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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 1 

[MD Docket Nos. 23–159, 22–301; FCC 23– 

66; FR ID 168489] 

Assessment and Collection of 

Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2023 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) revises its Schedule of 

Regulatory Fees to recover $390,192,000 

that Congress has required the 

Commission to collect for its fiscal year 

(FY) 2023. Sections 9 and 9A of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended (Act or Communications Act), 

provides for the annual assessment and 

collection of regulatory fees by the 

Commission. 

DATES: Effective September 15, 2023, 

except for 47 CFR 1.1166, which is 

effective October 16, 2023, and 47 CFR 

1.1914, which is delayed indefinitely. 

The Commission will publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

announcing the effective date for 47 

CFR 1.1914 after review by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. To avoid penalties and interest, 

regulatory fees should be paid by the 

due date of September 20, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roland Helvajian, Office of Managing 

Director at (202) 418–0444. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Report 

and Order, in MD Docket Nos. 23–159 

and 22–301; FCC 23–66, adopted on 

August 10, 2023 and released on August 

10, 2023. The full text of this document 

is available for public inspection by 

downloading the text from the 

Commission’s website at https://

docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC23-66A1.pdf. 

Synopsis 

I. Administrative Matters 

A. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

1. As required by the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980, the Commission 

has prepared a Final Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) relating to 

this Report and Order. The FRFA is 

located at the end of this document. 

B. Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 Analysis 

2. This document does not contain 

new or substantively modified 

information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104–13. In 

addition, therefore, it does not contain 

any new or modified information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees, 

pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4). 

The non-substantive modifications to an 

information collection related to 47 CFR 

1.1166 effected in this document were 

approved by the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, on August 17, 

2023. 

C. Congressional Review Act 

3. The Commission has determined, 

and the Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

concurs that these rules are non-major 

under the Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 804(2). The Commission will 

send a copy of this Report and Order to 

Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 

II. Introduction 

4. In this item, the Commission takes 

action to address longstanding concerns 

to better ensure that our assessment and 

collection of our annual regulatory fees 

is more closely aligned with the burden 

of the work being performed by 

Commission employees for each 

regulatory fee category. Specifically, we 

adopt the proposals in our Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2023 Regulatory Fee Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (FY 2023 NPRM) 

(88 FR 36154, June 1, 2023) and 

reallocate almost nineteen percent of 

our indirect full time equivalents (FTEs) 

as direct to one of the Commission’s 

four core licensing bureaus, following a 

high-level, comprehensive staff analysis 

of the time utilized in the oversight and 

regulation of certain segments of the 

telecommunications industry. Our 

decisions in this Report and Order 

reflect our conclusion that we can 

determine, with reasonable accuracy for 

this fiscal year, that certain FTEs from 

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 are devoted to work that 

is sufficiently linked to the oversight 

and regulation of regulatory fee payors 

in a core bureau such that the FTE 

burden of that work should be allocated 

as direct to that bureau for regulatory fee 

purposes. Consistent with our longstanding regulatory fee methodology, we 

implement these reallocations and we 

adopt a schedule of regulatory fees, as 

set forth in Appendices B and C, in 

order to collect $390,192,000 in 

congressionally required regulatory fees 

for FY 2023 by the end of September. 

5. Additionally, in the Report and 

Order, we (i) adopt our proposal 

regarding the calculation of television 

and radio broadcaster regulatory fees, 

including the modification of the 

existing grid by adding a new tier for 

AM and FM radio stations; (ii) continue 

to consider operations for on-orbit 

servicing (OOS) and rendezvous and 

proximity operations (RPO) on a 

mission-by-mission basis for regulatory 

fee purposes, and apply the regulatory 

fee for ‘‘Space Stations (Geostationary 

Orbit)’’ to OOS and RPO spacecraft 

operating near the geostationary orbit 

(GSO) arc, unless it is determined that 

the OOS or RPO spacecraft is operating 

as part of an existing GSO system and 

therefore should not be assessed a 

separate regulatory fee; (iii) confirm that 

orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) are 

responsible for regulatory fees under the 

current regulatory fee scheme; (iv) 

continue two of the temporary measures 

that were implemented in FYs 2020 

through 2022 to assist regulatory fee 

payors that were experiencing financial 

hardship related to the COVID–19 

pandemic to request waiver, reduction, 

deferral and/or installment payment of 

regulatory fees, and continue a third 

such measure in modified form; (v) 

decline to permit regulatory fee payors 

to prepay their regulatory fees in 

installments before the annual 

regulatory fee payment deadline; and 

(vi) make certain technical corrections 

to 47 CFR 1.1914 and 1.1166. 

A. Methodology for Assessing 

Regulatory Fees and FTE Allocation 

6. Consistent with our statutory 

mandate and our regulatory fee 

methodology, we start our regulatory fee 

assessment with the FTE counts and 

then adjust fees to reflect other factors 

related to the benefits provided to the 

payor of the fee by the Commission’s 

activities. In section 9 of the Act 

Congress prescribes that regulatory fee 

payors bear the FTE burden associated 

with their oversight and regulation by 

the relevant core bureau(s). Insofar as 

the non-auctions FTE time in the four 

core bureaus continues to focus on the 

oversight and regulation of fee payors in 

the industry segment regulated by each 

of those bureaus, we will continue to 

apportion regulatory fees across fee 

categories based on the number of nonauction direct FTEs in each core bureau 

and take into account factors that are 

‘‘reasonably related to the benefits 

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Commission’s activities.’’ 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 fee category. 

7. We then 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 regulatory fee payors served 

by the core bureau. Finally, within each 

regulatory fee category, we divide the 

amount to be collected by a unit that 

allocates the regulatee’s proportionate 

share based on an objective measure. As 

a general matter, there is no additional 

calculation to attribute indirect costs. 

Instead, the proportional allocation of 

the whole S&E appropriation based on 

the number of direct FTEs effectively 

attributes all indirect costs among the 

core bureaus so that the Commission 

can recover its entire appropriation each 

year. 

8. As the Commission has explained, 

‘‘[g]iven the Act’s requirement that fees 

must ‘reflect’ FTEs before adjusting fees 

to take into account other factors, we 

find FTE counts by far the most 

administrable starting point for 

regulatory fee allocations.’’ Regulatory 

fees must cover the entire S&E 

appropriation, even those portions of 

the appropriation that supports work on 

issues for which we do not have 

regulatory fee categories. Therefore, we 

continue to find that, consistent with 

section 9 of the Act, regulatory fees are 

not based on a precise allocation of 

specific employees with certain work 

assignments each year and instead are 

based on a higher-level approach. While 

some commenters continue to take issue 

with some of the Commission’s 

determinations of whether certain FTEs 

should be considered to be indirect or 

direct and also advocate that the 

Commission should adopt new fee 

categories, no commenter has offered an 

alternative methodology for the 

Commission to recover our annual 

appropriation. Instead, we agree with 

commenters that argue that the record 

supports the adoption of regulatory fees 

consistent with the Commission’s long 

standing regulatory fee framework. 

Accordingly, we find no basis to adjust 

our general methodology for assessing 

regulatory fees. We find that the 

Commission’s general methodology for 

establishing regulatory fees has been, 

and continues to be, appropriate and 

consistent with section 9 of the Act. 

Thus, for FY 2023, our fee methodology 

will attribute the direct FTEs within 

each core bureau to payor categories 

based on the nature of the FTE work. 

We also will consider the ministerial 

adjustments necessitated by the more 

discernable changes from the prior 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. Once 

the percentages of total direct FTEs in 

the core bureaus are determined, the 

Commission calculates fee rates among 

the specific fee categories within each 

core bureau based upon the fee 

categories’ proportional fee amounts to 

be collected. These proportional 

calculations allocate all Commission 

non-auction related costs across all fee 

categories that total the target goal 

amount. 

9. For FY 2023, our Human Resources 

Management office has provided the 

Commission data identifying 339.25 

non-auctions, direct FTEs distributed 

among the core bureaus. In consultation 

with the bureaus and offices, we have 

validated this data. In the FY 2023 

NPRM, following a high level, yet 

comprehensive, staff analysis of indirect 

FTE time in non-core bureaus and 

offices, we proposed to reallocate 63 

indirect FTEs from the Office of General 

Counsel, the Office of Economics and 

Analytics, and the Public Safety and 

Homeland Security Bureau where we 

were able to determine with reasonable 

accuracy for the fiscal year that the FTE 

burden of such work is directly related 

to the oversight and regulation of 

regulatory fee payors in a core bureau 

such that it should be considered as 

direct to that bureau for the purposes of 

calculating regulatory fees. As explained 

fully below, with the overwhelming 

support of commenters, we adopt our 

proposal for these reallocations. In 

addition, in order to apply consistent 

principles to our determinations, and in 

response to the record gathered in this 

proceeding, we also reallocate two 

direct FTEs from the Media Bureau to be 

considered as indirect FTEs because the 

nature of their work is sufficiently 

linked to work that is similar to that of 

work performed in the Enforcement 

Bureau, which is categorized as indirect. 

Our adoption of these reallocations 

results in a revised total of 400.25 nonauctions, direct FTEs for FY 2023. Our 

calculations of direct FTEs associated 

with each core bureau are now as 

follows: International Bureau (31), 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

(98), Wireline Competition Bureau 

(143.25), and Media Bureau (128). 

10. Based on these reallocations and 

after we make adjustments to these 

direct FTE counts to implement 

Commission precedent regarding FTEs 

working on non-high cost Universal 

Service Fund matters, we will collect 

approximately $30.32 million (7.77%) 

in fees from the International Bureau 

regulatory fee payors; $95.83 million 

(24.56%) in fees from the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau regulatory 

fee payors; $140.12 million (35.91%) in 

fees from Wireline Competition Bureau 

regulatory fee payors; and $123.92 

million (31.76%) in fees from Media 

Bureau regulatory fee payors. 

11. The record supports our proposal 

to reallocate certain indirect FTEs from 

the Office of General Counsel, the Office 

of Economics and Analytics, and the 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau as direct to a core bureau 

because we can determine with 

reasonable accuracy for the fiscal year 

that these FTEs are devoted to work that 

is sufficiently linked to the oversight 

and regulation of regulatory fee payors 

in a core bureau such that the burden 

of that work should be allocated as 

direct for regulatory fee purposes. 

Commenters addressing this issue agree 

that by taking a more granular approach, 

the Commission’s fee structure more 

closely aligns the recovery of costs with 

those who benefit from Commission 

regulatory activities. Commenters 

support our proposal to reallocate a total 

of 63 indirect FTEs as direct for 

regulatory fee purposes. They contend 

that doing so will advance the 

Communications Act objective for the 

Commission to take into account factors 

that are reasonably related to the 

benefits provided to the payor of the fee 

by the Commission’s activities. 

12. We conclude that, as part of our 

annual FTE analysis, we will continue 

to evaluate whether any FTEs should be 

reallocated for regulatory fee purposes 

as we do each year when reviewing and 

validating the FTE data. And, where our 

evaluation merits inclusion of proposed 

reallocations, we will seek comment on 

any such potential reallocation of FTEs 

in an annual proceeding. We note, 

however, that we will exercise our 

discretion regarding where to focus our 

analytical efforts each year to best 

respond to changes in the FCC’s 

substantive work, changes in the FCC’s 

organization, and changes in the 

telecommunications industry itself. We 

further conclude that such agency 

discretion is particularly important 

because we agree with CTIA that we do 

not wish to inadvertently expand our 

indirect FTE levels by engaging in an 

endless review of all FTE allocations. As 

such, we will exercise our discretion to 

ensure that we conduct our annual 

review in a manner that is fair, 

manageable, and sustainable. 


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13. We emphasize that our decision to 

adopt our proposal today is in accord 

with past Commission precedent. Thus, 

it is not uncommon for the Commission 

to reassign direct FTEs as indirect or 

from one core bureau to another for 

regulatory fee purposes to reflect, among 

other things, changes in the FCC’s 

substantive work, changes in the FCC’s 

organization, and changes in the 

telecommunications industry. 

14. As we described in the FY 2023 

NPRM, we limit our reallocation of 

indirect FTEs as direct FTEs to a core 

bureau for regulatory fee purposes to 

those instances where we can determine 

with reasonable accuracy for the entire 

fiscal year that such FTE work furthers 

the oversight and regulation of 

regulatory fee payors. We recognize that 

this reclassification represents a change 

from some recent reviews of the same 

offices. Nevertheless, at this time our 

evaluation of FTE time in the non-core 

bureaus and offices supports our 

conclusion that, for certain FTEs in the 

Office of Economics and Analytics, the 

Office of General Counsel, and the 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau, it is appropriate to consider the 

FTE burden of their work as directly 

devoted to the oversight and regulation 

of regulatory fee payors. For that reason, 

we are adopting our proposal that such 

FTE time should be considered direct 

for those relevant core bureau(s). 

15. For the purposes of this 

determination, we have evaluated 

whether measurable FTE time for FY 

2023 is primarily being spent on the 

regulation and oversight of regulatory 

fee payors. Commission staff excluded 

any FTE time from this analysis if it was 

not equivalent to the time of at least one 

FTE, concluding that less than a fulltime FTE demonstrates that the work 

being done is appropriately considered 

to be indirect and should not be 

reassigned. Table 1 below summarizes 

all of the reallocations we are adopting 

today. 

TABLE 1—CORE BUREAU FTE PERCENTAGES WITH AND WITHOUT FTE REALLOCATIONS

Core bureau 

2023 FTE % 

without FTE 

reallocations 

2023 Amount 

without FTE 

reallocations 

(millions) 2023 FTE % 

with FTE 

reallocations 

2023 Amount 

with FTE 

reallocations 

(millions) 

FY 2023 

appropriation 

is $390.192 

FY 2023 

appropriation 

is $390.192 

Wireline Competition Bureau ........................................................................... 35.57 $138.79 35.91 $140.12 

Media Bureau .................................................................................................. 33.96 132.52 31.76 123.9 

Media Bureau subcategory Broadcasters ....................................................... 15.28 59.65 14.12 55.10 

Media Bureau subcategory Cable ................................................................... 18.68 72.87 17.64 68.83 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau ............................................................ 22.19 86.56 24.56 95.83 

International Bureau ........................................................................................ 8.28 32.32 7.77 30.32 

16. We conclude that 63 FTEs from 

the Office of Economics and Analytics, 

the Office of General Counsel, and the 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau devote their time to the 

oversight and regulation of regulatory 

fee payors, where we can determine 

with reasonable accuracy for the entire 

fiscal year, as we discuss below. For that 

reason, we reallocate the FTE time as 

direct to the relevant core bureau(s) for 

calculating regulatory fees. Likewise, to 

apply consistent principles across our 

determinations, we reallocate two direct 

FTEs from the Media Bureau as indirect 

FTEs because the nature of their work 

is sufficiently linked to work that is 

similar to that performed in the 

Enforcement Bureau, which has been 

categorized as indirect. Below, we 

discuss our analysis. 

17. Office of Economics and Analytics 

(OEA). We adopt our proposal to 

reallocate 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. We 

reach this conclusion after evaluating 

the burden of FTE time in OEA. 

18. Following its inception in 2018, 

the Commission concluded that it was 

appropriate for the non-auctions FTEs 

in OEA to be considered indirect FTEs 

because their work benefits the entire 

Commission as well as the 

telecommunications industry and does 

not specifically focus on regulatory fee 

payors. As a general matter, this remains 

true today. Of relevance to the 

regulatory fee proceeding, OEA’s nonauction funded work provides economic 

analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, 

for rulemakings, transactions, 

adjudications, and other Commission 

actions; develops policies and strategies 

to help manage Commission data 

resources and establish best practices 

for data use throughout the Commission 

in coordination with other bureaus and 

offices; and conducts long-term research 

on ways to improve the Commission’s 

policies and processes in each of these 

areas. Notably, OEA collaborates with 

and advises other bureaus and offices in 

the areas of economic and data analysis 

and with respect to the analysis of 

benefits, costs, and regulatory impacts 

of Commission policies, rules, and 

proposals. As part of this collaboration, 

OEA reviews all rulemakings prepared 

by those bureaus and offices, all other 

Commission-level items that contain 

economic or data analysis, and similar 

items that the bureaus or offices release 

on delegated authority. 

19. In evaluating the burden of the 

work currently being performed by 

OEA’s FTEs, staff recognized that 

certain bureaus tend to generate more 

economic and data issues for OEA to 

analyze as well as more documents that 

require OEA review. For FY 2023, we 

find that there is measurable work done 

by OEA FTEs that is being done directly 

in furtherance of the oversight and 

regulation of regulatory fee payors in 

certain industry segments. In fact, staff 

analysis reveals that the work and 

expertise of certain FTEs from OEA 

remain devoted to the oversight and 

regulation of regulatory fee payors in a 

manner that is consistent with the FTE 

burden of work performed within a core 

bureau prior to the OEA’s 

implementation. This determination 

supports our decision to reallocate the 

burden of the work of certain of OEA’s 

FTEs as direct for regulatory fee 

purposes. We recognize that this is a 

partial change from our determination 

in the 2019 regulatory fee proceeding 

with respect to OEA FTEs. We have 

explained however, that our 

determinations are based an analysis of 

the actual work of the OEA. 


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20. We conclude that 13 indirect FTEs 

from OEA should be reallocated as 

direct FTEs to the Wireline Competition 

Bureau because the burden of their work 

is devoted to universal service fund 

issues in high-cost areas; competition 

and interconnection; setting rates for 

calls from incarcerated persons; the 

establishment of a national suicide 

hotline, and efforts to evaluate the costs, 

benefits, and public interest factors 

associated with protecting privacy 

matters such as the Wireline 

Competition Bureau’s work on customer 

proprietary network information (CPNI) 

rules addressing access, use, and 

disclosure of information related to the 

use of a telecommunications service 

subscribed to by a customer of a 

telecommunications carrier. This FTE 

work is being done directly in 

furtherance of the oversight and 

regulation of Wireline Competition 

Bureau regulatory fee payors, therefore, 

we find that it appropriate to reallocate 

it as direct to the Wireline Competition 

Bureau for purposes of our regulatory 

fee calculation. 

21. Similarly, staff analysis shows that 

the work of eight OEA FTEs address 

various wireless and spectrum issues, 

such as mergers, transactions, and 

acquisitions, mobile spectrum holdings 

policies, and deployment in rural areas 

and on tribal lands. Insofar as the 

burden of this work is being done 

directly in furtherance of the oversight 

and regulation of Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau regulatory 

fee payors, we adopt our proposal to 

reallocate these eight indirect FTEs as 

direct FTEs to the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, for 

purposes of our regulatory fee 

calculation. 

22. Further, we find that because the 

burden of the work of seven FTEs from 

OEA relates to broadcast and cable 

issues, including ownership regulation, 

next generation (or NextGen TV) 

standards, content source disclosures, 

program carriage and retransmission, 

and rates and billing practices, and is 

being done directly in furtherance of the 

oversight and regulation of Media 

Bureau regulatory fee payors, it is 

appropriate to reallocate these FTEs as 

direct to the Media Bureau, 

proportionally among the Media Bureau 

regulatory fee categories, for purposes of 

our regulatory fee calculation. 

23. Lastly, because the burden of the 

work of two FTEs from OEA addressing 

undersea cables, international bearer 

circuits, and satellite services related 

issues is done directly in furtherance of 

the oversight and regulation of 

International Bureau regulatory fee 

payors, we conclude that it is 

appropriate to reallocate these two 

indirect FTEs as direct to the 

International Bureau, proportionally 

among the International Bureau 

regulatory fee categories. 

24. Office of General Counsel (OGC). 

Our evaluation of the burden of the FTE 

time in OGC supports the Commission’s 

repeated conclusion that the majority of 

the work this office performs is most 

appropriately categorized as indirect, for 

regulatory fee purposes. On review, 

however, for FY 2023 we conclude that 

certain aspects of OGC’s work are 

sufficiently linked to the oversight and 

regulation of individual regulatory fee 

categories such that five FTEs from OGC 

should be reallocated as direct FTEs to 

a relevant core bureau for regulatory 

purposes. 

25. OGC serves as the chief legal 

advisor to the Commission and its 

various bureaus and offices. In that 

capacity OGC’s responsibilities are 

generally described as interpreting new 

and existing statutes and executive 

orders as they pertain to the 

Commission’s exercise of its 

Communications Act authority and 

other authorities, as well as performing 

such functions involving 

implementation of such statutes and 

executive orders as may be assigned to 

it by the Commission. OGC advises the 

Commission in the preparation and 

revision of our rules, recommends 

decisions in adjudicatory matters before 

the Commission, assists the Commission 

in its decision-making capacity and 

performs a variety of legal functions 

regarding internal and other 

administrative matters. OGC also 

advises and represents the Commission 

in matters of litigation. These roles are 

divided between the Administrative 

Law Division and the Litigation 

Division and are overseen by the 

General Counsel (GC) and the GC’s 

Front Office. 

26. The Litigation Division represents 

the Commission in a wide variety of 

court cases covering actions that most 

federal agencies are subject to (e.g., 

personnel, Federal Tort Claims Act, 

Freedom of Information Act, False 

Claims Act, and contract actions and 

disputes) in addition to challenges 

regarding the Commission’s exercise of 

our Communications Act authority. 

After careful consideration of the 

burden of FTE work in this division, we 

do not make any FTE reallocations for 

the Litigation Division. The level of 

effort to support litigation that is 

unrelated to our Communications Act 

authority is generally not tied to 

oversight and regulation of any 

regulatory fee category. Thus, the FTE 

burden of this work remains 

appropriately considered as indirect. 

The FTE burden associated with 

litigation that directly touches on our 

Communications Act authority should 

also remain as indirect. We make this 

determination for a variety of reasons. 

