules. We make these technical corrections sua sponte without 
notice and comment because we conclude that they are rules of agency 
organization, procedure, or practice exempt from the general notice-
and-comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

I. Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

    89. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought comment on how our proposals may 
promote or inhibit advances in diversity, equity, inclusion, and 
accessibility, as well the scope of the Commission's relevant legal 
authority. We did not receive any comments on this issue. While 
diversity and equity considerations do not impact our methodology for 
establishing regulatory fee rates, we continue to remain mindful of the 
importance of these considerations and the impact of our rules on them. 
We again emphasize, however, that the Commission is not permitted to 
shift fees from one party of fee payors to another nor to raise fees 
for any purpose other than as an offsetting collection in the amount of 
our annual S&E appropriation, consistent with the requirements of 
section 9 of the Act.

III. Procedural Matters

    90. Included below are procedural items as well as our current 
payment and collection methods.
    91. Commission's Registration System. To increase efficiency, the 
Commission is using an all-electronic payment system for regulatory 
fees, which is contained within the Commission's Registration System 
(CORES). Before using CORES for the first time, you must obtain an FCC 
Username through the FCC User Registration System, and subsequently use 
it to access CORES and either register an FCC Registration Number (FRN) 
or associate an existing FRN to your password. If you are unable to 
register electronically, you may fax your application for a 
Registration Number (FCC Form 160) to the CORES Helpdesk at (202) 418-
7869 for filing procedures.
    92. Credit Card Transaction Levels. In accordance with Treasury 
Financial Manual, Volume I, Part 5, Chapter 7000, Section 7055.20--
Transaction Maximums, the highest 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, ACH debits from a bank account, and wire transfers. Each 
of these payment options is available after filing regulatory fee 
information in the CORES system. 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.
    93. 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

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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.
    94. De Minimis Regulatory Fees, Section 9(e)(2) Exemption. Under 
the de minimis rule, and pursuant to our analysis under section 9(e)(2) 
of the Act, a regulatory fee payor is exempt from paying regulatory 
fees if the sum total of all of its annual regulatory fee liabilities 
is $1,000 or less for the fiscal year. The de minimis threshold applies 
only to filers of annual regulatory fees, not regulatory fees paid 
through multi-year filings, and it is not a permanent exemption. Each 
regulatory fee payor will need to reevaluate the total annual fee 
liability each fiscal year to determine whether it meets the de minimis 
exemption.
    95. 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 and VHF/UHF broadcast 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 Sec.  
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: 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, 2022 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 seven 
regulatory fee categories in our Schedule of Regulatory Fees pay 
``small multi-year wireless regulatory fees.'' Entities pay these 
regulatory fees in advance for the entire amount period covered by the 
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 2022.
     Multichannel Video Programming Distributor Services (cable 
television operators, 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 (Earth Stations and Space 
Stations): Regulatory fees must be paid for (1) by all licensed or 
authorized earth stations on or before October 1, 2022, (2) 
geostationary orbit space stations and non-geostationary orbit 
satellite systems that are licensed and operational on or before 
October 1, 2022, and (3) small satellite space stations that were 
licensed and operational 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. During the ``de-commissioning'' phase 
of satellites, whereby satellites are often not operational, the 
satellite license must be cancelled by September 30, 2022 to avoid 
paying FY 2023 regulatory fees.
     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.
    96. Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) and Mobile Services 
Assessments. The Commission compiled 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 in the calculation of the number of subscribers for 
each CMRS provider in Table 6 and the CMRS regulatory fee rate. CMRS 
provider regulatory fees are 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 
electronic filing and payment system.
    97. A carrier wishing to revise its telephone number (subscriber) 
count can do so by accessing CORES and follow the prompts to revise 
their telephone number counts. Any revisions to the telephone number 
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supporting documentation. The Commission will then review the revised 
count and supporting documentation 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 additional 
supporting documentation. If we receive no response from the provider, 
or we do not reverse our 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. A final CMRS assessment 
letter will not be mailed out.
    98. 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.
    99. Effective Date. Providing a 30-day period after Federal 
Register publication before this Report and Order becomes effective as 
normally required by 5 U.S.C. 553(d) will not allow sufficient time to 
collect the FY 2023 fees before FY 2023 ends on September 30, 2023. For 
this reason, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), we find there is good 
cause to waive the requirements of section 553(d), and this Report and 
Order will become effective upon publication in the Federal Register. 
Because payments of the regulatory fees will not actually be due until 
late September, persons affected by the Report and Order will still 
have a reasonable period in which to make their payments and thereby 
comply with the rules established herein.
    100. People with Disabilities. 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).

