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47 CFR Part 1





Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2019; 
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[MD Docket Nos. 19-105; FCC 19-37]


Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2019

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) proposes to revise its Schedule of Regulatory Fees to 
recover an amount of $339,000,000 that Congress has required the 
Commission to collect for fiscal year 2019.

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 7, 2019; and reply comments on 
or before June 24, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by MD Docket No. 19-105, 
by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Federal Communications Commission's website: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request 
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language 
interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: [email protected] or phone: 202-418-
0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432.
    For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional 
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), MD Docket No. 19-105, FCC 19-37, adopted 
on May 7, 2019 and released on May 8, 2019. The full text of this 
document is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street SW, Room CY-A257, 
Portals II, Washington, DC 20554. This document is available in 
alternative formats (computer diskette, large print, audio record, and 
Braille). Persons with disabilities who need documents in these formats 
may contact the FCC by email: [email protected] or phone: 202-418-0530 or 
TTY: 202-418-0432.

I. Procedural Matters

A. Ex Parte Information

    1. This proceeding shall be treated as a ``permit-but-disclose'' 
proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules.\1\ 
Persons making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any written 
presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within 
two business days after the presentation (unless a different deadline 
applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons making oral ex 
parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the 
presentation must (1) list all persons attending or otherwise 
participating in the meeting at which the ex parte presentation was 
made, and (2) summarize all data presented and arguments made during 
the presentation. If the presentation consisted in whole or in part of 
the presentation of data or arguments already reflected in the 
presenter's written comments, memoranda, or other filings in the 
proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such data or 
arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other filings 
(specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where such data 
or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the 
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex 
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must 
be filed consistent with Sec.  1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules. In 
proceedings governed by Sec.  1.49(f) of the Commission's rules or for 
which the Commission has made available a method of electronic filing, 
written ex parte presentations and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte 
presentations, and all attachments thereto, must be filed through the 
electronic comment filing system available for that proceeding, and 
must be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc, .xml, .ppt, 
searchable .pdf). Participants in this proceeding should familiarize 
themselves with the Commission's ex parte rules.
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B. Filing Instructions

    2. Pursuant to Sec. Sec.  1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's 
rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and 
reply comments on or before the dates indicated on the first page of 
this document. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic 
Comment Filing System (ECFS). See Electronic Filing of Documents in 
Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121 (1998).
     Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the internet by accessing the ECFS: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
     Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must 
file an original and one copy of each filing. If more than one docket 
or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers 
must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or 
rulemaking number.
    Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial 
overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service 
mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, 
Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
     All hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings 
for the Commission's Secretary must be delivered to FCC Headquarters at 
445 12th St. SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. The filing hours 
are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together 
with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be 
disposed of before entering the building.
     Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service 
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to FCC, 9050 Junction 
Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701.
     U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority 
mail must be addressed to 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554.
    3. 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 & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432 (tty).

C. Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    4. An initial regulatory flexibility analysis (IRFA) is contained 
in this summary. Comments to the IRFA must be identified as responses 
to the IRFA and filed by the deadlines for comments on the Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking. The Commission will send a copy of the Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, including the IRFA, to the Chief Counsel for 
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration.

D. Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis

    5. This document does not contain new or modified information 
collection requirements subject to the Paperwork

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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).

II. Introduction

    6. In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), we seek comment on 
the Commission's proposed regulatory fees for fiscal year (FY) 2019. 
Specifically, we propose to collect $339,000,000 in regulatory fees for 
FY 2019,\2\ pursuant to sections 9 and 9A of the Communications Act of 
1934, as amended (Act or Communications Act), and the Commission's FY 
2019 Appropriation.\3\ The proposed regulatory fee schedule for FY 2019 
is set forth in Tables 2 and 3. For comparison purposes, the FY 2018 
regulatory fee rates are listed in Table 7. In this NPRM, we also seek 
comment on modifications to the Commission's regulatory fee authority 
under the RAY BAUM'S Act of 2018.
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    \2\ Fiscal year 2019 started on October 1, 2018.
    \3\ 47 U.S.C. 159. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, Public 
Law Number 116-6, Division D--Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2019, Title V--Independent Agencies 
(2019) (FY 2019 Appropriation).
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III. Background

    7. In 2018, as part of the RAY BAUM'S Act, Congress revised the 
Commission's regulatory fee authority by modifying section 9 and adding 
section 9A to the Communications Act.\4\ In making such changes, 
Congress deleted outdated language from the statute, removed the now 
obsolete statutory schedule of regulatory fees originally adopted in 
1993,\5\ redirected the Commission on how to update regulatory fees, 
and revised and reformatted other provisions of the statute.\6\ 
Congress directed the Commission to complete a regulatory fee 
rulemaking under the modified statute by October 2019.\7\
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    \4\ Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, Division P--RAY 
BAUM'S Act of 2018, Title I, FCC Reauthorization, Public Law Number 
115-141, section 102, 132 Stat. 348, 1082-86 (2018) (codified at 47 
U.S.C. 159, 159A). Congress provided an effective date of October 1, 
2018 for such changes.
    \5\ As explained below, the Commission annually conducts a 
rulemaking proceeding to update the schedule of regulatory fees--
adding, deleting, and adjusting fee categories and fee rates 
pursuant to guidance provided in section 9. Thus, the schedule found 
in prior section 9 represents the initial baseline schedule of 
regulatory fee categories and rates.
    \6\ The changes are discussed in detail below. Table 8 contains 
the full text of section 9 before and after the effective date of 
the RAY BAUM'S Act modifications.
    \7\ See section 102(e)(1) of the RAY BAUM'S Act of 2018 (``Not 
later than 1 year after the effective date described in section 103 
of this title, the Commission shall complete a rulemaking proceeding 
under subsection (d) of section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, 
as amended by subsection (b) of this section.''). Congress also 
provided that the Commission should file a progress report with 
Congress. See uncodified provision of section 102(e)(2) of the RAY 
BAUM'S Act of 2018 (``If the Commission has not completed the 
rulemaking proceeding required by paragraph (1) by the date that is 
6 months after the effective date described in section 103 of this 
title, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on the 
progress of such rulemaking proceeding.'').
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    8. Congress established the Commission's regulatory fee authority 
in 1993 when Congress adopted a statutory schedule of regulatory fees 
and charged the Commission with updating and amending the schedule 
pursuant to statutory guidance on an annual basis.\8\ The Commission 
discharged its statutory obligation by (1) adopting regulatory fee 
rules \9\ and descriptions of each fee category listed in the statute 
\10\ and (2) annually making adjustments to the fee schedule through a 
notice and comment rulemaking proceeding.\11\ Such annual reviews of 
the fee schedule proposed revisions to the schedule to reflect changes 
in the amount of the Commission's appropriation and other changes based 
upon the criteria included in section 9 of the Communications Act.
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    \8\ Section 6002(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1993 (hereinafter, ``1993 Budget Act''). See Public Law Number 103-
66, Title VI, 6002(a), 107 Stat. 397 (approved August 10, 1993). 
Congress made subsequent minor amendments to the schedule.
    \9\ Currently codified in 47 CFR 1.1152-1.1156.
    \10\ Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 
Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for the 1994 Fiscal 
Year, Report and Order, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5344 and Appendix B (1994), 
recon. denied, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995) (1994 Report and Order) 
(providing the full descriptions of the fee categories).
    \11\ For a summary of recent changes and improvements to the 
regulatory fee schedule, see Assessment and Collection of Regulatory 
Fees for Fiscal Year 2018, Report and Order and Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 33 FCC 5091, 5093-94, paragraph 5 (2018) (FY 2018 NPRM).
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    9. Since 1993, the Commission has made numerous changes to the 
schedule. In making such changes, the Commission used the statutory 
criterion that the fee reflect the benefits provided to the payor of 
the fee and factors reasonably related to that criterion. For example, 
in the FY 2013 Report and Order, the Commission updated the full-time 
equivalents (FTE) \12\ allocations to more accurately reflect the 
number of FTEs working on regulation and oversight of regulatees in the 
fee categories.\13\ The Commission has since updated the FTE 
allocations annually. Other recent examples include the FY 2015 NPRM, 
where the Commission adopted a regulatory fee category for Direct 
Broadcast Satellite (DBS), as a subcategory of the cable television and 
IPTV fee category.\14\ In explaining the change, the Commission 
described both the change in the service and the Commission's 
regulation thereof in the decades since adoption of the original fee 
schedule and how DBS providers benefited from the work of Media Bureau 
FTEs on multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).\15\ And in 
the FY 2016 Report and Order, the Commission adjusted regulatory fees 
for radio and television broadcasters, based on the type and class of 
service and on the population served.\16\ The Commission has also made 
other improvements to its regulatory fee analysis as part of its annual 
review. For example, in the FY 2017 Report and Order, the Commission 
included non-common carrier terrestrial international bearer circuits 
in the regulatory fee methodology and increased the de minimis 
threshold to $1,000 for annual regulatory fee payors.\17\
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    \12\ One FTE, a ``Full Time Equivalent'' or ``Full Time 
Employee,'' is a unit of measure equal to the work performed 
annually by a full-time person (working a 40 hour workweek for a 
full year) assigned to the particular job, and subject to agency 
personnel staffing limitations established by the U.S. Office of 
Management and Budget.
    \13\ Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2013, Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd 12351, 12354-58, paragraphs 
10-20 (2013) (FY 2013 Report and Order).
    \14\ Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2015, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Report and Order, and 
Order, 30 FCC Rcd 5354, 5364-5373, paragraphs 28-41 (2015) (FY 2015 
NPRM).
    \15\ The Commission stated ``[s]ince DBS providers generally 
benefit from the regulatory activities of the Media Bureau, much 
like cable operators and IPTV providers, the Commission can 
attribute Media Bureau FTEs to DBS providers and require them to pay 
Media Bureau regulatory fees.'' FY 2015 NPRM, 30 FCC at 5370, 
paragraph 35. MVPD is defined in section 602(13) of the Act, 47 
U.S.C. 522(13).
    \16\ Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2016, Report and Order, 31 FCC Rcd 10339, 10350-51, paragraphs 
31-33 (2016) (FY 2016 Report and Order).
    \17\ Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2017, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 32 FCC Rcd 7057, 7071-74, paragraphs 34-35, 38-42 (2017) 
(FY 2017 Report and Order).
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IV. Discussion

    10. In this NPRM, we (1) explain and seek comment on the RAY BAUM'S 
Act modifications to the Commission's regulatory fee authority; (2) 
propose and seek comment on a schedule, as set forth in Tables 2 and 3, 
of FY 2019 regulatory fees, which are due in September 2019; and (3) 
propose and seek comment on granular aspects of the regulatory fee 
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providers, full-power broadcast television, and international bearer 
circuits. Finally, we reaffirm and restate certain rules that are 
fundamental to the enforcement and collection aspects of the 
Commission's regulatory fee regime.

A. RAY BAUM'S Act Modifications to the Commission's Regulatory Fee 
Authority

    11. Although aspects of section 9 of the Communications Act have 
been modified by the RAY BAUM'S Act, the Commission's core 
responsibilities under the statute remain unchanged. The Commission 
remains charged with ensuring that regulatory fees will result in 
collections of amounts that can reasonably be expected to equal amounts 
appropriated by Congress for each fiscal year.\18\
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    \18\ 47 U.S.C. 159(a) (``shall assess and collect regulatory 
fees''), 159(b) (``Commission shall assess and collect regulatory 
fees at such rates as the Commission shall establish in a schedule 
of regulatory fees that will result in the collection, in each 
fiscal year, of an amount that can reasonably be expected to equal 
the amounts described in subsection (a) with respect to such fiscal 
year.''). See also 47 U.S.C. 156(b).
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    12. In the RAY BAUM'S Act modifications, Congress deleted the 
obsolete schedule of regulatory fees codified in the former section 
9(g) of the Act \19\ and directed the Commission to establish a new 
schedule of regulatory fees and to provide annual updates 
thereafter.\20\ In plain terms, Congress directed the Commission to 
establish a new schedule of regulatory fees by amending ``the schedule 
of regulatory fees established under this section if the Commission 
determines that the schedule requires amendment so that such fees 
reflect the full-time equivalent number of employees within the bureaus 
and offices of the Commission, adjusted to take into account factors 
that are reasonably related to the benefits provided to the payor of 
the fee by the Commission's activities.'' \21\ Each year thereafter, 
the Commission is required to adjust the schedule of regulatory fees 
established under this section to ``(A) reflect unexpected increases or 
decreases in the number of units subject to the payment of such fees; 
and (B) result in the collection of the amount required'' by the 
Commission's annual appropriation.\22\ In such annual regulatory fee 
adjustments, the Commission may make further amendments to the schedule 
if the Commission determines that the statutory criteria are satisfied.
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    \19\ Although the Commission adopts a new schedule of regulatory 
fees each fiscal year in the Commission's rules, the initial 
(obsolete) schedule remained in former section 9(g) of the Act.
    \20\ 47 U.S.C. 159(b) (requirement to establish a schedule); see 
supra n.7 (citing uncodified provision of section 102(e)(1) of the 
RAY BAUM'S Act of 2018, which directs the Commission to ``complete a 
rulemaking proceeding under subsection (d) of section 9 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended by subsection (b) of this 
section'').
    \21\ 47 U.S.C. 159(d). Such changes are referred to as 
amendments under section 9(d) in section 9A(a) referencing 
adjustments under section 9(d).
    \22\ 47 U.S.C. 159(c). Such changes are referred to as 
adjustments under section 9(c) in section 9A(a) referencing 
adjustments under section 9(c).
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    13. The scheme as articulated under the RAY BAUM'S Act is closely 
aligned to how the Commission implemented its authority under the prior 
version of section 9 of the Communications Act. Under both old and new 
versions of the statute, the Commission is charged with assessing and 
collecting regulatory fees that will result in collections of amounts 
that can reasonably be expected to equal amounts appropriated by 
Congress for each fiscal year.\23\ Again, under both old and new 
versions of the statute, regulatory fees are initially apportioned 
across fee categories based on the number of FTEs and adjusted ``to 
take into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits 
provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.'' \24\ 
Not surprisingly, the Commission's consideration of changes, additions, 
or deletions to its fee schedule since 1993 have been focused on the 
FTE burdens related to the regulatory fee category at issue. As 
exercised, the Commission's fee determinations have been carefully 
considered.\25\ Thus, in this NPRM we are proposing to hew closely to 
our prior annual process for adjusting and amending fee categories and 
the fee schedule. We seek comment on this proposal.
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    \23\ Compare prior section 9(a) with new sections 9(a) and (b).
    \24\ Compare prior section 9(b)(1)(A) with new section new 9(d).
    \25\ See supra paragraph 4 (summarizing several prior Commission 
regulatory fee orders making revisions to our methodology).
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    14. Certain language was, however, deleted from section 9 in the 
RAY BAUM'S Act. First, the prior statute identified three bureaus that 
have since been renamed.\26\ Second, the prior statute included a list 
of examples of factors relevant to the Commission's inquiry into 
benefits provided the payor of the fee; those examples were ``service 
area coverage, shared use versus exclusive use, and other factors that 
the Commission determines are necessary in the public interest.'' \27\ 
Third, while both versions of the statute require the Commission to 
take into consideration in its annual review unexpected increases or 
decreases in the ``number of units'' subject to the payment of 
regulatory fees, the prior statute specifically mentioned 
licensees.\28\ Finally, under the prior version of section 9, in 
amending the schedule of regulatory fees, the Commission could take 
into consideration ``additions, deletions, or changes in the nature of 
its services as a consequence of Commission rulemaking proceedings or 
changes in law.'' \29\ The old version of the statute described the 
annual changes as either mandatory amendments \30\ or permitted 
amendments; \31\ under the RAY BAUM'S Act, the changes are described as 
adjustments \32\ or amendments.\33\ We seek comment on how these 
deletions and changes impact the Commission's responsibilities in 
assessing and collecting regulatory fees. Commenters should discuss any 
effect on the Commission's proposed regulatory fee methodology due to 
deletion of language or the reformulation of the requirements under 
section 9.\34\
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    \26\ The Private Radio Bureau, Mass Media Bureau, Common Carrier 
Bureau.
    \27\ See prior section 9(b)(1)(A).
    \28\ Compare prior section 9(b)(2) ``be adjusted to reflect . . 
. unexpected increases or decreases in the number of licensees or 
units'' with new section 9(c)(1)(A) ``reflect unexpected increases 
or decreases in the number of units subject to the payment of such 
fees. . . .''
    \29\ See prior section 9(b)(3).
    \30\ See prior section 9(b)(2) entitled ``Mandatory Adjustment 
of Schedule.'' These adjustments occurred if the Commission 
determined ``that the Schedule requires amendment to comply with the 
requirements'' of prior section 9(b)(1)(A).
    \31\ See prior section 9(b)(3) entitled ``Permitted 
Amendments.''
    \32\ 47 U.S.C. 159(c) Adjustment of Schedule.
    \33\ 47 U.S.C. 159(d) Amendments to Schedule.
    \34\ The Commission has stated that three overarching goals for 
assessing regulatory fees are fairness, administrability, and 
sustainability. See Procedures for Assessment and Collection of 
Regulatory Fees, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 27 FCC Rcd 8458, 
8464-65, paragraphs 14-16 (2012) (FY 2012 NPRM). Commenters should 
discuss whether these three goals are still applicable under the new 
sections 9 and 9A in the RAY BAUM'S Act. The concept of 
administrability would include the difficulty in collecting 
regulatory fees under a system that could have unpredictable 
dramatic shifts in assessed fees in certain categories from year to 
year.
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    15. We remind commenters of certain unvarying aspects of the 
Commission's assessment and collection of regulatory fees that they 
should take into consideration when making comments on our proposals. 
Regulatory fees, mandated by Congress, are collected to recover the 
Commission's costs ``to the extent, and in the total amounts, provided 
for in Appropriation Acts.'' \35\ Thus, the Commission has no 
discretion regarding the total amount to be collected in any given 
fiscal year. Regulatory fees are to reflect ``the full-time equivalent 
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within the bureaus and offices of the Commission, adjusted to take into 
account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits provided to 
the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.'' \36\ Thus the 
calculation and allocation of FTEs across regulatory fee categories is, 
by statute, at the heart of the Commission's methodology in calculating 
regulatory fees. Regulatory fees recover the Commission's direct 
costs--that is, costs attributable to a specific regulatory activity 
(e.g., the salaries and benefits of Commission employees that work on 
the oversight and regulation of local exchange carriers). Regulatory 
fees also recover indirect costs, i.e., common costs that are not 
attributable to a specific regulatory activity. These costs are for 
general overhead, administration, and support, such as rent, utilities, 
salaries, and benefits of information technology and other employees 
whose work supports the core bureaus, and general-purpose 
equipment.\37\ Regulatory fees also cover the costs incurred in 
regulating entities that are statutorily exempt from paying regulatory 
fees \38\ and entities whose regulatory fees are waived.\39\ We also 
remind commenters that FTE time devoted to developing and implementing 
the Commission's spectrum auctions is not included in the calculation 
of regulatory fees and is not offset by the collection of regulatory 
fees. Instead, such FTE time is offset by the auction proceeds that the 
Commission is permitted to retain pursuant to section 309(j)(8)(B) \40\ 
of the Communications Act and the Commission's annual 
appropriation.\41\
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    \35\ 47 U.S.C. 159(a).
    \36\ 47 U.S.C. 159(d).
    \37\ Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2004, Report and Order, 19 FCC Rcd 11662, 11666, paragraph 11 
(2004) (FY 2004 Report and Order). As the Commission explained, 
adjustments to the fee schedule due to increases or decreases in the 
amount of units or licensees may not implicate costs. FY 2004 Report 
and Order, 19 FCC Rcd at 11666, paragraph 9. Further, an attempt to 
adjust fees to mirror costs would be unworkable because any 
reduction in one category must be counterbalanced by increases in 
other categories. Id., 19 FCC Rcd at 11666, paragraph 10.
    \38\ For example, governmental and nonprofit entities, amateur 
radio operators, and noncommercial radio and television stations are 
exempt from regulatory fees under section 9(e)(1). 47 U.S.C. 
159(e)(1); 47 CFR 1.1162.
    \39\ 47 CFR 1.1166.
    \40\ 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B) (providing that ``the salaries and 
expenses account of the Commission shall retain as an offsetting 
collection such sums as may be necessary from such proceeds for the 
costs of developing and implementing the program required by this 
subsection.'')
    \41\ See, e.g., FY 2019 Appropriation (``proceeds from the use 
of a competitive bidding system that may be retained and made 
available for obligation shall not exceed $130,284,000 for fiscal 
year 2019'').
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B. Allocating FTEs Across Categories for FY 2019

    16. Applying the section 9 requirements to calculate regulatory 
fees, we propose to allocate the total collection target across all 
regulatory fee categories. We propose that for FY 2019 the allocation 
of fees to fee categories will be based on the Commission's calculation 
of FTEs in each regulatory fee category. Our proposed methodology is 
generally consistent with that employed in FY 2018. As a general 
matter, we reasonably expect that the work of the FTEs in the four 
``core'' bureaus (i.e., Wireline Competition Bureau, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, International Bureau, and Media Bureau) \42\ 
will remain focused on the industry segment regulated by each of those 
bureaus. The work of the FTEs in the indirect bureaus and offices 
benefits the Commission and the telecommunications industry and is not 
specifically focused on the regulatees and licensees of a core bureau. 
The total FTEs for each fee category includes the direct FTEs 
associated with that category, plus a proportional allocation of 
indirect FTEs.\43\
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    \42\ The phrase ``core'' bureaus was first adopted in the FY 
2012 NPRM where the Commission explained that under (prior) section 
9(b)(1)(A), the Commission was instructed to calculate the 
regulatory fees by determining the FTEs performing the activities 
enumerated in section 9(a)(1) within the Private Radio Bureau, Mass 
Media Bureau, and Common Carrier Bureau, and other offices of the 
Commission, and those bureaus had subsequently been renamed as the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Media Bureau, and Wireline 
Competition Bureau, and a new International Bureau had been formed. 
FY 2012 NPRM, 27 FCC Rcd at 8460, paragraph 5 & n.5. The Commission 
explained that ``[f]or simplicity and ease of reference, in this 
Notice we will refer to these four bureaus as the `core' bureaus or 
the `core licensing' bureaus.'' Id.
    \43\ The Commission observed in the FY 2013 Report and Order 
that ``the high percentage of the indirect FTEs is indicative of the 
fact that many Commission activities and costs are not limited to a 
particular fee category and instead benefit the Commission as a 
whole.'' See FY 2013 Report and Order, 28 FCC Rcd at 12357, 
paragraph 17. The new Office of Economics and Analytics consists of 
indirect FTEs.
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    17. Historically, the Commission allocates the total amount to be 
collected among the various regulatory fee categories within each of 
the core bureaus. Each regulatee within a fee category then pays its 
proportionate share based on an objective measure of size (e.g., 
revenues or number of subscribers).\44\ We propose that non-auctions 
FTEs will be classified as ``direct'' if the employee is in one of the 
four core bureaus; otherwise, the FTEs will be classified as 
``indirect.'' \45\ We propose that each regulatee within a fee category 
pays its proportionate share based on an objective measure (e.g., 
revenues or number of subscribers). Our proposed calculations are 
illustrated in Table 1. The sources for the unit estimates that are 
used in these calculations are listed in Table 4.
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    \44\ See FY 2012 NPRM, 27 FCC Rcd at 8461-62, paragraphs 8-11.
    \45\ The indirect FTEs are the non-auctions employees from the 
following bureaus and offices: Enforcement Bureau, Consumer & 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau, part of the International Bureau, part of the Wireline 
Competition Bureau, Chairman and Commissioners' offices, Office of 
the Managing Director, Office of General Counsel, Office of the 
Inspector General, Office of Communications Business Opportunities, 
Office of Engineering and Technology, Office of Legislative Affairs, 
Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, Office of 
Workplace Diversity, Office of Media Relations, Office of Economics 
and Analytics, and Office of Administrative Law Judges.
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    18. We propose to allocate the total amount to be collected among 
the regulatory fee categories within each of the core bureaus and base 
the FY 2019 FTE allocations on a percentage that proportionally 
reflects the changes in FTEs in the core bureaus over the course of FY 
2019.\46\ We project approximately $25.39 million (7.49% of the total 
FTE allocation) in fees from International Bureau regulatees; $85.15 
million (25.12% of the total FTE allocation) in fees from Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau regulatees; $106.64 million (31.46% of the 
total FTE allocation) from Wireline Competition Bureau regulatees; and 
$121.82 million (35.93% of the total FTE allocation) from Media Bureau 
regulatees. We seek comment on our calculation for the FY 2019 FTEs.
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    \46\ In the past, we have based the FTE count in the core 
bureaus on the number of FTEs in the beginning of the fiscal year. 
The Commission took two actions during FY 2019 that significantly 
impacted the numbers of FTEs in the core bureaus. First, staff 
reassignments to the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) were 
formally effective on December 11, 2018. See Establishment of the 
Office of Economics and Analytics, Order, 33 FCC Rcd 1539 (2018); 
FCC Opens Office Of Economics And Analytics, Federal Communications 
Commission News Release, December 11, 2018, https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-opens-office-economics-and-analytics. The creation of 
OEA resulted in the reassignment of 95 FTEs (of which 64 were not 
auctions-funded) to the new OEA as indirect FTEs. Second, staff 
reassignments for Equal Employment Opportunity enforcement moved 
seven FTEs from the Media Bureau to the Enforcement Bureau effective 
March 15, 2019. See Transfer of EEO Audit and Enforcement 
Responsibilities to Enforcement Bureau, Public Notice, DA 19-186 
(released Mar. 15, 2019). Our calculation accounts for (1) the 
direct FTEs in the four core bureaus prior to the formation of OEA, 
(2) the direct FTEs in the four core bureaus following the formation 
of OEA, and (3) the direct FTEs in the four core bureaus following 
the reorganization that moved seven FTEs from the Media Bureau to 
the Enforcement Bureau, and thus from direct to indirect, on March 
15, 2019.
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    19. The above allocations across the core bureaus are further 
allocated across the regulatory fee categories within each core bureau 
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mechanism for calculating them can be viewed in Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, and 
5. Presented as a percentage of each bureau's allocation, our FY 2019 
regulatory fee proposals can be viewed as follows: The International 
Bureau regulatory fees allocated across International Bureau services: 
Bearer Circuits (3.76%), Submarine Cable (24.85%), GSO Space Stations 
(61.61%), NGSO Space Stations (4.27%), and Earth Stations (5.51%); the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regulatory fees allocated across 
Wireless services: CMRS (Cell and Messaging) (87.67%), BRS/LMDS 
(1.14%), and Multi-Year Wireless regulatory fees (11.19%); the Wireline 
Competition Bureau regulatory fees allocated across Wireline services: 
ITSP as 100% with the Toll Free Number regulatory fee subcategory as 12 
cents per toll free number (which can be viewed as 3.71% of the total 
Wireline Competitive Bureau allocation this year); and the Media Bureau 
regulatory fees allocated across media services: Broadcast Radio 
Station fees (24.52%), Television (20.48%), and Cable TV Systems 
(including IPTV) and DBS (55%).
    20. The Commission first provided full descriptions of the 
regulatory fee categories in the 1994 Report and Order.\47\ These 
categories have changed over time through rulemaking and Table 6 
contains an enumeration of the regulatory fee categories the Commission 
used to assess regulatory fees for FY 2018. We propose to use the same 
categories for FY 2019 and seek comment on each fee category in Table 
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C. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Regulatory Fees

