[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 64354-64361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26093]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 14-226; FCC 15-118]


Broadcast Licensee-Conducted Contests

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(``Commission'') amends the portion of its rules known as the ``Contest 
Rule'' to permit broadcast licensees to comply with their obligation to 
disclose material contest terms either by broadcasting those terms or 
by making them available in writing on a publicly accessible Internet 
Web site. In particular, the Commission amends the Contest Rule to 
allow licensees to satisfy their disclosure obligation by posting 
material contest terms on the station's Web site, the licensee's Web 
site, or, if neither the individual station nor the licensee has its 
own Web site, any Internet Web site that is readily accessible to the 
public. The Commission also adopts requirements that define the 
disclosure obligation in cases where a licensee has chosen to meet its 
obligation through an Internet Web site.

DATES: This rule contains information collection requirements that have 
not been approved by OMB. The Commission will publish a document in the 
Federal Register announcing the effective date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raelynn Remy, [email protected], or 
Raphael Sznajder, [email protected], Federal Communications 
Commission, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Report 
and Order (``Order''), MB Docket No. 14-226, FCC 15-118, which was 
adopted and released on September 17, 2015. The full text of this 
document is available for public inspection and copying during regular 
business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. 
This document will also be available via ECFS at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Documents will be available electronically in 
ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat. Alternative formats are 
available for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, 
electronic files, audio format), by sending an email to [email protected] 
or calling the Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 
(202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis

    This document contains new or modified information collection 
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).\1\ 
The requirements will be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review under Section 3507(d) of the PRA. OMB, the 
general public, and other Federal agencies will be invited to comment 
on the new or modified information collection requirements contained in 
this proceeding. In addition, we note that pursuant to the Small 
Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, we previously sought specific 
comment on how the Commission might further reduce the information 
collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees.
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    \1\ The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-
13, 109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified in Chapter 35 of title 44 
U.S.C.).
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I. Introduction

    1. Our ``Contest Rule,'' Section 73.1216 of our rules, requires 
broadcast licensees to disclose on air the material terms of contests 
that they broadcast. In this Order, we update that rule to permit 
broadcast licensees to comply with their obligation to disclose 
material contest terms either by broadcasting those terms or by making 
them available in writing on a publicly accessible Internet Web site. 
In particular, we amend the Contest Rule to allow licensees to satisfy 
their disclosure obligation by posting material contest terms on the 
station's Web site, the licensee's Web site, or, if neither the 
individual station nor the licensee has its own Web site, any Internet 
Web site that is readily accessible to the public. Commenters in this 
proceeding uniformly support updating the Contest Rule, which has 
remained unchanged since its adoption by the Commission almost forty 
years ago.
    2. We also adopt, with some modifications, requirements proposed in 
the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that define the disclosure obligation 
in cases where a licensee has chosen to meet its obligation through an 
Internet Web site. Specifically, we revise the Contest Rule to specify 
that in such cases a licensee: (i) Must broadcast the relevant Web site 
address periodically with information sufficient for a consumer easily 
to find material contest terms online; (ii) must establish a link or 
tab to material contest terms on the Web site's home page; (iii) must 
maintain contest terms online for a period of at least thirty days 
after the contest has ended; and (iv) must announce on air that the 
material terms of a contest have changed since the contest was first 
announced, where that is the case, and direct participants to the Web 
site to review the changes. As discussed below, the announcements of 
any change in contest terms must be made within 24 hours of the change 
and periodically thereafter. Finally, we require that licensees ensure 
that any material terms disclosed on a Web site conform in all 
substantive respects to those mentioned over the air.
    3. The actions we take in this Order to update the Contest Rule 
advance the public interest by affording broadcasters more flexibility 
in the manner of their compliance with Section 73.1216 while giving 
consumers improved access to important contest information. Through 
this Order, we take another step to modernize our rules to reflect how 
Americans access and consume information in the 21st century. At the 
same time, we affirm the core principles of the Contest Rule. 
Regardless of the medium of disclosure, broadcasters must provide 
complete, accurate, and timely information about the contests they 
conduct, ensure that such information is not false, misleading, or 
deceptive, and conduct their contests substantially as announced or 
advertised.

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II. Background

    4. Radio and television broadcast stations often conduct contests 
as a means of entertainment, promoting station support, and deepening 
audience engagement.\2\ Almost forty years ago, in 1976, the Commission 
adopted the Contest Rule to address concerns about the way in which 
broadcast stations were conducting contests.\3\ Although under the 
existing rule, a licensee may use non-broadcast methods to disclose 
material contest terms, it cannot substitute such methods for the 
required broadcast disclosure and be deemed compliant with the rule.\4\
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    \2\ See NPRM, 79 FR 75773.
    \3\ See 47 CFR 73.1216; Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's 
Rules Relating to Licensee-Conducted Contests, Report and Order, 60 
F.C.C.2d 1072 (1976). See also Public Notice Concerning Failure of 
Broadcast Licensees to Conduct Contests Fairly, 45 F.C.C.2d 1056 
(1974) (identifying contest practices that raise questions about a 
broadcast licensee's responsibility to the public, such as: (1) 
Disseminating false or misleading information regarding the amount 
or nature of prizes; (2) failing to control the contest to assure a 
fair opportunity for contestants to win the announced prizes; (3) 
urging participation in a contest, or urging persons to stay tuned 
to the station in order to win, at times when it is not possible to 
win prizes; (4) failing to award prizes, or failing to award them 
within a reasonable time; (5) failing to set forth fully and 
accurately the rules and conditions for contests; (6) changing the 
rules or conditions of a contest without advising the public or 
doing so promptly; and (7) using arbitrary or inconsistently applied 
standards in judging entries).
    \4\ 47 CFR 73.1216, Note 2 (``The material terms should be 
disclosed periodically by announcements broadcast on the station 
conducting the contest. . . . In addition to the required broadcast 
announcements, disclosure of the material terms may be made in a 
non-broadcast manner.'').
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    5. In January 2012, Entercom Communications Corp. (``Entercom'' or 
``Petitioner'') filed an unopposed Petition for Rulemaking asking the 
Commission to update the disclosure requirements of Section 73.1216.\5\ 
Petitioner principally sought an amendment to Section 73.1216 that 
would allow broadcasters to satisfy their obligation to disclose 
material contest terms either through broadcast announcements or by 
making such terms available in written form on an Internet Web site. In 
November 2014, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(``NPRM'') seeking comment on a number of possible revisions to the 
Contest Rule. Commenters responding to the NPRM, largely broadcasters, 
support updating the Contest Rule but advocate some modifications to 
the Commission's proposed revisions.
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    \5\ See Petition for Rulemaking filed by Entercom Communications 
Corp., CGB Docket No. RM-11684 (filed Jan. 20, 2012) (``Petition for 
Rulemaking'').
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III. Discussion

