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47 CFR Part 1





Review of the Commission's Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees 
for Fiscal Year 2024; Proposed Rule

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[MD Docket No. 24-86; FCC 24-68; FRS ID 226976]


Review of the Commission's Assessment and Collection of 
Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2024

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) seeks comment on revising the fee schedule of FY 2024 
regulatory fees and on several additional regulatory fee issues, as 
described in the text below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 15, 2024. Reply 
comments must be submitted on or before July 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's 
rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and 
reply comments identified by MD Docket No. 23-159, by any of the 
following methods below. Comments and reply 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).
    1. Comment Filing Procedures. Pursuant to sections 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).
     Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the internet by accessing the ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
     Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must 
file an original and one copy of each filing.
     Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by 
commercial courier, or by the U.S. Postal Service. All filings must be 
addressed to the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
     Hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for 
the Commission's Secretary are accepted between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 
by the FCC's mailing contractor at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis 
Junction, MD 20701. 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 courier deliveries (any deliveries not by the 
U.S. Postal Service) must be sent to 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis 
Junction, MD 20701.
     Filings sent by U.S. Postal Service First-Class Mail, 
Priority Mail, and Priority Mail Express must be sent to 45 L Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20554.
    2. 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).
    1. Pursuant to section 1.49 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.49, 
parties to this proceeding must file any documents in this proceeding 
using the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS): http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
    2. Materials in Accessible Formats. 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 and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 
(voice).
    3. Availability of Documents. Comments, reply comments, and ex 
parte submissions will be available via ECFS. Documents will be 
available electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe 
Acrobat. When the FCC Headquarters reopens to the public, these 
documents will also be available for public inspection during regular 
business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal Communications 
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
    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 Second 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FCC 24-68, MD Docket No. 24-86, 
adopted on June 12, 2024 and released on June 13, 2024. Comments, reply 
comments, and ex parte submissions will be available via ECFS. 
Documents will be available electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, 
and/or Adobe Acrobat. When the FCC Headquarters reopens to the public, 
these documents will also be available for public inspection during 
regular business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal 
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. 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 and Governmental Affairs Bureau 
at 202-418-0530 (voice).

I. Administrative Matters

    4. Ex Parte Information. The proceeding initiated by this NPRM, in 
which we seek comment on proposals as described below, shall be treated 
as a ``permit-but-disclose'' proceeding in accordance with the 
Commission's ex parte rules. 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 section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules. 
In proceedings governed by section 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.
    5. Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis. The Regulatory 
Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended (RFA), requires

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that an agency prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis for notice and 
comment rulemakings, unless the agency certifies that ``the rule will 
not, if promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities.'' Accordingly, we have prepared 
an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) concerning the 
potential impact of rule and policy change proposals on small entities 
accompanying the NPRM. The IRFA is set forth in Section VII of this 
document.
    6. Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis. This document 
may contain proposed new or modified information collection 
requirements. The Commission, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and OMB to comment 
on any information collection requirements contained in this document, 
as required by the PRA. In addition, pursuant to the Small Business 
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(4), we seek specific comment on how we might further reduce the 
information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees.

II. Introduction

    7. For fiscal year (FY) 2024, the Commission is required to collect 
$390,192,000 in regulatory fees, an amount equal to our annual salaries 
and expenses (S&E) appropriation, pursuant to section 9 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Communications Act or Act), and 
the Commission's FY 2024 Further Consolidation Appropriations Act. In 
this annual Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), we seek comment on 
the Commission's proposed methodology and regulatory fees for FY 2024, 
as set forth in Tables 3, 4, and 7. In 2023, the Commission eliminated 
the International Bureau, established a new Space Bureau and a new 
Office of International Affairs, and reallocated the authorities and 
functions of the International Bureau to the Space Bureau and the 
Office of International Affairs. In light of these actions, we reviewed 
the FY 2023 reallocations to determine if any changes are warranted, 
and propose to slightly revise the FY 2023 reallocations to the core 
bureaus, including the new Space Bureau and the new Office of 
International Affairs, for FY 2024, as further detailed below.
    8. We also seek comment on several additional regulatory fee 
issues, including: (i) the calculation of television broadcaster 
regulatory fees; (ii) how our proposals may promote or inhibit advances 
in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; (iii) the end of 
temporary relief measures we implemented in response to the coronavirus 
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; (iv) our proposal to discontinue the 
Commission's presumption that broadcast stations that are dark or were 
recently dark or bankrupt are experiencing financial hardship 
sufficient to justify waiver of their regulatory fees; and (v) ways in 
which the Commission might assist regulatory fee payors in meeting 
their annual regulatory fee obligations.

III. Background

    9. Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934 obligates the 
Commission to assess and collect regulatory fees each year in an amount 
that can reasonably be expected to equal the amount of its annual S&E 
appropriation. Thus, the Commission has no discretion regarding the 
total amount to be collected in any given fiscal year. For FY 2024, the 
Commission must recover $390,192,000 as set forth in the FY 2024 
Further Consolidation Appropriations Act. Regulatory fees recover all 
of the Commission's direct costs, such as salaries and expenses; 
indirect costs, such as overhead functions; statutorily required tasks 
that do not directly equate with oversight and regulation of a 
particular regulatee, but instead benefit the Commission and the 
industry as a whole; and support costs such as rent, utilities, and 
equipment. Regulatory fees must recover the total amount of the 
appropriation; therefore, they also cover the Commission's costs 
incurred in oversight and regulation of entities that are statutorily 
exempt from paying regulatory fees (i.e., governmental and nonprofit 
entities, amateur radio operators, and noncommercial radio and 
television stations), entities that are exempt from payment of 
regulatory fees because their total assessed annual regulatory fees 
fall below the annual de minimis threshold, and entities whose 
regulatory fees are waived. Pursuant to section 9(d) of the 
Communications Act, the Commission's methodology for assessing 
regulatory fees must ``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.''
    10. In section 9 of the Communications Act, Congress prescribed a 
method of collecting an amount equal to the full S&E appropriation by 
keying the regulatory fee assessment to the Commission's FTE burden. As 
a result, the fee assigned to each regulatory fee category relates to 
the FTE burden associated with oversight and regulation of each 
regulatory fee category by the relevant core bureaus. Because the total 
amount the Commission must collect in an offsetting collection 
generally changes each fiscal year, payors' regulatory fees will also 
typically change each fiscal year as a mathematical consequence of the 
changes in the total amount to be collected, the number of FTEs, and 
projected unit estimates for each regulatory fee category. Beyond those 
changed collection requirements, in considering changes, additions, or 
deletions to the regulatory fee schedule the Commission focuses on 
direct FTE cost burden related to the regulatory fee category at issue 
within each core bureau. The Commission has explained that, consistent 
with its statutory directive, it bases regulatory fees on the direct 
FTEs in core bureaus. The Commission has stated that, given the 
Communication Act's explicit language that fees must reflect FTEs, the 
FTE counts are by far the most administrable starting point for 
regulatory fee allocations.
    11. The Commission does not assign direct FTEs within a bureau to 
specific fee categories by rote or at random, but rather in a manner 
that reflects the time spent by FTEs on a regulatory fee category, 
which is in itself a reflection of ``benefit'' to the fee category. 
Thus, we apportion regulatory fees across fee categories based on the 
number of direct FTEs in each core bureau to take into account factors 
that are reasonably related to the payor's benefits.
    12. Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Allocation and Fee Calculation. The 
Commission allocates FTEs according to the nature of the work performed 
by its different organizational units. If the work performed by a group 
or office is directly related to our oversight and regulation of a 
regulatory fee category or categories in one of the five core licensing 
bureaus, then such FTEs are counted as a direct FTE. If the work cannot 
be allocated to one of the bureau's designated regulatory fee 
categories, the work performed is counted as an indirect FTE. Under 
this framework, the Commission, therefore, assesses the allocation of 
FTEs by first determining the number of direct FTEs, those non-auctions 
FTEs that work in each of the Commission's core bureaus (i.e., the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, the Media Bureau, part of the 
Wireline Competition Bureau, the Office of International Affairs, and 
the Space Bureau). Regulatory fees are initially

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apportioned across the regulatory fee categories based on the number of 
direct FTEs in each core bureau whose time is focused on a particular 
industry segment and then is 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.''
    13. The 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) of 
the Communications Act and the Commission's annual appropriation. Thus, 
spectrum auctions FTEs are not included in the calculation of 
regulatory fees and the Commission's methodology excludes all spectrum 
auction-related FTEs and their overhead from the regulatory fee 
calculations. To the extent that FTEs within core bureaus spend a 
portion of their time on auctions issues and a portion of their time on 
appropriated issues, their time is split and only the non-auctions 
portion of their time is reflected in the relevant core bureau's FTE 
count.
    14. Early in each fiscal year, the Commission receives FTE data 
from its Human Resources Management office and identifies FTEs at the 
core bureau level (i.e., direct FTEs), which is then used to determine 
the FTE allocations for the five core bureaus. This FTE data is then 
validated through consultation with the bureaus and apportioned to the 
various fee categories within each core bureau based on FTE time spent 
on each fee category. After the number of direct FTEs is determined for 
each core bureau of the Commission, the direct FTE numbers are used to 
calculate the percentage of the total amount of regulatory fees to be 
collected for a given fiscal year. We allocate appropriated amounts to 
be recovered proportionally based on the number of direct FTEs within 
each core bureau. Those proportions are then subdivided within each 
core bureau into fee categories among the regulatees served by the core 
bureau. Finally, within each regulatory fee category the amount to be 
collected is divided by a unit that allocates the regulatee's 
proportionate share based on an objective measure.
    15. In prior regulatory fee proceedings, the Commission has 
categorized the FTEs in the Enforcement Bureau, Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau, Chairwoman's and Commissioners' Offices, Office of the Managing 
Director, Office of General Counsel, Office of Inspector General, 
Office of Communications Business Opportunities, Office of Engineering 
and Technology, Office of Legislative Affairs, Office of Workplace 
Diversity, Office of Media Relations, Office of Economics and 
Analytics, and Office of Administrative Law Judges, along with some 
FTEs in the Wireline Competition Bureau and the International Bureau as 
indirect for regulatory fee purposes. Unlike the work of direct FTEs, 
the work of indirect FTEs in the non-core bureaus and offices is not 
focused on the oversight and regulation of a specific category of 
regulatory fee payors, but instead benefits the Commission, the 
telecommunications industry, and the public as a whole. The 
Commission's high percentage of indirect FTEs demonstrates that many of 
our activities and costs are not limited to a particular fee category.
    16. Adjustments and Amendments to Regulatory Fee Schedule. In 
accordance with the statute, each year, in an annual fee proceeding, 
the Commission proposes adjustments to the prior fee schedule under 
section 9(c) 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. The Commission will also propose amendments to the fee 
schedule under section 9(d) ``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. Pursuant to section 9A(b)(1) of the Act, the 
Commission must notify Congress immediately upon adoption of any 
adjustment. Pursuant to section 9A(b)(2) of the Act, the Commission 
must notify Congress at least 90 days prior to making effective any 
amendments to the regulatory fee schedule.
    17. In implementing our section 9 authority, we consider the 
adoption of a new regulatory fee category or a change in an existing 
regulatory fee category only when we develop a sufficient basis for 
making the change, and we work to ensure that all changes serve the 
goal of ensuring that our assessment of regulatory fees is fair, 
administrable, and sustainable. The Commission has adopted new 
regulatory fee categories and new methodologies for calculating 
regulatory fees when there is a sufficient basis for doing so under the 
relevant statutory provisions and precedent, and based on the record. 
Most recently, in 2020, the Commission included non-U.S. licensed space 
stations with U.S. market access grants in the existing ``Space 
Stations'' fee category. The Commission concluded that assessing the 
same regulatory fees on non-U.S. licensed space stations with U.S. 
market access as assessed on U.S. licensed space stations would better 
reflect the benefits received by these operators, i.e., the 
adjudicatory, enforcement, regulatory, and international coordination 
activities by the Commission's FTEs in the International Bureau.

IV. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

    18. In this NPRM, we propose and seek comment on regulatory fees 
for FY 2024 as set forth in Tables 3, 4, and 7. We also seek comment on 
several additional regulatory fee issues, including: (i) the 
calculation of television broadcaster regulatory fees; (ii) how our 
proposals may promote or inhibit advances in diversity, equity, 
inclusion, and accessibility; (iii) the end of temporary relief 
measures we implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; (iv) our 
proposal to discontinue the Commission's presumption that broadcast 
stations that are dark or were recently dark or bankrupt are 
experiencing financial hardship sufficient to justify waiver of their 
regulatory fees; and (v) ways in which the Commission might assist 
regulatory fee payors in meeting their annual regulatory fee 
obligations.

A. Assessment of Regulatory Fees

1. Methodology for Assessing Regulatory Fees
    19. In FY 2024, the Commission is required to collect $390,192,000 
in regulatory fees. Section 9 of the Communications Act requires us to 
set regulatory fees to ``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.'' Our 
first step in establishing our regulatory fee schedule is to take into 
consideration the adjustments necessitated by the more apparent changes 
from the prior fiscal year regulatory fee proceeding, e.g., changes in 
the (i) FY appropriation, (ii) FTE levels, and (iii) relevant unit 
measures for each regulatory fee category. Such adjustments are often 
considered ministerial. Our second step is a more

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substantive review where we look to the core bureaus within the 
Commission in order to identify the number of direct non-auction FTEs 
in each core bureau for purposes of the regulatory fee calculation. 
After we determine the number of direct FTEs for each core bureau, we 
use these numbers to start our calculations of the percentage of the 
total amount of regulatory fees to be collected for a given fiscal year 
from each regulatory fee category within each core bureau. These 
proportional calculations allocate all Commission non-auction related 
costs across all regulatory fee categories.
a. Indirect FTE Reallocations
    20. In FY 2023, the Commission found that the Commission's general 
methodology for establishing regulatory fees has been, and continues to 
be, appropriate and consistent with section 9 of the Communications 
Act. The Commission therefore implemented this same methodology, but, 
in addition to looking at the current allocation of direct FTEs within 
the core bureaus, it also conducted a high-level analysis of the work 
of the Commission's indirect FTEs in non-core bureaus and offices and, 
where the Commission could determine with reasonable accuracy for FY 
2023 that such work was spent on the regulation and oversight of a 
regulatory fee payor, the Commission reallocated the burden of that 
work as direct to a core bureau, solely for regulatory fee purposes. As 
a result of this analysis, for FY 2023, 63 indirect FTEs located in the 
Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics and Analytics, and 
the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau that were previously 
considered to be indirect FTEs were allocated as direct FTEs to a core 
bureau, for regulatory fee purposes, based on the Commission's 
evaluation of the burden of their work. In the FY 2023 Report and 
Order, the Commission explained that, while the Commission will 
continue to evaluate whether any FTEs should be reallocated for 
regulatory fee purposes each year when reviewing and validating the FTE 
data, the Commission will exercise its discretion regarding where to 
focus its analytical efforts each year to best respond to changes in 
the Commission's substantive work and organization, and changes in the 
telecommunications industry itself. The Commission therefore indicated 
that where its analysis merits inclusion of proposed reallocations, it 
will seek comment on any such potential reallocation of FTEs in an 
annual proceeding.
    21. For FY 2024, we propose to employ the same methodology the 
Commission employed in FY 2023. We conclude, however, that changes 
within the Commission's organizational structure and additional staff 
resources merit a review of the FY 2023 reallocations. Specifically, 
effective on April 10, 2023, the Commission eliminated the 
International Bureau, established a new Space Bureau and a new Office 
of International Affairs, and reallocated the International Bureau's 
authorities and functions between the Space Bureau and the Office of 
International Affairs. In light of these organizational changes, we 
reviewed FTEs that were previously allocated to the International 
Bureau as direct for regulatory fee purposes and we analyzed the work 
done by those FTEs to determine whether such FTEs should be allocated 
to the Office of International Affairs or to the Space Bureau. In 
addition, FTE levels in the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau 
have increased during this fiscal year. In light of these changes, we 
analyzed the work of the new staff in the Public Safety and Homeland 
Security Bureau to determine whether any of their work should be 
allocated as indirect FTEs or allocated as direct FTEs to a core bureau 
for regulatory fee purposes. We also analyzed the work of the FTEs in 
the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics and Analytics, 
and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau that we reallocated 
in FY 2023 as direct FTEs to core bureaus for regulatory fee purposes 
to determine whether their work assignments continue to merit 
allocation of those FTEs as direct to a core bureau for regulatory fee 
purposes.
    22. Also, in instances where an FTE was previously allocated to the 
International Bureau as direct for regulatory fee purposes, we analyzed 
the specific work done by the FTE to determine whether such FTE should 
be allocated to the new Office of International Affairs or the Space 
Bureau. We limited our analytical efforts for FY 2024 to address the 
specific changes within the Commission and did not conduct a high-level 
analysis this fiscal year of all FTEs within the Commission as we 
believe the adjustments we make for FY 2024 reasonably reflect the 
major changes in the burden of work within the Commission. We thus 
utilize our discretion to ensure that we conduct our annual review in a 
manner that is fair, manageable, and sustainable. As described in more 
detail below, we propose that, for FY 2024, approximately 69 indirect 
FTEs should be reallocated as direct FTEs to a core bureau for 
regulatory fee purposes, based on our evaluation of the burden of their 
work. We find that these proposed reallocations are consistent with 
section 9 of the Communications Act, which requires us to base our 
methodology on the number of FTEs in calculating regulatory fees.
b. Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fee Rates
    23. On March 13, 2024, the Commission released the Space and Earth 
Station Regulatory Fees NPRM seeking comment on proposed changes to the 
regulatory fee methodology used for assessing space and earth station 
regulatory fees for FY 2024. In this NPRM, we propose regulatory fee 
rates in Tables 3 and 4, based on our existing methodology, and 
regulatory fee rates in Table 7 based on the proposals set forth in the 
Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM. Our proposed space and 
earth station regulatory fee rates are, however, estimates because we 
recognize that, ultimately, final space and earth station regulatory 
fee rates are dependent upon the outcome of the Space and Earth Station 
Regulatory Fees NPRM proceeding. We also recognize that there could be 
a combination of the proposals based upon commenters' feedback and the 
outcome of the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM. 
Accordingly, we do not seek comment again in this proceeding on the 
specific proposals to adjust our existing methodology for assessing 
space and earth station regulatory fees, or to adopt an alternative 
methodology for assessing space station regulatory fees, which were set 
forth in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM. Instead, 
comments pertaining to the proposals set forth in the Space and Earth 
Station Regulatory Fees NPRM regarding the categories and allocation of 
fees for space and earth stations should be submitted in the 
proceeding, MD Docket No. 24-85, and need not be submitted again in 
response to this NPRM. In this item, we specifically seek comment on 
the proposed regulatory fee rates for space and earth station payors 
for FY 2024 based on the proposals set forth in the Space and Earth 
Station Regulatory Fees NPRM.
    24. The existing schedule of regulatory fees for space and earth 
station payors is contained in section 1.1156 of the Commission's 
rules. There are four current categories of space station payors: Space 
Stations (Geostationary Orbit); Space Stations (Non-Geostationary 
Orbit)--Less Complex; Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Other; 
and Space

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Station (Small Satellites). ``Less Complex'' NGSO systems are defined 
as NGSO satellite systems planning to communicate with 20 or fewer U.S. 
authorized earth stations that are primarily used for Earth Exploration 
Satellite Service (EESS) and/or Automatic Identification System (AIS). 
``Small Satellites'' are space stations licensed pursuant to the 
streamlined small satellite process contained in section 25.122 of the 
Commission's rules. The Space Stations (Small Satellites) category also 
includes ``small spacecraft'' licensed pursuant to the analogous 
streamlined procedures of section 25.123 of the rules. In addition, 
there is a single category of earth station payors--Earth Stations: 
Transmit/Receive & Transmit only. Since our fiscal year 2020 
proceeding, non-U.S. licensed space stations granted market access to 
the United States through a Petition for Declaratory Ruling or through 
earth station licenses are subject to regulatory fees.
    25. Under the existing methodology of calculating regulatory fees 
for space and earth station payors, the Commission multiplies the space 
station and earth station FTE allocation percentages by the target goal 
of collections (overall total amount to collect), respectively, to 
determine the amount to be collected from each regulatory fee category. 
Since 2020, the space station allocation percentages reflect an 80/20 
split between the GSO and NGSO regulatory fee categories, respectively. 
The amount to be collected by the space station and earth station 
regulatory fee categories, divided by the projected number of units, 
determines the fee rate. There are several space station regulatory fee 
categories--GSO, NGSO ``other,'' NGSO ``less complex,'' and small 
satellites--and each of these regulatory fee categories has its own 
respective FTE allocation percentage to determine the fee rate. The 
small satellite fee rate is calculated by taking the average of the 
calculated fee rate for space stations in the NGSO ``other'' and NGSO 
``less complex'' categories. The average fee rate is then multiplied by 
5% (1/20) and rounded to the nearest $5 to determine the small 
satellite fee rate. The small satellite fee rate is then multiplied by 
the number of small satellite units, and the amount derived is divided 
by an 80/20 split and reduced from the target goals of NGSO-Other and 
NGSO-Less Complex, respectively. After reducing the NGSO ``other'' and 
NGSO ``less complex'' target goal amounts, the fee rates for both of 
these NGSO regulatory fee categories are re-calculated (dividing the 
revised target goal by its respective unit count) to reflect a slightly 
lower fee rate. We calculate the proposed regulatory fees for space and 
earth station payors for FY 2024 under this existing methodology in 
Tables 3 and 4, taking into account the changes in the Commission's S&E 
appropriation for FY 2024, as well as the change in the percentage of 
direct FTEs allocated to the Space Bureau as a result of the 
elimination of the International Bureau and the establishment of a new 
Space Bureau and a new Office of International Affairs. We seek comment 
on these proposed regulatory fee amounts.
    26. In the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM, we sought 
comment on a range of proposed changes related to the regulatory fee 
methodology for assessing space and earth station regulatory fees. The 
space and earth station regulatory fees calculated under our existing 
methodology could change substantially if these proposed changes are 
adopted, in part or in whole, and are effective for FY 2024. For 
example, if the proposal is adopted to amend the existing fee 
methodology to change the allocation of regulatory fee assessments for 
GSO and NGSO space stations from the current 80/20 split to a 60/40 
split, the proposed regulatory fees for NGSO space stations will be 
greater than the amount calculated under the existing methodology, and 
the proposed regulatory fees for GSO space stations will be less. 
Similarly, the change proposed in the Space and Earth Station 
Regulatory Fees NPRM to assess regulatory fees on authorized, not just 
operational, space stations may increase the number of units of space 
station payors, which in turn could decrease the calculated per unit 
regulatory fee for GSO and NGSO space station payors. This and other 
proposed changes, such as the proposal to adopt regulatory fees for 
Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO), On-Orbit Servicing (OOS), 
and Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTV), could assess fees on space station 
regulatees that may not be assessed regulatory fees under the existing 
methodology. Furthermore, the earth station regulatory fees calculated 
for FY 2024 under the existing methodology would increase substantially 
if the proposals of the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NRPM 
were adopted and effective for FY 2024, which could also result in a 
decrease in the amount of regulatory fees calculated for space station 
payors. Finally, the alternative methodology for assessing regulatory 
fees proposed in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM would 
replace the existing four categories of space station regulatory fees 
for GSO and NGSO space stations with a single fee category for all 
space stations and a fee for small satellites. This would also 
substantially change the regulatory fees calculated for FY 2024 under 
the existing methodology.
    27. We provide calculations of possible space and earth station 
regulatory fees if the proposals of the Space and Earth Station 
Regulatory Fees NPRM were adopted and effective for FY 2024 in Table 7. 
We acknowledge the difficulty of making these calculations while the 
Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM proceeding is still 
ongoing and it is unknown whether the proposals will be adopted, in 
part, in whole, or a variation thereof, in time to be effective for FY 
2024. In addition, the number of units per fee category depends on 
whether certain proposals in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory 
Fees NRPM are adopted or not. To address these difficulties, we 
explain, as part of our calculations within Table 7, the methodology 
and the underlying assumptions for arriving at the calculated 
regulatory fees in order to provide as much information as reasonably 
possible at this time to potential commenters. We seek comment on these 
calculations and the methodology and underlying assumptions that went 
into them.
    28. Based on the foregoing, we seek comment on these proposals and 
on the proposed FY 2024 regulatory fees as set forth in Tables 3, 4, 
and 7. We recognize that, due to the potential variations to our 
proposals as described in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees 
NPRM, there could be slight changes to the proposed regulatory fee 
rates upon adoption of the regulatory fee rates in a subsequent Report 
and Order. Any proposals or comments requesting a change or 
modification to our proposed methodology in this NPRM and regulatory 
fees for FY 2024 should include a thorough analysis showing a 
sufficient basis for making the change. Commenters should also provide 
alternative options for the Commission to meet its statutory obligation 
to collect the full amount of the appropriation by the end of the 
fiscal year, and indicate how such proposed alternative options are 
fair, administrable, and sustainable.
2. Adjustment of Reallocations, for Regulatory Fee Purposes, of Certain 
Indirect FTEs as Direct FTEs
    29. According to information provided by our Human Resources 
Management office, there currently are

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404 direct non-auctions FTEs for FY 2024 that are distributed among the 
core bureaus. In FY 2023, the Commission reallocated 63 indirect FTEs 
from the Office of Economics and Analytics, the Office of General 
Counsel, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and added 
those FTEs as direct to the relevant core bureau solely for the 
purposes of collecting regulatory fees. Today, we revisit those 
reallocations in light of the elimination of the International Bureau 
and the creation of the Space Bureau and the Office of International 
Affairs, and additional hires in the Public Safety and Homeland 
Security Bureau. As a result of our analysis, for FY 2024 we proposed 
to reallocate 69 indirect FTEs from the Office of Economics and 
Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau and add those FTEs as direct to the relevant 
core bureau solely for the purposes of collecting regulatory fees.
    30. Our calculations of direct FTEs under our proposal, which are 
more fully detailed below, would be as follows: Office of International 
Affairs (8), Space Bureau (51), Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
(121), Wireline Competition Bureau (153.25), and Media Bureau (140). 
Based on these proposed reallocations and after adjustments are made to 
these direct FTE counts to implement Commission precedent, we would 
collect approximately $6.59 million (1.69%) in fees from the Office of 
International Affairs regulatory fee payors; $42.14 million (10.80%) in 
fees from the Space Bureau regulatory fee payors; $100.05 million 
(25.64%) in fees from Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regulatory fee 
payors; $126.69 million (32.47%%) in fees from Wireline Competition 
Bureau regulatory fee payors; and $114.72 million (29.40%) in fees from 
Media Bureau regulatory fee payors.
    31. For purposes of this determination for FY 2024, we used the 
same analysis as was done in FY 2023 and evaluated whether measurable 
FTE time for FY 2024 is primarily being spent on the regulation and 
oversight of regulatory fee payors. Specifically, where the amount of 
work under consideration equaled .5 FTE or less, we rounded down to the 
nearest whole FTE and only proposed our reallocations in one full FTE 
increments. The Commission concluded that less than a full-time FTE 
demonstrates that the work being done is appropriately considered to be 
indirect and should not be reassigned. The table below summarizes the 
FY 2023 reallocations and the proposed FY 2024 reallocations.

         Table 1--Core Bureau FY 2023 FTE Percentages With FY 2024 Proposed FTE Reallocation Adjustments
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                                                                  FY 2023 amount                  FY 2024 amount
                                                                     with FTE                        with FTE
                                                                   reallocations      FY 2024      reallocations
                                                   FY 2023 FTE %    (millions)    proposed FTE %    (millions)
                   Core Bureau                       with FTE    ----------------  with adjusted ---------------
                                                   reallocations      FY 2023           FTE           FY 2024
                                                                   appropriation   reallocations   appropriation
                                                                   was $390.192                     is $390.192
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Wireline Bureau.................................           35.91         $140.12           32.47         $126.69
Media Bureau....................................           31.76           123.9           29.40          114.72
Media Bureau; subcategory Broadcasters..........           14.12           55.10           13.09           51.08
Media Bureau; subcategory Cable.................           17.64           68.83           16.31           63.64
Wireless Bureau.................................           24.56           95.83           25.64          100.05
International Bureau............................            7.77           30.32             N/A             N/A
Office of International Affairs.................             N/A             N/A            1.69            6.59
Space Bureau....................................             N/A             N/A           10.80           42.14
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    32. Based upon our re-evaluation of indirect FTE time in the Office 
of Economics and Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and the 
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, we propose that 69 indirect 
FTEs should be reallocated as direct FTEs because they devote their 
time to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors. We 
therefore propose to reallocate the FTE time as direct to the relevant 
core bureaus and office for calculating regulatory fees. Consistent 
with the Commission's determination in FY 2023, we propose to continue 
to reallocate two direct FTEs from the Media Bureau as indirect because 
the nature of their work is sufficiently linked to work that is similar 
to that performed in the Enforcement Bureau, which has previously been 
categorized as indirect. We find no reason at this time to alter this 
determination and conclude that the time of two FTEs in the Media 
Bureau should continue be considered indirect. We seek comment on this 
conclusion. Below, we discuss our analysis for the Office of Economics 
and Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and the Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau.
    33. Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) FTEs. In FY 2023, the 
Commission reallocated 30 indirect FTEs from OEA as direct to a core 
bureau for regulatory fee purposes as follows: two to the International 
Bureau, eight to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 13 to the 
Wireline Competition Bureau, and seven to the Media Bureau. Consistent 
with the Commission's analysis in the FY 2023 Regulatory Fee Report and 
Order, we continue to find that there is measurable work done by OEA 
that is being done directly in furtherance of the oversight and 
regulation of regulatory fee payors in certain industry segments. For 
FY 2024, staff analysis of OEA's work, however, has slightly changed 
from FY 2023 to FY 2024 and rather than reallocating two FTEs as direct 
for regulatory fee purposes as was done in FY 2023, based on OEA staff 
analysis, specifically one FTE is reallocated to the Space Bureau based 
on OEA's work on satellite service related issues. We therefore propose 
to adjust the FY 2023 allocations for OEA and allocate 29 indirect FTEs 
from OEA as direct to a core bureau for a regulatory fee purposes for 
FY 2024 as follows: one to the Space Bureau, eight to the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, 13 to the Wireline Competition Bureau, and 
seven to the Media Bureau. We seek comment on this proposed allocation 
for FY 2024.
    34. Office of General Counsel (OGC) FTEs. In FY 2023, the 
Commission reallocated five indirect FTEs from OGC as direct to a core 
bureau for regulatory fee purposes as follows: one to the Wireline 
Competition Bureau, two to the Wireless Telecommunications

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Bureau, one to the Media Bureau, and one to the International Bureau. 
Consistent with the Commission's analysis in the FY 2023 Regulatory Fee 
Report and Order, we continue to find that the majority of OGC's work 
is appropriately categorized as indirect, however, certain aspects of 
OGC's work are sufficiently linked to the oversight and regulation of 
individual regulatory fee categories such that, for FY 2024, four FTEs 
from OGC should be reallocated as direct FTEs to a relevant core bureau 
for regulatory purposes. For FY 2024, staff analysis of OGC's work has 
also slightly changed from FY 2023 to FY 2024 in that no OGC indirect 
FTEs will be reallocated to what was formerly the International Bureau 
(now, the Office of International Affairs and the Space Bureau). We 
make this proposal because OGC FTE time devoted to the Office of 
International Affair's efforts is for FY 2024 focused on Office of 
International Affair's matters other than the Office of International 
Affair's regulatory fee payors (satellite and international bearer 
circuits and submarine cables). We therefore propose to adjust the FY 
2023 allocations for OGC and allocate four indirect FTEs from OGC as 
direct to a core bureau for regulatory fee purposes for FY 2024 as 
follows: one to the Wireline Competition Bureau, two to the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, and one to the Media Bureau. We seek comment 
on this proposed allocation for FY 2024.
    35. Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) FTEs. In FY 
2023, the Commission reallocated 28 indirect FTEs from PSHSB as direct 
to a core bureau for regulatory fee purposes as follows: 13 to the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, nine to the Wireline Competition 
Bureau, and six to the Media Bureau. PSHSB advises and coordinates 
within the Commission on all matters pertaining to public safety, 
homeland security, national security, cybersecurity, emergency 
management and preparedness, disaster management, and related matters. 
Consistent with the Commission's analysis in the FY 2023 Report and 
Order, to the extent that the bureau leads initiatives that strengthen 
public safety and emergency response capabilities enabling the 
Commission to assist the public, first responders, law enforcement, 
hospitals, the communications industry and all levels of government in 
times of emergency, we continue to conclude that the majority of its 
work is best categorized as indirect. In FY 2023, the Commission, 
however, concluded that specific aspects of the FTE work within PSHSB's 
three divisions--the Policy and Licensing Division, the Operations and 
Emergency Management Division, and the Cybersecurity and Communications 
Reliability Division--is sufficiently linked to the oversight and 
regulation of individual regulatory fee categories such that certain 
FTE time should be reallocated as direct to a relevant core bureau for 
regulatory purposes. For FY 2024, we continue to conclude that certain 
aspects of the of the FTE work in these divisions of PSHSB can be 
allocated as direct to a core bureau because such work provides direct 
oversight and regulation of specific regulatory fee categories. Staff 
therefore analyzed the work of the 28 indirect FTEs which were 
allocated as direct to a core bureau in FY 2023 and their analysis of 
the work performed of the 28 indirect FTEs remains unchanged. Since FY 
2023, PSHSB has 11 additional FTEs. Consistent with the Commission's 
analysis in the FY 2023 Regulatory Fee Report and Order, we analyzed 
the work PSHSB was able to accomplish with the additional 11 FTE 
resources and determined it was directly in furtherance of the 
oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors of a core bureau. We 
therefore propose to adjust the FY 2023 allocations and allocate a 
total of 38 PSHSB FTEs as direct to a core for regulatory fee purposes 
for FY 2024 as follows: 16 to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
11 to the Wireline Competition Bureau, and nine to the Media Bureau, 
and two to the Space Bureau. We seek comment on this proposal.
    36. Conclusion of the Proposal to Reallocate Certain Indirect FTEs 
from OEA, OGC, and PSHSB as Direct FTEs to a Relevant Core Bureau. As 
represented above, FTE time associated with the proposed reallocations 
for regulatory fee purposes would be added to the relevant core bureau. 
Such a reallocation for regulatory fee purposes would result in 
increasing the number of direct FTEs in a core bureau and reducing the 
total number of indirect FTEs within the Commission. Because our 
underlying methodology for calculating regulatory fees remains 
unchanged, we conclude that our fee regulatory fee calculation 
continues to be consistent with section 9 of the Communications Act, 
which requires us to base our methodology on the number of FTEs in 
calculating regulatory fees. We seek comment on this conclusion.
    37. We continue to be mindful that our treatment of FTEs as direct 
or indirect can change over time based on our evaluation of the FTE 
burden associated with the Commission's work assignments, fluctuations 
within industry segments, and needs of specific regulatory fee payors. 
As depicted in the table below, the percentage of regulatory fees 
allocated to each core bureau has generally decreased due to the 
increase in the number of FTEs from FY 2023 within the core bureaus. 
The only exception to this is the FY 2024 allocation of direct FTEs to 
the Space Bureau. Because there are more direct FTEs in the Space 
Bureau attributable to space and earth station fee payors than there 
were in the International Bureau, the percentage of regulatory fees 
allocated to the Space Bureau in FY 2024 is larger than the FY 2023 
allocation to the International Bureau. The table below shows the 
proposed reallocations of a total of 69 FTEs to each of the core 
bureaus, as discussed above. Such reallocations, for regulatory fee 
purposes, would be proportionally distributed within the core bureau. 
We seek comment on these reallocations for FY 2024.

