**Released: July 13, 2001**

# DA 01-1651

## REMINDER OF

**BIENNIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING**

**FOR**

**COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATION LICENSEES**

Each commercial radio and television broadcast station licensee that is
not exempt from the Commission's biennial ownership reporting program
must update its ownership report (FCC Form 323) on the anniversary date
of its station's renewal application filing date. This biennial filing
requirement for commercial broadcast station licensees has resumed in
calendar year 2001. On or before August 1, 2001, an ownership report
(FCC Form 323, September 2000 Edition) should be filed by licensees
whose commercial radio or television stations are located in the States
of California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin.
At two-month intervals throughout 2001, the remaining commercial
licensees will file their stations' biennial ownership reports.
Subsequent Public Notices will be issued advising these licensees of
their scheduled filing dates.

FCC Form 323 (September 2000 Edition) is to be used in submitting the
commercial biennial ownership report. This form may be obtained by
writing to the Commission's Form Distribution Center, 9300 East Hampton
Drive, Capital Heights, Maryland 20743, or by telephoning 1-800-418-3676
and leaving a request on the answering machine provided for this
purpose. FCC Form 323 is also available through the Internet. To
retrieve this form by using the Internet, access the FCC's Web Site,
[http://www.fcc.gov]{.underline}, and click on the Forms link.

FCC Form 323 (September 2000 Edition) is also available by using the
Mass Media Bureau's Consolidated Database System (CDBS) electronic
filing system. This system provides commercial licensees with the
ability to fill out the biennial FCC 323's on-line via the Internet from
the Mass Media Bureau's Web Site, [http://www.fcc.gov/mmb]{.underline},
and to file them electronically with the Commission. Licensees intending
to file electronically should consult the "CDBS Electronic Filing System
User's Guide" prior to completion and submission of their FCC 323's.
Internet access to the CDBS requires a user to have, at a minimum, a
browser such as Netscape version 3.04 or Internet Explorer version 3.51.

Commercial licensees are strongly encouraged to file their biennial FCC
323 electronically. Through the CDBS, a commercial licensee can access a
prefilled version of the biennial FCC 323 that it manually filed in
calendar year 1999, update and correct the previous ownership
information contained therein, and file the revised 2001 biennial
ownership report electronically. Where no changes have occurred with
respect to the previous ownership information, the commercial licensee
need only certify that the statements and information in its 2001 FCC
323 are true, correct and complete.

Generally, biennial ownership reports require the payment of a fee,
which is currently \$50.00 for each biennial ownership report. For
licensees submitting FCC 323's electronically, a prefilled FCC Form 159
(Remittance Advice) can be generated and payment made electronically by
use of a credit card. Otherwise, the required fee payment and a
completed FCC Form 159 (Remittance Advice) must be delivered to the
Commission's lock box bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. See Section
0.401(b) of the Commission's Rules. A listing of the required fee code,
a copy of FCC Form 159 and the address to which payment (and any
manually filed FCC Form 323's) should be mailed or otherwise delivered
is also set forth in the Mass Media Services Fee Filing Guide (September
2000 Edition), which is obtainable from the Commission's Form
Distribution Center.

For further information, please contact LeAudrey Alexander at (202)
418-1627 or Chandler Bryant at (202) 418-1626.

**- FCC -**