A. Satisfying the Obligation To Disclose Material Contest Terms through 
an Internet Web site

    6. As advocated by all of the commenters, we amend the Contest Rule 
to allow broadcast licensees to meet their obligation to disclose 
material contest terms either by broadcasting the material terms or by 
making those terms available in written form on a readily accessible 
public Internet Web site. We agree with parties who assert that, given 
the ubiquitous nature of the Internet and current consumer expectations 
about how to obtain information, broadcast disclosure of material 
contest terms no longer reflects the best means of conveying such 
information to the public in all cases. For example, although on-air 
disclosure may be preferable in certain circumstances, e.g., simple 
contests and cases in which stations lack Web sites, we believe that 
broadcasters should be given flexibility to meet their disclosure 
obligation either through broadcast announcements or the Internet, and 
we will defer to broadcasters' discretion in selecting between those 
means of disclosure. As explained below, we find that revising the 
Contest Rule to permit reliance on online disclosure will provide 
benefits to both consumers and broadcasters, and that such benefits 
outweigh any associated costs.
    7. Based on the record, we conclude that allowing broadcasters to 
meet their obligation to disclose material contest terms through the 
Internet in lieu of broadcasting the terms will benefit consumers by 
improving their access to important contest information, to the extent 
that our action results in greater use of online disclosure. Because 
the current rule requires that licensees disclose material contest 
terms via broadcast announcements periodically, audience members 
interested in a contest may not hear or see contest disclosures if they 
are not tuned into the broadcast at the time the announcement is aired. 
Moreover, even in cases where prospective contestants hear or see a 
contest disclosure, the length or complexity of contest terms or the 
speed at which licensees communicate those terms may render it 
difficult for many to comprehend or recall the information conveyed. 
For these reasons, we agree with parties who assert that broadcasters' 
online posting of material terms will allow consumers to obtain ``on 
demand'' access to those terms and to review them at their convenience, 
thereby increasing the likelihood that contest terms will be understood 
and remembered.
    8. We find that this revision to the Contest Rule is consistent 
with consumer expectations about how to obtain contest information. As 
many parties note, the public today accesses information in ways that 
are dramatically different from how they did when the Contest Rule was 
adopted. The Internet has become a fundamental part of consumers' daily 
lives and now represents the medium used most by the public to obtain 
information instantaneously. Given that Americans today are accustomed 
to using the Internet to obtain a broad range of information, we agree 
with parties who assert that consumers reasonably expect to obtain 
information about licensee-conducted contests through the Internet. 
Indeed, as some parties note, broadcasters already use the Internet to 
post contest-related information, and consumers often enter and 
participate in contests via the Internet. Amending the Contest Rule to 
permit reliance on online disclosure of material contest terms thus 
brings the rule into alignment with current consumer expectations.
    9. As noted, permitting reliance on online disclosure of contest 
terms also will benefit broadcasters by affording them greater 
flexibility in the manner of their compliance with Section 73.1216 and 
by freeing up air time for other programming. Because many broadcasters 
already have dedicated Web sites where they can post complete contest 
information that the public can access ``on demand,'' and because we 
are not requiring broadcasters to use online posting if they prefer to 
broadcast contest terms over the air, we agree with parties who assert 
that the benefits of this rule change outweigh any associated costs.

B. Requirements Governing Online Disclosure of Material Contest Terms

    10. Although this rule revision is intended, in part, to give 
broadcasters more flexibility in how they satisfy their obligation to 
disclose material contest terms, we find that the public interest will 
be served by establishing specific requirements that define the 
disclosure obligation in cases where a broadcaster chooses to meet that 
obligation through an Internet Web site. In particular, we believe that 
these requirements, which are comparable to those that apply to on-air 
disclosures,\6\ will provide guidance to licensees and facilitate 
useful access to contest information by the public. We discuss each 
requirement, in turn, below.
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    \6\ See 47 CFR 73.1216, Notes 1 through 3.

