[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 86 (Friday, May 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24286-24287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9727]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

April 29, 2008.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on the following information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law No. 104-13. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid control number. Pursuant to the PRA, no person shall be 
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of 
information 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, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before July 1, 
2008. 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: Interested parties may submit all PRA comments by e-mail or 
U.S. mail. To submit your comments by e-mail, send them to [email protected]. 
To submit your comments by U.S. mail, mark them to the attention of 
Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 1-C823, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, send an e-mail to [email protected] or contact Cathy 
Williams at 202-418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0466.
    Title: Sections 73.1201, 74.783 and 74.1283, Station 
Identification.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions; State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and responses: 20,000 respondents; 20,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes to 1.33 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third-party 
disclosure requirement; On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits--Statutory 
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 
154(i), 303 and 308 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Total Annual Burden: 44,370 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Nature of Response: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On November 27, 2007, the Commission adopted a 
Report and Order in MM Docket 00-168, FCC 07-205, In the Matter of 
Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television 
Broadcast Licensee Public Interest Obligations. The Report and Order 
requires that twice daily, the station identification for television 
stations must include a notice of the existence, location and 
accessibility of the station's public file pursuant to 47 CFR 
73.1201(b)(3). The notice must state that the station's public file is 
available for inspection and that consumers can view it at the 
station's main studio and on its Web site. At least one of the 
announcements must occur between the hours of 6 p.m. and midnight. 47 
CFR 73.1201 (a) requires television broadcast licensees to make 
broadcast station identification announcements at the beginning and 
ending of each time of operation, and hourly, as close to the hour as 
feasible, at a natural break in program offerings. Television and Class 
A television broadcast stations may make these announcements visually 
or aurally.
    47 CFR 73.1201(b)(1) requires that the official station 
identification consist of the station's call letters immediately 
followed by the community or communities specified in its license as 
the station's location; Provided that the name of the licensee, the 
station's frequency, the station's channel number, as stated on the 
station's license, and/or the station's network affiliation may be 
inserted between the call letters and station location. DTV stations, 
or DAB Stations, choosing to include the station's channel number in 
the station identification must use the station's major channel number 
and may distinguish multicast program streams. For example, a DTV 
station with major channel number 26 may use 26.1 to identify an HDTV 
program service and 26.2 to identify an SDTV program service. A radio 
station operating in DAB hybrid mode or extended hybrid mode shall 
identify its digital signal, including any free multicast audio 
programming streams, in a manner that appropriately alerts its audience 
to the fact that it is listening to a digital audio broadcast. No other 
insertion between the station's call letters and the community or 
communities specified in its license is permissible.

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    47 CFR 73.1201(b)(3) requires that twice daily, the station 
identification for television stations must include a notice of the 
existence, location and accessibility of the station's public file. The 
notice must state that the station's public file is available for 
inspection and that consumers can view it at the station's main studio 
and on its Web site. At least one of the announcements must occur 
between the hours of 6 p.m. and midnight.
    47 CFR 74.783(e) permits any low-power television (LPTV) station to 
request a four-letter call sign after receiving its construction 
permit. All initial LPTV construction permits will continue to be 
issued with a five-character LPTV call sign. LPTV respondents are 
required to use the online electronic system. To enable these 
respondents to use this online system, the Commission eliminated the 
requirement that holders of LPTV construction permits submit with their 
call sign requests a certification that the station has been 
constructed, that physical construction is underway at the transmitter 
site, or that a firm equipment order has been placed.
    47 CFR 74.783(b) requires licensees of television translators whose 
station identification is made by the television station whose signals 
are being rebroadcast by the translator, must secure agreement with 
this television licensee to keep in its file, and available to FCC 
personnel, the translator's call letters and location, giving the name, 
address and telephone number of the licensee or service representative 
to be contacted in the event of malfunction of the translator.
    47 CFR 74.1283(c)(1) requires FM translator stations whose station 
identification is made by the primary station to furnish current 
information on the translator's call letters and location. This 
information is kept in the primary station's files. This information is 
used to contact the translator licensee in the event of malfunction of 
the translator.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Ruth A. Dancey,
Associate Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-9727 Filed 5-1-08; 8:45 am]
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