    21. DBS service is a nationally distributed subscription service 
that delivers video and audio programming via satellite to a small 
parabolic dish antenna at the subscriber's location. The two DBS 
providers, AT&T and DISH Network, are MVPDs.\48\ The Media Bureau 
oversees the regulation of MVPDs, i.e., regulated companies that make 
available for purchase, by subscribers or customers, multiple channels 
of video programming. The Media Bureau relies on a common pool of FTEs 
to carry out its oversight of MVPDs and other video distribution 
providers.\49\ These responsibilities include market modifications, 
local-into-local, must-carry and retransmission consent disputes, 
program carriage and program access complaints, over-the-air reception 
device declaratory rulings and waivers, media rule modernization, media 
ownership, and proposed transactions.\50\
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    \48\ MVPD is defined in section 602(13) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 
522(13).
    \49\ Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2018, Report and Order and Order, 33 FCC Rcd 8497, 8944, 
paragraph 8 (2018) (FY 2018 Report and Order).
    \50\ FY 2018 Report and Order, 33 FCC Rcd at 8944-8500, 
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    22. For Media Bureau activities in FY 2019, the Commission must 
collect $67.02 million in regulatory fees from cable TV systems, IPTV 
providers, and DBS operators. Based on our prior regulatory fee 
decisions, the Commission proposes to assess cable TV systems and IPTV 
providers at the same rate for regulatory fee purposes--with the total 
fee due being based on subscribership. The Commission has previously 
taken a different approach when it adopted Media Bureau-based 
regulatory fees on DBS operators. Specifically, in FY 2015, the 
Commission decided to phase in the new Media Bureau-based regulatory 
fee for DBS, starting at 12 cents per subscriber per year, as a 
subcategory in the cable television and IPTV category.\51\ At the same 
time, the Commission committed to updating the regulatory fee rate in 
future years ``as necessary for ensuring an appropriate level of 
regulatory parity and considering the resources dedicated to this new 
regulatory fee subcategory.'' \52\ Accordingly, the Commission 
increased the regulatory fee for DBS operators to 24 cents and then 36 
cents per subscriber per year, with the regulatory fees paid by DBS 
operators reducing those paid by other MVPDs.\53\ For FY 2018, the 
Commission continued the transition by increasing the DBS regulatory 
fee rate to 48 cents per subscriber per year.\54\ The Commission 
explained that the DBS regulatory fee is based on the significant 
number of Media Bureau FTEs that work on MVPD issues that include DBS, 
``not a particular number of FTEs focused solely on DBS'' or ``specific 
recent proceedings.'' \55\
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    \51\ Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2015, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 30 FCC Rcd 10268, 10277, paragraph 20 (2015) (FY 2015 
Report and Order).
    \52\ FY 2015 Report and Order, 30 FCC Rcd at 10277, paragraph 
20.
    \53\ FY 2017 Report and Order, 32 FCC Rcd at 7067, paragraph 20; 
FY 2016 Report and Order, 31 FCC Rcd at 10350, paragraph 30. In each 
of these years, the Commission also assessed a separate one-time fee 
on DBS operators on a per-subscriber basis to account for moving 
expenses.
    \54\ FY 2018 NPRM, 33 FCC Rcd at 5099, paragraph 19.
    \55\ FY 2018 Report and Order, 33 FCC Rcd at 8501, paragraph 11; 
FY 2017 Report and Order, 32 FCC Rcd at 7067-68, paragraphs 22-23; 
see also FY 2015 NPRM, 30 FCC Rcd at 5369, paragraph 33 (``We also 
reject the argument raised by DIRECTV and DISH that section 9 of the 
Act requires us to `show that DBS and cable occupy a comparable 
number of FTEs.' '').
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    23. The Commission previously concluded that the continued 
participation of DBS operators in Commission proceedings, and the use 
of a pool of Media Bureau FTEs to oversee MVPD issues, justifies 
increasing the DBS regulatory fee rate.\56\ We seek comment on whether 
Media Bureau resources working on MVPD proceedings, including DBS, 
support continuing to phase in the DBS regulatory fee rate to bring it 
closer to the cable television/IPTV rate, which, for FY 2019, is 
proposed to be 86 cents per subscriber, per year. We recognize that DBS 
is not identical to cable television and IPTV; however, services that 
are not technologically identical nevertheless can warrant placement in 
the same regulatory fee category, e.g., the ITSP category includes a 
range of carriers that are not regulated identically.\57\ Cable 
television, IPTV, and DBS all receive oversight and regulation by Media 
Bureau FTEs working on MVPD issues.\58\
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    \56\ FY 2018 Report and Order, 33 FCC Rcd at 8501, paragraph 11.
    \57\ ITSP, regulated by the Wireline Competition Bureau, 
includes interexchange carriers (IXCs), incumbent local exchange 
carriers (LECs), toll resellers, Voice over Internet Providers 
(VoIP), and other service providers, all of which involve different 
degrees of regulatory oversight.
    \58\ As the Commission observed in the FY 2018 Report and Order, 
``Although a common pool of FTEs work on MVPD and related issues for 
DBS operators, IPTV providers, and cable TV systems, . . . we 
believe it is prudent to adopt our proposal to increase such rates 
by less than one cent per subscriber per month. . . .'' FY 2018 
Report and Order, 33 FCC Rcd at 8500, paragraph 10. The Commission 
has consistently observed that the Media Bureau FTEs work on the 
regulation and oversight of MVPDs, that includes DBS, cable 
television, and IPTV. See FY 2017 Report and Order, 32 FCC Rcd at 
7065, paragraph 19; FY 2016 Report and Order, 31 FCC Rcd at 10350, 
paragraph 30.
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    24. We propose to continue the phase in and set a DBS regulatory 
fee rate of 60 cents per subscriber per year, a 12-cent increase from 
the rate we used in FY 2018. In doing so, we invite comment concerning 
whether this continued ``phase in'' is still permissible under the RAY 
BAUM'S Act and whether this continued ``phase in'' is still good 
policy. In the alternative, we seek comment on including DBS fully in 
the cable television/IPTV rate, which would then be approximately 77 
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D. Broadcast Television Stations

    25. Historically, regulatory fees for full-power television 
stations were based on the Nielsen Designated Market Area (DMA) 
groupings 1-10, 11-25, 26-50, 51-100, and remaining markets (DMAs 101-
210). In the FY 2018 NPRM, we sought comment on whether using the 
actual population covered by the station's contours instead of using 
DMAs would more accurately reflect the actual market served by a full-
power broadcast television station for purposes of assessing regulatory 
fees.\59\ We proposed this change in methodology, which was consistent 
with the methodology used for AM and FM broadcasters and would better 
``take into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits 
provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.'' \60\ 
We sought comment on whether, for FY 2019 and going forward, regulatory 
fees should be assessed for full-power broadcast television stations 
based on the actual population covered by the station's contour, 
instead of DMAs.\61\ We also sought comment on whether to phase in the 
implementation of this methodology.\62\
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    \60\ Id. (quoting prior section 9(b)(1)(A)).
    \61\ Id.
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    26. In the FY 2018 Report and Order, we adopted the proposed 
methodology and stated that in order to facilitate the transition to 
this new fee structure, for FY 2019, we planned to adopt a fee based on 
an average of the historical DMA methodology and the population covered 
by a full-power broadcast station's contour for FY 2019.\63\ The RAY 
BAUM'S Act instructs the Commission, when considering its annual 
review, to ``take into account factors that are reasonably related to 
the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's 
activities.'' \64\ Because the standard considered when adopting the 
proposed methodology for establishing full-power television station 
regulatory fees and the related transition in the FY 2018 Report and 
Order parallels the RAY BAUM'S Act standard, we tentatively conclude 
that the new methodology adopted last year is consistent with the RAY 
BAUM'S Act. Accordingly, consistent with our FY 2018 analysis, we 
propose FY 2019 fees for full-power broadcast television stations based 
on an average of the DMA methodology and the population covered by a 
full-power broadcast television station's contour. We also propose 
adopting a factor of .72 of one cent ($.007224) for FY 2019 full-power 
broadcast television station fees.\65\ As in the FY 2018 Report and 
Order, the population data for broadcasters' service areas is extracted 
from the TVStudy database, based on a station's projected noise-limited 
service contour.\66\ Table 3 lists this population data for each 
licensee. Table 3 also lists the DMA-based fee, the population-based 
fee (population multiplied by $.007224), and the resulting proposed 
regulatory fee for FY 2019 (i.e., the average of the DMA-based fee and 
population-based fee) for each full-power broadcast television station, 
including each satellite station. We seek comment on these proposed 
fees.\67\
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    \63\ FY 2018 Report and Order, 33 FCC Rcd at paragraph 14.
    \64\ 47 U.S.C. 159(d).
    \65\ The factor of .72 of one cent was derived by taking the 
revenue amount required from all television fee categories and 
dividing it by the total population count of all ``feeable'' call 
signs.
    \66\ 47 CFR 73.622(e).
    \67\ See 47 U.S.C. 159(d) (``the Commission shall by rule amend 
the schedule of regulatory fees established under this section if 
the Commission determines that the schedule requires amendment so 
that such fees reflect the full-time equivalent number of employees 
within the bureaus and offices of the Commission, adjusted to take 
into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits 
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E. Terrestrial and Satellite International Bearer Circuits (IBCs)

    27. The Commission previously sought comment on adopting a tiered 
methodology for assessing terrestrial and satellite international 
bearer circuit regulatory fees.\68\ For FY 2018, the Commission 
assessed terrestrial and satellite common carrier and non-common 
carrier IBC regulatory fees on a per-circuit basis, using Gbps as the 
measurement rather than 64 kbps and stated in the FY 2018 NPRM that it 
expected to have sufficient circuit information from payors in 
September 2018 to consider a tiered rate structure for FY 2019.\69\
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    \68\ FY 2018 NPRM, 33 FCC Rcd at 5100-5101, paragraphs 22-26.
    \69\ FY 2018 NPRM, 33 FCC Rcd at 5100-5101, paragraphs 22-26. In 
the FY 2017 Report and Order, the Commission concluded that IBCs 
should be assessed regulatory fees for non-common carrier, as well 
as common carrier, terrestrial circuits. FY 2017 Report and Order, 
32 FCC Rcd at 7071-7072, paragraphs 34-35. This new fee was first 
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    28. Now that we have FY 2018 circuit information for common carrier 
and non-common carrier terrestrial circuits, we believe that we should 
not move to a tiered structure for assessing IBC regulatory fees. Due 
to the wide range of numbers of circuits among carriers, particularly 
between the satellite and the terrestrial carriers--a tiered system, 
such as the two-tiered system previously proposed by CenturyLink,\70\ 
would result in large increases in fees for the smaller carriers that 
do not appear to be ``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.\71\ More specifically, FY 2019 IBC fees 
that would be assessed on the 13 carriers currently in this fee 
category using the existing per-Gbps methodology would range from 
approximately $121 all the way to $355,000 per carrier, and condensing 
such a large range of fees to two tiers would require a substantial fee 
increase for the smaller carriers. To avoid such increases, we believe 
that we would need to adopt a complex tiering system of at least seven 
tiers, and several of these tiers would apply to only one carrier. We 
believe that such a complex tiered system would not be an improvement 
over the current methodology. Accordingly, we propose to continue to 
base non-common carrier and common carrier satellite and terrestrial 
IBC fees on the per Gbps rate in Table 2, which would be $121 for FY 
2019. We seek comment on this proposal.
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    \70\ Level 3 Communications (now, CenturyLink) proposed a 
``flat, per provider fee, with a reduced amount for the smaller 
providers'' and argued that this ``two-tier methodology . . . is 
more efficient than a multi-tier methodology because the Commission 
need identify only one break point, and is less burdensome for 
providers because, once they pass the `small provider' threshold, 
they will simply pay the `large' fee category each year.'' See 
Comments of Level 3 Communications, MD Docket No. 16-166 at 3-4 
(filed June 23, 2016; see also Comments of CenturyLink, MD Docket 
No. 18-175, at 2-3 (filed June 21, 2018). CenturyLink did not define 
the ``break point'' between small and large provider.
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    29. To the extent that commenters nevertheless believe that we 
should adopt a tiered structure for assessing IBC regulatory fees, we 
seek comment on what that structure should look like. For example, 
notwithstanding the concerns discussed above, should we adopt the 
following seven-tiered system, and if so, why?
     Systems with capacities less than 5 Gbps would pay a flat 
$150 fee.
     Systems with capacities equal to 5 Gbps or greater, but 
less than 50 Gbps, would pay a flat $750 fee.
     Systems with capacities equal to 50 Gbps or greater, but 
less than 250 Gbps, would pay a flat $11,200 fee.
     Systems with capacities equal to 250 Gbps or greater, but 
less than 750 Gbps, would pay a flat $45,000 fee.
     Systems with capacities equal to 750 Gbps or greater, but 
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     Systems with capacities equal to 1,200 Gbps or greater, 
but less than 2,500 Gbps, would pay a flat $270,000 fee.
     Systems with capacities equal to or greater than 2,500 
Gbps would pay a flat $345,000 fee.
    30. For any tiered structure proposed, commenters should explain 
why their proposal would be an improvement over the current methodology 
and how the resulting fees would be ``reasonably related to the 
benefits provided to the payor of the fee[ ] by the Commission's 
activities.'' \72\
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F. De Minimis Regulatory Fees

    31. Section 9(e)(2) of the RAY BAUM'S Act provides the Commission 
with discretion to exempt a party from paying regulatory fees when the 
Commission determines that the cost of collection exceeds the amount 
collected.\73\ Specifically, section 9(e)(2) provides that the 
Commission may exempt a party from paying regulatory fees if ``in the 
judgment of the Commission, the cost of collecting a regulatory fee 
established under this section from a party would exceed the amount 
collected from such party. . . .'' \74\ Below, we seek comment on how 
to implement section 9(e)(2).
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    \73\ 47 U.S.C. 159(e)(2). Similarly, section 9(e)(1) exempts 
from regulatory fees governmental and nonprofit entities, amateur 
radio operators, and noncommercial radio and television stations. 
Governmental entities, nonprofits, and amateur radio operators were 
exempt under the prior version of section 9(h). Under Sec.  1.1162 
of our rules, governmental entities, nonprofits, amateur radio 
operators, special emergency radio and public safety radio 
licensees, and noncommercial educational radio and television 
licensees are exempt from regulatory fees. 47 CFR 1.1162. The new 
section 9(e)(1) incorporated this exemption from our rules into the 
statute.
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    32. Since 1996, the Commission has provided a de minimis threshold 
for regulatory fee payments by exempting a regulatee from paying 
regulatory fees if the sum total of all of its annual regulatory fee 
liabilities was less than the threshold for a given fiscal year. In 
adopting the first de minimis threshold for regulatory fees of $10.00, 
the Commission found that the cost of processing small payments 
resulted in a net loss to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.\75\ The 
Commission subsequently revised the de minimis threshold in 2014 to 
$500.00 based in part on the costs of assessing and collecting 
regulatory fees from non-payers.\76\ The Commission estimated that the 
cost of collection of an unpaid regulatory fee was at least 
$350.00.\77\ The Commission explained that the increase in the de 
minimis threshold to $500.00 would provide financial relief to small 
entities and reduce the administrative burden on the Commission that 
would result from attempting to collect unpaid fees.\78\ The Commission 
noted that smaller entities are at greater risk of missing regulatory 
fee deadlines and that many such entities are subject to little 
Commission oversight and regulation.\79\ The Commission increased the 
de minimis threshold to $1,000.00 in 2017, observing that the cost of 
researching and creating a bill to send to a non-payor, and completing 
follow-up discussion and correspondence, had increased since the FY 
2014 regulatory fee proceeding.\80\ The Commission further found that 
the $350.00 estimate of collection costs in the FY 2014 Report and 
Order did not include the Commission's overhead costs.\81\
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    \75\ Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 1996, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 11 FCC Rcd 16515, 16530, 
paragraphs 50-51 (1996) (FY 1996 NPRM); Assessment and Collection of 
Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1996, Report and Order, 11 FCC Rcd 
18774, 18792, paragraph 50 (1996) (FY 1996 Report and Order).
    \76\ See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2014, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 10767, 10775-76, paragraph 21 (2014) (FY 2014 
Report and Order).
    \77\ Id.
    \78\ Id., 29 FCC Rcd at 10775, paragraph 20.
    \79\ Id.
    \80\ FY 2017 Report and Order, 32 FCC Rcd at 7073, paragraph 40.
    \81\ Id.
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    33. We view new section 9(e)(2) as codifying our authority to adopt 
a de minimis exemption. Section 9(e)(2) provides the Commission with 
discretion to exempt a ``party'' and to provide relief based on the 
cost of collection, both of which were factors considered in the 
existing de minimis exemption. The adoption of a monetary threshold 
applied against the total amount due in a given fiscal year continues 
to be, in our estimation, an efficient mechanism for reducing the 
Commission's costs in assessing and collecting regulatory fees.
    34. We have analyzed an average cost of collection of a delinquent 
bill today and estimate that the cost to the Commission would exceed 
$1,000.00. For delinquent bills, the Commission's administrative 
process includes various functions such as gathering data from the 
bureaus and external sources (e.g., the Universal Service 
Administrative Company (USAC)); validating data and preparing the data 
for billing; validating outstanding bills; preparing delinquency bills 
for transfer to collection agent for processing; discussing bills with 
regulatees when they call with questions; addressing bill disputes 
(e.g., Centralized Receivable Service (CRS), U.S. Department of the 
Treasury, and FCC Help Desks); and processing payments received from 
CRS and U.S. Department of the Treasury. We thus seek comment on a 
section 9(e)(2) annual regulatory fee de minimis exemption of 
$1,000.00.
    35. We also propose to exclude multi-year regulatory fees from the 
proposed section 9(e)(2) exemption. Historically, the de minimis 
threshold has applied only to annual regulatory fee filers and did not 
include regulatory fees paid through multi-year filings. The Commission 
excluded multi-year wireless fees from the de minimis exemption because 
the process of paying multi-year regulatory fees is a separate process 
from annual regulatory fee filings, and including multi-year fees in 
the threshold would significantly increase the Commission's 
administrative costs.\82\ Section 9(e)(2) provides the Commission with 
discretion as to whether and how to provide this exemption; 
specifically, it states that the Commission ``may exempt'' a party from 
paying regulatory fees. We propose to exclude multi-year licenses from 
the new section 9(e)(2) exemption due to the administrative costs 
associated with implementing such an exemption for these fees. We seek 
comment on this proposal.
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    \82\ For example, all annual regulatory fees are due and payable 
in September of each fiscal year allowing for tracking by fee 
category and FRN within a single database (Fee Filer). The multi-
year regulatory fees due dates are spread throughout each year and 
these fee categories are not included in the annual regulatory fee 
database.
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G. Additional Regulatory Fee Reform

    36. We also seek comment on additional regulatory fee reform and 
ways to further improve our regulatory fee process to make it less 
burdensome for all entities. In particular, we seek comment on whether 
our fee setting methodologies could be improved or updated to ensure 
that our regulatory fees are more equitable or otherwise streamlined to 
make the fee schedule simpler. As part of this analysis, we seek 
comment on the costs and benefits of reforming our fee-setting process.

H. Restatement of Certain Rules Fundamental to Waiver, Enforcement and 
Collection of Regulatory Fees

    37. The RAY BAUM'S Act moved and reformatted certain provisions of 
prior section 9 relating to waiver, enforcement and collection of 
regulatory fees.\83\ Because these provisions are

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essential to the Commission's exercise of its statutory authority here, 
we take this opportunity to explain essential aspects of the statute 
and also note that our application of these provisions remains 
unchanged.
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    \83\ Compare old sections 9(c) and (d) with new section 9A(c) 
and (d). In addition to the rule changes discussed below, we propose 
to delete Sec.  1.1163 of the Commission's rules as redundant given 
the statutory language and plan to adopt changes in our Report and 
Order to Sec.  1.1166 of the Commission's rules that track the 
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1. Waiver, Reduction and Deferral of Regulatory Fees
    38. Section 9A of the Communications Act, as amended by the RAY 
BAUM'S Act, permits the Commission to waive, reduce, or defer payment 
of a regulatory fee and associated interest charges and penalties for 
good cause if the waiver, reduction, or deferral (collectively, waiver 
or waive) would serve the public interest.\84\ The Commission 
interprets this provision narrowly to permit only those waivers 
``unambiguously articulating `extraordinary circumstances' outweighing 
the public interest in recouping the cost of the Commission's 
regulatory services for a particular regulatee.'' \85\ Within this 
standard, the Commission recognizes that in exceptional circumstances, 
financial hardship may justify waiving and/or deferring a party's 
regulatory fees.\86\ Financial inability, however, must be conclusively 
proven and the burden of proof for doing so lies solely with the 
regulatee seeking relief. Mere allegations of financial loss will not 
support a waiver request. Rather, as the Commission has stated, ``it is 
incumbent upon each regulatee to fully document its financial position 
and show that it lacks sufficient funds to pay the regulatory fees and 
to maintain its service to the public.'' \87\ The Commission has 
suggested that documents that may be relevant to prove financial 
inability include balance sheets and profit and loss statements 
(audited if available), twelve month cash flow projections (with an 
explanation of how calculated), a list of officers and highest paid 
employees other than officers, and each individual's compensation, or 
similar information.\88\ We emphasize, however, that the foregoing list 
of documents is not exhaustive and it is up to each regulatee to 
determine the documentation required to prove financial hardship in its 
own case.
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    \84\ Id.
    \85\ FY 1994 Report and Order, 9 FCC Rcd at 5344, paragraph 29.
    \86\ Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 
Memorandum Opinion and Order, 10 FCC Rcd 12759, 12761-12762, 
paragraphs 12-14 (1995).
    \87\ Id. at 12762, paragraph 13.
    \88\ Id.
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    39. The Commission has previously stated that with respect to 
waiver, reduction, and deferral requests based on financial hardship, 
the Commission will base its decision on the information submitted with 
the request as well as ``any additional information available in the 
Commission's records.'' \89\ We are not bound, nor is it an efficient 
use of the Commission's time, to search our records for information or 
documents that might be relevant to a request for waiver, reduction or 
deferral of a regulatory fee. Therefore, we propose to eliminate 
consideration of information and documents available in our records and 
instead, require that any party seeking regulatory fee relief, 
regardless of the basis for its request, must include with its request 
all documents and information the requestor believes to be relevant to 
prove its case, regardless of whether or not such documentation or 
information exists in Commission records.\90\
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    \89\ FY 1994 Report and Order, 9 FCC Rcd at 5346.
    \90\ We would except from this requirement administrative and 
judicial decisions and orders, for which a citation would be 
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    40. The Commission frequently receives requests to waive regulatory 
fees owed by regulatees in bankruptcy or receivership, who cite the 
fact of the bankruptcy or receivership as proof of the regulatee's 
financial hardship, justifying waiver. Here we wish to emphasize the 
standard to which the Commission hews in determining whether to grant 
relief in such cases. While the Commission recognizes that the fact of 
a bankruptcy or receivership filing may be sufficient evidence of 
financial hardship, we consider such cases individually,\91\ taking 
into account a number of other factors that are relevant to the 
question of whether the regulatee lacks sufficient funds to pay the 
regulatory fees and to maintain its service to the public. Although the 
factors we consider are case-specific, they might include for example, 
whether the regulatee intends to reorganize or liquidate in bankruptcy, 
the reason for the bankruptcy or receivership filing, the regulatee's 
ability or plan to obtain post-petition financing, the number, type and 
amount of other claims asserted against the regulatee in the bankruptcy 
or receivership case, and the priority accorded under bankruptcy or 
receivership law to the Commission's regulatory fee claim.
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    \91\ FY 2003 Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd. at 15990, paragraph 
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    41. We also remind regulatees that requests to waive their 
regulatory fees must be properly filed by the date on which such fees 
are due.\92\
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2. Enforcement
    42. Late payment penalty and interest. Regulatory fee payments must 
be paid by their due date. Section 9A(c)(1) of the Act requires the 
Commission to impose a late payment penalty of 25 percent of unpaid 
regulatory fee debt, to be assessed on the first day following the 
deadline for payment of the fees. Section 9A(c)(2) of the Act requires 
the Commission to assess interest at the rate set forth in 31 U.S.C. 
3717 on all unpaid regulatory fees, including the 25 percent penalty, 
until the debt is paid in full.\93\ The RAY BAUM'S Act, however, 
prohibits the Commission from assessing the administrative costs of 
collecting delinquent regulatory fee debt.\94\ Thus, while section 
9A(c) of the Act leaves intact those parts of Sec.  1.1940 of the 
Commission's rules pertaining to penalty and interest charges, the 
Commission will no longer assess administrative costs on delinquent 
regulatory fee debts.\95\
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    \94\ Section 9A(c)(2) provides that ``section 3717 shall not 
otherwise apply to such a fee or penalty.''
    \95\ See FY 2018 Report and Order, 33 FCC Rcd at 8502-8503, 
paragraphs 16-17 (adopting this amendment to Sec.  1.1940 of our 
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    43. Collection and offset. The Commission will pursue collection of 
all past due regulatory fees, including penalties and accrued interest, 
using collection remedies available to it under the Debt Collection 
Improvement Act of 1996, its implementing regulations and federal 
common law. These remedies include offsetting regulatory fee debt 
against monies owed to the debtor by the Commission, and referral of 
the debt to the United States Treasury for further collection efforts, 
including centralized offset against monies other federal agencies may 
owe the debtor.\96\
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    44. Red light. Failure to timely pay regulatory fees, penalties or 
accrued interest will also subject regulatees to the Commission's ``red 
light'' rule, which generally requires the Commission to withhold 
action on and subsequently dismiss applications and other requests for 
benefits by any entity owing debt, including regulatory fee debt, to 
the Commission.\97\
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    45. Revocation. In addition to financial penalties, section 9(c)(3) 
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Act,\98\ and Sec.  1.1164(f) of the Commission's rules \99\ grant the 
Commission the authority to revoke authorizations for failure to pay 
regulatory fees in a timely fashion. Should a fee delinquency not be 
rectified in a timely manner the Commission may require the licensee to 
file with documented evidence within sixty (60) calendar days that full 
payment of all outstanding regulatory fees has been made, plus any 
associated penalties as calculated by the Secretary of Treasury in 
accordance with Sec.  1.1164(a) of the Commission's rules,\100\ or show 
cause why the payment is inapplicable or should be waived or deferred. 
Failure to provide such evidence of payment or to show cause within the 
time specified may result in revocation of the station license.\101\
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    \98\ 47 U.S.C. 159(c)(3).
    \99\ 47 CFR 1.1164(f).
    \100\ 47 CFR 1.1164(a).
    \101\ See, e.g., Cortaro Broadcasting Corp., Order to Pay or 
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V. Procedural Matters

    46. Included below are procedural items as well as our current 
payment and collection methods. We include these payments and 
collection procedures here as a useful way of reminding regulatory fee 
payers and the public about these aspects of the annual regulatory fee 
collection process.