IV. List of Tables

                                         Table 4--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 units      Yrs       revenue      2023 revenue        2023         Rounded FY      Expected FY
                                                                             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         286,929           4,782           4,780         286,800
AM Class B \1\.....................  1,403.......................      1       4,054,050       3,559,924           2,537           2,535       3,556,605
AM Class C \1\.....................  814.........................      1       1,450,360       1,274,519           1,566           1,565       1,273,910
AM Class D \1\.....................  1,373.......................      1       4,793,460       4,210,959           3,067           3,065       4,208,245
FM Classes A, B1 & C3 \1\..........  3,043.......................      1      10,109,400       8,880,633           2,918           2,920       8,885,560
FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 \1\...  3,111.......................      1      12,378,460      10,874,394           3,496           3,495      10,872,945
AM Construction Permits \2\........  5...........................      1           3,450           3,100           620.1             620           3,100
FM Construction Permits \2\........  16..........................      1          19,360          17,360           1,085           1,085          17,360
Digital Television \5\ (including    3.265 billion population....      1      28,897,591      25,463,155       .00779893         .007799      25,463,735
 Satellite TV).
Digital TV Construction Permits \2\  4...........................      1          20,840          20,400           5,100           5,100          20,400
LPTV/Class A/Translators FM Trans/   6,325.......................      1       1,858,440       1,630,258           257.7             260       1,644,500
 Boosters.
CARS Stations......................  120.........................      1         230,175         206,629         1,721.9           1,720         206,400
Cable TV Systems, including IPTV &   56,000,000..................      1      76,475,000      68,642,063           1.226            1.23      68,880,000
 DBS.
Interstate Telecommunication         $25,100,000,000.............      1     124,597,500     135,463,365        0.005397         0.00540     135,540,000
 Service Providers.
Toll Free Numbers..................  34,700,000..................      1       4,164,000       4,654,582          0.1341            0.13       4,511,000
CMRS Mobile Services (Cellular/      553,000,000.................      1      74,900,000      86,750,595          0.1569            0.16      88,480,000
 Public Mobile).
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        17,000......................      1         468,000         433,092           25.48              26         442,000
 Circuits.
Terrestrial (Common & Non-Common) &
 Satellite (Common & Non-Common).
Submarine Cable Providers (See       67.00.......................      1       8,822,138       8,228,737         122,817         122,815       8,228,605
 chart at bottom of Table 6) \4\.
Earth Stations.....................  2,900.......................      1       1,783,500       1,667,486             575             575       1,667,500
Space Stations (Geostationary).....  136.........................      1      17,143,565      15,990,883         117,580         117,580      15,990,880
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary,   9...........................      1       3,380,200       3,129,773         347,753         347,755       3,129,795
 Other).
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary,   6...........................      1         845,040         782,443         130,407         130,405         782,430
 Less Complex).
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary,   7...........................      1          60,725          85,505          12,215          12,215          85,505
 Small Satellite).
                                    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ****** Total Estimated Revenue   ............................  .....     385,369,869     389,885,391  ..............  ..............     392,991,324
     to be Collected.
                                    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ****** Total Revenue             ............................  .....     381,950,000     390,192,000  ..............  ..............     390,192,000
     Requirement.
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        Difference.................  ............................  .....       3,419,869       (306,609)  ..............  ..............       2,799,324
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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 6.
\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 5 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 4 is a weighted average of the various fee payers in the chart at the end of Table 5.
\5\ The actual digital television regulatory fees to be paid by call sign are identified in Table 9.


              Table 5--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]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Fee category               Annual regulatory fee (U.S. $s)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use) (47  25.
 CFR part 90).
Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part     25.
 101).
Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR      15.
 part 80).
Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR     40.
 part 80).
Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22)             10.
 (previously listed under the Land
 Mobile category).
PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47     10.
 CFR part 90).
Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47    10.
 CFR part 87).
Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR  20.
 part 87).
CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per       .16.
 unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24, 27, 80
 and 90) (Includes Non-Geographic
 telephone numbers).
CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (47   .08.
 CFR parts 20, 22, 24 and 90).
Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS/  700.
 MDS) (per license) (47 CFR part 27).    700.
Local Multipoint Distribution Service
 (per 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 10 for fee amounts
                                          due, also available at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/regulatory-fees 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)..................  1,720.
Cable Television Systems (per            1.23.
 subscriber) (47 CFR part 76),
 Including IPTV and Direct Broadcast
 Satellite (DBS).
Interstate Telecommunication Service     .00540.
 Providers (per revenue dollar).
Toll Free (per toll free subscriber)     .13.
 (47 CFR 52.101 (f) of the rules).
Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25)........  575.
Space Stations (per operational station  117,580.
 in geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part
 25) also includes DBS Service (per
 operational station) (47 CFR part 100).
Space Stations (per operational system   347,755.
 in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR
 part 25) (Other).
Space Stations (per operational system   130,405.
 in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR
 part 25) (Less Complex).
Space Stations (per license/call sign    12,215.
 in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR
 part 25) (Small Satellite).
International Bearer Circuits--          $26.
 Terrestrial/Satellites (per Gbps
 circuit).
Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee     See Table Below.
 (per cable system).
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                                     FY 2023--Radio Station Regulatory Fees
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                                                                                                      FM Classes
         Population served           AM Class A   AM Class B   AM Class C   AM Class D   FM Classes   B, C, C0,
                                                                                         A, B1 & C3    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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     FY 2023 International Bearer Circuits--Submarine Cable Systems
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              FY 2023
 Submarine cable systems (capacity as of     Fee ratio      regulatory
           December 31, 2022)                 (Units)          fees
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 50 Gbps.......................           .0625          $7,680
50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250               .125          15,355
 Gbps...................................
250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500             .25          30,705
 Gbps...................................
1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than                  .5          61,410
 3,500 Gbps.............................
3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than                 1.0         122,815
 6,500 Gbps.............................
6,500 Gbps or greater...................             2.0         245,630
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Table 6--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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Sources of payment unit
              Fee category                          estimates
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land Mobile (All), Microwave, Marine     Based on Wireless
 (Ship & Coast), Aviation (Aircraft &     Telecommunications Bureau
 Ground), Domestic Public Fixed.          (WTB) information as well as
                                          prior year payment
                                          information. Estimates have
                                          been adjusted to take 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.