Primarily, it is not possible to determine 

with any level of consistency year to 

year whether the FTE work in support 

of litigation matters benefits a particular 

regulatory fee category. This is 

particularly true because the essential 

issue in dispute when a matter moves to 

litigation may touch on issues of 

broader concern than any one regulatory 

fee group, or conversely be so 

procedural as to be effectively generic to 

all federal agency action. Moreover, at 

its core, the FTE work defending the 

Commission’s expert authority in 

implementing the Communications Act 

is the epitome of work that benefits the 

agency as a whole and we do not believe 

it would be fair for any one regulatory 

fee group to shoulder the FTE burden of 

such work. 

27. The Administrative Law Division 

provides legal advice to the Commission 

concerning a wide array of substantive 

areas of the law necessary to the 

functioning of any federal agency. In 

large part, such work benefits the work 

of the Commission as a whole and is not 

specific to any particular regulatory fee 

category. Thus, the FTE burden 

associated with such work properly 

remains almost entirely allocated as 

indirect. In contrast to the Litigation 

Division, however, it is possible to 

determine that some of the burden of 

the work performed by FTEs from the 

Administrative Law Division, 

particularly in reviewing Commission 

rules, proposed rules, and adjudicatory 

orders, as well as providing extensive 

advice on the Commission’s authority 

under the Communications Act, 

including the exercise of delegated 

authority by the bureaus and offices, is 

done in furtherance of the oversight and 

regulation of regulatory fee payors in the 

core bureaus. Accordingly, where we 

have determined that this work is 

directly related to our oversight and 

regulation of specific regulatory fee 

payor categories, we adopt our 

determination to reallocate the FTE 

burden of such work as direct to the 

relevant core bureau(s). Specifically, for 

FY 2023 we reallocate one OGC FTE as 

direct to the Wireline Competition 

Bureau; two OGC FTEs as direct to the 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; 

one OGC FTE as direct to the Media 

Bureau, proportionally among the 

Media Bureau fee categories; and one 

OGC FTE as direct to the International 


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Bureau, proportionally among the 

International Bureau fee categories. 

28. Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau (PSHSB). We also adopt 

our proposal to reallocate, for regulatory 

fee purposes, a total of 28 indirect FTEs 

from PSHSB as direct FTEs to core 

bureaus as follows: 13 to the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, nine to 

the Wireline Competition Bureau, and 

six to the Media Bureau. 

29. 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. Insofar as 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. PSHSB is organized into 

three divisions: the Policy and 

Licensing Division, the Operations and 

Emergency Management Division, and 

the Cybersecurity and Communications 

Reliability Division. On review for FY 

2023, we conclude that certain aspects 

of the burden of some of the FTE work 

within these divisions is sufficiently 

linked to the oversight and regulation of 

individual regulatory fee categories such 

that certain FTEs, as described below, 

should be reallocated as direct FTEs to 

a relevant core bureau for regulatory 

purposes. 

30. The Policy and Licensing Division 

develops and administers rules, 

regulations, and policies to support 

public safety entities, including law 

enforcement, fire and emergency 

medical first responders, Public Safety 

Answering Points, and emergency 

operations organizations. The division 

handles licensing of public safety 

frequencies, including modifications, 

renewals and adjudications, in 

frequencies below 470 MHz, and in 

470–512 MHz, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 4.9 

GHz and 5.9 GHz under part 90 of the 

Commission’s rules, and the microwave 

bands under part 101; 911/Enhanced 

911/Next Generation 911; 

Communications Assistance for Law 

Enforcement Act; the Emergency Alert 

System (EAS); operability and 

interoperability for public safety 

communications and the First 

Responder Network Authority; and 

intra- and interagency coordination on 

spectrum management. 

31. After analyzing the FTE work in 

the Policy and Licensing Division, we 

conclude that the burden of the work of 

14 FTEs in this division is directly in 

furtherance of the oversight and 

regulation of regulatory fee payors of a 

core bureau such that it is appropriate 

to adopt our proposal to reallocate these 

FTEs as direct, for regulatory fee 

purposes. Of the 14 FTEs we have 

identified, we reallocate two FTEs as 

direct to the Wireline Competition 

Bureau, eight FTEs as direct to the 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 

and four FTEs as direct to the Media 

Bureau. Specifically, we adopt these 

reallocations for regulatory fee purposes 

because the burden of the work 

performed on 911 policy, covering 

issues such as 911 location accuracy, 

and the transition to Next Generation 

911, as well as clarifying provider 

obligations and acting on waiver and 

other provider-specific requests, directly 

furthers the oversight and regulation of 

regulatory fee payors of the Wireline 

Competition Bureau and the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau. Similarly, 

with regard to the four FTEs we 

proposed to consider as direct to the 

Media Bureau, we adopt these 

reallocations for regulatory fee 

purposes, proportionally among the fee 

categories in the Media Bureau, because 

the FTE burden of the work on the EAS, 

developing and maintaining the 

operational rules that apply to EAS 

participants (i.e., broadcasters), 

facilitating interactions between EAS 

participants and alert originators, 

reviewing State EAS Plans, and acting 

on waiver and similar requests from 

broadcasters directly furthers the 

oversight and regulation of the 

regulatory payors of the Media Bureau. 

32. The Operations and Emergency 

Management Division (OEMD) ensures 

the readiness of the Federal 

Communications Commission to 

respond to threats and emergencies; 

conducts and coordinates risk and 

incident management activities; and 

supports public safety and events of 

national security significance. Division 

staff recommend, develop, and 

implement emergency plans, policies, 

and preparedness programs covering the 

reporting and situational awareness of 

communications status during times of 

emergency and Commission functions 

during emergency conditions. OEMD 

also manages the provision of service by 

communications service providers 

during emergency conditions. 

33. The division staff provide legal 

guidance and perform technical 

operations in support of interagency 

Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and 

Territorial (SLTT) government national 

security and public safety risk and 

incident management efforts. In 

addition, the division provides 

situational awareness to FCC and 

federal government leadership regarding 

national security risks and makes 

recommendations to help manage those 

risks; manages the FCC Continuity 

Programs to ensure the Commission’s 

ability to perform the functions vital to 

an enduring government and the 

availability of nationwide and 

international communications under all 

conditions; and assesses and evaluates 

the status of communications services 

and infrastructure through Over-The-Air 

observations and analysis by its 

Spectrum Monitoring and Analysis 

Response Team. The division also 

coordinates with the U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security on critical national 

security and emergency preparedness 

priority communications programs, 

such as Telecommunication Service 

Priority Program, Government 

Emergency Telecommunications 

Service, and Wireless Priority Service. 

After analyzing the FTE work in OEMD, 

we conclude that the burden of the work 

of five FTEs in this division is directly 

in furtherance of the oversight and 

regulation of regulatory fee payors of a 

core bureau such that it should be 

reallocated for regulatory purposes. 

Specifically, of the five FTEs we have 

identified from this division there are 

two FTEs that should be reallocated as 

direct FTEs to the Wireline Competition 

Bureau, two FTEs that should be 

reallocated as direct FTEs to the 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 

and one FTE that should be reallocated 

as a direct FTE to the Media Bureau, 

proportionally among the fee categories 

in the Media Bureau. OEMD’s 

deployment of personnel to disaster 

areas primarily supports the oversight 

and regulation of the regulatory fee 

payors of all three of these core bureaus 

by, among other things, receiving and 

facilitating federal partner responses to 

requests from providers in disaster areas 

with issues such as obtaining access to 

facility sites and procurement of fuel for 

generators. 

34. Moreover, with regard to the two 

FTEs we reallocate as direct to the 

Wireline Competition Bureau and the 

two FTEs we reallocate as direct to the 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 

we adopt these changes for regulatory 

fee purposes because the burden of the 

work performed by these FTEs is 

directly related to the oversight and 

regulation of wireline and wireless 

regulatory fee payors. In particular, the 

FTE burden from this division relates to 

working with federal partners on risk 

assessment and surveying the status of 

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following major disasters, emergencies, 

matters of law enforcement or events of 

a national security as well as facilitating 

providers’ restoration by coordinating 

requests and responses with other 

federal and SLTT entities and private 

sector companies. In addition, the FTE 

burden of this work in this division 

involves administering legal oversight 

and review of the Commission’s Local 

Number Portability Act (LNPA) 

activities. 

35. In addition, the work done by one 

FTE in OEMD directly supports the 

oversight and regulation of regulatory 

fee payors of the Media Bureau by 

conducting site surveys of media 

broadcast transmitters to determine 

potential issues of radio frequency 

interference, and by deploying 

personnel to disaster areas to perform 

spectrum scans before and after 

disasters to ascertain the operational 

status of broadcast stations and assist 

those that are not operational. Based on 

this analysis, we adopt our proposal to 

reallocate, for regulatory fee purposes, 

one FTE from OEMD as a direct to 

Media Bureau, proportionally among 

the fee categories in that bureau. 

36. The Communications and Crisis 

Management Center (FCC Operations 

Center), which is part of OEMD, 

maintains a 24/7 staff at FCC 

Headquarters. Its responsibilities 

include: monitoring the status of 

communications and engaging in realtime with emergency operations centers 

and PSAPs in the event of outages or 

disasters; resolving consumer 

complaints; supporting the 

Commission’s enforcement activities; 

granting special temporary authority to 

Commission licensees after hours; and 

maintaining the Commission’s primary 

classified environment and the required 

support systems. 

37. The Operations Center is available 

24/7 to field requests from all regulatees 

for assistance and to grant special 

temporary authority outside of normal 

business hours. Operations Center staff 

routinely field calls regarding consumer 

complaints of communications outages 

and interference or requests for 

information on the provision of wireless 

and wireline communications services 

in specific regions of the Nation. In 

response to these communications, 

Operations Center staff will coordinate 

solutions across Commission Bureaus 

and Offices, SLTT stakeholder entities, 

and private sector companies. After staff 

analysis of data regarding the FTE work 

performed in the Operations Center, we 

find that the burden of the work of three 

FTEs from the Operations Center is 

performed directly in furtherance of the 

oversight and regulation of regulatory 

fee payors such that it should be 

reallocated as direct to a core bureau, for 

regulatory fee purposes. Specifically, we 

reallocate one FTE as a direct to the 

Wireline Competition Bureau, one FTE 

as direct FTE to Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, and one 

FTE as direct to the Media Bureau, 

proportionally among the fee categories 

in that bureau. 

38. The Cybersecurity and 

Communications Reliability Division 

helps ensure that the nation’s 

communications networks are reliable 

and secure so that the public can 

communicate, especially during 

emergencies. This division identifies 

and promotes network improvements 

through analysis and investigation of 

significant communications outages, 

providing situational awareness of the 

status of communications infrastructure 

during times of emergency and 

administers the Commission’s primary 

advisory committee on communications 

security and reliability, and 

rulemakings. Focus areas include 

emergency communications, such as 

911 and wireless emergency alerting, 

network performance during disasters, 

and major network outages and threats. 

This division monitors and analyzes 

communications network outages to 

identify trends, assess actions the FCC 

can take to help prevent and mitigate 

outages, and where necessary, assist 

response and recovery activities. 

Finally, the division supports the 

security of services provided across 

platforms, in the Commission’s Alerting 

Security docket, and Federal Advisory 

Committee work on 911 standards and 

alerting standards, as well as network 

and supply chain security. 

39. The Cybersecurity and 

Communications Reliability Division 

provides oversight and regulation of the 

regulatory payors by, among other 

things, providing situational awareness 

of the status of communications 

infrastructure and coordinating requests 

for assistance during times of 

emergency. After analyzing the burden 

of the work done in this division, we 

adopt our proposal to reallocate four 

FTEs from this division as direct to the 

Wireline Competition Bureau because 

the burden of the work being done on 

wireline network outage reporting, in 

routine and disaster environments, as 

well as outages and notifications 

impacting the 911 and 988 systems, is 

directly in furtherance of the oversight 

and regulation of wireline regulatory fee 

payors We also adopt our proposal to 

reallocate two FTEs from this division 

as direct to the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau because 

the FTE burden of this work is being 

done to administer the Mandatory 

Disaster Response Initiative to ensure 

providers of commercial mobile services 

can engage in mutual aid activities 

during times of emergency. The FTE 

burden in this division also includes 

working with the Federal Advisory 

Committee on standards and best 

practices related to 5G deployment as 

well as the work performed to develop 

and implement performance standards 

and regulation of wireless regulatory fee 

payors. 

40. Conclusion Regarding Allocations. 

Table 2 below summarizes the FTE 

reallocations adopted here. 

TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF FTE REALLOCATIONS

Core bureau 

Number of direct 

2023 FTEs 

without FTE 

reallocations 

% Before 

reallocations Direct FTEs after reallocations 

Number of direct 

2023 FTEs 

with FTE 

reallocations 

% After 

reallocations 

International Bureau .................................. 28 8.28 +2 from OEA .............................................

+1 from OGC 

Total additional FTEs +3 

31 7.77 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau ...... 75 22.19 +8 from OEA .............................................

+2 from OGC 

+13 from PSHSB 

Total additional FTEs +23 

98 24.56 

Wireline Competition Bureau .................... 120.25 35.57 +13 from OEA ...........................................

+1 from OGC 

+9 from PSHSB 

Total additional FTEs +23 

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TABLE 2—SUMMARY OF FTE REALLOCATIONS—Continued 

Core bureau 

Number of direct 

2023 FTEs 

without FTE 

reallocations 

% Before 

reallocations Direct FTEs after reallocations 

Number of direct 

2023 FTEs 

with FTE 

reallocations 

% After 

reallocations 

Media Bureau ............................................ 116 33.96 +7 from OEA .............................................

+1 from OGC 

+6 from PSHSB 

¥2 from MB Reallocated as Indirect 

Total additional FTEs +12 

128 31.76 

Total ................................................... 339.25 100 .................................................................... 400.25 100 

B. Non-High Cost Universal Service 

Fund FTEs 

41. In the FY 2017 Report and Order, 

the Commission reallocated 38 direct 

FTEs from the Wireline Competition 

Bureau working on the non-high-cost 

programs of the Universal Service Fund 

as indirect for regulatory fee purposes. 

The Commission found that this 

reallocation was supported by the fact 

that contributions to the Universal 

Service Fund are required from service 

providers using any technology that has 

end-user interstate telecommunications 

and because of changes in the universal 

service fund regulatory landscape. The 

Commission observed that although 

initially universal service programs 

were focused on wireline services, 

wireless carriers, and broadband 

providers had since become involved in 

the E-Rate, Lifeline, and Rural 

Healthcare programs. The Commission 

also noted that the E-Rate, Lifeline, and 

Rural Healthcare programs tie funding 

eligibility to the beneficiary, i.e., a 

school, a library, a low-income 

individual or family, or a rural 

healthcare provider, and not to 

Commission regulatory fee payors. 

Given these considerations, the 

Commission concluded that the burden 

of FTE time dedicated to non-high cost 

Universal Service Fund programs 

should be considered indirect because 

the nature of the work being conducted 

is not focused specifically on the 

oversight and regulation of fee payors of 

any core bureau. The Universal Service 

Fund programs are administered by the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC), with oversight from 

the Commission. Specifically, the 

Commission reasoned that the FTE time 

devoted to the non-high cost Universal 

Service Fund issues is not oversight and 

regulation of a category of regulatory fee 

payors, but instead is the oversight of 

several Universal Service Fund 

programs (administered by USAC) with 

a wide array of beneficiaries and 

participants. With such a diversity of 

participants, beneficiaries, and 

contributors, and a wide variety of 

issues addressed by Commission staff 

(including matters pertaining to entities 

that are not Commission regulatory fee 

payors), the Commission concluded that 

Interstate Telecommunications Service 

Providers (ITSPs) were no longer the 

sole contributors or beneficiaries of 

these programs. The Commission 

further found that it could not 

determine the benefits flowing from 

Commission oversight of the programs 

to any one fee category, let alone a 

particular cross-section of fee categories 

or even an entire industry. The 

Commission explained that as they are 

not traditional telecommunication 

industry members, attributing the 

benefits of FTE non-high cost work to 

any one fee category would be 

problematic at best. For all of these 

reasons, the Commission concluded that 

FTE time spent on non-high cost 

Universal Service Fund issues should be 

reassigned as indirect. 

42. In the FY 2017 Report and Order, 

the Commission also observed that the 

concern that the reallocation would 

impose a burden on broadcasters, which 

do not participate in the universal 

service program was misplaced ‘‘as 

there is no completely pure way to 

precisely allocate every Commission 

FTE.’’ In support of this decision the 

Commission explained that the 

Commission’s methodology need not 

reach scientific precision and instead 

must simply be reasonable. 

Subsequently, the Commission 

addressed NAB’s continued objection to 

assessing broadcasters for the costs of 

these indirect FTEs in the FY 2022 

Report and Order by explaining that the 

reallocation was appropriate and that 

indirect FTEs in the Commission devote 

their time to a large variety of issues, 

some of which may not directly affect 

every Commission regulatee, including 

broadcasters. The Commission 

nonetheless took a closer look at the 

FTE burden associated with these nonhigh cost Universal Service Fund issues, 

and determined that broadcasters 

should be excluded from the burden 

associated with these indirect FTEs. 

Based on this determination, the burden 

associated with these indirect FTEs in 

FY 2022 was apportioned among all 

other regulatory fee payors. 

43. For FY 2023, we tentatively 

concluded that the Commission’s FY 

2022 reasoning remained sound and the 

indirect FTE burden associated with 

these non-high cost Universal Service 

Fund programs should not be 

apportioned to broadcasters. We sought 

comment on this tentative conclusion 

and asked any commenters asserting 

that these indirect FTEs should be 

reassigned as direct FTEs to a core 

bureau to provide an explanation of 

how these FTEs provide a direct benefit 

to other fee payors. 

44. NAB continues to assert that we 

should reallocate the burden of FTE 

time dedicated to these matters as direct 

to a core bureau or bureaus because 

providers receive funding and program 

beneficiaries receive subsidies. 

Specifically, NAB argues that the 

Commission could base this reallocation 

upon the information the Commission 

has about the fee payors that receive a 

particular percentage of the 

Commission’s non-high cost USF 

program funds. Likewise, the State 

Broadcasters Association contends that 

because these programs provide certain 

service providers with significant 

funding, it should not be difficult to 

determine the direct impact of the FTE 

burden that benefits specific regulatees. 

We disagree. As CTIA correctly points 

out, our regulatory fees must be based 

on the work conducted by Commission 

staff, i.e., the Commission’s FTE burden, 

and the amount of USF program funds 

that a regulatory fee payor receives, is 

not a relevant factor in allocating 

regulatory fees among the core bureaus. 

45. In particular, we agree with CTIA 

that NAB’s argument to reallocate FTEs 

based upon the financial benefit 

received by any particular service 

provider does not properly demonstrate 

that the FTE burden of this work is 

devoted to the oversight and regulation 

of any regulatory fee category such that 

it should be considered to be direct. 

WISPA also supports the Commission’s 

decision to treat the FTE burden of this 

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attributing FTEs as direct on the basis of 

such work could unfairly impact 

smaller providers, like WISPA’s 

members, and cause an exodus from 

non-high cost USF programs, which 

would be contrary to the public interest. 

Moreover, the FTE work on these nonhigh cost Universal Service Fund 

programs covers issues regarding all 

program participants as well as benefits 

that are derived by the general public. 

We continue to agree with prior 

Commission determinations that FTE 

time spent on non-high cost Universal 

Service Fund issues is indirect because 

we cannot reasonably determine the 

FTE burden of oversight of the programs 

to any one fee payor category, let alone 

a particular cross-section of fee payors 

or even an entire industry. 

46. As we have stated previously, 

indirect FTE time is devoted to issues 

that may include more than one 

regulated service or matters that are not 

related to services regulated by the 

Commission. Commenters’ argument is 

based on their assertion that they do not 

obtain benefit from the universal service 

programs, but that is not a factor in 

determining whether the FTEs should 

be allocated as direct to other fee 

payors. Accordingly, we conclude that 

NAB’s suggestion to reallocate the 

burden of the 23.75 FTEs working on 

non-high cost Universal Service Fund 

matters as direct to a core bureau based 

upon the percentage of subsidies 

received by any particular category of 

fee payor category conflates the nature 

of the work of the Commission’s FTEs 

with the identity of the entities that 

ultimately receive support from any 

particular program. Commenters have 

thus failed to show that these indirect 

FTEs should be reassigned as direct. We 

therefore affirm prior Commission 

determinations that the burden of FTE 

time devoted to non-high cost Universal 

Service Fund programs is properly 

categorized as indirect, and that such a 

conclusion is consistent with how FTEs 

working for programs that benefit 

consumers and the American public are 

treated elsewhere in the Commission. 

47. Additionally, as explained in the 

FY 2023 NPRM, staff analysis of the FTE 

burden associated with these non-high 

cost Universal Service Fund programs 

reveals that we need to adjust the 

number of indirect FTEs working on the 

non-high cost Universal Service Fund 

programs from 38 FTEs in FY 2022 

downward to 23.75 indirect FTEs for FY 

2023, a decrease of 14.25 indirect FTEs. 

As a result of staff’s comprehensive 

review of the Commission’s indirect 

bureaus and offices, we conclude that 

the FTE time within the Office of 

Engineering and Technology, the 

Enforcement Bureau, and the Consumer 

and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 

continues to be appropriately 

designated as indirect. 

C. New Regulatory Fee Categories 

48. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought 

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. The Satellite Operators argue 

that the Commission has unquestionable 

jurisdiction to extend its regulatory fee 

categories to include service providers 

and manufacturers that benefit from the 

Commission’s regulatory activities. The 

Satellite Operators suggest that we again 

seek comment on four new fee 

categories: (i) broadband internet access 

providers, (ii) database administrators 

that enable unlicensed operations, (iii) 

equipment manufacturers, and (iv) 

experimental licenses. TechFreedom, on 

the other hand, contends that the 

Commission lacks legal authority to 

require entities that it neither licenses 

nor regulates to pay regulatory fees. 