A. Payment of Regulatory Fees

    47. Credit Card Transaction Levels. Since June 1, 2015, in 
accordance with U.S. Treasury Announcement No. A-2014-04 (July 2014), 
the highest amount that can be charged on a credit card for 
transactions with federal agencies is $24,999.99.\102\ 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 Fee Filer. Further details will be provided regarding 
payment methods and procedures at the time of FY 2019 regulatory fee 
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    \102\ Customers who owe an amount on a bill, debt, or other 
obligation due to the federal government are prohibited from 
splitting the total amount due into multiple payments. Splitting an 
amount owed into several payment transactions violates the credit 
card network and Fiscal Service rules. An amount owed that exceeds 
the Fiscal Service maximum dollar amount, $24,999.99, may not be 
split into two or more payment transactions in the same day by using 
one or multiple cards. Also, an amount owed that exceeds the Fiscal 
Service maximum dollar amount may not be split into two or more 
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    48. Payment Methods. Pursuant to an Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) directive,\103\ the Commission is moving towards a paperless 
environment, extending to disbursement and collection of select federal 
government payments and receipts.\104\ In 2015, the Commission stopped 
accepting checks (including cashier's checks and money orders) and the 
accompanying hardcopy forms (e.g., Forms 159, 159-B, 159-E, 159-W) for 
the payment of regulatory fees.\105\ During the fee season for 
collecting regulatory fees, regulatees can pay their fees by credit 
card through Pay.gov,\106\ ACH, debit card,\107\ or by wire transfer. 
Additional payment instructions are posted on the Commission's website 
at http://transition.fcc.gov/fees/regfees.html. The receiving bank for 
all wire payments is the U.S. Treasury, New York, NY (TREAS NYC). Any 
other form of payment (e.g., checks, cashier's checks, or money orders) 
will be rejected. For payments by wire, a 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 Federal Communications 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 
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    \103\ Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-10-06, 
Open Government Directive, Dec. 8, 2009; see also http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/13/executive-order-13576-delivering-efficient-effective-and-accountable-gov.
    \104\ See U.S. Department of the Treasury, Open Government Plan 
2.1, September 2012.
    \105\ FY 2015 Report and Order, 30 FCC Rcd at 10282-83, 
paragraph 35. See 47 CFR 1.1158.
    \106\ In accordance with U.S. Treasury Financial Manual 
Announcement No. A-2014-04 (July 2014), the amount that may be 
charged on a credit card for transactions with federal agencies has 
been reduced to $24,999.99.
    \107\ In accordance with U.S. Treasury Financial Manual 
Announcement No. A-2012-02, the maximum dollar-value limit for debit 
card transactions is eliminated. Only Visa and MasterCard branded 
debit cards are accepted by Pay.gov.
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    49. 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, 2018 for 
AM/FM radio stations, VHF/UHF broadcast television stations, and 
satellite television stations. Regulatory fees must be paid for all 
broadcast facility licenses granted on or before October 1, 2018.
     Wireline (Common Carrier) Services: Regulatory fees must 
be paid for authorizations that were granted on or before October 1, 
2018. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned 
after October 1, 2018, 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.\108\ 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.\109\ The unit count 
should be based on toll free numbers managed by RespOrgs on or about 
December 31, 2018.
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     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, 2018. The number of subscribers, units, 
or telephone numbers on December 31, 2018 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, 2018, 
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 eight 
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 
five-year or ten-year terms of their initial licenses, and pay 
regulatory fees again only when the license is renewed or a new license 
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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 2019.
     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, 2018.\110\ Regulatory fees also must be paid for CARS 
licenses that were granted on or before October 1, 2018. In instances 
where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 
2018, 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, 2018. In instances where a permit or license 
is transferred or assigned after October 1, 2018, responsibility for 
payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee 
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    \110\ Cable television system operators should compute their 
number of basic subscribers as follows: Number of single family 
dwellings + number of individual households in multiple dwelling 
unit (apartments, condominiums, mobile home parks, etc.) paying at 
the basic subscriber rate + bulk rate customers + courtesy and free 
service. Note: Bulk-Rate Customers = Total annual bulk-rate charge 
divided by basic annual subscription rate for individual households. 
Operators may base their count on ``a typical day in the last full 
week'' of December 2018, rather than on a count as of December 31, 
2018.
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     International Services: Regulatory fees must be paid for 
(1) earth stations and (2) geostationary orbit space stations and non-
geostationary orbit satellite systems that were licensed and 
operational on or before October 1, 2018. In instances where a permit 
or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 2018, 
responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or 
license as of the fee due date.
     International Services (Submarine Cable Systems): 
Regulatory fees for submarine cable systems are to be paid on a per 
cable landing license basis based on circuit capacity as of December 
31, 2018. In instances where a license is transferred or assigned after 
October 1, 2018, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of 
the license as of the fee due date. For regulatory fee purposes, the 
allocation in FY 2019 will remain at 87.6 percent for submarine cable 
and 12.4 percent for satellite/terrestrial facilities.
     International Services (Terrestrial and Satellite 
Services): Regulatory fees for terrestrial and satellite IBCs are to be 
paid based on active (used or leased) international bearer circuits as 
of December 31, 2018 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, 2018. Whether circuits are used specifically for voice 
or data is not relevant for purposes of determining that they are 
active circuits.\111\ In instances where a permit or license is 
transferred or assigned after October 1, 2018, responsibility for 
payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee 
due date. For regulatory fee purposes, the IBC allocation in FY 2019 
will remain at 87.6 percent for submarine cable and 12.4 percent for 
satellite/terrestrial facilities.
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    \111\ We encourage terrestrial and satellite service providers 
to seek guidance from the International Bureau's Telecommunications 
and Analysis Division to verify their particular IBC reporting 
processes to ensure that their calculation methods comply with our 
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B. Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) and Mobile Services 
Assessments

    50. The Commission will compile 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'').\112\ This information 
of telephone numbers (subscriber count) will be posted on the 
Commission's electronic filing and payment system (Fee Filer) along 
with the carrier's Operating Company Numbers (OCNs).
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    51. A carrier wishing to revise its telephone number (subscriber) 
count can do so by accessing Fee Filer and follow the prompts to revise 
their telephone number counts. Any revisions to the telephone number 
counts should be accompanied by an explanation or supporting 
documentation.\113\ The Commission will then review the revised count 
and supporting documentation and either approve or disapprove the 
submission in Fee Filer. 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 Fee Filer. 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 Fee Filer. A 
final CMRS assessment letter will not be mailed out.
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    \113\ In the supporting documentation, the provider will need to 
state a reason for the change, such as a purchase or sale of a 
subsidiary, the date of the transaction, and any other pertinent 
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    52. Because some carriers do not file the NRUF report, they may not 
see their telephone number counts in Fee Filer. 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, 2018), 
and submit their fee payment accordingly. Whether a carrier reviews its 
telephone number counts in Fee Filer 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.

VI. Tables

    Regulatory fees for the first seven fee categories below shaded are 
collected by the Commission in advance to cover the term of the license 
and are submitted at the time the application is filed.

                                         Table 1--Calculation of FY 2019 Revenue Requirements and Pro-Rata Fees
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                                                        FY 2019 payment                  FY 2018    Pro-rated FY      2019      Rounded FY   Expected FY
                     Fee category                            units           Yrs         revenue    2019 revenue   regulatory   2019 reg.   2019 revenue
                                                                                        estimate     requirement      fee          fee
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PLMRS (Exclusive Use)................................               450           10       $85,000      $112,500       $25.00          $25      $112,500

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PLMRS (Shared use)...................................            12,400           10     1,250,000     1,239,999        10.00           10     1,240,000
Microwave............................................            10,000           10     1,937,500     2,500,000        25.00           25     2,500,000
Marine (Ship)........................................             7,100           10     1,072,500     1,065,000        15.00           15     1,065,000
Aviation (Aircraft)..................................             4,500           10       400,000       450,000        10.00           10       450,000
Marine (Coast).......................................                60           10        30,000        24,000        40.00           40        24,000
Aviation (Ground)....................................             1,100           10       200,000       220,000        20.00           20       220,000
AM Class A \1\.......................................                61            1       266,175       285,628        4,682        4,675       285,175
AM Class B \1\.......................................             1,389            1     3,274,450     3,543,984        2,551        2,550     3,541,950
AM Class C \1\.......................................               773            1     1,177,200     1,268,909        1,642        1,650     1,275,450
AM Class D \1\.......................................             1,256            1     3,907,800     4,192,065        3,338        3,350     4,207,600
FM Classes A, B1 & C3 \1\............................             2,904            1     8,152,450     8,809,970        3,038        3,025     8,784,600
FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 \1\.....................             3,075            1    10,009,600    10,794,578        3,510        3,500    10,762,500
AM Construction Permits \2\..........................                 3            1         4,950         1,980          660          660         1,980
FM Construction Permits \2\..........................                67            1       105,185        77,050        1,150        1,150        77,050
Satellite TV.........................................               125            1       189,000       202,847        1,623        1,625       203,125
Digital TV Mkt 1-10..................................               143            1     7,164,000     7,722,293       54,002       54,000     7,722,000
Digital TV Mkt 11-25.................................               140            1     5,243,000     5,693,047       40,665       40,675     5,694,500
Digital TV Mkt 26-50.................................               186            1     4,729,725     5,052,126       27,162       27,150     5,049,900
Digital TV Mkt 51-100................................               291            1     3,617,750     3,939,717       13,539       13,550     3,943,050
Digital TV Remaining Markets.........................               375            1     1,594,900     1,668,991        4,451        4,450     1,668,750
Digital TV Construction Permits \2\..................                 3            1        12,300        13,350        4,450        4,450        13,350
LPTV/Translators/Boosters/Class A TV.................             4,100            1     1,515,820     1,622,772        345.3          345     1,621,500
CARS Stations........................................               175            1       188,125       201,018        1,218        1,225       202,125
Cable TV Systems, including IPTV.....................        57,000,000            1    46,970,000    48,767,045        .8556          .86    49,020,000
Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS).....................        30,000,000            1    15,360,000    18,011,242        .6004          .60    18,000,000
Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers.......   $32,200,000,000            1   100,686,000   102,695,189     0.003189      0.00319   102,718,000
Toll Free Numbers....................................        33,000,000            1     3,320,000     3,954,211       0.1198         0.12     3,960,000
CMRS Mobile Services (Cellular/Public Mobile)........       421,000,000            1    80,800,000    78,424,217       0.1863         0.19    79,990,000
CMRS Messag. Services................................         1,900,000            1        80,000       152,000       0.0800        0.080       152,000
BRS/ \3\.............................................             1,260            1       705,000       869,400          690          690       869,400
LMDS.................................................               140            1       240,000        96,600          690          690        96,600
Per Gbps circuit Int'l Bearer Circuits--Terrestrial               7,440            1       685,102       900,785      121.073          121       900,240
 (Common & Non-Common) & Satellite (Common & Non-
 Common).............................................
Submarine Cable Providers (See chart at bottom of                 38.00            1     4,959,035     6,363,608      167,463      167,475     6,364,050
 Table 2) \4\........................................
Earth Stations.......................................             3,300            1     1,105,000     1,399,050          424          425     1,402,500
Space Stations (Geostationary).......................                98            1    12,401,450    15,643,457      159,627      159,625    15,643,250
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary)...................                 7            1       859,425     1,084,200      154,886      154,875     1,084,125
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    ****** Total Estimated Revenue to be Collected...  ................  ...........   324,365,671   339,062,828  ...........  ...........   340,866,270
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        ****** Total Revenue Requirement.............  ................  ...........   322,035,000   339,000,000  ...........  ...........   339,000,000
            Difference...............................  ................  ...........     2,330,671        62,828  ...........  ...........     1,866,270
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Notes on Table 1:
\1\ The fee amounts listed in the column entitled ``Rounded New FY 2019 Regulatory Fee'' constitute a weighted average broadcast regulatory fee by class
  of service. The actual FY 2019 regulatory fees for AM/FM radio station are listed on a grid located at the end of Table 2.
\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. 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\ 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, paragraph 6 (2004).
\4\ The chart at the end of Table 2 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).

    Regulatory fees for the first eight fee categories below are 
collected by the Commission in advance to cover the term of the license 
and are submitted at the time the application is filed.

              Table 2--Proposed Regulatory Fees for FY 2019
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                                                       Annual regulatory
                     Fee category                        fee (U.S. $'s)
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PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use) (47 CFR part 90).                 25
Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part 101)............                 25
Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR part 80).........                 15
Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR part 80)........                 40
Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22) (previously listed under                 10
 the Land Mobile category)...........................
PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47 CFR part 90)....                 10
Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR part 87)...                 10

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Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR part 87).....                 20
CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per unit) (47 CFR                     .19
 parts 20, 22, 24, 27, 80 and 90)....................
CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (47 CFR parts 20,                 .08
 22, 24 and 90)......................................
Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS/MDS) (per                     690
 license) (47 CFR part 27)...........................
Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per call sign)                690
 (47 CFR, part 101)
AM Radio Construction Permits........................                660
FM Radio Construction Permits........................              1,150
AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station Fees...............    See Table Below
Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and UHF Commercial...                (*)
Construction Permits.................................              4,450
Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM Translators &                        345
 Boosters (47 CFR part 74)...........................
CARS (47 CFR part 78)................................              1,225
Cable Television Systems (per subscriber) (47 CFR                    .86
 part 76), Including IPTV............................
Direct Broadcast Service (DBS) (per subscriber) (as                  .60
 defined by section 602(13) of the Act)..............
Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers (per               .00319
 revenue dollar).....................................
Toll Free (per toll free subscriber) (47 C.F.R.                      .12
 52.101 (f) of the rules)............................
Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25)......................                425
Space Stations (per operational station in                       159,625
 geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) also includes
 DBS Service (per operational station) (47 CFR part
 100)................................................
Space Stations (per operational system in non-                   154,875
 geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)...............
International Bearer Circuits--Terrestrial/Satellites                121
 (per Gbps circuit)..................................
Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee (per cable          See Table Below
 system).............................................
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(*) See Table 3; also available at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/regulatory-fees.


                                                     Proposed FY 2019 Radio Station Regulatory Fees
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                                                                                                                                           FM Classes B,
                    Population served                       AM Class  A     AM Class  B     AM Class  C     AM Class  D    FM Classes A,   C, C0,  C1 &
                                                                                                                              B1 & C3           C2
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<= 25,000...............................................          $1,000            $760            $660            $725          $1,150          $1,325
25,001-75,000...........................................           1,575           1,150             990           1,000           1,725           2,000
75,001-150,000..........................................           2,375           1,700           1,475           1,625           2,600           2,975
150,001-500,000.........................................           3,550           2,575           2,225           2,450           3,875           4,475
500,001-1,200,000.......................................           5,325           3,850           3,350           3,675           5,825           6,700
1,200,001-3,000,000.....................................           7,975           5,775           5,025           5,500           8,750          10,075
3,000,001-6,000,000.....................................          11,950           8,650           7,525           8,250          13,100          15,100
>6,000,000..............................................          17,950          13,000          11,275          12,400          19,650          22,650
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     FY 2019 International Bearer Circuits--Submarine Cable Systems
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                                                          Proposed fee
 Submarine cable systems (capacity as of December 31,    amount for FY
                        2018)                                 2019
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Less than 50 Gbps....................................            $12,575
50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps...........             25,150
250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,000 Gbps........             50,300
1,000 Gbps or greater, but less than 4,000 Gbps......            100,600
4,000 Gbps or greater................................            201,225
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            Table 3[hairsp]\1\--FY 2019 Full-Power Broadcast Television Regulatory Fees by Call Sign
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                    Call sign                       Population      Population     DMA based fee    2\ Pop. fee
                                                                     based fee                     \1/2\ DMA fee
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KAAL............................................          52,021            $376          $4,450          $2,413
KAAS-TV.........................................         220,262           1,591          13,550           7,571
KABB............................................       2,474,296          17,875          27,150          22,513
KABC-TV.........................................      17,791,505         128,532          54,000          91,266
KABY-TV.........................................         137,331             992           4,450           2,721
KAUT-TV.........................................       1,608,476          11,620          27,150          19,385
KAUZ-TV.........................................         381,671           2,757           4,450           3,604
KAVU-TV.........................................         320,484           2,315           4,450           3,383
KAWE............................................         136,033             983          40,675          20,829
KAYU-TV.........................................         809,464           5,848          13,550           9,699
KADN-TV.........................................         877,965           6,343           4,450           5,396

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KAEF-TV.........................................         138,085             998           4,450           2,724
KAII-TV.........................................         188,810           1,364          13,550           7,457
KAIL............................................       1,967,744          14,216          13,550          13,883
KAIT............................................         861,149           6,221           4,450           5,336
KAJB............................................         383,886           2,773           4,450           3,612
KAKE............................................         803,937           5,808          13,550           9,679
KAKW-DT.........................................       2,615,956          18,899          27,150          23,024
KALB-TV.........................................         943,307           6,815           4,450           5,632
KALO............................................         948,683           6,854          13,550          10,202
KAZD............................................       6,747,915          48,749           4,450          26,600
KAZQ............................................       1,097,010           7,925          27,150          17,538
KAZT-TV.........................................         436,925           3,157          40,675          21,916
KBAK-TV.........................................       1,510,400          10,912           4,450           7,681
KBCA............................................         463,075           3,345           4,450           3,898
KBCB............................................       1,256,193           9,075          40,675          24,875
KBCW............................................       8,020,424          57,943          54,000          55,971
KBFD-DT.........................................         953,207           6,886          13,550          10,218
KBIM-TV.........................................         205,701           1,486          27,150          14,318
KBJR-TV.........................................         275,585           1,991           4,450           3,220
KAMC............................................         391,526           2,829           4,450           3,639
KAME-TV.........................................         611,981           4,421           4,450           4,436
KAMR-TV.........................................         366,476           2,648           4,450           3,549
KAPP............................................         319,797           2,310           4,450           3,380
KARD............................................         703,234           5,080           4,450           4,765
KARE............................................       3,924,944          28,355          40,675          34,515
KARK-TV.........................................       1,212,038           8,756          13,550          11,153
KARZ-TV.........................................       1,186,579           8,572          13,550          11,061
KASA-TV.........................................       1,161,789           8,393          27,150          17,772
KASN............................................       1,117,403           8,073          13,550          10,811
KBLN-TV.........................................         297,384           2,148           4,450           3,299
KBLR............................................       1,964,979          14,196          27,150          20,673
KBMT............................................         743,009           5,368           4,450           4,909
KBMY............................................         119,993             867           4,450           2,658
KBOI-TV.........................................         716,754           5,178           4,450           4,814
KBRR............................................         149,869           1,083           4,450           2,766
KBSD-DT.........................................         155,012           1,120          13,550           7,335
KBSH-DT.........................................         102,781             743          13,550           7,146
KBSI............................................         752,366           5,435          13,550           9,493
KBSL-DT.........................................          49,814             360          13,550           6,955
KASW............................................       4,170,505          30,129          40,675          35,402
KASY-TV.........................................       1,140,916           8,242          27,150          17,696
KATC............................................       1,348,897           9,745           4,450           7,097
KATN............................................          97,466             704           4,450           2,577
KATU............................................       2,978,043          21,514          40,675          31,095
KATV............................................       1,257,777           9,087          13,550          11,318
KCBD............................................         414,804           2,997           4,450           3,723
KDKA-TV.........................................       3,611,796          26,093          40,675          33,384
KDKF............................................          71,413             516           4,450           2,483
KDLH............................................         263,422           1,903           4,450           3,177
KBSV............................................       1,352,166           9,769          40,675          25,222
KBTV-TV.........................................         734,008           5,303           4,450           4,876
KBTX-TV.........................................       4,048,516          29,248          13,550          21,399
KBVO............................................       1,498,015          10,822          27,150          18,986
KBVU............................................         135,249             977           4,450           2,714
KBZK............................................         116,485             842           4,450           2,646
KCAL-TV.........................................      17,734,310         128,119          54,000          91,060
KCAU-TV.........................................         783,655           5,661           4,450           5,056
KCBA............................................       3,094,778          22,358           4,450          13,404
KCBS-TV.........................................      17,595,935         127,120          54,000          90,560
KDLO-TV.........................................         208,354           1,505           4,450           2,978
KDLT-TV.........................................         645,391           4,663           4,450           4,556
KDLV-TV.........................................          96,873             700           4,450           2,575
KDMD............................................         374,951           2,709           4,450           3,579
KDNL-TV.........................................       2,987,219          21,581          40,675          31,128
KDOC-TV.........................................      17,564,367         126,891          54,000          90,446
KDRV............................................         519,706           3,755           4,450           4,102
KDSM-TV.........................................       1,096,220           7,919          13,550          10,735
KDTV-DT.........................................       7,921,124          57,225          54,000          55,613
KCBY-TV.........................................          89,156             644           4,450           2,547
KCCI............................................       1,102,130           7,962          13,550          10,756

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KCCW-TV.........................................         284,280           2,054          40,675          21,364
KCDO-TV.........................................       2,798,103          20,215          40,675          30,445
KCEB............................................       1,163,228           8,404          13,550          10,977
KCEC............................................       3,874,159          27,988          40,675          34,332
KCEN-TV.........................................       1,795,767          12,973          13,550          13,262
KCET............................................      16,875,019         121,911          54,000          87,956
KCFW-TV.........................................         148,162           1,070           4,450           2,760
KDTX-TV.........................................       6,593,327          47,633          54,000          50,816
KDVR............................................       3,430,717          24,785          40,675          32,730
KECI-TV.........................................         235,954           1,705           4,450           3,077
KECY-TV.........................................         399,372           2,885           4,450           3,668
KELO-TV.........................................         705,364           5,096           4,450           4,773
KENS............................................       2,493,265          18,012          27,150          22,581
KENV-DT.........................................          47,220             341          27,150          13,746
KEPR-TV.........................................         453,259           3,275           4,450           3,862
KERO-TV.........................................       1,285,357           9,286           4,450           6,868
KESQ-TV.........................................         917,395           6,628           4,450           5,539
KCHF............................................       1,118,671           8,082          27,150          17,616
KCIT............................................         382,477           2,763           4,450           3,607
KCLO-TV.........................................         138,413           1,000           4,450           2,725
KCNC-TV.........................................       3,794,400          27,412          40,675          34,044
KCNS............................................       8,048,427          58,145          54,000          56,072
KCOP-TV.........................................      17,976,764         129,871          54,000          91,935
KCOY-TV.........................................         664,655           4,802           4,450           4,626
KCPM............................................          90,266             652           4,450           2,551
KCPQ............................................       4,439,875          32,075          40,675          36,375
KCRA-TV.........................................      10,612,483          76,668          40,675          58,672
KETD............................................       3,098,889          22,388          40,675          31,531
KETH-TV.........................................       6,088,821          43,988          54,000          48,994
KETK-TV.........................................       1,031,567           7,452           4,450           5,951
KETV............................................       1,355,714           9,794          13,550          11,672
KEYC-TV.........................................         544,900           3,937           4,450           4,193
KEYE-TV.........................................       2,588,622          18,701          27,150          22,926
KEYT-TV.........................................       1,419,564          10,255           4,450           7,353
KEYU............................................         339,348           2,452           4,450           3,451
KEZI............................................         885,667           6,398           4,450           5,424
KFBB-TV.........................................          93,519             676           4,450           2,563
KCRG-TV.........................................       1,180,361           8,527          13,550          11,039
KCSG............................................         174,814           1,263          27,150          14,206
KCTV............................................       2,547,456          18,404          27,150          22,777
KCVU............................................         630,068           4,552           4,450           4,501
KCWE............................................       2,460,172          17,773          27,150          22,462
KCWI-TV.........................................       1,043,811           7,541          13,550          10,545
KCWV............................................         207,398           1,498           4,450           2,974
KCWX............................................       3,961,044          28,616          27,150          27,883
KCWY-DT.........................................          79,948             578           4,450           2,514
KDAF............................................       6,648,507          48,031          54,000          51,016
KFCT............................................         795,114           5,744          40,675          23,210
KFDA-TV.........................................         385,064           2,782           4,450           3,616
KFDM............................................         732,665           5,293           4,450           4,872
KICU-TV.........................................       8,233,041          59,479          54,000          56,739
KIDK............................................         305,509           2,207           4,450           3,329
KIDY............................................         116,614             842           4,450           2,646
KIEM-TV.........................................         174,390           1,260           4,450           2,855
KIFI-TV.........................................         325,086           2,349           4,450           3,399
KIII............................................         569,864           4,117           4,450           4,283
KDBC-TV.........................................       1,015,564           7,337          13,550          10,443
KDCU-DT.........................................         796,251           5,752          13,550           9,651
KDEN-TV.........................................       3,376,799          24,395          40,675          32,535
KDFI............................................       6,605,830          47,723          54,000          50,861
KDFW............................................       6,658,976          48,107          54,000          51,053
KFDX-TV.........................................         381,703           2,758           4,450           3,604
KFFV............................................       3,783,380          27,333          40,675          34,004
KFFX-TV.........................................         409,952           2,962           4,450           3,706
KFJX............................................         515,708           3,726           4,450           4,088
KIKU............................................         953,896           6,891          13,550          10,221
KILM............................................      17,058,741         123,239          54,000          88,619
KIMA-TV.........................................         308,604           2,229           4,450           3,340
KIMT............................................         702,390           5,074           4,450           4,762
KINC............................................       2,002,066          14,464          27,150          20,807