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Digital TV Stations (Combined VHF/UHF    Based on LMS data, fee rate
 units).                                  adjusted for 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 Boosters, Class A  Based on LMS data, adjusted for
 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 Service (CARS)    Based on cable trend data, data
 Stations.                                from the Media Bureau's COALS
                                          database, and actual FY 2022
                                          payment units.
Cable Television System Subscribers,     Based on publicly available
 Including IPTV Subscribers.              data sources for estimated
                                          subscriber counts, trend
                                          information from past payment
                                          data, and actual FY 2022
                                          payment units.
Interstate Telecommunication Service     Based on FCC Form 499-A
 Providers.                               worksheets due in April 2023,
                                          and any data assistance
                                          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 7--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 2020 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 
geographical polygon. Population counting was accomplished by 
determining which 2020 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 8--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......................           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

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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
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

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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    S2956...............  ARSAT-2..................  GSO
 Satelitales 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   S2678...............  STAR ONE C2..............  GSO
 S.A.
Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes   S2845...............  STAR ONE C3..............  GSO
 S.A.
Telesat Brasil Capacidade de       S2821...............  ESTRELA DO SUL 2.........  GSO
 Satelites Ltda.
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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                 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
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                                     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,        S2129/S2348.........  Less Complex.
                                    GeoEye-1.
BlackSky Global..................  Global...................  S3032...............  Less Complex.
Astro Digital U.S., Inc..........  LANDMAPPER...............  S3014...............  Less Complex.
Hawkeye 360......................  HE360....................  S3042...............  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.
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 Satellite.
                                    Capella-4.
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.
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                    Table 9--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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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 12........          3,254,481          2,500,195             19,499
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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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
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

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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 10--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).
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. See Appendix G of
 Commercial Fee Factor.                      FY 22 R&O for fee amounts
                                             due.
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 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).

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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..........................................             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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


     FY 2022 International Bearer Circuits--Submarine Cable Systems
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Submarine cable systems                                  FY 2022
  (capacity as of December 31,           Fee ratio          Regulatory
              2021)                                            fees
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 50 Gbps...............  .0625 Units...........          $8,610
50 Gbps or greater, but less      .125 Units............          17,215
 than 250 Gbps.
250 Gbps or greater, but less     .25 Units.............          34,430
 than 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------

V. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    101. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as 
amended (RFA), an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) was 
included in the Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2023, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FY 2023 NPRM) released in 
June 2023. The Commission sought written public comment on the 
proposals in the FY 2023 NPRM, including comment on the IRFA. No 
comments were filed addressing the IRFA.

A. Need for, and Objectives of, the Report and Order

    102. In the Report and Order, we adopt a regulatory fee schedule to 
collect $390,192,000 in congressionally mandated regulatory fees for FY 
2023. Under section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 
(Act or Communications Act), regulatory fees are mandated by Congress 
and collected to recover the regulatory costs associated with the 
Commission's oversight and regulatory activities in an amount that can 
be reasonably expected to equal the amount of the Commission's annual 
appropriation. The objective in adopting the regulatory fee schedule is 
to comply with the Congressional mandate to recover the total amount of 
the Commission's annual appropriation, from the various industries for 
which the Commission provides oversight and/or regulation, with a fair, 
administrable and sustainable fee framework based on the number of 
full-time equivalents (FTEs) involved in such oversight and regulation 
in the licensing bureaus.
    103. In the FY 2023 NPRM, the Commission sought comment on the 
methodology for assessing regulatory fees and the FY 2023 regulatory 
fee schedule, as well as on other issues related to the collection of 
regulatory fees 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)) (``In-Space Servicing'' Industries) 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 the Commission's 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 the Commission implemented in FYs 2020 through 2022; 
and (v) whether to permit regulatory fee payors to prepay their 
regulatory fees in installments. For FY 2023, the Commission adopts, 
with modification, the regulatory fee schedule set forth in Appendices 
B and C to the Report and Order.