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    11. ``Publicly Accessible'' Web site. We require that any Internet 
Web site relied on by a broadcaster to disclose material contest terms 
be ``publicly accessible.'' We interpret the term ``publicly 
accessible'' to mean that the Internet Web site is designed to be 
accessible to the public 24/7, for free, and without any registration 
requirement.\7\ This may include either the station's Web site, the 
licensee's Web site, or, if neither the individual station nor the 
licensee has its own Web site, any Internet Web site that is readily 
accessible to the public. Commenters generally agree that consumers 
should have access to material contest terms disclosed on a Web site 
without any fee or registration, and we believe that adopting these 
requirements will facilitate widespread and unfettered access to 
contest terms by broadcast audiences. Some parties assert that 
broadcasters should not be required to make available material contest 
terms on a 24/7 basis because factors beyond their control, such as 
system outages, power failures, and hacked Web sites could prevent them 
from ensuring 24/7 access. Thus, they express concern that they could 
be exposed to liability for violation of the Contest Rule even where 
they have made a good faith effort to ensure public accessibility. 
Because we require that any Web site used to disclose material contest 
terms be designed to be accessible to the public on a 24/7 basis, we 
believe the rule we adopt accounts for factors beyond the control of 
the licensee.
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    \7\ See NPRM, 79 FR 75773, 75775.
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    12. Broadcast Identification of Web site Address. We also amend the 
Contest Rule to require that a licensee broadcast the address of an 
Internet Web site on which it relies to disclose material contest terms 
with information sufficient for a consumer to find those terms easily. 
Although we proposed in the NPRM to require licensees that choose to 
satisfy their disclosure obligation through the Internet to broadcast 
the ``complete, direct Web site address'' where contest terms are 
posted,\8\ we decline to adopt this requirement. We agree with 
commenters that a literal interpretation of such a requirement could be 
unduly burdensome to broadcasters and confusing to the public. Some 
parties contend, for example, that a rule requiring identification of 
the ``complete, direct'' Web site address could be interpreted to 
require a mechanical recitation of a web address as it appears on an 
Internet browser (e.g., ``http-colon-backslash, etc.''), and that such 
a rule is less helpful to consumers than one that allows broadcasters 
to identify the relevant address through simple instructions or natural 
language (e.g., ``for contest rules go to kxyz.com and then click on 
the contest tab''). In addition, Joint Commenters assert that Web site 
addresses and their subdirectories may change while contests are 
ongoing, and thus requiring identification of a ``complete, direct'' 
address, including local host names and subdirectories, would be 
unnecessarily onerous to broadcasters and could be confusing to 
consumers. We require that broadcasters identify the Web site in 
language that enables a typical consumer easily to locate the Web 
site's home page online, such as in the example provided above (``for 
contest rules go to kxyz.com and then click on the contest tab''). As 
with all elements of contest-related announcements, the burden is on 
the broadcaster to inform the public, not on the public to discern the 
message.
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    \8\ Id.
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    13. Consistent with broadcasters' existing obligation to broadcast 
contest rule disclosures ``periodically,'' we conclude further that 
licensees must broadcast the Web site address where contest terms are 
posted ``periodically'' during the period of the contest. Although we 
proposed in the NPRM to require licensees to broadcast the Web site 
address ``each time the station mentions or advertises the contest,'' 
\9\ we decline to adopt this requirement, which parties uniformly 
oppose. For example, some commenters argue that such a requirement 
could create unnecessary aural clutter and disrupt the listener 
experience. Parties also assert that, given the number of contests that 
are conducted simultaneously and the multitude and variety of contest 
references, requiring licensees to identify the relevant Web site 
address each time a contest is mentioned will reduce the amount of air 
time that can be utilized for other programming. Some parties contend 
further that the burdens imposed by such a requirement could cause 
stations to reduce the number of contest mentions or not to adopt 
online disclosure. For these reasons, we are persuaded that the 
potential drawbacks of requiring broadcast identification of the Web 
site address where contest terms are posted each time a contest is 
mentioned outweigh any associated benefits.
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    \9\ Id.
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    14. We decline at this time to adopt a more prescriptive 
requirement governing the frequency of broadcast identification of the 
Web site address where contest terms are posted as some parties have 
suggested.\10\ We conclude that requiring on-air identification of the 
Web site address a specified number of times daily, e.g., an average of 
three times per day, would not serve the public interest because such a 
rule could lead broadcasters to identify the Web site address the 
specified minimum number of times irrespective of how often a contest 
is mentioned. Similarly, we decline to require broadcast identification 
of the Web site address only when a station substantially highlights or 
discusses a contest, as proposed by Hubbard and NSBA, as this approach 
would make the Contest Rule more challenging to enforce by requiring 
the Commission to assess in a particular case whether a contest has 
been ``substantially'' highlighted or discussed.\11\ On balance, we 
find that the public interest would be better served by providing 
licensees with flexibility to determine the frequency with which they 
broadcast the Web site address where contest terms are made available 
to the public. As noted, the requirement we adopt is harmonious with 
licensees' existing obligation to broadcast contest disclosures 
``periodically'' \12\ and the discretion long afforded licensees in 
this area.\13\ If we find that licensees are failing to broadcast the 
Web site address with adequate frequency, we will revisit this issue in 
the future.
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    \10\ See, e.g., iHeartMedia Comments at 13; Joint Parties 
Comments at 7 (suggesting that the Commission could require 
licensees to broadcast the Web site address an average of at least 
three times per day, excluding the hours of 12 to 6 a.m.). See also 
Hubbard Comments at 4; NSBA Comments at 5 (suggesting that the 
Commission could require licensees to broadcast the Web site address 
when they substantially highlight or discuss a contest, i.e., not 
during passing references). We note that some of these suggestions 
were proffered as an alternative to our proposal in the NPRM to 
require licensees to broadcast the relevant Web site address each 
time a contest is mentioned, and that some of these parties advocate 
principally for the requirement adopted herein (i.e., periodic 
broadcast identification of the Web site address). Nevertheless, we 
set forth above our reasons for declining to adopt those 
alternatives.
    \11\ Given the potential number of spontaneous, unscripted 
contest promotions, e.g., by on-air radio personalities, we also 
believe that adopting this proposal could result in a high number of 
Contest Rule violations. See, e.g., Entercom Comments at 9; 
iHeartMedia Comments at 12; NSBA Comments at 5.