49. We have previously sought 

comment on the fee categories proposed 

by the Satellite Operators and others, 

and, as no new facts or analysis have 

been provided in the record to support 

such proposals, we are neither adopting 

such categories at this time nor seeking 

further comment on them. Because 

commenters have provided no basis for 

us to change the Commission’s prior 

determinations on this issue and we 

therefore affirm that such fees would be 

unworkable and logistically infeasible to 

collect at this time. 

D. Space Station and International 

Bearer Circuit Regulatory Fees 

1. Space Station Regulatory Fees 

a. NGSO/GSO 80/20 Allocation 

50. For FY 2023, we adopt the 

regulatory fees for space and earth 

stations proposed in the FY 2023 NPRM, 

which were based on the allocation of 

International Bureau FTEs that 

regulated space and earth stations. The 

International Bureau existed for most of 

FY 2023, and therefore we conclude that 

it is appropriate to adopt regulatory fees 

for FY 2023 based on the work of 

International Bureau FTEs for this fiscal 

year. We find that the proposed 

categories and allocations continue to 

accurately reflect the allocation of 

International Bureau FTEs in FY 2023. 

For the reasons discussed below, we 

decline to change allocations or add 

categories or subcategories of space 

station regulatory fees at this time. FY 

2024 will be the first full fiscal year that 

the Space Bureau will be in existence. 

We anticipate closely evaluating the 

work of staff during the first year to 

ensure the continued accuracy of our 

FTE allocations. Moreover, given the 

rapid pace of development change in 

this segment of the telecommunications 

industry, we also anticipate closely 

considering whether any space and 

earth station regulatory fee categories 

should be revised in the coming years. 

51. The FY 2023 NPRM sought 

comment on proposed regulatory fees 

for space and earth stations. For space 

stations, the proposed fees were 

calculated using the existing allocation 

of FTEs between GSO and NGSO space 

station categories, and among different 

categories of NGSO space station 

systems. Under the existing 

methodology of calculating regulatory 

fees for space stations, 80% of space 

station regulatory fees are allocated to 

GSOs and 20% of the space station 

regulatory fees to NGSOs. In addition, 

there are two subcategories for NGSO 

space stations regulatory fees: ‘‘less 

complex’’ NGSO systems and all other 

NGSO systems identified as ‘‘other’’ 

NGSO systems. ‘‘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). ‘‘Less complex’’ NGSO fees and 

‘‘other’’ NGSO fees were split within the 

broader NGSO fee category on a 20/80 

basis. In 2022, the Commission adopted 

a methodology for calculating the 

regulatory fee for small satellites and 

small spacecraft (together, small 

satellites) within the NGSO fee category 

based on 1/20th (5%) of the average of 

the non-small satellite NGSO space 

station regulatory fee rates from the 

current fiscal year on a per license basis. 

52. The FY 2023 NPRM did not seek 

comment on the methodology 

previously adopted to allocate 

regulatory fees among GSO and NGSO 

space stations, nor did it seek comment 

on the definitions of existing 

subcategories of NGSO space stations or 

the creation of new subcategories of 

NGSO space stations in general. It did, 

however, seek comment generally on 

whether to adopt new regulatory fee 

categories and on ways to improve the 

regulatory fee process regarding ‘‘any 

and all categories of service.’’ It also 

sought comment specifically on how to 

apply regulatory fees to spacecraft 

performing On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) 

and Rendezvous and Proximity 

Operations (RPO) specifically operating 

near the geostationary satellite orbit arc. 

53. No comments were received in 

response to the proposed regulatory fees 


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for earth stations or for small satellites. 

As stated above, we find that these 

categories and allocations continue to 

accurately reflect the allocation of 

International Bureau FTEs for FY 2023. 

Accordingly, we adopt the proposed 

regulatory fees for earth stations and 

small satellites for FY 2023. 

54. Several space station operators, 

individually or collectively, submitted 

comments regarding proposed 

regulatory fees for space stations other 

than small satellites. Broadly speaking, 

the comments can be divided into two 

categories. The first category proposes 

revisions to our existing methodology 

and categories for assessing regulatory 

fees on NGSO space stations. These 

commenters argue in favor of revising 

the ‘‘20/80’’ allocation between ‘‘less 

complex’’ and ‘‘other’’ NGSO space 

stations, revisiting the definition of 

‘‘less complex’’ NGSO space station 

systems, or proposing to initiate a 

further notice of proposed rulemaking to 

revise and expand the subcategories of 

NGSO space station fees. The second 

category provides comments on how to 

apply regulatory fees to OOS and RPO 

spacecraft. We address each category of 

comments in turn below, but in each 

instance conclude that the record is 

insufficient at this time to adopt 

changes to the proposed regulatory fees 

for FY 2023 or to initiate a further notice 

of proposed rulemaking. Moreover, as 

observed previously in this order, the 

Commission’s methodology need not 

reach scientific precision and instead 

must simply be reasonable. 

b. NGSO Space Stations ‘‘Less 

Complex’’ and ‘‘Other’’ Regulatory Fees 

55. 20/80 Less Complex/Other 

Allocation. The Satellite Operators 

contend that we should revisit the ‘‘20/ 

80 split’’ between ‘‘less complex’’ and 

‘‘other’’ NGSO space station systems 

and the assumptions that underly it. 

They argue that our regulatory fee 

structure should ‘‘not remain stagnant’’ 

regarding the nature of ‘‘less complex’’ 

NGSO space station systems that 

provide EESS, and that the Commission 

should initiate a further notice of 

proposed rulemaking because ‘‘[t]oday’s 

EESS business . . . is virtually 

unrecognizable from what existed when 

the Commission first established [the 

‘‘less complex’’] NGSO regulatory fee 

structure’’ in 2021. 

56. We find that the record is 

insufficient at this time to revisit, or to 

initiate a further rulemaking to revisit, 

the 20/80 allocation between ‘‘less 

complex’’ and ‘‘other’’ NGSO space 

station systems. The Satellite Operators 

do not provide any specific alternative 

proposals to the current allocations, 

other than to seek comment on the 

significance of the purported changes to 

the EESS business in order to build a 

foundation to take action on next year. 

As the EESS Operators observe, 

however, the Satellite Operators offer no 

new evidence that might cause the 

Commission to alter its conclusions and 

change the allocation, but repeat the 

argument they have made in the 

regulatory fee proceedings for FY 2020, 

FY 2021, and FY 2022, and do not 

provide a basis for the Commission to 

revisit its decision regarding NGSO fee 

category definitions adopted in the FY 

2021 NPRM. In addition, the purported 

changes to the EESS business presented 

by the Satellite Operators (for example, 

multiplying use cases, mushrooming 

demand of customers for data, and 

changes in methods of distribution) do 

not go to the factors relied on in 

adopting the 20/80 allocation between 

‘‘less complex’’ and ‘‘other’’ NGSO 

space stations: the amount of staff work 

involved in regulating NGSO space 

stations planning to communicate with 

20 or fewer U.S. authorized earth 

stations primarily in EESS and/or AIS 

versus the amount of work involved in 

regulating other types of NGSO space 

station systems. Thus, there is no basis 

for initiating a further notice of 

proposed rulemaking at this time. 

57. NGSO Space Station Fee Category 

Definitions and Expansion. Some 

commenters propose to revisit the 

definition of ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO 

space station systems to include a 

broader range of NGSO space station 

systems, or to initiate a further notice of 

proposed rulemaking to revise and 

expand the subcategories of NGSO 

space station fees. In particular, Kine ́is 

alleges that the Commission did not 

fully explain the decision in the FY 

2021 NPRM to use ‘‘the total number of 

earth stations with which satellite 

network will communicate’’ as the 

‘‘only’’ factor to distinguish NGSO space 

station systems as ‘‘less complex’’ for 

regulatory fee purposes. To the extent 

that Kine ́is’s comments seek 

reconsideration of our holding in in that 

order, we agree with other comments 

that such an argument would be 

untimely. While we decline to revisit 

our prior holding, we will, however, 

address the Kine ́is comments to the 

extent it proposes that the Commission 

should, on a going forward basis, 

expand the category of ‘‘less complex’’ 

NGSO space stations to include factors 

other than ‘‘the total number of earth 

stations with which satellite network 

will communicate’’ to distinguish NGSO 

space station systems as ‘‘less complex.’’ 

58. As an initial matter, Kine ́is 

mischaracterizes the prior decision as to 

which types of NGSO space station 

systems are ‘‘less complex’’ as being 

based only on the number of earth 

stations utilized by a NGSO space 

station system. In fact, the number of 

earth stations was not, and is not, the 

only factor for determining that an 

NGSO space station system is ‘‘less 

complex’’ for regulatory fee purposes. 

Rather, the Commission found that 

NGSO space station systems ‘‘planning 

to communicate with 20 or fewer U.S.- 

authorized earth stations that are 

primarily used for [EESS] and/or [AIS] 

are significantly less complex to 

regulate than other types of NGSO 

systems’’ (italics added). As the 

Commission explained, multiple factors 

led to determining that NGSO space 

station systems communicating with 20 

or less U.S.-authorized earth stations 

used primarily for EESS and/or AIS 

involved less staff resources to regulate 

that other NGSO space station systems. 

59. Thus, the number of earth stations 

is not the only factor for determining 

whether an NGSO space station system 

is ‘‘less complex’’ for regulatory fee 

purposes, but it is one factor, together 

with the service primarily being 

provided, that serves as a proxies for 

other factors, such as whether 

processing rounds are required to 

process the application, the geographic 

area being served by the system, the 

quantity and range of spectrum needs, 

and how the system utilizes spectrum 

vis-a`-vis other systems. All these factors, 

not just the number of earth stations, go 

towards determining the amount of FTE 

resources required to regulate a NGSO 

space station system, thereby 

determining whether an NGSO space 

station system is ‘‘less complex’’ for 

regulatory fee purposes. 

60. We note that the possibility of 

other NGSO space station systems being 

categorized as ‘‘less complex’’ for 

regulatory fee purposes in the future has 

not be rejected or precluded. Indeed, 

such a possibility has been expressly 

recognized. But the inclusion of NGSO 

space station systems into the ‘‘less 

complex’’ category must arise from 

factors that reflect the amount of work 

that FTEs perform to regulate such 

systems relative to the work performed 

for other NGSO space station systems. If 

the Commission finds in the future that 

another type of NGSO space station 

system requires less regulatory work 

than other NGSO space station systems, 

that type of NGSO space station system 

would be eligible for the ‘‘less complex’’ 

category as well. Although Kine ́is and 

Myriota argue that their non-voice, nongeostationary mobile satellite service 

(NVNG MSS) designed to provide 

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should also be categorized as ‘‘less 

complex,’’ their arguments focus on the 

alleged superior benefits received by 

other NGSO space station systems 

compared to their own, rather than on 

the amount of regulatory work that FTEs 

perform. Such benefits, however, are not 

material to determining the complexity 

of regulation of a satellite system, which 

is the determining criterion for a ‘‘less 

complex’’ NGSO space station system. 

As such, we find that the record is not 

sufficiently developed at this time to 

determine that NVNG MSS IoT space 

station systems should be included in 

the ‘‘less complex’’ NGSO space station 

regulatory fee category. 

61. Kine ́is also proposes that the 

Commission adopt a further notice of 

proposed rulemaking to develop a 

record to separate the various NGSO 

networks into more homogenous 

categories that group providers together 

with others that provide similar types of 

services. Kine ́is proposes that we adopt 

a multi-tiered approach to the fee 

categories for NGSO space station 

systems, using many different factors to 

group NGSO space station systems into 

tiers that would ‘‘charge each provider 

an amount commensurate with its 

demands on Commission resources and 

the benefits it receives through 

regulation based on these enumerated 

factors.’’ Kine ́is suggests five NGSO 

tiers: (1) Global Fixed/Mobile 

Broadband; (2) Big LEO Voice & Data; 

(3) EESS Space Imaging & Other; (4) 

UHF IoT Data Collection & Monitoring/ 

AIS; and (5) SmallSat. Although much 

of the basis for the different tiers is 

purported differences in the benefits 

received from FCC regulation, Kine ́is 

also attempts to quantify the amount of 

FTE work necessitated by each tier by 

evaluating the number of filings each 

tier made in our Electronic Comments 

Filing System (ECFS) from the start of 

FY 2022 until June 1, 2023. 

62. We find Kine ́is’s multi-tiered 

proposal for defining NGSO fee 

categories to be potentially useful 

framework as the Commission has used 

such multi-tiered approaches for 

assessing regulatory fees for other 

services. There is not sufficient time, 

however, to consider such expansive 

changes in time to adopt regulatory fees 

for FY 2023 because the conclusions 

underlying the proposal by Kine ́is 

require further comment and evaluation. 

Kine ́is’s attempts to quantify the amount 

of FTE work necessitated by each 

proposed tier rely exclusively on filings 

made during a limited time period in 

docketed proceedings such as 

rulemakings, without consideration of 

applications and related filings, which 

would be made through ICFS, not ECFS. 

In addition, as the Satellite Operators 

observe, Kine ́is has not attempted to 

explain how we would allocate the FTE 

time among these categories. 

63. We agree, however, that an 

examination of our regulatory fees and 

categories for NGSO space stations 

would be useful in light of changes 

resulting from the creation of the Space 

Bureau and fuller consideration of 

possible adjustments to into account 

factors that are reasonably related to the 

benefits provided by the Commission’s 

activities. We do not, however, have a 

sufficient record to initiate such an 

examination at this time. Section 9 

requires regulatory fees be keyed to the 

FTE burden associated with the 

oversight and regulation of each 

regulatory fee category. We anticipate 

that the changes in the industry that 

resulted our decision to create the Space 

Bureau will likely also result in changes 

in the relative FTE burden between and 

among our space and earth station fee 

payors. Moreover, we anticipate the 

creation of the Space Bureau will result 

in the streamlining of the oversight and 

regulation of space stations, which 

could also change FTE burdens. 

Accordingly, we find it will be more 

efficient to seek comment on proposals 

to reexamine the categories of regulatory 

fees for NGSO space station systems, 

like the one offered by Kine ́is, at the 

same time as other proposals that might 

arise as part of a more holistic review of 

the FTE burden of the Space Bureau in 

FY 2024. 

64. Miscellaneous. Space X contends 

that we have miscalculated the space 

station regulatory fees because we based 

our calculations on nine units in the 

‘‘Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, 

Other)’’ category, instead of ten. 

Although there are ten such licensed 

systems, one of the licensed systems 

was not operational as of October 1, 

2022, and we are removing that station 

from the unit count when calculating 

the per unit fee. A unit count of nine is 

correct. 

c. Spacecraft Performing On-Orbit 

Servicing (OOS) and Rendezvous and 

Proximity Operations (RPO) (In-Space 

Servicing Industries) 

65. In the FY 2022 NPRM, we sought 

comment on adopting regulatory fee 

categories for spacecraft performing 

OOS and RPO. OOS and RPO missions, 

which can include satellite refueling, 

inspecting and repairing in-orbit 

spacecraft, capturing and removing 

debris, and transforming materials 

through manufacturing while in space, 

have the potential to benefit all space 

stations and improve the sustainability 

of the outer space environment and the 

space-based services. Due to the nascent 

nature of the OOS and RPO, or more 

generally ‘‘in-space servicing’’ 

industries, we currently do not have a 

regulatory fee category for such 

spacecraft. The Commission noted at 

that time that there have been a limited 

number of such operations and 

tentatively concluded that it was too 

early to identify exactly where 

operations, such as those in low-Earth 

orbit (LEO), might fit into the regulatory 

fee structure in the future. 

66. Neither the scope of in-space 

servicing operations nor the regulatory 

framework developed sufficiently to 

adopt regulatory fee categories for FY 

2022. As a result, in the FY 2023 NPRM 

we sought comment on defining this 

emerging category of operations for 

regulatory fee purposes, including 

whether a separate regulatory fee 

category is necessary for those 

spacecraft that may conduct such inspace servicing operations in the future. 

The FY 2023 NPRM also observed that 

some spacecraft conducting satellite 

servicing operate, or plan to operate, 

near the GSO arc, but that most of these 

operations are likely to ultimately be in 

NGSO. 

67. Currently, two spacecraft operate 

under part 25 for communications while 

conducting these types of operations 

with GSO satellites. These two 

spacecraft remain operational in FY 

2023. In the FY 2023 NPRM, the 

Commission tentatively concluded that, 

despite being assigned their own call 

signs, which is the unit usually used to 

assess fees for satellite regulatees 

operating in GSO, such spacecraft 

appear to operate as part of existing 

GSO systems, rather than as separate 

independent spacecraft. Therefore, there 

would be no independent system for a 

separate fee assessment for these 

operations near the GSO arc, and the 

regulatory burden (i.e., the FTE time) for 

such operations would be included in 

the fees collected from the GSO 

regulatory fee payors. The Commission 

sought comment on this tentative 

conclusion and whether it may not 

apply to future operations of OOS and 

RPO spacecraft, which may operate 

more independently of the satellites that 

they will service. The Commission also 

observed that, for spacecraft conducting 

OOS and RPO with GSO satellites, 

identifying whether such spacecraft 

operations are part of an existing GSO 

system appears to be the first step in 

determining whether the Commission 

should assess a separate regulatory fee. 

The FY 2023 NPRM proposed to apply 

the regulatory fee for ‘‘Space Stations 

(Geostationary Orbit)’’ to OOS and RPO 

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unless a determination is made that the 

OOS or RPO spacecraft is operating as 

part of an existing GSO system and 

therefore should not be assessed a 

separate regulatory fee. The Commission 

sought comment on this approach, as 

well as on the specific factors that 

should be considered to determine 

whether a OOS or RPO spacecraft is 

operating as part of an existing GSO 

system for regulatory fee purposes. 

68. We find that the record remains 

too incomplete to adopt a separate 

regulatory fee category for spacecraft 

performing OOS and RPO at this time. 

Although commenters generally support 

the creation of new, separate regulatory 

fee categories for OOS and RPO space 

stations, we conclude there is 

insufficient understanding of the nature 

and regulation of such spacecraft to 

consider concrete proposals for 

assessing regulatory fees for OOS and 

RPO space stations at this time. The 

Commission is still in the early stages of 

considering the regulatory environment 

for such services as a whole, and the 

definition of which services would fit 

into OOS and RPO and the regulatory 

framework for such services are yet to 

be developed. Accordingly, we are 

unable to determine who would be 

eligible for such a category or the 

amount of the FTE burden that the 

Commission would spend in regulating 

such a category, which is a necessary 

first step in adopting regulatory fees. We 

will continue to develop the record 

regarding a possible separate fee 

category for OOS, RPO, and in-space 

servicing more generally, with the 

benefit of progress made in rulemaking 

proceedings concerning these emerging 

services and will revisit this issue as 

part of the regulatory fees proceeding for 

FY 2024. 

69. We will continue to develop a 

record that will inform possible 

establishment of a fee category(ies) and 

appropriate methodology for assessing 

such a fee category(ies). We will also 

continue to consider OOS and RPO 

spacecraft licensing for those spacecraft 

operating near the GSO arc on a 

mission-by-mission basis. Relatedly, 

Astroscale requests that we also clarify 

that a determination that the OOS or 

RPO spacecraft is operating as part of an 

existing GSO system could also include 

GSO servicing spacecraft operating in 

other frequency bands not supported by 

the client vehicle. We find, however, 

that the record is insufficiently 

developed at this time to act on this 

request. Although some comments 

oppose ever assessing the fee for GSO 

space stations on OOS and RPO 

spacecraft, arguing that the current GSO 

fee category reflects FTE hours spent on 

typical GSO spacecraft issues and that 

these are not efforts that servicing 

spacecraft near the GSO arc benefit 

from, there is no other fee category 

available for space stations operating in 

geostationary orbit, and section 9 does 

not permit the Commission to exempt 

regulatees from paying regulatory fees. 

Because we are not proposing to adopt, 

at this time, a regulatory fee category for 

OOS or RPO operations, or in-space 

servicing more generally, we need not 

consider what factors should go into 

determining the regulatory fees for such 

categories. 

70. Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV). 

The FY 2023 NPRM also sought 

comment on additional or different 

definitions for a potential new fee 

category, such as including in the 

definition of OOS concepts of operation 

such as deployment via an OTV. 

Spaceflight argues that the new fee 

category for in-space servicing systems 

should be broadly defined, 

encompassing a range of activities, 

including OTV deployment services, 

rendezvous and proximity operations, 

refueling, situational awareness, and 

debris-related activities. Spaceflight 

submits that it is essential that OTVs are 

not simply designated as either GSO or 

NGSO, but rather recognized as a 

distinct category within the regulatory 

framework. Spaceflight believes that 

OTVs possess distinct capabilities and 

serve a specific purpose in space 

operations, making it crucial to establish 

a separate classification that reflects 

these characteristics. Spaceflight 

supports a fee assessment comparable to 

the one applicable for small satellites 

because there are similarities between 

OTVs and the small satellite systems. 

Spaceflight argues that both types of 

missions are generally characterized by 

the following factors: (i) limited 

interference protection, (ii) limited 

mission durations, (iii) smaller system 

investments, (iv) less probability of 

ongoing adjudications, (v) higher chance 

to require multiple licenses or market 

grants, and (vi) a limited number of inspace servicing missions. 