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KING-TV.........................................       4,063,674          29,357          40,675          35,016
KINT-TV.........................................       1,015,582           7,337          13,550          10,443
KION-TV.........................................       2,400,317          17,341           4,450          10,895
KIRO-TV.........................................          95,004             686          40,675          20,681
KITV............................................         953,207           6,886          13,550          10,218
KFMB-TV.........................................       3,947,735          28,520          27,150          27,835
KFNB............................................          80,382             581           4,450           2,515
KFNE............................................          54,988             397           4,450           2,424
KFNR............................................          10,988              79           4,450           2,265
KFOR-TV.........................................       1,639,592          11,845          27,150          19,498
KFOX-TV.........................................       1,023,999           7,398          13,550          10,474
KFPH-DT.........................................         347,579           2,511          40,675          21,593
KFPX-TV.........................................         963,969           6,964          13,550          10,257
KFQX............................................         186,473           1,347           4,450           2,899
KFRE-TV.........................................       1,721,275          12,435          13,550          12,993
KIVI-TV.........................................         710,819           5,135           4,450           4,793
KJJC............................................          80,732             583           4,450           2,517
KJLA............................................      17,653,508         127,535          54,000          90,768
KJRH-TV.........................................       1,416,108          10,230          13,550          11,890
KJRR............................................          45,515             329           4,450           2,389
KJRW............................................         137,375             992           4,450           2,721
KJTL............................................         379,594           2,742           4,450           3,596
KJTV-TV.........................................         409,786           2,960           4,450           3,705
KJUD............................................          31,229             226           4,450           2,338
KJZZ-TV.........................................       2,388,054          17,252          27,150          22,201
KFSF-DT.........................................       7,348,828          53,091          54,000          53,545
KFSM-TV.........................................         906,728           6,551          13,550          10,050
KFSN-TV.........................................       1,747,889          12,627          13,550          13,089
KFTA-TV.........................................         818,859           5,916          13,550           9,733
KFTC............................................          61,990             448          40,675          20,561
KFTH-DT.........................................       6,080,688          43,929          54,000          48,965
KFTR-DT.........................................      17,560,679         126,865          54,000          90,432
KFTU-DT.........................................         113,876             823          13,550           7,186
KFTV-DT.........................................       1,807,731          13,060          13,550          13,305
KFVE............................................         953,895           6,891          13,550          10,221
KKAI............................................         955,203           6,901          13,550          10,225
KKAP............................................         957,786           6,919          13,550          10,235
KKCO............................................           7,360              53           4,450           2,252
KKJB............................................         629,939           4,551           4,450           4,500
KKPX-TV.........................................       7,902,064          57,087          54,000          55,544
KKTV............................................       2,795,275          20,194          13,550          16,872
KLAS-TV.........................................       2,094,297          15,130          27,150          21,140
KLAX-TV.........................................         367,212           2,653           4,450           3,551
KLBK-TV.........................................         387,909           2,802           4,450           3,626
KLBY............................................          34,288             248          13,550           6,899
KFVS-TV.........................................         810,574           5,856          13,550           9,703
KFWD............................................       6,610,836          47,759          54,000          50,880
KFXA............................................         875,538           6,325          13,550           9,938
KFXK-TV.........................................         926,496           6,693           4,450           5,572
KFXL-TV.........................................         361,632           2,613           4,450           3,531
KFYR-TV.........................................         130,881             946           4,450           2,698
KGAN............................................       1,083,213           7,826          13,550          10,688
KGBT-TV.........................................       1,230,798           8,892          13,550          11,221
KGBY............................................         270,089           1,951           4,450           3,201
KGCW............................................         888,054           6,416           4,450           5,433
KLCW-TV.........................................         376,430           2,719           4,450           3,585
KLDO-TV.........................................         250,832           1,812           4,450           3,131
KLEI-TV.........................................          82,902             599          13,550           7,074
KLEW-TV.........................................         134,163             969          13,550           7,260
KLFY-TV.........................................       1,355,890           9,795           4,450           7,123
KLJB............................................         960,055           6,936           4,450           5,693
KLKN............................................         932,757           6,739           4,450           5,594
KLRT-TV.........................................       1,171,678           8,465          13,550          11,007
KLSR-TV.........................................         564,415           4,078           4,450           4,264
KLST............................................         199,067           1,438           4,450           2,944
KGEB............................................       1,186,225           8,570          13,550          11,060
KGET-TV.........................................         917,927           6,631           4,450           5,541
KGIN............................................         230,535           1,665           4,450           3,058
KGLA-DT.........................................       1,645,641          11,889          27,150          19,519
KGMB............................................         953,398           6,888          13,550          10,219

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KGMC............................................       1,759,725          12,713          13,550          13,131
KGMD-TV.........................................          94,323             681          13,550           7,116
KGMV............................................         193,564           1,398          13,550           7,474
KGNS-TV.........................................         267,236           1,931           4,450           3,190
KGO-TV..........................................       8,283,429          59,843          54,000          56,921
KLTJ............................................       6,034,131          43,593          54,000          48,796
KLTV............................................       1,069,690           7,728           4,450           6,089
KLUJ-TV.........................................       1,195,751           8,639          13,550          11,094
KLUZ-TV.........................................       1,079,718           7,800          27,150          17,475
KLWB............................................       1,216,359           8,787           4,450           6,619
KLWY............................................         541,043           3,909           4,450           4,179
KMAU............................................         213,060           1,539          13,550           7,545
KMAX-TV.........................................      10,644,556          76,900          40,675          58,788
KGPE............................................       1,699,131          12,275          13,550          12,913
KGPX-TV.........................................         698,441           5,046          13,550           9,298
KGTV............................................       3,960,667          28,613          27,150          27,882
KGUN-TV.........................................       1,552,522          11,216          13,550          12,383
KGW.............................................       3,058,216          22,094          40,675          31,384
KGWC-TV.........................................          80,475             581           4,450           2,516
KGWL-TV.........................................          38,125             275           4,450           2,363
KGWN-TV.........................................         469,467           3,392           4,450           3,921
KMBC-TV.........................................       2,507,895          18,118          27,150          22,634
KMBH............................................       1,225,732           8,855          13,550          11,203
KMCB............................................          69,357             501           4,450           2,476
KMCC............................................       2,064,592          14,915          27,150          21,033
KMCI-TV.........................................       2,362,805          17,070          27,150          22,110
KMCY............................................          71,797             519           4,450           2,484
KMEG............................................         701,162           5,065           4,450           4,758
KMEX-DT.........................................      17,628,354         127,354          54,000          90,677
KGWR-TV.........................................          51,315             371           4,450           2,410
KHAW-TV.........................................          95,204             688          13,550           7,119
KHBC-TV.........................................          74,884             541          13,550           7,045
KHBS............................................         631,770           4,564          13,550           9,057
KHGI-TV.........................................         233,973           1,690           4,450           3,070
KHME............................................         181,345           1,310           4,450           2,880
KHMT............................................         175,601           1,269           4,450           2,859
KHNL............................................         953,398           6,888          13,550          10,219
KMGH-TV.........................................       3,815,253          27,563          40,675          34,119
KMID............................................         383,449           2,770           4,450           3,610
KMIR-TV.........................................         862,440           6,231           4,450           5,340
KMIZ............................................         550,860           3,980           4,450           4,215
KMLU............................................         711,951           5,143           4,450           4,797
KMOH-TV.........................................         199,885           1,444          40,675          21,060
KMOT............................................          81,517             589           4,450           2,519
KMOV............................................       3,035,077          21,927          40,675          31,301
KHOG-TV.........................................         765,360           5,529          13,550           9,540
KHON-TV.........................................         953,207           6,886          13,550          10,218
KHOU............................................       6,137,449          44,339          54,000          49,170
KHQA-TV.........................................         318,469           2,301           4,450           3,375
KHQ-TV..........................................         822,371           5,941          13,550           9,746
KHRR............................................       1,172,397           8,470          13,550          11,010
KHSD-TV.........................................         188,735           1,363           4,450           2,907
KHSV............................................       2,062,231          14,898          27,150          21,024
KNVO............................................       1,241,165           8,967          13,550          11,258
KNWA-TV.........................................         815,678           5,893          13,550           9,721
KNXV-TV.........................................       4,183,943          30,226          40,675          35,451
KOAA-TV.........................................       1,391,946          10,056          13,550          11,803
KOAM-TV.........................................         595,307           4,301           4,450           4,375
KOAT-TV.........................................       1,153,633           8,334          27,150          17,742
KOB.............................................       1,152,841           8,329          27,150          17,739
KOBF............................................         201,911           1,459          27,150          14,304
KOBI............................................         571,963           4,132           4,450           4,291
KHVO............................................          94,226             681          13,550           7,115
KIAH............................................       6,054,519          43,740          54,000          48,870
KMPH-TV.........................................       1,725,397          12,465          13,550          13,007
KMPX............................................       6,678,829          48,250          54,000          51,125
KMSB............................................       1,321,614           9,548          13,550          11,549
KMSP-TV.........................................       3,832,040          27,684          40,675          34,180
KMSS-TV.........................................       1,068,120           7,716          13,550          10,633
KMTR............................................         589,948           4,262           4,450           4,356

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KMTV-TV.........................................       1,346,474           9,727          13,550          11,639
KOBR............................................         211,709           1,529          27,150          14,340
KOCB............................................       1,629,783          11,774          27,150          19,462
KOCO-TV.........................................       1,716,569          12,401          27,150          19,776
KOCW............................................          83,807             605          13,550           7,078
KODE-TV.........................................         607,048           4,386           4,450           4,418
KOGG............................................         190,829           1,379          13,550           7,464
KOHD............................................         201,310           1,454           4,450           2,952
KOIN............................................       2,983,136          21,551          40,675          31,113
KOKH-TV.........................................       1,627,116          11,755          27,150          19,452
KMTW............................................         761,521           5,502          13,550           9,526
KMVT............................................         184,647           1,334           4,450           2,892
KMVU-DT.........................................         308,150           2,226           4,450           3,338
KMYA-DT.........................................         200,764           1,450          13,550           7,500
KMYS............................................       2,273,888          16,427          27,150          21,789
KMYT-TV.........................................       1,314,238           9,495          13,550          11,522
KMYU............................................         133,563             965          27,150          14,057
KNAZ-TV.........................................         332,321           2,401          40,675          21,538
KNBC............................................      17,859,647         129,025          54,000          91,512
KOKI-TV.........................................       1,366,220           9,870          13,550          11,710
KOLD-TV.........................................         988,704           7,143          13,550          10,346
KOLN............................................       1,225,400           8,853           4,450           6,651
KOLO-TV.........................................         959,178           6,929           4,450           5,690
KOLR............................................       1,076,144           7,774          13,550          10,662
KOMO-TV.........................................       4,123,984          29,793          40,675          35,234
KONG............................................       4,006,008          28,941          40,675          34,808
KOPX-TV.........................................       1,513,730          10,936          27,150          19,043
KORO............................................         560,983           4,053           4,450           4,251
KOSA-TV.........................................         340,978           2,463           4,450           3,457
KNBN............................................         145,493           1,051           4,450           2,751
KNCT............................................       2,247,724          16,238          13,550          14,894
KNDB............................................         118,154             854           4,450           2,652
KNDM............................................          72,216             522           4,450           2,486
KNDO............................................         314,875           2,275           4,450           3,362
KNDU............................................         475,612           3,436           4,450           3,943
KNEP............................................         101,389             732           4,450           2,591
KNHL............................................         277,777           2,007           4,450           3,228
KNIC-DT.........................................       2,398,296          17,326          27,150          22,238
KNIN-TV.........................................         709,494           5,126           4,450           4,788
KOTA-TV.........................................         174,876           1,263           4,450           2,857
KOTI............................................         298,175           2,154           4,450           3,302
KOTV-DT.........................................          49,496             358          13,550           6,954
KOVR............................................      10,759,811          77,733          40,675          59,204
KOZL-TV.........................................         992,495           7,170          13,550          10,360
KPAX-TV.........................................         206,895           1,495           4,450           2,972
KPAZ-TV.........................................       4,190,080          30,271          40,675          35,473
KQCW-DT.........................................       1,128,198           8,151          13,550          10,850
KQDS-TV.........................................         305,747           2,209           4,450           3,329
KQED............................................       8,195,398          59,207          54,000          56,603
KNLC............................................       2,944,530          21,272          40,675          30,974
KNOE-TV.........................................         733,097           5,296           4,450           4,873
KNOP-TV.........................................          87,904             635           4,450           2,543
KNRR............................................          25,957             188           4,450           2,319
KNSD............................................       3,541,824          25,587          27,150          26,369
KNSO............................................       2,092,512          15,117          13,550          14,334
KNTV............................................       8,022,662          57,959          54,000          55,979
KNVA............................................       2,412,222          17,427          27,150          22,288
KNVN............................................         495,403           3,579           4,450           4,014
KPDX............................................       2,970,703          21,461          40,675          31,068
KQET............................................       2,981,040          21,536           4,450          12,993
KQME............................................         188,783           1,364           4,450           2,907
KQTV............................................       1,494,987          10,800           4,450           7,625
KRBC-TV.........................................         229,395           1,657           4,450           3,054
KRBK............................................         983,888           7,108          13,550          10,329
KRCA............................................      17,791,505         128,532          54,000          91,266
KRCB............................................       5,320,127          38,435          54,000          46,217
KRCG............................................         684,989           4,949           4,450           4,699
KRCR-TV.........................................         485,749           3,509           4,450           3,980
KRCW-TV.........................................       2,966,577          21,432          40,675          31,053
KPEJ-TV.........................................         368,212           2,660           4,450           3,555

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KPHO-TV.........................................       4,195,073          30,307          40,675          35,491
KPIC............................................          53,109             384           4,450           2,417
KPIF............................................         255,766           1,848           4,450           3,149
KPIX-TV.........................................       8,340,753          60,257          54,000          57,128
KPJK............................................       7,672,473          55,429          54,000          54,714
KPLC............................................       1,406,085          10,158           4,450           7,304
KPLO-TV.........................................          55,827             403           4,450           2,427
KPLR-TV.........................................       2,968,619          21,446          40,675          31,061
KPMR............................................       1,731,370          12,508           4,450           8,479
KRDK-TV.........................................         349,941           2,528           4,450           3,489
KRDO-TV.........................................       2,622,603          18,947          13,550          16,248
KREG-TV.........................................         149,306           1,079          40,675          20,877
KREM............................................         817,619           5,907          13,550           9,728
KREN-TV.........................................         810,039           5,852           4,450           5,151
KREX-TV.........................................         145,700           1,053           4,450           2,751
KREY-TV.........................................          74,963             542           4,450           2,496
KREZ-TV.........................................         148,079           1,070          27,150          14,110
KRGV-TV.........................................       1,247,057           9,009          13,550          11,280
KRII............................................         133,840             967           4,450           2,708
KPNZ............................................       2,394,311          17,297          27,150          22,224
KPOB-TV.........................................         144,525           1,044          13,550           7,297
KPPX-TV.........................................       4,186,998          30,248          40,675          35,462
KPRC-TV.........................................       6,099,422          44,064          54,000          49,032
KPRY-TV.........................................          42,521             307           4,450           2,379
KPTH............................................         583,937           4,219           4,450           4,334
KPTM............................................       1,388,670          10,032          13,550          11,791
KPTV............................................       2,998,460          21,662          40,675          31,168
KPVI-DT.........................................         271,379           1,961           4,450           3,205
KPXB-TV.........................................       6,062,472          43,798          54,000          48,899
KRIS-TV.........................................         561,825           4,059           4,450           4,254
KRIV............................................       6,078,936          43,916          54,000          48,958
KRNV-DT.........................................         981,687           7,092           4,450           5,771
KRON-TV.........................................       8,050,508          58,160          54,000          56,080
KRQE............................................       1,158,673           8,371          27,150          17,760
KRTN-TV.........................................          96,062             694          27,150          13,922
KRTV............................................          92,687             670           4,450           2,560
KRWB-TV.........................................         111,538             806          27,150          13,978
KRWF............................................          85,596             618          40,675          20,647
KRXI-TV.........................................         569,533           4,115           4,450           4,282
KPXC-TV.........................................       3,399,664          24,560          40,675          32,618
KPXD-TV.........................................       6,603,994          47,710          54,000          50,855
KPXE-TV.........................................       2,437,178          17,607          27,150          22,379
KPXG-TV.........................................       3,026,219          21,863          40,675          31,269
KPXJ............................................       1,026,423           7,415          13,550          10,483
KPXL-TV.........................................       2,257,007          16,305          27,150          21,728
KPXM-TV.........................................       3,507,312          25,338          40,675          33,007
KPXN-TV.........................................      17,058,741         123,239          54,000          88,619
KPXO-TV.........................................         959,493           6,932          13,550          10,241
KPXR-TV.........................................         828,915           5,988          13,550           9,769
KSAN-TV.........................................         135,063             976           4,450           2,713
KSAS-TV.........................................         752,513           5,436          13,550           9,493
KSTU............................................       2,384,996          17,230          27,150          22,190
KSTW............................................       4,265,956          30,819          40,675          35,747
KSVI............................................         175,390           1,267           4,450           2,859
KSWB-TV.........................................       3,787,157          27,360          27,150          27,255
KSWO-TV.........................................         483,132           3,490           4,450           3,970
KSWT............................................         396,278           2,863           4,450           3,656
KSYS............................................         519,209           3,751           4,450           4,100
KTAB-TV.........................................         270,967           1,958           4,450           3,204
KQCA............................................       9,931,378          71,748          40,675          56,211
KQCD-TV.........................................          35,623             257           4,450           2,354
KSAT-TV.........................................       2,530,706          18,283          27,150          22,716
KSAX............................................         359,400           2,596          40,675          21,636
KSAZ-TV.........................................       4,207,660          30,398          40,675          35,536
KSBI............................................       1,577,231          11,394          27,150          19,272
KSBW............................................       5,083,461          36,725           4,450          20,587
KSBY............................................         535,029           3,865           4,450           4,158
KSCC............................................         502,915           3,633           4,450           4,042
KSCI............................................      17,447,903         126,050          54,000          90,025
KTAL-TV.........................................       1,110,819           8,025          13,550          10,787

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KTAS............................................         471,882           3,409           4,450           3,930
KTAZ............................................       4,176,236          30,171          40,675          35,423
KTBC............................................       3,242,215          23,423          27,150          25,286
KTBO-TV.........................................       1,585,283          11,453          27,150          19,301
KTBS-TV.........................................       1,163,228           8,404          13,550          10,977
KTBU............................................       6,076,521          43,899          54,000          48,950
KTBW-TV.........................................       4,202,104          30,358          40,675          35,516
KTBY............................................         348,080           2,515           4,450           3,482
KSCW-DT.........................................         915,691           6,615          13,550          10,083
KSDK............................................       2,986,764          21,577          40,675          31,126
KSEE............................................       1,749,448          12,639          13,550          13,094
KSFY-TV.........................................         670,536           4,844           4,450           4,647
KSGW-TV.........................................          62,178             449           4,450           2,450
KSHB-TV.........................................       2,361,771          17,062          27,150          22,106
KSHV-TV.........................................         937,203           6,771          13,550          10,160
KSKN............................................         731,818           5,287          13,550           9,418
KSLA............................................       1,009,108           7,290          13,550          10,420
KTCW............................................         100,392             725           4,450           2,588
KTDO............................................       1,015,338           7,335          13,550          10,443
KTEL-TV.........................................          53,423             386          27,150          13,768
KTEN............................................         566,422           4,092           4,450           4,271
KTFD-TV.........................................       3,265,713          23,593          40,675          32,134
KTFF-DT.........................................       2,162,454          15,622          13,550          14,586
KTFK-DT.........................................       6,969,307          50,349          40,675          45,512
KTFN............................................       1,015,088           7,333          13,550          10,442
KTFQ-TV.........................................       1,136,300           8,209          27,150          17,680
KTGM............................................         159,358           1,151           4,450           2,801
KSL-TV..........................................       2,390,708          17,271          27,150          22,211
KSMO-TV.........................................       2,401,134          17,347          27,150          22,248
KSNB-TV.........................................         658,560           4,758           4,450           4,604
KSNC............................................         174,135           1,258          13,550           7,404
KSNF............................................         500,881           3,619           4,450           4,034
KSNG............................................         145,058           1,048          13,550           7,299
KSNK............................................          48,715             352          13,550           6,951
KSNT............................................         622,818           4,499           4,450           4,475
KSNV............................................          33,709             244          27,150          13,697
KSNW............................................         789,136           5,701          13,550           9,626
KTHV............................................       1,284,362           9,279          13,550          11,414
KTIV............................................         688,477           4,974           4,450           4,712
KTKA-TV.........................................         567,958           4,103           4,450           4,277
KTLA............................................      17,994,407         129,998          54,000          91,999
KTLM............................................         373,084           2,695          13,550           8,123
KTMD............................................       6,074,240          43,883          54,000          48,941
KTMF............................................         187,251           1,353           4,450           2,901
KTVM-TV.........................................         277,657           2,006           4,450           3,228
KTVN............................................         955,300           6,901           4,450           5,676
KTVO............................................         148,780           1,075           4,450           2,762
KSPS-TV.........................................         819,981           5,924          13,550           9,737
KSPX-TV.........................................       6,745,180          48,730          40,675          44,702
KSQA............................................         382,328           2,762           4,450           3,606
KSTC-TV.........................................       3,796,912          27,430          40,675          34,053
KSTF............................................          51,317             371           4,450           2,410
KSTP-TV.........................................       3,788,898          27,372          40,675          34,024
KSTR-DT.........................................       6,617,736          47,809          54,000          50,904
KSTS............................................       7,645,340          55,233          54,000          54,616
KTMW............................................       2,261,671          16,339          27,150          21,745
KTNL-TV.........................................           8,642              62           4,450           2,256
KTVQ............................................         179,797           1,299           4,450           2,874
KTVT............................................       6,912,366          49,937          54,000          51,969
KTVU............................................       7,913,996          57,174          54,000          55,587
KTVW-DT.........................................       4,173,111          30,148          40,675          35,412
KTVX............................................       2,381,728          17,206          27,150          22,178
KTVZ............................................         201,828           1,458           4,450           2,954
KTWO-TV.........................................          80,426             581           4,450           2,516
KTXA............................................       6,876,811          49,681          54,000          51,840
KTXD-TV.........................................       6,546,692          47,296          54,000          50,648
KTXH............................................       6,092,710          44,016          54,000          49,008
KTNV-TV.........................................       2,094,506          15,131          27,150          21,141
KTOO-TV.........................................          31,269             226           4,450           2,338
KTPX-TV.........................................       1,066,196           7,703          13,550          10,626

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KTRE............................................         441,879           3,192           4,450           3,821
KTRK-TV.........................................       6,114,259          44,172          54,000          49,086
KTRV-TV.........................................         714,833           5,164           4,450           4,807
KTSF............................................       7,921,124          57,225          54,000          55,613
KTSM-TV.........................................       1,015,348           7,335          13,550          10,443
KTTC............................................         815,213           5,889           4,450           5,170
KTTM............................................          76,133             550           4,450           2,500
KTXL............................................       7,355,088          53,136          40,675          46,905
KTXS-TV.........................................         247,603           1,789           4,450           3,119
KUAM-TV.........................................         159,358           1,151           4,450           2,801
KUBD............................................          14,858             107           4,450           2,279
KUBE-TV.........................................       6,062,183          43,795          54,000          48,898
KUCW............................................       2,388,146          17,253          27,150          22,201
KULR-TV.........................................         177,242           1,280           4,450           2,865
KUMV-TV.........................................          41,607             301           4,450           2,375
KUNP............................................         130,559             943          40,675          20,809
KUNS-TV.........................................       4,023,436          29,067          40,675          34,871
KTTU............................................       1,324,801           9,571          13,550          11,560
KTTV............................................      17,952,596         129,696          54,000          91,848
KTTW............................................         329,557           2,381           4,450           3,415
KTUL............................................       1,416,959          10,237          13,550          11,893
KTUU-TV.........................................         380,240           2,747           4,450           3,598
KTUZ-TV.........................................       1,668,531          12,054          27,150          19,602
KTVA............................................         342,517           2,474           4,450           3,462
KTVB............................................         719,145           5,195           4,450           4,823
KTVC............................................         137,239             991           4,450           2,721
KTVD............................................       3,845,148          27,779          40,675          34,227
KUOK............................................          28,974             209          27,150          13,680
KUPB............................................         318,914           2,304           4,450           3,377
KUPK............................................         149,642           1,081          13,550           7,316
KUPT............................................          87,602             633          27,150          13,891
KUPX-TV.........................................       2,374,672          17,156          27,150          22,153
KUSA............................................       3,803,461          27,478          40,675          34,076
KVVU-TV.........................................       2,042,029          14,752          27,150          20,951
KVYE............................................         396,495           2,864           4,450           3,657
KWAB-TV.........................................          50,707             366           4,450           2,408
KWBA-TV.........................................       1,129,524           8,160          13,550          10,855
KTVE............................................         641,139           4,632           4,450           4,541
KTVF............................................          68,847             497           4,450           2,474
KTVH-DT.........................................         228,832           1,653           4,450           3,052
KTVI............................................       2,979,889          21,528          40,675          31,101
KTVK............................................       4,184,825          30,233          40,675          35,454
KTVL............................................         415,327           3,000           4,450           3,725
KUSI-TV.........................................       3,572,818          25,811          27,150          26,481
KUTH-DT.........................................       2,219,788          16,037          27,150          21,593
KUTP............................................       4,191,015          30,277          40,675          35,476
KUTV............................................       2,388,211          17,253          27,150          22,202
KWBN............................................         953,207           6,886          13,550          10,218
KWBQ............................................       1,148,810           8,299          27,150          17,725
KWCH-DT.........................................         883,647           6,384          13,550           9,967
KWCM-TV.........................................         252,284           1,823          40,675          21,249
KWES-TV.........................................         424,862           3,069           4,450           3,760
KWEX-DT.........................................       2,365,653          17,090          27,150          22,120
KWGN-TV.........................................       3,706,495          26,777          40,675          33,726
KWHB............................................       1,104,914           7,982          13,550          10,766
KWHD............................................          97,959             708          13,550           7,129
KWHE............................................         952,966           6,885          13,550          10,217
KUVE-DT.........................................       1,264,962           9,139          13,550          11,344
KUVI-DT.........................................       1,006,905           7,274           4,450           5,862
KUVN-DT.........................................       6,682,825          48,279          54,000          51,140
KUVS-DT.........................................       4,043,413          29,211          40,675          34,943
KVAL-TV.........................................       1,016,673           7,345           4,450           5,897
KVAW............................................          76,153             550          27,150          13,850
KVCT............................................         288,221           2,082           4,450           3,266
KVCW............................................          33,709             244          27,150          13,697
KVDA............................................       2,400,582          17,343          27,150          22,246
KVEA............................................      17,925,427         129,500          54,000          91,750
KWHM............................................         175,045           1,265          13,550           7,407
KWHY-TV.........................................      17,343,236         125,294          54,000          89,647
KWKB............................................       1,121,676           8,103          13,550          10,827