                                                      Table 2--FTE Allocations: FY 2023 and FY 2024
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                                                    Total # of                       Total # of                          Total # of
                                   FY 2023 FTE    direct FY 2023     FY 2023 %     direct FY 2024      FY 2024 FTE     Direct FY 2024    FY 2024 % after
      Core bureau/ office         reallocations    FTEs With FTE       after      FTEs Without FTE    reallocations     FTEs With FTE     reallocations
                                                   reallocations   reallocations    reallocations                       reallocations
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International Bureau            +2 from OEA.....              31            7.77  N/A.............  N/A.............  N/A.............  N/A
 (Reorganized in April 2023).   + 1 from OGC....
                                Total additional
                                 FTEs +3.

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Office of International         N/A.............             N/A             N/A  8...............  +0 from OEA.....  8...............  1.69
 Affairs (Submarine Cable and                                                                       +0 from OGC.....
 International Bearer                                                                               Total additional
 Circuits).                                                                                          FTEs +0.
Space Bureau (Space and Earth   N/A.............             N/A             N/A  48..............  +1 from OEA.....  51..............  10.80
 Stations).                                                                                         +2 from PSHSB...
                                                                                                    Total additional
                                                                                                     FTEs +3.
Wireless Telecommunications     +8 from OEA.....              98           24.56  95..............  +8 from OEA.....  121.............  25.64
 Bureau.                        +2 from OGC.....                                                    +2 from OGC.....
                                +13 from PSHSB..                                                    +16 from PSHSB..
                                Total additional                                                    Total additional
                                 FTEs +23.                                                           FTEs +26.
Wireline Competition Bureau...  +13 from OEA....          143.25           35.91  128.25..........  +13 from OEA....  153.25..........  32.47
                                +1 from OGC.....                                                    +1 from OGC.....
                                +9 from PSHSB...                                                    +11 from PSHSB..
                                Total additional                                                    Total additional
                                 FTEs +23.                                                           FTEs +25.
Media Bureau..................  +7 from OEA.....             128           31.76  125.............  +7 from OEA.....  140.............  29.40
                                +1 from OGC.....                                                    +1 from OGC.....
                                +6 from PSHSB...                                                    +9 from PSHSB...
                                -2 from MB                                                          -2 from EB
                                 Reallocated as                                                      Reallocated as
                                 Indirect.                                                           Indirect.
                                Total additional                                                    Total additional
                                 FTEs +12.                                                           FTEs +15.
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    Total.....................  63..............          400.25             100  404.25..........  69..............  473.25..........  100
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    38. As reflected in the table above, our proposals to adjust the 
reallocation of 63 indirect FTEs as direct for regulatory fee purposes 
in FY 2023 to 69 indirect FTEs as direct for regulatory fee purposes in 
FY 2024 will result in a 17.1% increase in our overall direct FTE count 
for FY 2024, and an increase of 18.2% in the overall direct FTE count 
from FY 2023. We continue to make these proposals consistent with our 
long standing regulatory fee methodology and conclude that our 
determinations are reasonably accurate for fiscal year 2024. We seek 
comment on our proposals and this tentative conclusion. While our 
proposals adjust the reallocations for regulatory fee purposes for FY 
2024, we are mindful that FTE's work in OEA, OGC, and PSHSB can change 
from year to year and we want to avoid any unplanned shifts in 
regulatory fees on an annual basis that would undermine the goals of 
having a fair, administrable, and sustainable program. In light of the 
creation of the Space Bureau and Office of International Affairs and 
the expanded number of FTEs in PSHSB, it was necessary to review the 
Commission's FY 2023 allocations to ensure a reasonably accurate 
allocation of direct and indirect FTEs to the core bureaus for the 
calculation of regulatory fees for FY 2024.

B. Elimination of the International Bureau

    39. In January 2023, the Commission eliminated the International 
Bureau and established: (1) a Space Bureau to handle policy and 
licensing matters related to satellite communications and other in-
space activities under the Commission's jurisdiction; and (2) an Office 
of International Affairs to handle issues involving foreign and 
international regulatory authorities as well as international 
telecommunications and submarine cable licensing. The reorganization 
became effective on April 10, 2023. When the Commission adopted 
regulatory fees for FY 2023, it noted that it would be the last year 
for doing so for the International Bureau. The Commission anticipated 
that the elimination of the International Bureau and the creation of 
the Space Bureau and the Office of International Affairs, could result 
in a change in the number of FTEs, due to increased oversight of 
various relevant industries. Accordingly, the Commission stated that it 
would closely review the Space Bureau and Office of International 
Affairs FTEs to determine the appropriate number of FTEs in each entity 
as a result of the reorganization and how they will be apportioned 
among the different services. Accordingly, for purposes of FY 2024 and 
going forward, we discuss the functions and FTE allocations of the 
Office of International Affairs and the Space Bureau below.
1. Office of International Affairs
    40. The Office of International Affairs (OIA) is responsible for 
the Commission's engagement of foreign and international regulatory 
authorities, including multilateral and regional organizations. OIA 
also facilitates through rulemaking and licensing the Commission's 
development of policies regarding international telecommunications 
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services, including submarine cables, and advises and makes 
recommendations to the Commission on foreign ownership issues. In 
undertaking these functions, OIA implements Commission policies to 
facilitate competition and foreign investment in U.S. international 
telecommunications markets while ensuring, in consultation with 
relevant federal partners, that national security, law enforcement, 
foreign policy, and trade policy concerns are addressed. OIA also is 
responsible for intergovernmental leadership, negotiation and 
international and inter-agency representational functions. 
Additionally, OIA oversees and coordinates the Commission's global 
participation in international and multilateral conferences, regional 
organizations, cross-border negotiations and international standard 
setting efforts. Further, OIA also oversees bilateral meetings with 
other countries and foreign government officials.
    41. OIA is composed of the Telecommunications and Analysis Division 
(TAD) and the Global Strategy and Negotiation Division (GSN). Because 
the majority of OIA's work does not benefit specific regulatory fee 
payors, but rather the government as whole, consistent with Commission 
precedent, we conclude that the majority of the work of its FTEs is 
appropriately categorized as indirect. As the Commission discussed in 
the FY 2023 Report and Order, all FTEs in GSN are considered indirect 
FTEs. Specifically, GSN staff represent the Commission in international 
conferences, meetings, and negotiations, and manage Commission 
participation in the fellowship telecommunication training program for 
foreign officials offered through the U.S. Telecommunications Training 
Institute (USTTI) as well as the Commission's International Visitors 
Program. They also participate in various international and regional 
organizations such as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 
the International Maritime Organization, the International Civil 
Aeronautics Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the Inter-
American Telecommunication Commission. GSN also coordinates cross-
border issues with Mexico and Canada that involve a wide range of 
services, such as maritime, aeronautical, mobile and fixed satellite, 
broadcasting, mobile, and terrestrial wireless services. In addition, 
GSN's functions include international broadcasting station licensing 
and coordination of frequencies for International Broadcast licenses at 
the ITU. GSN's multilateral and bilateral international work ultimately 
benefits all fee payors by maintaining and advancing the United States' 
global leadership and interests, which encompasses, among others, U.S. 
trade, foreign policy, and national security interests. Thus, the work 
of GSN does not benefit a specific fee payor, but rather the government 
as whole and is therefore appropriately categorized as indirect. There 
are, however, 8 FTEs within TAD that work on international bearer 
circuit related issues, including the services provided over submarine 
cables, and their time can be appropriately categorized as direct in 
furtherance of the oversight and regulation of specific regulatory fee 
payors. Therefore, we conclude, for FY 2024, that there are a total of 
47 FTEs within OIA, 8 direct FTEs and 39 indirect FTEs. We seek comment 
on this conclusion.
2. Space Bureau
    42. The Space Bureau plays a key role in advancing the Commission's 
Space Innovation Agenda to meet the needs of the next generation Space 
Age. The Space Bureau promotes a competitive and innovative global 
communications marketplace by leading policy and licensing matters 
related to satellite and space-based communications and activities. 
Among its responsibilities, the Space Bureau leads complex policy 
analysis and rulemakings; authorizes satellite and earth station 
systems used for space-based services; streamlines regulatory processes 
to provide maximum flexibility for operators to meet customer needs; 
and fosters the efficient use of scarce spectrum and orbital resources. 
The Space Bureau also serves as the Commission's focal point for 
coordination with other U.S. government agencies on matters of space 
policy and governance, and collaborates with OIA for consultations with 
other countries, international and multi-lateral organizations, and 
foreign government officials that involve satellite and space policy 
matters.
    43. The Space Bureau is comprised of the Satellite Licensing 
Division (SLD), Satellite Programs & Policy Division (SPPD), and the 
Earth Station Licensing Division (ESLD). These new divisions have the 
responsibilities and authorities for the analysis and functions that 
were housed within the Satellite Division of the International Bureau, 
including its branches, the Policy Branch, the Engineering Branch, and 
the System Analysis Branch. ESLD is responsible for the technical 
analysis, review, and licensing of applications and special temporary 
requests for satellite earth stations. SLD is responsible for the 
engineering review of satellite systems applications, and for 
registering FCC-licensed satellite systems with the ITU. SPPD develops 
and administers rules, regulations, and policies to support a 
competitive and innovative space-based global telecommunications 
marketplace. Our Human Resources Management office has provided data 
identifying 54 FTEs in the Space Bureau to be counted for FY 2024. The 
Space Bureau anticipates that 48 of these FTEs will be categorized as 
direct FTEs, with the exception of six FTEs that work exclusively, or 
nearly exclusively, on matters that do not provide oversight and 
regulation of a specific category of regulatory fee payors. A number of 
space related activities indirectly benefit the existing fee 
categories, including space stations, commercial mobile services, and 
earth stations. For example, the Space Bureau coordinates with the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
(NOAA), State Department on space sustainability, planetary 
protections, and on space innovation. Staff in ESLD, SLD, and SPPD 
assist the Office of Engineering & Technology in reviewing applications 
for experimental licenses for space-based activities. Lastly, the Space 
Bureau works closely with GSN staff in the Office of International 
Affairs to help cover certain ITU World Radiocommunications Conference 
(WRC) agenda items. These six Space Bureau FTEs would therefore be 
considered indirect.
    44. Of these six indirect FTEs, three FTEs work with the staff of 
the Office of International Affairs on covering ITU World 
Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) agenda items, and three FTEs work 
with the staff of the Office of Engineering & Technology on 
experimental licenses involving space or earth stations. Thus, we 
conclude that such FTEs are indirect since such work does not focus on 
the oversight and regulation of a specific category of regulatory fee 
payors, but instead benefits the Commission, the telecommunications 
industry, or the public as a whole, or in the case of work done on 
experimental licenses, is in furtherance of licenses that are not 
subject to a regulatory fee.
    45. In addition to the 48 direct FTEs out of the 54 FTEs identified 
by our Human Resources Office, as indicated above, we also propose to 
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PSHSB as direct to the Space Bureau for regulatory fee purposes. We 
therefore conclude, for regulatory fee purposes for FY 2024, there are 
a total of 54 FTEs within the Space Bureau, 48 direct FTEs and six 
indirect FTEs, and three indirect FTEs that are designated as direct 
for a total of 51 direct FTEs and six indirect FTEs. We recognize that 
the increase in number of direct FTEs allocated to the Space Bureau 
will directly result in a significant increase in regulatory fees for 
Space Bureau regulatory fee payors between FY 2023 and FY 2024. This is 
true even though the amount of appropriated S&E for FY 2024 remains the 
same as for FY 2023 due to the significant increase in the number of 
direct FTEs attributed to the Space Bureau. We seek comment on this 
conclusion.

C. Broadcast Television Stations

    46. In the FY 2020 Report and Order, we completed the transition to 
a population-based full-service broadcast television regulatory fee. 
The population-based methodology conforms with the service authorized 
here--broadcasting television to the American people. For FY 2024, we 
propose to continue to assess fees for full-power broadcast television 
stations based on the population covered by a full-service broadcast 
television station's contour. Currently, we use 2010 U.S. Census data 
to assess fees for full-power broadcast television stations. In FY 
2024, we will use the results of the 2020 U.S. Census. As a result, 
there will be no need to make any population adjustments to account for 
reductions in the population since 2010. However, the Commission will 
continue to base assessments on limiting the population count of full-
power television stations that rely on satellite television stations to 
reach terrain-limited areas. We seek comment on our mechanism, 
described below, for how we will calculate the regulatory fee based on 
the previously decided population-based methodology. We propose 
adopting a factor of $.006598 per population served for FY 2024 full-
power broadcast television station fees. The population data for 
broadcasters' service areas are determined using the TVStudy software 
and the LMS database, based on a station's projected noise-limited 
service contour. The population data for each licensee and the 
population-based fee (population multiplied by $.006598 for each full-
power broadcast television station is listed in Table 8. We seek 
comment on these proposed fees.

D. Digital Equity and Inclusion

    47. The Commission, as part of its continuing effort to advance 
digital equity for all, including people of color, persons with 
disabilities, persons who live in rural or tribal areas, and others who 
are or have been historically underserved, marginalized, or adversely 
affected by persistent poverty or inequality, invites comment on any 
equity-related considerations and benefits (if any) that may be 
associated with the proposals and issues discussed herein. 
Specifically, we seek comment on how our proposals for collecting 
regulatory fees for FY 2024 may promote or inhibit advances in 
diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, as well the scope of 
the Commission's relevant legal authority. We note that diversity and 
equity considerations, however, do not allow the Commission to shift 
fees from one party of fee payors to another nor to fees under section 
9 of the Act for any purpose other than as an offsetting collection in 
the amount of our annual S&E appropriation.

E. Temporary Relief Measures Due to Economic Effects of COVID-19 
Pandemic

    48. During the COVID-19 pandemic and through FY 2023, the 
Commission provided certain temporary relief to regulatory fee payors 
experiencing financial hardship caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 
pandemic through a combination of partial rule waivers and direction to 
the Office of the Managing Director in exercising its delegated 
authority. As we explain below, we do not plan to implement these 
temporary measures for FY 2024. The circumstances for which the 
measures were temporarily implemented have changed. The National 
Emergency COVID-19 pandemic has ended and the national economy is 
rebounding. We seek comment on the following proposals.
    49. For FY 2023, the Commission directed the Office of the Managing 
Director to continue to exercise its delegated authority to partially 
waive section 1.1910 of the Commission's rules to allow regulatees on 
``red light'' and experiencing financial hardship to nonetheless 
request waiver, reduction, deferral, and/or installment payment of 
their FY 2023 regulatory fees, provided that those regulatees resolve 
all of the delinquent debt they owe to the Commission in advance of the 
Commission's decision on their relief requests. For fiscal year 2024, 
we do not intend to direct the Office of the Managing Director to 
exercise its discretion in this manner in this proceeding. This means 
that absent grant of individual requests for waiver of section 1.1910 
of our rules, the Commission would not act on a request for waiver, 
reduction and/or deferral of a regulatory fee filed by a fee payor on 
red light until full payment of the fee payor's delinquent debt and 
that the Commission would dismiss the request if the debt was not paid 
in full within 30 days of the filing of the request.
    50. During FY 2023 the Commission also directed OMD to offer a 
nominal interest rate and waive its down payment requirement for 
installment payment of regulatory fee debt. For FY 2024, the Commission 
does not intend to direct Office of the Managing Director to fix the 
interest rate charged on installment debt at a nominal rate or to waive 
the requirement that regulatory fee debtors seeking installment payment 
relief make a downpayment. That means that the Office of the Managing 
Director will have authority to, but will not be required to, assess a 
minimum interest rate on regulatory fee installment debt, and will have 
authority to assess a higher rate of interest if it determines that a 
higher rate of interest is necessary to protect the interests of the 
United States. In addition, the Office of the Managing Director will 
have authority to require a down payment from a regulatory fee payor 
seeking installment payment relief.
    51. During FY 2023, the Commission partially waived section 1.1166 
of our rules to permit fee payors seeking waiver, reduction and/or 
deferral of their FY 2023 regulatory fees based on financial hardship 
to submit financial documentation supporting their requests after their 
underlying requests are submitted, but the Commission modified the 
waiver to permit only one post-filing submission of supplemental 
financial documents by a deadline of January 31, 2023. This was a 
change from FY 2022, in that we limited our rule waiver to more closely 
align it with the requirements of section 1.1166, anticipating a return 
to the normal operation of section 1.1166. For fiscal year 2024, we do 
not intend to direct OMD to waive any aspect of this rule in this 
proceeding. Absent individual waiver requests being granted, this means 
that parties seeking waiver, reduction and/or deferral relief to submit 
with their requests all such financial documentation necessary to 
justify the relief sought on financial hardship grounds. Documents 
submitted after a request is filed would not be considered, and failure 
to submit any supporting financial documentation

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with a request would result in dismissal and/or denial of the request.
    52. We recognize that some regulatory fee payors may be 
experiencing lingering or continuing financial difficulties related to 
the pandemic's economic effects, but we believe that sections 1.1166 
and 1.1914 of our rules, now streamlined and simplified, offer those 
fee payors a straightforward path to regulatory fee relief. Commenters 
that disagree with our proposals should explain why any continued 
relief based on the COVID-19 pandemic is necessary or justified, and to 
the extent continuation of any measure requires waiver of a 
Commission's rule, commenters should explain why good cause exists for, 
and the public interest would be served by, waiver or modification of 
the relevant rule.

F. Non-Operating Broadcast Stations

    53. We seek comment on ending a policy of presuming that dark or 
silent stations have experienced financial hardship and therefore merit 
grant of a request for waiver of regulatory fees on the basis of 
financial hardship, without requiring submission of evidence of actual 
financial hardship. This policy was first mentioned by the Commission 
in 1995, observing that when a broadcast station is dark, it is 
``generally based on financial hardship.'' The Commission then 
concluded that ``it is unnecessary to require a licensee to make a 
further showing of financial hardship'' when requesting a waiver of 
regulatory fees. In articulating this policy in 1995, the Commission 
assumed that most stations go dark because of financial hardship and 
observed that ``broadcast stations which are dark must request 
permission to suspend operation'' under FCC rules. In 1996, the 
Commission's Office of the Managing Director applied the presumption to 
regulatory fees assessed in the first year of a station's operation by 
a licensee that purchased a recently dark or bankrupt station.
    54. The Commission has never codified this policy and it is rarely 
used. The policy, moreover, appears to assume that the only rationale 
for a dark or silent station is financial duress. There is no such 
limitation, however, contained in section 73.1740(a)(4) of our rules. 
Licensees might go dark for different reasons depending on each 
station's particular circumstances. Thus, drawing on the Commission's 
experience since establishment of the policy in 1995, the assumption 
that requiring financial information in a request for waiver of 
regulatory fees is unnecessary by the operators of a dark or silent 
station appears to be no longer accurate in 2024.
    55. In considering whether a licensee is experiencing financial 
hardship sufficient to justify a waiver under section 1.1166 of our 
rules, the Commission considers the financial circumstances of the 
licensee, including all of its assets and revenue streams. In the case 
of a licensee with multiple stations, the silence of one of its 
stations does not automatically mean that the licensee's overall 
financial circumstances are such that it cannot pay its stations' 
regulatory fees and continue operating its remaining stations. 
Similarly, it is not always the case that a newly purchased station 
that was previously dark or bankrupt is insufficiently funded in its 
first year of operations such that its regulatory fees cannot be paid. 
A new station owner may have other revenue sources, including from its 
other stations it operates, or financing for the new station's start-up 
costs. In other words, while a station's silence or reduced operation 
may be the result of, or may cause financial hardship, we tentatively 
conclude that the question of whether that is in fact the case is more 
appropriately determined on a case-by-case basis.
    56. For these reasons, we propose to end the assumption that 
stations are dark or were recently dark or bankrupt are experiencing 
financial distress when they file a request for waiver of regulatory 
fees. We propose instead to require these licensees to submit 
supporting financial documentation with their fee requests to prove 
financial hardship sufficient to justify a fee waiver, just as all 
other regulatory fee payors are required to do under ection 1.1166 of 
our rules. In order to give regulatory fee payors more time to make any 
necessary changes to comply with this change in policy, we propose to 
make the change effective for fiscal year 2025. We seek comment on this 
proposal.

G. Improving the Regulatory Fee Process

    57. We have a statutory obligation to assess and collect regulatory 
fees each fiscal year to meet the Commission's S&E appropriation. At 
the same time, we are committed to ensuring that the regulatory fee 
process is administratively manageable and reasonably predictable for 
both the Commission and regulatory fee payors. We therefore seek 
comment on ways in which the Commission might improve the regulatory 
fee process to ensure that regulatory fee payors can timely meet their 
annual regulatory fee obligations. We ask that commenters explain the 
legal bases for any proposals they make and how such proposals fit 
within the Commission's statutory authorizations and our existing 
regulatory fee methodology.
    58. Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act. Consistent 
with the Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act, Public Law 
118-9, a summary of this document will be available on https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings.

H. New Regulatory Fee Categories

    59. Finally, we continue to seek additional comment on ``whether we 
should adopt new regulatory fee categories and on ways to improve our 
regulatory fee process regarding any and all categories of service.'' 
We invite additional comment in order to help inform our consideration 
of these issues.

V. Procedural Matters

    60. 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.
    61. Credit Card Transaction Levels. In accordance with Treasury 
Financial Manual, Volume I, Part 5, Chapter 7000, section 7065.20a--
Credit Card Collections, the total daily credit card transactions 
processed from a single customer can be no more than $24,999.99 
(hereinafter the ``Maximum Daily Limit'') and the total monthly 
transactions processed from a single customer (based on a rolling 30-
day period) can be no more than $100,000.00 (hereinafter the ``Maximum 
Monthly Limit''). Transactions greater than the Maximum Daily Limit 
will be rejected. If a customer initiates multiple transactions on the 
same day with the same credit card, those transactions causing the 
total charge to exceed the Maximum Daily Limit will also 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, Automates Clearing House (ACH) debits 
from a bank account, and wire transfers. Each of these payment options 
is available after filing regulatory fee information in CORES. Further 
details will be provided regarding payment methods and

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procedures at the time of FY 2024 regulatory fee collection in Fact 
Sheets, https://www.fcc.gov/regfees.
    62. Payment Methods. During the fee season for collecting 
regulatory fees, regulatees can pay their fees by credit card through 
Pay.gov, ACH, debit card, or by wire transfer. Additional payment 
instructions are posted on the Commission's website at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/wire-transfer. 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, an FCC 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 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 posted 
at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/wire-transfer.
    63. 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, 2023 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, 2023.
     Wireline (Common Carrier) Services: Regulatory fees must 
be paid for authorizations that were granted on or before October 1, 
2023. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned 
after October 1, 2023, 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. 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 section 
52.103 of the Commission's rules. The unit count should be based on 
toll free numbers managed by RespOrgs on or about December 31, 2023.
     Wireless Services: Commercial Mobile Radio Service (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, 2023. The 
number of subscribers, units, or telephone numbers on December 31, 2023 
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, 2023, 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 (first 
seven in our Calculation of Fees in Table 4) 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 is 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 2024.
     Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Services 
(cable television operators, Cable Television Relay Service (CARS) 
licensees, DBS, and IPTV): Regulatory fees must be paid for the number 
of basic cable television subscribers as of December 31, 2023. 
Regulatory fees also must be paid for CARS licenses that were granted 
on or before October 1, 2023. In instances where a permit or license is 
transferred or assigned after October 1, 2023, 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, 2023. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or 
assigned after October 1, 2023, responsibility for payment rests with 
the holder of the permit or license as of the fee due date.
     International Services: Regulatory fees must be paid for 
earth stations that were licensed (or authorized) on or before October 
1, 2023. Regulatory fees must also be paid for Geostationary orbit 
space stations (GSO) and non-geostationary orbit satellite systems 
(NGSO), and the two NGSO subcategories ``Other'' and ``Less Complex,'' 
that were licensed and operational on or before October 1, 2023. 
Licensees of small satellites that were licensed and operational on or 
before October 1, 2023 must also pay regulatory fees. Proposals have 
also been made to assess regulatory fees on all space stations that are 
authorized only (earth stations are feeable when they become licensed 
or authorized). Proposals have also been made to adopt regulatory fees 
for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO), On-Orbit Servicing 
(OOS), and Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTV). In instances where a permit 
or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 2023, 
responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or 
license as of the fee due date.
     International Services (Submarine Cable Systems, 
Terrestrial and Satellite Services): Regulatory fees for submarine 
cable systems are to be paid on a per cable landing license basis based 
on lit circuit capacity as of December 31, 2023. Regulatory fees for 
terrestrial and satellite IBCs are to be paid based on active (used or 
leased) international bearer circuits as of December 31, 2023, 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, 2023. Whether 
circuits are used specifically for voice or data is not relevant for 
purposes of determining that they are active circuits. In instances 
where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 
2023, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or 
license as of the fee due date.
    64. CMRS and Mobile Services Assessments. 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''). We have included non-geographic numbers in the 
calculation of the number of subscribers for each CMRS provider in 
Table 3 and the CMRS regulatory fee factor proposed in Table 4. CMRS 
provider regulatory fees will be calculated and should be paid based on 
the inclusion of non-geographic numbers. CMRS providers can adjust the 
total number of subscribers, if needed. This information of telephone 
numbers (subscriber count) will be

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posted on the Commission's Registration System (CORES) along with the 
carrier's Operating Company Numbers (OCNs).
    65. A carrier wishing to revise its telephone number (subscriber) 
count can do so by accessing CORES and following the prompts to revise 
their telephone number counts. Any revisions to the telephone number 
counts should be accompanied by an explanation. The Commission will 
then review the revised count and supporting explanation, if any, and 
either approve or disapprove the submission in CORES. 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 supporting documentation. If the Commission receives no 
response from the provider, or the Commission does not reverse its 
initial disapproval of the provider's revised count submission, the fee 
payment must be based on the number of subscribers listed initially in 
CORES. 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 
CORES.
    66. Because some carriers do not file the NRUF report, they may not 
see their telephone number counts in CORES. 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, 2024), 
and submit their fee payment accordingly. Whether a carrier reviews its 
telephone number counts in CORES 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.
    67. Regulatory Flexibility Act. The RFA requires that an agency 
prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis for notice and comment 
rulemakings, unless the agency certifies that ``the rule will not, if 
promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial number 
of small entities.'' Accordingly, we have prepared an IRFA concerning 
the potential impact of rule and policy change proposals on small 
entities in the NPRM. The IRFA is set forth in the back of this 
rulemaking. The Commission invites the general public, in particular 
small businesses, to comment on the IRFA. Comments must be filed by the 
deadlines for comments on the NPRM indicated on the first page of this 
document and must have a separate and distinct heading designating them 
as responses to the IRFA.

List of Tables

                                         Table 3--Calculation of FY 2024 Revenue Requirements and Pro-Rata Fees
 Regulatory fees for the categories shaded in gray are collected by the Commission in advance to cover the term of the license and are submitted at the
                                                             time the application is filed.
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                                                                              FY 2023      Pro-Rated FY     Computed FY
                 Fee category                    FY 2024 payment    Yrs       revenue      2024 revenue        2024         Rounded FY      Expected FY
                                                      units                  estimate       requirement   regulatory fee   2024 reg. fee   2024 revenue
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PLMRS (Exclusive Use).........................              1,150     10         300,000         287,500           25.00              25         287,500
PLMRS (Shared use)............................             23,300     10       1,900,000       2,330,000           10.00              10       2,330,000
Microwave.....................................             16,500     10       4,000,000       4,125,000           25.00              25       4,125,000
Marine (Ship).................................              7,000     10       1,050,000       1,050,000           15.00              15       1,050,000
Aviation (Aircraft)...........................              5,800     10         480,000         580,000           10.00              10         580,000
Marine (Coast)................................                280     10          96,000         112,000           40.00              40         112,000
Aviation (Ground).............................                270     10          60,000          54,000           20.00              20          54,000
AM Class A \1\................................                 58      1         286,800         266,175           4,589           4,590         266,220
AM Class B \1\................................              1,305      1       3,556,605       3,302,737           2,531           2,530       3,301,650
AM Class C \1\................................                784      1       1,273,910       1,182,590           1,508           1,510       1,183,840
AM Class D \1\................................              1,325      1       4,208,245       3,906,677           2,948           2,950       3,908,750
FM Classes A, B1 & C3 \1\.....................              3,021      1       8,885,560       8,238,364           2,727           2,725       8,232,225
FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 \1\..............              3,064      1      10,872,945      10,087,736           3,292           3,290      10,080,560
AM Construction Permits \2\...................                  2      1           3,100           1,170             585             585           1,170
FM Construction Permits \2\...................                 14      1          17,360          14,350           1,025           1,025          14,350
Digital Television \5\........................      3.541 billion      1      25,463,735      23,365,758        .0065978         .006598      23,363,518
(including Satellite TV)......................         population
Digital TV Construction Permits \2\...........                  5      1          20,400          26,000           5,200           5,200          26,000
LPTV/Class A/Translators FM Trans/Boosters....              6,215      1       1,644,500       1,512,193           243.3             245       1,522,675
CARS Stations.................................                105      1         206,400         190,963         1,818.7           1,820         191,100
Cable TV Systems, including IPTV & DBS........         50,000,000      1      68,880,000      63,437,881          1.2688            1.27      63,500,000
Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers    $22,100,000,000      1     135,540,000     122,486,646        0.005542        0.005540     122,434,000
Toll Free Numbers.............................         35,000,000      1       4,511,000       4,208,697         0.12025            0.12       4,200,000
CMRS Mobile Services (Cellular/Public Mobile).        562,000,000      1      88,480,000      90,320,215          0.1607            0.16      89,920,000
CMRS Messaging Services.......................            600,000      1         104,000          48,000          0.0800           0.080          48,000
BRS/ \3\......................................              1,200      1         836,500         870,000             725             725         870,000
LMDS..........................................                370      1         252,000         268,250             725             725         268,250
Per Gbps circuit Int'l Bearer Circuits                     20,000      1         442,000         329,712            16.5              17         340,000
 Terrestrial (Common & Non-Common) & Satellite
 (Common & Non-Common)........................
Submarine Cable Providers (See chart at bottom              71.56      1       8,228,605       6,264,533          87,542          87,540       6,264,362
 of Table 4)\4\...............................
Earth Stations................................              2,900      1       1,667,500       3,244,837           1,119           1,120       3,248,000
Space Stations (Geostationary)................                134      1      15,990,880      31,112,505         232,183         232,185      31,112,790
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Other).....                  8      1       3,129,795       5,975,115         746,889         746,890       5,975,120
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Less                         6      1         782,430       1,496,939         249,490         249,490       1,496,940
 Complex).....................................
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Small                       12      1          85,505         311,340          25,945          25,945         311,340
 Satellite)...................................
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    ****** Total Estimated Revenue to be        .................  .....     392,991,324     389,916,319  ..............  ..............     390,621,601
     Collected................................