    \12\ See 47 CFR 73.1216, Note 2 (directing, among other things, 
disclosure of material contest terms be made ``periodically by 
announcements broadcast on the station conducting the contest, but 
need not be enumerated each time an announcement promoting the 
contest is broadcast'').
    \13\ Id. (stating that ``[i]n general, the time and manner of 
disclosure of the material terms of a contest are within the 
licensee's discretion,'' and that ``[d]isclosure of material terms 
in a reasonable number of announcements is sufficient'').
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    15. Internet Link to Contest Terms. As proposed in the NPRM, we 
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the Contest Rule to require that licensees establish a link or tab on 
the home page of an Internet Web site used to disclose material contest 
terms, that takes consumers to contest information.\14\ That link or 
tab must be conspicuously located on the Web site home page and must be 
labeled in a way that makes clear its relation to contest information. 
We disagree with commenters' assertions that the Commission need not 
adopt any rules to facilitate access to contest information because 
broadcasters have a natural incentive to make such information readily 
accessible and consumers can utilize Internet search engines to locate 
contest information quickly. Even if many consumers are able to locate 
contest terms absent any guidance, we believe that requiring 
broadcasters to establish a conspicuous link or tab on the Web site 
home page that takes users to contest terms will facilitate ready 
access to those terms by the public. As noted, the record reflects that 
many broadcasters already make available a link or tab to contest 
information on their Web site home page, which suggests that compliance 
with such a requirement is not unduly burdensome. Although some parties 
assert that licensees are in the best position to determine where 
contest information should be posted on a Web site, the rule we adopt 
requiring a link or tab to contest terms on a Web site home page does 
not dictate the location where material terms must be disclosed. To the 
contrary, the rule preserves the ability of broadcasters to maintain 
contest terms on a dedicated Web page, so long as that Web page is 
accessible by a link or tab on the home page that meets the 
requirements above.
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    \14\ See NPRM, 79 FR 75775 (seeking comment on how the 
Commission can ensure that material contest terms are easy for 
consumers to locate on an Internet Web site, and on whether to 
require a link on the Web site's home page to contest terms).
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    16. Duration of Online Disclosure Obligation. We also require 
licensees that choose to disclose material contest terms via an 
Internet Web site to maintain such terms on the Web site for at least 
thirty days after the contest has concluded (i.e., thirty days after a 
winner has been selected and the station has notified the winner 
personally or publicly announced the winner by broadcast announcement 
or over the Internet site where it disclosed the contest rules). We 
note that under the existing rule, a licensee's obligation to disclose 
material terms ``arises at the time the audience is first told how to 
enter or participate and continues thereafter;'' however, the rule is 
silent on when this obligation ends.\15\ In the NPRM, we sought comment 
on how long a licensee should be required to maintain contest 
information on an Internet Web site.\16\ Although no commenter proposed 
the thirty-day period we adopt herein, we believe this time period is 
reasonable because it strikes an appropriate balance between the 
public's interest in accessing material terms after a contest has ended 
and the interest of broadcasters in keeping their Web sites up-to-
date.\17\ We disagree with parties who assert that the Commission 
should refrain from specifying the duration that material contest terms 
must remain available online, or should require broadcasters to 
maintain online disclosures only until a contest winner has been 
selected. We believe that requiring broadcasters to maintain contest 
terms online for a reasonable period of time after a contest winner has 
been selected is necessary to ensure that contest information is 
readily available not only to potential contest participants, but also 
to actual contestants or others who wish to consult or confirm the 
rules after the contest has ended.\18\ To address concerns that 
maintaining contest rules online after a contest has ended could create 
confusion about whether a contest is ongoing, licensees should timely 
label expired contest terms to make clear that a contest has ended, 
including the date that a winner was selected.\19\
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    \15\ See 47 CFR 73.1216, Note 2.
    \16\ See NPRM, 79 FR 75775.
    \17\ We note that the Commission, in other contexts, has found 
thirty days to be a reasonable period of notification to the public. 
See, e.g., https://www.fcc.gov/asr/localnotice (visited July 15, 
2015) (providing that the Commission will post for thirty days 
information submitted by applicants for antenna structures that 
could raise environmental concerns); 47 CFR 76.1601 (requiring that 
a cable operator provide at least thirty days' notice to subscribers 
prior to deleting or repositioning a broadcast signal).
    \18\ Absent such a requirement, for example, a contest winner 
might not be able to readily confirm that the prize he/she has been 
awarded after the content has ended is, in fact, the prize disclosed 
online. Similarly, a losing contestant that wished to consult the 
contest rules could not readily do so if licensees were permitted to 
remove the rules immediately upon the contest's conclusion.
    \19\ See 47 CFR 73.1216, Note 1(b) (``Material terms include . . 
. [the] time and means of selection of winners'') (emphasis added).
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    17. Changes to Material Contest Terms. The Contest Rule prohibits 
false, misleading or deceptive contest descriptions and requires 
broadcasters to conduct their contests substantially as announced.\20\ 
Accordingly, we do not expect broadcasters to regularly change the 
material terms of a contest after the contest has commenced. 
Nevertheless, we recognize that, on rare occasions, limited changes to 
a contest's terms may be necessary to address changes in circumstances 
beyond the anticipation or control of the broadcaster. We therefore 
adopt our proposal to require that, in cases where a licensee chooses 
to satisfy its disclosure obligation through the Internet, if the 
material terms of a contest are changed after the contest is first 
announced, the licensee must announce on air that the contest rules 
have been changed and direct participants to the Web site to review the 
changes.\21\ With the exception of NPR, commenters support this 
proposal. As suggested by some parties, we require licensees to make 
such announcements on air within 24 hours of the change in material 
terms on the Web site,\22\ and periodically thereafter, until the 
contest has concluded.\23\ We are not persuaded by NPR's speculative 
assertion that requiring broadcasters to announce changes to material 
contest terms over the air could lead to public confusion about whether 
contest terms posted on a Web site are accurate.\24\ We believe that 
stations can address this concern by labeling contest terms with 
information that indicates, for example, the date that the terms were 
last updated. We believe that requiring on-air announcements of changes 
in material contest terms is necessary to address the potential that 
some broadcasters will use their ability to disclose terms online as a 
means of changing contest rules in a way that is misleading or 
deceptive to the public. We emphasize that a broadcaster that 
effectuates a change in terms that unfairly or deceptively alters the