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KWKT-TV.........................................       1,010,550           7,301          13,550          10,425
KWNB-TV.........................................          91,093             658           4,450           2,554
KWPX-TV.........................................       4,220,008          30,487          40,675          35,581
KWQC-TV.........................................       1,080,156           7,803           4,450           6,127
KWSD............................................         280,675           2,028           4,450           3,239
KWTV-DT.........................................       1,628,106          11,762          27,150          19,456
KWTX-TV.........................................       2,071,023          14,962          13,550          14,256
KVEO-TV.........................................       1,244,504           8,991          13,550          11,270
KVEW............................................         476,720           3,444           4,450           3,947
KVHP............................................         743,167           5,369           4,450           4,909
KVIA-TV.........................................       1,015,350           7,335          13,550          10,443
KVIE............................................      10,772,354          77,823          40,675          59,249
KVIH-TV.........................................          91,912             664           4,450           2,557
KVII-TV.........................................         379,042           2,738           4,450           3,594
KVLY-TV.........................................         347,517           2,511           4,450           3,480
KVMD............................................       6,145,526          44,398          54,000          49,199
KVME-TV.........................................          26,711             193          54,000          27,096
KWWL............................................       1,171,751           8,465          13,550          11,008
KWWT............................................         293,291           2,119           4,450           3,284
KWYB............................................          86,495             625           4,450           2,537
KXAN-TV.........................................       2,678,666          19,352          27,150          23,251
KXAS-TV.........................................       6,774,295          48,940          54,000          51,470
KXGN-TV.........................................          14,217             103           4,450           2,276
KXII............................................       2,323,974          16,789           4,450          10,620
KXLA............................................      17,653,508         127,535          54,000          90,768
KXLF-TV.........................................         258,100           1,865           4,450           3,157
KXLT-TV.........................................         348,025           2,514           4,450           3,482
KVOA............................................       1,317,956           9,521          13,550          11,536
KVOS-TV.........................................       2,019,168          14,587          40,675          27,631
KVRR............................................         356,645           2,577           4,450           3,513
KVSN-DT.........................................       2,711,724          19,590          13,550          16,570
KVTH-DT.........................................         303,744           2,194          13,550           7,872
KVTJ-DT.........................................       1,466,517          10,595           4,450           7,522
KVTN-DT.........................................         936,328           6,764          13,550          10,157
KVUE............................................       2,661,290          19,226          27,150          23,188
KVUI............................................         248,405           1,795           4,450           3,122
WACY-TV.........................................         920,090           6,647          13,550          10,099
KXLY-TV.........................................         784,334           5,666          13,550           9,608
KXMA-TV.........................................          32,005             231           4,450           2,341
KXMB-TV.........................................         142,755           1,031           4,450           2,741
KXMC-TV.........................................          97,569             705           4,450           2,577
KXMD-TV.........................................          37,962             274           4,450           2,362
KXNW............................................         602,168           4,350          13,550           8,950
KXRM-TV.........................................       1,843,363          13,317          13,550          13,434
KXTV............................................      10,759,864          77,733          40,675          59,204
WADL............................................       4,610,514          33,308          40,675          36,992
WAFB............................................       1,857,882          13,422          13,550          13,486
WAFF............................................       1,197,068           8,648          13,550          11,099
WAGA-TV.........................................       6,000,355          43,349          54,000          48,674
WAGM-TV.........................................          64,721             468          13,550           7,009
WAKA............................................         769,765           5,561           4,450           5,006
WALA-TV.........................................       1,320,419           9,539          13,550          11,545
WALB............................................         773,899           5,591           4,450           5,020
KXTX-TV.........................................       6,716,749          48,524          54,000          51,262
KXVA............................................         185,478           1,340           4,450           2,895
KXVO............................................       1,333,338           9,633          13,550          11,591
KXXV............................................       1,771,620          12,799          13,550          13,174
KYAZ............................................       6,075,053          43,888          54,000          48,944
KYES-TV.........................................         381,413           2,755           4,450           3,603
KYLE-TV.........................................         324,032           2,341          13,550           7,945
KYMA-DT.........................................         398,681           2,880           4,450           3,665
WAMI-DT.........................................       5,406,932          39,062          40,675          39,868
WAND............................................       1,400,271          10,116          13,550          11,833
WANE-TV.........................................       1,108,844           8,011           4,450           6,230
WAOE............................................         613,812           4,434           4,450           4,442
WAOW............................................         636,957           4,602           4,450           4,526
WAPA-TV.........................................       3,764,742          27,198           4,450          15,824
WAPT............................................         793,621           5,733          13,550           9,642
WAQP............................................       1,992,340          14,393          13,550          13,972
KYOU-TV.........................................         651,334           4,705           4,450           4,578

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KYTV............................................       1,041,020           7,521          13,550          10,535
KYTX............................................         901,751           6,515           4,450           5,482
KYUR............................................         379,943           2,745           4,450           3,597
KYUS-TV.........................................          12,496              90           4,450           2,270
KYVV-TV.........................................          67,201             485          27,150          13,818
KYW-TV..........................................      11,061,941          79,916          54,000          66,958
WATC-DT.........................................       5,637,070          40,724          54,000          47,362
WATE-TV.........................................       1,874,433          13,542          13,550          13,546
WATL............................................       5,882,837          42,500          54,000          48,250
WATM-TV.........................................         937,438           6,772           4,450           5,611
WATN-TV.........................................       1,787,595          12,914          13,550          13,232
WAVE............................................       1,846,212          13,338          27,150          20,244
WAVY-TV.........................................       2,039,358          14,733          27,150          20,942
KZJL............................................       6,007,975          43,404          54,000          48,702
KZJO............................................       4,179,154          30,192          40,675          35,433
KZTV............................................         567,635           4,101           4,450           4,275
WAAY-TV.........................................       1,530,431          11,056          13,550          12,303
WABC-TV.........................................      22,032,680         159,172          54,000         106,586
WABG-TV.........................................         393,020           2,839           4,450           3,645
WABI-TV.........................................         530,773           3,835           4,450           4,142
WAWD............................................         553,676           4,000          13,550           8,775
WAWV-TV.........................................         705,549           5,097           4,450           4,774
WAXN-TV.........................................         659,816           4,767          40,675          22,721
WBAL-TV.........................................       9,596,587          69,329          27,150          48,240
WBAY-TV.........................................       1,225,928           8,857          13,550          11,203
WBBH-TV.........................................       2,046,391          14,784          13,550          14,167
WBBJ-TV.........................................         662,148           4,784           4,450           4,617
WABM............................................       1,703,202          12,305          27,150          19,727
WACH............................................       1,317,429           9,518          13,550          11,534
WACP............................................       9,415,263          68,019          54,000          61,010
WBFF............................................       8,509,757          61,478          27,150          44,314
WBFS-TV.........................................       5,349,613          38,648          40,675          39,661
WBIH............................................         736,501           5,321           4,450           4,885
WBIR-TV.........................................       1,978,347          14,292          13,550          13,921
WBBM-TV.........................................       9,977,169          72,079          54,000          63,039
WBBZ-TV.........................................       1,269,256           9,170          13,550          11,360
WBDT............................................       3,660,544          26,445          13,550          19,998
WCCT-TV.........................................       4,776,733          34,509          27,150          30,829
WCCU............................................         395,106           2,854          13,550           8,202
WCHS-TV.........................................       1,352,824           9,773          13,550          11,662
WCIA............................................         796,609           5,755          13,550           9,652
WBKB-TV.........................................         136,823             988           4,450           2,719
WBKI............................................       1,983,992          14,333           4,450           9,392
WBKO............................................         963,413           6,960           4,450           5,705
WBKP............................................          55,655             402           4,450           2,426
WBNA............................................       1,699,683          12,279          27,150          19,715
WBNG-TV.........................................       1,657,643          11,975           4,450           8,213
WBNS-TV.........................................       2,847,721          20,573          27,150          23,861
WBNX-TV.........................................       3,642,304          26,313          40,675          33,494
WCIU-TV.........................................       9,891,328          71,459          54,000          62,729
WCIV............................................       1,125,558           8,131          13,550          10,841
WCIX............................................         554,002           4,002          13,550           8,776
WCJB-TV.........................................         977,492           7,062           4,450           5,756
WCLJ-TV.........................................       2,258,426          16,316          27,150          21,733
WCMH-TV.........................................       2,756,260          19,912          27,150          23,531
WCNC-TV.........................................       3,822,849          27,618          40,675          34,146
WCOV-TV.........................................         862,899           6,234           4,450           5,342
WBOC-TV.........................................         783,438           5,660           4,450           5,055
WBOY-TV.........................................         711,302           5,139           4,450           4,794
WBPH-TV.........................................      12,689,628          91,675          54,000          72,837
WBPX-TV.........................................       6,732,628          48,639          54,000          51,319
WBRC............................................       1,852,997          13,387          27,150          20,268
WBRE-TV.........................................       3,553,761          25,674          13,550          19,612
WBRZ-TV.........................................       2,223,336          16,062          13,550          14,806
WBSF............................................         987,886           7,137          13,550          10,343
WCPO-TV.........................................       3,328,920          24,049          27,150          25,600
WCPX-TV.........................................       9,674,477          69,892          54,000          61,946
WCSC-TV.........................................       1,028,018           7,427          13,550          10,488
WCSH............................................       1,682,955          12,158          13,550          12,854
WCTE............................................         612,760           4,427          27,150          15,788

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WCTI-TV.........................................       1,680,664          12,142          13,550          12,846
WCTV............................................       1,049,825           7,584           4,450           6,017
WCTX............................................       7,845,782          56,681          27,150          41,915
WBTV............................................       4,433,020          32,026          40,675          36,350
WBTW............................................       1,975,457          14,271           4,450           9,361
WBUI............................................         981,884           7,093          13,550          10,322
WBUP............................................         126,472             914           4,450           2,682
WBXX-TV.........................................       2,142,548          15,479          13,550          14,514
WBZ-TV..........................................       7,764,394          56,093          54,000          55,046
WCAU............................................      11,012,279          79,557          54,000          66,778
WCAV............................................         949,729           6,861           4,450           5,656
WCVB-TV.........................................       7,741,540          55,928          54,000          54,964
WCVI-TV.........................................          50,601             366           4,450           2,408
WCWF............................................       1,040,984           7,520          13,550          10,535
WCWJ............................................       1,582,959          11,436          27,150          19,293
WCWN............................................       1,698,469          12,270          13,550          12,910
WCYB-TV.........................................       3,032,475          21,908          13,550          17,729
WDAF-TV.........................................       2,539,581          18,347          27,150          22,748
WDAM-TV.........................................         512,594           3,703           4,450           4,077
WCAX-TV.........................................         784,748           5,669          13,550           9,610
WCBD-TV.........................................       1,100,127           7,948          13,550          10,749
WCBI-TV.........................................         680,511           4,916           4,450           4,683
WCBS-TV.........................................       1,752,130          12,658          54,000          33,329
WCCB............................................       3,542,464          25,592          40,675          33,134
WCCO-TV.........................................       3,837,442          27,723          40,675          34,199
WDEF-TV.........................................       1,731,483          12,509          13,550          13,029
WDFX-TV.........................................         271,499           1,961           4,450           3,206
WDAY-TV.........................................         339,239           2,451           4,450           3,450
WDAZ-TV.........................................         151,720           1,096           4,450           2,773
WDBB............................................       1,669,214          12,059          27,150          19,605
WDBD............................................         919,098           6,640          13,550          10,095
WDBJ............................................       1,606,844          11,608          13,550          12,579
WDCA............................................       8,070,491          58,304          54,000          56,152
WETP-TV.........................................       2,087,588          15,082          13,550          14,316
WEUX............................................         379,158           2,739           4,450           3,595
WDHN............................................         452,377           3,268           4,450           3,859
WDIO-DT.........................................         341,506           2,467           4,450           3,459
WDIV-TV.........................................       5,425,162          39,193          40,675          39,934
WDJT-TV.........................................       3,085,540          22,291          27,150          24,721
WDKA............................................         621,903           4,493          13,550           9,021
WDKY-TV.........................................       1,159,126           8,374          13,550          10,962
WDLI-TV.........................................       4,165,601          30,094          40,675          35,384
WDPB............................................         594,332           4,294          54,000          29,147
WDPN-TV.........................................      11,594,463          83,763          54,000          68,881
WEWS-TV.........................................       4,112,984          29,714          40,675          35,194
WEYI-TV.........................................       2,664,319          19,248          13,550          16,399
WFAA............................................       6,957,935          50,267          54,000          52,133
WFBD............................................         814,185           5,882          13,550           9,716
WFDC-DT.........................................       8,155,998          58,922          54,000          56,461
WFFF-TV.........................................         592,012           4,277          13,550           8,913
WFFT-TV.........................................       1,088,489           7,864           4,450           6,157
WFGX............................................       1,440,245          10,405          13,550          11,977
WFIE............................................         731,856           5,287           4,450           4,869
WDPX-TV.........................................       6,732,628          48,639          54,000          51,319
WDRB............................................       1,987,708          14,360          27,150          20,755
WDSE............................................         330,994           2,391           4,450           3,421
WDSI-TV.........................................       1,100,302           7,949          13,550          10,749
WDSU............................................       1,613,076          11,653          27,150          19,402
WDTI............................................       2,095,312          15,137          27,150          21,144
WDTN............................................       3,660,544          26,445          13,550          19,998
WDTV............................................         962,532           6,954           4,450           5,702
WFLA-TV.........................................       5,450,176          39,374          40,675          40,025
WFLD............................................       9,957,301          71,935          54,000          62,968
WFLI-TV.........................................       1,272,913           9,196          13,550          11,373
WFLX............................................       5,730,443          41,399          27,150          34,274
WFMJ-TV.........................................       3,504,955          25,321           4,450          14,886
WFMY-TV.........................................       4,772,783          34,480          27,150          30,815
WFMZ-TV.........................................      12,689,628          91,675          54,000          72,837
WFNA............................................       1,283,160           9,270          13,550          11,410
WDVM-TV.........................................       2,667,801          19,273          54,000          36,637

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WDWL............................................       2,638,361          19,060           4,450          11,755
WEAR-TV.........................................       1,524,131          11,011          13,550          12,280
WEAU............................................         991,019           7,159           4,450           5,805
WEBA-TV.........................................         639,244           4,618           4,450           4,534
WECT............................................       1,134,918           8,199           4,450           6,325
WEEK-TV.........................................         698,238           5,044           4,450           4,747
WFOR-TV.........................................       5,398,266          38,999          40,675          39,837
WFOX-TV.........................................       1,602,888          11,580          27,150          19,365
WFPX-TV.........................................       2,218,968          16,031          40,675          28,353
WFQX-TV.........................................         537,340           3,882           4,450           4,166
WFRV-TV.........................................       1,201,204           8,678          13,550          11,114
WFSB............................................       4,818,020          34,807          27,150          30,979
WFTC............................................       3,787,177          27,360          40,675          34,017
WEHT............................................         847,299           6,121           4,450           5,286
WEMT............................................       1,727,493          12,480          13,550          13,015
WENY-TV.........................................         543,162           3,924           4,450           4,187
WEPX-TV.........................................         859,535           6,210          13,550           9,880
WESH............................................       4,107,172          29,672          40,675          35,173
WETA-TV.........................................       7,607,834          54,962          54,000          54,481
WETK............................................         670,087           4,841          13,550           9,195
WETM-TV.........................................         721,800           5,215           4,450           4,832
WFXG............................................       1,126,348           8,137           4,450           6,294
WFTS-TV.........................................       5,077,970          36,685          40,675          38,680
WFTT-TV.........................................       4,523,828          32,682          40,675          36,678
WFTV............................................         762,903           5,511          40,675          23,093
WFTX-TV.........................................       1,775,097          12,824          13,550          13,187
WFTY-DT.........................................       5,678,755          41,025          54,000          47,513
WFUP............................................         217,655           1,572           4,450           3,011
WFUT-DT.........................................      19,992,096         144,430          54,000          99,215
WFXB............................................       1,511,681          10,921           4,450           7,685
WHBQ-TV.........................................       1,736,335          12,544          13,550          13,047
WFXL............................................         793,637           5,734           4,450           5,092
WFXP............................................         583,315           4,214           4,450           4,332
WFXR............................................       1,432,348          10,348          13,550          11,949
WFXT............................................       7,366,667          53,220          54,000          53,610
WFXU............................................         211,721           1,530           4,450           2,990
WFXV............................................         633,597           4,577           4,450           4,514
WFXW............................................         274,078           1,980           4,450           3,215
WGAL............................................       7,775,662          56,174          27,150          41,662
WHDF............................................       1,266,286           9,148          13,550          11,349
WHDH............................................       7,319,659          52,880          54,000          53,440
WHDT............................................       5,640,324          40,748          27,150          33,949
WHEC-TV.........................................       1,322,243           9,552          13,550          11,551
WHFT-TV.........................................       5,417,409          39,137          40,675          39,906
WHIO-TV.........................................       3,896,757          28,152          13,550          20,851
WHIZ-TV.........................................         910,864           6,580           4,450           5,515
WHKY-TV.........................................       3,038,732          21,953          40,675          31,314
WGBA-TV.........................................       1,170,375           8,455          13,550          11,003
WGBC............................................         249,415           1,802           4,450           3,126
WGBO-DT.........................................       9,771,815          70,595          54,000          62,298
WGCL-TV.........................................       6,027,276          43,543          54,000          48,772
WGEM-TV.........................................         333,383           2,408           4,450           3,429
WGEN-TV.........................................          43,037             311          40,675          20,493
WGFL............................................         759,234           5,485           4,450           4,967
WHLT............................................         484,404           3,500           4,450           3,975
WHMB-TV.........................................       2,847,719          20,573          27,150          23,861
WHME-TV.........................................       1,271,796           9,188          13,550          11,369
WHNS............................................       2,549,397          18,418          27,150          22,784
WHNT-TV.........................................       1,569,885          11,341          13,550          12,446
WHO-DT..........................................       1,151,807           8,321          13,550          10,936
WHOI............................................         679,446           4,909           4,450           4,679
WGGB-TV.........................................       3,443,447          24,877           4,450          14,663
WGHP............................................       3,774,522          27,269          27,150          27,209
WGMB-TV.........................................       1,739,804          12,569          13,550          13,059
WGME-TV.........................................       1,308,896           9,456          13,550          11,503
WGNO............................................       1,641,765          11,861          27,150          19,505
WGNT............................................       1,875,612          13,550          27,150          20,350
WGN-TV..........................................       9,942,959          71,832          54,000          62,916
WHP-TV..........................................       3,046,418          22,008          27,150          24,579
WHPX-TV.........................................       4,851,563          35,049          27,150          31,100

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WHSV-TV.........................................         206,445           1,491           4,450           2,971
WHTM-TV.........................................       2,829,585          20,442          27,150          23,796
WHYY-TV.........................................      10,379,045          74,982          54,000          64,491
WIAT............................................       1,837,072          13,272          27,150          20,211
WIBW-TV.........................................       1,089,708           7,872           4,450           6,161
WGPX-TV.........................................       1,952,062          14,102          27,150          20,626
WGRZ............................................       1,878,725          13,573          13,550          13,561
WGTA............................................       1,061,654           7,670          54,000          30,835
WGTQ............................................          95,618             691           4,450           2,570
WGTU............................................         358,543           2,590           4,450           3,520
WGWG............................................         986,963           7,130          13,550          10,340
WGWW............................................       1,677,166          12,116          27,150          19,633
WGXA............................................         759,936           5,490           4,450           4,970
WHAM-TV.........................................       1,323,785           9,564          13,550          11,557
WHAS-TV.........................................       1,982,756          14,324          27,150          20,737
WICD............................................       1,238,332           8,946          13,550          11,248
WICS............................................       1,011,833           7,310          13,550          10,430
WICU-TV.........................................         716,630           5,177           4,450           4,814
WICZ-TV.........................................         976,771           7,057           4,450           5,753
WIDP............................................       2,559,306          18,489           4,450          11,470
WIFS............................................       1,400,358          10,117          13,550          11,833
WILX-TV.........................................       3,378,644          24,409           4,450          14,429
WINK-TV.........................................       1,851,105          13,373          13,550          13,462
WINP-TV.........................................       2,804,646          20,262          40,675          30,468
WIPL............................................         671,201           4,849          13,550           9,200
WHBF-TV.........................................       1,807,539          13,058           4,450           8,754
WIRS............................................       3,714,677          26,836           4,450          15,643
WIRT-DT.........................................         127,001             918           4,450           2,684
WIS.............................................       2,644,715          19,106          13,550          16,328
WISC-TV.........................................       1,830,642          13,225          13,550          13,388
WISE-TV.........................................       1,089,665           7,872           4,450           6,161
WISH-TV.........................................       2,912,963          21,044          27,150          24,097
WISN-TV.........................................       2,938,180          21,226          27,150          24,188
WITF-TV.........................................       2,412,561          17,429          27,150          22,290
WIPX-TV.........................................       2,258,426          16,316          27,150          21,733
WJW.............................................       3,977,148          28,732          40,675          34,704
WJWN-TV.........................................       1,962,885          14,181           4,450           9,315
WJXT............................................       1,608,682          11,622          27,150          19,386
WJXX............................................       1,618,191          11,690          27,150          19,420
WJYS............................................       9,647,321          69,696          54,000          61,848
WJZ-TV..........................................       9,366,690          67,668          27,150          47,409
WJZY............................................       4,054,244          29,289          40,675          34,982
WKAQ-TV.........................................       3,697,088          26,709           4,450          15,580
WITI............................................       3,117,342          22,521          27,150          24,835
WITN-TV.........................................       1,768,040          12,773          13,550          13,161
WIVB-TV.........................................       1,538,108          11,112          13,550          12,331
WIVT............................................         856,453           6,187           4,450           5,319
WIWN............................................       3,462,960          25,018          27,150          26,084
WIYC............................................         526,556           3,804           4,450           4,127
WJAC-TV.........................................         379,178           2,739           4,450           3,595
WKBD-TV.........................................       4,986,483          36,024          40,675          38,350
WKBN-TV.........................................       2,068,935          14,947           4,450           9,698
WKBS-TV.........................................         831,411           6,006          40,675          23,341
WKBT-DT.........................................         866,325           6,259           4,450           5,354
WKBW-TV.........................................       2,033,929          14,694          13,550          14,122
WKCF............................................       4,032,154          29,130          40,675          34,902
WKEF............................................       3,623,762          26,179          13,550          19,865
WJAR............................................       6,537,858          47,232          13,550          30,391
WJAX-TV.........................................       1,630,782          11,781          27,150          19,466
WJBF............................................       1,601,531          11,570           4,450           8,010
WJBK............................................       5,748,623          41,530          40,675          41,103
WJCL............................................         938,086           6,777          13,550          10,164
WJCT............................................       1,624,624          11,737          27,150          19,443
WJEB-TV.........................................       1,607,510          11,613          27,150          19,382
WKMG-TV.........................................       3,803,492          27,478          40,675          34,076
WKNX-TV.........................................       1,684,178          12,167          13,550          12,859
WKOI-TV.........................................       3,660,544          26,445          13,550          19,998
WKOP-TV.........................................       1,532,125          11,069          13,550          12,309
WKOW............................................       1,918,224          13,858          13,550          13,704
WKPT-TV.........................................       1,085,875           7,845          13,550          10,697

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WKPV............................................       2,550,642          18,427           4,450          11,438
WJET-TV.........................................         704,806           5,092           4,450           4,771
WJFW-TV.........................................         277,530           2,005           4,450           3,227
WJHG-TV.........................................         856,973           6,191           4,450           5,321
WJHL-TV.........................................       2,202,140          15,909          13,550          14,730
WJKT............................................         654,460           4,728           4,450           4,589
WJLA-TV.........................................       8,970,526          64,806          54,000          59,403
WJLP............................................      21,384,863         154,492          54,000         104,246
WJMN-TV.........................................         160,991           1,163           4,450           2,807
WKRC-TV.........................................       3,281,914          23,710          27,150          25,430
WKRG-TV.........................................       1,499,595          10,834          13,550          12,192
WKRN-TV.........................................       2,410,573          17,415          27,150          22,282
WKTC............................................       1,386,422          10,016          13,550          11,783
WKTV............................................       1,573,503          11,368           4,450           7,909
WKYC............................................       4,154,903          30,017          40,675          35,346
WKYT-TV.........................................       1,138,566           8,225          13,550          10,888
WLAJ............................................       1,865,669          13,478           4,450           8,964
WJPX............................................       3,254,481          23,512           4,450          13,981
WJRT-TV.........................................       2,788,684          20,146          13,550          16,848
WJTC............................................       1,347,474           9,735          13,550          11,642
WJTV............................................         987,206           7,132          13,550          10,341
WLFI-TV.........................................       2,243,009          16,204           4,450          10,327
WLFL............................................       3,640,360          26,299          40,675          33,487
WLGA............................................         950,018           6,863           4,450           5,657
WLII-DT.........................................       2,801,102          20,236           4,450          12,343
WLIO............................................       1,070,641           7,735           4,450           6,092
WLAX............................................         513,319           3,708           4,450           4,079
WLBT............................................         948,671           6,854          13,550          10,202
WLBZ............................................         373,129           2,696           4,450           3,573
WLEX-TV.........................................         969,543           7,004          13,550          10,277
WMDN............................................         278,227           2,010           4,450           3,230
WMDT............................................         731,931           5,288           4,450           4,869
WMFD-TV.........................................       1,561,367          11,280          40,675          25,977
WMFP............................................       5,792,048          41,844          54,000          47,922
WMGM-TV.........................................         807,797           5,836          54,000          29,918
WLIW............................................      14,117,756         101,992          54,000          77,996
WLJC-TV.........................................       1,433,458          10,356          13,550          11,953
WLKY............................................       1,854,829          13,400          27,150          20,275
WLMB............................................       2,754,484          19,899          13,550          16,725
WLMT............................................       1,736,552          12,545          13,550          13,048
WLNE-TV.........................................       5,705,441          41,218          13,550          27,384
WLNS-TV.........................................       1,865,669          13,478           4,450           8,964
WLNY-TV.........................................       5,983,123          43,224          54,000          48,612
WMGT-TV.........................................         601,894           4,348           4,450           4,399
WMOR-TV.........................................       5,386,517          38,914          40,675          39,795
WMOW............................................         121,150             875           4,450           2,663
WMSN-TV.........................................       1,579,847          11,413          13,550          12,482
WMTJ............................................       3,143,148          22,707           4,450          13,579
WMTV............................................       1,548,616          11,188          13,550          12,369
WMTW............................................       1,940,292          14,017          13,550          13,784
WMUR-TV.........................................       5,192,179          37,510          54,000          45,755
WLOS............................................       3,762,204          27,180          27,150          27,165
WLOV-TV.........................................         609,526           4,403           4,450           4,427
WLOX............................................       1,182,149           8,540           4,450           6,495
WLPX-TV.........................................       1,021,171           7,377          13,550          10,464
WLS-TV..........................................      10,174,464          73,504          54,000          63,752
WLTV-DT.........................................       5,427,398          39,210          40,675          39,942
WLTX............................................       1,597,791          11,543          13,550          12,547
WMYA-TV.........................................       1,577,439          11,396          27,150          19,273
WMYD............................................       5,601,422          40,467          40,675          40,571
WMYT-TV.........................................       4,054,244          29,289          40,675          34,982
WMYV............................................       3,808,852          27,517          27,150          27,333
WNAB............................................       2,072,197          14,970          27,150          21,060
WNAC-TV.........................................       7,310,183          52,811          13,550          33,181
WNBC............................................      20,064,358         144,952          54,000          99,476
WLTZ............................................         689,521           4,981           4,450           4,716
WLUC-TV.........................................          92,246             666           4,450           2,558
WLUK-TV.........................................       1,251,563           9,042          13,550          11,296
WLWT............................................       3,319,556          23,982          27,150          25,566
WMAQ-TV.........................................       9,914,395          71,625          54,000          62,813