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    ****** Total Revenue Requirement..........  .................  .....     390,192,000     390,192,000  ..............  ..............     390,192,000
                                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Difference............................  .................  .....       2,799,324       (275,681)  ..............  ..............         429,601
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Notes on Table 3:
\1\ The fee amounts listed in the column entitled ``Rounded New FY 2024 Regulatory Fee'' constitute a weighted average broadcast regulatory fee by class
  of service. The actual FY 2024 regulatory fees for AM/FM radio station are listed on a grid located at the end of Table 4.
\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 based on the threshold 10,001-25,000, the traditional basis for
  identifying the lowest licensed fee. 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\ The 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, para. 6 (2004).
\4\ The chart at the end of Table 4 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). The
  Submarine Cable fee in Table A is a weighted average of the various fee payers in the chart at the end of Table 3.
\5\ The actual digital television regulatory fees to be paid by call sign are identified in Table 8.


              Table 4--FY 2024 Schedule of Regulatory Fees
 Regulatory fees for the categories shaded in gray are collected by the
Commission in advance to cover the term of the license and are submitted
                  at the time the application is filed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Fee category                Annual regulatory fee (U.S. $s)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use)                                   25
 (47 CFR part 90)...................
Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part                                  25
 101)...............................
Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR                                   15
 part 80)...........................
Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR                                  40
 part 80)...........................
Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22)                                          10
 (previously listed under the Land
 Mobile category)...................
PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47                                  10
 CFR part 90).......................
Aviation (Aircraft) (per station)                                     10
 (47 CFR part 87)...................
Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47                                   20
 CFR part 87).......................
CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per                                   .16
 unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24, 27,
 80 and 90) (Includes Non-Geographic
 telephone numbers).................
CMRS Messaging Services (per unit)                                   .08
 (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24 and 90)...
Broadband Radio Service (formerly                                    725
 MMDS/MDS) (per license) (47 CFR
 part 27)...........................
Distribution Service (per call sign)                                 725
 (47 CFR, part 101).................
Local Multipoint....................                                 725
AM Radio Construction Permits.......                                 585
FM Radio Construction Permits.......                               1,025
AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station                        See Table Below
 Fees...............................
Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and                             $.006598
 UHF Commercial Fee Factor..........    See Table 8 for fee amounts due,
                                              also available at https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/regulatory-fees
Digital TV Construction Permits.....                               5,200
Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM                                      245
 Translators & FM Boosters (47 CFR
 part 74)...........................
CARS (47 CFR part 78)...............                               1,820
Cable Television Systems (per                                       1.27
 subscriber) (47 CFR part 76),
 Including IPTV and Direct Broadcast
 Satellite (DBS)....................
Interstate Telecommunication Service                              .00554
 Providers (per revenue dollar).....
Toll Free (per toll free subscriber)                                 .12
 (47 CFR section 52.101 (f) of the
 rules).............................
Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25).....                               1,120
Space Stations (per operational                                  232,185
 station in geostationary orbit) (47
 CFR part 25) also includes DBS
 Service (per operational station)
 (47 CFR part 100)..................
Space Stations (per operational                                  746,890
 system in non-geostationary orbit)
 (47 CFR part 25) (Other)...........
Space Stations (per operational                                  249,945
 system in non-geostationary orbit)
 (47 CFR part 25) (Less Complex)....
Space Stations (per license/call                                  25,945
 sign in non-geostationary orbit)
 (47 CFR part 25) (Small Satellite).
International Bearer Circuits--                                      $17
 Terrestrial/Satellites (per Gbps
 circuit)...........................
Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee                     See Table Below
 (per cable system).................
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                                                          FY 2024 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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<=10,000................................................            $560            $405            $350            $385            $615            $700

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10,001-25,000...........................................             935             675             585             645           1,025           1,170
25,001-75,000...........................................           1,405           1,015             880             970           1,540           1,755
75,001-150,000..........................................           2,105           1,520           1,315           1,450           2,305           2,635
150,001-500,000.........................................           3,160           2,280           1,975           2,180           3,465           3,955
500,001-1,200,000.......................................           4,730           3,415           2,960           3,265           5,185           5,920
1,200,001-3,000,000.....................................           7,105           5,130           4,445           4,900           7,790           8,890
3,000,001-6,000,000.....................................          10,650           7,690           6,665           7,345          11,675          13,325
>6,000,000..............................................          15,980          11,535          10,000          11,025          17,515          19,995
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


     FY 2024 International Bearer Circuits--Submarine Cable Systems
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              FY 2024
 Submarine cable systems (capacity as of    Fee  ratio      regulatory
           December 31, 2023)                 (units)          fees
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 50 Gbps.......................           .0625          $5,475
50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250               .125          10,945
 Gbps...................................
250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500             .25          21,885
 Gbps...................................
1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than                  .5          43,770
 3,500 Gbps.............................
3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than                 1.0          87,540
 6,500 Gbps.............................
6,500 Gbps or greater...................             2.0         175,080
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Table 5--Sources of Payment Unit Estimates for FY 2024

    In order to calculate individual service fees for FY 2024, we 
adjusted FY 2023 payment units for each service to more accurately 
reflect expected FY 2024 payment liabilities. We obtained our updated 
estimates through a variety of means and sources. For example, we used 
Commission licensee data bases, actual prior year payment records and 
industry and trade association projections, where available. The 
databases we consulted include our Universal Licensing System (ULS), 
International Bureau Filing System (IBFS), Licensing and Management 
System (LMS) 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. 
Regulatory fee payment units are not all the same for all fee 
categories. For most fee categories, the term ``units'' reflect 
licenses or permits that have been issued, but for other fee 
categories, the term ``units'' reflect quantities such as subscribers, 
population counts, circuit counts, telephone numbers, and revenues. As 
more current data is received after the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) is released, the Commission sometimes adjusts the NPRM fee rates 
to reflect the new information in the Report and Order. This is 
intended to make sure that the fee rates in the Report and Order 
reflect more recent and accurate information. We realize that by 
adjusting the unit counts as more accurate information is received may 
adjust the fee rates for certain regulatory fee categories. Certain 
entities that collect the fees from customers in advance in order to 
pay the Commission, such as Cable and DBS companies, ITSP providers, 
Cell Phone and Toll-Free providers, to name a few, may need to adjust 
their billings to customers as the Commission adjusts its fee rates. As 
a result, the Commission understands that these adjustments are 
necessary so that these regulatees can recover their fee obligations 
from their customers.
    We sought verification for these estimates from multiple sources 
and, in all cases, we compared FY 2024 estimates with actual FY 2023 
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 2024 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 2024 payment units are based on FY 2023 
actual payment units, it does not necessarily mean that our FY 2024 
projection is exactly the same number as in FY 2023. We have either 
rounded the FY 2024 number or adjusted it slightly to account for these 
variables.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Fee category              Sources of payment unit estimates
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land Mobile (All), Microwave,  Based on Wireless Telecommunications
 Marine (Ship & Coast),         Bureau (WTB) information as well as
 Aviation (Aircraft &           prior year payment information.
 Ground), Domestic Public       Estimates have been adjusted to take
 Fixed.                         into consideration the licensing of
                                portions of these services.
CMRS Cellular/Mobile Services  Based on WTB projection reports, and FY
                                2023 payment data.
CMRS Messaging Services......  Based on WTB reports, and FY 2023 payment
                                data.
AM/FM Radio Stations.........  Based on downloaded LMS data, adjusted
                                for exemptions, and actual FY 2023
                                payment units.
Digital TV Stations (Combined  Based on LMS data, fee rate adjusted for
 VHF/UHF units).                exemptions, and population figures are
                                calculated based on individual station
                                parameters.
AM/FM/TV Construction Permits  Based on LMS data, adjusted for
                                exemptions, and actual FY 2023 payment
                                units.
LPTV, Translators and          Based on LMS data, adjusted for
 Boosters, Class A Television.  exemptions, and actual FY 2023 payment
                                units.
BRS (formerly MDS/MMDS)LMDS..  Based on WTB reports and actual FY 2023
                                payment units. Based on WTB reports and
                                actual FY 2023 payment units.

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Cable Television Relay         Based on cable trend data, data from the
 Service (CARS) Stations.       Media Bureau's COALS database, and
                                actual FY 2023 payment units.
Cable Television System        Based on publicly available data sources
 Subscribers, Including IPTV    for estimated subscriber counts, trend
 Subscribers.                   information from past payment data, and
                                actual FY 2023 payment units.
Interstate Telecommunication   Based on FCC Form 499-A worksheets due in
 Service Providers.             April 2024, and any data assistance
                                provided by the Wireline Competition
                                Bureau.
Earth Stations...............  Based on International Bureau licensing
                                data and actual FY 2023 payment units.
Space Stations (GSOs & NGSOs)  Based on International Bureau data
                                reports and actual FY 2023 payment
                                units.
International Bearer Circuits  Based on assistance provided by the
                                International Bureau, any data
                                submissions by licensees, adjusted as
                                necessary, and actual FY 2023 payment
                                units.
Submarine Cable Licenses.....  Based on International Bureau license
                                information, and actual FY 2023 payment
                                units.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Table 6--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 sections 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 2020 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 2020 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 7--Space Station Satellite Charts for FY 2024 Regulatory Fees

Listing of Satellites Under Existing Methodology

                       Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): U.S.-Licensed Space Stations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Licensee                        Call sign             Satellite name                Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Astranis Projects USA LLC.....................           S3092  ARCTURUS........................             GSO
Open Plaza Corp...............................           S2922  SKY-B1..........................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2640  DIRECTV T11.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2711  DIRECTV RB-1....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2632  DIRECTV T8......................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2669  DIRECTV T9S.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2641  DIRECTV T10.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2797  DIRECTV T12.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2930  DIRECTV T15.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2673  DIRECTV T5......................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2133  SPACEWAY 2......................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S3039  DIRECTV T16.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2931  ECHOSTAR 18.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2738  ECHOSTAR 11.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2694  ECHOSTAR 10.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2740  ECHOSTAR 7......................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2790  ECHOSTAR 14.....................             GSO
EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation......           S2811  ECHOSTAR 15.....................             GSO
EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation......           S2844  ECHOSTAR 16.....................             GSO
EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C.............           S2179  ECHOSTAR 9......................             GSO
ES 172 LLC....................................           S2610  EUTELSAT 174A...................             GSO
ES 172 LLC....................................           S3021  EUTELSAT 172B...................             GSO
Horizon-3 Satellite LLC.......................           S2947  HORIZONS-3e.....................             GSO

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Hughes Network Systems, LLC...................           S2663  SPACEWAY 3......................             GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC...................           S2834  ECHOSTAR 19.....................             GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC...................           S2753  ECHOSTAR XVII...................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC/ViaSat, Inc..............           S2160  GALAXY 28.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2414  INTELSAT 10-02..................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2972  INTELSAT 37e....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2854  NSS-7...........................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2409  INELSAT 905.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2405  INTELSAT 901....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2408  INTELSAT 904....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2804  INTELSAT 25.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2959  INTELSAT 35e....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2237  INTELSAT 11.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2785  INTELSAT 14.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2380  INTELSAT 9......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2831  INTELSAT 23.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2915  INTELSAT 34.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2863  INTELSAT 21.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2750  INTELSAT 16.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2715  GALAXY 17.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2154  GALAXY 25.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2253  GALAXY 11.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2381  GALAXY 3C.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2887  INTELSAT 30.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2924  INTELSAT 31.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2647  GALAXY 19.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2687  GALAXY 16.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2733  GALAXY 18.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2385  GALAXY 14.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2386  GALAXY 13.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2422  GALAXY 12.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2387  GALAXY 15.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3016  GALAXY 30.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3078  GALAXY 32.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3148  GALAXY 36.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2704  INTELSAT 5......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2817  INTELSAT 18.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2850  INTELSAT 19.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2368  INTELSAT 1R.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2789  INTELSAT 15.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2423  HORIZONS 2......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2846  INTELSAT 22.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2847  INTELSAT 20.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2948  INTELSAT 36.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2814  INTELSAT 17.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2410  INTELSAT 906....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2406  INTELSAT 902....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2939  INTELSAT 33e....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2382  INTELSAT 10.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2751  INTELSAT 28.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3023  INTELSAT 39.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3066  INTELSAT 40e....................             GSO
Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC...............           S2358  SKYTERRA-1......................             GSO
Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC...............          AMSC-1  MSAT-2..........................             GSO
Novavision Group, Inc.........................           S2861  DIRECTV KU-79W..................             GSO
Satellite CD Radio LLC........................           S2812  FM-6............................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2415  NSS-10..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2162  AMC-3...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2347  AMC-6...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2826  SES-2...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2807  SES-1...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2180  AMC-15..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2713  AMC-18..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S3097  SES-19..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S3099  SES-21..........................             GSO
Silkwave Africa, LLC..........................           S3074  AsiaStar........................             GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc...........................           S2710  FM-5............................             GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc...........................           S3034  XM-8............................             GSO
Skynet Satellite Corp.........................           S2933  TELSTAR 12V.....................             GSO
Skynet Satellite Corporation..................           S2357  TELSTAR 11N.....................             GSO
ViaSat, Inc...................................           S2747  VIASAT-1........................             GSO
ViaSat, Inc...................................           S2917  VIASAT-3........................             GSO

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XM Radio LLC..................................           S2786  XM-5............................             GSO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


   Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations--Market Access Through Petition for
                                               Declaratory Ruling
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Licensee                        Call sign             Satellite name                Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ABS Global Ltd................................           S2987  ABS-3A..........................             GSO
Avanti Hylas 2 Ltd............................           S3130  HYLAS-4.........................             GSO
DBSD Services Ltd.............................           S2651  DBSD G1.........................             GSO
Embratel TVSAT Telecomunicacoes S.A...........           S3142  Star One D2.....................             GSO
Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales              S2956  ARSAT-2.........................             GSO
 S.A.
Eutelsat S.A..................................           S3056  EUTELSAT 8 WEST B...............             GSO
Eutelsat S.A..................................           S3055  EUTELSAT 139 WEST A.............             GSO
Gamma Acquisition L.L.C.......................           S2633  TerreStar 1.....................             GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A................           S2793  AMAZONAS-2......................             GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A................           S2886  AMAZONAS-3......................             GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A................           S3086  AMAZONAS NEXUS..................             GSO
Hispasat, S.A.................................           S2969  HISPASAT 30W-6..................             GSO
Inmarsat PLC..................................           S2932  Inmarsat-4 F3...................             GSO
Inmarsat PLC..................................           S2949  Inmarsat-3 F5...................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2756  NSS-9...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2870  SES-6...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S3048  NSS-6...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2828  SES-4...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2950  SES-10..........................             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2695  EUTELSAT 113 WEST A.............             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2926  EUTELSAT 117 WEST B.............             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2938  EUTELSAT 115 WEST B.............             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2873  EUTELSAT 117 WEST A.............             GSO
SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd................           S2676  AMC 21..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S3037  NSS-11..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2964  SES-11..........................             GSO
SES DTH do Brasil Ltda........................           S2974  SES-14..........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2745  ANIK F1.........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2674  ANIK F1R........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2703  ANIK F3.........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2472  ANIK F2.........................             GSO
Telesat International Ltd.....................           S2955  TELSTAR 19 VANTAGE..............             GSO
Viasat, Inc...................................           S2902  VIASAT-2........................             GSO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


   Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations--Market Access Through Earth Station
                                                    Licenses
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Licensee                                 Call sign             Satellite name       Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
APSTAR VI.....................................  APSTAR 6........................         M292090             GSO
AUSSAT B 152E.................................  OPTUS D2........................         M221170             GSO
Ciel Satellite Group..........................  Ciel-2..........................         E050029             GSO
Eutelsat 65 West A............................  Eutelsat 65 West A..............         E160081             GSO
INMARSAT 4F1..................................  INMARSAT 4F1....................            KA25             GSO
INMARSAT 5F2..................................  INMARSAT 5F2....................         E120072             GSO
INMARSAT 5F3..................................  INMARSAT 5F3....................         E150028             GSO
JCSAT-2B......................................  JCSAT-2B........................         M174163             GSO
NIMIQ 5.......................................  NIMIQ 5.........................         E080107             GSO
WILDBLUE-1....................................  WILDBLUE-1......................         E040213             GSO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                        Space Stations (Per License/Call Sign in Non-Geostationary Orbit)
                                                (Small Satellite)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         ITU name (if available)                  Common name            Call sign               Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capella Space Corp......................  Capella-2, Capella-3,                S3073  Small Satellite.
                                           Capella-4.
Capella Space Corp......................  Capella-5, Capella-6......           S3080  Small Satellite.
Capella Space Corp......................  Capella-7, Capella-8......           S3100  Small Satellite.
Capella Space Corp......................  Acadia-1..................           S3162  Small Satellite.
Launcher, Inc...........................  Orbiter SN3...............           S3161  Small Satellite.
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc..............  YAM-3.....................           S3072  Small Satellite.

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Loft Orbital Solutions Inc..............  YAM-5.....................           S3147  Small Satellite.
Turion Space Corp.......................  DROID.001.................           S3146  Small Satellite.
R2 Space, Inc...........................  XR-1......................           S3067  Small Satellite.
ICEYE US, Inc...........................  ICEYE.....................           S3082  Small Satellite.
Umbra Lab Inc...........................  Umbra SAR.................           S3095  Small Satellite.
ICEYE US, Inc...........................  ICEYE Second Tranche......           S3165  Small Satellite.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                             Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Less Complex
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         ITU name (if available)                  Common name            Call sign               Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Planet Labs.............................  Flock/Skysats.............           S2912  Less Complex.
Maxar License...........................  WorldView 1, 2 & 3, GeoEye-    S2129/S2348  Less Complex.
                                           1.
BlackSky Global.........................  Global....................           S3032  Less Complex.
Orbital Sidekick, Inc...................  GHOSt.....................           S3139  Less Complex.
Hawkeye 360.............................  HE360.....................           S3042  Less Complex.
Spire Global............................  LEMUR & MINAS.............     S2946/S3045  Less Complex.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                 Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Other
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         ITU name (if available)                  Common name            Call sign               Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ORBCOMM License Corp....................  ORBCOMM...................           S2103  Other.
Iridium Constellation LLC...............  IRIDIUM...................           S2110  Other.
Telesat Canada..........................  TELESAT Ku/Ka-Band........           S2976  Other.
Kepler Communications, Inc..............  KEPLER....................           S2981  Other.
O3b Ltd.................................  O3b.......................           S2935  Other.
Globalstar License LLC..................  GLOBALSTAR................           S2115  Other.
Swarm Technologies (Space Exploration     SWARM.....................           S3041  Other.
 Holdings, LLC).
WorldVu Satellites Ltd..................  ONEWEB....................           S2963  Other.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Space Station Satellite Charts for Proposed FY 2024 Regulatory Fees

Table A--Space Stations Potentially Subject to Regulatory Fees in FY 
2024
    These charts publish a list of space stations and systems that 
would be subject to regulatory fees in FY 2024, including under the 
proposal made in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking to assess regulatory fees on all authorized space 
stations, not only operational space stations.
    Italicized entries reflect that the space station or system of NGSO 
space stations are authorized, but not operational for FY 2024, or are 
collocated with another GSO space station, and thus would be required 
to pay regulatory fees for FY 2024 if the proposals made in the Space 
and Earth Station Regulatory Fees Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to 
amend the existing methodology or under the alternative methodology are 
adopted, but would not otherwise be required to pay regulatory fees 
under the existing methodology.

                       Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): U.S.-Licensed Space Stations
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Licensee                        Call sign             Satellite name                Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Astranis Projects USA LLC.....................           S3092  ARCTURUS........................             GSO
Open Plaza Corp...............................           S2922  SKY-B1..........................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2640  DIRECTV T11.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2711  DIRECTV RB-1....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2632  DIRECTV T8......................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2669  DIRECTV T9S.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2641  DIRECTV T10.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2797  DIRECTV T12.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2930  DIRECTV T15.....................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2673  DIRECTV T5......................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S2133  SPACEWAY 2......................             GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC......................           S3039  DIRECTV T16.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2931  ECHOSTAR 18.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2738  ECHOSTAR 11.....................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................     S2694/S3093  ECHOSTAR 10/ECHOSTAR 23.........             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2740  ECHOSTAR 7......................             GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C..........................           S2790  ECHOSTAR 14.....................             GSO
EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation......           S2811  ECHOSTAR 15.....................             GSO
EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation......           S2844  ECHOSTAR 16.....................             GSO

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EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C.............           S2179  ECHOSTAR 9......................             GSO
ES 172 LLC....................................           S2610  EUTELSAT 174A...................             GSO
ES 172 LLC....................................           S3021  EUTELSAT 172B...................             GSO
Horizon-3 Satellite LLC.......................           S2947  HORIZONS-3e.....................             GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC...................           S2663  SPACEWAY 3......................             GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC...................           S2834  ECHOSTAR 19.....................             GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC...................           S2753  ECHOSTAR XVII...................             GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC...................           S3017  EchoStar XXIV...................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC/ViaSat, Inc..............           S2160  GALAXY 28.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2414  INTELSAT 10-02..................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2972  INTELSAT 37e....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2854  NSS-7...........................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2409  INELSAT 905.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2405  INTELSAT 901....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2408  INTELSAT 904....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2804  INTELSAT 25.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2959  INTELSAT 35e....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2237  INTELSAT 11.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2785  INTELSAT 14.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2380  INTELSAT 9......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2831  INTELSAT 23.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2915  INTELSAT 34.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2863  INTELSAT 21.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2750  INTELSAT 16.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2715  GALAXY 17.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2154  GALAXY 25.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2253  GALAXY 11.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2381  GALAXY 3C.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2887  INTELSAT 30.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................     S2924/S3143  INTELSAT 31/GALAXY 35...........             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2647  GALAXY 19.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2687  GALAXY 16.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2733  GALAXY 18.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2385  GALAXY 14.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2386  GALAXY 13.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................     S2422/S3083  GALAXY 12/GALAXY 34.............             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................     S2387/S3015  GALAXY 15/GALAXY 33.............             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3016  GALAXY 30.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3078  GALAXY 32.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3148  GALAXY 36.......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2704  INTELSAT 5......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2817  INTELSAT 18.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2850  INTELSAT 19.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2368  INTELSAT 1R.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2789  INTELSAT 15.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2423  HORIZONS 2......................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2846  INTELSAT 22.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2847  INTELSAT 20.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2948  INTELSAT 36.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2814  INTELSAT 17.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2410  INTELSAT 906....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2406  INTELSAT 902....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2939  INTELSAT 33e....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2382  INTELSAT 10.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S2751  INTELSAT 28.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3023  INTELSAT 39.....................             GSO
Intelsat License LLC..........................           S3066  INTELSAT 40e....................             GSO
Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC...............           S2358  SKYTERRA-1......................             GSO
Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC...............          AMSC-1  MSAT-2..........................             GSO
Novavision Group, Inc.........................           S2861  DIRECTV KU-79W..................             GSO
Satellite CD Radio LLC........................           S2812  FM-6............................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2415  NSS-10..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2162  AMC-3...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2347  AMC-6...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2826  SES-2...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2807  SES-1...........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................    S2892/S3096/  SES-3/SES-18/SES-20.............             GSO
                                                         S3098
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2180  AMC-15..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2713  AMC-18..........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2433  AMC-11..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................     S3097/S3138  SES-19/SES-22...................             GSO

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SES Americom, Inc.............................           S3099  SES-21..........................             GSO
Silkwave Africa, LLC..........................           S2666  AfriStar-2......................             GSO
Silkwave Africa, LLC..........................           S3074  AsiaStar........................             GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc...........................           S2710  FM-5............................             GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc...........................    S3034/S2617/  XM-8/XM-3/XM-4//XM-7............             GSO
                                                   S2616/S3033
Skynet Satellite Corporation..................           S2933  TELSTAR 12V.....................             GSO
Skynet Satellite Corporation..................           S2357  TELSTAR 11N.....................             GSO
ViaSat, Inc...................................           S2747  VIASAT-1........................             GSO
ViaSat, Inc...................................     S2917/S3050  VIASAT-3/VIASAT-89US............             GSO
XM Radio LLC..................................           S2786  XM-5............................             GSO
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   Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations--Market Access Through Petition for
                                               Declaratory Ruling
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Licensee                        Call sign             Satellite name                Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ABS Global Ltd................................           S2987  ABS-3A..........................             GSO
Avanti Hylas 2 Ltd............................           S3130  HYLAS-4.........................             GSO
DBSD Services Ltd.............................           S2651  DBSD G1.........................             GSO
Embratel TVSAT Telecomunicacoes S.A...........           S3142  Star One D2.....................             GSO
Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales              S2956  ARSAT-2.........................             GSO
 S.A.
Eutelsat S.A..................................           S3056  EUTELSAT 8 WEST B...............             GSO
Eutelsat S.A..................................           S3055  EUTELSAT 139 WEST A.............             GSO
Gamma Acquisition L.L.C.......................           S2633  TerreStar 1.....................             GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A................           S2793  AMAZONAS-2......................             GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A................           S2886  AMAZONAS-3......................             GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A................           S3086  AMAZONAS NEXUS..................             GSO
Hispasat, S.A.................................           S2969  HISPASAT 30W-6..................             GSO
Inmarsat PLC..................................           S2932  Inmarsat-4 F3...................             GSO
Inmarsat PLC..................................           S2949  Inmarsat-3 F5...................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2756  NSS-9...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2870  SES-6...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S3048  NSS-6...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2828  SES-4...........................             GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V......................           S2950  SES-10..........................             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2695  EUTELSAT 113 WEST A.............             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2926  EUTELSAT 117 WEST B.............             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2938  EUTELSAT 115 WEST B.............             GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V..............           S2873  EUTELSAT 117 WEST A.............             GSO
SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd................           S2676  AMC 21..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S3037  NSS-11..........................             GSO
SES Americom, Inc.............................           S2964  SES-11..........................             GSO
SES DTH do Brasil Ltda........................           S2974  SES-14..........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2745  ANIK F1.........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2674  ANIK F1R........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2703  ANIK F3.........................             GSO
Telesat Canada................................           S2472  ANIK F2.........................             GSO
Telesat International Ltd.....................           S2955  TELSTAR 19 VANTAGE..............             GSO
Viasat, Inc...................................           S2902  VIASAT-2........................             GSO
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   Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations--Market Access Through Earth Station
                                                    Licenses
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Licensee                                 Call sign             Satellite name       Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
APSTAR VI.....................................  APSTAR 6........................         M292090             GSO
AUSSAT B 152E.................................  OPTUS D2........................         M221170             GSO
Ciel Satellite Group..........................  Ciel-2..........................         E050029             GSO
Eutelsat 65 West A............................  Eutelsat 65 West A..............         E160081             GSO
INMARSAT 4F1..................................  INMARSAT 4F1....................            KA25             GSO
INMARSAT 5F2..................................  INMARSAT 5F2....................         E120072             GSO
INMARSAT 5F3..................................  INMARSAT 5F3....................         E150028             GSO
JCSAT-2B......................................  JCSAT-2B........................         M174163             GSO
NIMIQ 5.......................................  NIMIQ 5.........................         E080107             GSO
WILDBLUE-1....................................  WILDBLUE-1......................         E040213             GSO
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                        Space Stations (Per License/Call Sign in Non-Geostationary Orbit)
                                                (Small Satellite)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       ITU Name (if available)               Common name               Call sign                   Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capella Space Corp...................  Capella-2, Capella-3,    S3073..................  Small Satellite.
                                        Capella-4.
Capella Space Corp...................  Capella-5, Capella-6...  S3080..................  Small Satellite.
Capella Space Corp...................  Capella-7, Capella-8...  S3100..................  Small Satellite.
Capella Space Corp...................  Acadia-1...............  S3162..................  Small Satellite.
Launcher, Inc........................  Orbiter SN3............  S3161..................  Small Satellite.
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc...........  YAM-3..................  S3072..................  Small Satellite.
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc...........  YAM-5..................  S3147..................  Small Satellite.
Turion Space Corp....................  DROID.001..............  S3146..................  Small Satellite.
R2 Space, Inc........................  XR-1...................  S3067..................  Small Satellite.
ICEYE US, Inc........................  ICEYE..................  S3082..................  Small Satellite.
Umbra Lab Inc........................  Umbra SAR..............  S3095..................  Small Satellite.
Space Logistics, LLC.................  MISSION EXTENSION        S2990..................  RPO/OOS.
                                        VEHICLE-1.
Space Logistics, LLC.................  MISSION EXTENSION        S3059..................  RPO/OOS.
                                        VEHICLE-2.
Momentus Space LLC...................  VIGORIDE-5.............  S3144..................  OTV.
Momentus Space LLC...................  VIGORIDE-6.............  S3154..................  OTV.
Spaceflight Inc......................  SHERPA-AC1.............  S3133..................  OTV.
Lynk Global, Inc.....................  Lynk Tower 1-10........  S3087..................  Small Satellite.
Outpost Technologies Corporation.....  Outpost Mission 2......  S3174..................  Small Satellite.
Odyssey SpaceWorks...................  OSW Cazorla............  S3176..................  Small Satellite.
ICEYE US, Inc........................  ICEYE Second Tranche...  S3165..................  Small Satellite.
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                             Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Less Complex
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                     Number of
     ITU name  (if available)           Common name          Call sign              Type          space stations
                                                                                                     authorized
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Planet Labs......................  Flock/Skysats.......              S2912  Less Complex........             566
Maxar License....................  WorldView 1,2 & 3,          S2129/S2348  Less Complex........              15
                                    GeoEye-1.
BlackSky Global..................  Global..............              S3032  Less Complex........              16
Orbital Sidekick, Inc............  GHOSt...............              S3139  Less Complex........               6
Hawkeye 360......................  HE360...............              S3042  Less Complex........             174
Spire Global.....................  LEMUR & MINAS.......        S2946/S3045  Less Complex........             636
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                      Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Other (Small Constellation)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                     Number of
           ITU name  (if available)                        Common name               Call sign    space stations
                                                                                                    authorized
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ORBCOMM License Corp..........................  ORBCOMM.........................           S2103              72
Iridium Constellation LLC.....................  IRIDIUM.........................           S2110              99
Telesat Canada................................  TELESAT Ku/Ka-Band..............           S2976             117
Kepler Communications, Inc....................  KEPLER..........................           S2981             140
Myriota Pty. Ltd..............................  MYRIOTA.........................           S3047              26
O3b Ltd.......................................  O3b.............................           S2935              42
Globalstar License LLC........................  GLOBALSTAR......................           S2115              96
Swarm Technologies (Space Exploration           SWARM...........................           S3041             150
 Holdings, LLC).
Theia Holdings A, Inc.........................  THEIA...........................           S2986             112
Space Norway AS...............................  ARCTIC SATELLITE BROADBAND                 S2978               2
                                                 MISSION.
Kin[eacute]is.................................  KIN[Eacute]IS...................           S3054              25
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                      Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Other (Large Constellation)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                     Number of
            ITU name (if available)                        Common name               Call sign    space stations
                                                                                                    authorized
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Space Exploration Holdings, LLC...............  SPACEX Ku/Ka-Band...............    S2983/S3018/            4408
Space Exploration Holdings, LLC...............  SPACEX GEN 2....................           S3069            7500
WorldVu Satellites Ltd........................  ONEWEB..........................           S2963             720
WorldVu Satellites Limited, Debtor-in-          ONEWEB V-BAND...................           S2994            2000
 Possession.
Kuiper Systems LLC............................  KUIPER..........................           S3051            5236
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Table B--FY 2024 Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees Calculations 
if Proposals To Amend the Existing Fee Methodology are Adopted and 
Effective