71. In addition, Spaceflight disagrees 

with our position that innovative OTVs 

should not be classified as in-orbit 

servicing spacecraft but rather as an 

NGSO spacecraft which deploys other 

spacecraft and contends that the 

Commission has not provided a basis by 

which to characterize Sherpa-AC1, or 

OTVs more generally, as ‘‘less complex’’ 

NGSO systems for regulatory fee 

purposes. Spaceflight explains that the 

very purpose of OTVs is to support 

other space missions, and this service is 

more similar to that of a launch vehicle, 

rather than a traditional 

communications or other satellite 

service. Spaceflight argues that there is 

nothing in the record or the 

Commission’s analysis to explain why a 

physical, in-orbit delivery service is like 

the satellite services provided by NGSO 

spacecraft classified in the ‘‘less 

complex’’ fee category, i.e., Earth 

imaging or other type of monitoring 

services. Moreover, Spaceflight purports 

that simply classifying OTV missions as 

‘‘less complex’’ based on the number of 

earth stations used to communicate with 

the OTV system would be 

inappropriate. Spaceflight submits that 

traditional systems generally rely more 

heavily on spectrum use, either for the 

provision of two-way communications 

or the transmission of service data, such 

as imagery of the Earth or other similar 

commercial data; however, OTVs 

generally use spectrum simply to 

operate the spacecraft or for other 

limited testing. Spaceflight argues that 

such spectrum use is also typically on 

a non-interference and unprotected 

basis because there is no specific 

spectrum allocation for the physical 

services provided by OTV operators. 

72. Spaceflight also argues that OTVs 

generally have significantly shorter 

operational lives compared to 

traditional NGSO satellites, such as 

mission lifetimes of less than a few 

hours or days. In contrast, Spaceflight 

contends, satellites in traditional 

communications or imaging satellite 

systems have mission lifetimes 

measured in years and are generally 

parts of constellations with 15-year 

license terms. For these reasons, 

Spaceflight submits that OTVs are 

unlike ‘‘less complex’’ (or ‘‘other’’) 

NGSO systems and should not be 

treated as such for regulatory fee 

purposes. Spaceflight further argues that 

if the Commission decides that OTV 

licensees should pay annual regulatory 

fees associated with ‘‘less complex’’ 

NGSO licenses, OTV operators should 

be permitted to seek blanket licenses for 

the launch and operation of multiple 

OTV spacecraft per license. Spaceflight 

submits that such a policy would be 

consistent with the treatment of other 

NGSO systems and licensees and would 

more accurately reflect regulatory costs 

borne by the Commission. 

73. As stated above, the record is not 

sufficiently complete to adopt or even 

propose a separate regulatory fee 

category for spacecraft performing OOS, 

regardless of whether OTVs are 

included within the definition of OOS 

or not. We will continue to develop the 

record regarding a possible separate fee 

category for OOS, RPO, and in-space 

servicing more generally, and will 

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development. In addition, Spaceflight’s 

proposal that OTV operators should be 

permitted to seek blanket licenses for 

the launch and operation of multiple 

OTV spacecraft per license is outside 

the scope of this proceeding and is more 

appropriately considered as part of a 

separate license application or 

rulemaking. 

2. International Bearer Circuit 

Regulatory Fees—Submarine Cable 

Systems 

74. We reject the Submarine Cable 

Coalition’s request to revise the 

Commission’s regulatory fee 

methodology for submarine cable 

operators, which is based upon the lit 

capacity of the fiber-optic submarine 

cable, because, they contend, that under 

our current methodology the fees 

charged to submarine cable operators do 

not account for the amount of 

Commission resources and services 

required for oversight. We find that the 

Submarine Cable Coalition provides no 

persuasive argument that the 

Commission’s assessment of these 

regulatory fees based on capacity is 

contrary to the Communications Act 

and is not reasonably related to the 

benefits provided. We adopt our 

proposal to use the same tiers for 

assessing fees on submarine cable 

operators for FY 2023 as in FY 2022, 

which are based on the ‘‘lit’’ capacity of 

the fiber-optic submarine cable. 

75. International bearer circuits (IBCs) 

consist of terrestrial and satellite 

circuits and submarine cable systems. In 

the 2009 Submarine Cable Order (74 FR 

22104, May 12, 2009), based on a 

consensus proposal made by a large 

number of submarine cable operators 

(Consensus Proposal), the Commission 

adopted a new methodology for 

assessing IBC fees. Instead of assessing 

IBC fees based on 64 kbps circuits for 

all types of IBCs, the Commission began 

assessing regulatory fees for submarine 

cable operators on a per cable landing 

license basis, with higher fees for larger 

capacity submarine cable systems and 

lower fees for smaller capacity 

submarine cable systems. The 

Commission adopted a five-tier 

structure for assessing fees on 

submarine cables systems based on lit 

capacity. The Commission explained 

that it will define operational submarine 

cable systems as either ‘‘large’’ or 

‘‘small’’ submarine cable systems based 

on the capacity of each system and the 

‘‘small’’ systems will be further 

subdivided into additional 

subcategories. The Commission 

concluded that this methodology served 

the public interest and was 

competitively neutral because it 

included both common carrier and noncommon carrier submarine cable 

operators. The Commission also 

explained that the methodology would 

be easier to administer and for 

submarine cable operators to comply 

with. The Commission further stated 

that a lower fee for licensees of smaller 

cable systems would mitigate concerns 

that a flat fee may create a barrier to 

entry for new entrants. In the FY 2020 

Report and Order (85 FR 59864, 

September 23, 2020), the Commission 

found that lit capacity was an 

appropriate measure by which to assess 

IBC fees for submarine cables. 

76. The Submarine Cable Coalition 

contends that the fee structure 

continues to impose disproportionate 

fees on submarine cable operations that 

do not reflect their limited use of 

Commission resources and services. 

These commenters argue that the 

benefits submarine cable licensees 

receive from the Commission’s work 

pale significantly in comparison to the 

regulatory oversight required of other 

Commission licensees. The Submarine 

Cable Coalition argues that a regulatory 

fee structure disconnected from and 

disproportionate to the benefits 

rendered to the regulatory fee payor is 

contrary to the Communications Act 

and imposes an undue burden on the 

industry. 

77. We disagree with the Submarine 

Cable Coalition’s contention that the 

Commission’s regulatory fee 

methodology is contrary to the 

Communications Act and that the 

Commission has not developed 

regulatory fees that are reasonably 

related to the benefits provided. The 

Commission has long held that capacity 

is a reasonable basis to assess regulatory 

costs among the submarine cable 

regulatory fee payors that benefit from 

the Commission’s work. As the 

Commission has previously stated, the 

fee assessment on submarine cables 

covers the costs for regulatory activity 

concerning submarine cables as well as 

the services provided over the 

submarine cables. We find it reasonable 

to continue to assess higher regulatory 

fees on licensees with larger facilities 

that benefit more from the 

Commission’s work and thus should 

pay a larger proportion of the 

Commission’s costs. 

78. Since FY 2009, when the 

Commission adopted the new 

methodology for assessing submarine 

cable fees, the level of lit capacity for 

submarine cable systems has increased 

and the Commission has expanded the 

different tiers to take into account this 

change and accommodate for this rapid 

growth in capacity. However, the basic 

methodology for calculating submarine 

cable fees based on capacity has not 

changed. Submarine cable fees are still 

calculated on the basis of ‘‘1’’ unit, ‘‘.5’’ 

units, ‘‘.25’’ units and so forth. 

Furthermore, we note that the regulatory 

fees for FY 2023 have been reduced 

from those assessed in FY 2022. As 

discussed above, lit capacity remains a 

reasonable basis to apportion regulatory 

costs among the submarine cable 

regulatory fee payors that benefit from 

the Commission’s work, and our fee 

methodology with respect to submarine 

cables continues to reasonably reflect 

the FTE costs for our regulatory activity 

concerning submarine cables as well as 

the services provided over the 

submarine cables. 

E. Broadcaster Regulatory Fees for FY 

2023 

1. Full Service Television 

79. The Commission has utilized a 

population-based full-service broadcast 

television regulatory fee since 2020. The 

population-based methodology 

conforms with the service authorized 

here—broadcasting television to the 

American people. In the FY 2023 

NPRM, we proposed to continue to 

assess fees for full-power broadcast 

stations based on the population 

covered by a full-service broadcast 

station’s contour and proposed adopting 

a factor of 0.7799 of one cent 

($0.007799) per population served for 

FY 2023 full-power broadcast television 

station fees. We received no comments 

on this issue. We therefore conclude 

that we will continue to use the 

population-based methodology for fullservice television broadcasters based on 

the population covered by a full-service 

broadcast television station’s contour. 

We also adopt a factor of 0.7799 of one 

cent ($0.007799) per population served 

for FY 2023 full-power broadcast 

television station fees. The population 

data for broadcasters’ service areas will 

continue to be 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 $0.007799) for each fullpower broadcast television station is 

listed in Table 10. For those VHF 

stations whose power had to be 

increased to obtain a clearer signal, the 

Commission will continue to use a 

population count based on that station’s 

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2. Radio Stations 

80. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought 

comment on the existing tiered fee 

structure for radio broadcasters 

regulatory fees and proposed the 

creation of an additional tier within the 

lowest population tier to ensure that 

broadcaster fees fairly represent the 

regulatory oversight benefits distributed 

among all radio broadcasters and that 

the regulatory fees assessed to the 

smaller broadcasters are ‘‘reasonably 

related to the benefits provided to the 

payor of the fee by the Commission’s 

activities’’ as required by section 9(d) of 

the Act. NAB agrees that we should 

adopt the proposal to create a new fee 

tier for the smallest AM and FM radio 

stations. In its reply comments, the State 

Associations of Broadcasters agree that 

the Commission should implement the 

proposed new radio tier to more fairly 

distribute the burden of regulatory fees. 

No commenter in the record objected to 

our proposal. We therefore adopt a 

revised radio station regulatory fee table 

that includes a lower population tier for 

AM and FM broadcasters. Specifically, 

we separate the previous years’ tier of 

<=25,000 population into two tiers: (1) 

<=10,000, and (2) 10,001–25,000. The 

remaining population tier thresholds 

will stay the same as prior years. In 

addition, beginning in FY 2023, the 

radio population count that is the basis 

for assessing regulatory fees will include 

2020 U.S. Census data. 

TABLE 3—FY 2023 RADIO STATION REGULTORY FEES

FY 2023 Radio Station Regulatory Fees 

Population served AM Class A AM Class B AM Class C AM Class D FM Classes 

A, B1 & C3 

FM Classes 

B, C, C0, 

C1 & C2 

<=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 

F. Continuing Flexibility in FY 2023 for 

Regulatory Fee Payors 

81. In FYs 2020, 2021, and 2022, we 

provided temporary relief to fee payors 

experiencing financial hardship caused 

or exacerbated by the COVID–19 

pandemic. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we 

asked whether we should continue 

certain of those temporary measures for 

FY 2023 regulatory fees. Both NAB and 

the State Broadcasters Associations filed 

comments in support of continuing the 

temporary measures for FY 2023 

regulatory fees. While the National 

Emergency has ended, we recognize, as 

NAB and the State Broadcasters 

Associations pointed out in their 

comments to the FY 2023 NPRM, that 

extending relief measures for FY 2023 

regulatory fees while businesses like 

broadcasters continue to recover from 

the economic impact of the pandemic, 

will benefit fee payors. Therefore, the 

Commission finds good cause to 

continue to offer a nominal interest rate 

and waive its down payment 

requirement, for installment payment of 

regulatory fee debt. OMD will continue 

to exercise its delegated authority to 

partially waive § 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. 

82. We also will continue a partial 

waiver of § 1.1166 of our rules to permit 

fee payors seeking waiver, deferral or 

reduction of their FY 2023 regulatory 

fees to submit documentation 

supporting their requests after their 

underlying requests are submitted. This 

partial waiver of § 1.1166(c) does not 

remove the burden of submitting 

documents in support of individual 

waiver requests. Parties seeking waiver, 

deferral or reduction of their FY 2023 

regulatory fees must make a good faith 

effort to submit all necessary 

documentation with their initial 

regulatory fee waiver requests. As part 

of our partial waiver of 1.1166(c), we 

will provide fee payors, after filing their 

requests for waiver, reduction or 

deferral of their FY 2023 regulatory fees, 

with one opportunity to submit 

additional documents to support their 

requests, which submission must occur 

by January 31, 2024 in order for their 

supplemental documentation to be 

considered with their requests. We 

condition our temporary waiver in order 

to more closely align our practices with 

the requirements of § 1.1166. This 

provides fee payors with relief while at 

the same time scaffolding a return to 

normal operation of our rules. 

83. The State Broadcasters 

Associations also advocate for making 

permanent these remaining temporary 

measures, stating that without them, the 

Commission’s processes and rules, 

particularly with respect to installment 

payment requests, are sufficiently 

onerous as to prevent distressed fee 

payors from effectively accessing the 

relief. Because we did not propose to 

codify the remaining temporary 

measures in the FY 2023 NPRM, the 

record is insufficient to consider the 

State Broadcasters Associations’ 

proposal and we therefore decline to 

consider it at this time. 

84. Finally, in the FY 2023 NPRM, we 

amended § 1.1166 of our rules to permit 

parties seeking regulatory fee waiver, 

reduction and/or deferral to make a 

single request for all forms of relief 

sought, rather than requiring separate 

filings for each form of relief, and to 

require all requests made under the rule 

to be submitted electronically to a 

dedicated email address. We also 

amended § 1.1914 of our rules to direct 

parties seeking to pay their regulatory 

fees in installments to submit those 

requests to the same dedicated email 

address and to permit those parties to 

combine their installment payment 

requests with their waiver. While we 

did not receive any comments on this 

point, it is very unlikely that the OMB 

PRA approval process will conclude in 

time for parties seeking installment 

relief to proceed under the codified 

revisions to § 1.1914. Therefore, we will 

continue these revisions to § 1.1914 as 

temporary measures until their 

codification is effective. 

85. We also remind regulatory fee 

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substantive standard for granting a 

waiver or deferral of fees, penalties, or 

other charges for late payment of 

regulatory fees under section 9A of the 

Act. Under the statute, the Commission 

may only waive a regulatory fee, 

penalty, or interest charge if it finds 

there is good cause for the waiver and 

that the waiver is in the public interest. 

The Commission has only granted 

financial hardship waivers when the 

requesting party has shown it ‘‘lacks 

sufficient funds to pay the regulatory 

fees and to maintain its service to the 

public.’’ Other statutory limitations 

include that the Commission must act 

on waiver requests individually, and 

cannot extend the deadline we set for 

payment of fees beyond September 30. 

G. Providing Installment Payment Relief 

to Small Regulatory Fee Payors 

86. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought 

comment on a proposal to allow 

regulatory fee payors to prepay their 

annual regulatory fees in increments 

before the annual regulatory fee 

payment deadline. The State 

Broadcasters Associations asked that the 

Commission consider the proposal, on 

the basis that permitting incremental 

prepayment of regulatory fees would 

ease broadcasters’ regulatory fee burden. 

In seeking comment on the proposal, we 

noted that implementation of such a 

program would require modifications to 

our recordkeeping, financial operations, 

and accounting systems and additional 

personnel to administer the program. 

We asked commenters what concrete 

benefits the Commission and 

participating regulatory fee payors 

would derive from the program, to 

justify the Commission’s cost of 

implementing and administering a 

prepayment by installment program. In 

their reply comments, the State 

Broadcasters Associations concede the 

significant administrative difficulties of 

a prepayment program but do not 

identify any program benefits sufficient 

to justify implementation and 

administration of such a program. We 

received no other comments on the 

proposal. Because the record does not 

identify any concrete benefits derived 

from a prepayment program, as distinct 

from, for example, broadcasters 

individually setting aside money each 

month in advance of the payment 

deadline to pay their regulatory fee 

obligation, and would increase the 

Commission’s costs, we decline to adopt 

the proposal to permit regulated parties 

to prepay their annual regulatory fee 

obligation in increments in advance of 

the regulatory fee payment deadline. 

H. Technical Corrections to Sections 

1.1166 and 1.1914 of the Commission’s 

Rules 

87. We further amend § 1.1166 to 

delete certain language added to the rule 

in error in the FY 2023 NPRM. 

Specifically, we delete ‘‘or installment 

payment’’ in the introductory paragraph 

of § 1.1166 and in 1.1166(a), make 

grammatical changes to move the word 

‘‘or’’ twice, and we delete ‘‘and 1.1914’’ 

in 1.1166(a). We also restore the 

following text (bolded) that was 

inadvertently deleted from § 1.1166(a) 

in the FY 2023 NPRM: ‘‘All requests for 

waiver, reduction and deferral shall be 

acted upon by the Managing Director 

with the concurrence of the General 

Counsel.’’ 

88. We also make two technical 

corrections to § 1.1914 to clarify the 

language of the rule. The third sentence 

of § 1.1914(a) is revised to read as 

follows: ‘‘Requests for installment 

payment of non-regulatory fee debt shall 

be filed electronically, by submission to 

the following email address: 

installmentplanrequest@fcc.gov.’’ We 

make this change to ensure that, for 

administrative simplicity purposes, 

installment payment requests that are 

non-regulatory fee in nature are 

submitted to a different email address 

than the email address to which all 

regulatory fee relief requests, including 

those for installment payment of 

regulatory fees, are to be submitted. 

Finally, we revise the fourth sentence of 

§ 1.1914(a) to more clearly state that 

requests for installment payment of 

regulatory fees may be combined with 

other regulatory fee relief requests that 

are filed pursuant to § 1.1166 of our 

rules. We make these technical 

corrections sua sponte without notice 

and comment because we conclude that 

they are rules of agency organization, 

procedure, or practice exempt from the 

general notice-and-comment 

requirements of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA). 

I. Advancing Diversity, Equity, 

Inclusion, and Accessibility 

89. In the FY 2023 NPRM, we sought 

comment on how our proposals may 

promote or inhibit advances in 

diversity, equity, inclusion, and 

accessibility, as well the scope of the 

Commission’s relevant legal authority. 

We did not receive any comments on 

this issue. While diversity and equity 

considerations do not impact our 

methodology for establishing regulatory 

fee rates, we continue to remain mindful 

of the importance of these 

considerations and the impact of our 

rules on them. We again emphasize, 

however, that the Commission is not 

permitted to shift fees from one party of 

fee payors to another nor to raise fees for 

any purpose other than as an offsetting 

collection in the amount of our annual 

S&E appropriation, consistent with the 

requirements of section 9 of the Act. 

III. Procedural Matters 

90. Included below are procedural 

items as well as our current payment 

and collection methods. 

91. Commission’s Registration 

System. To increase efficiency, the 

Commission is using an all-electronic 

payment system for regulatory fees, 

which is contained within the 

Commission’s Registration System 

(CORES). Before using CORES for the 

first time, you must obtain an FCC 

Username through the FCC User 

Registration System, and subsequently 

use it to access CORES and either 

register an FCC Registration Number 

(FRN) or associate an existing FRN to 

your password. If you are unable to 

register electronically, you may fax your 

application for a Registration Number 

(FCC Form 160) to the CORES Helpdesk 

at (202) 418–7869 for filing procedures. 

92. Credit Card Transaction Levels. In 

accordance with Treasury Financial 

Manual, Volume I, Part 5, Chapter 7000, 

Section 7055.20—Transaction 

Maximums, the highest amount that can 

be charged on a credit card for 

transactions with federal agencies is 

$24,999.99. Transactions greater than 

$24,999.99 will be rejected. This limit 

applies to single payments or bundled 

payments of more than one bill. 

Multiple transactions to a single agency 

in one day may be aggregated and 

treated as a single transaction subject to 

the $24,999.99 limit. Customers who 

wish to pay an amount greater than 

$24,999.99 should consider available 

electronic alternatives such as Visa or 

MasterCard debit cards, ACH debits 

from a bank account, and wire transfers. 

Each of these payment options is 

available after filing regulatory fee 

information in the CORES system. 

Further details will be provided 

regarding payment methods and 

procedures at the time of FY 2023 

regulatory fee collection in Fact Sheets, 

https://www.fcc.gov/regfees. 

93. 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 


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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/licensingdatabases/fees/wire-transfer. 

94. De Minimis Regulatory Fees, 

Section 9(e)(2) Exemption. Under the de 

minimis rule, and pursuant to our 

analysis under section 9(e)(2) of the Act, 

a regulatory fee payor is exempt from 

paying regulatory fees if the sum total of 

all of its annual regulatory fee liabilities 

is $1,000 or less for the fiscal year. The 

de minimis threshold applies only to 

filers of annual regulatory fees, not 

regulatory fees paid through multi-year 

filings, and it is not a permanent 

exemption. Each regulatory fee payor 

will need to reevaluate the total annual 

fee liability each fiscal year to determine 

whether it meets the de minimis 

exemption. 

95. 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, 2022 for AM/FM radio 

stations and VHF/UHF broadcast 

television stations. Regulatory fees must 

be paid for all broadcast facility licenses 

granted on or before October 1, 2022. 

• Wireline (Common Carrier) 

Services: Regulatory fees must be paid 

for authorizations that were granted on 

or before October 1, 2022. In instances 

where a permit or license is transferred 

or assigned after October 1, 2022, 

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 § 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, 

2022. 

• Wireless Services: CMRS cellular, 

mobile, and messaging services (fees 

based on number of subscribers or 

telephone number count): Regulatory 

fees must be paid for authorizations that 

were granted on or before October 1, 

2022. The number of subscribers, units, 

or telephone numbers on December 31, 

2022 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, 

2022, 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 seven regulatory fee categories 

in our Schedule of Regulatory Fees pay 

‘‘small multi-year wireless regulatory 

fees.’’ Entities pay these regulatory fees 

in advance for the entire amount period 

covered by the 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 2022. 

• Multichannel Video Programming 

Distributor Services (cable television 

operators, CARS licensees, DBS, and 

IPTV): Regulatory fees must be paid for 

the number of basic cable television 

subscribers as of December 31, 2022. 