B. Summary of the Significant Issues Raised by the Public Comments in 
Response to the IRFA

    104. There were no comments filed that specifically addressed the 
proposed rules and policies presented in the IRFA

C. Response to Comments by the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 
Business Administration

    105. The Chief Counsel did not file any comments in response to the 
proposed rules in this proceeding.

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D. Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to Which 
the 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 rules adopted herein. The following entities may be 
affected by the Report and Order:
     Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers.
     Telecommunications Carriers.
     Competitive Local Exchange Carriers.
     Interexchange Carriers.
     Operator Service Providers.
     Local Resellers.
     Toll Resellers.
     Satellite Telecommunications.
     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 
services, via client-supplied telecommunications connections are also 
included in this industry.
     Television Broadcasting.
     Radio Stations.
     Cable Companies and Systems.
     Cable System Operators.
     Direct Broadcast Satellite Service.
     Responsible Organizations, or RespOrgs (also referred to 
as Toll-Free Number providers).
     Carrier RespOrgs.
     Wired Telecommunications Carriers.
     Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) 
engage in operating and maintaining switching and transmission 
facilities to provide communications via the airwaves.
     Other Management Consulting Services. This industry 
includes 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.

E. Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping and Other 
Compliance Requirements

    107. The Report and Order does not adopt any new reporting, 
recordkeeping, or other compliance requirements. Small and other 
regulated entities are required to pay regulatory fees on an annual 
basis. The cost of compliance with the annual regulatory fee assessment 
for small entities is the amount assessed for their regulatory fee 
category and should not require small entities to hire professionals in 
order 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 request a waiver, reduction, deferral, 
and/or installment payment of their FY 2023 regulatory fees. The waiver 
process is an easier filing process for smaller entities that may not 
be familiar with our procedural filing rules.

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

    108. The RFA requires an agency to provide, ``a description of the 
steps the agency has taken to minimize the significant economic impact 
on small entities . . . including a statement of the factual, policy, 
and legal reasons for selecting the alternative adopted in the final 
rule and why each one of the other significant alternatives to the rule 
considered by the agency which affect the impact on small entities was 
rejected.
    109. The Report and Order for FY 2023 maintains several approaches 
from the prior regulatory fee framework which will minimize the 
significant economic impact for some small entities. Specifically, the 
FY 2023 regulatory fee framework maintains: (1) the methodology adopted 
using the population-based calculations for TV broadcasters that was 
initially adopted because it is a more fair methodology for smaller 
broadcasters; (2) the flexibility for regulatory payees to request a 
waiver, reduction, deferral and/or installment payments of their 
regulatory fees; and (3) the application of the Commission's de minimis 
threshold rule adopted pursuant to section 9(e)(2) of the Act, which 
exempts a regulatee from paying regulatory fees if the sum total of all 
of its annual regulatory fee liabilities is $1,000 or less for the 
fiscal year. The de minimis threshold applies only to filers of annual 
regulatory fees and provides relief to small and other entities with 
lower annual regulatory fees.
    110. The Commission received comments proposing alternatives to 
various elements of the methodology for assessing regulatory fees and 
the FY 2023 regulatory fee schedule that the Commission proposed in the 
FY 2023 NPRM, as well as other issues related to the collection of 
regulatory fees. Below we discuss a number of these proposals and why 
they were not adopted.
    111. Methodology for Assessing Regulatory Fees and FTE Allocation. 
Satellite Operators suggested that instead of assessing regulatory fees 
on an annual basis, based on our annual appropriation, we should 
instead determine the allocation of regulatory fee costs associated 
with each non-application proceeding and identify its allocation in the 
document that initiates the proceeding. We rejected this proposal in 
the Report and Order because it is inconsistent with section 9 of the 
Act. We are required to conduct an annual regulatory fee proceeding 
each year, and to recover the annual appropriation. Further, this 
approach would fail to recover the Commission's entire appropriation on 
an annual basis, and would not be administratively feasible because we 
cannot assess the duration or impact of a proceeding in a manner that 
accurately correlates it to the burden of FTE time annually.
    112. Non-High Cost Universal Service Fund FTEs. The National 
Association of Broadcasters (NAB) proposed that we reallocate the 
burden of FTE time dedicated to non-high cost universal service fund 
issues as direct to a core bureau or bureaus. We declined to adopt 
NAB's suggested reallocation because it conflates the nature of the 
work of the Commission's FTEs with the identity of the entities that 
ultimately receive a subsidy from any particular program. The FTE time 
devoted to the non-high cost universal service programs is not in 
oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors, but is oversight and 
management of the programs generally. The programs tie funding 
eligibility to the beneficiary, i.e., a school, a library, a low-income 
individual or family, or healthcare provider, and not to Commission 
regulatory fee payors.
    113. Other FTE Allocations: Office of Engineering and Technology, 
Enforcement Bureau, and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau. We 
rejected proposals that suggest that the burden of FTE time dedicated 
to equipment authorization should have its own fee category or be 
characterized as direct to any particular category of fee payor. OET 
FTEs benefit the work of the Commission as a whole and are not specific 
to any particular regulatory fee category. We also rejected Intelsat's