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operation of the contest or the nature or value of the prize or 
materially disadvantages existing contestants will be deemed to have 
rendered prior descriptions false, misleading, and deceptive and, thus, 
would violate the Contest Rule, regardless of whether such alterations 
are announced on air or posted to a Web site.\25\
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    \20\ See 47 CFR 73.1216.
    \21\ See NPRM, 79 FR 75775 (also seeking comment on the 
appropriate frequency and duration of this requirement).
    \22\ See Entercom Comments at 11; iHeartMedia Comments at 14 
(advocating a requirement that licensees announce changes to 
material contest terms within 24 hours of the change). We expect 
licensees to broadcast forthwith announcements of the changes in 
material terms that they have posted on a Web site, and to not wait 
24 hours before doing so.
    \23\ Although a few parties have suggested that licensees be 
required to announce on air that contest terms have changed three 
times daily, see Entercom Comments at 11; iHeartMedia Comments at 
14; Joint Parties Comments at 9, we conclude that requiring such 
announcements on a periodic basis will give broadcasters more 
flexibility in how they satisfy their disclosure obligation, and is 
consistent with licensees' existing obligation to broadcast contest 
disclosures ``periodically'' and the discretion granted licensees 
under the Contest Rule. We note that this requirement also is 
harmonious with the rule we adopt above governing broadcast 
identification of Web site addresses.
    \24\ See NPR Comments at 5 (rather than requiring licensees to 
disclose on air that material contest terms have been changed, the 
Commission should require them to state clearly on the Web site that 
contest terms have changed).
    \25\ See 47 CFR 73.1216.
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    18. Consistency of Contest Terms. We adopt our proposal in the NPRM 
to require that any material contest terms disclosed on an Internet Web 
site conform in all substantive respects to contest terms broadcast 
over the air.\26\ Although no commenter specifically addressed this 
proposal, we conclude that amending the Contest Rule to include such a 
requirement serves the public interest by ensuring that contest 
information made available by broadcasters in written and oral form is 
consistent. We note that the Contest Rule currently requires licensees, 
among other things, to disclose material contest terms ``fully and 
accurately'' and to conduct contests ``substantially as announced or 
advertised.'' \27\ The Contest Rule directs further that ``[n]o contest 
description shall be false, misleading or deceptive with respect to any 
material term.'' \28\ We believe that prohibiting broadcasters from 
disclosing material contest terms on an Internet Web site that differ 
in any substantive respect from contest information broadcast over the 
air is harmonious with broadcasters' existing obligations under the 
Contest Rule. In particular, we find that a licensee's failure to 
disseminate consistent information about a contest it conducts 
constitutes a violation of the requirements noted above to disclose 
material contest terms accurately, to conduct contests substantially as 
announced or advertised, and to provide contest descriptions that are 
not false, misleading, or deceptive. To the extent that there are any 
ambiguities in contest disclosures that generate inconsistency, we 
place broadcasters on notice that the Commission will construe such 
ambiguities against the licensee. We believe that this approach will 
benefit broadcast audiences by facilitating clarity and consistency in 
contest disclosures.
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    \26\ See NPRM, 79 FR 75775. As noted in the NPRM, for example, 
if a broadcast contest announcement identifies a particular prize by 
brand name or model, then the terms disclosed on the Web site must 
be the same. Id. para. 12, n.41.
    \27\ See 47 CFR 73.1216.
    \28\ Id.
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IV. Procedural Matters

A. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    19. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as 
amended (``RFA'') \29\ an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis 
(``IRFA'') was incorporated in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(``NPRM'') in this proceeding. The Commission sought written public 
comment on the proposals in the NPRM, including comment on the IRFA. 
The Commission received no comments on the IRFA. This Final Regulatory 
Flexibility Act Analysis (``FRFA'') conforms to the RFA.\30\
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    \29\ See 5 U.S.C. 603. The RFA, see 5 U.S.C. 601 through 612, 
has been amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 
Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), Public Law 104-121, Title II, 110 
Stat. 857 (1996).
    \30\ See 5 U.S.C. 604.
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1. Need for, and Objectives of, the Rule Changes
    20. This proceeding stems from an unopposed Petition for Rulemaking 
filed by Entercom Communications Corp. requesting that the Commission 
update Section 73.1216 of its rules governing broadcast licensee-
conducted contests (the ``Contest Rule'') \31\ in a manner that 
reflects how consumers access information in the 21st Century.\32\ In 
November 2014, the Commission issued a NPRM seeking comment on certain 
proposals intended to modernize the Contest Rule by providing 
broadcasters with more flexibility in how they satisfy their obligation 
to disclose material contest terms, without relaxing their duty to 
conduct contests with due regard for the public interest.
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    \31\ 47 CFR 73.1216.
    \32\ See Petition for Rulemaking filed by Entercom 
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    21. In the accompanying Order, the Commission amends the Contest 
Rule to permit broadcast licensees to comply with their obligation to 
disclose material contest terms either by broadcasting such terms or by 
making them available in writing on a publicly accessible Internet Web 
site. In particular, the Order amends the rule to allow a broadcast 
licensee to satisfy its disclosure obligation by posting material 
contest terms on the station's Web site, the licensee's Web site, or, 
if neither the individual station nor the licensee has its own Web 
site, any Internet Web site that is readily accessible to the public.
    22. The Order also revises the Contest Rule to specify that, in 
cases where a licensee chooses to disclose material contest terms 
through an Internet Web site, the licensee: (i) Must broadcast the 
relevant Web site address periodically with information sufficient for 
a consumer to easily find material contest terms online; (ii) must 
establish a link or tab to material contest terms on the Web site's 
home page; (iii) must maintain contest terms online for a period of at 
least thirty days after the contest has ended; and (iv) that changes 
the material terms of a contest after the contest is first announced 
must announce on air that the contest rules have changed and direct 
participants to the Web site to review the changes. The Order requires 
that such announcements be made on air within 24 hours of the change in 
contest terms on the Web site, and periodically thereafter. Finally, 
licensees must ensure that any material terms disclosed on a Web site 
conform in all substantive respects to those mentioned over the air.
2. Summary of Significant Issues Raised by Public Comments in Response 
to the IRFA
    23. No comments were filed that specifically addressed the IRFA.
3. Description and Estimates of the Number of Small Entities to Which 
the Proposed Rules Will Apply
    24. The RFA directs agencies to provide a description of and, where 
feasible, an estimate of the number of small entities that may be 
affected by the proposed rules, if adopted.\33\ The RFA generally 
defines the term ``small entity'' as having the same meaning as the 
terms ``small business,'' ``small organization,'' and ``small 
governmental jurisdiction.'' \34\ In addition, the term ``small 
business'' has the same meaning as the term ``small business concern'' 
under the Small Business Act.\35\ A small business concern is one 
which: (1) Is independently owned and operated; (2) is not dominant in 
its field of operation; and (3) satisfies any additional criteria 
established by the SBA.\36\ The rules