    The following chart provides an analysis of potential regulatory 
fees for space and earth stations for FY 2024 assuming all the 
proposals to amend the existing methodology for determining space and 
earth station fees in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FCC 24-31, are adopted and 
effective for FY 2024. These proposals include reallocation of the 
split of space station regulatory fees between GSO and NGSO from 80/20 
to 60/40, creation of new fee categories for Large and Small 
Constellations in the NGSO ``other'' category, assessment of fees on 
authorized, not just operational, space stations, establishment of a 
fixed fee for small satellites/spacecraft fee, assessing fees on 
rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO), on-orbit servicing (OOS), 
and orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) space stations using the fee 
category for small satellites, and an allocation of 20% of Space Bureau 
regulatory fees to earth stations. It assumes the same number of earth 
station payors in FY 2024 as there were in FY 2023 (2900 units). It 
does not incorporate the proposals included in the alternative 
methodology.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Space Bureau Share of FCC FY 2024        $42,140,736 (rounded up to
 Appropriation.                           nearest dollar).
 Equals $390,192,000 times 10.8%
Earth Station Share of Space Bureau FTE  $8,428,148 (rounded up to
 Burden.                                  nearest dollar).
 Equals Space Bureau Share of FCC FY
 2024 Appropriation * 20% (proposed)
Per Unit Fee--Earth Stations: Transmit/  $2,907 (rounded up to nearest
 Receive & Transmit only (per             dollar).
 authorization or registration).
 Equals Earth Station Share of Space
 Bureau FTE Burden/2,900 units (FY
 2023)
Space Station Share of Space Bureau FTE  $33,712,589 (rounded up to
 Burden (Includes GSO and NGS O           nearest dollar).
 Satellites)..
    Equals GSO Space Bureau Share of     $26,970,070 divided by 136 GSO
     FCC FY 2024 Appropriation * 80%      Satellites = $198,309 per
     (proposed).                          satellite.
    Equals GSO Space Station Share of    $20,227,553 divided by 136 GSO
     Space Bureau FTE Burden * 60%        Satellites = $148,732.
     (proposed).
Small Satellite Share of Space Station   $244,300 (rounded up to nearest
 Share.                                   dollar).
    Equals FY 2023 small satellite fee   NGSO--Other Revenue Portion--
     ($12,215) * 20 estimated small       $195,440.
     satellite fee payors in FY 2024     NGSO--Less Complex Portion--
     (including RPO, OOS, or OTV space    $48,860.
     stations).
NGSO Space Station Share of Space        $13,485,035 (rounded up to
 Bureau FTE Burden.                       nearest dollar).
    Equals NGSO Space Station Share of   $10,788,028 divided by 16 units
     Space Bureau FTE Burden * 40%        = $674,252 fee.
     (proposed)).                         With Small Satellite Reduction
     NGSO--Other at 80%................   = $662,037.
     NGSO--Less Complex at 20%.........  $2,697,007 divided by 6 units =
                                          $449,501 fee.
                                          With Small Satellite Reduction
                                          = $441,358.
NGSO Space Station Share of Space        $6,742,518 (rounded up to
 Bureau FTE Burden.                       nearest dollar).
    Share at 20% (proposed)............  $5,394,014 divided by 16 units
    Equals NGSO Space Station Share--     = $337,126.
     20%.                                 With Small Satellite Reduction
     NGSO--Other at 80%................   = $324,911.
    NGSO--Less Complex at 20%..........  $1,348,504 divided by 6 units =
                                          $224,751.
                                          With Small Satellite Reduction
                                          = $216,607.
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary        $5,394,014 divided by 50% =
 Orbit)--Other (Large Constellations)     $2,697,007.
 Share.
 Equals NGSO Other * 50%-Proposed 20%
Per System Fee--Space Stations (Non-     $5,394,014 divided by 3 =
 Geostationary Orbit)--Other (Large       $1,798,005 (rounded up to
 Constellations).                         nearest dollar).
 Equals NGSO Other (Large
 Constellation) Share/3 authorized
 (SpaceX, OneWeb, Kuiper)
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary        $5,394,014 divided by 50% =
 Orbit)--Other (Small Constellations)     $2,697,007.
 Share.
 Equals NGSO Other * 50%-Proposed 20%
Per System Fee--Space Stations (Non-     $5,394,014 divided by 12 =
 Geostationary Orbit)--Other (Small       $449,501 (rounded up to
 Constellations).                         nearest dollar).
 Equals NGSO Other (Small
 Constellation) Share/12 authorized
 (O3b, Kepler , Swarm, Iridium,
 Globalstar, Orbcomm Space Norway,
 Theia, Viasat, Myriota, Kineis,
 Telesat)
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary        $10,788,028 divided by 50% =
 Orbit)--Other (Large Constellations)     $5,394,014.
 Share.
 Equals NGSO Other * 50%--Proposed 40%
Per System Fee--Space Stations (Non-     $10,788,028 divided by 3 =
 Geostationary Orbit)--Other (Large       $3,596,009 (rounded up to
 Constellations).                         nearest dollar).
 Equals NGSO Other (Large
 Constellation) Share/3 authorized
 (SpaceX, OneWeb, Kuiper)
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary        $10,788,028 divided by 50% =
 Orbit)--Other (Small Constellations)     $5,394,014.
 Share.
 Equals NGSO Other * 50%--Proposed 40%
Per System Fee--Space Stations (Non-     $10,788,028 divided by 12 =
 Geostationary Orbit)--Other (Small       $899,002 (rounded up to
 Constellations).                         nearest dollar).
 Equals NGSO Other (Small
 Constellation) Share/12 authorized
 (O3b, Kepler, Swarm, Iridium,
 Globalstar, Orbcomm Space Norway,
 Theia, Viasat, Myriota, Kineis,
 Telesat)
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Table C--FY 2024 Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees Calculated if 
the Proposed Alternative Fee Methodology is Adopted and Effective

    The following chart provides an analysis of potential regulatory 
fees for space and earth stations for FY 2024 if the alternative 
methodology for assessing space station fees in the Space and Earth 
Station Regulatory Fees Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FCC 24-
31, is adopted and effective for FY 2024. It assumes that the share of 
space station regulatory fees will be 80% of all Space Bureau fees for 
FY 2024 ($33,712,589), and that 20 small satellite payors (including 
RPO, OOS, and OTV space stations) will contribute $244,300 in 
collections, resulting in $33,468,289 to be collected from remaining 
space station payors. It also assumes that the proposal to assess 
regulatory fees on authorized, not just operational, space stations is 
adopted.
Number of GSO Units: 150 (estimate of 135 operational and 15 authorized 
GSO space stations for FY 2024)
Number of NGSO Units (non-small sats): 70 (using 500 space station 
tiers); 49 (using 1,000 space station tiers)
Total Number of Units (GSO + NGSO (non-small sats)): 220 (using 500 
space station tiers); 199 (using 1000 space station tiers)
Fee per Unit/Tier: $152,129 (500 space station tier); $168,182 (1,000 
space station tier) (This number would be the annual fee for all 
authorized GSO space stations; for NGSO space stations--other than 
small satellites--the fee would be calculated by taking the fee per 
unit for the first 100 authorized space stations per system, and adding 
the number of additional units, on either per 500 or per 1000 
authorized space stations for each additional tier)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Number of
                                   Number of         units           Total         Number of     Total estimated
    Licensee--call sign(s)        authorized     assessed (500   estimated fee  units assessed  fee (1,000 tier)
                                space stations       tier)        (500 tier)      (1,000 tier)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maxar (WORLDVIEW 1, 2, and 3/               15               1        $152,129               1  $168,183
 WORLDVIEW LEGION 1-12), S2129.
Planet FLOCK/SKYSAT/PELICAN,               566               3         456,386               2   336,365
 S2912.
SPIRE GLOBAL, S2946/S3045.....             636               3         456,386               2   336,365
BlackSky Global, S3032........              16               1         152,129               1   168,183
Hawkeye 360, S3042............             174               2         304,258               2   336,365
Swarm, S3041..................             150               2         304,258               2   336,365
Orbital Sidekick, S3139.......              16               1         152,129               1   168,183
Myriota, S3047................              26               1         152,129               1   168,183
Kineis, S3054.................              25               1         152,129               1   168,183
ORBCOMM License Corp., S2103..              72               1         152,129               1   168,183
Iridium Constellation LLC,                  99               1         152,129               1   168,183
 S2110.
GLOBALSTAR, S2115.............              96               1         152,129               1   168,183
O3b, S2935....................              42               1         152,129               1   168,183
WorldVU Satellites Ltd.                   2720               6         912,772               4   672,730
 (OneWeb) Ku-/Ka-band/V-band,
 S2963/S2994.
Telesat Canada (Ku/Ka-band),               117               2         304,258               2   336,365
 S2976.
Theia, S2986..................             112               2         304,258               2   336,365
Space Norway, S2978...........               2               1         152,129               1   168,183
Kepler Communications, Inc.,               140               2         304,258               2   336,365
 S2981.
Viasat, S2985.................              20               1         152,129               1   168,183
Kuiper, S3051.................            5236              12       1,825,544               7   1,177,277
SpaceX (Ku/Ka-band/Gen-2),              11,908              25       3,803,215              13   2,186,371
 S2983/S3018/S3069.
Total Number of NGSO Units....  ..............              70      10,659,001              49   8,240,936
Total Number of GSO Units.....  ..............             150      22,812,889             150   25,227,354
                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals....................  ..............             220      33,468,289             199   33,468,289
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                    Table 8--FY 2024 Full-Service Broadcast Television Stations by Call Sign
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                      Terrain
            Facility Id.                   Call sign           Service area     Terrain limited     limited fee
                                                                population         population         amount
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3246...............................  KAAH-TV..............          1,018,897            939,246          $6,197
18285..............................  KAAL.................            605,222            580,564           3,831
11912..............................  KAAS-TV..............            243,984            243,947           1,610
56528..............................  KABB.................          3,017,860          3,000,477          19,797
282................................  KABC-TV..............         18,303,336         17,670,502         116,590
1236...............................  KACV-TV..............            383,228            383,071           2,528
33261..............................  KADN-TV..............            889,583            889,583           5,869
8263...............................  KAEF-TV..............            139,510            124,133             819
2728...............................  KAET.................          4,867,739          4,836,434          31,911
2767...............................  KAFT.................          1,294,492          1,218,670           8,041
62442..............................  KAID.................            864,547            857,276           5,656
4145...............................  KAII-TV..............            203,698            179,435           1,184
67494..............................  KAIL.................          2,091,288          2,061,175          13,600
13988..............................  KAIT.................            594,090            583,749           3,852
40517..............................  KAJB.................            393,654            393,355           2,595
65522..............................  KAKE.................            821,488            816,811           5,389
804................................  KAKM.................            397,237            395,241           2,608

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148................................  KAKW-DT..............          3,350,876          3,242,159          21,392
51598..............................  KALB-TV..............            933,915            932,500           6,153
51241..............................  KALO.................          1,018,088            971,631           6,411
40820..............................  KAMC.................            411,973            411,949           2,718
8523...............................  KAMR-TV..............            377,485            377,410           2,490
65301..............................  KAMU-TV..............            395,784            392,044           2,587
2506...............................  KAPP.................            337,194            298,159           1,967
3658...............................  KARD.................            680,743            678,724           4,478
23079..............................  KARE.................          4,243,145          4,234,439          27,939
33440..............................  KARK-TV..............          1,243,813          1,230,366           8,118
37005..............................  KARZ-TV..............          1,153,588          1,134,221           7,484
32311..............................  KASA-TV..............          1,198,361          1,159,350           7,649
41212..............................  KASN.................          1,200,705          1,185,725           7,823
7143...............................  KASW.................          4,828,272          4,813,078          31,757
55049..............................  KASY-TV..............          1,182,887          1,143,258           7,543
33471..............................  KATC.................          1,376,057          1,376,057           9,079
13813..............................  KATN.................             95,520             95,197             628
21649..............................  KATU.................          3,400,708          3,238,560          21,368
33543..............................  KATV.................          1,285,451          1,265,986           8,353
50182..............................  KAUT-TV..............          1,810,654          1,809,428          11,939
21488..............................  KAUU.................            398,876            396,486           2,616
6864...............................  KAUZ-TV..............            366,943            365,162           2,409
73101..............................  KAVU-TV..............            323,202            322,961           2,131
49579..............................  KAWB.................            193,767            193,705           1,278
49578..............................  KAWE.................            139,854            137,788             909
58684..............................  KAYU-TV..............            925,282            861,276           5,683
29234..............................  KAZA-TV..............         15,481,136         14,233,993          93,916
17433..............................  KAZD.................          8,087,952          8,085,339          53,347
776273.............................  KAZF.................            253,785            188,057           1,241
1151...............................  KAZQ.................          1,137,703          1,126,947           7,436
35811..............................  KAZT-TV..............            495,353            409,112           2,699
4148...............................  KBAK-TV..............          1,626,532          1,363,867           8,999
16940..............................  KBCA.................            465,218            465,157           3,069
53586..............................  KBCB.................          1,510,168          1,478,647           9,756
22685..............................  KBDI-TV..............          4,731,715          4,335,180          28,604
56384..............................  KBEH.................         18,512,098         18,476,669         121,909
65395..............................  KBFD-DT..............          1,016,508            887,671           5,857
169030.............................  KBGS-TV..............            176,432            173,977           1,148
61068..............................  KBHE-TV..............            153,390            144,914             956
48556..............................  KBIM-TV..............            226,233            226,194           1,492
29108..............................  KBIN-TV..............          1,014,918          1,013,041           6,684
33658..............................  KBJR-TV..............            278,564            274,572           1,812
83306..............................  KBLN-TV..............            322,286            145,745             962
63768..............................  KBLR.................          2,280,730          2,220,879          14,653
53324..............................  KBME-TV..............            146,149            146,082             964
10150..............................  KBMT.................            799,217            798,262           5,267
22121..............................  KBMY.................            142,682            142,622             941
49760..............................  KBOI-TV..............            869,688            862,287           5,689
55370..............................  KBRR.................            154,408            154,405           1,019
66414..............................  KBSD-DT..............            151,986            151,901           1,002
66415..............................  KBSH-DT..............             97,884             95,916             633
19593..............................  KBSI.................            730,259            728,325           4,805
66416..............................  KBSL-DT..............             47,462             46,328             306
4939...............................  KBSV.................          1,535,281          1,424,913           9,402
62469..............................  KBTC-TV..............          4,319,699          4,228,861          27,902
61214..............................  KBTV-TV..............            771,692            771,692           5,092
6669...............................  KBTX-TV..............          5,354,551          5,351,089          35,306
35909..............................  KBVO.................          1,911,833          1,684,206          11,112
58618..............................  KBVU.................            136,908            121,846             804
6823...............................  KBYU-TV..............          2,838,181          2,620,447          17,290
33756..............................  KBZK.................            156,388            139,258             919
21422..............................  KCAL-TV..............         18,258,912         17,586,821         116,038
11265..............................  KCAU-TV..............            769,096            754,352           4,977
14867..............................  KCBA.................          3,334,176          2,557,080          16,872
27507..............................  KCBD.................            433,372            432,694           2,855
9628...............................  KCBS-TV..............         18,628,137         17,359,665         114,539
49750..............................  KCBY-TV..............             92,825             77,624             512
33710..............................  KCCI.................          1,216,146          1,209,219           7,978
9640...............................  KCCW-TV..............            294,831            287,246           1,895
63158..............................  KCDO-TV..............          3,305,368          3,160,730          20,854
62424..............................  KCDT.................            807,726            762,258           5,029

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83913..............................  KCEB.................            446,377            445,850           2,942
57219..............................  KCEC.................          4,497,531          4,237,580          27,960
10245..............................  KCEN-TV..............          2,224,490          2,174,193          14,345
13058..............................  KCET.................         17,868,933         16,310,676         107,618
18079..............................  KCFW-TV..............            196,292            157,001           1,036
132606.............................  KCGE-DT..............            129,244            129,244             853
60793..............................  KCHF.................          1,157,628          1,127,207           7,437
33722..............................  KCIT.................            392,243            391,646           2,584
62468..............................  KCKA.................          1,082,723            906,771           5,983
41969..............................  KCLO-TV..............            150,949            145,392             959
47903..............................  KCNC-TV..............          4,460,509          4,175,114          27,547
71586..............................  KCNS.................          9,007,762          8,012,556          52,867
33742..............................  KCOP-TV..............         18,134,022         17,318,605         114,268
19117..............................  KCOS.................          1,092,982          1,092,792           7,210
63165..............................  KCOY-TV..............            700,154            478,768           3,159
33894..............................  KCPQ.................          5,131,164          4,985,829          32,896
53843..............................  KCPT.................          2,690,171          2,688,808          17,741
33875..............................  KCRA-TV..............         11,608,107          7,153,845          47,201
9719...............................  KCRG-TV..............          1,174,546          1,156,435           7,630
60728..............................  KCSD-TV..............            323,237            323,093           2,132
59494..............................  KCSG.................            229,899            220,818           1,457
33749..............................  KCTS-TV..............          4,848,434          4,778,758          31,530
41230..............................  KCTV.................          2,732,197          2,730,443          18,015
58605..............................  KCVU.................            700,745            689,702           4,551
10036..............................  KCWC-DT..............             42,872             38,501             254
64444..............................  KCWE.................          2,642,880          2,641,432          17,428
51502..............................  KCWI-TV..............          1,152,163          1,151,070           7,595
42008..............................  KCWO-TV..............             55,411             55,383             365
166511.............................  KCWV.................            210,633            210,626           1,390
24316..............................  KCWX.................          4,947,756          4,941,660          32,605
68713..............................  KCWY-DT..............             85,085             84,715             559
22201..............................  KDAF.................          7,951,276          7,949,040          52,448
33764..............................  KDBC-TV..............          1,101,513          1,097,028           7,238
79258..............................  KDCK.................             43,010             42,993             284
166332.............................  KDCU-DT..............            773,823            773,808           5,106
38375..............................  KDEN-TV..............          3,968,060          3,943,641          26,020
17037..............................  KDFI.................          7,990,955          7,989,287          52,713
33770..............................  KDFW.................          7,962,141          7,959,855          52,519
29102..............................  KDIN-TV..............          1,193,740          1,189,191           7,846
25454..............................  KDKA-TV..............          3,569,162          3,428,192          22,619
60740..............................  KDKF.................             73,619             66,137             436
4691...............................  KDLH.................            267,326            264,686           1,746
41975..............................  KDLO-TV..............            214,024            213,819           1,411
55379..............................  KDLT-TV..............            700,230            689,305           4,548
55375..............................  KDLV-TV..............             98,101             97,673             644
25221..............................  KDMD.................            394,250            391,278           2,582
78915..............................  KDMI.................          1,248,443          1,247,337           8,230
56524..............................  KDNL-TV..............          3,013,924          3,009,244          19,855
24518..............................  KDOC-TV..............         18,264,021         17,379,123         114,667
1005...............................  KDOR-TV..............          1,180,603          1,177,894           7,772
60736..............................  KDRV.................            551,809            469,537           3,098
61064..............................  KDSD-TV..............             65,355             60,171             397
53329..............................  KDSE.................             52,777             51,188             338
56527..............................  KDSM-TV..............          1,202,702          1,201,866           7,930
49326..............................  KDTN.................          7,901,133          7,898,922          52,117
83491..............................  KDTP.................             25,965             23,729             157
33778..............................  KDTV-DT..............          8,697,794          7,750,134          51,135
67910..............................  KDTX-TV..............          7,985,188          7,983,676          52,676
126................................  KDVR.................          4,301,541          4,144,268          27,344
18084..............................  KECI-TV..............            228,161            210,560           1,389
51208..............................  KECY-TV..............            407,175            403,848           2,665
58408..............................  KEDT.................            527,343            527,343           3,479
55435..............................  KEET.................            181,333            161,389           1,065
37103..............................  KEKE.................            105,022            101,614             670
41983..............................  KELO-TV..............            767,130            715,437           4,720
34440..............................  KEMO-TV..............          9,007,762          8,012,556          52,867
776162.............................  KEMS.................             55,920             54,847             362
2777...............................  KEMV.................            634,060            576,758           3,805
26304..............................  KENS.................          3,091,086          3,077,749          20,307
63845..............................  KENV-DT..............             52,294             45,932             303
18338..............................  KENW.................             85,762             85,762             566

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50591..............................  KEPB-TV..............            631,758            574,973           3,794
56029..............................  KEPR-TV..............            515,354            493,941           3,259
49324..............................  KERA-TV..............          7,984,381          7,981,440          52,662
40878..............................  KERO-TV..............          1,387,245          1,257,683           8,298
61067..............................  KESD-TV..............            172,302            165,214           1,090
25577..............................  KESQ-TV..............          1,487,393            615,803           4,063
50205..............................  KETA-TV..............          1,874,445          1,860,161          12,273
62182..............................  KETC.................          2,945,200          2,942,622          19,415
37101..............................  KETD.................          3,918,776          3,879,692          25,598
2768...............................  KETG.................            421,357            403,179           2,660
12895..............................  KETH-TV..............          7,296,694          7,296,428          48,142
55643..............................  KETK-TV..............          1,072,485          1,071,097           7,067
2770...............................  KETS.................          1,209,518          1,191,713           7,863
53903..............................  KETV.................          1,491,674          1,486,408           9,807
92872..............................  KETZ.................            505,102            502,310           3,314
68853..............................  KEYC-TV..............            553,554            539,853           3,562
33691..............................  KEYE-TV..............          3,533,479          3,444,549          22,727
60637..............................  KEYT-TV..............          1,466,777          1,275,243           8,414
83715..............................  KEYU.................            351,434            351,403           2,319
34406..............................  KEZI.................          1,221,893          1,166,907           7,699
34412..............................  KFBB-TV..............             96,782             95,488             630
125................................  KFCT.................            967,548            960,099           6,335
51466..............................  KFDA-TV..............            394,744            393,695           2,598
22589..............................  KFDM.................            770,621            770,609           5,084
48521..............................  KFDR.................            672,350            657,307           4,337
65370..............................  KFDX-TV..............            367,320            366,583           2,419
49264..............................  KFFV.................          4,674,758          4,634,964          30,581
12729..............................  KFFX-TV..............            467,787            463,006           3,055
83992..............................  KFJX.................            709,125            679,797           4,485
42122..............................  KFMB-TV..............          4,239,135          3,914,207          25,826
53321..............................  KFME.................            442,176            441,664           2,914
74256..............................  KFNB.................             84,543             83,990             554
21613..............................  KFNE.................             53,059             52,392             346
21612..............................  KFNR.................              9,724              9,457              62
66222..............................  KFOR-TV..............          1,789,693          1,789,342          11,806
33716..............................  KFOX-TV..............          1,107,424          1,097,251           7,240
41517..............................  KFPH-DT..............            385,474            313,720           2,070
81509..............................  KFPX-TV..............          1,072,290          1,072,222           7,075
31597..............................  KFQX.................            197,918            173,495           1,145
59013..............................  KFRE-TV..............          1,850,426          1,835,478          12,110
51429..............................  KFSF-DT..............          7,986,866          7,039,241          46,445
66469..............................  KFSM-TV..............          1,003,012            978,896           6,459
8620...............................  KFSN-TV..............          1,973,852          1,957,279          12,914
29560..............................  KFTA-TV..............            907,937            894,593           5,903
83714..............................  KFTC.................             64,284             64,250             424
60537..............................  KFTH-DT..............          7,287,908          7,287,530          48,083
60549..............................  KFTR-DT..............         18,326,526         16,971,273         111,976
61335..............................  KFTS.................             77,847             66,866             441
81441..............................  KFTU-DT..............            109,271            105,476             696
34439..............................  KFTV-DT..............          1,930,415          1,914,464          12,632
664................................  KFVE.................             91,164             81,417             537
592................................  KFVS-TV..............            867,835            847,638           5,593
29015..............................  KFWD.................          7,970,373          7,964,229          52,548
35336..............................  KFXA.................            914,357            912,893           6,023
17625..............................  KFXB-TV..............            377,548            370,365           2,444
70917..............................  KFXK-TV..............            969,012            966,868           6,379
84453..............................  KFXL-TV..............            977,327            976,428           6,442
56079..............................  KFXV.................          1,335,643          1,335,643           8,813
41427..............................  KFYR-TV..............            153,218            150,858             995
25685..............................  KGAN.................          1,121,266          1,109,006           7,317
34457..............................  KGBT-TV..............          1,350,104          1,350,004           8,907
7841...............................  KGCW.................            938,174            935,835           6,175
24485..............................  KGEB.................          1,257,918          1,224,797           8,081
34459..............................  KGET-TV..............            982,744            940,071           6,203
53320..............................  KGFE.................            120,237            120,237             793
7894...............................  KGIN.................            235,875            233,749           1,542
83945..............................  KGLA-DT..............          1,754,806          1,754,806          11,578
34445..............................  KGMB.................          1,016,756            907,381           5,987
58608..............................  KGMC.................          2,076,523          2,052,808          13,544
36914..............................  KGMD-TV..............            101,247            100,762             665
36920..............................  KGMV.................            209,577            175,904           1,161

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10061..............................  KGNS-TV..............            283,777            274,877           1,814
34470..............................  KGO-TV...............          9,406,080          8,630,291          56,943
56034..............................  KGPE.................          1,829,902          1,812,936          11,962
81694..............................  KGPX-TV..............            792,059            724,592           4,781
25511..............................  KGTF.................            155,729            154,491           1,019
40876..............................  KGTV.................          4,257,568          3,912,037          25,812
36918..............................  KGUN-TV..............          1,479,221          1,292,183           8,526
34874..............................  KGW..................          3,397,112          3,239,730          21,376
63177..............................  KGWC-TV..............             84,597             84,117             555
63162..............................  KGWL-TV..............             37,314             37,199             245
63166..............................  KGWN-TV..............            558,685            528,237           3,485
63170..............................  KGWR-TV..............             49,435             49,242             325
4146...............................  KHAW-TV..............            102,381            101,946             673
60353..............................  KHBS.................            610,455            588,263           3,881
27300..............................  KHCE-TV..............          2,848,289          2,842,696          18,756
26431..............................  KHET.................          1,022,459          1,009,772           6,662
21160..............................  KHGI-TV..............            245,331            244,515           1,613
36917..............................  KHII-TV..............          1,017,217            907,842           5,990
29085..............................  KHIN.................          1,137,059          1,135,866           7,494
17688..............................  KHME.................            196,002            194,233           1,282
47670..............................  KHMT.................            193,159            188,714           1,245
47987..............................  KHNE-TV..............            205,833            204,923           1,352
34867..............................  KHNL.................          1,016,725            907,350           5,987
60354..............................  KHOG-TV..............            862,177            797,810           5,264
4144...............................  KHON-TV..............          1,016,508            944,271           6,230
34529..............................  KHOU.................          7,289,635          7,287,991          48,086
4690...............................  KHQA-TV..............            299,409            298,038           1,966
34537..............................  KHQ-TV...............            938,773            887,184           5,854
30601..............................  KHRR.................          1,298,625          1,241,818           8,194
34348..............................  KHSD-TV..............            203,077            199,032           1,313
24508..............................  KHSL-TV..............            634,956            615,388           4,060
69677..............................  KHSV.................          2,384,812          2,343,597          15,463
64544..............................  KHVO.................            101,138             99,980             660
23394..............................  KIAH.................          7,307,171          7,306,816          48,210
34564..............................  KICU-TV..............          8,992,796          7,837,235          51,710
56028..............................  KIDK.................            351,335            348,794           2,301
58560..............................  KIDY.................            126,096            126,079             832
53382..............................  KIEM-TV..............            177,885            166,501           1,099
66258..............................  KIFI-TV..............            370,169            365,995           2,415
16950..............................  KIFR.................          2,356,175          2,330,021          15,373
10188..............................  KIII.................            580,363            577,602           3,811
29095..............................  KIIN.................          1,405,103          1,375,871           9,078
34527..............................  KIKU.................          1,017,227            920,837           6,076
63865..............................  KILM.................         18,009,859         16,478,550         108,725
56033..............................  KIMA-TV..............            325,241            275,599           1,818
66402..............................  KIMT.................            671,281            662,859           4,374
67089..............................  KINC.................          2,320,873          2,230,933          14,720
34847..............................  KING-TV..............          4,735,386          4,686,752          30,923
51708..............................  KINT-TV..............          1,093,579          1,093,227           7,213
26249..............................  KION-TV..............          2,602,418            906,539           5,981
62427..............................  KIPT.................            190,856            189,839           1,253
66781..............................  KIRO-TV..............          4,715,994          4,685,383          30,914
62430..............................  KISU-TV..............            358,145            353,319           2,331
12896..............................  KITU-TV..............            749,934            749,934           4,948
64548..............................  KITV.................          1,016,508            890,101           5,873
59255..............................  KIVI-TV..............            864,257            856,996           5,654
47285..............................  KIXE-TV..............            484,629            444,405           2,932
13792..............................  KJJC-TV..............             85,813             84,995             561
14000..............................  KJLA.................         18,725,198         17,464,578         115,231
20015..............................  KJNP-TV..............             96,266             96,001             633
53315..............................  KJRE.................             15,414             15,394             102
59439..............................  KJRH-TV..............          1,475,194          1,458,401           9,623
55364..............................  KJRR.................             45,707             44,148             291
7675...............................  KJTL.................            365,659            365,242           2,410
55031..............................  KJTV-TV..............            426,315            426,302           2,813
13814..............................  KJUD.................             32,087             31,083             205
36607..............................  KJZZ-TV..............          2,837,622          2,620,561          17,290
83180..............................  KKAI.................          1,016,756            995,859           6,571
58267..............................  KKAP.................          1,002,980            967,770           6,385
24766..............................  KKCO.................            218,313            183,190           1,209
776228.............................  KKEL.................            396,796            390,474           2,576

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35097..............................  KKJB.................            780,452            775,264           5,115
22644..............................  KKPX-TV..............          8,265,775          7,324,470          48,327
35037..............................  KKTV.................          3,340,505          2,899,502          19,131
35042..............................  KLAS-TV..............          2,421,827          2,256,225          14,887
52907..............................  KLAX-TV..............            350,490            350,144           2,310
3660...............................  KLBK-TV..............            409,551            409,512           2,702
65523..............................  KLBY.................             29,875             29,852             197
38430..............................  KLCS.................         17,868,933         16,310,676         107,618
77719..............................  KLCW-TV..............            404,384            404,369           2,668
51479..............................  KLDO-TV..............            267,717            267,717           1,766
37105..............................  KLEI.................            149,648            122,977             811
56032..............................  KLEW-TV..............            173,816            158,086           1,043
35059..............................  KLFY-TV..............          1,380,417          1,379,775           9,104
54011..............................  KLJB.................          1,003,676            992,763           6,550
11264..............................  KLKN.................          1,295,353          1,249,913           8,247
52593..............................  KLML.................            285,490            232,725           1,536
47975..............................  KLNE-TV..............            124,206            124,134             819
38590..............................  KLPA-TV..............            395,240            395,079           2,607
38588..............................  KLPB-TV..............            749,224            749,224           4,943
749................................  KLRN.................          2,865,059          2,843,302          18,760
11951..............................  KLRT-TV..............          1,206,848          1,187,015           7,832
8564...............................  KLRU.................          3,404,331          3,364,831          22,201
8322...............................  KLSR-TV..............            617,791            555,511           3,665
31114..............................  KLST.................            205,611            176,862           1,167
24436..............................  KLTJ.................          7,239,268          7,239,082          47,763
38587..............................  KLTL-TV..............            438,847            438,847           2,896
38589..............................  KLTM-TV..............            670,083            665,283           4,390
38591..............................  KLTS-TV..............            930,704            927,650           6,121
68540..............................  KLTV.................          1,125,646          1,108,403           7,313
12913..............................  KLUJ-TV..............          1,304,523          1,304,523           8,607
57220..............................  KLUZ-TV..............          1,122,002          1,061,683           7,005
11683..............................  KLVX.................          2,368,176          2,246,495          14,822
82476..............................  KLWB.................          1,066,369          1,066,248           7,035
40250..............................  KLWY.................            652,057            648,301           4,277
64551..............................  KMAU.................            230,508            205,410           1,355
51499..............................  KMAX-TV..............         11,771,919          7,828,092          51,650
65686..............................  KMBC-TV..............          2,690,459          2,688,812          17,741
35183..............................  KMCB.................             71,693             69,118             456
41237..............................  KMCC.................          2,384,330          2,325,062          15,341
42636..............................  KMCI-TV..............          2,611,447          2,610,077          17,221
38584..............................  KMCT-TV..............            270,862            270,855           1,787
22127..............................  KMCY.................             80,761             80,722             533
162016.............................  KMDE.................             34,041             34,035             225
26428..............................  KMEB.................            239,702            216,916           1,431
39665..............................  KMEG.................            763,806            758,839           5,007
35123..............................  KMEX-DT..............         18,389,371         16,955,856         111,875
40875..............................  KMGH-TV..............          4,484,612          4,211,082          27,785
35131..............................  KMID.................            453,896            453,890           2,995
16749..............................  KMIR-TV..............          3,014,399            805,795           5,317
63164..............................  KMIZ.................            552,020            549,962           3,629
53541..............................  KMLM-DT..............            358,819            358,819           2,367
52046..............................  KMLU.................            685,717            681,660           4,498
47981..............................  KMNE-TV..............             44,963             41,160             272
24753..............................  KMOH-TV..............            217,161            202,513           1,336
4326...............................  KMOS-TV..............            823,502            819,698           5,408
41425..............................  KMOT.................             90,764             88,505             584
70034..............................  KMOV.................          3,058,356          3,053,447          20,147
51488..............................  KMPH-TV..............          1,871,826          1,831,011          12,081
73701..............................  KMPX.................          7,985,243          7,981,841          52,664
44052..............................  KMSB.................          1,390,772          1,081,454           7,135
68883..............................  KMSP-TV..............          4,232,627          4,200,278          27,713
12525..............................  KMSS-TV..............          1,047,384          1,044,317           6,890
43095..............................  KMTP-TV..............          6,891,529          5,992,187          39,536
35189..............................  KMTR.................            858,621            737,863           4,868
35190..............................  KMTV-TV..............          1,482,627          1,481,213           9,773
77063..............................  KMTW.................            782,241            782,233           5,161
35200..............................  KMVT.................            203,865            194,642           1,284
32958..............................  KMVU-DT..............            333,344            255,430           1,685
86534..............................  KMYA-DT..............            181,750            181,710           1,199
51518..............................  KMYS.................          2,695,906          2,689,444          17,745
54420..............................  KMYT-TV..............          1,378,264          1,366,926           9,019