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contention that fraud investigations by the Enforcement Bureau benefit 
their related industries, finding that the fraud investigations handled 
benefit consumers in general as well as other entities. Further, these 
investigations are primarily with respect to federally funded programs, 
and not specifically to benefit regulatory fee payors for any 
particular industry. We accepted NAB's proposal that for regulatory fee 
purposes, the burden of certain FTE time in the Media Bureau should be 
considered as indirect because it is devoted to enforcement 
responsibilities of the Commission's political programming rules, the 
cable and broadcast must carry rules, and the rules related to 
broadcast retransmission consent, among others. We agree, and in order 
to be consistent with the manner that we treat other enforcement 
efforts in the Commission, this FTE time should be reallocated as 
indirect for regulatory fee purposes.
    114. New Regulatory Fee Categories Discussed by Commenters. We do 
not have a sufficient basis, consistent with section 9 of the Act, for 
the adoption of new regulatory fee categories at this time, and 
therefore we rejected such proposals. There is no basis for the 
Commission to change its prior determinations on this issue that such 
fees would be unworkable and logistically infeasible to collect. 
Specifically, Satellite Operators proposed that we again seek comment 
on four fee categories: (i) broadband internet access providers, (ii) 
database administrators that enable unlicensed operations, (iii) 
equipment manufacturers, and (iv) experimental licenses. The Commission 
previously sought comment on these specific issues and as no additional 
information has been provided in the record to support such proposals, 
we are not adopting such categories in the Report and Order or seeking 
further comment on them. Although the Commission has adopted new fee 
categories in the past, in those instances the Commission determined 
that significant FTE resources of a core bureau were being spent on 
oversight and regulatory activities with respect to a specific service 
necessitating a new regulatory fee category. Those circumstances are 
not present here.
    115. Similarly, we rejected Intelsat and Satellite Coalition's 
proposal to adopt a regulatory fee for holders of experimental 
licenses. These licenses are approved for a proposed experiment or 
range of experiments, and not for an actual operational service under 
established service rules. It is likely we would have to consider 
multiple regulatory fee categories and multiple ways of allocating 
proportional fees to such categories. Accordingly, based on the record, 
we did not adopt a new regulatory fee category for broadband internet 
access providers, database administrators that enable unlicensed 
operations, equipment manufacturers, or experimental licenses.
    116. Space Station Regulatory Fees. We did not adopt a number of 
proposals to alter the allocated 80% of space station regulatory fees 
to geostationary orbit space stations (GSO) and 20% of the space 
station regulatory fees to non-geostationary orbit satellite systems 
(NGSO). Satellite Operators contended that we should not attribute only 
20% of the costs of regulating NGSO systems to ``less complex'' 
satellite systems (principally Earth Exploration Satellite Service 
(EESS) systems) and to maintain the dividing line of ``20 or fewer U.S. 
authorized earth stations'' between ``less complex'' NGSO systems and 
``other'' NGSO systems. Kin[eacute]is argued that defining only a 
single category of ``less complex'' systems, and defining them simply 
as systems designed to communicate with 20 or fewer U.S. authorized 
earth stations, is inadequate as the sole basis for distinguishing fee 
liability among myriad types of NGSO satellite systems.
    117. We did not find any reason to deviate from our calculation of 
fees using the 20/80 allocation in our review of the FTE time for space 
stations and for FY 2023. We used the 20/80 allocation between ``less 
complex'' and ``other'' NGSO space station fees, respectively, within 
the NGSO fee category. These allocations continue to 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. We are not convinced by the Satellite Operators that the FTE 
time spent on less complex and other NGSO systems issues has changed 
sufficiently to warrant a revision in the 20/80 allocation. We also 
rejected the contention of Space X that we miscalculated the space 
station regulatory fees because we based our calculations on nine NGSO 
systems instead of ten. We recognize that there are ten licensed 
systems; however one of the licensed systems is not yet operational, 
and hence should not be counted in the unit count.
    118. Further, we rejected Spaceflight's proposals for fee 
assessments for ``In-Space Servicing'' Industries. Due to the somewhat 
nascent nature of ``in-space servicing'' industries, we currently do 
not have a regulatory fee category for such spacecraft. As noted in the 
FY 23 NPRM, there have been a limited number of such operations and we 
tentatively concluded that it was too early to identify exactly where 
operations, such as those in low-Earth orbit (LEO), might fit into the 
regulatory 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.
    119. Kin[eacute]is proposed that the Commission adopt a multi-
tiered approach to NGSO regulatory fees that would charge each provider 
an amount commensurate with its demands on Commission resources and the 
benefits it receives through regulation based on these enumerated 
factors, consistent with the Act. While we find the proposal to be 
useful, it requires further comment and evaluation. There is not time 
to fully consider this proposal prior to the need to adopt regulatory 
fees before the end of the current fiscal year. It will be more 
efficient to seek comment on proposals like this together with other 
proposals that might arise as part of the anticipated reexamination of 
regulatory fees for space and earth stations in light of the creation 
of the Space Bureau.
    120. International Bearer Circuit Regulatory Fees--Submarine Cable 
Systems. In the Report and Order the Commission rejected the Submarine 
Cable Coalition's request to revise the Commission's regulatory fee 
methodology for submarine cable operators, which is based upon the lit 
capacity of the fiber-optic submarine cable. We disagreed with the 
Submarine Cable Coalition's contention that the Commission's regulatory 
fee methodology is contrary to the Communications Act, and that the 
Commission has not developed regulatory fees that are reasonably 
related to the benefits provided. Moreover, we did not find persuasive 
its arguments that the Commission's assessment of these regulatory fees 
based on capacity is contrary to the Communications Act, and is not 
reasonably related to the benefits provided. The Commission has long 
held that capacity is a reasonable basis to assess regulatory costs 
among the submarine cable regulatory fee payors that benefit from the 
Commission's work, and find it reasonable to continue to assess higher 
regulatory fees on licensees with larger facilities that benefit more 
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work and thus should pay a larger proportion of the Commission's costs.