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adopted in the accompanying Order will directly affect small television 
and radio broadcast stations. Below, we provide a description of these 
small entities, as well as an estimate of the number of such small 
entities, where feasible.
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    \33\ 5 U.S.C. 603(b)(3).
    \34\ 5 U.S.C. 601(6).
    \35\ 5 U.S.C. 601(3) (incorporating by reference the definition 
of ``small business concern'' in 15 U.S.C. 632). Pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 601(3), the statutory definition of a small business applies 
``unless an agency, after consultation with the Office of Advocacy 
of the Small Business Administration and after opportunity for 
public comment, establishes one or more definitions of such term 
which are appropriate to the activities of the agency and publishes 
such definition(s) in the Federal Register.'' 5 U.S.C. 601(3).
    \36\ 15 U.S.C. 632. Application of the statutory criteria of 
dominance in its field of operation and independence are sometimes 
difficult to apply in the context of broadcast television. 
Accordingly, the Commission's statistical account of television 
stations may be over-inclusive.
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    25. Television Broadcasting. This economic Census category 
``comprises establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting images 
together with sound.'' \37\ The SBA has created the following small 
business size standard for such businesses: Those having $38.5 million 
or less in annual receipts.\38\ The 2007 U.S. Census indicates that 808 
firms in this category operated in that year. Of that number, 709 had 
annual receipts of $25,000,000 or less, and 99 had annual receipts of 
more than $25,000,000.\39\ Because the Census has no additional 
classifications that could serve as a basis for determining the number 
of stations whose receipts exceeded $38.5 million in that year, we 
conclude that the majority of television broadcast stations were small 
under the applicable SBA size standard.
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    \37\ U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 NAICS Definitions, ``515120 
Television Broadcasting,'' at http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \38\ 13 CFR 121.201; 2012 NAICS code 515120.
    \39\ U.S. Census Bureau, Table No. EC0751SSSZ4, Information: 
Subject Series--Establishment and Firm Size: Receipts Size of Firms 
for the United States: 2007 (515120), http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2007_US_51SSSZ4&prodType=table.
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    26. Apart from the U.S. Census, the Commission has estimated the 
number of licensed commercial television stations to be 1,387 
stations.\40\ Of this total, 1,221 stations (or about 88 percent) had 
revenues of $38.5 million or less, according to Commission staff review 
of the BIA Kelsey Inc. Media Access Pro Television Database (BIA) on 
July 2, 2014. In addition, the Commission has estimated the number of 
licensed noncommercial educational (NCE) television stations to be 
395.\41\ NCE stations are non-profit, and therefore considered to be 
small entities.\42\ Based on these data, we estimate that the majority 
of television broadcast stations are small entities.
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    \40\ See Broadcast Station Totals as of June 30, 2014, Press 
Release (MB rel. July 9, 2014) (Broadcast Station Totals) at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-328096A1.pdf.
    \41\ See Broadcast Station Totals, supra.
    \42\ See generally 5 U.S.C. 601(4), (6).
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    27. Class A TV and LPTV Stations. The same SBA definition that 
applies to television broadcast stations would apply to licensees of 
Class A television stations and low power television (LPTV) stations, 
as well as to potential licensees in these television services. As 
noted above, the SBA has created the following small business size 
standard for this category: Those having $38.5 million or less in 
annual receipts.\43\ The Commission has estimated the number of 
licensed Class A television stations to be 432.\44\ The Commission has 
also estimated the number of licensed LPTV stations to be 2,028.\45\ 
Given the nature of these services, we will presume that these 
licensees qualify as small entities under the SBA definition.
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    \43\ 13 CFR 121.201; NAICS code 515120.
    \44\ See Broadcast Station Totals, supra.
    \45\ See Broadcast Station Totals, supra.
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    28. We note, however, that in assessing whether a business concern 
qualifies as ``small'' under the above definition, business (control) 
affiliations \46\ must be included. Because we do not include or 
aggregate revenues from affiliated companies in determining whether an 
entity meets the revenue threshold noted above, our estimate of the 
number of small entities affected is likely overstated. In addition, we 
note that one element of the definition of ``small business'' is that 
an entity not be dominant in its field of operation. We are unable at 
this time to define or quantify the criteria that would establish 
whether a specific television broadcast station is dominant in its 
field of operation. Accordingly, our estimate of small television 
stations potentially affected by the proposed rules includes those that 
could be dominant in their field of operation. For this reason, such 
estimate likely is over-inclusive.
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    \46\ ``[Business concerns] are affiliates of each other when one 
concern controls or has the power to control the other or a third 
party or parties controls or has the power to control both.'' 13 CFR 
21.103(a)(1).
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    29. Radio Stations. This economic Census category ``comprises 
establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting aural programs by 
radio to the public.'' \47\ The SBA has created the following small 
business size standard for this category: Those having $38.5 million or 
less in annual receipts.\48\ Census data for 2007 shows that 2,926 
firms in this category operated in that year.\49\ Of this number, 2,877 
firms had annual receipts of less than $25,000,000, and 49 firms had 
annual receipts of $25,000,000 or more.\50\ Because the Census has no 
additional classifications that could serve as a basis for determining 
the number of stations whose receipts exceeded $38.5 million in that 
year, we conclude that the majority of television broadcast stations 
were small under the applicable SBA size standard.
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    \47\ U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 NAICS Definitions, ``515112 Radio 
Stations,'' at http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch. 
This category description continues, ``Programming may originate in 
their own studio, from an affiliated network, or from external 
sources.''
    \48\ 13 CFR 121.201; NAICS code 515112.
    \49\ U.S. Census Bureau, Table No. EC0751SSSZ4, Information: 
Subject Series--Establishment and Firm Size: Receipts Size of Firms 
for the United States: 2007 (515112), http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2007_US_51SSSZ4&prodType=table.
    \50\ Id.
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    30. Apart from the U.S. Census, the Commission has estimated the 
number of licensed commercial AM radio stations to be 4,553 stations 
and the number of commercial FM radio stations to be 6,622, for a total 
number of 11,175.\51\ Of this total, 9,898 stations (or about 90 
percent) had revenues of $38.5 million or less, according to Commission 
staff review of the BIA Kelsey Inc. Media Access Pro Television 
Database (BIA) on October 23, 2014. In addition, the Commission has 
estimated the number of licensed noncommercial educational (``NCE'') AM 
radio stations to be 168 stations and the number of noncommercial 
educational FM radio stations to be 4,082, for a total of 4,250.\52\ 
NCE stations are non-profit, and therefore considered to be small 
entities.\53\ Therefore, we estimate that the majority of radio 
broadcast stations are small entities.
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    \51\ See Broadcast Station Totals as of June 30, 2014, Press 
Release (MB rel. July 9, 2014) (Broadcast Station Totals) at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-328096A1.pdf. This 
document only indicates the total number of AM stations as 4,721. 
The breakdown between licensed AM commercial and noncommercial 
stations was obtained from Staff review of the Consolidated Database 
System (CDBS). See http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/cdbs_pa.htm.
    \52\ See Broadcast Station Totals, supra.
    \53\ See generally 5 U.S.C. 601(4), (6).
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    31. Low Power FM Stations. The same SBA definition that applies to 
radio stations would apply to low power FM stations. As noted above, 
the SBA has created the following small business size standard for this 
category: Those having $38.5 million or less in annual receipts.\54\ 
The Commission has estimated the number of licensed low power FM 
stations to be 814.\55\ Given the nature of these services, we will 
presume that these licensees qualify as small entities under the SBA 
definition.
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    \54\ See 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS Code 515112.
    \55\ See News Release, ``Broadcast Station Totals as of June 30, 
2012'' (rel. Jul. 19, 2012) (http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-304594A1315231A1.pdf).
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    32. We note again, however, that in assessing whether a business 
concern qualifies as ``small'' under the above definition, business 
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we do not include or aggregate revenues from affiliated companies in 
determining whether an entity meets the applicable revenue threshold, 
our estimate of the number of small radio broadcast stations affected 
is likely overstated. In addition, as noted above, one element of the 
definition of ``small business'' is that an entity not be dominant in 
its field of operation. We are unable at this time to define or 
quantify the criteria that would establish whether a specific radio 
broadcast station is dominant in its field of operation. Accordingly, 
our estimate of small radio stations potentially affected by the 
proposed rules includes those that could be dominant in their field of 
operation. For this reason, such estimate likely is over-inclusive.
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    \56\ ``[Business concerns] are affiliates of each other when one 
concern controls or has the power to control the other or a third 
party or parties controls or has the power to control both.'' 13 CFR 
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4. Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other 
Compliance Requirements for Small Entities
    33. In this section, we identify the reporting, recordkeeping, and 
other compliance requirements for small entities that the Commission 
adopts in the Order.
    34. Reporting Requirements. The Order does not adopt reporting 
requirements.
    35. Recordkeeping Requirements. The Order adopts certain 
recordkeeping requirements that apply to broadcast entities, including 
small broadcast entities, that choose to disclose material contest 
terms by posting such terms on an Internet Web site. In particular, the 
Order requires such entities:
     to broadcast the relevant Web site address periodically 
with information sufficient for a consumer to easily find material 
contest terms online;
     to establish a link or tab to material contest terms on 
the Web site's home page;
     to maintain contest terms online for a period of at least 
thirty days after the contest has ended;
     in cases where such entities change the material terms of 
a contest after the contest is first announced, to announce on air that 
the contest rules have changed and direct participants to the Web site 
to review the changes, and to make such announcements on air within 24 
hours of the change on the Web site and periodically thereafter; and
     to ensure that any material terms disclosed on a Web site 
conform in all substantive respects to those mentioned over the air.
    36. Other Compliance Requirements. The Order does not adopt other 
compliance requirements.
    37. Based on the record, we cannot estimate with precision the 
impact of the rules adopted in the Order on small entities. However, 
the rule revisions will afford all licensees, including small 
broadcasters, greater flexibility in their manner of compliance with 
the Contest Rule. In addition, we note that some of the rule revisions 
were derived from the Petition for Rulemaking in this proceeding, which 
was unopposed and supported by all commenters, including small 
broadcasters. Thus, we find it reasonable to conclude that any costs or 
burdens on small entities resulting from the requirements will be 
outweighed by the benefits.
5. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Economic Impact on Small 
Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered
    38. The RFA requires an agency to describe any significant, 
specifically small business, alternatives that it has considered in 
reaching its proposed approach, which may include the following four 
alternatives (among others): (1) The establishment of differing 
compliance or reporting requirements or timetables that take into 
account the resources available to small entities; (2) the 
clarification, consolidation, or simplification of compliance and 
reporting requirements under the rule for such small entities; (3) the 
use of performance, rather than design, standards; and (4) an exemption 
from coverage of the rule, or any part thereof, for small entities.\57\
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    \57\ 5 U.S.C. 603(c)(1)-(c)(4).
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    39. The accompanying Order amends Section 73.1216 of the 
Commission's rules by allowing all licensees, including small 
broadcasters, to meet their obligation to disclose material contest 
terms either through broadcast announcements or by making such terms 
available in writing on a publicly accessible Internet Web site. This 
revision to the rule is intended to give broadcasters greater 
flexibility in the manner by which they satisfy their obligation to 
disclose material contest terms, while ensuring adequate notice of such 
terms to the public. Whereas under the current rule, licensees must 
expend time and resources developing broadcast messages that adequately 
disclose important contest information, under the revised rule, 
licensees will have the option to disclose such information through the 
Internet. Permitting disclosure through this additional method likely 
is less costly and administratively burdensome for licensees, including 
small entities. One commenter has estimated, for example, that as much 
as two hours that are presently devoted by licensees to the production 
of contest-related broadcast spots will be spared. Moreover, the air 
time that is likely to be freed up as a result of more abbreviated 
contest-related announcements could be used for non-contest-related 
programming. As noted above, the Petition for Rulemaking in this 
proceeding was uniformly supported by commenting parties, including 
small entities. Thus, we expect that the rule revisions adopted in the 
Order will benefit small broadcast entities.