Regulatory fees also must be paid for 

CARS licenses that were granted on or 

before October 1, 2022. In instances 

where a permit or license is transferred 

or assigned after October 1, 2022, 

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, 2022. In instances where 

a permit or license is transferred or 

assigned after October 1, 2022, 

responsibility for payment rests with the 

holder of the permit or license as of the 

fee due date. 

• International Services (Earth 

Stations and Space Stations): 

Regulatory fees must be paid for (1) by 

all licensed or authorized earth stations 

on or before October 1, 2022, (2) 

geostationary orbit space stations and 

non-geostationary orbit satellite systems 

that are licensed and operational on or 

before October 1, 2022, and (3) small 

satellite space stations that were 

licensed and operational on or before 

October 1, 2022. In instances where a 

permit or license is transferred or 

assigned after October 1, 2022, 

responsibility for payment rests with the 

holder of the permit or license as of the 

fee due date. During the ‘‘decommissioning’’ phase of satellites, 

whereby satellites are often not 

operational, the satellite license must be 

cancelled by September 30, 2022 to 

avoid paying FY 2023 regulatory fees. 

• 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, 

2022. Regulatory fees for terrestrial and 

satellite IBCs are to be paid based on 

active (used or leased) international 

bearer circuits as of December 31, 2022 

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, 2022. 

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, 2022, 

responsibility for payment rests with the 

holder of the permit or license as of the 

fee due date. 

96. Commercial Mobile Radio Service 

(CMRS) and Mobile Services 

Assessments. The Commission 

compiled 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 6 and the CMRS regulatory fee 

rate. CMRS provider regulatory fees are 

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 

posted on the Commission’s electronic 

filing and payment system. 

97. A carrier wishing to revise its 

telephone number (subscriber) count 

can do so by accessing CORES and 

follow the prompts to revise their 

telephone number counts. Any revisions 

to the telephone number counts should 

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supporting documentation. The 

Commission will then review the 

revised count and supporting 

documentation 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 additional supporting 

documentation. If we receive no 

response from the provider, or we do 

not reverse our initial disapproval of the 

provider’s revised count submission, the 

fee payment must be based on the 

number of subscribers listed initially in 

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. A 

final CMRS assessment letter will not be 

mailed out. 

98. 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, 2022, 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. 

99. Effective Date. Providing a 30-day 

period after Federal Register 

publication before this Report and Order 

becomes effective as normally required 

by 5 U.S.C. 553(d) will not allow 

sufficient time to collect the FY 2023 

fees before FY 2023 ends on September 

30, 2023. For this reason, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(3), we find there is good 

cause to waive the requirements of 

section 553(d), and this Report and 

Order will become effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Because payments of the regulatory fees 

will not actually be due until late 

September, persons affected by the 

Report and Order will still have a 

reasonable period in which to make 

their payments and thereby comply 

with the rules established herein. 

100. People with Disabilities. To 

request materials in accessible formats 

for people with disabilities (braille, 

large print, electronic files, audio 

format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov 

or call the Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 

(voice). 

IV. List of Tables 

TABLE 4—CALCULATION OF FY 2023 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] 

Fee category FY 2023 

payment units Yrs 

FY 2022 

revenue 

estimate 

Pro-rated FY 

2023 revenue 

requirement 

Computed FY 

2023 

regulatory fee 

Rounded FY 

2023 reg. fee 

Expected FY 

2023 revenue 

PLMRS (Exclusive Use) ....................................... 1,200 ...................... 10 187,500 300,000 25.00 25 300,000 

PLMRS (Shared use) ........................................... 19,000 .................... 10 1,250,000 1,900,000 10.00 10 1,900,000 

Microwave ............................................................ 16,000 .................... 10 4,500,000 4,000,000 25.00 25 4,000,000 

Marine (Ship) ........................................................ 7,000 ...................... 10 1,035,000 1,050,000 15.00 15 1,050,000 

Aviation (Aircraft) .................................................. 4,800 ...................... 10 420,000 480,000 10.00 10 480,000 

Marine (Coast) ..................................................... 240 ......................... 10 84,000 96,000 40.00 40 96,000

Aviation (Ground) ................................................. 300 ......................... 10 70,000 60,000 20.00 20 60,000 

AM Class A1 ........................................................ 60 ........................... 1 326,740 286,929 4,782 4,780 286,800 

AM Class B1 ........................................................ 1,403 ...................... 1 4,054,050 3,559,924 2,537 2,535 3,556,605 

AM Class C 1 ........................................................ 814 ......................... 1 1,450,360 1,274,519 1,566 1,565 1,273,910

AM Class D 1 ........................................................ 1,373 ...................... 1 4,793,460 4,210,959 3,067 3,065 4,208,245 

FM Classes A, B1 & C3 1 ..................................... 3,043 ...................... 1 10,109,400 8,880,633 2,918 2,920 8,885,560 

FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 1 ......................... 3,111 ...................... 1 12,378,460 10,874,394 3,496 3,495 10,872,945 

AM Construction Permits 2 ................................... 5 ............................. 1 3,450 3,100 620.1 620 3,100 

FM Construction Permits 2 ................................... 16 ........................... 1 19,360 17,360 1,085 1,085 17,360 

Digital Television 5 (including Satellite TV) .......... 3.265 billion population.1 28,897,591 25,463,155 .00779893 .007799 25,463,735 

Digital TV Construction Permits 2 ......................... 4 ............................. 1 20,840 20,400 5,100 5,100 20,400 

LPTV/Class A/Translators FM Trans/Boosters .... 6,325 ...................... 1 1,858,440 1,630,258 257.7 260 1,644,500 

CARS Stations ..................................................... 120 ......................... 1 230,175 206,629 1,721.9 1,720 206,400 

Cable TV Systems, including IPTV & DBS .......... 56,000,000 ............. 1 76,475,000 68,642,063 1.226 1.23 68,880,000 

Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers $25,100,000,000 .... 1 124,597,500 135,463,365 0.005397 0.00540 135,540,000 

Toll Free Numbers ............................................... 34,700,000 ............. 1 4,164,000 4,654,582 0.1341 0.13 4,511,000 

CMRS Mobile Services (Cellular/Public Mobile) .. 553,000,000 ........... 1 74,900,000 86,750,595 0.1569 0.16 88,480,000 

CMRS Messaging Services ................................. 1,300,000 ............... 1 120,000 104,000 0.0800 0.080 104,000 

BRS/ 3 ................................................................... 1,195 ...................... 1 716,625 836,500 700 700 836,500

LMDS ................................................................... 360 ......................... 1 204,750 252,000 700 700 252,000 

Per Gbps circuit Int’l Bearer Circuits ....................

Terrestrial (Common & Non-Common) & Satellite 

(Common & Non-Common) 

17,000 .................... 1 468,000 433,092 25.48 26 442,000 

Submarine Cable Providers (See chart at bottom 

of Table 6) 4.

67.00 ...................... 1 8,822,138 8,228,737 122,817 122,815 8,228,605 

Earth Stations ....................................................... 2,900 ...................... 1 1,783,500 1,667,486 575 575 1,667,500 

Space Stations (Geostationary) ........................... 136 ......................... 1 17,143,565 15,990,883 117,580 117,580 15,990,880 

Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Other) ........ 9 ............................. 1 3,380,200 3,129,773 347,753 347,755 3,129,795 

Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Less Complex).6 ............................. 1 845,040 782,443 130,407 130,405 782,430 

Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Small Satellite).7 ............................. 1 60,725 85,505 12,215 12,215 85,505 

****** Total Estimated Revenue to be Collected.................................. ........ 385,369,869 389,885,391 ........................ ........................ 392,991,324 

****** Total Revenue Requirement ................ ................................. ........ 381,950,000 390,192,000 ........................ ........................ 390,192,000 


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TABLE 4—CALCULATION OF FY 2023 REVENUE REQUIREMENTS AND PRO-RATA FEES—Continued 

[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 FY 2023 

payment units Yrs 

FY 2022 

revenue 

estimate 

Pro-rated FY 

2023 revenue 

requirement 

Computed FY 

2023 

regulatory fee 

Rounded FY 

2023 reg. fee 

Expected FY 

2023 revenue 

Difference ............................................... ................................. ........ 3,419,869 (306,609) ........................ ........................ 2,799,324 

1The fee amounts listed in the column entitled ‘‘Rounded New FY 2023 Regulatory Fee’’ constitute a weighted average broadcast regulatory fee by class of service. The actual FY 2023 regulatory fees for AM/FM radio station are listed on a grid located at the end of Table 6. 2The 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. 3The 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). 4The chart at the end of Table 5 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 4 

is a weighted average of the various fee payers in the chart at the end of Table 5. 5The actual digital television regulatory fees to be paid by call sign are identified in Table 9. 

TABLE 5—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] 

Fee category Annual regulatory fee 

(U.S. $s) 

PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use) (47 CFR part 90) ......................... 25. 

Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part 101) ............................................. 25. 

Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR part 80) ........................................... 15. 

Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR part 80) ........................................ 40. 

Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22) (previously listed under the Land Mobile 

category).

10. 

PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47 CFR part 90) ............................. 10. 

Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR part 87) ..................................... 10. 

Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR part 87) ................................... 20. 

CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24, 27, 

80 and 90) (Includes Non-Geographic telephone numbers).

.16. 

CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24 and 90) .08. 

Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS/MDS) (per license) (47 CFR 

part 27).

Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per call sign) (47 CFR, part 101)

700. 

700. 

AM Radio Construction Permits ............................................................... 620. 

FM Radio Construction Permits ............................................................... 1,085. 

AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station Fees ............................................. See Table Below. 

Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and UHF Commercial Fee Factor ...... $.007799. 

See Table 10 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 Translators & FM Boosters (47 

CFR part 74).

260. 

CARS (47 CFR part 78) ........................................................................... 1,720. 

Cable Television Systems (per subscriber) (47 CFR part 76), Including 

IPTV and Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS).

1.23. 

Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers (per revenue dollar) .... .00540. 

Toll Free (per toll free subscriber) (47 CFR 52.101 (f) of the rules) ....... .13. 

Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25) .............................................................. 575. 

Space Stations (per operational station in geostationary orbit) (47 CFR 

part 25) also includes DBS Service (per operational station) (47 CFR 

part 100).

117,580. 

Space Stations (per operational system in non-geostationary orbit) (47 

CFR part 25) (Other).

347,755. 

Space Stations (per operational system in non-geostationary orbit) (47 

CFR part 25) (Less Complex).

130,405. 

Space Stations (per license/call sign in non-geostationary orbit) (47 

CFR part 25) (Small Satellite).

12,215. 

International Bearer Circuits—Terrestrial/Satellites (per Gbps circuit) .... $26. 

Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee (per cable system) .................. See Table Below. 


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FY 2023—RADIO STATION REGULATORY FEES

Population 

served 

AM 

Class A 

AM 

Class B 

AM 

Class C 

AM 

Class D 

FM 

Classes 

A, B1 & C3 

FM 

Classes 

B, C, C0, 

C1 & C2 

≤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 

FY 2023 INTERNATIONAL BEARER CIRCUITS—SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEMS

Submarine cable systems 

(capacity as of December 31, 2022) 

Fee ratio 

(Units) 

FY 2023 

regulatory 

fees 

Less than 50 Gbps .................................................................................................................................................. .0625 $7,680 

50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps .......................................................................................................... .125 15,355 

250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 Gbps ..................................................................................................... .25 30,705 

1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 3,500 Gbps .................................................................................................. .5 61,410 

3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 6,500 Gbps .................................................................................................. 1.0 122,815 

6,500 Gbps or greater ............................................................................................................................................. 2.0 245,630 

Table 6—Sources of Payment Unit 

Estimates for FY 2023 

In order to calculate individual 

service fees for FY 2023, we adjusted FY 

2022 payment units for each service to 

more accurately reflect expected FY 

2023 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), Consolidated Database System 

(CDBS), 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 2023 

estimates with actual FY 2022 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 2023 

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 2023 payment 

units are based on FY 2022 actual 

payment units, it does not necessarily 

mean that our FY 2023 projection is 

exactly the same number as in FY 2022. 

We have either rounded the FY 2023 

number or adjusted it slightly to account 

for these variables. 

Fee category Sources of payment unit estimates 

Land Mobile (All), Microwave, Marine (Ship & Coast), Aviation (Aircraft 

& Ground), Domestic Public Fixed.

Based on Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) information as 

well as prior year payment information. Estimates have been adjusted to take into consideration the licensing of portions of these 

services. 

CMRS Cellular/Mobile Services ............................................................... Based on WTB projection reports, and FY 2022 payment data. 

CMRS Messaging Services ...................................................................... Based on WTB reports, and FY 2022 payment data. 

AM/FM Radio Stations ............................................................................. Based on downloaded LMS data, adjusted for exemptions, and actual 

FY 2022 payment units. 


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Fee category Sources of payment unit estimates 

Digital TV Stations (Combined VHF/UHF units) ...................................... Based on LMS data, fee rate adjusted for 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 2022 payment units. 

LPTV, Translators and Boosters, Class A Television .............................. Based on LMS data, adjusted for exemptions, and actual FY 2022 payment units. 

BRS (formerly MDS/MMDS)LMDS ........................................................... Based on WTB reports and actual FY 2022 payment units. Based on 

WTB reports and actual FY 2022 payment units. 

Cable Television Relay Service (CARS) Stations .................................... Based on cable trend data, data from the Media Bureau’s COALS 

database, and actual FY 2022 payment units. 

Cable Television System Subscribers, Including IPTV Subscribers ........ Based on publicly available data sources for estimated subscriber 

counts, trend information from past payment data, and actual FY 

2022 payment units. 

Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers ..................................... Based on FCC Form 499–A worksheets due in April 2023, and any 

data assistance provided by the Wireline Competition Bureau. 

Earth Stations ........................................................................................... Based on International Bureau licensing data and actual FY 2022 payment units. 

Space Stations (GSOs & NGSOs) ........................................................... Based on International Bureau data reports and actual FY 2022 payment units. 

International Bearer Circuits ..................................................................... Based on assistance provided by the International Bureau, any data 

submissions by licensees, adjusted as necessary, and actual FY 

2022 payment units. 

Submarine Cable Licenses ...................................................................... Based on International Bureau license information, and actual FY 2022 

payment units. 

Table 7—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 rootmean-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 radialspecific 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 8—SATELLITE CHARTS FOR FY 2023 REGULATORY FEES—U.S.-LICENSED SPACE STATIONS

Licensee Call sign Satellite name Type 

DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... S2922 SKY–B1 ........................................... GSO 

DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC ....................................................................... S2640 DIRECTV T11 ................................. 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 


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Licensee Call sign Satellite name Type 

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 

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 .................................................................................. 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 NEW DAWN .................................... GSO 

Intelsat License LLC .................................................................................. S3023 INTELSAT 39 .................................. 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 SES–3 ............................................. GSO 

SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... S2180 AMC–15 ........................................... GSO 

SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... S2445 AMC–1 ............................................. GSO 

SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... S2135 AMC–4 ............................................. GSO 

SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... S2713 AMC–18 ........................................... GSO 

SES Americom, Inc ................................................................................... S2433 AMC–11 ........................................... GSO 


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Licensee Call sign Satellite name Type 

SES Americom, Inc./Alascom, Inc ............................................................. S2379/S3138 AMC–8/SES–22 .............................. GSO 

Sirius XM Radio Inc ................................................................................... S2710 FM–5 ............................................... GSO 

Sirius XM Radio Inc ................................................................................... S3034/S2617/ 

S2616 

XM–8/XM–3/XM–4 .......................... GSO 

Skynet Satellite Corporation ...................................................................... S2933 TELSTAR 12V ................................. GSO 

Skynet Satellite Corporation ...................................................................... S2357 TELSTAR 11N ................................. GSO 

ViaSat, Inc ................................................................................................. S2747 VIASAT–1 ........................................ GSO 

XM Radio LLC ........................................................................................... S2786/S3033 XM–5/XM–7 ..................................... GSO 

NON-U.S.-LICENSED SPACE STATIONS—MARKET ACCESS THROUGH PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING

Licensee Call sign Satellite common name Satellite type 

ABS Global Ltd ............................................................. S2987 ...................... ABS–3A ..................................................... GSO 

Avanti Hylas 2 Ltd ......................................................... S3130 ...................... HYLAS–4 ................................................... GSO 

DBSD Services Ltd ....................................................... S2651 ...................... DBSD G1 ................................................... GSO 

Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales S.A ...... S2956 ...................... ARSAT–2 ................................................... GSO 

Eutelsat S.A .................................................................. S3031 ...................... EUTELSAT 133 WEST A .......................... GSO 

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 Sate ́lites, S.A ................................................ S2793 ...................... AMAZONAS–2 ........................................... GSO 

Hispamar Sate ́lites, S.A ................................................ S2886 ...................... AMAZONAS–3 ........................................... 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 

SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd ........................................ S2951 ...................... SES–15 ...................................................... GSO 

SES–17 S.a.r.l .............................................................. S3043 ...................... SES–17 ...................................................... GSO 

Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes S.A ..................... S2678 ...................... STAR ONE C2 .......................................... GSO 

Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes S.A ..................... S2845 ...................... STAR ONE C3 .......................................... GSO 

Telesat Brasil Capacidade de Satelites Ltda ............... S2821 ...................... ESTRELA DO SUL 2 ................................ GSO 

Telesat Canada ............................................................. S2745 ...................... ANIK F1 ..................................................... GSO 

Telesat Canada ............................................................. S2674 ...................... ANIK F1R .................................................. GSO 

Telesat Canada ............................................................. S2703 ...................... ANIK F3 ..................................................... GSO 

Telesat Canada ............................................................. S2646/S2472 ........... ANIK F2 ..................................................... GSO 

Telesat International Ltd ............................................... S2955 ...................... TELSTAR 19 VANTAGE ........................... GSO 

Viasat, Inc ..................................................................... S2902 ...................... VIASAT–2 .................................................. GSO 

NON-U.S.-LICENSED SPACE STATIONS—MARKET ACCESS THROUGH EARTH STATION LICENSES

ITU name 

(if available) Common name Call sign GSO/NGSO 

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 

QUETZSAT–1(MEX) ..................................................... QUETZSAT–1 ............................................ NUS1101 ................. GSO 

Superbird C2 ................................................................. Superbird C2 ............................................. M334100 .................. GSO 

WILDBLUE–1 ................................................................ WILDBLUE–1 ............................................ E040213 .................. GSO 


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NON-GEOSTATIONARY SPACE STATIONS (NGSO) 

ITU name 

(if available) Common name Call sign NGSO 

U.S.-Licensed NGSO Systems 

ORBCOMM License Corp ............................................ ORBCOMM ................................................ S2103 ...................... Other. 

Iridium Constellation LLC .............................................. IRIDIUM ..................................................... S2110 ...................... Other. 

Space Exploration Holdings, LLC ................................. SPACEX Ku/Ka-Band ................................ S2983/S3018 ........... Other. 

Swarm Technologies .................................................... SWARM ..................................................... S3041 ...................... Other. 

Planet Labs ................................................................... Flock/Skysats ............................................. S2912 ...................... Less Complex. 

Maxar License ............................................................... WorldView 1, 2 & 3, GeoEye-1 ................. S2129/S2348 ........... Less Complex. 

BlackSky Global ............................................................ Global ........................................................ S3032 ...................... Less Complex. 

Astro Digital U.S., Inc ................................................... LANDMAPPER .......................................... S3014 ...................... Less Complex. 

Hawkeye 360 ................................................................ HE360 ........................................................ S3042 ...................... Less Complex. 

Non-U.S.-Licensed NGSO Systems—Market Access Through Petition for Declaratory Ruling 

Telesat Canada ............................................................. TELESAT Ku/Ka-Band .............................. S2976 ...................... Other. 

Kepler Communications, Inc ......................................... KEPLER ..................................................... S2981 ...................... Other. 

WorldVu Satellites Ltd .................................................. ONEWEB ................................................... S2963 ...................... Other. 

O3b Ltd ......................................................................... O3b ............................................................ S2935 ...................... Other. 

NGSO Systems that Are Partly U.S.-Licensed and Partly Non-U.S.-Licensed with Market Access Through Petition for Declaratory Ruling 

Globalstar License LLC ................................................ GLOBALSTAR ........................................... S2115 ...................... Other. 

Spire Global .................................................................. LEMUR & MINAS ...................................... S2946/S3045 ........... Less Complex. 

NGSO Systems Licensed Under the Streamlined Small Satellite Rules 

Capella Space Corp ...................................................... Capella-2, Capella-3, Capella-4 ................ S3073 ...................... Small Satellite. 

Capella Space Corp ...................................................... Capella-5, Capella-6 .................................. S3080 ...................... Small Satellite. 

Capella Space Corp ...................................................... Capella-7, Capella-8 .................................. S3100 ...................... Small Satellite. 

Loft Orbital Solutions Inc .............................................. YAM–3 ....................................................... S3072 ...................... 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. 

TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN

Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

3246 .................................. KAAH–TV .................................................................... 955,391 879,906 $6,862 

18285 ................................ KAAL ........................................................................... 589,502 568,169 4,431 

11912 ................................ KAAS–TV .................................................................... 220,262 219,922 1,715 

56528 ................................ KABB .......................................................................... 2,474,296 2,456,689 19,160 

282 .................................... KABC–TV .................................................................... 17,540,791 16,957,292 132,250 

1236 .................................. KACV–TV .................................................................... 372,627 372,330 2,904 

33261 ................................ KADN–TV ................................................................... 877,965 877,965 6,847 

8263 .................................. KAEF–TV .................................................................... 138,085 122,808 958 

2728 .................................. KAET ........................................................................... 4,217,217 4,184,386 32,634 

2767 .................................. KAFT ........................................................................... 1,204,376 1,122,928 8,758 

62442 ................................ KAID ............................................................................ 711,035 702,721 5,481 

4145 .................................. KAII–TV ....................................................................... 188,810 165,396 1,290 

67494 ................................ KAIL ............................................................................ 1,947,635 1,914,765 14,933 

13988 ................................ KAIT ............................................................................ 605,456 596,232 4,650 

40517 ................................ KAJB ........................................................................... 383,886 383,195 2,989 

65522 ................................ KAKE .......................................................................... 803,937 799,254 6,233 

804 .................................... KAKM .......................................................................... 380,240 379,105 2,957 

148 .................................... KAKW–DT ................................................................... 2,615,956 2,531,813 19,746 

51598 ................................ KALB–TV .................................................................... 943,307 942,043 7,347 

51241 ................................ KALO .......................................................................... 954,557 910,409 7,100 

40820 ................................ KAMC .......................................................................... 390,519 390,487 3,045 

8523 .................................. KAMR–TV ................................................................... 366,476 366,335 2,857 

65301 ................................ KAMU–TV ................................................................... 346,892 342,455 2,671 

2506 .................................. KAPP .......................................................................... 319,797 283,944 2,214 

3658 .................................. KARD .......................................................................... 703,234 700,887 5,466 

23079 ................................ KARE .......................................................................... 3,868,806 3,861,502 30,116 

33440 ................................ KARK–TV .................................................................... 1,212,038 1,196,196 9,329 

37005 ................................ KARZ–TV .................................................................... 1,113,486 1,095,224 8,542 

32311 ................................ KASA–TV .................................................................... 1,161,837 1,119,457 8,731 

41212 ................................ KASN .......................................................................... 1,175,627 1,159,721 9,045 

7143 .................................. KASW ......................................................................... 4,174,437 4,160,497 32,448 

55049 ................................ KASY–TV .................................................................... 1,145,133 1,100,391 8,582 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

33471 ................................ KATC .......................................................................... 1,348,897 1,348,897 10,520 

13813 ................................ KATN .......................................................................... 97,466 97,128 758 

21649 ................................ KATU .......................................................................... 3,030,547 2,881,993 22,477 

33543 ................................ KATV ........................................................................... 1,257,777 1,234,933 9,631 

50182 ................................ KAUT–TV .................................................................... 1,637,333 1,636,330 12,762 

21488 ................................ KAUU .......................................................................... 381,413 380,355 2,966 

6864 .................................. KAUZ–TV .................................................................... 381,671 379,435 2,959 

73101 ................................ KAVU–TV .................................................................... 319,618 319,484 2,492 

49579 ................................ KAWB ......................................................................... 186,919 186,845 1,457 

49578 ................................ KAWE ......................................................................... 136,033 133,937 1,045 

58684 ................................ KAYU–TV .................................................................... 809,464 750,766 5,855 

29234 ................................ KAZA–TV .................................................................... 14,973,535 13,810,130 107,705 

17433 ................................ KAZD .......................................................................... 6,776,778 6,774,172 52,832 

1151 .................................. KAZQ .......................................................................... 1,097,010 1,084,327 8,457 

35811 ................................ KAZT–TV .................................................................... 436,925 359,273 2,802 

4148 .................................. KBAK–TV .................................................................... 1,510,400 1,263,910 9,857 

16940 ................................ KBCA .......................................................................... 479,260 479,219 3,737 

53586 ................................ KBCB .......................................................................... 1,323,222 1,295,924 10,107 

69619 ................................ KBCW ......................................................................... 8,227,562 7,375,199 57,519 

22685 ................................ KBDI–TV ..................................................................... 4,042,177 3,683,394 28,727 

56384 ................................ KBEH .......................................................................... 17,736,497 17,695,306 138,006 

65395 ................................ KBFD–DT .................................................................... 953,207 834,341 6,507 

169030 .............................. KBGS–TV ................................................................... 159,269 156,802 1,223 

61068 ................................ KBHE–TV .................................................................... 140,860 133,082 1,038 

48556 ................................ KBIM–TV ..................................................................... 205,701 205,647 1,604 

29108 ................................ KBIN–TV ..................................................................... 912,921 911,725 7,111 

33658 ................................ KBJR–TV .................................................................... 275,585 271,298 2,116 

83306 ................................ KBLN–TV .................................................................... 297,384 134,927 1,052 

63768 ................................ KBLR ........................................................................... 1,964,979 1,915,861 14,942 

53324 ................................ KBME–TV ................................................................... 123,571 123,485 963 

10150 ................................ KBMT .......................................................................... 767,572 766,414 5,977 

22121 ................................ KBMY .......................................................................... 119,993 119,908 935 

49760 ................................ KBOI–TV ..................................................................... 715,191 708,374 5,525 

55370 ................................ KBRR .......................................................................... 149,869 149,868 1,169 

66414 ................................ KBSD–DT ................................................................... 155,012 154,891 1,208 

66415 ................................ KBSH–DT ................................................................... 102,781 100,433 783 

19593 ................................ KBSI ............................................................................ 756,501 754,722 5,886 

66416 ................................ KBSL–DT .................................................................... 49,814 48,483 378 

4939 .................................. KBSV .......................................................................... 1,352,166 1,262,708 9,848 

62469 ................................ KBTC–TV .................................................................... 3,697,981 3,621,965 28,248 

61214 ................................ KBTV–TV .................................................................... 734,008 734,008 5,725 

6669 .................................. KBTX–TV .................................................................... 4,404,648 4,401,048 34,324 

35909 ................................ KBVO .......................................................................... 1,498,015 1,312,360 10,235 

58618 ................................ KBVU .......................................................................... 135,249 120,827 942 

6823 .................................. KBYU–TV .................................................................... 2,389,548 2,209,060 17,228 

33756 ................................ KBZK ........................................................................... 123,523 109,131 851 

21422 ................................ KCAL–TV .................................................................... 17,499,483 16,889,157 131,719 

11265 ................................ KCAU–TV ................................................................... 714,315 706,224 5,508 

14867 ................................ KCBA .......................................................................... 3,088,394 2,369,803 18,482 

27507 ................................ KCBD .......................................................................... 414,804 414,091 3,229 

9628 .................................. KCBS–TV .................................................................... 17,853,152 16,656,778 129,906 

49750 ................................ KCBY–TV .................................................................... 89,156 73,211 571 

33710 ................................ KCCI ........................................................................... 1,109,952 1,102,514 8,599 

9640 .................................. KCCW–TV .................................................................. 284,280 276,935 2,160 

63158 ................................ KCDO–TV ................................................................... 2,798,103 2,650,225 20,669 

62424 ................................ KCDT .......................................................................... 698,389 657,101 5,125 

83913 ................................ KCEB .......................................................................... 417,491 417,156 3,253 

57219 ................................ KCEC .......................................................................... 3,831,192 3,613,287 28,180 

10245 ................................ KCEN–TV ................................................................... 1,795,767 1,757,018 13,703 

13058 ................................ KCET .......................................................................... 17,129,650 15,689,832 122,365 

18079 ................................ KCFW–TV ................................................................... 177,697 140,192 1,093 

132606 .............................. KCGE–DT ................................................................... 123,930 123,930 967 

60793 ................................ KCHF .......................................................................... 1,118,671 1,085,205 8,464 

33722 ................................ KCIT ............................................................................ 382,477 381,818 2,978 

62468 ................................ KCKA .......................................................................... 953,680 804,362 6,273 

41969 ................................ KCLO–TV .................................................................... 138,413 132,157 1,031 

47903 ................................ KCNC–TV ................................................................... 3,794,400 3,541,089 27,617 

71586 ................................ KCNS .......................................................................... 8,270,858 7,381,656 57,570 

33742 ................................ KCOP–TV ................................................................... 17,386,133 16,647,708 129,835 

19117 ................................ KCOS .......................................................................... 1,014,396 1,014,205 7,910 

63165 ................................ KCOY–TV ................................................................... 664,655 459,468 3,583 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

33894 ................................ KCPQ .......................................................................... 4,439,875 4,312,133 33,630 

53843 ................................ KCPT .......................................................................... 2,507,879 2,506,224 19,546 

33875 ................................ KCRA–TV ................................................................... 10,612,483 6,500,774 50,700 

9719 .................................. KCRG–TV ................................................................... 1,136,762 1,107,130 8,635 

60728 ................................ KCSD–TV ................................................................... 273,553 273,447 2,133 

59494 ................................ KCSG .......................................................................... 174,814 164,765 1,285 

33749 ................................ KCTS–TV .................................................................... 4,177,824 4,115,603 32,098 

41230 ................................ KCTV .......................................................................... 2,547,456 2,545,645 19,853 

58605 ................................ KCVU .......................................................................... 684,900 674,585 5,261 

10036 ................................ KCWC–DT .................................................................. 44,216 39,439 308

64444 ................................ KCWE ......................................................................... 2,459,924 2,458,302 19,172 

51502 ................................ KCWI–TV .................................................................... 1,043,811 1,042,642 8,132 

42008 ................................ KCWO–TV .................................................................. 50,707 50,685 395

166511 .............................. KCWV ......................................................................... 207,398 207,370 1,617 

24316 ................................ KCWX ......................................................................... 3,961,268 3,954,787 30,843 

68713 ................................ KCWY–DT .................................................................. 80,904 80,479 628

22201 ................................ KDAF .......................................................................... 6,648,507 6,645,226 51,826 

33764 ................................ KDBC–TV ................................................................... 1,015,564 1,015,162 7,917 

79258 ................................ KDCK .......................................................................... 43,088 43,067 336 

166332 .............................. KDCU–DT ................................................................... 753,204 753,190 5,874 

38375 ................................ KDEN–TV ................................................................... 3,376,799 3,351,182 26,136 

17037 ................................ KDFI ............................................................................ 6,684,439 6,682,487 52,117 

33770 ................................ KDFW ......................................................................... 6,659,312 6,657,023 51,918 

29102 ................................ KDIN–TV ..................................................................... 1,088,376 1,083,845 8,453 

25454 ................................ KDKA–TV .................................................................... 3,611,796 3,450,690 26,912 

60740 ................................ KDKF .......................................................................... 71,413 64,567 504 

4691 .................................. KDLH .......................................................................... 263,422 260,394 2,031 

41975 ................................ KDLO–TV .................................................................... 208,354 208,118 1,623 

55379 ................................ KDLT–TV .................................................................... 639,284 628,281 4,900 

55375 ................................ KDLV–TV .................................................................... 96,873 96,620 754 

25221 ................................ KDMD ......................................................................... 376,906 374,641 2,922 

78915 ................................ KDMI ........................................................................... 1,141,990 1,140,939 8,898 

56524 ................................ KDNL–TV .................................................................... 2,987,219 2,982,311 23,259 

24518 ................................ KDOC–TV ................................................................... 17,503,793 16,701,233 130,253 

1005 .................................. KDOR–TV ................................................................... 1,112,060 1,108,556 8,646 

60736 ................................ KDRV .......................................................................... 519,706 440,002 3,432 

61064 ................................ KDSD–TV ................................................................... 64,314 59,635 465 

53329 ................................ KDSE .......................................................................... 42,896 41,432 323 

56527 ................................ KDSM–TV ................................................................... 1,096,220 1,095,478 8,544 

49326 ................................ KDTN .......................................................................... 6,602,327 6,600,186 51,475 

83491 ................................ KDTP .......................................................................... 26,564 24,469 191 

33778 ................................ KDTV–DT .................................................................... 7,959,349 7,129,638 55,604 

67910 ................................ KDTX–TV .................................................................... 6,680,738 6,679,424 52,093 

126 .................................... KDVR .......................................................................... 3,644,912 3,521,884 27,467 

18084 ................................ KECI–TV ..................................................................... 211,745 193,803 1,511 

51208 ................................ KECY–TV .................................................................... 399,372 394,379 3,076 

58408 ................................ KEDT .......................................................................... 513,683 513,683 4,006 

55435 ................................ KEET ........................................................................... 177,313 159,960 1,248 

37103 ................................ KEKE .......................................................................... 97,959 94,560 737 

41983 ................................ KELO–TV .................................................................... 705,364 646,126 5,039 

34440 ................................ KEMO–TV ................................................................... 8,270,858 7,381,656 57,570 

2777 .................................. KEMV .......................................................................... 619,889 559,135 4,361 

26304 ................................ KENS .......................................................................... 2,544,094 2,529,382 19,727 

63845 ................................ KENV–DT ................................................................... 47,220 40,677 317 

18338 ................................ KENW ......................................................................... 87,017 87,017 679 

50591 ................................ KEPB–TV .................................................................... 576,964 523,655 4,084 

56029 ................................ KEPR–TV .................................................................... 453,259 433,260 3,379 

49324 ................................ KERA–TV .................................................................... 6,681,083 6,677,852 52,081 

40878 ................................ KERO–TV ................................................................... 1,285,357 1,164,979 9,086 

61067 ................................ KESD–TV .................................................................... 166,018 159,195 1,242 

25577 ................................ KESQ–TV ................................................................... 1,334,172 572,057 4,461 

50205 ................................ KETA–TV .................................................................... 1,702,441 1,688,227 13,166 

62182 ................................ KETC .......................................................................... 2,913,924 2,911,313 22,705 

37101 ................................ KETD .......................................................................... 3,323,570 3,285,231 25,622 

2768 .................................. KETG .......................................................................... 426,883 409,511 3,194 

12895 ................................ KETH–TV .................................................................... 6,088,821 6,088,677 47,486 

55643 ................................ KETK–TV .................................................................... 1,031,567 1,030,122 8,034 

2770 .................................. KETS ........................................................................... 1,185,111 1,166,796 9,100 

53903 ................................ KETV ........................................................................... 1,355,238 1,350,292 10,531 

92872 ................................ KETZ ........................................................................... 526,890 523,877 4,086 

68853 ................................ KEYC–TV .................................................................... 544,900 531,079 4,142 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

33691 ................................ KEYE–TV .................................................................... 2,732,257 2,652,529 20,687 

60637 ................................ KEYT–TV .................................................................... 1,419,564 1,239,577 9,667 

83715 ................................ KEYU .......................................................................... 339,348 339,302 2,646 

34406 ................................ KEZI ............................................................................ 1,113,171 1,065,880 8,313 

34412 ................................ KFBB–TV .................................................................... 93,519 91,964 717 

125 .................................... KFCT ........................................................................... 795,114 788,747 6,151 

51466 ................................ KFDA–TV .................................................................... 385,064 383,977 2,995 

22589 ................................ KFDM .......................................................................... 732,665 732,588 5,713 

65370 ................................ KFDX–TV .................................................................... 381,703 381,318 2,974 

49264 ................................ KFFV ........................................................................... 4,020,926 3,987,153 31,096 

12729 ................................ KFFX–TV .................................................................... 409,952 403,692 3,148 

83992 ................................ KFJX ........................................................................... 689,090 663,506 5,175 

42122 ................................ KFMB–TV ................................................................... 3,947,735 3,699,981 28,856 

53321 ................................ KFME .......................................................................... 393,045 392,472 3,061 

74256 ................................ KFNB .......................................................................... 80,382 79,842 623 

21613 ................................ KFNE .......................................................................... 54,988 54,420 424 

21612 ................................ KFNR .......................................................................... 10,988 10,965 86 

66222 ................................ KFOR–TV ................................................................... 1,616,459 1,615,614 12,600 

33716 ................................ KFOX–TV .................................................................... 1,023,999 1,018,549 7,944 

41517 ................................ KFPH–DT .................................................................... 347,579 282,838 2,206 

81509 ................................ KFPX–TV .................................................................... 963,969 963,846 7,517 

31597 ................................ KFQX .......................................................................... 186,473 163,637 1,276 

59013 ................................ KFRE–TV .................................................................... 1,721,275 1,705,484 13,301 

51429 ................................ KFSF–DT .................................................................... 7,348,828 6,528,430 50,915 

66469 ................................ KFSM–TV ................................................................... 906,728 884,919 6,901 

8620 .................................. KFSN–TV .................................................................... 1,836,607 1,819,585 14,191 

29560 ................................ KFTA–TV .................................................................... 818,859 809,173 6,311 

83714 ................................ KFTC ........................................................................... 61,990 61,953 483 

60537 ................................ KFTH–DT .................................................................... 6,080,688 6,080,373 47,421 

60549 ................................ KFTR–DT .................................................................... 17,560,679 16,305,726 127,168 

61335 ................................ KFTS ........................................................................... 74,936 65,126 508 

81441 ................................ KFTU–DT .................................................................... 113,876 109,731 856 

34439 ................................ KFTV–DT .................................................................... 1,794,984 1,779,917 13,882 

664 .................................... KFVE ........................................................................... 82,902 73,553 574 

592 .................................... KFVS–TV .................................................................... 895,871 873,777 6,815 

29015 ................................ KFWD ......................................................................... 6,666,428 6,660,565 51,946 

35336 ................................ KFXA ........................................................................... 875,538 874,070 6,817 

17625 ................................ KFXB–TV .................................................................... 373,280 368,466 2,874 

70917 ................................ KFXK–TV .................................................................... 934,043 931,791 7,267 

84453 ................................ KFXL–TV .................................................................... 862,531 854,678 6,666 

56079 ................................ KFXV ........................................................................... 1,225,732 1,225,732 9,559 

41427 ................................ KFYR–TV .................................................................... 130,881 128,301 1,001 

25685 ................................ KGAN .......................................................................... 1,083,213 1,057,597 8,248 

34457 ................................ KGBT–TV .................................................................... 1,239,001 1,238,870 9,662 

7841 .................................. KGCW ......................................................................... 949,575 945,476 7,374 

24485 ................................ KGEB .......................................................................... 1,186,225 1,150,201 8,970 

34459 ................................ KGET–TV .................................................................... 917,927 874,332 6,819 

53320 ................................ KGFE .......................................................................... 114,564 114,564 893 

7894 .................................. KGIN ........................................................................... 230,535 228,338 1,781 

83945 ................................ KGLA–DT .................................................................... 1,636,922 1,636,922 12,766 

34445 ................................ KGMB ......................................................................... 953,398 851,088 6,638 

58608 ................................ KGMC ......................................................................... 1,936,675 1,914,168 14,929 

36914 ................................ KGMD–TV ................................................................... 94,323 93,879 732 

36920 ................................ KGMV ......................................................................... 193,564 162,230 1,265 

10061 ................................ KGNS–TV ................................................................... 267,236 259,548 2,024 

34470 ................................ KGO–TV ..................................................................... 8,637,074 7,929,294 61,841 

56034 ................................ KGPE .......................................................................... 1,699,131 1,682,082 13,119 

81694 ................................ KGPX–TV ................................................................... 685,626 624,955 4,874 

25511 ................................ KGTF .......................................................................... 161,885 160,568 1,252 

40876 ................................ KGTV .......................................................................... 3,960,667 3,682,219 28,718 

36918 ................................ KGUN–TV ................................................................... 1,398,527 1,212,484 9,456 

34874 ................................ KGW ........................................................................... 3,026,617 2,878,510 22,449 

63177 ................................ KGWC–TV .................................................................. 80,475 80,009 624

63162 ................................ KGWL–TV ................................................................... 38,125 38,028 297 

63166 ................................ KGWN–TV .................................................................. 469,467 440,388 3,435 

63170 ................................ KGWR–TV .................................................................. 51,315 50,957 397

4146 .................................. KHAW–TV ................................................................... 95,204 94,851 740 

60353 ................................ KHBS .......................................................................... 631,770 608,052 4,742 

27300 ................................ KHCE–TV ................................................................... 2,353,883 2,348,391 18,315 

26431 ................................ KHET .......................................................................... 959,060 944,568 7,367 

21160 ................................ KHGI–TV ..................................................................... 233,973 229,173 1,787 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

36917 ................................ KHII–TV ...................................................................... 953,895 851,585 6,642 

29085 ................................ KHIN ........................................................................... 1,041,244 1,039,383 8,106 

17688 ................................ KHME .......................................................................... 181,345 179,706 1,402 

47670 ................................ KHMT .......................................................................... 175,601 170,957 1,333 

47987 ................................ KHNE–TV ................................................................... 203,931 202,944 1,583 

34867 ................................ KHNL .......................................................................... 953,398 851,088 6,638 

60354 ................................ KHOG–TV ................................................................... 765,360 702,984 5,483 

4144 .................................. KHON–TV ................................................................... 953,207 886,431 6,913 

34529 ................................ KHOU .......................................................................... 6,083,315 6,081,936 47,433 

4690 .................................. KHQA–TV ................................................................... 318,469 316,134 2,466 

34537 ................................ KHQ–TV ...................................................................... 822,371 774,821 6,043 

30601 ................................ KHRR .......................................................................... 1,227,847 1,166,890 9,101 

34348 ................................ KHSD–TV ................................................................... 188,735 185,202 1,444 

24508 ................................ KHSL–TV .................................................................... 625,904 608,850 4,748 

69677 ................................ KHSV .......................................................................... 2,059,794 2,020,045 15,754 

64544 ................................ KHVO .......................................................................... 94,226 93,657 730 

23394 ................................ KIAH ............................................................................ 6,099,694 6,099,297 47,568 

34564 ................................ KICU–TV ..................................................................... 8,233,041 7,174,316 55,952 

56028 ................................ KIDK ............................................................................ 305,509 302,535 2,359 

58560 ................................ KIDY ............................................................................ 116,614 116,596 909 

53382 ................................ KIEM–TV ..................................................................... 174,390 160,801 1,254 

66258 ................................ KIFI–TV ....................................................................... 324,422 320,118 2,497 

16950 ................................ KIFR ............................................................................ 2,180,045 2,160,460 16,849 

10188 ................................ KIII ............................................................................... 569,864 566,796 4,420 

29095 ................................ KIIN ............................................................................. 1,365,215 1,335,707 10,417 

34527 ................................ KIKU ............................................................................ 953,896 850,963 6,637 

63865 ................................ KILM ............................................................................ 17,256,205 15,804,489 123,259 