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35822..............................  KMYU.................            174,066            170,667           1,126
993................................  KNAT-TV..............          1,194,249          1,164,035           7,680
24749..............................  KNAZ-TV..............            370,644            251,297           1,658
47906..............................  KNBC.................         18,007,954         16,466,286         108,645
81464..............................  KNBN.................            158,327            149,470             986
9754...............................  KNCT.................          2,162,813          2,134,345          14,082
82611..............................  KNDB.................            140,899            140,846             929
82615..............................  KNDM.................             81,669             81,636             539
12395..............................  KNDO.................            326,624            291,816           1,925
12427..............................  KNDU.................            531,985            514,613           3,395
17683..............................  KNEP.................             96,311             91,722             605
776145.............................  KNGF.................            418,755            418,649           2,762
48003..............................  KNHL.................            282,894            282,649           1,865
125710.............................  KNIC-DT..............          2,916,877          2,900,176          19,135
59363..............................  KNIN-TV..............            861,563            857,065           5,655
48525..............................  KNLC.................          3,009,669          3,007,124          19,841
84215..............................  KNMD-TV..............          1,175,472          1,147,431           7,571
55528..............................  KNME-TV..............          1,185,928          1,145,659           7,559
47707..............................  KNMT.................          3,242,939          3,141,420          20,727
48975..............................  KNOE-TV..............            706,833            703,468           4,641
49273..............................  KNOP-TV..............             84,998             83,626             552
10228..............................  KNPB.................            684,366            522,715           3,449
55362..............................  KNRR.................             24,339             24,315             160
35277..............................  KNSD.................          4,176,531          3,908,916          25,791
19191..............................  KNSN-TV..............            689,549            521,148           3,439
23302..............................  KNSO.................          1,962,568          1,942,998          12,820
35280..............................  KNTV.................          9,285,323          8,743,038          57,687
144................................  KNVA.................          3,326,171          3,285,676          21,679
33745..............................  KNVN.................            497,887            470,307           3,103
69692..............................  KNVO.................          1,359,785          1,359,785           8,972
29557..............................  KNWA-TV..............            929,628            912,611           6,021
59440..............................  KNXV-TV..............          4,836,838          4,826,028          31,842
59014..............................  KOAA-TV..............          1,865,217          1,422,070           9,383
50588..............................  KOAB-TV..............            254,424            250,749           1,654
50590..............................  KOAC-TV..............          2,168,640          1,718,555          11,339
58552..............................  KOAM-TV..............            822,738            789,385           5,208
53928..............................  KOAT-TV..............          1,171,605          1,145,416           7,557
35313..............................  KOB..................          1,189,849          1,152,270           7,603
35321..............................  KOBF.................            198,225            163,241           1,077
8260...............................  KOBI.................            595,619            551,251           3,637
62272..............................  KOBR.................            227,347            226,868           1,497
50170..............................  KOCB.................          1,803,171          1,802,139          11,891
4328...............................  KOCE-TV..............         18,212,242         17,141,918         113,102
84225..............................  KOCM.................          1,615,493          1,614,922          10,655
12508..............................  KOCO-TV..............          1,890,246          1,881,152          12,412
83181..............................  KOCW.................             80,292             80,262             530
18283..............................  KODE-TV..............            789,082            781,251           5,155
66195..............................  KOED-TV..............          1,555,369          1,523,164          10,050
50198..............................  KOET.................            657,252            637,057           4,203
51189..............................  KOFY-TV..............          5,746,338          4,850,897          32,006
34859..............................  KOGG.................            206,000            173,034           1,142
166534.............................  KOHD.................            248,737            244,163           1,611
35380..............................  KOIN.................          3,398,786          3,237,691          21,362
35388..............................  KOKH-TV..............          1,800,124          1,797,602          11,861
11910..............................  KOKI-TV..............          1,428,477          1,415,308           9,338
48663..............................  KOLD-TV..............          1,278,430            932,536           6,153
7890...............................  KOLN.................          1,565,175          1,465,478           9,669
63331..............................  KOLO-TV..............          1,045,027            912,343           6,020
28496..............................  KOLR.................          1,111,540          1,075,340           7,095
21656..............................  KOMO-TV..............          4,798,742          4,748,599          31,331
65583..............................  KOMU-TV..............            560,878            559,926           3,694
776087.............................  KONC.................          1,752,026          1,713,180          11,304
35396..............................  KONG.................          4,651,055          4,627,490          30,532
60675..............................  KOOD.................            107,949            107,840             712
50589..............................  KOPB-TV..............          3,433,002          3,231,453          21,321
2566...............................  KOPX-TV..............          1,674,969          1,674,820          11,050
64877..............................  KORO.................            572,684            572,684           3,779
6865...............................  KOSA-TV..............            412,004            408,993           2,699
34347..............................  KOTA-TV..............            189,181            166,163           1,096
8284...............................  KOTI.................            318,713             97,757             645
35434..............................  KOTV-DT..............          1,476,322          1,464,332           9,662

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56550..............................  KOVR.................         11,787,731          7,857,430          51,843
51101..............................  KOZJ.................            431,452            429,469           2,834
51102..............................  KOZK.................            876,101            867,569           5,724
3659...............................  KOZL-TV..............          1,026,947            999,396           6,594
35455..............................  KPAX-TV..............            224,598            210,969           1,392
67868..............................  KPAZ-TV..............          4,842,326          4,829,190          31,863
6124...............................  KPBS.................          3,878,727          3,740,193          24,678
50044..............................  KPBT-TV..............            405,749            405,749           2,677
77452..............................  KPCB-DT..............             30,087             30,010             198
35460..............................  KPDX.................          3,335,153          3,195,785          21,086
12524..............................  KPEJ-TV..............            439,758            439,752           2,901
41223..............................  KPHO-TV..............          4,847,036          4,823,456          31,825
61551..............................  KPIC.................            162,187            108,923             719
86205..............................  KPIF.................            294,133            287,132           1,894
25452..............................  KPIX-TV..............          8,939,616          8,011,243          52,858
58912..............................  KPJK.................          8,580,033          7,562,337          49,896
166510.............................  KPJR-TV..............          3,994,308          3,966,833          26,173
13994..............................  KPLC.................          1,433,578          1,431,830           9,447
41964..............................  KPLO-TV..............             55,567             52,690             348
35417..............................  KPLR-TV..............          3,020,349          3,017,559          19,910
12144..............................  KPMR.................          1,795,745          1,521,941          10,042
47973..............................  KPNE-TV..............             89,112             84,360             557
35486..............................  KPNX.................          4,833,873          4,829,331          31,864
77512..............................  KPNZ.................          2,843,405          2,620,343          17,289
73998..............................  KPOB-TV..............            131,017            130,539             861
26655..............................  KPPX-TV..............          4,839,734          4,825,175          31,837
53117..............................  KPRC-TV..............          7,306,242          7,305,940          48,205
48660..............................  KPRY-TV..............             42,882             42,790             282
61071..............................  KPSD-TV..............             19,034             17,986             119
53544..............................  KPTB-DT..............            351,156            349,137           2,304
81445..............................  KPTF-DT..............             83,380             83,378             550
77451..............................  KPTH.................            709,738            706,066           4,659
51491..............................  KPTM.................          1,544,022          1,542,684          10,179
33345..............................  KPTS.................            849,715            845,613           5,579
50633..............................  KPTV.................          3,367,478          3,193,457          21,070
82575..............................  KPTW.................             93,904             86,230             569
1270...............................  KPVI-DT..............            301,761            295,401           1,949
58835..............................  KPXB-TV..............          7,268,859          7,268,534          47,958
68695..............................  KPXC-TV..............          3,953,241          3,922,814          25,883
68834..............................  KPXD-TV..............          7,851,329          7,849,492          51,791
33337..............................  KPXE-TV..............          2,621,434          2,620,523          17,290
5801...............................  KPXG-TV..............          3,396,167          3,240,309          21,380
81507..............................  KPXJ.................          1,114,713          1,111,470           7,333
61173..............................  KPXL-TV..............          2,675,400          2,663,341          17,573
35907..............................  KPXM-TV..............          3,872,706          3,871,246          25,542
58978..............................  KPXN-TV..............         18,009,859         16,478,550         108,725
77483..............................  KPXO-TV..............          1,016,659            977,430           6,449
21156..............................  KPXR-TV..............            870,810            864,123           5,701
69619..............................  KPYX.................          8,951,798          8,033,747          53,007
10242..............................  KQCA.................         11,066,274          6,905,589          45,563
41430..............................  KQCD-TV..............             46,118             43,974             290
18287..............................  KQCK.................          3,914,615          3,869,797          25,533
78322..............................  KQCW-DT..............          1,198,492          1,192,260           7,867
35525..............................  KQDS-TV..............            309,526            305,800           2,018
35500..............................  KQED.................          8,924,403          7,934,659          52,353
35663..............................  KQEH.................          8,924,403          7,934,659          52,353
8214...............................  KQET.................          3,221,916          2,234,120          14,741
5471...............................  KQIN.................            585,179            585,151           3,861
17686..............................  KQME.................            203,177            198,383           1,309
61063..............................  KQSD-TV..............             32,060             31,225             206
8378...............................  KQSL.................            209,114            145,828             962
20427..............................  KQTV.................          1,587,910          1,493,576           9,855
78921..............................  KQUP.................            801,534            624,922           4,123
306................................  KRBC-TV..............            237,068            236,992           1,564
166319.............................  KRBK.................          1,018,307          1,001,775           6,610
22161..............................  KRCA.................         18,303,336         17,670,502         116,590
57945..............................  KRCB.................          9,553,735          9,246,484          61,008
41110..............................  KRCG.................            758,918            744,644           4,913
8291...............................  KRCR-TV..............            439,734            419,678           2,769
10192..............................  KRCW-TV..............          3,330,638          3,194,693          21,079
49134..............................  KRDK-TV..............            396,418            396,379           2,615

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52579..............................  KRDO-TV..............          3,041,472          2,649,733          17,483
70578..............................  KREG-TV..............            159,270             97,419             643
34868..............................  KREM.................            934,011            862,068           5,688
51493..............................  KREN-TV..............            890,359            755,865           4,987
70596..............................  KREX-TV..............            154,968            154,745           1,021
70579..............................  KREY-TV..............             77,765             69,062             456
48589..............................  KREZ-TV..............            148,142            101,846             672
43328..............................  KRGV-TV..............          1,359,834          1,359,671           8,971
82698..............................  KRII.................            130,753            129,582             855
29114..............................  KRIN.................            989,283            975,977           6,439
25559..............................  KRIS-TV..............            576,145            576,104           3,801
22204..............................  KRIV.................          7,295,333          7,294,571          48,130
14040..............................  KRMA-TV..............          4,385,284          4,186,932          27,625
14042..............................  KRMJ.................            184,799            169,573           1,119
20476..............................  KRMT.................          3,457,214          3,353,993          22,130
84224..............................  KRMU.................             86,743             70,549             465
20373..............................  KRMZ.................             37,319             34,727             229
47971..............................  KRNE-TV..............             45,930             38,258             252
60307..............................  KRNV-DT..............          1,043,407            879,554           5,803
65526..............................  KRON-TV..............          9,335,037          8,729,878          57,600
53539..............................  KRPV-DT..............             65,504             65,504             432
48575..............................  KRQE.................          1,174,664          1,143,133           7,542
57431..............................  KRSU-TV..............          1,078,345          1,076,370           7,102
82613..............................  KRTN-TV..............             86,907             67,161             443
35567..............................  KRTV.................             95,862             94,385             623
84157..............................  KRWB-TV..............            118,050            117,368             774
35585..............................  KRWF.................             82,308             82,308             543
55516..............................  KRWG-TV..............            929,122            719,343           4,746
48360..............................  KRXI-TV..............            802,294            612,918           4,044
307................................  KSAN-TV..............            142,667            142,664             941
11911..............................  KSAS-TV..............            773,161            773,144           5,101
53118..............................  KSAT-TV..............          3,075,254          3,027,321          19,974
35584..............................  KSAX.................            380,811            380,811           2,513
35587..............................  KSAZ-TV..............          4,854,767          4,831,287          31,877
38214..............................  KSBI.................          1,751,439          1,749,811          11,545
19653..............................  KSBW.................          5,564,606          4,838,506          31,924
19654..............................  KSBY.................            564,561            526,110           3,471
82910..............................  KSCC.................            534,707            534,707           3,528
10202..............................  KSCE.................          1,093,223          1,089,485           7,188
35608..............................  KSCI.................         18,212,242         17,141,918         113,102
72348..............................  KSCW-DT..............            927,681            922,979           6,090
46981..............................  KSDK.................          3,013,779          3,007,368          19,843
35594..............................  KSEE.................          1,888,344          1,874,494          12,368
29121..............................  KSFL-TV..............            330,215            330,182           2,179
48658..............................  KSFY-TV..............            731,978            677,603           4,471
17680..............................  KSGW-TV..............             63,725             62,410             412
59444..............................  KSHB-TV..............          2,616,078          2,614,543          17,251
73706..............................  KSHV-TV..............            927,614            927,074           6,117
29096..............................  KSIN-TV..............            349,020            347,636           2,294
34846..............................  KSIX-TV..............             79,019             79,019             521
35606..............................  KSKN.................            841,494            741,761           4,894
70482..............................  KSLA.................            998,682            998,217           6,586
6359...............................  KSL-TV...............          2,839,353          2,616,980          17,267
71558..............................  KSMN.................            357,081            357,075           2,356
33336..............................  KSMO-TV..............          2,585,699          2,584,094          17,050
28510..............................  KSMQ-TV..............            540,217            524,751           3,462
35611..............................  KSMS-TV..............          1,684,095            922,727           6,088
21161..............................  KSNB-TV..............            748,097            747,971           4,935
72359..............................  KSNC.................            166,315            165,997           1,095
67766..............................  KSNF.................            640,722            637,167           4,204
72361..............................  KSNG.................            143,267            143,050             944
72362..............................  KSNK.................             46,872             43,725             288
67335..............................  KSNT.................            657,321            629,824           4,156
10179..............................  KSNV.................          2,283,885          2,225,135          14,681
72358..............................  KSNW.................            810,301            809,927           5,344
61956..............................  KSPS-TV..............            935,711            883,159           5,827
52953..............................  KSPX-TV..............          7,814,495          5,846,886          38,578
166546.............................  KSQA.................            391,323            383,112           2,528
53313..............................  KSRE.................             83,984             83,984             554
35843..............................  KSTC-TV..............          4,228,163          4,218,565          27,834
63182..............................  KSTF.................             49,439             49,305             325

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28010..............................  KSTP-TV..............          4,230,921          4,222,032          27,857
60534..............................  KSTR-DT..............          7,934,904          7,932,227          52,337
64987..............................  KSTS.................          9,125,502          7,902,723          52,142
22215..............................  KSTU.................          2,834,133          2,604,938          17,187
23428..............................  KSTW.................          4,945,092          4,849,973          32,000
5243...............................  KSVI.................            192,678            191,712           1,265
58827..............................  KSWB-TV..............          3,976,536          3,773,857          24,900
60683..............................  KSWK.................             78,448             78,334             517
35645..............................  KSWO-TV..............            461,432            437,725           2,888
61350..............................  KSYS.................            551,328            475,899           3,140
59988..............................  KTAB-TV..............            281,813            281,579           1,858
999................................  KTAJ-TV..............          2,529,426          2,528,757          16,685
35648..............................  KTAL-TV..............          1,072,280          1,070,439           7,063
12930..............................  KTAS.................            501,069            491,644           3,244
81458..............................  KTAZ.................          4,835,851          4,811,877          31,749
35649..............................  KTBC.................          4,138,493          3,857,454          25,451
67884..............................  KTBN-TV..............         18,729,484         17,423,297         114,959
67999..............................  KTBO-TV..............          1,758,274          1,756,813          11,591
35652..............................  KTBS-TV..............          1,138,628          1,135,638           7,493
28324..............................  KTBU.................          7,242,592          7,242,368          47,785
67950..............................  KTBW-TV..............          4,873,117          4,763,879          31,432
35655..............................  KTBY.................            360,565            358,722           2,367
68594..............................  KTCA-TV..............          4,022,616          4,008,908          26,451
68597..............................  KTCI-TV..............          3,912,137          3,908,528          25,788
35187..............................  KTCW.................            106,581             93,009             614
36916..............................  KTDO.................          1,093,374          1,089,602           7,189
2769...............................  KTEJ.................            417,496            415,013           2,738
83707..............................  KTEL-TV..............             61,338             61,328             405
35666..............................  KTEN.................            629,981            627,687           4,141
24514..............................  KTFD-TV..............          3,767,471          3,727,523          24,594
35512..............................  KTFF-DT..............          2,403,821          2,383,063          15,723
20871..............................  KTFK-DT..............          7,705,367          5,721,312          37,749
68753..............................  KTFN.................          1,095,022          1,091,962           7,205
35084..............................  KTFQ-TV..............          1,188,205          1,154,792           7,619
29232..............................  KTGM.................            153,836            153,653           1,014
2787...............................  KTHV.................          1,302,388          1,276,430           8,422
29100..............................  KTIN.................            275,295            273,715           1,806
66170..............................  KTIV.................            806,217            800,304           5,280
49397..............................  KTKA-TV..............            805,221            786,518           5,189
35670..............................  KTLA.................         18,962,616         17,555,224         115,829
62354..............................  KTLM.................          1,148,738          1,148,738           7,579
49153..............................  KTLN-TV..............          5,867,943          5,221,797          34,453
64984..............................  KTMD.................          7,304,022          7,303,795          48,190
14675..............................  KTMF.................            203,121            182,458           1,204
10177..............................  KTMW.................          2,690,440          2,543,730          16,784
21533..............................  KTNC-TV..............          9,007,762          8,012,556          52,867
47996..............................  KTNE-TV..............             95,310             90,746             599
60519..............................  KTNL-TV..............              8,275              8,274              55
74100..............................  KTNV-TV..............          2,422,112          2,249,532          14,842
71023..............................  KTNW.................            512,412            493,366           3,255
8651...............................  KTOO-TV..............             32,198             32,017             211
7078...............................  KTPX-TV..............          1,138,473          1,136,085           7,496
68541..............................  KTRE.................            438,137            420,563           2,775
35675..............................  KTRK-TV..............          7,318,272          7,316,846          48,277
28230..............................  KTRV-TV..............            869,223            861,267           5,683
69170..............................  KTSC.................          3,598,645          3,397,164          22,414
61066..............................  KTSD-TV..............             84,807             83,980             554
37511..............................  KTSF.................          8,697,794          7,750,134          51,135
67760..............................  KTSM-TV..............          1,093,389          1,090,716           7,197
35678..............................  KTTC.................            836,828            748,435           4,938
28501..............................  KTTM.................             77,930             75,368             497
11908..............................  KTTU.................          1,393,795          1,109,962           7,324
22208..............................  KTTV.................         18,130,338         17,373,502         114,630
28521..............................  KTTW.................            381,013            377,833           2,493
65355..............................  KTTZ-TV..............            402,714            402,692           2,657
35685..............................  KTUL.................          1,573,310          1,543,051          10,181
10173..............................  KTUU-TV..............            397,237            395,237           2,608
77480..............................  KTUZ-TV..............          1,841,616          1,840,457          12,143
49632..............................  KTVA.................            353,795            353,563           2,333
34858..............................  KTVB.................            869,177            862,056           5,688
31437..............................  KTVC.................            140,329            104,355             689

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68581..............................  KTVD.................          4,468,718          4,179,057          27,573
35692..............................  KTVE.................            607,145            606,961           4,005
49621..............................  KTVF.................             96,106             95,973             633
5290...............................  KTVH-DT..............            244,448            199,923           1,319
35693..............................  KTVI.................          3,025,572          3,022,219          19,941
40993..............................  KTVK.................          4,837,443          4,825,882          31,841
22570..............................  KTVL.................            446,924            395,259           2,608
18066..............................  KTVM-TV..............            303,243            250,287           1,651
59139..............................  KTVN.................          1,043,407            885,756           5,844
21251..............................  KTVO.................            220,732            220,235           1,453
35694..............................  KTVQ.................            197,125            190,529           1,257
50592..............................  KTVR.................            153,040             56,934             376
23422..............................  KTVT.................          8,233,312          8,230,812          54,307
35703..............................  KTVU.................          9,036,813          8,056,602          53,157
35705..............................  KTVW-DT..............          4,827,096          4,809,796          31,735
68889..............................  KTVX.................          2,838,210          2,602,217          17,169
55907..............................  KTVZ.................            249,013            246,030           1,623
18286..............................  KTWO-TV..............             84,574             84,044             555
70938..............................  KTWU.................          1,834,018          1,697,183          11,198
51517..............................  KTXA.................          8,210,642          8,208,172          54,158
42359..............................  KTXD-TV..............          8,012,541          8,010,333          52,852
51569..............................  KTXH.................          7,301,821          7,301,673          48,176
10205..............................  KTXL.................          9,145,873          6,451,158          42,565
308................................  KTXS-TV..............            255,216            254,480           1,679
69315..............................  KUAC-TV..............             96,544             96,043             634
51233..............................  KUAM-TV..............            153,836            153,836           1,015
2722...............................  KUAS-TV..............          1,060,599          1,041,636           6,873
2731...............................  KUAT-TV..............          1,596,429          1,361,399           8,983
60520..............................  KUBD.................             15,387             13,666              90
70492..............................  KUBE-TV..............          7,297,882          7,297,596          48,150
1136...............................  KUCW.................          2,837,693          2,601,359          17,164
69396..............................  KUED.................          2,837,687          2,603,895          17,180
69582..............................  KUEN.................          2,806,982          2,580,258          17,025
82576..............................  KUES.................             32,094             26,754             177
82585..............................  KUEW.................            174,491            162,588           1,073
66611..............................  KUFM-TV..............            203,395            180,333           1,190
169028.............................  KUGF-TV..............             89,762             89,455             590
68717..............................  KUHM-TV..............            166,592            156,454           1,032
69269..............................  KUHT.................          7,288,782          7,288,082          48,087
62382..............................  KUID-TV..............            482,761            308,950           2,038
169027.............................  KUKL-TV..............            140,626            131,415             867
35724..............................  KULR-TV..............            194,552            186,663           1,232
41429..............................  KUMV-TV..............             70,878             70,314             464
81447..............................  KUNP.................            133,781             45,006             297
4624...............................  KUNS-TV..............          4,682,176          4,668,774          30,805
86532..............................  KUOK.................             28,807             28,738             190
66589..............................  KUON-TV..............          1,516,440          1,502,853           9,916
86263..............................  KUPB.................            386,448            386,448           2,550
65535..............................  KUPK.................            147,290            146,174             964
27431..............................  KUPT.................            101,334            101,329             669
89714..............................  KUPU.................          1,019,651          1,010,979           6,670
57884..............................  KUPX-TV..............          2,824,302          2,598,543          17,145
23074..............................  KUSA.................          4,470,580          4,195,376          27,681
61072..............................  KUSD-TV..............            519,419            519,181           3,426
10238..............................  KUSI-TV..............          3,853,072          3,707,454          24,462
43567..............................  KUSM-TV..............            155,558            140,071             924
69694..............................  KUTF.................          1,357,824          1,164,486           7,683
81451..............................  KUTH-DT..............          2,636,456          2,416,549          15,944
68886..............................  KUTP.................          4,842,720          4,823,413          31,825
35823..............................  KUTV.................          2,837,398          2,601,168          17,163
63927..............................  KUVE-DT..............          1,370,137          1,024,072           6,757
7700...............................  KUVI-DT..............          1,287,700          1,076,164           7,101
35841..............................  KUVN-DT..............          7,987,884          7,986,084          52,692
58609..............................  KUVS-DT..............          4,496,875          4,458,448          29,417
49766..............................  KVAL-TV..............          1,114,792            948,593           6,259
32621..............................  KVAW.................             77,028             77,028             508
58795..............................  KVCR-DT..............         19,073,599         18,308,953         120,802
35846..............................  KVCT.................            291,432            290,038           1,914
10195..............................  KVCW.................          2,283,670          2,224,688          14,678
64969..............................  KVDA.................          3,114,838          3,092,933          20,407
19783..............................  KVEA.................         18,300,497         17,059,098         112,556

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12523..............................  KVEO-TV..............          1,357,022          1,356,984           8,953
2495...............................  KVEW.................            537,519            524,246           3,459
35852..............................  KVHP.................            773,592            773,545           5,104
49832..............................  KVIA-TV..............          1,093,389          1,090,716           7,197
35855..............................  KVIE.................         11,759,390          8,232,137          54,316
40450..............................  KVIH-TV..............            139,435            119,247             787
40446..............................  KVII-TV..............            392,629            391,979           2,586
61961..............................  KVLY-TV..............            409,018            408,931           2,698
16729..............................  KVMD.................         15,940,782         15,143,297          99,915
83825..............................  KVME-TV..............             26,212             22,277             147
25735..............................  KVOA.................          1,386,793          1,069,725           7,058
35862..............................  KVOS-TV..............          2,566,816          2,493,670          16,453
69733..............................  KVPT.................          1,856,508          1,833,293          12,096
55372..............................  KVRR.................            403,075            403,075           2,659
166331.............................  KVSN-DT..............          3,136,196          2,698,298          17,803
608................................  KVTH-DT..............            319,985            318,374           2,101
2784...............................  KVTJ-DT..............          1,459,963          1,459,552           9,630
607................................  KVTN-DT..............            970,045            963,130           6,355
35867..............................  KVUE.................          3,458,312          3,395,187          22,401
78910..............................  KVUI.................            286,007            279,513           1,844
35870..............................  KVVU-TV..............          2,369,125          2,246,682          14,824
36170..............................  KVYE.................            404,453            401,890           2,652
35095..............................  KWBA-TV..............          1,194,062          1,136,172           7,496
78314..............................  KWBM.................            694,164            676,716           4,465
27425..............................  KWBN.................          1,016,508            893,029           5,892
76268..............................  KWBQ.................          1,186,772          1,147,638           7,572
66413..............................  KWCH-DT..............            897,522            896,232           5,913
71549..............................  KWCM-TV..............            253,609            245,441           1,619
35419..............................  KWDK.................          4,867,196          4,778,196          31,527
42007..............................  KWES-TV..............            506,963            506,675           3,343
50194..............................  KWET.................            125,090            109,790             724
35881..............................  KWEX-DT..............          2,871,330          2,864,298          18,899
35883..............................  KWGN-TV..............          4,368,605          4,155,087          27,415
37099..............................  KWHB.................          1,056,520          1,056,118           6,968
36846..............................  KWHE.................          1,015,533            885,013           5,839
26231..............................  KWHY-TV..............         18,512,098         18,476,669         121,909
35096..............................  KWKB.................          1,167,302          1,156,465           7,630
162115.............................  KWKS.................             38,196             37,876             250
12522..............................  KWKT-TV..............          1,631,788          1,626,721          10,733
21162..............................  KWNB-TV..............             87,130             85,538             564
67347..............................  KWOG.................            615,169            608,476           4,015
56852..............................  KWPX-TV..............          4,894,047          4,809,358          31,732
6885...............................  KWQC-TV..............          1,082,087          1,072,789           7,078
53318..............................  KWSE.................             85,141             83,532             551
71024..............................  KWSU-TV..............            824,342            528,984           3,490
25382..............................  KWTV-DT..............          1,801,405          1,800,115          11,877
35903..............................  KWTX-TV..............          2,532,542          2,418,595          15,958
593................................  KWWL.................          1,127,596          1,116,266           7,365
84410..............................  KWWT.................            358,813            358,813           2,367
14674..............................  KWYB.................             91,657             72,951             481
10032..............................  KWYP-DT..............            163,309            143,265             945
35920..............................  KXAN-TV..............          3,476,567          3,408,238          22,488
49330..............................  KXAS-TV..............          8,080,362          8,077,819          53,297
24287..............................  KXGN-TV..............             14,265             13,906              92
35954..............................  KXII.................          2,904,223          2,845,456          18,774
55083..............................  KXLA.................         18,725,198         17,464,578         115,231
35959..............................  KXLF-TV..............            301,370            256,892           1,695
53847..............................  KXLN-DT..............          7,293,696          7,293,476          48,122
35906..............................  KXLT-TV..............            369,632            369,086           2,435
61978..............................  KXLY-TV..............            884,722            852,475           5,625
55684..............................  KXMA-TV..............             42,033             41,964             277
55686..............................  KXMB-TV..............            164,736            160,794           1,061
55685..............................  KXMC-TV..............            108,096            100,774             665
55683..............................  KXMD-TV..............             66,215             66,107             436
47995..............................  KXNE-TV..............            314,798            313,705           2,070
81593..............................  KXNW.................            707,066            702,866           4,638
35991..............................  KXRM-TV..............          2,129,262          1,769,815          11,677
1255...............................  KXTF.................            157,622            157,168           1,037
25048..............................  KXTV.................         11,761,085          8,212,854          54,188
35994..............................  KXTX-TV..............          8,029,815          8,026,902          52,961
62293..............................  KXVA.................            195,284            195,242           1,288