B. Report to Congress

    40. The Commission will send a copy of this Order to Congress and 
the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional 
Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

    41. This document contains new or modified information collection 
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The 
requirements will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review under Section 3507(d) of the PRA. OMB, the general 
public, and other Federal agencies will be invited to comment on the 
new or modified information collection requirements contained in this 
proceeding. In addition, we note that pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, we previously sought specific comment on 
how the Commission might further reduce the information collection 
burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.

V. Ordering Clauses

    42. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to the authority 
contained in Sections 4(i), 4(j) and 303 of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), and 303, this Report and 
Order IS ADOPTED, and shall become effective upon announcement in the 
Federal Register of OMB approval and an effective date of the rules 
adopted therein.
    43. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to the authority found in 
Sections 4(i), 4(j) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), and 303, the Commission's rules ARE 
HEREBY AMENDED as set forth in Appendix B.
    44. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commission's Consumer and

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Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, SHALL SEND a 
copy of this Report and Order, including the Final Regulatory 
Flexibility Act Analysis, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 
Small Business Administration.
    45. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Commission SHALL SEND a copy of 
this Report and Order in a report to be sent to Congress and the 
Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review 
Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Advertising, Consumer protection, Fraud, Television broadcasters.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.

Final Rules

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE

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1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336, and 339.

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2. Revise Sec.  73.1216 to read as follows:


Sec.  73.1216  Licensee-conducted contests.

    (a) A licensee that broadcasts or advertises information about a 
contest it conducts shall fully and accurately disclose the material 
terms of the contest, and shall conduct the contest substantially as 
announced or advertised over the air or on the Internet. No contest 
description shall be false, misleading or deceptive with respect to any 
material term.
    (b) The disclosure of material terms shall be made by the station 
conducting the contest by either:
    (1) Periodic disclosures broadcast on the station; or
    (2) Written disclosures on the station's Internet Web site, the 
licensee's Web site, or if neither the individual station nor the 
licensee has its own Web site, any Internet Web site that is publicly 
accessible.
    (c) In the case of disclosure under paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section, a reasonable number of periodic broadcast disclosures is 
sufficient. In the case of disclosure under paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section, the station shall:
    (1) Establish a conspicuous link or tab to material contest terms 
on the home page of the Internet Web site;
    (2) Announce over the air periodically the availability of material 
contest terms on the Web site and identify the Web site address where 
the terms are posted with information sufficient for a consumer to find 
such terms easily; and
    (3) Maintain material contest terms on the Web site for at least 
thirty days after the contest has concluded. Any changes to the 
material terms during the course of the contest must be fully disclosed 
on air within 24 hours of the change on the Web site and periodically 
thereafter or the fact that such changes have been made must be 
announced on air within 24 hours of the change, and periodically 
thereafter, and such announcements must direct participants to the 
written disclosures on the Web site. Material contest terms that are 
disclosed on an Internet Web site must be consistent in all substantive 
respects with those mentioned over the air.
    Note 1 to Sec.  73.1216: For the purposes of this section:
    (a) A contest is a scheme in which a prize is offered or awarded, 
based upon chance, diligence, knowledge or skill, to members of the 
public.
    (b) Material terms include those factors which define the operation 
of the contest and which affect participation therein. Although the 
material terms may vary widely depending upon the exact nature of the 
contest, they will generally include: How to enter or participate; 
eligibility restrictions; entry deadline dates; whether prizes can be 
won; when prizes can be won; the extent, nature and value of prizes; 
basis for valuation of prizes; time and means of selection of winners; 
and/or tie-breaking procedures.
    Note 2 to Sec.  73.1216: In general, the time and manner of 
disclosure of the material terms of a contest are within the licensee's 
discretion. However, the obligation to disclose the material terms 
arises at the time the audience is first told how to enter or 
participate and continues thereafter.
    Note 3 to Sec.  73.1216: This section is not applicable to 
licensee-conducted contests not broadcast or advertised to the general 
public or to a substantial segment thereof, to contests in which the 
general public is not requested or permitted to participate, to the 
commercial advertisement of non-licensee-conducted contests, or to a 
contest conducted by a non-broadcast division of the licensee or by a 
non-broadcast company related to the licensee.

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