VI. Ordering Clauses

    121. Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to the authority 
found in sections 4(i) and (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 Report and Order is hereby adopted.
    122. It is further ordered that the FY 2023 section 9 regulatory 
fees assessment requirements and the rules set forth in the Final Rules 
section are adopted as specified herein.
    123. It is further ordered that the Report and Order, except for 
portions containing information collection requirements in Sec.  1.1166 
and information collection requirements in Sec.  1.1914, shall be 
effective upon publication in the Federal Register.
    124. It is further ordered that the amendments to Sec.  1.1166 of 
the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1166, which were approved by the 
Office of Management and Budget, as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act, on August 17, 2023, shall be effective 30 days after publication 
of this summary in the Federal Register. The amendments to Sec.  1.1914 
of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1914, will not become effective 
until 30 days after publication in the Federal Register that the Office 
of Management and Budget has completed review of any information 
collection requirements that the Office of Managing Director determines 
is required under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Federal 
Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal 
Register announcing the effective date of these provisions.

Federal Communications Commission.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 1

    Administrative practice and procedure, Communications, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications, Telephone, 
Television.

Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.

Final Rules

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 1 as follows:

PART 1--PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

0
1. The authority citation for part 1 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs 2,5,9,13; 28 U.S.C. 2461.


0
2. Revise Sec. Sec.  1.1152 through 1.1156 to read as follows:


Sec.  1.1152  Schedule of annual regulatory fees for wireless radio 
services.

                        Table 1 to Sec.   1.1152
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Exclusive use services (per license)              Fee amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Land Mobile (Above 470 MHz and 220 MHz Local, Base
 Station & SMRS) (47 CFR part 90):
    (a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159)..................          $25.00
    (b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 &              25.00
     159)...............................................
    (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159)....................           25.00
    (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159)           25.00
220 MHz Nationwide:
    (a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159)..................           25.00
    (b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 &              25.00
     159)...............................................
    (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159)....................           25.00
    (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159)           25.00
2. Microwave (47 CFR part 101) (Private):
    (a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159)..................           25.00
    (b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 &              25.00
     159)...............................................
    (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159)....................           25.00
    (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159)           25.00
3. Shared Use Services--
Land Mobile (Frequencies Below 470 MHz--except 220 MHz):
    (a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159)..................           10.00
    (b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 &              10.00
     159)...............................................
    (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159)....................           10.00
    (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159)           10.00
Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22):
    (a) New, Additional Facility, Major Renew/Mod                  10.00
     (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159)................
    (b) Renewal, Minor Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing)....           10.00
4. Marine Coast:
    (a) New Renewal/Mod (FCC 601 & 159).................           40.00
    (b) New, Renewal/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 &            40.00
     159)...............................................
    (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159)....................           40.00
    (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159)           40.00
5. Aviation Ground:
    (a) New, Renewal/Mod (FCC 601 & 159)................           20.00
    (b) New, Renewal/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 &            20.00
     159)...............................................
    (c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159)....................           20.00
    (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Only) (FCC 601 & 159)..           20.00
6. Marine Ship:
    (a) New, Renewal/Mod (FCC 605 & 159)................           15.00
    (b) New, Renewal/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 &            15.00
     159)...............................................
    (c) Renewal Only (FCC 605 & 159)....................           15.00
    (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159)           15.00
7. Aviation Aircraft:
    (a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 605 & 159)..................           10.00
    (b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 &              10.00
     159)...............................................

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    (c) Renewal Only (FCC 605 & 159)....................           10.00
    (d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159)           10.00
8. CMRS Cellular/Mobile Services (per unit) (FCC 159)...          \1\.16
9. CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (FCC 159).........         \2\ .08
10. Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS and MDS).....             700
11. Local Multipoint Distribution Service...............             700
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ These are standard fees that are to be paid in accordance with Sec.
   1.1157(b) of this chapter.
\2\ These are standard fees that are to be paid in accordance with Sec.
   1.1157(b) of this chapter.

Sec.  1.1153  Schedule of annual regulatory fees and filing locations 
for mass media services.