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23277..............................  KXVO.................          1,535,792          1,534,836          10,127
9781...............................  KXXV.................          2,192,443          2,159,450          14,248
31870..............................  KYAZ.................          7,248,533          7,248,341          47,825
29086..............................  KYIN.................            596,722            594,616           3,923
60384..............................  KYLE-TV..............            367,648            367,562           2,425
33639..............................  KYMA-DT..............            403,372            400,541           2,643
47974..............................  KYNE-TV..............          1,089,692          1,089,546           7,189
53820..............................  KYOU-TV..............            679,167            668,722           4,412
36003..............................  KYTV.................          1,129,940          1,117,420           7,373
55644..............................  KYTX.................            956,234            955,262           6,303
13815..............................  KYUR.................            397,084            395,055           2,607
5237...............................  KYUS-TV..............             12,525             12,495              82
33752..............................  KYVE.................            317,640            273,973           1,808
55762..............................  KYVV-TV..............             66,372             65,857             435
25453..............................  KYW-TV...............         11,769,848         11,559,783          76,271
69531..............................  KZJL.................          7,244,427          7,244,235          47,797
69571..............................  KZJO.................          4,814,396          4,758,120          31,394
61062..............................  KZSD-TV..............             40,148             34,607             228
33079..............................  KZTV.................            578,385            575,560           3,798
57292..............................  WAAY-TV..............          1,644,869          1,570,146          10,360
1328...............................  WABC-TV..............         22,259,872         21,880,695         144,369
4190...............................  WABE-TV..............          6,138,218          6,116,631          40,358
43203..............................  WABG-TV..............            352,521            352,047           2,323
17005..............................  WABI-TV..............            532,053            512,796           3,383
16820..............................  WABM.................          1,857,082          1,825,082          12,042
23917..............................  WABW-TV..............          1,106,011          1,104,788           7,289
19199..............................  WACH.................          1,448,991          1,442,358           9,517
189358.............................  WACP.................          9,884,531          9,777,819          64,514
23930..............................  WACS-TV..............            785,954            782,957           5,166
60018..............................  WACX.................          5,173,569          5,164,028          34,072
361................................  WACY-TV..............            992,148            991,650           6,543
455................................  WADL.................          4,727,529          4,719,528          31,139
589................................  WAFB.................          1,928,550          1,927,924          12,720
591................................  WAFF.................          1,642,889          1,574,162          10,386
70689..............................  WAGA-TV..............          6,879,310          6,793,067          44,821
48305..............................  WAGM-TV..............             60,320             59,087             390
37809..............................  WAGV.................          1,555,609          1,240,816           8,187
706................................  WAIQ.................            624,285            622,198           4,105
701................................  WAKA.................            796,039            790,015           5,213
4143...............................  WALA-TV..............          1,431,666          1,428,457           9,425
70713..............................  WALB.................            794,686            793,085           5,233
60536..............................  WAMI-DT..............          6,013,991          6,013,991          39,680
70852..............................  WAND.................          1,345,860          1,344,596           8,872
39270..............................  WANE-TV..............          1,182,627          1,182,599           7,803
72120..............................  WANF.................          6,907,445          6,833,668          45,089
64546..............................  WAOW.................            642,013            633,108           4,177
52073..............................  WAPA-TV..............          3,310,492          2,963,089          19,550
49712..............................  WAPT.................            784,962            783,938           5,172
67792..............................  WAQP.................          2,125,841          2,121,638          13,999
13206..............................  WATC-DT..............          6,582,231          6,553,248          43,238
71082..............................  WATE-TV..............          1,971,491          1,724,804          11,380
22819..............................  WATL.................          6,759,193          6,686,998          44,121
20287..............................  WATM-TV..............            868,640            735,080           4,850
11907..............................  WATN-TV..............          1,792,866          1,789,289          11,806
13989..............................  WAVE.................          1,998,359          1,989,161          13,124
71127..............................  WAVY-TV..............          2,171,033          2,171,033          14,324
54938..............................  WAWD.................            661,368            661,287           4,363
65247..............................  WAWV-TV..............            684,558            679,421           4,483
12793..............................  WAXN-TV..............          3,101,362          3,092,322          20,403
65696..............................  WBAL-TV..............         10,637,240         10,226,692          67,476
74417..............................  WBAY-TV..............          1,275,960          1,275,160           8,414
71085..............................  WBBH-TV..............          2,368,347          2,368,347          15,626
65204..............................  WBBJ-TV..............            654,842            651,262           4,297
9617...............................  WBBM-TV..............         10,069,057         10,062,626          66,393
9088...............................  WBBZ-TV..............          1,293,109          1,281,368           8,454
70138..............................  WBDT.................          3,996,184          3,976,552          26,237
51349..............................  WBEC-TV..............          5,979,674          5,979,674          39,454
10758..............................  WBFF.................          9,293,641          9,148,848          60,364
12497..............................  WBFS-TV..............          5,895,133          5,895,133          38,896
6568...............................  WBGU-TV..............          1,325,871          1,325,871           8,748
81594..............................  WBIF.................            315,981            315,981           2,085

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84802..............................  WBIH.................            734,949            717,111           4,731
717................................  WBIQ.................          1,649,738          1,621,834          10,701
46984..............................  WBIR-TV..............          2,083,590          1,795,576          11,847
67048..............................  WBKB-TV..............            131,202            123,916             818
34167..............................  WBKI.................          2,220,753          2,204,001          14,542
4692...............................  WBKO.................          1,079,438            953,403           6,291
76001..............................  WBKP.................             54,703             54,532             360
68427..............................  WBMM.................            595,569            595,314           3,928
73692..............................  WBNA.................          1,803,465          1,770,024          11,679
23337..............................  WBNG-TV..............          1,400,072          1,023,266           6,752
71217..............................  WBNS-TV..............          3,083,491          3,021,775          19,938
72958..............................  WBNX-TV..............          3,642,087          3,632,499          23,967
71218..............................  WBOC-TV..............            880,031            880,031           5,806
71220..............................  WBOY-TV..............            689,705            605,977           3,998
60850..............................  WBPH-TV..............         11,348,739         10,115,153          66,740
7692...............................  WBPX-TV..............          7,354,860          7,283,151          48,054
5981...............................  WBRA-TV..............          1,705,750          1,657,188          10,934
71221..............................  WBRC.................          1,976,420          1,942,307          12,815
71225..............................  WBRE-TV..............          2,912,468          2,263,626          14,935
38616..............................  WBRZ-TV..............          2,299,439          2,298,465          15,165
82627..............................  WBSF.................          1,816,355          1,811,602          11,953
30826..............................  WBTV.................          4,973,067          4,828,412          31,858
66407..............................  WBTW.................          2,060,897          2,044,444          13,489
16363..............................  WBUI.................            964,071            964,061           6,361
59281..............................  WBUP.................            124,208            111,143             733
60830..............................  WBUY-TV..............          1,568,306          1,566,684          10,337
72971..............................  WBXX-TV..............          2,270,940          2,098,066          13,843
25456..............................  WBZ-TV...............          8,524,410          8,283,402          54,654
63153..............................  WCAU.................         11,821,594         11,646,436          76,843
363................................  WCAV.................          1,122,505            960,525           6,338
46728..............................  WCAX-TV..............            793,321            675,201           4,455
39659..............................  WCBB.................            985,125            952,373           6,284
10587..............................  WCBD-TV..............          1,336,923          1,336,923           8,821
12477..............................  WCBI-TV..............            675,135            673,011           4,441
9610...............................  WCBS-TV..............         23,434,126         22,837,346         150,681
49157..............................  WCCB.................          4,088,954          4,017,224          26,506
9629...............................  WCCO-TV..............          4,237,121          4,228,346          27,899
14050..............................  WCCT-TV..............          5,898,482          5,384,454          35,527
69544..............................  WCCU.................            673,293            673,293           4,442
3001...............................  WCCV-TV..............          3,000,204          2,188,016          14,437
23937..............................  WCES-TV..............          1,138,637          1,137,146           7,503
65666..............................  WCET.................          3,245,827          3,234,134          21,339
46755..............................  WCFE-TV..............            468,278            427,164           2,818
71280..............................  WCHS-TV..............          1,276,867          1,199,053           7,911
42124..............................  WCIA.................            809,784            809,348           5,340
711................................  WCIQ.................          3,433,774          3,244,161          21,405
71428..............................  WCIU-TV..............         10,205,649         10,199,522          67,296
9015...............................  WCIV.................          1,341,404          1,341,404           8,851
42116..............................  WCIX.................            531,709            527,935           3,483
16993..............................  WCJB-TV..............          1,080,055          1,080,055           7,126
11125..............................  WCLF.................          4,707,313          4,706,427          31,053
68007..............................  WCLJ-TV..............          2,538,971          2,537,989          16,746
50781..............................  WCMH-TV..............          2,988,929          2,947,009          19,444
9917...............................  WCML.................            229,956            221,000           1,458
9908...............................  WCMU-TV..............            717,859            708,880           4,677
9922...............................  WCMV.................            435,637            421,372           2,780
9913...............................  WCMW.................            107,851            105,871             699
32326..............................  WCNC-TV..............          4,347,601          4,262,460          28,124
53734..............................  WCNY-TV..............          1,328,626          1,263,336           8,335
73642..............................  WCOV-TV..............            916,080            911,398           6,013
40618..............................  WCPB.................            612,947            612,947           4,044
59438..............................  WCPO-TV..............          3,461,834          3,448,166          22,751
10981..............................  WCPX-TV..............          9,906,756          9,905,251          65,355
71297..............................  WCSC-TV..............          1,188,482          1,188,482           7,842
39664..............................  WCSH.................          1,844,256          1,625,773          10,727
69479..............................  WCTE.................            645,441            572,887           3,780
18334..............................  WCTI-TV..............          1,741,252          1,734,851          11,447
31590..............................  WCTV.................          1,083,799          1,083,709           7,150
33081..............................  WCTX.................          7,999,974          7,453,383          49,177
65684..............................  WCVB-TV..............          8,334,723          8,171,970          53,919
9987...............................  WCVE-TV..............          1,894,231          1,892,374          12,486

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83304..............................  WCVI-TV..............             41,004             40,978             270
34204..............................  WCVN-TV..............          2,242,264          2,237,912          14,766
9989...............................  WCVW.................          1,662,141          1,660,801          10,958
73042..............................  WCWF.................          1,181,564          1,180,880           7,791
35385..............................  WCWG.................          3,895,811          3,546,156          23,398
29712..............................  WCWJ.................          1,938,352          1,938,263          12,789
73264..............................  WCWN.................          1,917,787          1,630,664          10,759
2455...............................  WCYB-TV..............          2,296,374          1,447,129           9,548
11291..............................  WDAF-TV..............          2,724,533          2,722,049          17,960
21250..............................  WDAM-TV..............            507,937            495,331           3,268
22129..............................  WDAY-TV..............            389,109            389,023           2,567
22124..............................  WDAZ-TV..............            155,202            154,877           1,022
71325..............................  WDBB.................          1,874,003          1,841,150          12,148
71326..............................  WDBD.................            924,445            923,304           6,092
71329..............................  WDBJ.................          1,603,364          1,421,509           9,379
51567..............................  WDCA.................          8,945,253          8,890,093          58,657
16530..............................  WDCQ-TV..............          1,226,421          1,226,397           8,092
30576..............................  WDCW.................          9,008,590          8,971,597          59,195
54385..............................  WDEF-TV..............          1,818,758          1,592,644          10,508
32851..............................  WDFX-TV..............            343,408            343,096           2,264
43846..............................  WDHN.................            454,174            453,945           2,995
71338..............................  WDIO-DT..............            345,803            332,242           2,192
714................................  WDIQ.................            674,543            625,633           4,128
53114..............................  WDIV-TV..............          5,555,564          5,555,436          36,655
71427..............................  WDJT-TV..............          3,315,464          3,306,632          21,817
39561..............................  WDKA.................            640,692            640,230           4,224
64017..............................  WDKY-TV..............          1,280,920          1,245,717           8,219
67893..............................  WDLI-TV..............          4,131,639          4,098,980          27,045
72335..............................  WDPB.................            652,694            652,694           4,306
83740..............................  WDPM-DT..............          1,493,282          1,491,552           9,841
1283...............................  WDPN-TV..............         12,164,952         12,033,746          79,399
6476...............................  WDPX-TV..............          7,354,860          7,283,151          48,054
28476..............................  WDRB.................          2,166,593          2,149,625          14,183
12171..............................  WDSC-TV..............          4,131,441          4,131,441          27,259
17726..............................  WDSE.................            335,589            320,243           2,113
71353..............................  WDSI-TV..............          1,155,212          1,094,624           7,222
71357..............................  WDSU.................          1,746,300          1,746,300          11,522
7908...............................  WDTI.................          2,314,404          2,313,996          15,268
65690..............................  WDTN.................          3,998,815          3,979,357          26,256
70592..............................  WDTV.................            554,217            513,260           3,386
25045..............................  WDVM-TV..............          3,360,750          2,931,025          19,339
4110...............................  WDWL.................          2,449,731          2,192,227          14,464
49421..............................  WEAO.................          3,954,789          3,936,003          25,970
71363..............................  WEAR-TV..............          1,662,799          1,662,271          10,968
7893...............................  WEAU.................          1,031,280            993,529           6,555
61003..............................  WEBA-TV..............            652,051            645,245           4,257
19561..............................  WECN.................          2,551,597          2,296,482          15,152
48666..............................  WECT.................          1,284,078          1,284,078           8,472
13602..............................  WEDH.................          5,419,331          4,792,684          31,622
13607..............................  WEDN.................          3,520,804          2,654,657          17,515
69338..............................  WEDQ.................          6,372,341          6,354,538          41,927
21808..............................  WEDU.................          6,372,341          6,354,538          41,927
13594..............................  WEDW.................         21,942,405         21,529,106         142,049
13595..............................  WEDY.................          5,419,331          4,792,684          31,622
24801..............................  WEEK-TV..............            730,054            729,949           4,816
6744...............................  WEFS.................          4,115,849          4,115,849          27,156
24215..............................  WEHT.................            854,000            838,936           5,535
721................................  WEIQ.................          1,138,095          1,137,690           7,506
18301..............................  WEIU-TV..............            442,120            442,040           2,917
69271..............................  WEKW-TV..............          1,306,163            800,635           5,283
60825..............................  WELF-TV..............          1,547,836          1,455,263           9,602
26602..............................  WELU.................          2,052,918          1,847,568          12,190
40761..............................  WEMT.................          1,708,704          1,169,182           7,714
69237..............................  WENH-TV..............          4,865,355          4,679,954          30,878
71508..............................  WENY-TV..............            636,768            501,692           3,310
83946..............................  WEPH.................            604,510            602,977           3,978
81508..............................  WEPX-TV..............            945,425            945,425           6,238
25738..............................  WESH.................          4,917,201          4,906,261          32,372
65670..............................  WETA-TV..............          9,177,186          9,112,861          60,127
69944..............................  WETK.................            681,830            571,729           3,772
60653..............................  WETM-TV..............            844,248            745,266           4,917

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18252..............................  WETP-TV..............          2,251,212          1,940,383          12,803
2709...............................  WEUX.................            396,788            387,527           2,557
72041..............................  WEVV-TV..............            751,428            750,047           4,949
59441..............................  WEWS-TV..............          4,098,329          4,061,663          26,799
72052..............................  WEYI-TV..............          3,802,069          3,734,694          24,642
72054..............................  WFAA.................          8,238,058          8,226,984          54,282
81669..............................  WFBD.................            919,012            918,335           6,059
69532..............................  WFDC-DT..............          9,008,590          8,971,597          59,195
10132..............................  WFFF-TV..............            644,230            566,681           3,739
25040..............................  WFFT-TV..............          1,133,445          1,133,031           7,476
11123..............................  WFGC.................          3,402,762          3,402,762          22,451
6554...............................  WFGX.................          1,631,714          1,631,224          10,763
13991..............................  WFIE.................            742,941            741,771           4,894
715................................  WFIQ.................            550,070            548,067           3,616
64592..............................  WFLA-TV..............          6,656,303          6,639,930          43,810
22211..............................  WFLD.................         10,111,733         10,105,397          66,675
72060..............................  WFLI-TV..............          1,357,801          1,252,063           8,261
39736..............................  WFLX.................          6,299,680          6,299,680          41,565
72062..............................  WFMJ-TV..............          4,291,547          3,802,286          25,087
72064..............................  WFMY-TV..............          5,399,787          5,364,129          35,393
39884..............................  WFMZ-TV..............         11,348,739         10,115,153          66,740
83943..............................  WFNA.................          1,511,431          1,509,839           9,962
47902..............................  WFOR-TV..............          5,952,062          5,952,062          39,272
11909..............................  WFOX-TV..............          1,881,740          1,881,740          12,416
40626..............................  WFPT.................          6,479,421          6,072,020          40,063
21245..............................  WFPX-TV..............          2,980,937          2,976,800          19,641
25396..............................  WFQX-TV..............            537,914            533,910           3,523
9635...............................  WFRV-TV..............          1,313,825          1,300,885           8,583
53115..............................  WFSB.................          4,799,110          4,417,573          29,147
6093...............................  WFSG.................            403,233            403,173           2,660
21801..............................  WFSU-TV..............            592,693            592,676           3,910
11913..............................  WFTC.................          4,159,690          4,144,073          27,343
64588..............................  WFTS-TV..............          6,213,173          6,213,039          40,994
16788..............................  WFTT-TV..............          5,291,296          5,291,296          34,912
72076..............................  WFTV.................          4,707,940          4,707,940          31,063
70649..............................  WFTX-TV..............          2,076,721          2,076,721          13,702
60553..............................  WFTY-DT..............          5,838,625          5,724,691          37,772
25395..............................  WFUP.................            235,473            234,457           1,547
60555..............................  WFUT-DT..............         21,842,105         21,428,169         141,383
22108..............................  WFWA.................          1,071,881          1,071,733           7,071
9054...............................  WFXB.................          1,448,018          1,447,713           9,552
3228...............................  WFXG.................          1,126,109          1,115,208           7,358
70815..............................  WFXL.................            792,863            786,514           5,189
19707..............................  WFXP.................            556,627            543,130           3,584
24813..............................  WFXR.................          1,418,873          1,283,217           8,467
6463...............................  WFXT.................          8,044,623          7,951,492          52,464
22245..............................  WFXU.................            225,675            225,675           1,489
43424..............................  WFXV.................            682,282            587,673           3,877
25236..............................  WFXW.................            240,198            240,193           1,585
41397..............................  WFYI.................          2,614,535          2,613,865          17,246
53930..............................  WGAL.................          6,592,850          5,851,154          38,606
2708...............................  WGBA-TV..............          1,219,315          1,218,972           8,043
24314..............................  WGBC.................            233,035            232,798           1,536
72099..............................  WGBH-TV..............          8,264,395          8,151,180          53,781
12498..............................  WGBO-DT..............          9,984,682          9,984,501          65,878
11113..............................  WGBP-TV..............          1,964,065          1,956,753          12,911
72098..............................  WGBX-TV..............          8,354,289          8,184,570          54,002
72096..............................  WGBY-TV..............          4,556,980          3,838,887          25,329
62388..............................  WGCU.................          1,789,951          1,789,951          11,810
54275..............................  WGEM-TV..............            340,572            335,705           2,215
27387..............................  WGEN-TV..............             47,451             47,451             313
7727...............................  WGFL.................            958,665            958,665           6,325
25682..............................  WGGB-TV..............          3,501,457          3,092,700          20,406
11027..............................  WGGN-TV..............          4,010,515          3,987,566          26,310
9064...............................  WGGS-TV..............          2,978,169          2,919,596          19,263
72106..............................  WGHP.................          4,716,324          4,663,025          30,767
710................................  WGIQ.................            367,358            367,140           2,422
12520..............................  WGMB-TV..............          1,815,089          1,814,919          11,975
25683..............................  WGME-TV..............          1,562,382          1,391,898           9,184
24618..............................  WGNM.................            765,295            764,308           5,043
72119..............................  WGNO.................          1,737,340          1,737,340          11,463

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9762...............................  WGNT.................          2,218,861          2,218,861          14,640
72115..............................  WGN-TV...............         10,139,791         10,133,994          66,864
40619..............................  WGPT.................            570,828            347,754           2,294
65074..............................  WGPX-TV..............          3,063,562          3,053,879          20,149
64547..............................  WGRZ.................          1,896,029          1,833,959          12,100
63329..............................  WGTA.................          1,174,842          1,134,460           7,485
66285..............................  WGTE-TV..............          2,250,689          2,250,689          14,850
59279..............................  WGTQ.................            114,517            109,995             726
59280..............................  WGTU.................            369,755            364,263           2,403
23948..............................  WGTV.................          6,872,895          6,793,292          44,822
7623...............................  WGTW-TV..............            830,912            830,818           5,482
24783..............................  WGVK.................          2,565,756          2,563,031          16,911
24784..............................  WGVU-TV..............          1,943,807          1,894,218          12,498
21536..............................  WGWG.................          1,146,502          1,146,502           7,565
56642..............................  WGWW.................          1,742,591          1,714,951          11,315
58262..............................  WGXA.................            799,532            798,664           5,270
73371..............................  WHAM-TV..............          1,381,792          1,333,395           8,798
32327..............................  WHAS-TV..............          2,065,124          2,034,746          13,425
6096...............................  WHA-TV...............          1,715,866          1,709,075          11,276
13950..............................  WHBF-TV..............          1,726,114          1,713,500          11,306
12521..............................  WHBQ-TV..............          1,735,050          1,714,081          11,310
10894..............................  WHBR.................          1,425,293          1,424,691           9,400
65128..............................  WHDF.................          1,720,614          1,666,798          10,998
72145..............................  WHDH.................          7,993,816          7,899,325          52,120
83929..............................  WHDT.................          6,334,757          6,334,757          41,797
70041..............................  WHEC-TV..............          1,322,761          1,278,323           8,434
67971..............................  WHFT-TV..............          5,976,793          5,976,793          39,435
41458..............................  WHIO-TV..............          4,041,602          4,033,560          26,613
713................................  WHIQ.................          1,383,801          1,329,761           8,774
61216..............................  WHIZ-TV..............            962,141            885,771           5,844
18780..............................  WHLA-TV..............            569,415            530,529           3,500
48668..............................  WHLT.................            481,036            479,959           3,167
24582..............................  WHLV-TV..............          4,739,820          4,739,820          31,273
37102..............................  WHMB-TV..............          3,187,327          3,126,458          20,628
61004..............................  WHMC.................            838,228            838,228           5,531
36117..............................  WHME-TV..............          1,490,612          1,490,518           9,834
37106..............................  WHNO.................          1,592,553          1,592,553          10,508
72300..............................  WHNS.................          2,753,561          2,462,848          16,250
48693..............................  WHNT-TV..............          1,687,347          1,607,863          10,609
66221..............................  WHO-DT...............          1,226,093          1,209,327           7,979
6866...............................  WHOI.................            716,035            715,956           4,724
72313..............................  WHP-TV...............          4,219,869          3,695,568          24,383
51980..............................  WHPX-TV..............          5,666,126          5,176,293          34,153
73036..............................  WHRM-TV..............            537,971            535,112           3,531
25932..............................  WHRO-TV..............          2,261,464          2,261,381          14,921
68058..............................  WHSG-TV..............          6,744,093          6,678,392          44,064
4688...............................  WHSV-TV..............            894,602            760,620           5,019
9990...............................  WHTJ.................            867,445            743,025           4,902
72326..............................  WHTM-TV..............          3,349,178          2,923,354          19,288
11117..............................  WHTN.................          2,283,942          2,273,175          14,998
27772..............................  WHUT-TV..............          8,785,956          8,745,663          57,704
18793..............................  WHWC-TV..............          1,205,932          1,152,576           7,605
72338..............................  WHYY-TV..............         10,984,166         10,590,279          69,875
5360...............................  WIAT.................          1,959,076          1,921,566          12,678
63160..............................  WIBW-TV..............          1,312,372          1,263,123           8,334
25684..............................  WICD.................          1,220,886          1,219,775           8,048
25686..............................  WICS.................          1,060,412          1,058,572           6,984
24970..............................  WICU-TV..............            704,263            654,470           4,318
62210..............................  WICZ-TV..............          1,208,124            932,840           6,155
18410..............................  WIDP.................          2,258,204          2,022,801          13,346
26025..............................  WIFS.................          1,664,757          1,659,814          10,951
720................................  WIIQ.................            330,593            326,759           2,156
68939..............................  WILL-TV..............          1,148,587          1,125,681           7,427
6863...............................  WILX-TV..............          3,505,808          3,321,258          21,914
22093..............................  WINK-TV..............          2,135,187          2,135,187          14,088
67787..............................  WINM.................          1,035,236          1,004,998           6,631
41314..............................  WINP-TV..............          2,918,791          2,870,939          18,942
3646...............................  WIPB.................          2,098,072          2,097,589          13,840
48408..............................  WIPL.................            902,112            849,374           5,604
53863..............................  WIPM-TV..............          2,018,636          1,743,992             740
53859..............................  WIPR-TV..............          3,164,369          2,988,035          19,715

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10253..............................  WIPX-TV..............          2,538,971          2,537,989          16,746
39887..............................  WIRS.................            962,531            803,553           2,946
71336..............................  WIRT-DT..............            125,282            123,221             813
13990..............................  WIS..................          2,873,204          2,819,721          18,605
65143..............................  WISC-TV..............          1,816,917          1,779,975          11,744
13960..............................  WISE-TV..............          1,105,600          1,105,444           7,294
39269..............................  WISH-TV..............          3,141,430          3,093,806          20,413
65680..............................  WISN-TV..............          3,041,677          3,036,957          20,038
73083..............................  WITF-TV..............          2,532,625          2,299,838          15,174
73107..............................  WITI.................          3,149,773          3,140,719          20,722
594................................  WITN-TV..............          1,942,458          1,927,751          12,719
61005..............................  WITV.................          1,002,380          1,002,380           6,614
7780...............................  WIVB-TV..............          1,911,934          1,834,562          12,104
11260..............................  WIVT.................            831,941            612,317           4,040
60571..............................  WIWN.................          3,387,206          3,370,697          22,240
62207..............................  WIYC.................            673,128            670,480           4,424
73120..............................  WJAC-TV..............          2,152,162          1,855,359          12,242
10259..............................  WJAL.................          9,654,785          9,309,845          61,426
50780..............................  WJAR.................          7,602,846          7,447,435          49,138
35576..............................  WJAX-TV..............          1,909,321          1,909,321          12,598
27140..............................  WJBF.................          1,669,785          1,652,861          10,906
73123..............................  WJBK.................          5,840,177          5,804,131          38,296
37174..............................  WJCL.................          1,031,857          1,031,857           6,808
73130..............................  WJCT.................          1,893,148          1,892,490          12,487
29719..............................  WJEB-TV..............          1,880,192          1,880,192          12,406
65749..............................  WJET-TV..............            711,412            685,375           4,522
7651...............................  WJFB.................          2,745,573          2,734,787          18,044
49699..............................  WJFW-TV..............            281,148            271,274           1,790
73136..............................  WJHG-TV..............            912,881            905,531           5,975
57826..............................  WJHL-TV..............          2,035,505          1,463,539           9,656
68519..............................  WJKT.................            645,594            645,161           4,257
1051...............................  WJLA-TV..............          9,654,785          9,314,754          61,459
86537..............................  WJLP.................         22,694,994         22,426,423         147,970
9630...............................  WJMN-TV..............            158,494            151,938           1,002
61008..............................  WJPM-TV..............            587,058            586,836           3,872
58340..............................  WJPX.................          2,861,004          2,653,740          17,509
21735..............................  WJRT-TV..............          2,831,612          2,583,368          17,045
23918..............................  WJSP-TV..............          4,678,958          4,643,904          30,640
41210..............................  WJTC.................          1,517,180          1,516,056          10,003
48667..............................  WJTV.................            966,513            958,676           6,325
73150..............................  WJW..................          3,969,148          3,895,876          25,705
61007..............................  WJWJ-TV..............          1,180,652          1,180,652           7,790
58342..............................  WJWN-TV..............          1,830,695          1,568,858           2,946
53116..............................  WJXT.................          1,899,110          1,899,110          12,530
11893..............................  WJXX.................          1,888,910          1,888,113          12,458
32334..............................  WJYS.................          9,820,848          9,820,831          64,798
25455..............................  WJZ-TV...............         10,637,240         10,228,751          67,489
73152..............................  WJZY.................          4,965,077          4,831,865          31,881
64983..............................  WKAQ-TV..............          3,259,225          2,914,322           1,101
6104...............................  WKAR-TV..............          1,713,640          1,709,038          11,276
34171..............................  WKAS.................            522,877            496,277           3,274
51570..............................  WKBD-TV..............          5,180,191          5,179,980          34,178
73153..............................  WKBN-TV..............          4,870,043          4,522,748          29,841
13929..............................  WKBS-TV..............          1,054,914            914,205           6,032
74424..............................  WKBT-DT..............            905,659            860,444           5,677
54176..............................  WKBW-TV..............          2,261,221          2,175,654          14,355
53465..............................  WKCF.................          5,109,221          5,107,692          33,701
73155..............................  WKEF.................          3,860,944          3,850,405          25,405
34177..............................  WKGB-TV..............            444,266            442,639           2,921
34196..............................  WKHA.................            475,212            372,027           2,455
34207..............................  WKLE.................            918,947            911,337           6,013
34212..............................  WKMA-TV..............            558,464            558,150           3,683
71293..............................  WKMG-TV..............          4,643,692          4,643,692          30,639
34195..............................  WKMJ-TV..............          1,572,974          1,565,579          10,330
34202..............................  WKMR.................            457,241            422,772           2,789
34174..............................  WKMU.................            339,477            339,064           2,237
42061..............................  WKNO.................          1,649,295          1,647,327          10,869
83931..............................  WKNX-TV..............          1,778,483          1,548,751          10,219
34205..............................  WKOH.................            591,189            584,484           3,856
67869..............................  WKOI-TV..............          3,996,184          3,976,552          26,237
34211..............................  WKON.................          1,170,361          1,163,470           7,677

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18267..............................  WKOP-TV..............          1,641,367          1,465,642           9,670
64545..............................  WKOW.................          1,999,166          1,978,160          13,052
21432..............................  WKPC-TV..............          1,620,977          1,613,304          10,645
65758..............................  WKPD.................            277,245            276,367           1,823
34200..............................  WKPI-TV..............            552,999            432,287           2,852
27504..............................  WKPT-TV..............          1,107,992            876,999           5,786
58341..............................  WKPV.................            981,832            762,182           2,946
11289..............................  WKRC-TV..............          3,412,677          3,359,970          22,169
73187..............................  WKRG-TV..............          1,661,088          1,660,222          10,954
73188..............................  WKRN-TV..............          2,843,550          2,823,383          18,629
34222..............................  WKSO-TV..............            675,800            663,810           4,380
40902..............................  WKTC.................          1,422,142          1,421,788           9,381
60654..............................  WKTV.................          1,566,267          1,340,030           8,842
73195..............................  WKYC.................          4,162,460          4,109,739          27,116
24914..............................  WKYT-TV..............          1,263,314          1,247,201           8,229
71861..............................  WKYU-TV..............            447,402            444,471           2,933
34181..............................  WKZT-TV..............          1,092,295          1,075,603           7,097
18819..............................  WLAE-TV..............          1,489,518          1,489,518           9,828
36533..............................  WLAJ.................          4,230,811          4,195,529          27,682
2710...............................  WLAX.................            480,917            455,361           3,004
68542..............................  WLBT.................            930,984            929,897           6,135
39644..............................  WLBZ.................            374,046            364,463           2,405
69328..............................  WLED-TV..............            333,929            175,095           1,155
63046..............................  WLEF-TV..............            201,828            200,259           1,321
73203..............................  WLEX-TV..............          1,037,124          1,032,416           6,812
37806..............................  WLFB.................            756,510            656,110           4,329
37808..............................  WLFG.................          1,555,609          1,240,816           8,187
73204..............................  WLFI-TV..............          2,422,930          2,397,991          15,822
73205..............................  WLFL.................          4,154,373          4,151,842          27,394
19777..............................  WLII-DT..............          2,472,430          2,284,000          15,070
37503..............................  WLIO.................          1,076,204          1,052,712           6,946
38336..............................  WLIW.................         21,331,793         21,007,396         138,607
27696..............................  WLJC-TV..............          1,433,034          1,317,702           8,694
71645..............................  WLJT-DT..............            382,232            381,417           2,517
53939..............................  WLKY.................          2,035,700          2,028,397          13,383
11033..............................  WLLA.................          2,204,047          2,203,715          14,540
1222...............................  WLMA.................          1,681,703          1,678,515          11,075
17076..............................  WLMB.................          2,820,328          2,813,733          18,565
68518..............................  WLMT.................          1,739,879          1,737,416          11,463
22591..............................  WLNE-TV..............          6,880,185          6,815,475          44,969
74420..............................  WLNS-TV..............          4,230,811          4,195,529          27,682
73206..............................  WLNY-TV..............          7,829,527          7,746,153          51,109
84253..............................  WLOO.................            897,764            896,755           5,917
56537..............................  WLOS.................          3,337,211          2,748,224          18,133
37732..............................  WLOV-TV..............            608,778            606,994           4,005
13995..............................  WLOX.................          1,236,798          1,224,809           8,081
38586..............................  WLPB-TV..............          1,263,410          1,263,379           8,336
73189..............................  WLPX-TV..............          1,012,910            963,892           6,360
66358..............................  WLRN-TV..............          6,010,422          6,010,422          39,657
73226..............................  WLS-TV...............         10,333,090         10,326,952          68,137
73230..............................  WLTV-DT..............          5,988,029          5,988,029          39,509
37176..............................  WLTX.................          1,614,789          1,611,719          10,634
37179..............................  WLTZ.................            738,023            734,057           4,843
21259..............................  WLUC-TV..............            103,185             95,367             629
4150...............................  WLUK-TV..............          1,237,211          1,236,394           8,158
73238..............................  WLVI.................          7,993,816          7,899,325          52,120
36989..............................  WLVT-TV..............         11,348,739         10,115,153          66,740
3978...............................  WLWC.................          3,398,164          3,257,998          21,496
46979..............................  WLWT.................          3,499,610          3,489,652          23,025
54452..............................  WLXI.................          3,243,843          3,015,382          19,895
55350..............................  WLYH.................          3,349,178          2,923,354          19,288
43192..............................  WMAB-TV..............            389,089            384,767           2,539
43170..............................  WMAE-TV..............            692,999            663,737           4,379
43197..............................  WMAH-TV..............          1,302,245          1,301,790           8,589
43176..............................  WMAO-TV..............            333,490            333,321           2,199
47905..............................  WMAQ-TV..............         10,069,653         10,068,069          66,429
59442..............................  WMAR-TV..............         10,025,750          9,879,744          65,187
43184..............................  WMAU-TV..............            637,434            631,358           4,166
43193..............................  WMAV-TV..............          1,018,601          1,018,556           6,720
43169..............................  WMAW-TV..............            731,384            716,614           4,728
46991..............................  WMAZ-TV..............          1,238,176          1,180,117           7,786

