[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35816-35817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12668]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

May 13, 2002.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid 
control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
Commission's burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on the respondents,

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including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before July 22, 2002. 
If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it 
difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judith Boley Herman or Leslie Smith, 
Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C804 or Room 
1-A804, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554 or via the 
Internet to [email protected] or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies 
of the information collection(s), contact Judith Boley Herman at 
202-418-0214 or via the Internet at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control No.: 3060-0214.
    Title: Section 73.3526, Local Public Inspection File of Commercial 
Stations.
    Form No.: N/A.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 10,780 commercial radio licensee 
recordkeepers; 1,310 commercial TV licensee recordkeepers; 1,310 
commercial TV stations making must-carry/retransmission consent 
elections.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 104 ours per year for radio 
recordkeeping; 130 hours per year for TV recordkeeping; 5 hours per 
election statement per TV station.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and third party 
disclosure requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,356,920 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: N/A.
    Needs and Uses: Section 73.3526 requires that each licensee/
permittee of a commercial broadcast station maintain a file for public 
inspection. The contents of the file vary according to type of service 
and status. The contents include, but are not limited to, copies of 
certain applications tendered for filing, a statement concerning 
petitions to deny filed against such applications, copies of ownership 
reports and annual employment reports, statements certifying compliance 
with filing announcements in connection with renewal applications, 
letters received from members of the public, etc. The data are used by 
the public and FCC to evaluate information about the broadcast 
licensee's performance, to ensure that broadcast stations are 
addressing issues concerning the community to which it is licensed to 
serve and to ensure that radio stations entering into time brokerage 
agreements comply with Commission policies pertaining to licensee 
control and to the Communications Act and the antitrust laws. 
Broadcasters are required to send each cable operator in the station's 
market a copy of the election statement applicable to that particular 
cable operator. Placing these retransmission consent/must-carry 
elections in the public file provide public access to documentation of 
station's elections which are used by cable operators in negotiations 
with television stations and by the public to ascertain why some 
stations are/are not carried by the cable systems.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-12668 Filed 5-20-02; 8:45 am]
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