                        Table 1 to Sec.   1.1153
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Radio [AM and FM] (47 CFR part 73)               Fee amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. AM Class A:
    <=10,000 population...................                          $595
    10,001-25,000 population..............                           990
    25,001-75,000 population..............                         1,485
    75,001-150,000 population.............                         2,230
    150,001-500,000 population............                         3,345
    500,001-1,200,000 population..........                         5,010
    1,200,001-3,000,000 population........                         7,525
    3,000,001-6,000,000 population........                        11,275
    >6,000,000 population.................                        16,920
2. AM Class B:
    <=10,000 population...................                           430
    10,001-25,000 population..............                           715
    25,001-75,000 population..............                         1,075
    75,001-150,000 population.............                         1,610
    150,001-500,000 population............                         2,415
    500,001-1,200,000 population..........                         3,620
    1,200,001-3,000,000 population........                         5,435
    3,000,001-6,000,000 population........                         8,145
    >6,000,000 population.................                        12,220
3. AM Class C:
    <=10,000 population...................                           370
    10,001-25,000 population..............                           620
    25,001-75,000 population..............                           930
    75,001-150,000 population.............                         1,395
    150,001-500,000 population............                         2,095
    500,001-1,200,000 population..........                         3,135
    1,200,001-3,000,000 population........                         4,710
    3,000,001-6,000,000 population........                         7,060
    >6,000,000 population.................                        10,595
4. AM Class D:
    <=10,000 population...................                           410
    10,001-25,000 population..............                           680
    25,001-75,000 population..............
    75,001-150,000 population.............                         1,530
    150,001-500,000 population............                         2,300
    500,001-1,200,000 population..........                         3,440
    1,200,001-3,000,000 population........                         5,170
    3,000,001-6,000,000 population........                         7,745
    >6,000,000 population.................                        11,620
5. AM Construction Permit.................                           620
6. FM Classes A, B1 and C3:
    <=10,000 population...................                           650
    10,001-25,000 population..............                         1,085
    25,001-75,000 population..............                         1,630
    75,001-150,000 population.............                         2,440
    150,001-500,000 population............                         3,665
    500,001-1,200,000 population..........                         5,490
    1,200,001-3,000,000 population........                         8,245
    3,000,001-6,000,000 population........                        12,360
    >6,000,000 population.................                        18,545
7. FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 and C2:

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    <=10,000 population...................                           745
    10,001-25,000 population..............                         1,240
    25,001-75,000 population..............                         1,860
    75,001-150,000 population.............                         2,790
    150,001-500,000 population............                         4,190
    500,001-1,200,000 population..........                         6,275
    1,200,001-3,000,000 population........                         9,425
    3,000,001-6,000,000 population........                        14,125
    >6,000,000 population.................                        21,190
8. FM Construction Permits:...............                         1,085
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           TV (47 CFR part 73)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
9. Digital TV (UHF and VHF Commercial
 Stations):
    1. Digital TV Construction Permits....                         5,100
    2. Television Fee Factor..............               .007799 per pop
10. Low Power TV, Class A TV, FM                                     260
 Translator, & TV/FM Booster (47 CFR part
 74)......................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sec.  1.1154  Schedule of annual regulatory charges for common carrier 
services.

                        Table 1 to Sec.   1.1154
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Radio facilities                        Fee amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Microwave (Domestic Public Fixed) (Electronic  $25.00.
 Filing) (FCC Form 601 & 159) Carriers.
1. Interstate Telephone Service Providers (per    $.00540.
 interstate and international end-user revenues
 (see FCC Form 499-A).
2. Toll Free Number Fee.........................  $.13 per Toll Free
                                                   Number.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sec.  1.1155  Schedule of regulatory fees for cable television 
services.

                        Table 1 to Sec.   1.1155
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Fee amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Cable Television Relay Service.......................          $1,720
2. Cable TV System, Including IPTV (per subscriber), and            1.23
 DBS (per subscriber)...................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sec.  1.1156  Schedule of regulatory fees for international services.

    (a) Geostationary orbit (GSO) and non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) 
space stations. The following schedule applies for the listed services:

                        Table 1 to Paragraph (a)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Fee category                          Fee amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit)....................        $117,580
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Other.........         347,755
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Less Complex..         130,405
Space Stations (per license/call sign in non-                     12,215
 geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Small Satellite)
Earth Stations: Transmit/Receive & Transmit only (per                575
 authorization or registration).........................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) International terrestrial and satellite Bearer Circuits. (1) 
Regulatory fees for International Bearer Circuits are to be paid by 
facilities-based common carriers that have active (used or leased) 
international bearer circuits as of December 31 of the prior year in 
any terrestrial or satellite transmission facility for the provision of 
service to an end user or resale carrier, which includes active 
circuits to themselves or to their affiliates. In addition, non-common 
carrier terrestrial and satellite operators must pay a fee for each 
active circuit sold or leased to any customer, including themselves or 
their affiliates, other than an international common carrier authorized 
by the Commission to provide U.S. international common carrier 
services. ``Active circuits'' for purposes of this paragraph (b) 
include backup and redundant circuits. In addition, whether circuits 
are used specifically for voice or data is not

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relevant in determining that they are active circuits.
    (2) The fee amount, per active Gbps circuit will be determined for 
each fiscal year.

                       Table 2 to Paragraph (b)(2)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     International terrestrial and satellite
       (capacity as of December 31, 2022)               Fee amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Terrestrial Common Carrier and Non-Common         $26 per Gbps circuit.
 Carrier Satellite Common Carrier and Non-Common
 Carrier.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) Submarine cable. Regulatory fees for submarine cable systems 
will be paid annually, per cable landing license, for all submarine 
cable systems operating based on their lit capacity as of December 31 
of the prior year. The fee amount will be determined by the Commission 
for each fiscal year.