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66398..............................  WMBB.................            990,632            964,744           6,365
43952..............................  WMBC-TV..............         22,446,503         21,778,765         143,696
42121..............................  WMBD-TV..............            720,722            720,669           4,755
83969..............................  WMBF-TV..............            526,232            526,232           3,472
60829..............................  WMCF-TV..............            644,916            641,833           4,235
9739...............................  WMCN-TV..............         10,984,166         10,590,279          69,875
19184..............................  WMC-TV...............          2,057,112          2,053,563          13,549
189357.............................  WMDE.................          6,933,795          6,802,466          44,883
73255..............................  WMDN.................            259,822            259,616           1,713
16455..............................  WMDT.................            790,315            790,315           5,214
39656..............................  WMEA-TV..............            965,365            911,355           6,013
39648..............................  WMEB-TV..............            411,335            396,677           2,617
70537..............................  WMEC.................            199,187            198,698           1,311
39649..............................  WMED-TV..............             28,850             27,884             184
39662..............................  WMEM-TV..............             66,343             64,625             426
41893..............................  WMFD-TV..............          1,637,011          1,379,386           9,101
41436..............................  WMFP.................          6,230,964          5,959,061          39,318
61111..............................  WMGM-TV..............            830,912            830,818           5,482
43847..............................  WMGT-TV..............            614,625            614,040           4,051
73263..............................  WMHT.................          1,729,302          1,559,066          10,287
68545..............................  WMLW-TV..............          1,863,951          1,863,679          12,297
53819..............................  WMOR-TV..............          6,400,456          6,400,333          42,229
81503..............................  WMOW.................            122,110            106,904             705
65944..............................  WMPB.................          8,059,368          7,940,127          52,389
43168..............................  WMPN-TV..............            843,756            841,772           5,554
65942..............................  WMPT.................          9,500,117          9,442,413          62,301
60827..............................  WMPV-TV..............          1,565,537          1,564,599          10,323
10221..............................  WMSN-TV..............          2,030,916          2,010,636          13,266
2174...............................  WMTJ.................          2,764,573          2,492,464          16,445
6870...............................  WMTV.................          1,628,641          1,625,206          10,723
73288..............................  WMTW.................          2,041,342          1,737,673          11,465
23935..............................  WMUM-TV..............            926,604            921,419           6,080
73292..............................  WMUR-TV..............          5,652,739          5,453,759          35,984
42663..............................  WMVS.................          3,216,887          3,155,770          20,822
42665..............................  WMVT.................          3,216,887          3,155,770          20,822
81946..............................  WMWC-TV..............            935,338            912,437           6,020
56548..............................  WMYA-TV..............          1,808,659          1,723,755          11,373
74211..............................  WMYD.................          5,840,155          5,839,880          38,532
20624..............................  WMYT-TV..............          4,965,077          4,831,865          31,881
25544..............................  WMYV.................          4,406,813          4,379,408          28,895
73310..............................  WNAB.................          2,600,886          2,591,235          17,097
73311..............................  WNAC-TV..............          7,817,084          7,459,610          49,219
47535..............................  WNBC.................         23,283,577         22,722,761         149,925
83965..............................  WNBW-DT..............          1,557,530          1,550,637          10,231
72307..............................  WNCF.................            665,079            658,994           4,348
50782..............................  WNCN.................          4,201,973          4,186,944          27,625
57838..............................  WNCT-TV..............          2,034,787          1,975,930          13,037
41674..............................  WNDU-TV..............          1,901,588          1,870,311          12,340
28462..............................  WNDY-TV..............          3,141,430          3,093,806          20,413
71928..............................  WNED-TV..............          1,408,141          1,390,745           9,176
60931..............................  WNEH.................          1,389,794          1,383,193           9,126
41221..............................  WNEM-TV..............          1,437,726          1,434,104           9,462
49439..............................  WNEO.................          3,343,598          3,265,373          21,545
73318..............................  WNEP-TV..............          3,472,501          2,879,994          19,002
18795..............................  WNET.................         22,428,695         21,915,470         144,598
51864..............................  WNEU.................          7,676,529          7,606,661          50,189
23942..............................  WNGH-TV..............          6,461,522          6,281,764          41,447
67802..............................  WNIN.................            907,713            891,200           5,880
41671..............................  WNIT.................          1,335,767          1,335,767           8,813
48457..............................  WNJB.................         22,145,547         21,374,668         141,030
48477..............................  WNJN.................         22,145,547         21,374,668         141,030
48481..............................  WNJS.................          7,729,626          7,710,589          50,874
48465..............................  WNJT.................          7,729,626          7,710,589          50,874
73333..............................  WNJU.................         23,283,577         22,722,761         149,925
73336..............................  WNJX-TV..............          1,446,990          1,265,826             905
61217..............................  WNKY.................            414,184            412,652           2,723
71905..............................  WNLO.................          1,911,934          1,834,562          12,104
4318...............................  WNMU.................            178,504            177,692           1,172
73344..............................  WNNE.................            801,186            684,501           4,516
54280..............................  WNOL-TV..............          1,730,074          1,730,074          11,415
71676..............................  WNPB-TV..............          2,094,971          1,923,306          12,690

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62137..............................  WNPI-DT..............            159,208            154,143           1,017
41398..............................  WNPT.................          2,692,492          2,657,273          17,533
28468..............................  WNPX-TV..............          2,494,581          2,470,662          16,301
61009..............................  WNSC-TV..............          2,860,897          2,853,300          18,826
61010..............................  WNTV.................          2,775,252          2,572,161          16,971
16539..............................  WNTZ-TV..............            328,336            327,661           2,162
7933...............................  WNUV.................          9,944,268          9,735,378          64,234
9999...............................  WNVC.................            867,445            743,025           4,902
10019..............................  WNVT.................          1,894,231          1,892,374          12,486
73354..............................  WNWO-TV..............          2,915,507          2,915,507          19,237
136751.............................  WNYA.................          1,932,105          1,656,014          10,926
30303..............................  WNYB.................          1,784,805          1,758,025          11,599
6048...............................  WNYE-TV..............         20,693,079         20,445,674         134,901
34329..............................  WNYI.................          1,609,642          1,329,569           8,772
67784..............................  WNYO-TV..............          1,449,480          1,428,169           9,423
73363..............................  WNYT.................          1,691,742          1,539,006          10,154
22206..............................  WNYW.................         21,377,740         21,043,915         138,848
69618..............................  WOAI-TV..............          3,063,753          3,050,610          20,128
66804..............................  WOAY-TV..............            536,548            414,046           2,732
41225..............................  WOFL.................          4,897,034          4,891,577          32,275
70651..............................  WOGX.................          1,262,333          1,262,333           8,329
8661...............................  WOI-DT...............          1,278,698          1,277,340           8,428
39746..............................  WOIO.................          3,819,462          3,739,439          24,673
71725..............................  WOLE-DT..............          1,581,955          1,411,809           5,385
73375..............................  WOLF-TV..............          3,025,477          2,531,097          16,700
60963..............................  WOLO-TV..............          2,854,959          2,814,886          18,573
36838..............................  WOOD-TV..............          2,637,147          2,631,110          17,360
67602..............................  WOPX-TV..............          4,677,102          4,676,992          30,859
64865..............................  WORA-TV..............          3,172,055          2,933,387          19,354
73901..............................  WORO-DT..............          2,847,102          2,661,536          17,561
60357..............................  WOST.................          1,055,465            918,659           6,061
66185..............................  WOSU-TV..............          3,073,523          3,013,857          19,885
131................................  WOTF-TV..............          4,204,625          4,204,625          27,742
10212..............................  WOTV.................          2,493,328          2,492,908          16,448
50147..............................  WOUB-TV..............            739,667            721,384           4,760
50141..............................  WOUC-TV..............          1,680,457          1,618,502          10,679
23342..............................  WOWK-TV..............          1,098,995          1,028,502           6,786
65528..............................  WOWT.................          1,516,978          1,514,052           9,990
31570..............................  WPAN.................          1,392,393          1,392,261           9,186
51988..............................  WPBF.................          3,601,603          3,601,603          23,763
21253..............................  WPBN-TV..............            452,157            440,310           2,905
62136..............................  WPBS-TV..............            332,147            296,972           1,959
13456..............................  WPBT.................          5,976,331          5,976,331          39,432
13924..............................  WPCB-TV..............          2,920,794          2,802,648          18,492
64033..............................  WPCH-TV..............          6,826,973          6,747,200          44,518
4354...............................  WPCT.................            207,688            207,286           1,368
17012..............................  WPDE-TV..............          1,845,347          1,838,747          12,132
52527..............................  WPEC.................          6,332,850          6,332,850          41,784
84088..............................  WPFO.................          1,390,230          1,272,952           8,399
54728..............................  WPGA-TV..............            575,813            575,578           3,798
60820..............................  WPGD-TV..............          2,787,190          2,772,517          18,293
73875..............................  WPGH-TV..............          3,209,933          3,099,658          20,452
2942...............................  WPGX.................            448,453            445,686           2,941
73879..............................  WPHL-TV..............         10,944,731         10,756,717          70,973
73881..............................  WPIX.................         22,259,872         21,818,842         143,961
69880..............................  WPKD-TV..............          3,366,547          3,181,216          20,990
53113..............................  WPLG.................          6,165,413          6,165,413          40,679
11906..............................  WPMI-TV..............          1,609,741          1,609,491          10,619
10213..............................  WPMT.................          2,532,625          2,299,838          15,174
18798..............................  WPNE-TV..............          1,210,150          1,209,366           7,979
73907..............................  WPNT.................          3,148,917          3,050,465          20,127
28480..............................  WPPT.................         11,348,739         10,115,153          66,740
51984..............................  WPPX-TV..............          8,429,105          8,212,096          54,183
47404..............................  WPRI-TV..............          7,754,340          7,480,561          49,357
51991..............................  WPSD-TV..............            852,232            848,332           5,597
12499..............................  WPSG.................         11,342,493         11,068,585          73,031
66219..............................  WPSU-TV..............          1,016,983            842,529           5,559
73905..............................  WPTA.................          1,136,029          1,135,873           7,494
25067..............................  WPTD.................          3,535,155          3,522,151          23,239
25065..............................  WPTO.................          3,080,289          3,066,947          20,236
59443..............................  WPTV-TV..............          6,414,108          6,414,108          42,320

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57476..............................  WPTZ.................            801,186            684,501           4,516
8616...............................  WPVI-TV..............         11,997,071         11,834,791          78,086
48772..............................  WPWR-TV..............         10,111,733         10,105,397          66,675
51969..............................  WPXA-TV..............          7,486,662          7,341,812          48,441
71236..............................  WPXC-TV..............          1,812,411          1,812,329          11,958
5800...............................  WPXD-TV..............          5,357,614          5,357,504          35,349
37104..............................  WPXE-TV..............          3,105,562          3,094,581          20,418
48406..............................  WPXG-TV..............          2,760,323          2,697,351          17,797
73312..............................  WPXH-TV..............          1,558,487          1,543,110          10,181
73910..............................  WPXI.................          3,270,399          3,179,997          20,982
2325...............................  WPXJ-TV..............          2,383,753          2,319,308          15,303
52628..............................  WPXK-TV..............          1,897,932          1,672,850          11,037
21729..............................  WPXL-TV..............          1,738,354          1,738,354          11,470
48608..............................  WPXM-TV..............          5,673,283          5,673,283          37,432
73356..............................  WPXN-TV..............         22,193,311         21,756,322         143,548
27290..............................  WPXP-TV..............          6,117,297          6,117,297          40,362
50063..............................  WPXQ-TV..............          3,398,164          3,257,998          21,496
70251..............................  WPXR-TV..............          1,361,522          1,199,794           7,916
40861..............................  WPXS.................          2,313,093          2,228,599          14,704
53065..............................  WPXT.................          1,058,317          1,005,248           6,633
37971..............................  WPXU-TV..............            764,835            764,835           5,046
67077..............................  WPXV-TV..............          1,997,620          1,997,620          13,180
74091..............................  WPXW-TV..............          8,918,745          8,866,240          58,499
21726..............................  WPXX-TV..............          1,563,942          1,560,675          10,297
73319..............................  WQAD-TV..............          1,077,293          1,065,179           7,028
65130..............................  WQCW.................          1,234,953          1,165,995           7,693
71561..............................  WQEC.................            177,193            175,191           1,156
41315..............................  WQED.................          3,491,971          3,385,114          22,335
3255...............................  WQHA.................          2,936,821          2,543,288          16,781
60556..............................  WQHS-DT..............          3,982,203          3,936,334          25,972
53716..............................  WQLN.................            573,688            553,172           3,650
52075..............................  WQMY.................            403,099            246,363           1,626
64550..............................  WQOW.................            383,460            372,929           2,461
5468...............................  WQPT-TV..............            928,221            922,909           6,089
64690..............................  WQPX-TV..............          1,624,976          1,207,503           7,967
52408..............................  WQRF-TV..............          1,384,090          1,360,850           8,979
2175...............................  WQTO.................          2,533,848          1,714,503           4,010
8688...............................  WRAL-TV..............          4,258,430          4,255,027          28,075
10133..............................  WRAY-TV..............          4,701,102          4,682,210          30,893
64611..............................  WRAZ.................          4,206,845          4,204,439          27,741
136749.............................  WRBJ-TV..............          1,029,422          1,026,759           6,775
3359...............................  WRBL.................          1,573,722          1,534,121          10,122
57221..............................  WRBU.................          2,964,043          2,960,986          19,537
54940..............................  WRBW.................          4,929,252          4,926,807          32,507
59137..............................  WRCB.................          1,674,932          1,436,942           9,481
47904..............................  WRC-TV...............          9,040,003          8,996,367          59,358
54963..............................  WRDC.................          4,380,924          4,374,069          28,860
55454..............................  WRDQ.................          4,765,929          4,765,929          31,446
73937..............................  WRDW-TV..............          1,630,465          1,580,144          10,426
66174..............................  WREG-TV..............          1,645,112          1,638,826          10,813
61011..............................  WRET-TV..............          2,775,252          2,572,161          16,971
73940..............................  WREX.................          2,367,561          2,071,361          13,667
54443..............................  WRFB.................          2,361,435          2,105,790           1,101
73942..............................  WRGB.................          1,773,206          1,559,637          10,290
411................................  WRGT-TV..............          3,563,572          3,528,799          23,283
74416..............................  WRIC-TV..............          2,264,724          2,197,233          14,497
61012..............................  WRJA-TV..............          1,227,284          1,220,205           8,051
412................................  WRLH-TV..............          2,215,949          2,152,568          14,203
61013..............................  WRLK-TV..............          1,268,677          1,267,713           8,364
43870..............................  WRLM.................          3,954,789          3,936,003          25,970
74156..............................  WRNN-TV..............         21,146,732         20,904,564         137,928
73964..............................  WROC-TV..............          1,210,157          1,192,546           7,868
159007.............................  WRPT.................            108,521            108,009             713
20590..............................  WRPX-TV..............          2,980,937          2,976,800          19,641
62009..............................  WRSP-TV..............          1,062,091          1,060,251           6,996
40877..............................  WRTV.................          3,148,448          3,125,475          20,622
15320..............................  WRUA.................          2,624,204          2,339,222          15,434
71580..............................  WRXY-TV..............          2,114,529          2,114,529          13,952
48662..............................  WSAV-TV..............          1,094,897          1,094,884           7,224
6867...............................  WSAW-TV..............            657,843            651,328           4,297
36912..............................  WSAZ-TV..............          1,173,019          1,103,266           7,279

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56092..............................  WSBE-TV..............          8,044,866          7,776,757          51,311
73982..............................  WSBK-TV..............          7,834,658          7,766,985          51,247
72053..............................  WSBS-TV..............             47,386             47,386             313
73983..............................  WSBT-TV..............          1,790,673          1,780,628          11,749
23960..............................  WSB-TV...............          6,772,503          6,695,450          44,177
69446..............................  WSCG.................            961,649            961,649           6,345
64971..............................  WSCV.................          6,029,382          6,029,382          39,782
70536..............................  WSEC.................            517,830            517,364           3,414
49711..............................  WSEE-TV..............            585,062            562,271           3,710
21258..............................  WSES.................          1,905,067          1,866,312          12,314
73988..............................  WSET-TV..............          1,587,650          1,345,990           8,881
13993..............................  WSFA.................          1,206,335          1,168,069           7,707
11118..............................  WSFJ-TV..............          1,911,871          1,902,328          12,552
10203..............................  WSFL-TV..............          5,890,244          5,890,244          38,864
72871..............................  WSFX-TV..............          1,088,964          1,088,964           7,185
73999..............................  WSIL-TV..............            650,734            647,093           4,270
4297...............................  WSIU-TV..............            994,418            936,746           6,181
74007..............................  WSJV.................          1,686,953          1,680,493          11,088
78908..............................  WSKA.................            530,610            416,302           2,747
74034..............................  WSKG-TV..............            866,172            616,130           4,065
76324..............................  WSKY-TV..............          2,003,325          2,002,894          13,215
776220.............................  WSLN.................          3,269,796          3,020,118          19,927
57840..............................  WSLS-TV..............          1,436,974          1,276,869           8,425
21737..............................  WSMH.................          2,350,370          2,335,477          15,409
41232..............................  WSMV-TV..............          2,883,773          2,837,323          18,721
70119..............................  WSNS-TV..............         10,069,653         10,068,069          66,429
74070..............................  WSOC-TV..............          4,156,321          4,085,565          26,957
66391..............................  WSPA-TV..............          3,717,232          3,549,667          23,421
64352..............................  WSPX-TV..............          1,285,581          1,167,040           7,700
17611..............................  WSRE.................          1,490,766          1,489,946           9,831
63867..............................  WSST-TV..............            312,974            312,260           2,060
60341..............................  WSTE-DT..............          3,284,058          3,220,155          21,247
21252..............................  WSTM-TV..............          1,437,543          1,367,590           9,023
11204..............................  WSTR-TV..............          3,424,743          3,411,973          22,512
19776..............................  WSUR-DT..............          3,276,102          3,182,722           5,385
2370...............................  WSVI.................             41,004             41,004             271
63840..............................  WSVN.................          6,165,386          6,165,386          40,679
73374..............................  WSWB.................          1,516,774          1,088,360           7,181
28155..............................  WSWG.................            389,103            389,030           2,567
71680..............................  WSWP-TV..............            849,038            633,378           4,179
74094..............................  WSYM-TV..............          1,607,593          1,607,277          10,605
73113..............................  WSYR-TV..............          1,314,500          1,226,575           8,093
40758..............................  WSYT.................          1,962,530          1,731,744          11,426
56549..............................  WSYX.................          2,871,413          2,825,664          18,644
65681..............................  WTAE-TV..............          2,985,875          2,865,692          18,908
23341..............................  WTAJ-TV..............          1,158,024            925,907           6,109
4685...............................  WTAP-TV..............            489,083            469,004           3,094
416................................  WTAT-TV..............          1,284,148          1,284,148           8,473
67993..............................  WTBY-TV..............         16,997,114         16,897,718         111,491
29715..............................  WTCE-TV..............          2,964,583          2,964,583          19,560
65667..............................  WTCI.................          1,276,295          1,159,269           7,649
67786..............................  WTCT.................            590,643            586,819           3,872
28954..............................  WTCV.................          2,861,004          2,653,740          17,509
74422..............................  WTEN.................          1,913,356          1,621,808          10,701
9881...............................  WTGL.................          4,516,827          4,516,827          29,802
27245..............................  WTGS.................          1,064,292          1,064,066           7,021
70655..............................  WTHI-TV..............            966,268            914,388           6,033
70162..............................  WTHR.................          3,175,603          3,122,761          20,604
147................................  WTIC-TV..............          5,397,501          4,767,795          31,458
26681..............................  WTIN-TV..............          3,277,279          3,162,469             905
66536..............................  WTIU.................          1,690,704          1,689,678          11,148
1002...............................  WTJP-TV..............          2,037,103          2,002,301          13,211
4593...............................  WTJR.................            316,974            316,852           2,091
70287..............................  WTJX-TV..............            112,125            104,561             690
47401..............................  WTKR.................          2,242,929          2,242,846          14,798
82735..............................  WTLF.................            883,350            883,326           5,828
23486..............................  WTLH.................          1,082,589          1,082,542           7,143
67781..............................  WTLJ.................          1,738,667          1,736,853          11,460
65046..............................  WTLV.................          2,041,165          2,022,822          13,347
74098..............................  WTMJ-TV..............          3,139,304          3,123,411          20,608
74109..............................  WTNH.................          7,999,974          7,453,267          49,177

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19200..............................  WTNZ.................          1,790,817          1,598,570          10,547
590................................  WTOC-TV..............          1,061,993          1,061,993           7,007
74112..............................  WTOG.................          6,239,245          6,236,871          41,151
4686...............................  WTOK-TV..............            391,847            386,112           2,548
13992..............................  WTOL.................          4,534,147          4,527,590          29,873
21254..............................  WTOM-TV..............            120,159            116,524             769
74122..............................  WTOV-TV..............          3,866,114          3,605,421          23,789
82574..............................  WTPC-TV..............          2,138,494          2,132,635          14,071
86496..............................  WTPX-TV..............            258,246            258,154           1,703
6869...............................  WTRF-TV..............          2,938,363          2,562,114          16,905
67798..............................  WTSF.................            879,853            811,994           5,358
11290..............................  WTSP.................          6,538,906          6,515,239          42,988
4108...............................  WTTA.................          6,656,303          6,639,930          43,810
74137..............................  WTTE.................          2,926,672          2,885,004          19,035
22207..............................  WTTG.................          8,945,253          8,890,093          58,657
56526..............................  WTTK.................          3,074,975          3,055,143          20,158
74138..............................  WTTO.................          1,966,252          1,931,949          12,747
56523..............................  WTTV.................          2,752,635          2,749,080          18,138
10802..............................  WTTW.................          9,929,487          9,929,071          65,512
74148..............................  WTVA.................            807,017            794,561           5,243
22590..............................  WTVC.................          1,658,814          1,434,931           9,468
8617...............................  WTVD.................          4,201,042          4,188,018          27,633
55305..............................  WTVE.................          5,368,807          5,365,301          35,400
36504..............................  WTVF.................          2,816,921          2,798,755          18,466
74150..............................  WTVG.................          4,440,934          4,429,742          29,227
74151..............................  WTVH.................          1,375,016          1,313,054           8,664
10645..............................  WTVI.................          3,286,073          3,261,428          21,519
63154..............................  WTVJ.................          6,009,434          6,009,434          39,650
52280..............................  WTVK.................          7,403,075          7,395,979          48,799
595................................  WTVM.................          1,577,223          1,471,502           9,709
72945..............................  WTVO.................          1,413,778          1,400,377           9,240
28311..............................  WTVP.................            660,258            660,214           4,356
51597..............................  WTVQ-DT..............          1,060,102          1,054,409           6,957
57832..............................  WTVR-TV..............          1,998,729          1,990,377          13,133
16817..............................  WTVS.................          5,607,125          5,606,929          36,995
68569..............................  WTVT.................          6,511,462          6,491,829          42,833
3661...............................  WTVW.................            839,062            833,035           5,496
35575..............................  WTVX.................          3,558,645          3,556,727          23,467
4152...............................  WTVY.................          1,032,612          1,029,898           6,795
40759..............................  WTVZ-TV..............          2,246,928          2,246,845          14,825
66908..............................  WTWC-TV..............          1,078,213          1,078,166           7,114
20426..............................  WTWO.................            716,304            710,680           4,689
81692..............................  WTWV.................          1,529,924          1,528,555          10,085
51568..............................  WTXF-TV..............         11,330,716         11,023,958          72,736
41065..............................  WTXL-TV..............          1,071,056          1,070,908           7,066
8532...............................  WUAB.................          3,819,462          3,739,439          24,673
12855..............................  WUCF-TV..............          4,516,827          4,516,827          29,802
36395..............................  WUCW.................          4,213,867          4,205,494          27,748
69440..............................  WUFT.................          1,524,792          1,524,792          10,061
413................................  WUHF.................          1,161,377          1,157,795           7,639
8156...............................  WUJA.................          2,449,731          2,192,227          14,464
69080..............................  WUNC-TV..............          4,701,102          4,682,210          30,893
69292..............................  WUND-TV..............          1,526,704          1,526,704          10,073
69114..............................  WUNE-TV..............          3,449,284          2,886,515          19,045
69300..............................  WUNF-TV..............          2,825,704          2,517,064          16,608
69124..............................  WUNG-TV..............          4,065,099          4,049,218          26,717
60551..............................  WUNI.................          7,755,236          7,627,170          50,324
69332..............................  WUNJ-TV..............          1,224,449          1,224,449           8,079
69149..............................  WUNK-TV..............          2,105,575          2,099,533          13,853
69360..............................  WUNL-TV..............          3,243,843          3,015,382          19,895
69444..............................  WUNM-TV..............          1,370,547          1,370,547           9,043
69397..............................  WUNP-TV..............          1,488,708          1,474,989           9,732
69416..............................  WUNU.................          1,212,006          1,210,875           7,989
83822..............................  WUNW.................          2,012,283          1,476,883           9,744
6900...............................  WUPA.................          6,845,271          6,764,030          44,629
13938..............................  WUPL.................          1,833,116          1,833,116          12,095
10897..............................  WUPV.................          2,142,407          2,122,016          14,001
19190..............................  WUPW.................          2,136,541          2,135,020          14,087
23128..............................  WUPX-TV..............          1,182,585          1,166,267           7,695
65593..............................  WUSA.................          9,654,785          9,309,845          61,426
4301...............................  WUSI-TV..............            320,658            320,658           2,116

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60552..............................  WUTB.................          9,293,641          9,148,848          60,364
30577..............................  WUTF-TV..............          8,479,857          8,266,141          54,540
57837..............................  WUTR.................            511,394            470,311           3,103
415................................  WUTV.................          1,611,128          1,579,265          10,420
16517..............................  WUVC-DT..............          4,224,285          4,208,453          27,767
48813..............................  WUVG-DT..............          6,908,879          6,834,542          45,094
3072...............................  WUVN.................          1,236,426          1,156,397           7,630
60560..............................  WUVP-DT..............         10,944,731         10,756,717          70,973
9971...............................  WUXP-TV..............          2,749,827          2,737,094          18,059
417................................  WVAH-TV..............          1,295,710          1,222,075           8,063
23947..............................  WVAN-TV..............          1,118,534          1,117,845           7,376
65387..............................  WVBT.................          1,964,109          1,964,109          12,959
72342..............................  WVCY-TV..............          3,149,773          3,140,719          20,722
60559..............................  WVEA-TV..............          5,324,315          5,322,343          35,117
74167..............................  WVEC.................          2,189,627          2,184,435          14,413
5802...............................  WVEN-TV..............          4,749,513          4,749,513          31,337
61573..............................  WVEO.................            962,531            803,553           2,946
69946..............................  WVER.................            903,858            770,412           5,083
10976..............................  WVFX.................            688,514            596,278           3,934
47929..............................  WVIA-TV..............          3,472,501          2,879,994          19,002
3667...............................  WVII-TV..............            368,499            348,813           2,301
70309..............................  WVIR-TV..............          2,140,100          2,107,081          13,903
74170..............................  WVIT.................          5,920,252          5,425,459          35,797
18753..............................  WVIZ.................          3,694,957          3,687,740          24,332
70021..............................  WVLA-TV..............          1,969,063          1,969,000          12,991
81750..............................  WVLR.................          1,483,484          1,376,091           9,079
35908..............................  WVLT-TV..............          1,983,974          1,714,780          11,314
74169..............................  WVNS-TV..............            889,675            560,472           3,698
11259..............................  WVNY.................            755,448            673,828           4,446
29000..............................  WVOZ-TV..............            981,832            762,182           2,946
71657..............................  WVPB-TV..............            939,383            910,465           6,007
60111..............................  WVPT.................            995,523            887,449           5,855
70491..............................  WVPX-TV..............          4,131,639          4,098,980          27,045
66378..............................  WVPY.................            995,523            887,449           5,855
67190..............................  WVSN.................          2,593,148          2,271,512          14,987
69940..............................  WVTB.................            468,294            246,240           1,625
74173..............................  WVTM-TV..............          2,101,947          2,026,895          13,373
74174..............................  WVTV.................          3,130,664          3,122,630          20,603
77496..............................  WVUA.................          2,305,621          2,250,337          14,848
4149...............................  WVUE-DT..............          1,759,779          1,759,779          11,611
4329...............................  WVUT.................            267,636            267,555           1,765
74176..............................  WVVA.................            997,556            690,651           4,557
3113...............................  WVXF.................             70,673             66,853             441
12033..............................  WWAY.................          1,328,366          1,328,366           8,765
30833..............................  WWBT.................          2,109,206          2,074,930          13,690
20295..............................  WWCP-TV..............          2,798,717          2,540,105          16,760
24812..............................  WWCW.................          1,390,908          1,210,482           7,987
23671..............................  WWDP.................          6,230,964          5,959,061          39,318
21158..............................  WWHO.................          2,994,400          2,952,760          19,482
14682..............................  WWJE-DT..............          7,755,236          7,627,170          50,324
65919..............................  WWJS.................          3,798,882          3,731,768          24,622
72123..............................  WWJ-TV...............          5,653,566          5,653,219          37,300
166512.............................  WWJX.................            524,625            524,579           3,461
6868...............................  WWLP.................          3,866,407          3,097,621          20,438
74192..............................  WWL-TV...............          1,908,335          1,908,335          12,591
3133...............................  WWMB.................          1,596,320          1,591,501          10,501
74195..............................  WWMT.................          2,667,986          2,657,016          17,531
68851..............................  WWNY-TV..............            368,613            341,101           2,251
74197..............................  WWOR-TV..............         21,146,732         20,904,564         137,928
65943..............................  WWPB.................          3,531,585          3,086,500          20,365
23264..............................  WWPX-TV..............          2,612,045          2,544,163          16,786
68547..............................  WWRS-TV..............          2,376,549          2,354,442          15,535
61251..............................  WWSB.................          3,830,838          3,830,838          25,276
23142..............................  WWSI.................         11,821,594         11,646,436          76,843
16747..............................  WWTI.................            195,127            188,538           1,244
998................................  WWTO-TV..............          6,837,732          6,837,732          45,115
26994..............................  WWTV.................          1,047,227          1,032,448           6,812
84214..............................  WWTW.................          1,529,924          1,528,555          10,085
26993..............................  WWUP-TV..............            114,688            108,690             717
23338..............................  WXBU.................          4,219,869          3,695,568          24,383
61504..............................  WXCW.................          2,000,927          2,000,927          13,202

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61084..............................  WXEL-TV..............          5,976,331          5,976,331          39,432
60539..............................  WXFT-DT..............         10,333,090         10,326,952          68,137
23929..............................  WXGA-TV..............            618,176            616,843           4,070
51163..............................  WXIA-TV..............          7,067,151          6,920,534          45,662
53921..............................  WXII-TV..............          3,895,811          3,546,156          23,398
146................................  WXIN.................          3,066,589          3,043,020          20,078
39738..............................  WXIX-TV..............          3,033,449          3,023,049          19,946
414................................  WXLV-TV..............          4,920,177          4,882,710          32,216
68433..............................  WXMI.................          2,110,083          2,109,607          13,919
64549..............................  WXOW.................            433,343            422,605           2,788
6601...............................  WXPX-TV..............          5,414,068          5,411,832          35,707
74215..............................  WXTV-DT..............         21,842,105         21,428,169         141,383
12472..............................  WXTX.................            745,811            742,438           4,899
11970..............................  WXXA-TV..............          1,691,753          1,553,272          10,248
57274..............................  WXXI-TV..............          1,192,140          1,176,310           7,761
53517..............................  WXXV-TV..............          1,235,520          1,233,511           8,139
10267..............................  WXYZ-TV..............          5,716,967          5,716,632          37,718
77515..............................  WYCI.................             32,321             21,447             142
70149..............................  WYCW.................          3,717,232          3,549,667          23,421
62219..............................  WYDC.................            542,984            435,924           2,876
18783..............................  WYDN.................          2,760,323          2,697,351          17,797
35582..............................  WYDO.................          1,340,990          1,340,990           8,848
25090..............................  WYES-TV..............          2,002,806          2,002,459          13,212
53905..............................  WYFF.................          2,836,376          2,609,544          17,218
49803..............................  WYIN.................          7,062,511          7,062,511          46,598
24915..............................  WYMT-TV..............          1,144,051            819,069           5,404
17010..............................  WYOU.................          2,912,468          2,246,394          14,822
77789..............................  WYOW.................             94,927             94,486             623
13933..............................  WYPX-TV..............          1,547,670          1,434,147           9,463
4693...............................  WYTV.................          4,870,043          4,522,748          29,841
5875...............................  WYZZ-TV..............          1,008,995          1,002,743           6,616
15507..............................  WZBJ.................          1,603,364          1,421,509           9,379
28119..............................  WZDX.................          1,714,034          1,633,019          10,775
70493..............................  WZME.................         21,320,488         20,875,035         137,733
81448..............................  WZMQ.................             73,784             73,510             485
71871..............................  WZPX-TV..............          2,165,413          2,165,333          14,287
136750.............................  WZRB.................          1,007,172          1,006,731           6,642
418................................  WZTV.................          2,743,270          2,733,978          18,039
83270..............................  WZVI.................             64,187             63,279             418
19183..............................  WZVN-TV..............          2,331,155          2,331,155          15,381
49713..............................  WZZM.................          1,678,220          1,652,095          10,901
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\1\ Call signs WIPM and WIPR are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\2\ Call signs WNJX and WAPA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\3\ Call signs WKAQ and WORA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\4\ Call signs WOLE and WLII are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\5\ Call signs WVEO and WTCV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\6\ Call signs WJPX and WJWN are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\7\ Call signs WAPA and WTIN are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\8\ Call signs WSUR and WLII are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\9\ Call signs WVOZ and WTCV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\10\ Call signs WJPX and WKPV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\11\ Call signs WMTJ and WQTO are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\12\ Call signs WIRS and WJPX are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
\13\ Call signs WRFB and WORA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.

