[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11779-11780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4700]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget

February 23, 2011.
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission has received Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB)

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approval for the following public information collection(s) pursuant to 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). An agency 
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number, and no person is 
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please 
contact Cathy Williams on (202) 418-2918 or via e-mail to: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d3e3c293524732a343131343c302e1d3b3e3e733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1073716478693e67797c7c79717d63507673733e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1144.
    OMB Approval Date: February 18, 2011.
    Expiration Date: February 28, 2014.
    Title: Consumer Survey.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents/Responses: 5,000 respondents, 5,000 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours (15 minutes).
    Frequency of Response: One-time reporting requirement.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,250 hours.
    Nature of Response: Voluntary. The statutory authority for this 
collection of information is contained in Section 202(h) of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no need for 
confidentiality with this information collection.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No personally identifying 
information will be transmitted to the Commission from the survey 
contractor as a matter of vendor policy.
    Needs and Uses: The information contained under OMB control number 
3060-1144 is necessary to prepare one of the Commission's media 
ownership studies, Consumer Valuation of Media as a Function of Local 
Market Structure. This information collection is critical to the 
development and completion of the media ownership rules proceeding 
required pursuant to Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 
1996. Specifically, the Commission is required to review its media 
ownership rules quadrennially to determine whether its rules ``are 
necessary in the public interest as the result of competition.'' The 
Commission is then required to repeal or modify any regulation it 
determines no longer to serve the public interest. With the Notice of 
Inquiry (NOI) released on May 25, 2010, the Commission launched its 
fifth proceeding pursuant to the statutory mandate requiring that the 
media ownership rules be reviewed. Subsequently, in June 2010, the 
Commission's Media Bureau sought Requests for Quotation (RFQ) for nine 
studies to be incorporated as part of the 2010 Quadrennial Review. The 
survey that is the subject of this review, the Consumer Survey, was 
included in the RFQ and a bid was selected on September 30, 2010. The 
Consumer Survey will be used in a determination to define a performance 
metric related to the public interest goals the Commission seeks to 
promote through its media ownership rules. The Consumer Survey will 
also be used to examine the impact of local media market structure on 
consumer satisfaction with available broadcast radio and television 
service. The Consumer Survey will collect information regarding how 
much time people spend with various media and how people get news and 
information. The Survey will ask respondents to rate, on a numerical 
scale, their current satisfaction with the overall local media 
environment and with components such as broadcast television, broadcast 
radio, and newspapers. The Survey will also include questions asking 
respondents to rate their current satisfaction with the local news, 
local public affairs, and other locally oriented media content. This 
Survey will be distributed via the Internet to a nationwide sample of 
consumers, and the Commission anticipates approximately 5,000 responses 
to the survey. Based on the results of the Survey, the contractor will 
conduct a study to examine the impact of local media market structure 
on consumer satisfaction with available broadcast radio and television 
service. This collection of data and resulting study will enable the 
Commission to adequately review the media ownership rules and determine 
whether the rules are necessary in the public interest as a result of 
competition, as required by Congress. The Office of Management and 
Budget approved this collection on February 18, 2011.

Federal Communications Commission.
Bulah P. Wheeler,
Deputy Manager, Office of the Secretary, Office of Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2011-4700 Filed 3-2-11; 8:45 am]
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