56033 ................................ KIMA–TV ..................................................................... 308,604 260,593 2,032 

66402 ................................ KIMT ........................................................................... 654,083 643,384 5,018 

67089 ................................ KINC ........................................................................... 2,002,066 1,920,903 14,981 

34847 ................................ KING–TV ..................................................................... 4,074,288 4,036,926 31,484 

51708 ................................ KINT–TV ..................................................................... 1,015,582 1,015,274 7,918 

26249 ................................ KION–TV ..................................................................... 2,400,317 855,808 6,674 

62427 ................................ KIPT ............................................................................ 171,405 170,455 1,329 

66781 ................................ KIRO–TV ..................................................................... 4,058,101 4,030,968 31,438 

62430 ................................ KISU–TV ..................................................................... 311,827 307,651 2,399 

12896 ................................ KITU–TV ..................................................................... 712,362 712,362 5,556 

64548 ................................ KITV ............................................................................ 953,207 839,906 6,550 

59255 ................................ KIVI–TV ....................................................................... 710,819 702,619 5,480 

47285 ................................ KIXE–TV ..................................................................... 467,518 428,118 3,339 

13792 ................................ KJJC–TV ..................................................................... 82,749 81,865 638 

14000 ................................ KJLA ........................................................................... 17,929,100 16,794,896 130,983 

20015 ................................ KJNP–TV .................................................................... 98,403 98,097 765 

53315 ................................ KJRE ........................................................................... 16,187 16,170 126 

59439 ................................ KJRH–TV .................................................................... 1,416,108 1,397,311 10,898 

55364 ................................ KJRR ........................................................................... 45,515 44,098 344 

7675 .................................. KJTL ............................................................................ 379,594 379,263 2,958 

55031 ................................ KJTV–TV ..................................................................... 406,283 406,260 3,168 

13814 ................................ KJUD ........................................................................... 31,229 30,106 235 

36607 ................................ KJZZ–TV ..................................................................... 2,388,965 2,209,183 17,229 

83180 ................................ KKAI ............................................................................ 953,400 919,742 7,173 

58267 ................................ KKAP .......................................................................... 957,786 923,172 7,200 

24766 ................................ KKCO .......................................................................... 206,018 172,628 1,346 

35097 ................................ KKJB ........................................................................... 629,939 624,784 4,873 

22644 ................................ KKPX–TV .................................................................... 7,588,288 6,758,490 52,709 

35037 ................................ KKTV ........................................................................... 2,892,126 2,478,864 19,333 

35042 ................................ KLAS–TV .................................................................... 2,094,297 1,940,030 15,130 

52907 ................................ KLAX–TV .................................................................... 367,212 366,839 2,861 

3660 .................................. KLBK–TV .................................................................... 387,783 387,743 3,024 

65523 ................................ KLBY ........................................................................... 31,102 31,096 243 

38430 ................................ KLCS ........................................................................... 17,129,650 15,689,832 122,365 

77719 ................................ KLCW–TV ................................................................... 381,889 381,816 2,978 

51479 ................................ KLDO–TV .................................................................... 250,832 250,832 1,956 

37105 ................................ KLEI ............................................................................ 175,045 138,087 1,077 

56032 ................................ KLEW–TV ................................................................... 164,908 148,256 1,156 

35059 ................................ KLFY–TV .................................................................... 1,355,890 1,355,409 10,571 

54011 ................................ KLJB ........................................................................... 1,027,104 1,012,309 7,895 

11264 ................................ KLKN ........................................................................... 1,161,979 1,122,111 8,751 

52593 ................................ KLML ........................................................................... 270,089 218,544 1,704 

47975 ................................ KLNE–TV .................................................................... 123,324 123,246 961 

38590 ................................ KLPA–TV .................................................................... 414,699 414,447 3,232 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

38588 ................................ KLPB–TV .................................................................... 749,053 749,053 5,842 

749 .................................... KLRN .......................................................................... 2,374,472 2,353,440 18,354 

11951 ................................ KLRT–TV .................................................................... 1,171,678 1,152,541 8,989 

8564 .................................. KLRU .......................................................................... 2,614,658 2,575,518 20,086 

8322 .................................. KLSR–TV .................................................................... 564,415 508,157 3,963 

31114 ................................ KLST ........................................................................... 199,067 169,551 1,322 

24436 ................................ KLTJ ............................................................................ 6,034,131 6,033,867 47,058 

38587 ................................ KLTL–TV ..................................................................... 423,574 423,574 3,303 

38589 ................................ KLTM–TV .................................................................... 694,280 688,915 5,373 

38591 ................................ KLTS–TV .................................................................... 947,141 944,257 7,364 

68540 ................................ KLTV ........................................................................... 1,069,690 1,051,361 8,200 

12913 ................................ KLUJ–TV ..................................................................... 1,195,751 1,195,751 9,326 

57220 ................................ KLUZ–TV .................................................................... 1,079,718 1,019,302 7,950 

11683 ................................ KLVX ........................................................................... 2,044,150 1,936,083 15,100 

82476 ................................ KLWB .......................................................................... 1,065,748 1,065,748 8,312 

40250 ................................ KLWY .......................................................................... 541,043 538,231 4,198 

64551 ................................ KMAU .......................................................................... 213,060 188,953 1,474 

51499 ................................ KMAX–TV ................................................................... 10,767,605 7,132,240 55,624 

65686 ................................ KMBC–TV ................................................................... 2,506,035 2,504,622 19,534 

35183 ................................ KMCB .......................................................................... 69,357 66,203 516 

41237 ................................ KMCC ......................................................................... 2,064,592 2,010,262 15,678 

42636 ................................ KMCI–TV .................................................................... 2,429,392 2,428,626 18,941 

38584 ................................ KMCT–TV ................................................................... 267,004 266,880 2,081 

22127 ................................ KMCY .......................................................................... 71,797 71,793 560 

162016 .............................. KMDE .......................................................................... 35,409 35,401 276 

26428 ................................ KMEB .......................................................................... 221,810 203,470 1,587 

39665 ................................ KMEG ......................................................................... 708,748 704,130 5,492 

35123 ................................ KMEX–DT ................................................................... 17,628,354 16,318,720 127,270 

40875 ................................ KMGH–TV ................................................................... 3,815,224 3,574,344 27,876 

35131 ................................ KMID ........................................................................... 383,449 383,439 2,990 

16749 ................................ KMIR–TV .................................................................... 2,760,914 730,764 5,699 

63164 ................................ KMIZ ........................................................................... 532,025 530,008 4,134 

53541 ................................ KMLM–DT ................................................................... 293,290 293,290 2,287 

52046 ................................ KMLU .......................................................................... 711,951 708,107 5,523 

47981 ................................ KMNE–TV ................................................................... 47,232 44,189 345 

24753 ................................ KMOH–TV ................................................................... 199,885 184,283 1,437 

4326 .................................. KMOS–TV ................................................................... 804,745 803,129 6,264 

41425 ................................ KMOT .......................................................................... 81,517 79,504 620 

70034 ................................ KMOV ......................................................................... 3,035,077 3,029,405 23,626 

51488 ................................ KMPH–TV ................................................................... 1,754,037 1,717,555 13,395 

73701 ................................ KMPX .......................................................................... 6,678,829 6,674,706 52,056 

44052 ................................ KMSB .......................................................................... 1,321,614 1,039,442 8,107 

68883 ................................ KMSP–TV ................................................................... 3,857,891 3,829,859 29,869 

12525 ................................ KMSS–TV ................................................................... 1,067,838 1,066,106 8,315 

43095 ................................ KMTP–TV ................................................................... 5,242,638 4,441,372 34,638 

35189 ................................ KMTR .......................................................................... 589,948 520,666 4,061 

35190 ................................ KMTV–TV ................................................................... 1,346,549 1,344,796 10,488 

77063 ................................ KMTW ......................................................................... 761,521 761,516 5,939 

35200 ................................ KMVT .......................................................................... 184,647 176,351 1,375 

32958 ................................ KMVU–DT ................................................................... 308,150 231,506 1,806 

86534 ................................ KMYA–DT ................................................................... 200,764 200,725 1,565 

51518 ................................ KMYS .......................................................................... 2,273,888 2,267,913 17,687 

54420 ................................ KMYT–TV ................................................................... 1,314,197 1,302,378 10,157 

35822 ................................ KMYU .......................................................................... 133,563 130,198 1,015 

993 .................................... KNAT–TV .................................................................... 1,157,630 1,124,619 8,771 

24749 ................................ KNAZ–TV .................................................................... 332,321 227,658 1,776 

47906 ................................ KNBC .......................................................................... 17,244,237 15,812,389 123,321 

81464 ................................ KNBN .......................................................................... 145,493 136,995 1,068 

9754 .................................. KNCT .......................................................................... 1,751,838 1,726,148 13,462 

82611 ................................ KNDB .......................................................................... 118,154 118,122 921 

82615 ................................ KNDM ......................................................................... 72,216 72,209 563 

12395 ................................ KNDO .......................................................................... 314,875 270,892 2,113 

12427 ................................ KNDU .......................................................................... 475,612 462,556 3,607 

17683 ................................ KNEP .......................................................................... 101,389 95,890 748 

48003 ................................ KNHL .......................................................................... 277,777 277,308 2,163 

125710 .............................. KNIC–DT ..................................................................... 2,398,296 2,383,294 18,587 

59363 ................................ KNIN–TV ..................................................................... 708,289 703,838 5,489 

48525 ................................ KNLC .......................................................................... 2,981,508 2,978,979 23,233 

48521 ................................ KNLJ ........................................................................... 655,000 642,705 5,012 

84215 ................................ KNMD–TV ................................................................... 1,135,642 1,108,358 8,644 

55528 ................................ KNME–TV ................................................................... 1,148,741 1,105,095 8,619 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

47707 ................................ KNMT .......................................................................... 2,887,142 2,794,995 21,798 

48975 ................................ KNOE–TV ................................................................... 733,097 729,703 5,691 

49273 ................................ KNOP–TV ................................................................... 87,904 85,423 666 

10228 ................................ KNPB .......................................................................... 604,614 462,732 3,609 

55362 ................................ KNRR .......................................................................... 25,957 25,931 202 

35277 ................................ KNSD .......................................................................... 3,861,660 3,618,321 28,219 

19191 ................................ KNSN–TV ................................................................... 611,981 459,485 3,584 

23302 ................................ KNSO .......................................................................... 1,824,786 1,803,796 14,068 

35280 ................................ KNTV .......................................................................... 8,525,818 8,027,505 62,607 

144 .................................... KNVA .......................................................................... 2,550,225 2,529,184 19,725 

33745 ................................ KNVN .......................................................................... 495,902 470,252 3,667 

69692 ................................ KNVO .......................................................................... 1,247,014 1,247,014 9,725 

29557 ................................ KNWA–TV ................................................................... 822,906 804,682 6,276 

59440 ................................ KNXV–TV .................................................................... 4,183,943 4,173,022 32,545 

59014 ................................ KOAA–TV ................................................................... 1,608,528 1,203,731 9,388 

50588 ................................ KOAB–TV ................................................................... 207,070 203,371 1,586 

50590 ................................ KOAC–TV ................................................................... 1,957,282 1,543,401 12,037 

58552 ................................ KOAM–TV ................................................................... 793,563 767,962 5,989 

53928 ................................ KOAT–TV .................................................................... 1,132,372 1,105,116 8,619 

35313 ................................ KOB ............................................................................ 1,152,841 1,113,162 8,682 

35321 ................................ KOBF .......................................................................... 201,911 166,177 1,296 

8260 .................................. KOBI ........................................................................... 562,463 519,063 4,048 

62272 ................................ KOBR .......................................................................... 211,709 211,551 1,650 

50170 ................................ KOCB .......................................................................... 1,629,783 1,629,152 12,706 

4328 .................................. KOCE–TV ................................................................... 17,446,133 16,461,581 128,384 

84225 ................................ KOCM ......................................................................... 1,434,325 1,433,605 11,181 

12508 ................................ KOCO–TV ................................................................... 1,716,569 1,708,085 13,321 

83181 ................................ KOCW ......................................................................... 83,807 83,789 653 

18283 ................................ KODE–TV ................................................................... 740,156 731,512 5,705 

66195 ................................ KOED–TV ................................................................... 1,497,297 1,459,833 11,385 

50198 ................................ KOET .......................................................................... 658,606 637,640 4,973 

51189 ................................ KOFY–TV .................................................................... 5,242,638 4,441,372 34,638 

34859 ................................ KOGG ......................................................................... 190,829 161,310 1,258 

166534 .............................. KOHD .......................................................................... 201,310 197,662 1,542 

35380 ................................ KOIN ........................................................................... 3,028,482 2,881,460 22,473 

35388 ................................ KOKH–TV ................................................................... 1,627,116 1,625,246 12,675 

11910 ................................ KOKI–TV ..................................................................... 1,366,220 1,352,227 10,546 

48663 ................................ KOLD–TV .................................................................... 1,216,228 887,754 6,924 

7890 .................................. KOLN .......................................................................... 1,421,223 1,337,970 10,435 

63331 ................................ KOLO–TV ................................................................... 959,178 826,985 6,450 

28496 ................................ KOLR .......................................................................... 1,076,144 1,038,613 8,100 

21656 ................................ KOMO–TV .................................................................. 4,132,260 4,087,435 31,878 

65583 ................................ KOMU–TV ................................................................... 551,658 542,544 4,231 

35396 ................................ KONG ......................................................................... 3,998,831 3,981,688 31,053 

60675 ................................ KOOD ......................................................................... 113,416 113,285 884 

50589 ................................ KOPB–TV ................................................................... 3,059,231 2,875,815 22,428 

2566 .................................. KOPX–TV ................................................................... 1,501,110 1,500,883 11,705 

64877 ................................ KORO ......................................................................... 560,983 560,983 4,375 

6865 .................................. KOSA–TV ................................................................... 340,978 338,070 2,637 

34347 ................................ KOTA–TV .................................................................... 174,876 152,861 1,192 

8284 .................................. KOTI ............................................................................ 298,175 97,132 758 

35434 ................................ KOTV–DT ................................................................... 1,417,753 1,403,838 10,949 

56550 ................................ KOVR .......................................................................... 10,784,477 7,162,989 55,864 

51101 ................................ KOZJ ........................................................................... 429,982 427,991 3,338 

51102 ................................ KOZK .......................................................................... 839,841 834,308 6,507 

3659 .................................. KOZL–TV .................................................................... 992,495 963,281 7,513 

35455 ................................ KPAX–TV .................................................................... 206,895 193,201 1,507 

67868 ................................ KPAZ–TV .................................................................... 4,190,080 4,176,323 32,571 

6124 .................................. KPBS .......................................................................... 3,584,237 3,463,189 27,009 

50044 ................................ KPBT–TV .................................................................... 340,080 340,080 2,652 

77452 ................................ KPCB–DT ................................................................... 30,861 30,835 240 

35460 ................................ KPDX .......................................................................... 2,970,703 2,848,423 22,215 

12524 ................................ KPEJ–TV .................................................................... 368,212 368,208 2,872 

41223 ................................ KPHO–TV ................................................................... 4,195,073 4,175,139 32,562 

61551 ................................ KPIC ............................................................................ 156,687 105,807 825 

86205 ................................ KPIF ............................................................................ 265,080 258,174 2,013 

25452 ................................ KPIX–TV ..................................................................... 8,226,463 7,360,625 57,406 

58912 ................................ KPJK ........................................................................... 7,884,411 6,955,179 54,243 

166510 .............................. KPJR–TV .................................................................... 3,402,088 3,372,831 26,305 

13994 ................................ KPLC ........................................................................... 1,406,085 1,403,853 10,949 

41964 ................................ KPLO–TV .................................................................... 55,827 52,765 412 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

35417 ................................ KPLR–TV .................................................................... 2,991,598 2,988,106 23,304 

12144 ................................ KPMR .......................................................................... 1,731,370 1,473,251 11,490 

47973 ................................ KPNE–TV .................................................................... 92,675 89,021 694 

35486 ................................ KPNX .......................................................................... 4,180,982 4,176,442 32,572 

77512 ................................ KPNZ .......................................................................... 2,394,311 2,208,707 17,226 

73998 ................................ KPOB–TV ................................................................... 144,525 143,656 1,120 

26655 ................................ KPPX–TV .................................................................... 4,186,998 4,171,450 32,533 

53117 ................................ KPRC–TV ................................................................... 6,099,422 6,099,076 47,567 

48660 ................................ KPRY–TV .................................................................... 42,521 42,426 331 

61071 ................................ KPSD–TV .................................................................... 19,886 18,799 147 

53544 ................................ KPTB–DT .................................................................... 322,780 320,646 2,501 

81445 ................................ KPTF–DT .................................................................... 84,512 84,512 659 

77451 ................................ KPTH .......................................................................... 660,556 655,373 5,111 

51491 ................................ KPTM .......................................................................... 1,405,533 1,404,364 10,953 

33345 ................................ KPTS ........................................................................... 832,000 827,866 6,457 

50633 ................................ KPTV ........................................................................... 2,998,460 2,847,263 22,206 

82575 ................................ KPTW .......................................................................... 89,433 82,522 644 

1270 .................................. KPVI–DT ..................................................................... 271,379 264,204 2,061 

58835 ................................ KPXB–TV .................................................................... 6,062,458 6,062,238 47,279 

68695 ................................ KPXC–TV .................................................................... 3,362,518 3,341,951 26,064 

68834 ................................ KPXD–TV .................................................................... 6,555,157 6,553,373 51,110 

33337 ................................ KPXE–TV .................................................................... 2,437,178 2,436,024 18,999 

5801 .................................. KPXG–TV ................................................................... 3,026,219 2,882,598 22,481 

81507 ................................ KPXJ ........................................................................... 1,138,632 1,135,626 8,857 

61173 ................................ KPXL–TV .................................................................... 2,257,007 2,243,520 17,497 

35907 ................................ KPXM–TV ................................................................... 3,507,312 3,506,503 27,347 

58978 ................................ KPXN–TV .................................................................... 17,256,205 15,804,489 123,259 

77483 ................................ KPXO–TV ................................................................... 953,329 913,341 7,123 

21156 ................................ KPXR–TV .................................................................... 828,915 821,250 6,405 

10242 ................................ KQCA .......................................................................... 10,077,891 6,276,197 48,948 

41430 ................................ KQCD–TV ................................................................... 35,623 33,415 261 

18287 ................................ KQCK .......................................................................... 3,216,059 3,185,307 24,842 

78322 ................................ KQCW–DT .................................................................. 1,128,198 1,123,324 8,761 

35525 ................................ KQDS–TV ................................................................... 304,935 301,439 2,351 

35500 ................................ KQED .......................................................................... 8,195,398 7,283,828 56,807 

35663 ................................ KQEH .......................................................................... 8,195,398 7,283,828 56,807 

8214 .................................. KQET .......................................................................... 2,981,040 2,076,157 16,192 

5471 .................................. KQIN ........................................................................... 596,371 596,277 4,650 

17686 ................................ KQME ......................................................................... 188,783 184,719 1,441 

61063 ................................ KQSD–TV ................................................................... 32,526 31,328 244 

8378 .................................. KQSL .......................................................................... 199,123 142,419 1,111 

20427 ................................ KQTV .......................................................................... 1,494,987 1,401,160 10,928 

78921 ................................ KQUP .......................................................................... 697,016 551,824 4,304 

306 .................................... KRBC–TV ................................................................... 229,395 229,277 1,788 

166319 .............................. KRBK .......................................................................... 983,888 966,187 7,535 

22161 ................................ KRCA .......................................................................... 17,540,791 16,957,292 132,250 

57945 ................................ KRCB .......................................................................... 8,783,441 8,503,802 66,321 

41110 ................................ KRCG .......................................................................... 737,927 722,255 5,633 

8291 .................................. KRCR–TV ................................................................... 423,000 402,594 3,140 

10192 ................................ KRCW–TV .................................................................. 2,966,912 2,842,523 22,169 

49134 ................................ KRDK–TV ................................................................... 349,941 349,929 2,729 

52579 ................................ KRDO–TV ................................................................... 2,622,603 2,272,383 17,722 

70578 ................................ KREG–TV ................................................................... 149,306 95,141 742 

34868 ................................ KREM .......................................................................... 817,619 752,113 5,866 

51493 ................................ KREN–TV ................................................................... 810,039 681,212 5,313 

70596 ................................ KREX–TV .................................................................... 145,700 145,606 1,136 

70579 ................................ KREY–TV .................................................................... 74,963 65,700 512 

48589 ................................ KREZ–TV .................................................................... 148,079 105,121 820 

43328 ................................ KRGV–TV ................................................................... 1,247,057 1,247,029 9,726 

82698 ................................ KRII ............................................................................. 133,840 132,912 1,037 

29114 ................................ KRIN ........................................................................... 949,313 923,735 7,204 

25559 ................................ KRIS–TV ..................................................................... 565,112 565,044 4,407 

22204 ................................ KRIV ............................................................................ 6,078,936 6,078,846 47,409 

14040 ................................ KRMA–TV ................................................................... 3,722,512 3,564,949 27,803 

14042 ................................ KRMJ .......................................................................... 174,094 159,511 1,244 

20476 ................................ KRMT .......................................................................... 2,956,144 2,864,236 22,338 

84224 ................................ KRMU ......................................................................... 85,274 72,499 565 

20373 ................................ KRMZ .......................................................................... 36,293 33,620 262 

47971 ................................ KRNE–TV ................................................................... 47,473 38,273 298 

60307 ................................ KRNV–DT ................................................................... 955,490 792,543 6,181 

65526 ................................ KRON–TV ................................................................... 8,573,167 8,028,256 62,612 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

53539 ................................ KRPV–DT ................................................................... 65,943 65,943 514 