Table 9--FY 2023 Schedule of Regulatory Fees

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

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            Fee category                Annual regulatory fee (U.S. $s)
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PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use)                                  25.
 (47 CFR part 90)...................
Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part                                 25.
 101)...............................
Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR                                  15.
 part 80)...........................
Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR                                 40.
 part 80)...........................
Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22)                                         10.
 (previously listed under the Land
 Mobile category)...................
PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47                                 10.
 CFR part 90).......................

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Aviation (Aircraft) (per station)                                    10.
 (47 CFR part 87)...................
Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47                                  20.
 CFR part 87).......................
CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per                                  .16.
 unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24, 27,
 80 and 90) (Includes Non-Geographic
 telephone numbers).................
CMRS Messaging Services (per unit)                                  .08.
 (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24 and 90)...
Broadband Radio Service (formerly                                   700.
 MMDS/MDS) (per license) (47 CFR                                    700.
 part 27)...........................
Local Multipoint Distribution
 Service (per call sign) (47 CFR,
 part 101)..........................
AM Radio Construction Permits.......                                620.
FM Radio Construction Permits.......                              1,085.
AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station                       See Table Below.
 Fees...............................
Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and                            $.007799.
 UHF Commercial Fee Factor..........   See Appendix G of FY 2023 R&O for
                                      fee amounts due, also available at
                                          https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/regulatory-fees.
Digital TV Construction Permits.....                              5,100.
Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM                                     260.
 Translators & FM Boosters (47 CFR..
part 74)............................
CARS (47 CFR part 78)...............                              1,720.
Cable Television Systems (per                                      1.23.
 subscriber) (47 CFR part 76),
 Including IPTV and Direct Broadcast
 Satellite (DBS)....................
Interstate Telecommunication Service                             .00540.
 Providers (per revenue dollar).....
Toll Free (per toll free subscriber)                                .13.
 (47 CFR section 52.101 (f) of the
 rules).............................
Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25).....                                575.
Space Stations (per operational                                 117,580.
 station in geostationary orbit) (47
 CFR part 25) also includes DBS
 Service (per operational station)
 (47 CFR part 100)..................
Space Stations (per operational                                 347,755.
 system in non-geostationary orbit)
 (47 CFR part 25) (Other)...........
Space Stations (per operational                                 130,405.
 system in non-geostationary orbit)
 (47 CFR part 25) (Less Complex)....
Space Stations (per license/call                                 12,215.
 sign in non-geostationary orbit)
 (47 CFR part 25) (Small Satellite).
International Bearer Circuits--                                     $26.
 Terrestrial/Satellites (per Gbps
 circuit)...........................
Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee                    See Table Below.
 (per cable system).................
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                                                          FY 2023 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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<=10,000................................................            $595            $430            $370            $410            $650            $745
10,001-25,000...........................................             990             715             620             680           1,085           1,240
25,001-75,000...........................................           1,485           1,075             930           1,020           1,630           1,860
75,001-150,000..........................................           2,230           1,610           1,395           1,530           2,440           2,790
150,001-500,000.........................................           3,345           2,415           2,095           2,300           3,665           4,190
500,001-1,200,000.......................................           5,010           3,620           3,135           3,440           5,490           6,275
1,200,001-3,000,000.....................................           7,525           5,435           4,710           5,170           8,245           9,425
3,000,001-6,000,000.....................................          11,275           8,145           7,060           7,745          12,360          14,125
>6,000,000..............................................          16,920          12,220          10,595          11,620          18,545          21,190
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     FY 2023 International Bearer Circuits--Submarine Cable Systems
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              FY 2023
 Submarine cable systems (capacity as of     Fee ratio      regulatory
           December 31, 2022)                 (units)          fees
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Less than 50 Gbps.......................           .0625          $7,680
50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250               .125          15,355
 Gbps...................................
250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500             .25          30,705
 Gbps...................................
1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than                  .5          61,410
 3,500 Gbps.............................
3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than                 1.0         122,815
 6,500 Gbps.............................
6,500 Gbps or greater...................             2.0         245,630
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VI. Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

    As required by the RFA the Commission has prepared this IRFA of the 
possible significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities by the policies and rules proposed in the NPRM. Written 
comments are requested on this IRFA. Comments must be identified as 
responses to the IRFA and must be filed by the deadlines for comments 
on the NPRM. The Commission will send a copy of the NPRM, including 
this IRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA.

A. Need for, and Objectives of, the Proposed Rules

    68. For FY 2024, the Commission is required to collect $390,192,000 
in regulatory fees, an amount equal to our annual salaries and expenses 
appropriation, pursuant to section 9 of the Communications Act and the 
Commission's FY 2024 Further Consolidation Appropriations Act. The

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Commission's methodology for assessing regulatory fees must ``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.'' The total amount the Commission must 
collect in an offsetting collection generally changes each fiscal year, 
and payors' regulatory fees will also typically change each fiscal year 
as a mathematical consequence of the changes in the total amount to be 
collected, the number of FTEs, and projected unit estimates for each 
regulatory fee category. In the annual NPRM, we seek comment on the 
Commission's proposed methodology and regulatory fees for FY 2024, as 
set forth in Tables 3, 4, and 7 of the NPRM. In 2023, the Commission 
eliminated the International Bureau, established a new Space Bureau and 
a new Office of International Affairs, and reallocated the authorities 
and functions of the International Bureau to the Space Bureau and the 
Office of International Affairs. In light of these actions, for FY 
2024, we reviewed the FY 2023 reallocations to determine if any changes 
are warranted, and propose to slightly revise the FY 2023 reallocations 
to the core bureaus, including the new Space Bureau and the new Office 
of International Affairs.
    69. We also seek comment on several additional regulatory fee 
issues, including: (i) the calculation of television broadcaster 
regulatory fees; (ii) how our proposals may promote or inhibit advances 
in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; (iii) the end of 
temporary relief measures we implemented in response to the COVID-19 
pandemic; (iv) our proposal to discontinue the Commission's presumption 
that broadcast stations that are dark or were recently dark or bankrupt 
are experiencing financial hardship sufficient to justify waiver of 
their regulatory fees; and (v) ways in which the Commission might 
assist regulatory fee payors in meeting their annual regulatory fee 
obligations.

B. Legal Basis

    70. The proposed action is authorized pursuant to sections 4(i), 
4(j), 9, 9A, and 303(r) of the Communications Act.

C. Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to Which 
the Proposed Rules Will Apply

    71. The RFA directs agencies to provide a description of, and where 
feasible, an estimate of the number of small entities that may be 
affected by the proposed rules, if adopted. The RFA generally defines 
the term ``small entity'' as having the same meaning as the terms 
``small business,'' ``small organization,'' and ``small governmental 
jurisdiction.'' In addition, the term ``small business'' has the same 
meaning as the term ``small business concern'' under the SBA. 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.
    72. Small Businesses, Small Organizations, Small Governmental 
Jurisdictions. Our actions, over time, may affect small entities that 
are not easily categorized at present. We therefore describe, at the 
outset, three broad groups of small entities that could be directly 
affected herein. First, while there are industry specific size 
standards for small businesses that are used in the regulatory 
flexibility analysis, according to data from the SBA's Office of 
Advocacy, in general a small business is an independent business having 
fewer than 500 employees. These types of small businesses represent 
99.9% of all businesses in the United States, which translates to 33.2 
million businesses.
    73. Next, the type of small entity described as a ``small 
organization'' is generally ``any not-for-profit enterprise which is 
independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field.'' 
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses a revenue benchmark of $50,000 
or less to delineate its annual electronic filing requirements for 
small exempt organizations. Nationwide, for tax year 2022, there were 
approximately 530,109 small exempt organizations in the U.S. reporting 
revenues of $50,000 or less according to the registration and tax data 
for exempt organizations available from the IRS.
    74. Finally, the small entity described as a ``small governmental 
jurisdiction'' is defined generally as ``governments of cities, 
counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or special 
districts, with a population of less than fifty thousand.'' U.S. Census 
Bureau data from the 2022 Census of Governments indicate there were 
90,837 local governmental jurisdictions consisting of general purpose 
governments and special purpose governments in the United States. Of 
this number, there were 36,845 general purpose governments (county, 
municipal, and town or township) with populations of less than 50,000 
and 11,879 special purpose governments (independent school districts) 
with enrollment populations of less than 50,000. Accordingly, based on 
the 2022 U.S. Census of Governments data.
    75. 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) 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. 
Wired Telecommunications Carriers are also referred to as wireline 
carriers or fixed local service providers.
    76. The SBA small business size standard for Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer 
employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there 
were 3,054 firms that operated in this industry for the entire year. Of 
this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. 
Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service 
Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 4,590 providers 
that reported they were engaged in the provision of fixed local 
services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 4,146 
providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's 
small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered 
small entities.
    77. Local Exchange Carriers (LECs). Neither the Commission nor the 
SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically 
applicable to local exchange services. Providers of these services 
include both Incumbent LECs and CLECs. Wired Telecommunications 
Carriers is the closest industry with an SBA small business size 
standard. Wired Telecommunications Carriers are also referred to as 
wireline carriers or fixed local service providers. The SBA small 
business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies 
firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data 
for

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2017 show that there were 3,054 firms that operated in this industry 
for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer 
than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 
Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there 
were 4,590 providers that reported they were fixed LECs. Of these 
providers, the Commission estimates that 4,146 providers have 1,500 or 
fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size 
standard, most of these providers can be considered small entities.
    78. Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (Incumbent LECs). Neither the 
Commission nor the SBA have developed a small business size standard 
specifically for incumbent LECs. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is 
the closest industry with an SBA small business size standard. The SBA 
small business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers 
classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census 
Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms in this industry 
that operated for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated 
with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data 
in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 
2021, there were 1,212 providers that reported they were Incumbent 
LECs. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 916 providers 
have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small 
business size standard, the Commission estimates that the majority of 
Incumbent LECs can be considered small entities.
    79. Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs). Neither the 
Commission nor the SBA has developed a size standard for small 
businesses specifically applicable to local exchange services. 
Providers of these services include several types of CLECs. Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers is the closest industry with a SBA small 
business size standard. The SBA small business size standard for Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer 
employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there 
were 3,054 firms that operated in this industry for the entire year. Of 
this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. 
Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service 
Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 3,378 providers 
that reported they were CLECS. Of these providers, the Commission 
estimates that 3,230 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. 
Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of 
these providers can be considered small entities.
    80. Interexchange Carriers (IXCs). Neither the Commission nor the 
SBA have developed a small business size standard specifically for 
IXCs. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the closest industry with a 
SBA small business size standard. The SBA small business size standard 
for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or 
fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 
there were 3,054 firms that operated in this industry for the entire 
year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 
employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal 
Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 127 
providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of 
interexchange services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates 
that 109 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using 
the SBA's small business size standard, the Commission estimates that 
the majority of providers in this industry can be considered small 
entities.
    81. Prepaid Calling Card Providers. Neither the Commission nor the 
SBA has developed a small business size standard specifically for 
prepaid calling card providers. Telecommunications Resellers is the 
closest industry with a SBA small business size standard. The 
Telecommunications Resellers 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 network operators (MVNOs) are included in this industry. The 
SBA small business size standard for Telecommunications Resellers 
classifies a business as small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. 
Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 1,386 firms in this industry 
provided resale services for the entire year. Of that number, 1,375 
firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on 
Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of 
December 31, 2021, there were 62 providers that reported they were 
engaged in the provision of prepaid card services. Of these providers, 
the Commission estimates that 61 providers have 1,500 or fewer 
employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, 
most of these providers can be considered small entities.
    82. Local Resellers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA have 
developed a small business size standard specifically for Local 
Resellers. Telecommunications Resellers is the closest industry with a 
SBA small business size standard. The Telecommunications Resellers 
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. MVNOs are included in this industry. The 
SBA small business size standard for Telecommunications Resellers 
classifies a business as small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. 
Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 1,386 firms in this industry 
provided resale services for the entire year. Of that number, 1,375 
firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on 
Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of 
December 31, 2021, there were 207 providers that reported they were 
engaged in the provision of local resale services. Of these providers, 
the Commission estimates that 202 providers have 1,500 or fewer 
employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, 
most of these providers can be considered small entities.
    83. Toll Resellers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA have 
developed a small business size standard specifically for Toll 
Resellers. Telecommunications Resellers is the closest industry with a 
SBA small business size standard. The Telecommunications Resellers 
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. MVNOs are included in this industry. The 
SBA small business size standard for Telecommunications Resellers 
classifies a business as small if

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it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show 
that 1,386 firms in this industry provided resale services for the 
entire year. Of that number, 1,375 firms operated with fewer than 250 
employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal 
Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 457 
providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of toll 
services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 438 
providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's 
small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered 
small entities.
    84. Other Toll Carriers. Neither the Commission nor the SBA has 
developed a definition 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. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the closest 
industry with a SBA small business size standard. The SBA small 
business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies 
firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data 
for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms in this industry that 
operated for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with 
fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 
2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, 
there were 90 providers that reported they were engaged in the 
provision of other toll services. Of these providers, the Commission 
estimates that 87 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. 
Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of 
these providers can be considered small entities.
    85. 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. The 
SBA size standard for this industry classifies a business as small if 
it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show 
that there were 2,893 firms in this industry that operated for the 
entire year. Of that number, 2,837 firms employed fewer than 250 
employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal 
Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 594 
providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of wireless 
services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 511 
providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's 
small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered 
small entities.
    86. Television Broadcasting. This industry is comprised of 
``establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting images together with 
sound.'' These establishments operate television broadcast studios and 
facilities for the programming and transmission of programs to the 
public. 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 small business size standard 
for this industry classifies businesses having $41.5 million or less in 
annual receipts as small. 2017 U.S. Census Bureau data indicate that 
744 firms in this industry operated for the entire year. Of that 
number, 657 firms had revenue of less than $25,000,000. Based on this 
data we estimate that the majority of television broadcasters are small 
entities under the SBA small business size standard.
    87. As of March 31, 2024, there were 1,382 licensed commercial 
television stations. Of this total, 1,263 stations (or 91.4%) had 
revenues of $41.5 million or less in 2022, according to Commission 
staff review of the BIA Kelsey Inc. Media Access Pro Television 
Database (BIA) on April 4, 2024, and therefore these licensees qualify 
as small entities under the SBA definition. In addition, the Commission 
estimates as of March 31, 2024, there were 383 licensed noncommercial 
educational (NCE) television stations, 379 Class A TV stations, 1,829 
low power television (LPTV) stations and 3,118 TV translator stations. 
The Commission, however, does not compile and otherwise does not have 
access to financial information for these television broadcast stations 
that would permit it to determine how many of these stations qualify as 
small entities under the SBA small business size standard. 
Nevertheless, given the SBA's large annual receipts threshold for this 
industry and the nature of these television station licensees, we 
presume that all of these entities qualify as small entities under the 
above SBA small business size standard.
    88. Radio Stations. This industry is comprised of ``establishments 
primarily engaged in broadcasting aural programs by radio to the 
public.'' Programming may originate in their own studio, from an 
affiliated network, or from external sources. The SBA small business 
size standard for this industry classifies firms having $41.5 million 
or less in annual receipts as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 
show that 2,963 firms operated in this industry during that year. Of 
this number, 1,879 firms operated with revenue of less than $25 million 
per year. Based on this data and the SBA's small business size 
standard, we estimate a majority of such entities are small entities.
    89. The Commission estimates that as of March 31, 2024, there were 
4,427 licensed commercial AM radio stations and 6,663 licensed 
commercial FM radio stations, for a combined total of 11,090 commercial 
radio stations. Of this total, 11,088 stations (or 99.98%) had revenues 
of $41.5 million or less in 2022, according to Commission staff review 
of the BIA Kelsey Inc. Media Access Pro Database (BIA) on April 4, 
2024, and therefore these licensees qualify as small entities under the 
SBA definition. In addition, the Commission estimates that as of March 
31, 2024, there were 4,320 licensed NCE FM radio stations, 1,960 low 
power FM (LPFM) stations, and 8,913 FM translators and boosters. The 
Commission however does not compile, and otherwise does not have access 
to financial information for these radio stations that would permit it 
to determine how many of these stations qualify as small entities under 
the SBA small business size standard. Nevertheless, given the SBA's 
large annual receipts threshold for this industry and the nature of 
radio station licensees, we presume that all of these entities qualify 
as small entities under the above SBA small business size standard.
    90. We note, however, that in assessing whether a business concern 
qualifies as ``small'' under the above definition, business (control) 
affiliations 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, 
another element of the definition of ``small business'' requires that 
an entity not be dominant in its field of operation. We are unable at 
this time to define or quantify the criteria that would establish 
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television broadcast station is dominant in its field of operation. 
Accordingly, the estimate of small businesses to which the rules may 
apply does not exclude any radio or television station from the 
definition of a small business on this basis and is therefore possibly 
over-inclusive. An additional element of the definition of ``small 
business'' is that the entity must be independently owned and operated. 
Because it is difficult to assess these criteria in the context of 
media entities, the estimate of small businesses to which the rules may 
apply does not exclude any radio or television station from the 
definition of a small business on this basis and similarly may be over-
inclusive.
    91. Cable Companies and Systems (Rate Regulation). The Commission 
has developed its own small business size standard 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. Based 
on industry data, there are about 420 cable companies in the U.S. Of 
these, only seven have more than 400,000 subscribers. In addition, 
under the Commission's rules, a ``small system'' is a cable system 
serving 15,000 or fewer subscribers. Based on industry data, there are 
about 4,139 cable systems (headends) in the U.S. Of these, about 639 
have more than 15,000 subscribers. Accordingly, the Commission 
estimates that the majority of cable companies and cable systems are 
small.
    92. Cable System Operators (Telecom Act Standard). The 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, contains a size standard for a 
``small cable operator,'' which is ``a cable operator that, directly or 
through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than one 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.'' For purposes of the Telecom Act Standard, the 
Commission determined that a cable system operator that serves fewer 
than 498,000 subscribers, either directly or through affiliates, will 
meet the definition of a small cable operator. Based on industry data, 
only six cable system operators have more than 498,000 subscribers. 
Accordingly, the Commission estimates that the majority of cable system 
operators are small under this size standard. We note however, that the 
Commission neither requests nor collects information on whether cable 
system operators are affiliated with entities whose gross annual 
revenues exceed $250 million. Therefore, 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.
    93. 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 included in the Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers industry which 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.
    94. The SBA small business size standard for Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer 
employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 3,054 
firms operated in this industry for the entire year. Of this number, 
2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Based on this data, 
the majority of firms in this industry can be considered small under 
the SBA small business size standard. According to Commission data 
however, only two entities provide DBS service--DIRECTV (owned by AT&T) 
and DISH Network, which require a great deal of capital for operation. 
DIRECTV and DISH Network both exceed the SBA size standard for 
classification as a small business. Therefore, we must conclude based 
on internally developed Commission data, in general DBS service is 
provided only by large firms.
    95. Satellite Telecommunications. This industry comprises firms 
``primarily engaged in providing telecommunications services to other 
establishments in the telecommunications and broadcasting industries by 
forwarding and receiving communications signals via a system of 
satellites or reselling satellite telecommunications.'' Satellite 
telecommunications service providers include satellite and earth 
station operators. The SBA small business size standard for this 
industry classifies a business with $38.5 million or less in annual 
receipts as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 275 firms 
in this industry operated for the entire year. Of this number, 242 
firms had revenue of less than $25 million. Additionally, based on 
Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of 
December 31, 2021, there were 65 providers that reported they were 
engaged in the provision of satellite telecommunications services. Of 
these providers, the Commission estimates that approximately 42 
providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's 
small business size standard, a little more than half of these 
providers can be considered small entities.
    96. All Other Telecommunications. This industry is comprised of 
establishments 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. Providers of 
internet services (e.g., dial-up ISPs) or Voice over internet Protocol 
(VoIP) services, via client-supplied telecommunications connections are 
also included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard 
for this industry classifies firms with annual receipts of $35 million 
or less as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 
1,079 firms in this industry that operated for the entire year. Of 
those firms, 1,039 had revenue of less than $25 million. Based on this 
data, the Commission estimates that the majority of ``All Other 
Telecommunications'' firms can be considered small.
    97. RespOrgs. Responsible Organizations, or RespOrgs (also referred 
to as Toll-Free Number (TFN) providers), 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. 
Based on information on the website of SOMOS, the entity that maintains 
a registry of Toll-Free Number providers (SMS/800 TFN Registry) for the 
more than 42 million Toll-Free numbers in North America, and the TSS 
Registry, a centralized registry for the use of Toll-Free Numbers in 
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approximately 446 registered RespOrgs/Toll-Free Number providers in 
July 2021. RespOrgs are often wireline carriers, however they can be 
include non-carrier entities. Accordingly, the description below for 
RespOrgs include both Carrier RespOrgs and Non-Carrier RespOrgs.
    98. Carrier RespOrgs. Neither the Commission nor the SBA have 
developed a small business size standard for Carrier RespOrgs. Wired 
Telecommunications Carriers, and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers 
(except Satellite) are the closest industries with a SBA small business 
size applicable to Carrier RespOrgs.
    99. Wired Telecommunications Carriers are 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. The SBA small business size standard for this industry 
classifies a business as small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. 
Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms that 
operated for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with 
fewer than 250 employees. Based on that data, we conclude that the 
majority of Carrier RespOrgs that operated with wireline-based 
technology are small.
    100. Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) engage 
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. The SBA small business size 
standard for this industry classifies a business as small if it has 
1,500 or fewer employees. For this industry, U.S. Census Bureau data 
for 2017 show that there were 2,893 firms that operated for the entire 
year. Of this number, 2,837 firms employed fewer than 250 employees. 
Based on this data, we conclude that the majority of Carrier RespOrgs 
that operated with wireless-based technology are small.
    101. Non-Carrier RespOrgs. Neither the Commission, nor the SBA have 
developed a small business size standard Non-Carrier RespOrgs. Other 
Services Related to Advertising and Other Management Consulting 
Services'' are the closest industries with a SBA small business size 
applicable to Non-Carrier RespOrgs.
    102. The Other Services Related to Advertising industry 
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). The 
SBA small business size standard for this industry classifies a 
business as small that has annual receipts of $16.5 million or less. 
U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 5,650 firms operated in this 
industry for the entire year. Of that number, 3,693 firms operated with 
revenue of less than $10 million. Based on this data, we conclude that 
a majority of non-carrier RespOrgs who provide TFN-related management 
consulting services are small.
    103. The Other Management Consulting Services industry contains 
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. The SBA small business size standard for 
this industry classifies a business as small if it has annual receipts 
of $16.5 million or less. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 
4,696 firms operated in this industry for the entire year. Of that 
number, 3,700 firms had revenue of less than $10 million. Based on this 
data, we conclude that a majority of non-carrier RespOrgs who provide 
TFN-related management consulting services are small.

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

    104. The NPRM does not propose any changes to the Commission's 
current information collection, reporting, recordkeeping, or compliance 
requirements for collecting regulatory fees from small entities. Small 
and other regulated entities are required to pay regulatory fees on an 
annual basis. The cost of compliance with the annual regulatory 
assessment for small entities is the amount assessed for their 
regulatory fee category and should not require small entities to hire 
professionals to comply, as they are accustomed to paying the annual 
fees and most should be familiar with both the Commission's current 
collection process as well as the process prior to the COVID-19 
pandemic.
    105. The NPRM proposes changes to the current fee waiver process 
which may impact small entities. The NPRM proposes to return to normal, 
pre-COVID-19 pandemic operations and discontinue temporary waiver 
relief from regulatory fees available in the FY 2023 Report and Order 
that was not codified at that time. This includes reinstating the 
Commission's policy of requiring down payments for installment payment 
of regulatory fee debt. The proposed changes would also require small 
and other entities seeking relief through a waiver, reduction, and/or 
deferral of fees to submit all financial documents necessary to support 
their hardship request. We propose to make this change effective for 
fiscal year 2025 to allow regulatory fee payors more time to comply 
with this change in policy. Small entities that continue to have 
financial difficulties related to the economic impact of the pandemic 
may be able to take advantage of the streamlined waiver processes 
codified in the FY 2023 Report and Order, including permitting parties 
to submit a single waiver request for various forms of relief 
electronically, instead of separate filings.

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

    106. The RFA requires an agency to describe any significant 
alternatives that could minimize impacts to small entities it has 
considered in reaching its proposed approach, which may include the 
following four alternatives, among others: ``(1) the establishment of 
differing compliance and 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 such small entities; (3) the 
use of performance, rather than design, standards; and (4) an exemption 
from coverage of the rule, or any part thereof, for such small 
entities.''

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    107. Assessment of Regulatory Fees. For FY 2024, we propose to 
employ the same methodology as the Commission did in FY 2023, however, 
we conclude that changes within the Commission's organizational 
structure and additional staff resources merits a review of the FY 2023 
reallocations of the FTEs located in the Office of General Counsel, the 
Office of Economics and Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland 
Security Bureau that were previously considered to be indirect FTEs and 
were allocated as direct FTEs to a core bureau. Specifically, effective 
on April 10, 2023, the International Bureau was eliminated by 
establishing a new Space Bureau and a new Office of International 
Affairs, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau have since 
hired 11 additional staff members. We therefore analyzed the work being 
done by the new staff within the Public Safety and Homeland Security 
Bureau to determine whether their work is being spent on the regulation 
and oversight of a regulatory fee payor such that their work should be 
allocated as direct to a core bureau, solely for regulatory fee 
purposes. We also analyzed the FTEs previously reallocated as direct to 
a core bureau in FY 2023 for regulatory fee purposes to determine 
whether there have been any shifts in work assignments such that the 
number of allocations to a core bureau for regulatory fee purposes 
should be adjusted. Also, in instances where an FTE was previously 
allocated to the International Bureau as direct for regulatory fee 
purposes, we analyzed the specific work done by the FTE to determine 
whether such FTE should be allocated to the new Office of International 
Affairs or the new Space Bureau. We limited our analytical efforts for 
FY 2024 to address the specific changes within the Commission, and 
while we considered conducting a high-level analysis this fiscal year 
of all FTEs within the Commission, we opted not to because we believe 
the adjustments we made for FY 2024 reasonably reflect the major 
changes in the burden of work within the Commission. Based on the 
results of our evaluation, we propose that certain indirect FTEs could 
be reassigned as direct FTEs and incorporate these into the count of 
FTEs of the relevant core bureau for purposes of calculating regulatory 
fees for FY 2024, which could reduce regulatory fee obligations for 
some small and other regulatory payees.
    108. Additionally, on March 13, 2024, the Commission released the 
Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM seeking comment on 
proposed changes to the regulatory fee methodology used for assessing 
space and earth station regulatory fees for FY 2024. In the NPRM, we 
propose regulatory fee rates based on the proposals set forth in the 
Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM. However, our proposed 
space and earth station regulatory fee rates are estimates because we 
recognize that, ultimately, final space and earth station regulatory 
fee rates are dependent upon the outcome of the Space and Earth Station 
Regulatory Fees proceeding. Accordingly, we do not seek comment again 
in this proceeding on the specific proposals to adjust our existing 
methodology for assessing space and earth station regulatory fees, or 
to adopt an alternative methodology for assessing space station 
regulatory fees, which were set forth in the Space and Earth Station 
Regulatory Fees NPRM. Instead, comments pertaining to the proposals set 
forth in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM regarding the 
categories and allocation of fees for space and earth stations should 
be submitted in the proceeding, MD Docket No. 24-85, and need not be 
submitted again in response to the NPRM. If any of the proposals are 
adopted as part of the subsequent Space and Earth Station Regulatory 
Fees Report and Order, it may increase or reduce the regulatory fee 
burden on some satellite entities.
    109. Broadcast Regulatory Fees. In the NPRM, we propose to continue 
to assess fees for full-power broadcast television stations based on 
the population covered by a full-service broadcast television station's 
contour which may reduce the economic impact of the regulatory fees for 
some small licensees. While the population-based methodology increases 
fees for some licensees and reduces fees for others, we believe the 
population-based metric better conforms with the service of 
broadcasting television to the American people. In addition, small 
licensees experiencing financial hardship will continue to have access 
to fee relief, such as waiver, reduction, deferral and/or installment 
payment of their regulatory fees and may be exempt from paying a 
regulatory fee if the assessed fee is below the de minimis threshold 
that the Commission has established.
    110. Temporary Relief Measures Due to Economic Effects of COVID-19 
Pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic and through FY 2023, the 
Commission provided certain temporary relief to regulatory fee payors 
experiencing financial hardship caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 
pandemic through a combination of partial rule waivers and direction to 
the Office of the Managing Director in exercising its delegated 
authority. In the NPRM, we do not plan to implement these temporary 
measures for FY 2024. The circumstances for which the measures were 
temporarily implemented have changed. The National Emergency COVID-19 
pandemic has ended and the national economy is rebounding. We recognize 
that some regulatory fee payors may be experiencing lingering or 
continuing financial difficulties related to the pandemic's economic 
effects, but we believe that sections 1.1166 and 1.1914 of our rules, 
now streamlined and simplified, offer those fee payors a 
straightforward path to regulatory fee relief.
    111. Non-Operating Broadcast Stations. In the NPRM, we seek comment 
on ending a policy of presuming that dark or silent stations have 
experienced financial hardship and therefore merit grant of a request 
for waiver of regulatory fees on the basis of financial hardship, 
without requiring submission of evidence of actual financial hardship. 
This policy was first mentioned by the Commission in 1995, and then 
applied by the Commission's Office of the Managing Director in 1996. 
The Commission, however, has never codified this policy and it is 
rarely used. The policy, moreover, appears to assume that the only 
rationale for a dark or silent station is financial duress. There is no 
such limitation, however, contained in section 73.1740(a)(4) of the 
Commission's rules. Licensees might go dark for different reasons 
depending on each station's particular circumstances. Thus, drawing on 
the Commission's experience since establishment of the policy in 1995, 
the assumption that requiring financial information in a request for 
waiver of regulatory fees is unnecessary by the operators of a dark or 
silent station appears to be no longer accurate in 2024. In the NPRM, 
we therefore propose to end the assumption that stations are dark or 
were recently dark or bankrupt are experiencing financial distress when 
they file a request for waiver of regulatory fees. We propose instead 
to require these licensees to submit supporting financial documentation 
with their fee requests to prove financial hardship sufficient to 
justify a fee waiver, just as all other regulatory fee payors are 
required to do under section 1.1166 of our rules. In order to give 
regulatory fee payors more time to make any necessary changes to comply 
with this change in policy, we propose to make the change effective for 
fiscal year 2025.

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

    112. None.

VII. Ordering Clauses

    113. Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to sections 47 
U.S.C. 4(i), 4(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.
    114. It is further ordered that the Commission's Office of the 
Secretary shall send a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 
including the Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to the Chief 
Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration.Federal 
Communications Commission.

Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-13813 Filed 6-24-24; 8:45 am]
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