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WMAR-TV.........................................       9,203,498          66,489          27,150          46,820
WMAZ-TV.........................................       1,185,678           8,566           4,450           6,508
WNBW-DT.........................................         633,243           4,575           4,450           4,512
WNCF............................................         667,683           4,824           4,450           4,637
WNCN............................................       3,427,038          24,758          40,675          32,717
WNCT-TV.........................................       1,933,527          13,969          13,550          13,759
WNDU-TV.........................................       1,807,909          13,061          13,550          13,306
WNDY-TV.........................................       2,912,963          21,044          27,150          24,097
WNEM-TV.........................................       1,617,082          11,682          13,550          12,616
WMBB............................................         935,027           6,755           4,450           5,602
WMBC-TV.........................................      18,706,132         135,140          54,000          94,570
WMBD-TV.........................................         733,039           5,296           4,450           4,873
WMBF-TV.........................................         445,363           3,217           4,450           3,834
WMCN-TV.........................................      10,379,045          74,982          54,000          64,491
WMC-TV..........................................       2,047,403          14,791          13,550          14,171
WMDE............................................       6,384,827          46,126          54,000          50,063
WNLO............................................       1,538,108          11,112          13,550          12,331
WNNE............................................         792,551           5,726          13,550           9,638
WNEP-TV.........................................          73,667             532          13,550           7,041
WNET............................................      20,826,756         150,460          54,000         102,230
WNEU............................................       3,471,700          25,081          54,000          39,540
WNIN............................................         883,322           6,381           4,450           5,416
WNJU............................................      20,064,358         144,952          54,000          99,476
WNJX-TV.........................................       1,585,248          11,452           4,450           7,951
WNKY............................................         385,619           2,786           4,450           3,618
WPBN-TV.........................................         411,213           2,971           4,450           3,710
WPBT............................................       5,442,761          39,321          40,675          39,998
WNOL-TV.........................................       1,632,389          11,793          27,150          19,471
WNPX-TV.........................................       2,216,062          16,010          27,150          21,580
WNSC-TV.........................................       2,072,821          14,975          40,675          27,825
WNTZ-TV.........................................         338,422           2,445           4,450           3,447
WNUV............................................       9,098,694          65,732          27,150          46,441
WNWO-TV.........................................       2,232,660          16,130          13,550          14,840
WNYA............................................       1,540,430          11,129          13,550          12,339
WNYB............................................       1,630,417          11,779          13,550          12,664
WPCB-TV.........................................       2,722,282          19,667          40,675          30,171
WPCH-TV.........................................       5,986,720          43,250          54,000          48,625
WPCT............................................         195,270           1,411           4,450           2,930
WPCW............................................       3,393,365          24,515          40,675          32,595
WPDE-TV.........................................       1,764,645          12,748           4,450           8,599
WPEC............................................       5,788,448          41,818          27,150          34,484
WPFO............................................         870,698           6,290          13,550           9,920
WPGA-TV.........................................         559,495           4,042           4,450           4,246
WNYO-TV.........................................       1,539,525          11,122          13,550          12,336
WNYS-TV.........................................       1,690,696          12,214          13,550          12,882
WNYT............................................       1,967,183          14,212          13,550          13,881
WNYW............................................      20,307,995         146,712          54,000         100,356
WOAI-TV.........................................       2,457,441          17,753          27,150          22,452
WOAY-TV.........................................         569,330           4,113           4,450           4,282
WOFL............................................       3,941,895          28,478          40,675          34,576
WPGH-TV.........................................       3,132,507          22,630          40,675          31,653
WPGX............................................         425,098           3,071           4,450           3,761
WPHL-TV.........................................      10,421,216          75,287          54,000          64,643
WPIX............................................      20,638,932         149,103          54,000         101,552
WPLG............................................       5,587,129          40,363          40,675          40,519
WPMI-TV.........................................       1,467,869          10,604          13,550          12,077
WPNT............................................       3,130,920          22,619          40,675          31,647
WOGX............................................       1,112,408           8,036           4,450           6,243
WOI-DT..........................................       1,212,356           8,759          13,550          11,154
WOIO............................................       3,821,233          27,606          40,675          34,140
WOLE-DT.........................................       2,896,629          20,926           4,450          12,688
WOLF-TV.........................................       3,006,606          21,721          13,550          17,635
WOLO-TV.........................................       2,635,115          19,037          13,550          16,294
WOOD-TV.........................................       2,507,053          18,112          27,150          22,631
WOPX-TV.........................................       3,826,498          27,644          40,675          34,160
WPPX-TV.........................................       8,206,117          59,284          54,000          56,642
WPRI-TV.........................................       7,306,169          52,782          13,550          33,166
WPSD-TV.........................................         883,812           6,385          13,550           9,967
WPSG............................................      10,232,988          73,927          54,000          63,963
WPTA............................................       1,083,373           7,827           4,450           6,138

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WPTV-TV.........................................       5,840,102          42,191          27,150          34,671
WPTZ............................................         792,551           5,726          13,550           9,638
WPVI-TV.........................................      13,926,891         100,613          54,000          77,306
WORA-TV.........................................       2,733,629          19,749           4,450          12,099
WOST............................................       1,193,381           8,621           4,450           6,536
WOTF-TV.........................................       3,288,537          23,758          40,675          32,216
WOTV............................................       2,277,566          16,454          27,150          21,802
WOWK-TV.........................................       1,176,043           8,496          13,550          11,023
WOWT............................................       1,380,979           9,977          13,550          11,763
WPWR-TV.........................................       9,957,301          71,935          54,000          62,968
WPXA-TV.........................................       6,594,205          47,639          54,000          50,819
WPXC-TV.........................................       1,561,014          11,277          27,150          19,214
WPXD-TV.........................................       5,133,364          37,085          40,675          38,880
WPXE-TV.........................................       3,163,550          22,855          27,150          25,002
WPXG-TV.........................................       2,577,848          18,623          54,000          36,312
WPAN............................................         637,347           4,604          13,550           9,077
WPBF............................................       3,190,307          23,048          27,150          25,099
WPXK-TV.........................................       1,907,446          13,780          13,550          13,665
WPXL-TV.........................................       1,566,829          11,319          27,150          19,235
WPXM-TV.........................................       5,206,059          37,610          40,675          39,143
WPXN-TV.........................................      20,465,198         147,848          54,000         100,924
WPXP-TV.........................................       5,565,072          40,204          27,150          33,677
WPXQ-TV.........................................       3,281,532          23,707          13,550          18,628
WPXR-TV.........................................       1,300,747           9,397          13,550          11,474
WPXH-TV.........................................       1,495,586          10,805          27,150          18,977
WPXI............................................         480,916           3,474          40,675          22,075
WPXJ-TV.........................................       2,257,059          16,306          13,550          14,928
WREX............................................       2,303,027          16,638           4,450          10,544
WRFB............................................       2,674,527          19,322           4,450          11,886
WRGB............................................       2,886,233          20,851          13,550          17,201
WRGT-TV.........................................       3,252,046          23,494          13,550          18,522
WRIC-TV.........................................       1,996,265          14,422          13,550          13,986
WRLH-TV.........................................       1,950,292          14,090          13,550          13,820
WPXS............................................       1,152,104           8,323          40,675          24,499
WPXT............................................         760,491           5,494          13,550           9,522
WPXU-TV.........................................         690,613           4,989          13,550           9,270
WPXV-TV.........................................       1,905,128          13,763          27,150          20,457
WPXW-TV.........................................       8,091,469          58,456          54,000          56,228
WPXX-TV.........................................       1,562,675          11,289          13,550          12,420
WQAD-TV.........................................       1,079,594           7,799           4,450           6,125
WRNN............................................      19,853,836         143,431          54,000          98,716
WROC-TV.........................................       1,187,949           8,582          13,550          11,066
WRPT............................................         110,009             795           4,450           2,622
WRPX-TV.........................................       2,218,968          16,031          40,675          28,353
WRSP-TV.........................................         904,190           6,532          13,550          10,041
WRTV............................................       2,919,683          21,093          27,150          24,121
WRUA............................................       2,905,193          20,988           4,450          12,719
WQCW............................................       1,319,392           9,532          13,550          11,541
WQED............................................       3,270,764          23,629          40,675          32,152
WQHA............................................       1,052,107           7,601           4,450           6,025
WQHS-DT.........................................       3,837,316          27,722          40,675          34,199
WQMY............................................         410,269           2,964          13,550           8,257
WQOW............................................         369,066           2,666           4,450           3,558
WQPX-TV.........................................       1,515,992          10,952          13,550          12,251
WSAV-TV.........................................       1,000,315           7,227          13,550          10,388
WSAW-TV.........................................         652,442           4,713           4,450           4,582
WSAZ-TV.........................................       1,184,629           8,558          13,550          11,054
WSBK-TV.........................................       7,161,406          51,737          54,000          52,868
WSBS-TV.........................................          42,952             310          40,675          20,493
WSBT-TV.........................................       1,691,194          12,218          13,550          12,884
WSB-TV..........................................       1,504,105          10,866          54,000          32,433
WQRF-TV.........................................       1,326,695           9,585           4,450           7,017
WQTO............................................       2,864,201          20,692           4,450          12,571
WRAL-TV.........................................       3,643,511          26,322          40,675          33,499
WRAZ............................................       3,605,228          26,045          40,675          33,360
WRBL............................................       1,493,140          10,787           4,450           7,618
WRBU............................................       2,737,188          19,774          40,675          30,225
WRBW............................................       4,025,123          29,079          40,675          34,877
WRCB............................................       1,587,742          11,470          13,550          12,510
WRC-TV..........................................       8,001,448          57,805          54,000          55,903

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WRDC............................................       3,624,288          26,183          40,675          33,429
WSCG............................................         867,516           6,267          13,550           9,909
WSCV............................................       5,465,435          39,484          40,675          40,080
WSEE-TV.........................................         556,533           4,021           4,450           4,235
WSES............................................       1,548,117          11,184           4,450           7,817
WSET-TV.........................................       1,569,722          11,340          13,550          12,445
WSFA............................................       1,168,636           8,443           4,450           6,446
WSFL-TV.........................................       5,316,261          38,407          40,675          39,541
WSFX-TV.........................................         928,247           6,706           4,450           5,578
WSIL-TV.........................................         672,560           4,859          13,550           9,204
WSJV............................................       1,522,499          10,999          13,550          12,275
WRDQ............................................       3,931,023          28,399          40,675          34,537
WRDW-TV.........................................       1,564,584          11,303           4,450           7,877
WREG-TV.........................................       1,642,307          11,865          13,550          12,707
WSNS-TV.........................................       9,914,395          71,625          54,000          62,813
WSOC-TV.........................................       1,119,856           8,090          40,675          24,383
WSPX-TV.........................................       1,106,838           7,996          13,550          10,773
WSST-TV.........................................         345,428           2,495           4,450           3,473
WSTE-DT.........................................       3,723,967          26,903           4,450          15,677
WSKY-TV.........................................       1,934,585          13,976          27,150          20,563
WSLS-TV.........................................       1,440,376          10,406          13,550          11,978
WSMH............................................       2,339,224          16,899          13,550          15,225
WSMV-TV.........................................       2,447,769          17,684          27,150          22,417
WTNZ............................................       1,722,805          12,446          13,550          12,998
WTOC-TV.........................................         993,098           7,175          13,550          10,362
WTOG............................................       4,796,964          34,655          40,675          37,665
WTOK-TV.........................................         410,134           2,963           4,450           3,706
WSTM-TV.........................................       1,458,931          10,540          13,550          12,045
WSTR-TV.........................................       3,252,460          23,497          27,150          25,323
WSUR-DT.........................................       3,716,312          26,848           4,450          15,649
WSVI............................................          50,601             366           4,450           2,408
WSVN............................................       5,588,760          40,375          40,675          40,525
WSWB............................................       1,500,450          10,840          13,550          12,195
WSWG............................................         363,166           2,624           4,450           3,537
WSYM-TV.........................................       1,516,677          10,957           4,450           7,704
WTOL............................................       4,184,020          30,227          13,550          21,888
WTOM-TV.........................................          83,379             602           4,450           2,526
WTOV-TV.........................................       3,892,886          28,124           4,450          16,287
WTPX-TV.........................................         255,972           1,849           4,450           3,150
WTRF-TV.........................................       2,941,511          21,251           4,450          12,850
WTSF............................................         593,934           4,291          13,550           8,920
WTSP............................................         116,070             839          40,675          20,757
WTTA............................................       5,450,176          39,374          40,675          40,025
WSYR-TV.........................................       1,329,933           9,608          13,550          11,579
WSYT............................................       1,878,638          13,572          13,550          13,561
WSYX............................................       2,635,937          19,043          27,150          23,096
WTAE-TV.........................................       1,815,300          13,114          40,675          26,895
WTAJ-TV.........................................       1,080,523           7,806           4,450           6,128
WTAP-TV.........................................         472,761           3,415           4,450           3,933
WTAT-TV.........................................       1,153,279           8,332          13,550          10,941
WTCE-TV.........................................       2,600,584          18,788          27,150          22,969
WTEN............................................       1,768,667          12,778          13,550          13,164
WTGS............................................         967,792           6,992          13,550          10,271
WTTE............................................       2,636,341          19,046          27,150          23,098
WTTG............................................       8,070,491          58,304          54,000          56,152
WTTK............................................       2,817,698          20,356          27,150          23,753
WTTO............................................       1,817,151          13,128          27,150          20,139
WTTV............................................       2,362,145          17,065          27,150          22,108
WTTW............................................       9,729,982          70,293          54,000          62,146
WTVA............................................         717,035           5,180           4,450           4,815
WTVC............................................       1,579,628          11,412          13,550          12,481
WTVD............................................       4,012,851          28,990          40,675          34,833
WTVF............................................       1,839,337          13,288          27,150          20,219
WTHI-TV.........................................         928,934           6,711           4,450           5,580
WTHR............................................       2,988,174          21,588          27,150          24,369
WTIC-TV.........................................       5,314,290          38,392          27,150          32,771
WTIN-TV.........................................       3,714,547          26,835           4,450          15,643
WTKR............................................       2,142,272          15,477          27,150          21,313
WTLF............................................         349,696           2,526           4,450           3,488
WTLH............................................       1,038,086           7,500           4,450           5,975

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WTLJ............................................       1,622,365          11,721          27,150          19,435
WTLV............................................       1,757,600          12,698          27,150          19,924
WTVG............................................       4,274,274          30,879          13,550          22,214
WTVH............................................       1,350,223           9,755          13,550          11,652
WTVI............................................       2,853,540          20,615          40,675          30,645
WTVJ............................................       5,458,451          39,434          40,675          40,054
WTVM............................................       1,498,667          10,827           4,450           7,638
WTVO............................................       1,409,708          10,184           4,450           7,317
WTVQ-DT.........................................         989,180           7,146          13,550          10,348
WTVR-TV.........................................       1,808,516          13,065          13,550          13,308
WTVT............................................       5,475,385          39,556          40,675          40,116
WTMJ-TV.........................................       3,010,678          21,750          27,150          24,450
WTNH............................................       7,845,782          56,681          27,150          41,915
WTVZ-TV.........................................       2,156,534          15,580          27,150          21,365
WTWC-TV.........................................       1,032,942           7,462           4,450           5,956
WTWO............................................         737,757           5,330           4,450           4,890
WTXF-TV.........................................       1,477,715          10,676          54,000          32,338
WTXL-TV.........................................       1,054,514           7,618           4,450           6,034
WUCW............................................       3,664,480          26,474          40,675          33,574
WUHF............................................       1,152,580           8,327          13,550          10,938
WTVW............................................         791,430           5,718           4,450           5,084
WTVX............................................       2,962,933          21,405          27,150          24,278
WTVY............................................         974,532           7,040           4,450           5,745
WVIZ............................................       3,638,440          26,285          40,675          33,480
WVLA-TV.........................................       1,897,179          13,706          13,550          13,628
WVLT-TV.........................................       1,874,453          13,542          13,550          13,546
WVNS-TV.........................................         911,630           6,586           4,450           5,518
WVNY............................................         721,176           5,210          13,550           9,380
WVOZ-TV.........................................       1,132,932           8,185           4,450           6,317
WUJA............................................       2,638,361          19,060           4,450          11,755
WUNI............................................       7,209,571          52,085          54,000          53,042
WUPA............................................       5,946,477          42,960          54,000          48,480
WUPL............................................       1,632,100          11,791          27,150          19,470
WUPV............................................       1,654,049          11,949          13,550          12,750
WUPW............................................       2,074,890          14,990          13,550          14,270
WUPX-TV.........................................       1,147,454           8,290          13,550          10,920
WVPX-TV.........................................       4,165,601          30,094          40,675          35,384
WVSN............................................       2,869,888          20,733           4,450          12,592
WVTA............................................       1,232,486           8,904          13,550          11,227
WVTB............................................         454,244           3,282          13,550           8,416
WVTM-TV.........................................       1,876,825          13,559          27,150          20,354
WVTV............................................       2,999,694          21,671          27,150          24,410
WVUE-DT.........................................       1,658,125          11,979          27,150          19,564
WUSA............................................       8,970,526          64,806          54,000          59,403
WUTF-TV.........................................       8,557,497          61,823          54,000          57,911
WUTR............................................         526,114           3,801           4,450           4,125
WUTV............................................       1,405,230          10,152          13,550          11,851
WUVC-DT.........................................       3,528,124          25,488          40,675          33,082
WUVG-DT.........................................       2,203,405          15,918          54,000          34,959
WUXP-TV.........................................       2,316,872          16,738          27,150          21,944
WVAH-TV.........................................       1,373,707           9,924          13,550          11,737
WVBT............................................       1,848,277          13,353          27,150          20,251
WVCY-TV.........................................       3,117,342          22,521          27,150          24,835
WVVA............................................       1,035,752           7,483           4,450           5,966
WVXF............................................          85,191             615           4,450           2,533
WWAY............................................       1,206,281           8,715           4,450           6,582
WWBT............................................       1,911,854          13,812          13,550          13,681
WWCP-TV.........................................       2,811,278          20,310           4,450          12,380
WWCW............................................       1,404,553          10,147          13,550          11,849
WWDP............................................       5,792,048          41,844          54,000          47,922
WWHO............................................       2,879,726          20,804          27,150          23,977
WWJ-TV..........................................       5,374,064          38,824          40,675          39,750
WWJX............................................         518,866           3,748          13,550           8,649
WVEA-TV.........................................       4,283,915          30,949          40,675          35,812
WVEC............................................       2,179,223          15,744          27,150          21,447
WVEN-TV.........................................       3,607,540          26,062          40,675          33,369
WVEO............................................       1,153,382           8,332           4,450           6,391
WVER............................................         760,072           5,491          13,550           9,521
WVFX............................................         731,193           5,282           4,450           4,866
WVII-TV.........................................         368,022           2,659           4,450           3,554

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WVIR-TV.........................................       1,944,353          14,047           4,450           9,248
WWLP............................................       3,838,272          27,729           4,450          16,090
WWL-TV..........................................       1,756,442          12,689          27,150          19,920
WWMB............................................       1,460,406          10,551           4,450           7,500
WWMT............................................       2,460,942          17,779          27,150          22,464
WWNY-TV.........................................         365,677           2,642           4,450           3,546
WWOR-TV.........................................      19,853,836         143,431          54,000          98,716
WWPX-TV.........................................       3,892,904          28,124          54,000          41,062
WWSB............................................       3,340,133          24,130          40,675          32,403
WVIT............................................       4,963,855          35,861          27,150          31,505
WWTW............................................       9,729,982          70,293          54,000          62,146
WWUP-TV.........................................         116,638             843           4,450           2,646
WXII-TV.........................................       3,434,637          24,813          27,150          25,982
WXIN............................................       2,721,639          19,662          27,150          23,406
WXIX-TV.........................................       2,825,570          20,413          27,150          23,781
WXLV-TV.........................................       4,362,761          31,518          27,150          29,334
WXMI............................................         191,107           1,381          27,150          14,265
WXOW............................................         425,378           3,073           4,450           3,762
WXPX-TV.........................................       4,566,037          32,987          40,675          36,831
WWSI............................................      11,012,279          79,557          54,000          66,778
WWTI............................................         196,531           1,420           4,450           2,935
WWTV............................................       1,034,174           7,471           4,450           5,961
WXCW............................................       1,749,847          12,642          13,550          13,096
WXIA-TV.........................................       6,179,680          44,644          54,000          49,322
WYOU............................................       3,553,761          25,674          13,550          19,612
WYOW............................................          91,233             659           4,450           2,555
WYPX-TV.........................................       1,167,975           8,438          13,550          10,994
WYTV............................................       2,068,935          14,947           4,450           9,698
WYZZ-TV.........................................       1,042,140           7,529           4,450           5,989
WXTX............................................         700,123           5,058           4,450           4,754
WXXA-TV.........................................       1,775,667          12,828          13,550          13,189
WXXV-TV.........................................       1,178,251           8,512           4,450           6,481
WXYZ-TV.........................................       5,591,434          40,395          40,675          40,535
WYDC............................................         393,843           2,845           4,450           3,648
WYDO............................................       1,097,745           7,931          13,550          10,740
WYFF............................................       2,586,888          18,689          27,150          22,919
WYMT-TV.........................................       1,180,276           8,527          13,550          11,038
WZBJ............................................       1,606,844          11,608          13,550          12,579
WZDX............................................       1,557,490          11,252          13,550          12,401
WZMQ............................................          73,423             530           4,450           2,490
WZPX-TV.........................................       2,094,029          15,128          27,150          21,139
WZRB............................................         952,279           6,880          13,550          10,215
WZTV............................................       2,311,143          16,697          27,150          21,923
WZVI............................................          55,804             403           4,450           2,427
WZVN-TV.........................................       1,916,098          13,843          13,550          13,696
WZZM............................................       1,574,546          11,375          27,150          19,263
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\1\ Table 3 is also available as a spreadsheet on the Commission's website at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/regulatory-fees, including the Facility Identification number and DMA for each call sign.


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                    Call sign                       Population      Population     DMA based fee  Pop. fee & \1/
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KAZA-TV.........................................      11,151,141         $80,560         $54,000         $67,280
KBEH............................................      17,343,236         125,294          54,000          89,647
KEMO-TV.........................................       5,097,701          36,828          54,000          45,414
KHSL-TV.........................................         627,256           4,532           4,450           4,491
KOFY-TV.........................................       5,097,701          36,828          54,000          45,414
KPNX............................................       4,216,950          30,465          40,675          35,570
KSMS-TV.........................................       1,251,045           9,038           4,450           6,744
KTLN-TV.........................................       5,209,087          37,632          54,000          45,816
KTNC-TV.........................................       8,048,427          58,145          54,000          56,072
KXLN-DT.........................................       6,078,071          43,910          54,000          48,955
WBMM............................................         577,653           4,173           4,450           4,312
WCWG............................................       3,434,637          24,813          27,150          25,982
WDCW............................................       8,155,998          58,922          54,000          56,461
WGGN-TV.........................................       1,991,462          14,387          40,675          27,531
WGGS-TV.........................................       2,163,321          15,629          13,550          14,589

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WJAL............................................       8,970,526          64,806          54,000          59,403
WLLA............................................       2,041,934          14,752          27,150          20,951
WLOO............................................         917,998           6,632          13,550          10,091
WLVI............................................       7,319,659          52,880          54,000          53,440
WLWC............................................       3,281,532          23,707          13,550          18,628
WMLW-TV.........................................       1,822,297          13,165          27,150          20,157
WPMT............................................       2,412,561          17,429          27,150          22,290
WSPA-TV.........................................       3,393,072          24,513          13,550          19,031
WTCV............................................       3,254,481          23,512           4,450          13,981
WTVE............................................       4,027,248          29,094          54,000          41,547
WUAB............................................       3,821,233          27,606          40,675          34,140
WUTB............................................       8,509,757          61,478          27,150          44,314
WUVN............................................       1,132,445           8,181          27,150          17,666
WUVP-DT.........................................      10,421,216          75,287          54,000          64,643
WWJE-DT.........................................       7,209,571          52,085          54,000          53,042
WXBU............................................       3,046,418          22,008          27,150          24,579
WXFT-DT.........................................      10,174,464          73,504          54,000          63,752
WXTV-DT.........................................      19,992,096         144,430          54,000          99,215
WYCI............................................          34,169             247          13,550           6,898
WYCW............................................       3,393,072          24,513          13,550          19,031
WZME............................................       5,996,408          43,320          54,000          48,660
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    In order to calculate individual service fees for FY 2019, we 
adjusted FY 2018 payment units for each service to more accurately 
reflect expected FY 2019 payment liabilities. We obtained our updated 
estimates through a variety of means. For example, we used Commission 
licensee data bases, actual prior year payment records and industry and 
trade association projections when available. The databases we 
consulted include our Universal Licensing System (ULS), International 
Bureau Filing System (IBFS), Consolidated Database System (CDBS) 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.
    We sought verification for these estimates from multiple sources 
and, in all cases, we compared FY 2019 estimates with actual FY 2018 
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 2019 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 2019 payment units are based on FY 2018 
actual payment units, it does not necessarily mean that our FY 2019 
projection is exactly the same number as in FY 2018. We have either 
rounded the FY 2019 number or adjusted it slightly to account for these 
variables.

         Table 4--Sources of Payment Unit Estimates for FY 2019
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Land Mobile (All), Microwave,  Based on Wireless Telecommunications
 Marine (Ship & Coast),         Bureau (WTB) projections of new
 Aviation (Aircraft &           applications and renewals taking into
 Ground), Domestic Public       consideration existing Commission
 Fixed (Units are Licenses).    licensee data bases. Aviation (Aircraft)
                                and Marine (Ship) estimates have been
                                adjusted to take into consideration the
                                licensing of portions of these services
                                on a voluntary basis.
CMRS Cellular/Mobile Services  Based on WTB projection reports, and FY
 (Units are Subscribers or      2018 payment data.
 Telephone #s).
CMRS Messaging Services        Based on WTB reports, and FY 2018 payment
 (Units are Subscribers or      data.
 Telephone #s).
AM/FM Radio Stations (Units    Based on CDBS data, adjusted for
 are Licensed Stations).        exemptions, and actual FY 2018 payment
                                units.
Digital TV Stations (Combined  Based on CDBS data, adjusted for
 VHF/UHF units) (Units are      exemptions, and actual FY 2018 payment
 Licensed Stations).            units.
AM/FM/TV Construction Permits  Based on CDBS data, adjusted for
 (Units are Holders of          exemptions, and actual FY 2018 payment
 Permits).                      units.
LPTV, Translators and          Based on CDBS data, adjusted for
 Boosters, Class A Television   exemptions, and actual FY 2018 payment
 (Units are Licensed Stations   units.
 or Facilities).
BRS (formerly MDS/MMDS)......  Based on WTB reports and actual FY 2018
                                payment units.
LMDS (Units are Holders of     Based on WTB reports and actual FY 2018
 Licenses).                     payment units.
Cable Television Relay         Based on data from Media Bureau's COALS
 Service (CARS) Stations        database and actual FY 2018 payment
 (Units are Holders of          units.
 Licenses).
Cable Television System        Based on publicly available data sources
 Subscribers, Including IPTV    for estimated subscriber counts and
 Subscribers (Units are         actual FY 2018 payment units.
 Subscribers).

