[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 139 (Friday, July 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41353-41355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16539]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


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

July 10, 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments should be 
submitted on or before September 16, 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; 20,100 
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: 44,603 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment(s): No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009, 
full-power television broadcast stations must transmit only in digital 
signals, and may no longer transmit analog signals. On December 22, 
2007, the Commission adopted a Report and Order, In the matter of the 
Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting 
the Conversion to Digital Television, MB Docket No. 07-91, FCC 07-228 
(``Third DTV Periodic Report and Order'') to establish the rules, 
policies and procedures necessary to complete the nation's transition 
to DTV.
    As a result of the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order, the station 
identification rules will require a DTV station that chooses to 
identify a licensee that it is transmitting on one of its multicast 
streams to follow a specific

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format for making such a station identification announcement. 
Specifically, 47 CFR 73.1201(b)(1) is revised to require that a DTV 
station that is devoting one of its multicast streams to transmit the 
programming of another television licensee must identify itself and may 
also identify the licensee that it is transmitting. If a DTV station in 
this situation chooses to identify the station that is the source of 
the programming it is transmitting, it must use the following format: 
Station WYYY-DT, community of license (call sign and community of 
license of the station whose multicast stream is transmitting the 
programming), bringing you WXXX, community of license (call sign and 
community of license of the licensee providing the programming). The 
transmitting station may insert between its call letters and its 
community of license the following information: the frequency of the 
transmitting station, the channel number of the transmitting station, 
the name of the licensee of the transmitting station and the licensee 
providing the programming, and/or the name of the network of either 
station. Where a multicast station is carrying the programming of 
another station and is identifying that station as the source of the 
programming, using the format described above, the identification may 
not include the frequency or channel number of the program source. This 
new requirement in 47 CFR 73.1201(b)(1) may cause DTV station 
respondents that choose to multicast to make additional station 
identifications (responses) for multicast streams.
    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.
    47 CFR 73.1201(b)(2) provides that a station may include in its 
official station identification the name of any additional community or 
communities, but the community to which the station is licensed must be 
named first.
    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(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 74.783(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 74.1283(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.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0906.
    Title: Annual DTV Report, FCC Form 317; 47 CFR Sec.  73.624(g).
    Form Number: FCC Form 317.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Number of Respondent and Responses: 1,815 respondents, 3,630 
responses.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Annual reporting 
requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits--Statutory 
authority for this collection of information is contained in Sections 
154(i), 303, 336 and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2-4 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 10,890 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: $181,500.
    Confidentiality: No need for confidentiality required.
    Privacy Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009, 
full-power television broadcast stations must transmit only in digital 
signals, and may no longer transmit analog signals. On December 22, 
2007, the Commission adopted a Report and Order In the matter of the 
Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting 
the Conversion to Digital Television, MB Docket No. 07-91, FCC 07-228 
(``Third DTV Periodic Report and Order'') to establish the rules, 
policies and procedures necessary to complete the nation's transition 
to DTV. As a result of the Third DTV Periodic Report and Order, DTV 
stations that are permittees must now comply with the requirements for 
feeable ancillary or supplementary services in Section 73.624(g) (using 
FCC Form 317). This new requirement in 47 CFR 73.624(g) adds a new 
group of respondents to this collection (namely, ``DTV permittees''). 
The Commission has also revised FCC Form 317 and its instructions to 
indicate that DTV permittees are required to file the form and report 
their ancillary and supplementary services.
    Each commercial and noncommercial educational (NCE) digital 
television (DTV) broadcast station licensee and permittee is required 
to file FCC Form 317 annually. The licensees/permittees

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report whether they provided ancillary or supplementary services at any 
time during the reporting cycle. The report indicates which services 
were provided, fee related services, gross revenues received from all 
feeable ancillary and supplementary services, and the amount of 
bitstream used to provide ancillary or supplementary service.
    Concurrent with the submission of FCC Form 317, each commercial and 
noncommercial educational DTV licensee and permittee is required to 
remit to the Commission a payment, FCC Form 159 (3060-0589), in the 
amount of 5% of the gross revenues derived from the provision of its 
ancillary or supplementary services.
    Each licensee and permittee is required to retain the records 
supporting the calculation of the fees due for three years from the 
date of remittance of fees. Noncommercial DTV licensees/permittees must 
also retain for eight years documentation sufficient to show that their 
entire bitstream was used ``primarily'' for noncommercial education 
broadcast services on a weekly basis.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-16539 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]
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