    Table 3 to Paragraph (c)--FY 2023 International Bearer Circuits--
                         Submarine Cable Systems
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Submarine cable systems (lit capacity     Fee ratio         FY 2022
       as of December 31, 2022)            (units)      Regulatory fees
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 50 Gbps....................           .0625             $7,680
50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250            .125             15,355
 Gbps................................
250 Gbps or greater, but less than                .25             30,705
 1,500 Gbps..........................
1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than               .5             61,410
 3,500 Gbps..........................
3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than              1.0            122,815
 6,500 Gbps..........................
6,500 Gbps or greater................             2.0            245,630
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3. Effective October 16, 2023 revise Sec.  1.1166 to read as follows:


Sec.  1.1166  Waivers, reductions and deferrals of regulatory fees.

    The fees established by Sec. Sec.  1.1152 through 1.1156 and 
associated interest charges and penalties may be waived, reduced or 
deferred in specific instances, on a case-by-case basis, where good 
cause is shown and where waiver, reduction or deferral of such fees, 
interest charges and penalties would promote the public interest. 
Requests to pay fees established by Sec. Sec.  1.1152 through 1.1156 
and associated interest charges and penalties in installments may be 
granted in accordance with Sec.  1.1914. Requests for waiver, reduction 
or deferral of regulatory fees for entire categories of payors will not 
be considered.
    (a) Requests for waiver, reduction or deferral of regulatory fees 
shall be filed electronically, by submission to the following email 
address: [email protected]. All requests for waiver, reduction and 
deferral shall be acted upon by the Managing Director with the 
concurrence of the General Counsel. All such requests made pursuant to 
Sec.  1.1166 may be combined in a single pleading.
    (b) Deferrals of fees, interest, or penalties if granted, will be 
for a designated period of time not to exceed six months.
    (c) Petitions for waiver of a regulatory fee, interest, or 
penalties must be accompanied by the required fee, interest, or 
penalties and FCC Form 159. Submitted fees, interest, or penalties will 
be returned if a waiver is granted. Waiver requests that do not include 
the required fees, interest, or penalties or forms will be dismissed 
unless a request to defer payment due to financial hardship, supported 
by documentation of the financial hardship, is included in the filing.
    (d) Petitions for reduction of a fee, interest, or penalty must be 
accompanied by the full fee, interest, or penalty payment and FCC Form 
159. Petitions for reduction that do not include the required fees, 
interest, or penalties or forms will be dismissed unless a request to 
defer payment due to financial hardship, supported by documentation of 
the financial hardship, is included in the filing.
    (e) Petitions for waiver of a fee, interest, or penalty based on 
financial hardship, including bankruptcy, will not be granted, even if 
otherwise consistent with Commission policy, to the extent that the 
total regulatory and application fees, interest, or penalties for which 
waiver is sought exceeds $500,000 in any fiscal year, including 
regulatory fees due in any fiscal year, but paid prior to the due date. 
In computing this amount, the amounts owed by an entity and its 
subsidiaries and other affiliated entities will be aggregated. In cases 
where the claim of financial hardship is not based on bankruptcy, 
waiver, partial waiver, or deferral of fees, interest, or penalties 
above the $500,000 cap may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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4. Delayed indefinitely, revise Sec.  1.1914 to read as follows:


Sec.  1.1914  Collection in installments.

    (a) Subject to the Commission's rules pertaining to the installment 
loan program (see e.g., Sec.  1.2110(g)), subpart Q or other agreements 
among the parties, the terms of which will control, whenever feasible, 
the Commission shall collect the total amount of a debt in one lump 
sum. If a debtor is financially unable to pay a debt in one lump sum, 
the Commission, in its sole discretion, may accept payment in regular 
installments. Requests for installment payment of non-regulatory fee 
debt shall be filed electronically, by submission to the following 
email address: [email protected]. Requests for installment 
payment of regulatory fees may be combined with other requests for 
regulatory fee relief in accordance with Sec.  1.1166(a) and shall be 
filed electronically by submission to [email protected]. The 
Commission will obtain financial statements from debtors who represent 
that they are unable to pay in one lump sum and which are able to 
verify independently such representations (see 31 CFR 902.2(g)). The 
Commission will require and obtain a legally enforceable written 
agreement from the debtor that specifies all of the terms of the 
arrangement, including, as appropriate, sureties and other indicia of 
creditworthiness (see Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, 2 U.S.C. 661, 
et seq., OMB Circular A-129), and that contains a provision 
accelerating the debt in the event of default.

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    (b) The size and frequency of installment payments should bear a 
reasonable relation to the size of the debt and the debtor's ability to 
pay. If possible, the installment payments will be sufficient in size 
and frequency to liquidate the debt in three years or less.
    (c) Security for deferred payments will be obtained in appropriate 
cases. The Commission may accept installment payments notwithstanding 
the refusal of the debtor to execute a written agreement or to give 
security, at the Commission's option.
    (d) The Commission may deny the extension of credit to any debtor 
who fails to provide the records requested or fails to show an ability 
to pay the debt.

[FR Doc. 2023-19107 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P


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