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Interstate Telecommunication   Based on FCC Form 499-Q data for the four
 Service Providers (Units are   quarters of calendar year 2018, the
 Revenues).                     Wireline Competition Bureau projected
                                the amount of calendar year 2018 revenue
                                that will be reported on 2018 FCC Form
                                499-A worksheets due in April 2019.
Earth Stations (Units are      Based on International Bureau (``IB'')
 Licensed Earth Stations).      licensing data and actual FY 2018
                                payment units.
Space Stations (GSOs & NGSOs)  Based on IB data reports and actual FY
 (Units are Licensed and        2018 payment units.
 Operational Satellites).
International Bearer Circuits  Based on IB reports and submissions by
 (Units are Gbps Circuits).     licensees, adjusted as necessary.
Submarine Cable Licenses       Based on IB license information.
 (Units are Submarine Cable
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Table 5

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 Sec. Sec.  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 2010 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 2010 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 6

Summary of Regulatory Fee Categories

Media Bureau
    The fee categories associated with the Media Bureau are as follows:
AM and FM Broadcast Radio Stations
    1. The AM/FM broadcast radio station regulatory fees are based on 
population served and class of station. This grid showing the AM and FM 
regulatory fees based on population served and class of station has 
been modified over time to take into account a trend toward increases 
in population and more powerful signal strength.\1\ In general, 
stations with greater populations (e.g., Metropolitan areas) pay higher 
fees than stations located in rural areas with lower populations.
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    \1\ See, e.g., FY 2017 Report and Order, 32 FCC Rcd at 7069, 
paragraph 28; FY 2016 Report and Order, 31 FCC Rcd at 10351, 
paragraph 33; Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for 
Fiscal Year 2003, Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd 15985, 15986-87, 
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AM and FM Construction Permits That Were Granted for AM/FM Radio 
Stations
    2. AM and FM Construction Permits (CP) are precursors to obtaining 
a license. These permits are granted so that the studio, the antenna, 
and other relevant aspects of the station can be constructed before a 
license is issued by the Commission.
Digital Full Service Television Broadcast Stations (Including Satellite 
Stations)
    3. Digital full-service television broadcast stations, including 
satellite stations, are historically categorized by their Nielsen 
Designated Market Areas (DMA). In section D, below, we seek comment on 
changing this methodology for FY 2019.
Low Power TV, Class A TV, and TV/FM Translators and Boosters
    4. Low Power Television (LPTV) stations may retransmit the programs 
and signals of a TV Broadcast Station, originate programming, and/or 
operate as a subscription service. This category also includes 
translators and boosters operating under part 74 of the Commission's 
rules which rebroadcast the signals of full service stations on a 
frequency different from the parent station (translators) or on the 
same frequency (boosters). The stations in this category are secondary 
to full service stations in terms of frequency priority.
    5. Translators are generally not affiliated with commercial 
broadcasters, are nonprofit, unprofitable, or only marginally 
profitable, serve small rural communities, and are supported 
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Cable Antenna Relay Service (CARS)
    6. CARS stations are used to transmit television and related audio 
signals, signals of AM and FM Broadcast Stations, and cablecasting from 
the point of reception to a terminal point from where the signals are 
distributed to the public by a Cable Television System.
Cable Television, IPTV, and DBS (Currently, a Subcategory of Cable 
Television and IPTV)
    7. Regulatory fees for FY 2019 for cable television, internet 
Protocol Television (IPTV), and DBS are based on the number of 
subscribers as of December 31, 2018. The cable television category 
includes operators of Cable Television Systems, providing or 
distributing programming or other services to subscribers under part 76 
of the Commission's rules. IPTV is digital television delivered through 
a high speed internet connection, instead of by the traditional cable 
method. IPTV service generally is offered bundled with the customer's 
internet and telephone or VoIP services. DBS service is a nationally 
distributed subscription service that delivers video and audio 
programming via satellite to a small parabolic dish antenna at the 
subscriber's location. The two DBS providers, AT&T \2\ and DISH 
Network, are MVPDs.\3\ This regulatory fee subcategory was based on 
Media Bureau FTE activity involving regulation and oversight of all 
MVPDs, which included DBS providers.\4\ In 2015, the Commission 
included DBS as a subcategory of the cable television/IPTV regulatory 
fee. In section C, supra, we seek comment in this proceeding on 
adopting new regulatory fees for FY 2019 for DBS.
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    \2\ AT&T and DIRECTV merged in 2015. See Applications of AT&T 
and DIRECTV for Consent to Assign or Transfer Control of Licenses 
and Authorizations, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 30 FCC Rcd 9131 
(2015).
    \3\ MVPD is defined in section 602(13) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 
522(13).
    \4\ FY 2015 NPRM, 30 FCC Rcd at 5367-68, paragraph 31.
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Wireline Competition Bureau
    8. The regulatory fees for Wireline Competition Bureau regulatees 
are in the ITSP fee category. Toll Free Numbers are a subcategory of 
the ITSP category. Audio bridging service providers are also included 
in the ITSP category.
ITSP
    9. The regulatory fees for ITSP are based on revenues from 
interexchange service. On April 1st of each year, ITSP providers file 
FCC Form 499-A with USAC based on their FCC Form 499-Q (Quarterly) 
information. The FCC Form 499-A filing is the basis for the total 
amount of revenues upon which regulatory fees will be assessed, 
excluding exempt revenue from cooperatives, satellites, and wireless 
companies. For FY 2019, the ITSP fee rate is calculated by dividing the 
target revenue goal by the non-exempt revenue reported in the FCC Form 
499-A.\5\ The resulting figure is the ITSP fee factor that regulatees 
will multiply against specific revenue lines on FCC Form 499-A to 
determine their regulatory fee assessment.
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    \5\ The ITSP fee category represents 30.41% of the total 
regulatory fees assessed, which when multiplied by the overall 
regulatory fee goal of $339 million, results in the ITSP target 
revenue goal of $103.107 million. The Commission in FY 2019 
estimates that the ITSP unit count is $32.2 billion. The revenue 
target goal of $103.107 divided by $32.2 billion results in an ITSP 
fee factor of $.00320.
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Toll Free
    10. In the FY 2014 Report and Order,\6\ the Commission adopted a 
regulatory fee category for each toll free number managed by a 
Responsible Organization or RespOrg.\7\ In the FY 2015 Report and 
Order, the Commission first adopted a regulatory fee to be assessed per 
toll free number.\8\ The Commission obtains a specific toll-free number 
count from SOMOS \9\ for each operating RespOrg.
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    \6\ See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2014, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 10767, 10777-79, paragraphs 25-28 (2014) (FY 
2014 Report and Order). We adopted this category for working, 
assigned, and reserved toll free numbers and for toll free numbers 
that are in the ``transit'' status, or any other status as defined 
in section 52.103 of the Commission's rules. The regulatory fee is 
limited to toll free numbers that are accessible within the United 
States.
    \7\ A RespOrg is a company that manages toll free telephone 
numbers for subscribers. RespOrgs use the SMS/800 database to verify 
the availability of specific numbers and to reserve the numbers for 
subscribers. See 47 CFR 52.101(b). Commission FTEs in the Wireline 
Competition Bureau and the Enforcement Bureau work on toll free 
numbering issues and other related activities. As a result, the 
Commission adopted a regulatory fee for each toll free number 
controlled or managed by a RespOrg because many toll free numbers 
are controlled or managed by RespOrgs that are not carriers, and 
therefore, had not been paying regulatory fees. In the FY 2014 
Report and Order, the Commission stated that: ``Based on evaluation, 
the FTEs involved in toll free issues are primarily from the 
Wireline Competition Bureau. . . . Accordingly, a regulatory fee 
assessed on toll free numbers reduces the ITSP regulatory fee 
total.'' FY 2014 Report and Order, 29 FCC Rcd at 10778, paragraph 27 
(footnote omitted).
    \8\ FY 2015 Report and Order, 30 FCC Rcd at 10271-72, paragraph 
9.
    \9\ SOMOS is an organization that grants toll-free numbers to 
Responsible Organizations.
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Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
    11. The fee categories associated with the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau are as follows:
CMRS
    12. CMRS is a service providing interconnected mobile radio 
services for profit to the public, or to such classes of eligible users 
as to be effectively available to a substantial portion of the public. 
Each licensee in this group pays an annual regulatory fee for each 
mobile or cellular unit (mobile or telephone number) assigned to its 
customers, including resellers of its services. The most common use of 
cellular spectrum is mobile voice and data services, including cell 
phone, text messaging, and internet service. Cellular licenses are 
issued by market areas and channel blocks. Part 22 paging (messaging 
services) \10\ is also considered a CMRS service. Because the customer 
base continues on a long-term decline, the paging services fee has been 
frozen at eight cents per subscriber since FY 2002.\11\
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    \10\ CMRS messaging replaced the CMRS one-way paging fee 
category. See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for 
Fiscal Year 1997, Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 17161, 17184-85, 
paragraph 60 (1997) (FY 1997 Report and Order).
    \11\ See FY 2003 Report and Order, 18 FCC Rcd at 15992, 
paragraph 21.
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Other Wireless Services, Subject to Multiyear Fees
    13. In addition to CMRS, there are eight wireless services whose 
licensees pay regulatory fees. These multiyear fees are paid in advance 
and for the amount of the ten year term of the license.\12\
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    \12\ See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2005, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 12259, 12267, paragraph 26 
(2005) (FY 2005 Report and Order).
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    14. Microwave. Common carrier microwave stations, authorized under 
part 101 of the Commission's rules, are generally used in a point-to-
point configuration for long-haul backbone connections or to connect 
points on the telephone network which cannot be connected using 
standard wire line or fiber optic because of cost or terrain. These 
systems are also used to connect cellular sites to the telephone 
network and to relay television signals.
    15. Marine, ship and coast. Maritime Mobile Services are authorized 
in part 80 of the Commission's rules.\13\ A ship station includes all 
the transmitting and receiving equipment installed aboard a ship for 
communications afloat. Depending on the size and other factors, the 
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requirements established by law or treaty. Marine coast stations serve 
the maritime community as commercial mobile radio service providers, 
permitting ships to send and receive messages and to interconnect with 
the public switched telephone network. In addition to providing needed 
services for a fee, public coast stations have obligations to monitor 
distress frequencies and to relay messages free of charge to search and 
rescue personnel.
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    16. Rural Radio. The Rural Radiotelephone Service is in the 152-159 
MHz and 454-460 MHz spectrum bands and authorized under part 22 of the 
Commission's rules. Rural Radiotelephone spectrum is used to provide 
analog telephone service to subscribers in locations too remote for 
traditional wireline service.
    17. PLMRS, exclusive use and shared use. Private land mobile radio 
systems (PLMRS), authorized under Part 90 of the Commission's rules, 
are used by companies, local governments, and other organizations to 
meet a wide range of communication requirements. These services include 
Land Mobile Radio Services operating under parts 90 and 95 of the 
Commission's rules. Services in this category provide one- or two-way 
communications between vehicles, persons or fixed stations and include 
radiolocation services, industrial radio services, and land 
transportation radio services.\14\
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    \14\ We note that prior section 9(b)(1)(A) listed as examples of 
factors related to ``benefits provided'' a regulate to include 
``service area coverage, shared use versus exclusive use, and other 
factors that the Commission determines are necessary in the public 
interest.'' Current sections 9 and 9A do not mention shared use 
versus exclusive use.
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    18. Aviation, aircraft and ground. The Aviation Services are 
authorized in part 87 of the Commission's rules.\15\ Aircraft radio 
stations include all types of radio transmitting equipment used aboard 
an aircraft, e.g., two-way radiotelephones, radar, radio navigation 
equipment, and emergency locator transmitters. The primary purpose of 
aircraft radio equipment is to ensure safety of aircraft in flight.
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Broadband Radio Service (BRS) and Local Multipoint Distribution Service 
(LMDS)
    19. Broadband Radio Service and Local Multipoint Distribution 
Services are authorized under parts 27 and 101 of the Commission's 
Rules to use microwave frequencies for video and data distribution 
within the United States. BRS and LMDS fees are assessed at the same 
fee rate and on a per license basis.
International Bureau
    20. The fee categories associated with the International Bureau are 
as follows:
Space Stations and Earth Stations
    21. The International Bureau's oversight and regulation of the 
satellite industry involves FTEs working on legal, technical, and 
policy issues pertaining to both space station and earth station 
operations and is therefore interdependent to some degree.\16\ For FY 
2019, regulatory fees must be paid for licensed earth stations and for 
geostationary orbit space stations and non-geostationary orbit 
satellite systems that were licensed and operational on or before 
October 1, 2018.
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    \16\ Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2014, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Second Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, and Order, 29 FCC Rcd 6417, 6428, paragraph 29 
(2014) (FY 2014 NPRM).
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International Bearer Circuits
    22. We assess regulatory fees on international bearer circuits 
(IBCs) which consist of terrestrial and satellite \17\ and submarine 
cable.\18\ The IBC regulatory fees are calculated by apportioning the 
revenue requirement between (1) terrestrial and satellite \19\ and (2) 
submarine cable; \20\ 12.4 percent of total IBC fees are allocated for 
terrestrial and satellite IBC fees and 87.6 per cent are allocated for 
submarine cable fees. The proposed FY 2019 submarine cable regulatory 
fees are paid on a per cable landing license basis \21\ based on 
circuit capacity as of December 31, 2018. The submarine cable 
regulatory fee methodology is based on an industry proposal adopted in 
2009.\22\ The proposed methodology for the FY 2019 terrestrial and 
satellite IBC regulatory fees is discussed in detail in section E 
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    \17\ Regulatory fees for terrestrial and satellite IBCs are paid 
based on active (used or leased) international bearer circuits as of 
December 31, 2018 in any terrestrial or satellite transmission 
facility for the provision of service to an end user or resale 
carrier. Active circuits include backup and redundant circuits as of 
December 31, 2018. Whether circuits are used specifically for voice 
or data is not relevant for purposes of determining that they are 
active circuits.
    \18\ Submarine cables provide the primary means of 
connectivity--voice, data and internet--between the United States 
and the rest of the world as well as connectivity between the 
mainland United States and consumers in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, 
American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the 
U.S. Virgin Islands.
    \19\ Initially, this fee category was for common carrier IBCs. 
The Commission added non-common carrier satellite IBCs in this 
regulatory fee category in 1997. See FY 1997 Report and Order, 12 
FCC Rcd at 17189, paragraph 71. More recently, the Commission added 
non-common carrier terrestrial IBCs in this regulatory fee category 
in 2017. See FY 2017 Report and Order, 32 FCC Rcd at 7071-72, 
paragraphs 34-35.
    \20\ The submarine cable regulatory fee includes services 
provided to common carriers using the submarine cables, in addition 
to the International Bureau's regulatory activity concerning 
submarine cables, such as the bureau's review, analysis, and grant 
of applications for submarine cable landing license applications, as 
well as transfers, assignments, and modifications. See FY 2015 
Report and Order, 30 FCC Rcd at 10273, paragraph 12. The bureau also 
coordinates processing of submarine cable landing license 
applications with the relevant Executive Branch agencies. and the 
bureau's services provided to common carriers using the submarine 
cable circuits, include benchmarks enforcement, protection from 
anticompetitive actions by foreign carriers, foreign ownership 
rulings (Petitions for Declaratory Rulings, or PDRs), section 214 
authorizations, and bilateral and multilateral negotiations and 
representation of U.S. interests at international organizations. See 
FY 2015 Report and Order, 30 FCC Rcd at 10273, paragraph 12.
    \21\ A cable landing license must be obtained prior to landing a 
submarine cable to connect the continental United States with any 
foreign country; Alaska, Hawaii or the U.S. territories or 
possessions with a foreign country, the continental United States, 
or with each other; and points within the continental United States, 
Alaska, Hawaii or a territory or possession in which the cable is 
laid within international waters.
    \22\ See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal 
Year 2008, Second Report and Order, 24 FCC Rcd 4208 (2009) 
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    FY 2018 regulatory fees for the first eight fee categories below 
are collected by the Commission in advance to cover the term of the 
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              Table 7--FY 2018 Schedule of Regulatory Fees
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                                                        FY 2018  annual
                     Fee category                        regulatory fee
                                                           (U.S. $s)
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PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use) (47 CFR part 90).                $25
Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part 101)............                 25
Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR part 80).........                 15
Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR part 80)........                 40
Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22) (previously listed under                 10
 the Land Mobile category)...........................
PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47 CFR part 90)....                 10
Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR part 87)...                 10
Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR part 87).....                 20
CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per unit) (47 CFR                     .20
 parts 20, 22, 24, 27, 80 and 90)....................
CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (47 CFR parts 20,                 .08
 22, 24 and 90)......................................
Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS/MDS) (per                     600
 license) (47 CFR part 27)...........................
Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per call sign)                600
 (47 CFR, part 101)..................................
AM Radio Construction Permits........................                550
FM Radio Construction Permits........................                965
Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and UHF Commercial...  .................
    Markets 1-10.....................................             49,750
    Markets 11-25....................................             37,450
    Markets 26-50....................................             25,025
    Markets 51-100...................................             12,475
    Remaining Markets................................              4,100
    Construction Permits.............................              4,100
Satellite Television Stations (All Markets)..........              1,500
Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM Trans. & Boosters (47                380
 CFR part 74)........................................
CARS (47 CFR part 78)................................              1,075
Cable Television Systems (per subscriber) (47 CFR                    .77
 part 76), Including IPTV............................
Direct Broadcast Service (DBS) (per subscriber) (as                  .48
 defined by section 602(13) of the Act)..............
Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers (per               .00291
 revenue dollar).....................................
Toll Free (per toll free subscriber) (47 CFR                         .10
 52.101(f) of the rules).............................
Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25)......................                325
Space Stations (per operational station in                       127,850
 geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) also includes
 DBS Service (per operational station) (47 CFR part
 100)................................................
Space Stations (per operational system in non-                   122,775
 geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)...............
International Bearer Circuits--Terrestrial/Satellites                176
 (per Gbps circuit)..................................
Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee (per cable          See Table Below
 system).............................................
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                                                          FY 2018 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
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<= 25,000...............................................            $880            $635            $550            $605            $965          $1,100
25,001-75,000...........................................           1,325             950             825             910           1,450           1,650
75,001-150,000..........................................           1,975           1,425           1,250           1,350           2,175           2,475
150,001-500,000.........................................           2,975           2,150           1,850           2,050           3,250           3,725
500,001-1,200,000.......................................           4,450           3,225           2,775           3,050           4,875           5,575
1,200,001-3,000,00......................................           6,700           4,825           4,175           4,600           7,325           8,350
3,000,001-6,000,00......................................          10,025           7,225           6,275           6,900          11,000          12,525
>6,000,000..............................................          15,050          10,850           9,400          10,325          16,500          18,800
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         FY 2018 International Bearer Circuits--Submarine Cable
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 Submarine cable systems (capacity as of December 31,   Fee amount  for
                        2017)                               FY 2018
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<50 Gbps.............................................             $9,850
50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps...........             19,725
250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,000 Gbps........             39,425
1,000 Gbps or greater, but less than 4,000 Gbps......             78,875
4000 Gbps or greater.................................            157,750
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VII. Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    53. As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as 
amended (RFA),\1\ the Commission prepared this Initial Regulatory 
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(IRFA) of the possible significant economic impact on small entities by 
the policies and rules proposed in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM). Written comments are requested on this IRFA. Comments must be 
identified as responses to the IRFA and must be filed by the deadline 
for comments on this NPRM. The Commission will send a copy of the NPRM, 
including the IRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 
Business Administration (SBA).\2\ In addition, the NPRM and IRFA (or 
summaries thereof) will be published in the Federal Register.\3\
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    \1\ 5 U.S.C. 603. The RFA, 5 U.S.C. 601-612 has been amended by 
the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 
(SBREFA), Public Law Number 104-121, Title II, 110 Stat. 847 (1996).
    \2\ 5 U.S.C. 603(a).
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A. Need for, and Objectives of, the Notice

    54. The NPRM seeks comment regarding adopting proposed regulatory 
fees for Fiscal Year 2019. The proposed regulatory fees are attached to 
the NPRM in Tables 2 and 3. This regulatory fee NPRM is needed each 
year because the Commission is required by Congress to adopt regulatory 
fees each year ``to recover the costs of carrying out the activities 
described in section 6(a) only to the extent, and in the total amounts, 
provided for in Appropriation Acts.'' \4\ The objective of the NPRM is 
to propose regulatory fees for fiscal year 2019 and adopt regulatory 
fee reform to improve the regulatory fee process. The NPRM seeks 
comment on the Commission's proposed regulatory fees for fiscal year 
(FY) 2019. The NPRM proposes to collect $339,000,000 in regulatory fees 
for FY 2019, as detailed in the proposed fee schedules in Table 2, 
including a proposed increase in the DBS fee rate to 60 cents per 
subscriber and proposed fees for full-power broadcast televisions using 
an average of the actual population covered by the station's contour 
and the Nielsen Designated Market Area (DMA)-based fee, as set forth in 
Table 3. Historically, the regulatory fee for full-power broadcast 
television stations was based on the DMA groupings 1-10, 11-25, 26-50, 
51-100, and the remaining markets (101-210), as well as satellite 
stations that traditionally pay a much lower fee. Additionally, the 
NPRM seeks comment on replacing our existing annual de minimis 
threshold of $1000 with a new section 9(e)(2) annual regulatory fee 
exemption of $1,000.
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B. Legal Basis

    55. This action, including publication of proposed rules, is 
authorized under sections (4)(i) and (j), 9, 9A, and 303(r) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.\5\
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C. Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to Which 
the Rules Will Apply

    56. 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 and policies, if adopted.\6\ The RFA 
generally defines the term ``small entity'' as having the same meaning 
as the terms ``small business,'' ``small organization,'' and ``small 
governmental jurisdiction.'' \7\ In addition, the term ``small 
business'' has the same meaning as the term ``small business concern'' 
under the Small Business Act.\8\ 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.\9\
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    \6\ 5 U.S.C. 603(b)(3).
    \7\ 5 U.S.C. 601(6).
    \8\ 5 U.S.C. 601(3) (incorporating by reference the definition 
of ``small-business concern'' in the Small Business Act, 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.''
    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 632.
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    57. Small Entities. Our actions, over time, may affect small 
entities that are not easily categorized at present. We therefore 
describe here, at the outset, three comprehensive small entity size 
standards that could be directly affected by the proposals under 
consideration.\10\ As of 2009, small businesses represented 99.9 
percent of the 27.5 million businesses in the United States, according 
to the SBA.\11\ In addition, a ``small organization is generally any 
not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and 
not dominant in its field.\12\ In addition, the term ``small 
governmental jurisdiction'' is defined generally as ``governments of 
cities, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or special 
districts, with a population of less than fifty thousand.'' \13\ U.S. 
Census Bureau data for 2011 indicate that there were 90,056 local 
governmental jurisdictions in the United States.\14\ We estimate that, 
of this total, as many as 89,327 entities may qualify as ``small 
governmental jurisdictions.'' \15\ Thus, we estimate that most local 
government jurisdictions are small.
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    \10\ See 5 U.S.C. 601(3)-(6).
    \11\ See SBA, Office of Advocacy, ``Frequently Asked 
Questions,'' available at https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/advocacy/SB-FAQ-2016_WEB.pdf.
    \12\ 5 U.S.C. 601(4).
    \13\ 5 U.S.C. 601(5).
    \14\ See SBA, Office of Advocacy, ``Frequently Asked 
Questions,'' available at https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/advocacy/SB-FAQ-2016_WEB.pdf.
    \15\ The 2011 U.S. Census Data for small governmental 
organizations are not presented based on the size of the population 
in each organization. As stated above, there were 90,056 local 
governmental organizations in 2011. As a basis for estimating how 
many of these 90,056 local governmental organizations were small, we 
note that there were a total of 729 cities and towns (incorporated 
places and civil divisions) with populations over 50,000. See http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table. If we 
subtract the 729 cities and towns that exceed the 50,000 population 
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    58. Wired Telecommunications Carriers. The U.S. Census Bureau 
defines this industry as ``establishments primarily engaged in 
operating and/or providing access to transmission facilities and 
infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of 
voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired communications 
networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single technology 
or a combination of technologies. Establishments in this industry use 
the wired telecommunications network facilities that they operate to 
provide a variety of services, such as wired telephony services, 
including VoIP services, wired (cable and IPTV) audio and video 
programming distribution, and wired broadband internet services. By 
exception, establishments providing satellite television distribution 
services using facilities and infrastructure that they operate are 
included in this industry.'' \16\ The SBA has developed a small 
business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers, which 
consists of all such companies having 1,500 or fewer employees.\17\ 
Census data for 2012 shows that there were 3,117 firms that operated 
that year. Of this total, 3,083 operated with fewer than 1,000 
employees.\18\ Thus, under this size standard, the majority of firms in 
this industry can be considered small.
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    \16\ See http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \17\ See 13 CFR 120.201, NAICS code 517110.
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    59. Local Exchange Carriers (LECs). Neither the Commission nor the 
SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically 
applicable to local exchange services. The closest

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applicable NAICS code category is for Wired Telecommunications 
Carriers. Under that size standard, such a business is small if it has 
1,500 or fewer employees.\19\ According to census data from 2012, there 
were 3,117 establishments that operated that year. Of this total, 3,083 
operated with fewer than 1,000 employees.\20\ The Commission estimates 
that most providers of local exchange service are small entities that 
may be affected by the rules proposed in the NPRM.
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    \19\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 517110.
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    60. Incumbent LECs. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has 
developed a small business size standard specifically for incumbent 
local exchange services. The closest applicable NAICS code category is 
Wired Telecommunications Carriers. Under that size standard, such a 
business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees.\21\ According to 
census data from 2012, 3,117 firms operated in that year. Of this 
total, 3,083 operated with fewer than 1,000 employees.\22\ According to 
Commission data, 1,307 carriers reported that they were incumbent local 
exchange service providers.\23\ Of this total of 1,307 incumbent local 
exchange service providers, an estimated 1,006 operated with 1,500 or 
fewer employees.\24\ Consequently, the Commission estimates that most 
providers of incumbent local exchange service are small businesses that 
may be affected by the rules proposed in this NPRM.
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    \21\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 517110.
    \22\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \23\ See Trends in Telephone Service, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, Industry Analysis and 
Technology Division at Table 5.3 (September 2010) (Trends in 
Telephone Service).
    \24\ See id.
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    61. Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (Competitive LECs), 
Competitive Access Providers (CAPs), Shared-Tenant Service Providers, 
and Other Local Service Providers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA 
has developed a small business size standard specifically for these 
service providers. The appropriate NAICS code category is Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers. Under that size standard, such a business 
is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees.\25\ U.S. Census data for 
2012 indicate that 3,117 firms operated during that year. Of that 
number, 3,083 operated with fewer than 1,000 employees.\26\ Based on 
this data, the Commission concludes that the majority of Competitive 
LECs, CAPs, Shared-Tenant Service Providers, and Other Local Service 
Providers are small entities. According to the Commission data, 1,442 
carriers reported that they were engaged in the provision of either 
competitive local exchange services or competitive access provider 
services.\27\ Of these 1,442 carriers, an estimated 1,256 have 1,500 or 
fewer employees. In addition, 17 carriers have reported that they are 
Shared-Tenant Service Providers, and all 17 are estimated to have 1,500 
or fewer employees.\28\ Also, 72 carriers have reported that they are 
Other Local Service Providers.\29\ Of this total, 70 have 1,500 or 
fewer employees.\30\ Consequently, the Commission estimates that most 
providers of competitive local exchange service, competitive access 
providers, Shared-Tenant Service Providers, and Other Local Service 
Providers are small entities that may be affected by rules proposed in 
this NPRM.
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    \25\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 517110.
    \26\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \27\ See Trends in Telephone Service, at Table 5.3.
    \28\ Id.
    \29\ Id.
    \30\ Id.
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    62. Interexchange Carriers (IXCs). Neither the Commission nor the 
SBA has developed a definition for Interexchange Carriers. The closest 
NAICS code category is Wired Telecommunications Carriers as defined in 
paragraph 6 of this IRFA. The applicable size standard under SBA rules 
is that such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer 
employees.\31\ U.S. Census data for 2012 indicate that 3,117 firms 
operated during that year. Of that number, 3,083 operated with fewer 
than 1,000 employees.\32\ According to Commission data, 359 companies 
reported that their primary telecommunications service activity was the 
provision of interexchange services.\33\ Of this total, an estimated 
317 have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, the Commission 
estimates that the majority of interexchange service providers are 
small entities that may be affected by rules proposed in this NPRM.
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    \31\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 517110.
    \32\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \33\ See Trends in Telephone Service, at Table 5.3.
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    63. Prepaid Calling Card Providers. Neither the Commission nor the 
SBA has developed a small business size standard specifically for 
prepaid calling card providers. The appropriate NAICS code category for 
prepaid calling card providers is Telecommunications Resellers. This 
industry comprises establishments engaged in purchasing access and 
network capacity from owners and operators of telecommunications 
networks and reselling wired and wireless telecommunications services 
(except satellite) to businesses and households. Establishments in this 
industry resell telecommunications; they do not operate transmission 
facilities and infrastructure. Mobile virtual networks operators 
(MVNOs) are included in this industry.\34\ Under the applicable SBA 
size standard, such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer 
employees.\35\ U.S. Census data for 2012 show that 1,341 firms provided 
resale services during that year. Of that number, 1,341 operated with 
fewer than 1,000 employees.\36\ Thus, under this category and the 
associated small business size standard, the majority of these prepaid 
calling card providers can be considered small entities. According to 
Commission data, 193 carriers have reported that they are engaged in 
the provision of prepaid calling cards.\37\ All 193 carriers have 1,500 
or fewer employees.\38\ Consequently, the Commission estimates that the 
majority of prepaid calling card providers are small entities that may 
be affected by rules proposed in this NPRM.
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    \34\ http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \35\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 517911.
    \36\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \37\ See Trends in Telephone Service, at Table 5.3.
    \38\ Id.
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    64. Local Resellers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has 
developed a small business size standard specifically for Local 
Resellers. The SBA has developed a small business size standard for the 
category of Telecommunications Resellers. Under that size standard, 
such a business is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees.\39\ Census 
data for 2012 show that 1,341 firms provided resale services during 
that year. \40\ Of that number, 1,341 operated with fewer than 1,000 
employees.\41\ Under this category and the associated small business 
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standard, the majority of these local resellers can be considered small 
entities. According to Commission data, 213 carriers have reported that 
they are engaged in the provision of local resale services.\42\ Of this 
total, an estimated 211 have 1,500 or fewer employees.\43\ 
Consequently, the Commission estimates that the majority of local 
resellers are small entities that may be affected by rules proposed in 
this NPRM.
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    \39\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 517911.
    \40\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \41\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \42\ See Trends in Telephone Service, at Table 5.3.
    \43\ Id.
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    65. Toll Resellers. The Commission has not developed a definition 
for Toll Resellers. The closest NAICS code Category is 
Telecommunications Resellers, and the SBA has developed a small 
business size standard for the category of Telecommunications 
Resellers.\44\ Under that size standard, such a business is small if it 
has 1,500 or fewer employees.\45\ Census data for 2012 show that 1,341 
firms provided resale services during that year.\46\ Of that number, 
1,341 operated with fewer than 1,000 employees.\47\ Thus, under this 
category and the associated small business size standard, the majority 
of these resellers can be considered small entities. According to 
Commission data, 881 carriers have reported that they are engaged in 
the provision of toll resale services.\48\ Of this total, an estimated 
857 have 1,500 or fewer employees.\49\ Consequently, the Commission 
estimates that the majority of toll resellers are small entities that 
may be affected by the rules proposed in the NPRM.
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    \44\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 517911.
    \45\ Id.
    \46\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \47\ Id.
    \48\ Trends in Telephone Service, at Table 5.3.
    \49\ Id.
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    66. Other Toll Carriers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has 
developed a size standard for small businesses specifically applicable 
to Other Toll Carriers. This category includes toll carriers that do 
not fall within the categories of interexchange carriers, operator 
service providers, prepaid calling card providers, satellite service 
carriers, or toll resellers. The closest applicable NAICS code category 
is for Wired Telecommunications Carriers, as defined in paragraph 6 of 
this IRFA. Under that size standard, such a business is small if it has 
1,500 or fewer employees.\50\ Census data for 2012 shows that there 
were 3,117 firms that operated that year.\51\ Of this total, 3,083 
operated with fewer than 1,000 employees.\52\ Thus, under this category 
and the associated small business size standard, the majority of Other 
Toll Carriers can be considered small. According to Commission data, 
284 companies reported that their primary telecommunications service 
activity was the provision of other toll carriage.\53\ Of these, an 
estimated 279 have 1,500 or fewer employees.\54\ Consequently, the 
Commission estimates that most Other Toll Carriers are small entities 
that may be affected by the rules proposed in the NPRM.
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    \50\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 517110.
    \51\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \52\ Id.
    \53\ Trends in Telephone Service, at Table 5.3.
    \54\ Id.
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    67. Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite). This 
industry comprises establishments engaged in operating and maintaining 
switching and transmission facilities to provide communications via the 
airwaves. Establishments in this industry have spectrum licenses and 
provide services using that spectrum, such as cellular services, paging 
services, wireless internet access, and wireless video services.\55\ 
The appropriate size standard under SBA rules is that such a business 
is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. For this industry, Census 
Data for 2012 show that there were 967 firms that operated for the 
entire year.\56\ Of this total, 955 firms had fewer than 1,000 
employees.\57\ Thus under this category and the associated size 
standard, the Commission estimates that the majority of wireless 
telecommunications carriers (except satellite) are small entities. 
Similarly, according to Commission data, 413 carriers reported that 
they were engaged in the provision of wireless telephony, including 
cellular service, Personal Communications Service (PCS), and 
Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) services.\58\ Of this total, an 
estimated 261 have 1,500 or fewer employees.\59\ Thus, using available 
data, we estimate that the majority of wireless firms can be considered 
small and may be affected by rules proposed in this NPRM.
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    \55\ NAICS code 517210. See http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ssd/
naics/naiscsrch.
    \56\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \57\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \58\ Trends in Telephone Service, at Table 5.3.
    \59\ Id.
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    68. Television Broadcasting. This Economic Census category 
``comprises establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting images 
together with sound. These establishments operate television 
broadcasting studios and facilities for the programming and 
transmission of programs to the public.'' \60\ These establishments 
also produce or transmit visual programming to affiliated broadcast 
television stations, which in turn broadcast the programs to the public 
on a predetermined schedule. Programming may originate in their own 
studio, from an affiliated network, or from external sources. The SBA 
has created the following small business size standard for Television 
Broadcasting firms: Those having $38.5 million or less in annual 
receipts.\61\ The 2012 Economic Census reports that 751 television 
broadcasting firms operated during that year. Of that number, 656 had 
annual receipts of less than $25 million per year. Based on that Census 
data we conclude that a majority of firms that operate television 
stations are small. The Commission has estimated the number of licensed 
commercial television stations to be 1,387.\62\ In addition, according 
to Commission staff review of the BIA Advisory Services, LLC's Media 
Access Pro Television Database on March 28, 2012, about 950 of an 
estimated 1,300 commercial television stations (or approximately 73 
percent) had revenues of $14 million or less.\63\ We therefore estimate 
that the majority of commercial television broadcasters are small 
entities.
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    \60\ U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 NAICS code Economic Definitions, 
http://www.census.gov.cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \61\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 515120.
    \62\ See FCC News Release, ``Broadcast Station Totals as of 
December 31, 2011,'' dated January 6, 2012; http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0106/DOC-311837A1.pdf.
    \63\ We recognize that BIA's estimate differs slightly from the 
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    69. In assessing whether a business concern qualifies as small 
under the above definition, business (control) affiliations \64\ must 
be included. Our estimate, therefore, likely overstates the number of 
small entities that might be affected by our action, because the 
revenue figure on which it is based does not include or aggregate 
revenues from affiliated companies. In addition, an element of the 
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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 station is dominant in its field of operation. Accordingly, 
the estimate of small businesses to which rules may apply does not 
exclude any television station from the definition of a small business 
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    \64\ ``[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 to power to control both.'' 13 CFR 
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    70. In addition, the Commission has estimated the number of 
licensed noncommercial educational (NCE) television stations to be 
396.\65\ These stations are non-profit, and therefore considered to be 
small entities.\66\ There are also 2,528 low power television stations, 
including Class A stations (LPTV).\67\ Given the nature of these 
services, we will presume that all LPTV licensees qualify as small 
entities under the above SBA small business size standard.
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    \65\ See FCC News Release, ``Broadcast Station Totals as of 
December 31, 2011,'' dated January 6, 2012; http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0106/DOC-311837A1.pdf.
    \66\ See generally 5 U.S.C. 601(4), (6). Noncommercial 
television stations are not required to pay regulatory fees. 47 
U.S.C. 159(e)(1)(C).
    \67\ See FCC News Release, ``Broadcast Station Totals as of 
December 31, 2011,'' dated January 6, 2012; http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0106/DOC-311837A1.pdf.
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    71. Radio Broadcasting. This Economic Census category ``comprises 
establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting programs by radio to 
the public. Programming may originate in their own studio, from an 
affiliated network, or from external sources.'' \68\ The SBA has 
established a small business size standard for this category, which is: 
Such firms having $38.5 million or less in annual receipts.\69\ U.S. 
Census data for 2012 show that 2,849 radio station firms operated 
during that year.\70\ Of that number, 2,806 operated with annual 
receipts of less than $25 million per year.\71\ According to Commission 
staff review of BIA Advisory Services, LLC's Media Access Pro Radio 
Database on March 28, 2012, about 10,759 (97 percent) of 11,102 
commercial radio stations had revenues of $38.5 million or less. 
Therefore, the majority of such entities are small entities.
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    \68\ http://www.census.gov.cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \69\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 515112.
    \70\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \71\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
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    72. In assessing whether a business concern qualifies as small 
under the above size standard, business affiliations must be 
included.\72\ In addition, to be determined to be a ``small business,'' 
the entity may not be dominant in its field of operation.\73\ It is 
difficult at times to assess these criteria in the context of media 
entities, and our estimate of small businesses may therefore be over-
inclusive.
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    \72\ ``Concerns and entities are affiliates of each other when 
one controls or has the power to control the other, or a third party 
or parties controls or has the power to control both. It does not 
matter whether control is exercised, so long as the power to control 
exists.'' 13 CFR 121.103(a)(1).
    \73\ 13 CFR 121.102(b) (an SBA regulation).
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    73. Cable Television and other Subscription Programming. This 
industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating 
studios and facilities for the broadcasting of programs on a 
subscription or fee basis. The broadcast programming is typically 
narrowcast in nature, e.g., limited format, such as news, sports, 
education, or youth-oriented. These establishments produce programming 
in their own facilities or acquire programming from external sources. 
The programming material is usually delivered to a third party, such as 
cable systems or direct-to-home satellite systems, for transmission to 
viewers.\74\ The SBA has established a size standard for this industry 
of $38.5 million or less. Census data for 2012 shows that there were 
367 firms that operated that year.\75\ Of this total, 319 operated with 
annual receipts of less than $25 million.\76\ Thus under this size 
standard, the majority of firms offering cable and other program 
distribution services can be considered small and may be affected by 
rules proposed in this NPRM.
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    \74\ https://www.census.gov.cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \75\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ5&prodType=table.
    \76\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US-51SSSZ5&prodType=Table.
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    74. Cable Companies and Systems. The Commission has developed its 
own small business size standards for the purpose of cable rate 
regulation. Under the Commission's rules, a ``small cable company'' is 
one serving 400,000 or fewer subscribers nationwide.\77\ Industry data 
indicate that there are currently 4,600 active cable systems in the 
United States.\78\ Of this total, all but ten cable operators 
nationwide are small under the 400,000-subscriber size standard.\79\ In 
addition, under the Commission's rate regulation rules, a ``small 
system'' is a cable system serving 15,000 or fewer subscribers.\80\ 
Current Commission records show 4,600 cable systems nationwide.\81\ Of 
this total, 3,900 cable systems have less than 15,000 subscribers, and 
700 systems have 15,000 or more subscribers, based on the same 
records.\82\ Thus, under this standard as well, the Commission 
estimates that most cable systems are small entities.
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    \77\ 47 CFR 76.901(e).
    \78\ August 15, 2015 Report from the Media Bureau based on data 
contained in the Commission's Cable Operations and Licensing System 
(COALS). See www/fcc.gov/coals.
    \79\ See SNL KAGAN at www.snl.com/interactiveX/top cableMSOs 
aspx?period2015Q1&sortcol=subscribersbasic&sortorder=desc.
    \80\ 47 CFR 76.901(c).
    \81\ See footnote 2, supra.
    \82\ August 5, 2015 report from the Media Bureau based on its 
research in COALS. See www.fcc.gov/coals.
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    75. Cable System Operators (Telecom Act Standard). The 
Communications Act also contains a size standard for small cable system 
operators, which is ``a cable operator that, directly or through an 
affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than 1 percent of all 
subscribers in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity 
or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed 
$250,000,000.'' \83\ There are approximately 52,403,705 cable video 
subscribers in the United States today.\84\ Accordingly, an operator 
serving fewer than 524,037 subscribers shall be deemed a small operator 
if its annual revenues, when combined with the total annual revenues of 
all its affiliates, do not exceed $250 million in the aggregate.\85\ 
Based on available data, we find that all but nine incumbent cable 
operators are small entities under this size standard.\86\ The 
Commission neither requests nor collects information on whether cable 
system operators are affiliated with entities whose gross annual 
revenues exceed $250 million.\87\ Although it seems certain that some 
of these cable system operators are affiliated with entities whose 
gross annual revenues exceed $250,000,000, we are unable at this time 
to estimate with greater precision the number of cable system operators 
that would qualify as small cable operators under the definition in the 
Communications Act.
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    \83\ 47 CFR 76.901 (f) and notes ff. 1, 2, and 3.
    \84\ See SNL KAGAN at www.snl.com/interactivex/MultichannelIndustryBenchmarks.aspx.
    \85\ 47 CFR 76.901(f) and notes ff. 1, 2, and 3.
    \86\ See SNL KAGAN at www.snl.com/Interactivex/TopCable 
MSOs.aspx.
    \87\ The Commission does receive such information on a case-by-
case basis if a cable operator appeals a local franchise authority's 
finding that the operator does not qualify as a small cable operator 
pursuant to 47 CFR 76.901(f) of the Commission's rules. See 47 CFR 
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    76. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Service. DBS Service is a 
nationally distributed subscription service that delivers video and 
audio programming via satellite to a small parabolic dish antenna at 
the subscriber's location. DBS is now included in SBA's economic census 
category ``Wired Telecommunications Carriers.'' The Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers industry comprises establishments primarily 
engaged in operating and/or providing access to transmission facilities 
and infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of 
voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired telecommunications 
networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single technology 
or combination of technologies. Establishments in this industry use the 
wired telecommunications network facilities that they operate to 
provide a variety of services, such as wired telephony services, 
including VOIP services, wired (cable) audio and video programming 
distribution; and wired broadband internet services. By exception, 
establishments providing satellite television distribution services 
using facilities and infrastructure that they operate are included in 
this industry.\88\ The SBA determines that a wireline business is small 
if it has fewer than 1500 employees.\89\ Census data for 2012 indicate 
that 3,117 wireline companies were operational during that year. Of 
that number, 3,083 operated with fewer than 1,000 employees.\90\ Based 
on that data, we conclude that the majority of wireline firms are small 
under the applicable standard. However, currently only two entities 
provide DBS service, which requires a great deal of capital for 
operation: AT&T and DISH Network.\91\ AT&T and DISH Network each report 
annual revenues that are in excess of the threshold for a small 
business. Accordingly, we must conclude that DBS service is provided 
only by large firms.
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    \88\ http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \89\ NAICs code 517110; 13 CFR 121.201.
    \90\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices.jasf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid+ECN_2012_US.51SSSZ4&prodType=table.
    \91\ See 15th Annual Video Competition Report, 28 FCC Rcd at 
1057, section 27.
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    77. All Other Telecommunications. ``All Other Telecommunications'' 
is defined as follows: This U.S. industry is comprised of 
establishments that are 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. 
Establishments providing internet services or Voice over internet 
Protocol (VoIP) services via client-supplied telecommunications 
connections are also included in this industry.\92\ The SBA has 
developed a small business size standard for ``All Other 
Telecommunications,'' which consists of all such firms with gross 
annual receipts of $32.5 million or less.\93\ For this category, census 
data for 2012 show that there were 1,442 firms that operated for the 
entire year. Of these firms, a total of 1,400 had gross annual receipts 
of less than $25 million.\94\ Thus, a majority of ``All Other 
Telecommunications'' firms potentially affected by the proposals in the 
NPRM can be considered small.
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    \92\ http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ssssd/naics/naicsrch.
    \93\ 13 CFR 121.201; NAICs code 517919.
    \94\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices.jasf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid+ECN_2012_US.51SSSZ4&prodType=table.
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    78. RespOrgs. Responsible Organizations, or RespOrgs, are entities 
chosen by toll free subscribers to manage and administer the 
appropriate records in the toll free Service Management System for the 
toll free subscriber.\95\ Although RespOrgs are often wireline 
carriers, they can also include non-carrier entities. Therefore, in the 
definition herein of RespOrgs, two categories are presented, i.e., 
Carrier RespOrgs and Non-Carrier RespOrgs.
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    79. Carrier RespOrgs. Neither the Commission, the U.S. Census, nor 
the SBA have developed a definition for Carrier RespOrgs. Accordingly, 
the Commission believes that the closest NAICS code-based definitional 
categories for Carrier RespOrgs are Wired Telecommunications 
Carriers,\96\ and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except 
satellite).\97\
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    \96\ 13 CFR 121.201, NAICS code 517110.
    \97\ Id.
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    80. The U.S. Census Bureau defines Wired Telecommunications 
Carriers as establishments primarily engaged in operating and/or 
providing access to transmission facilities and infrastructure that 
they own and/or lease for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound, 
and video using wired communications networks. Transmission facilities 
may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies. 
Establishments in this industry use the wired telecommunications 
network facilities that they operate to provide a variety of services, 
such as wired telephony services, including VoIP services, wired 
(cable) audio and video programming distribution, and wired broadband 
internet services. By exception, establishments providing satellite 
television distribution services using facilities and infrastructure 
that they operate are included in this industry.\98\ The SBA has 
developed a small business size standard for Wired Telecommunications 
Carriers, which consists of all such companies having 1,500 or fewer 
employees.\99\ Census data for 2012 show that there were 3,117 Wired 
Telecommunications Carrier firms that operated for that entire year. Of 
that number, 3,083 operated with less than 1,000 employees.\100\ Based 
on that data, we conclude that the majority of Carrier RespOrgs that 
operated with wireline-based technology are small.
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    \98\ http://www.census,gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics.naicsrch.
    \99\ 13 CFR 120,201, NAICS code 517110.
    \100\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ4&prodType=table.
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    81. The U.S. Census Bureau defines Wireless Telecommunications 
Carriers (except satellite) as establishments engaged in operating and 
maintaining switching and transmission facilities to provide 
communications via the airwaves, such as cellular services, paging 
services, wireless internet access, and wireless video services.\101\ 
The appropriate size standard under SBA rules is that such a business 
is small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees.\102\ Census data for 2012 
show that 967 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers operated in that 
year. Of that number, 955 operated with less than 1,000 employees.\103\ 
Based on that data, we conclude that the majority of Carrier RespOrgs 
that operated with wireless-based technology are small.
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    \101\ http://www.census,gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics.naicsrch.
    \102\ 13 CFR 120.201, NAICS code 517120.
    \103\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ4&prodType=table.
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    82. Non-Carrier RespOrgs. Neither the Commission, the U.S. Census, 
nor the SBA have developed a definition of Non-Carrier RespOrgs. 
Accordingly, the Commission believes that the closest NAICS code-based 
definitional categories for Non-Carrier RespOrgs are ``Other Services 
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    \104\ 13 CFR 120.201, NAICS code 541890.
    \105\ 13 CFR 120.201, NAICS code 541618.
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    83. The U.S. Census defines Other Services Related to Advertising 
as comprising establishments primarily engaged in providing advertising 
services (except advertising agency services, public relations agency 
services, media buying agency services, media representative services, 
display advertising services, direct mail advertising services, 
advertising material distribution services, and marketing consulting 
services).\106\ The SBA has established a size standard for this 
industry as annual receipts of $15 million dollars or less.\107\ Census 
data for 2012 show that 5,804 firms operated in this industry for the 
entire year. Of that number, 5,612 operated with annual receipts of 
less than $10 million.\108\ Based on that data we conclude that the 
majority of Non-Carrier RespOrgs who provide toll-free number (TFN)-
related advertising services are small.
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    \106\ http://www.census,gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics.naicsrch.
    \107\ 13 CFR 120.201, NAICS code 541890.
    \108\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ4&prodType=table.
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    84. The U.S. Census defines Other Management Consulting Services as 
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.\109\ The SBA has established a size standard 
for this industry of $15 million dollars or less.\110\ Census data for 
2012 show that 3,683 firms operated in this industry for that entire 
year. Of that number, 3,632 operated with less than $10 million in 
annual receipts.\111\ Based on this data, we conclude that a majority 
of non-carrier RespOrgs who provide TFN-related management consulting 
services are small.\112\
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    \109\ http://www.census,gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics.naicsrch.
    \110\ 13 CFR 120.201, NAICS code 514618.
    \111\ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2012_US_51SSSZ4&prodType=table.
    \112\ The four NAICS code-based categories selected above to 
provide definitions for Carrier and Non-Carrier RespOrgs were 
selected because as a group they refer generically and 
comprehensively to all RespOrgs.
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    85. In addition to the data contained in the four (see above) U.S. 
Census NAICS code categories that provide definitions of what services 
and functions the Carrier and Non-Carrier RespOrgs provide, Somos, the 
trade association that monitors RespOrg activities, compiled data 
showing that as of July 1, 2016 there were 23 RespOrgs operational in 
Canada and 436 RespOrgs operational in the United States, for a total 
of 459 RespOrgs currently registered with Somos.

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

    86. This NPRM does not propose any changes to the Commission's 
current information collection, reporting, recordkeeping, or compliance 
requirements.

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

    87. The RFA requires an agency to describe any significant 
alternatives that it has considered in reaching its 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 or reporting requirements under the rule for 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.\113\
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    88. This NPRM seeks comment on the Commission's regulatory fee 
collection for Fiscal Year 2019, as required by Congress each year. 
Specifically, the Commission asks for comment each year in the 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis on how to minimize adverse economic 
impact, imposed by our proposed rules, on small entities. Additionally, 
this year the Commission sought comment on how modifications to section 
9 of the Communications Act in the RAY BAUM'S Act, impacted the 
Commission's core responsibilities under the statute. As discussed in 
the order, the Commission remains charged with ensuring that regulatory 
fees will result in collections of amounts that can reasonably be 
expected to equal amounts appropriated by Congress for each fiscal 
year.\114\ We find that the scheme as articulated under the RAY BAUM'S 
Act is closely aligned to how the Commission implemented its authority 
under the prior version of section 9 of the Communications Act.
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    \114\ 47 U.S.C. 159(a) (``shall assess and collect regulatory 
fees''), 159(b) (``Commission shall assess and collect regulatory 
fees at such rates as the Commission shall establish in a schedule 
of regulatory fees that will result in the collection, in each 
fiscal year, of an amount that can reasonably be expected to equal 
the amounts described in subsection (a) with respect to such fiscal 
year.''). See also 47 U.S.C. 156(b).
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    89. The NPRM seeks comment on the Commission's proposed regulatory 
fees for fiscal year (FY) 2019. The NPRM proposes to collect 
$339,000,000 in regulatory fees for FY 2019, as detailed in the 
proposed fee schedules in Table 2, including an increase in the DBS fee 
rate to 60 cents per subscriber. DBS providers are not small entities. 
The NPRM seeks comment on changing the methodology for assessing 
regulatory fees for full-power broadcast television stations to use an 
average of the actual population and the DMA-based rate. The NPRM also 
seeks comment on its proposal to continue to base non-common carrier 
and common carrier satellite and terrestrial IBC fees on the per Gbps 
rate in Table 2, which would be $121 for FY 2019. This proposal would 
ensure that satellite and terrestrial IBC fees remain proportional to 
the size of the regulated entity and avoid unreasonable increases in 
such regulatory fees on small entities. The NPRM also seeks comment on 
replacing our existing annual de minimis threshold of $1,000 with a new 
section 9(e)(2) annual regulatory fee exemption of $1,000. This 
exemption will reduce burdens on small entities with regulatory fees 
that total $1,000 or less than $1,000.

F. Federal Rules That May Duplicate, Overlap, or Conflict With the 
Proposed Rules

    90. None.

VIII. Ordering Clause

    91. 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 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is hereby adopted.

Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-10922 Filed 6-4-19; 8:45 am]
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