48575 ................................ KRQE .......................................................................... 1,135,461 1,105,093 8,619 

57431 ................................ KRSU–TV ................................................................... 1,000,289 998,310 7,786 

82613 ................................ KRTN–TV .................................................................... 84,231 68,550 535 

35567 ................................ KRTV .......................................................................... 92,645 90,849 709 

84157 ................................ KRWB–TV ................................................................... 111,538 110,979 866 

35585 ................................ KRWF ......................................................................... 85,596 85,596 668 

55516 ................................ KRWG–TV .................................................................. 894,492 661,703 5,161 

48360 ................................ KRXI–TV ..................................................................... 725,391 548,865 4,281 

307 .................................... KSAN–TV .................................................................... 135,063 135,051 1,053 

11911 ................................ KSAS–TV .................................................................... 752,513 752,504 5,869 

53118 ................................ KSAT–TV .................................................................... 2,539,658 2,502,246 19,515 

35584 ................................ KSAX .......................................................................... 365,209 365,209 2,848 

35587 ................................ KSAZ–TV .................................................................... 4,203,126 4,178,448 32,588 

38214 ................................ KSBI ............................................................................ 1,577,231 1,575,865 12,290 

19653 ................................ KSBW ......................................................................... 5,083,461 4,429,165 34,543 

19654 ................................ KSBY .......................................................................... 535,029 495,562 3,865 

82910 ................................ KSCC .......................................................................... 517,740 517,740 4,038 

10202 ................................ KSCE .......................................................................... 1,015,148 1,010,581 7,882 

35608 ................................ KSCI ............................................................................ 17,446,133 16,461,581 128,384 

72348 ................................ KSCW–DT .................................................................. 915,691 910,511 7,101 

46981 ................................ KSDK .......................................................................... 2,986,776 2,979,047 23,234 

35594 ................................ KSEE .......................................................................... 1,761,193 1,746,282 13,619 

48658 ................................ KSFY–TV .................................................................... 670,536 607,844 4,741 

17680 ................................ KSGW–TV .................................................................. 62,178 57,629 449

59444 ................................ KSHB–TV .................................................................... 2,432,205 2,431,273 18,961 

73706 ................................ KSHV–TV .................................................................... 943,947 942,978 7,354 

29096 ................................ KSIN–TV ..................................................................... 340,143 338,811 2,642 

34846 ................................ KSIX–TV ..................................................................... 74,884 74,884 584 

35606 ................................ KSKN .......................................................................... 731,818 643,590 5,019 

70482 ................................ KSLA ........................................................................... 1,017,556 1,016,667 7,929 

6359 .................................. KSL–TV ....................................................................... 2,390,742 2,206,920 17,212 

71558 ................................ KSMN .......................................................................... 320,813 320,808 2,502 

33336 ................................ KSMO–TV ................................................................... 2,401,201 2,398,686 18,707 

28510 ................................ KSMQ–TV ................................................................... 524,391 507,983 3,962 

35611 ................................ KSMS–TV ................................................................... 1,589,263 882,948 6,886 

21161 ................................ KSNB–TV .................................................................... 664,079 662,726 5,169 

72359 ................................ KSNC .......................................................................... 174,135 173,744 1,355 

67766 ................................ KSNF .......................................................................... 621,919 617,868 4,819 

72361 ................................ KSNG .......................................................................... 145,058 144,822 1,129 

72362 ................................ KSNK .......................................................................... 48,715 45,414 354 

67335 ................................ KSNT .......................................................................... 622,818 594,604 4,637 

10179 ................................ KSNV .......................................................................... 1,967,781 1,919,296 14,969 

72358 ................................ KSNW ......................................................................... 791,403 791,127 6,170 

61956 ................................ KSPS–TV .................................................................... 819,101 769,852 6,004 

52953 ................................ KSPX–TV .................................................................... 7,078,228 5,275,946 41,147 

166546 .............................. KSQA .......................................................................... 382,328 374,290 2,919 

53313 ................................ KSRE .......................................................................... 75,181 75,181 586 

35843 ................................ KSTC–TV .................................................................... 3,843,788 3,835,674 29,914 

63182 ................................ KSTF ........................................................................... 51,317 51,122 399 

28010 ................................ KSTP–TV .................................................................... 3,788,898 3,782,053 29,496 

60534 ................................ KSTR–DT .................................................................... 6,632,577 6,629,296 51,702 

64987 ................................ KSTS ........................................................................... 8,363,473 7,264,852 56,659 

22215 ................................ KSTU .......................................................................... 2,384,996 2,201,716 17,171 

23428 ................................ KSTW .......................................................................... 4,265,956 4,186,266 32,649 

5243 .................................. KSVI ............................................................................ 175,390 173,667 1,354 

58827 ................................ KSWB–TV ................................................................... 3,677,190 3,488,655 27,208 

60683 ................................ KSWK ......................................................................... 79,012 78,784 614 

35645 ................................ KSWO–TV .................................................................. 483,132 458,057 3,572 

61350 ................................ KSYS .......................................................................... 519,209 443,204 3,457 

59988 ................................ KTAB–TV .................................................................... 274,707 274,536 2,141 

999 .................................... KTAJ–TV ..................................................................... 2,343,843 2,343,227 18,275 

35648 ................................ KTAL–TV .................................................................... 1,094,332 1,092,958 8,524 

12930 ................................ KTAS ........................................................................... 471,882 464,149 3,620 

81458 ................................ KTAZ ........................................................................... 4,182,503 4,160,481 32,448 

35649 ................................ KTBC .......................................................................... 3,242,215 2,956,614 23,059 

67884 ................................ KTBN–TV .................................................................... 17,929,445 16,750,096 130,634 

67999 ................................ KTBO–TV .................................................................... 1,585,293 1,583,553 12,350 

35652 ................................ KTBS–TV .................................................................... 1,163,228 1,159,665 9,044 

28324 ................................ KTBU .......................................................................... 6,035,927 6,035,725 47,073 

67950 ................................ KTBW–TV ................................................................... 4,202,104 4,108,031 32,039 


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TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued 

Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

35655 ................................ KTBY ........................................................................... 348,080 346,562 2,703 

68594 ................................ KTCA–TV .................................................................... 3,693,877 3,684,081 28,732 

68597 ................................ KTCI–TV ..................................................................... 3,606,606 3,597,183 28,054 

35187 ................................ KTCW ......................................................................... 103,341 89,207 696 

36916 ................................ KTDO .......................................................................... 1,015,336 1,010,771 7,883 

2769 .................................. KTEJ ........................................................................... 419,750 417,368 3,255 

83707 ................................ KTEL–TV .................................................................... 52,878 52,875 412 

35666 ................................ KTEN .......................................................................... 602,788 599,778 4,678 

24514 ................................ KTFD–TV .................................................................... 3,210,669 3,172,543 24,743 

35512 ................................ KTFF–DT .................................................................... 2,225,169 2,203,398 17,184 

20871 ................................ KTFK–DT .................................................................... 6,969,307 5,211,719 40,646 

68753 ................................ KTFN ........................................................................... 1,017,335 1,013,157 7,902 

35084 ................................ KTFQ–TV .................................................................... 1,151,433 1,117,061 8,712 

29232 ................................ KTGM .......................................................................... 159,358 159,091 1,241 

2787 .................................. KTHV .......................................................................... 1,275,053 1,246,348 9,720 

29100 ................................ KTIN ............................................................................ 281,096 279,385 2,179 

66170 ................................ KTIV ............................................................................ 751,089 746,274 5,820 

49397 ................................ KTKA–TV .................................................................... 759,369 746,370 5,821 

35670 ................................ KTLA ........................................................................... 18,156,910 16,870,262 131,571 

62354 ................................ KTLM .......................................................................... 1,044,526 1,044,509 8,146 

49153 ................................ KTLN–TV .................................................................... 5,381,955 4,740,894 36,974 

64984 ................................ KTMD .......................................................................... 6,095,741 6,095,606 47,540 

14675 ................................ KTMF .......................................................................... 187,251 168,526 1,314 

10177 ................................ KTMW ......................................................................... 2,261,671 2,144,791 16,727 

21533 ................................ KTNC–TV .................................................................... 8,270,858 7,381,656 57,570 

47996 ................................ KTNE–TV .................................................................... 100,341 95,324 743 

60519 ................................ KTNL–TV .................................................................... 8,642 8,642 67 

74100 ................................ KTNV–TV .................................................................... 2,094,506 1,936,752 15,105 

71023 ................................ KTNW ......................................................................... 450,926 432,398 3,372 

8651 .................................. KTOO–TV ................................................................... 31,269 31,176 243 

7078 .................................. KTPX–TV .................................................................... 1,066,196 1,063,754 8,296 

68541 ................................ KTRE .......................................................................... 441,879 421,406 3,287 

35675 ................................ KTRK–TV .................................................................... 6,114,259 6,112,870 47,674 

28230 ................................ KTRV–TV .................................................................... 714,833 707,557 5,518 

69170 ................................ KTSC .......................................................................... 3,124,536 2,949,795 23,005 

61066 ................................ KTSD–TV .................................................................... 83,645 82,828 646 

37511 ................................ KTSF ........................................................................... 7,959,349 7,129,638 55,604 

67760 ................................ KTSM–TV ................................................................... 1,015,348 1,011,264 7,887 

35678 ................................ KTTC ........................................................................... 815,213 731,919 5,708 

28501 ................................ KTTM .......................................................................... 76,133 73,664 575 

11908 ................................ KTTU ........................................................................... 1,324,801 1,060,613 8,272 

22208 ................................ KTTV ........................................................................... 17,380,551 16,693,085 130,189 

28521 ................................ KTTW .......................................................................... 329,633 326,405 2,546 

65355 ................................ KTTZ–TV .................................................................... 380,240 380,225 2,965 

35685 ................................ KTUL ........................................................................... 1,416,959 1,388,183 10,826 

10173 ................................ KTUU–TV .................................................................... 380,240 379,047 2,956 

77480 ................................ KTUZ–TV .................................................................... 1,668,531 1,666,026 12,993 

49632 ................................ KTVA ........................................................................... 342,517 342,300 2,670 

34858 ................................ KTVB ........................................................................... 714,865 707,882 5,521 

31437 ................................ KTVC .......................................................................... 137,239 100,204 781 

68581 ................................ KTVD .......................................................................... 3,800,970 3,547,607 27,668 

35692 ................................ KTVE ........................................................................... 641,139 640,201 4,993 

49621 ................................ KTVF ........................................................................... 98,068 97,929 764 

5290 .................................. KTVH–DT .................................................................... 228,832 184,264 1,437 

35693 ................................ KTVI ............................................................................ 2,995,764 2,991,513 23,331 

40993 ................................ KTVK ........................................................................... 4,184,825 4,173,028 32,545 

22570 ................................ KTVL ........................................................................... 419,849 369,469 2,881 

18066 ................................ KTVM–TV ................................................................... 260,105 217,694 1,698 

59139 ................................ KTVN .......................................................................... 955,490 800,420 6,242 

21251 ................................ KTVO .......................................................................... 227,128 226,616 1,767 

35694 ................................ KTVQ .......................................................................... 179,797 173,271 1,351 

50592 ................................ KTVR .......................................................................... 147,808 54,480 425 

23422 ................................ KTVT ........................................................................... 6,912,366 6,908,715 53,881 

35703 ................................ KTVU .......................................................................... 8,297,634 7,406,751 57,765 

35705 ................................ KTVW–DT ................................................................... 4,174,310 4,160,877 32,451 

68889 ................................ KTVX ........................................................................... 2,389,392 2,200,520 17,162 

55907 ................................ KTVZ ........................................................................... 201,828 198,558 1,549 

18286 ................................ KTWO–TV ................................................................... 80,426 79,905 623 

70938 ................................ KTWU ......................................................................... 1,703,798 1,562,305 12,184 

51517 ................................ KTXA ........................................................................... 6,915,461 6,911,822 53,905 

42359 ................................ KTXD–TV .................................................................... 6,706,651 6,704,781 52,291 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

51569 ................................ KTXH .......................................................................... 6,092,627 6,092,442 47,515 

10205 ................................ KTXL ........................................................................... 8,306,449 5,896,320 45,985 

308 .................................... KTXS–TV .................................................................... 247,603 246,760 1,924 

69315 ................................ KUAC–TV ................................................................... 98,717 98,189 766 

51233 ................................ KUAM–TV ................................................................... 159,358 159,358 1,243 

2722 .................................. KUAS–TV .................................................................... 994,802 977,391 7,623 

2731 .................................. KUAT–TV .................................................................... 1,485,024 1,253,342 9,775 

60520 ................................ KUBD .......................................................................... 14,817 13,363 104 

70492 ................................ KUBE–TV .................................................................... 6,090,970 6,090,817 47,502 

1136 .................................. KUCW ......................................................................... 2,388,889 2,199,787 17,156 

69396 ................................ KUED .......................................................................... 2,388,995 2,203,093 17,182 

69582 ................................ KUEN .......................................................................... 2,364,481 2,184,483 17,037 

82576 ................................ KUES .......................................................................... 30,925 25,978 203 

82585 ................................ KUEW ......................................................................... 132,168 120,411 939 

66611 ................................ KUFM–TV ................................................................... 187,680 166,697 1,300 

169028 .............................. KUGF–TV ................................................................... 86,622 85,986 671

68717 ................................ KUHM–TV ................................................................... 154,836 145,241 1,133 

69269 ................................ KUHT .......................................................................... 6,080,222 6,078,866 47,409 

62382 ................................ KUID–TV ..................................................................... 432,855 284,023 2,215 

169027 .............................. KUKL–TV .................................................................... 124,505 115,844 903 

35724 ................................ KULR–TV .................................................................... 177,242 170,142 1,327 

41429 ................................ KUMV–TV ................................................................... 41,607 41,224 322 

81447 ................................ KUNP .......................................................................... 130,559 43,472 339 

4624 .................................. KUNS–TV ................................................................... 4,027,849 4,015,626 31,318 

86532 ................................ KUOK .......................................................................... 28,974 28,945 226 

66589 ................................ KUON–TV ................................................................... 1,375,257 1,360,005 10,607 

86263 ................................ KUPB .......................................................................... 318,914 318,914 2,487 

65535 ................................ KUPK .......................................................................... 149,642 148,180 1,156 

27431 ................................ KUPT .......................................................................... 87,602 87,602 683 

89714 ................................ KUPU .......................................................................... 956,178 948,005 7,393 

57884 ................................ KUPX–TV .................................................................... 2,374,672 2,191,229 17,089 

23074 ................................ KUSA .......................................................................... 3,802,407 3,560,546 27,769 

61072 ................................ KUSD–TV ................................................................... 460,480 460,277 3,590 

10238 ................................ KUSI–TV ..................................................................... 3,572,818 3,435,670 26,795 

43567 ................................ KUSM–TV ................................................................... 122,678 109,830 857 

69694 ................................ KUTF ........................................................................... 1,210,774 1,031,870 8,048 

81451 ................................ KUTH–DT ................................................................... 2,219,788 2,027,174 15,810 

68886 ................................ KUTP .......................................................................... 4,191,015 4,176,014 32,569 

35823 ................................ KUTV .......................................................................... 2,388,625 2,199,731 17,156 

63927 ................................ KUVE–DT ................................................................... 1,294,971 964,396 7,521 

7700 .................................. KUVI–DT ..................................................................... 1,204,490 1,009,943 7,877 

35841 ................................ KUVN–DT ................................................................... 6,680,126 6,678,157 52,083 

58609 ................................ KUVS–DT ................................................................... 4,043,413 4,005,657 31,240 

49766 ................................ KVAL–TV .................................................................... 1,016,673 866,173 6,755 

32621 ................................ KVAW ......................................................................... 76,153 76,153 594 

58795 ................................ KVCR–DT ................................................................... 18,215,524 17,467,140 136,226 

35846 ................................ KVCT .......................................................................... 288,221 287,446 2,242 

10195 ................................ KVCW ......................................................................... 1,967,550 1,918,809 14,965 

64969 ................................ KVDA .......................................................................... 2,566,563 2,548,720 19,877 

19783 ................................ KVEA .......................................................................... 17,538,249 16,335,335 127,399 

12523 ................................ KVEO–TV ................................................................... 1,244,504 1,244,504 9,706 

2495 .................................. KVEW ......................................................................... 476,720 464,347 3,621 

35852 ................................ KVHP .......................................................................... 747,917 747,837 5,832 

49832 ................................ KVIA–TV ..................................................................... 1,015,350 1,011,266 7,887 

35855 ................................ KVIE ............................................................................ 10,759,440 7,467,369 58,238 

40450 ................................ KVIH–TV ..................................................................... 91,912 91,564 714 

40446 ................................ KVII–TV ....................................................................... 379,042 378,218 2,950 

61961 ................................ KVLY–TV .................................................................... 362,850 362,838 2,830 

16729 ................................ KVMD .......................................................................... 15,274,297 14,512,400 113,182 

83825 ................................ KVME–TV ................................................................... 26,711 22,802 178 

25735 ................................ KVOA .......................................................................... 1,317,956 1,030,404 8,036 

35862 ................................ KVOS–TV ................................................................... 2,202,674 2,131,652 16,625 

69733 ................................ KVPT ........................................................................... 1,744,349 1,719,318 13,409 

55372 ................................ KVRR .......................................................................... 356,645 356,645 2,781 

166331 .............................. KVSN–DT ................................................................... 2,706,244 2,283,409 17,808 

608 .................................... KVTH–DT .................................................................... 303,755 299,230 2,334 

2784 .................................. KVTJ–DT .................................................................... 1,466,426 1,465,802 11,432 

607 .................................... KVTN–DT .................................................................... 936,328 925,884 7,221 

35867 ................................ KVUE .......................................................................... 2,661,290 2,611,314 20,366 

78910 ................................ KVUI ............................................................................ 257,964 251,872 1,964 

35870 ................................ KVVU–TV .................................................................... 2,045,255 1,935,583 15,096 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

36170 ................................ KVYE .......................................................................... 396,495 392,498 3,061 

35095 ................................ KWBA–TV ................................................................... 1,129,524 1,073,029 8,369 

78314 ................................ KWBM ......................................................................... 657,822 639,560 4,988 

27425 ................................ KWBN ......................................................................... 953,207 840,455 6,555 

76268 ................................ KWBQ ......................................................................... 1,149,598 1,107,211 8,635 

66413 ................................ KWCH–DT .................................................................. 883,647 881,674 6,876 

71549 ................................ KWCM–TV .................................................................. 252,284 244,033 1,903 

35419 ................................ KWDK ......................................................................... 4,194,152 4,117,852 32,115 

42007 ................................ KWES–TV ................................................................... 424,854 423,536 3,303 

50194 ................................ KWET .......................................................................... 127,976 112,750 879 

35881 ................................ KWEX–DT ................................................................... 2,376,463 2,370,469 18,487 

35883 ................................ KWGN–TV .................................................................. 3,706,455 3,513,537 27,402 

37099 ................................ KWHB ......................................................................... 979,393 978,719 7,633 

36846 ................................ KWHE ......................................................................... 952,966 834,341 6,507 

26231 ................................ KWHY–TV ................................................................... 17,736,497 17,695,306 138,006 

35096 ................................ KWKB ......................................................................... 1,121,676 1,111,629 8,670 

162115 .............................. KWKS ......................................................................... 39,708 39,323 307 

12522 ................................ KWKT–TV ................................................................... 1,299,675 1,298,478 10,127 

21162 ................................ KWNB–TV ................................................................... 91,093 89,332 697 

67347 ................................ KWOG ......................................................................... 512,412 505,049 3,939 

56852 ................................ KWPX–TV ................................................................... 4,220,008 4,148,577 32,355 

6885 .................................. KWQC–TV .................................................................. 1,063,507 1,054,618 8,225 

29121 ................................ KWSD ......................................................................... 280,675 280,672 2,189 

53318 ................................ KWSE ......................................................................... 54,471 53,400 416 

71024 ................................ KWSU–TV ................................................................... 725,554 468,295 3,652 

25382 ................................ KWTV–DT ................................................................... 1,628,106 1,627,198 12,691 

35903 ................................ KWTX–TV ................................................................... 2,071,023 1,972,365 15,382 

593 .................................... KWWL ......................................................................... 1,089,498 1,078,458 8,411 

84410 ................................ KWWT ......................................................................... 293,291 293,291 2,287 

14674 ................................ KWYB ......................................................................... 86,495 69,598 543 

10032 ................................ KWYP–DT ................................................................... 148,473 133,470 1,041 

35920 ................................ KXAN–TV .................................................................... 2,678,666 2,624,648 20,470 

49330 ................................ KXAS–TV .................................................................... 6,774,295 6,771,827 52,813 

24287 ................................ KXGN–TV ................................................................... 14,217 13,883 108 

35954 ................................ KXII ............................................................................. 2,323,974 2,264,951 17,664 

55083 ................................ KXLA ........................................................................... 17,929,100 16,794,896 130,983 

35959 ................................ KXLF–TV .................................................................... 258,100 217,808 1,699 

53847 ................................ KXLN–DT .................................................................... 6,085,891 6,085,712 47,462 

35906 ................................ KXLT–TV .................................................................... 348,025 347,296 2,709 

61978 ................................ KXLY–TV .................................................................... 772,116 740,960 5,779 

55684 ................................ KXMA–TV ................................................................... 32,005 31,909 249 

55686 ................................ KXMB–TV ................................................................... 142,755 138,506 1,080 

55685 ................................ KXMC–TV ................................................................... 97,569 89,483 698 

55683 ................................ KXMD–TV ................................................................... 37,962 37,917 296 

47995 ................................ KXNE–TV .................................................................... 305,839 304,682 2,376 

81593 ................................ KXNW ......................................................................... 602,168 597,747 4,662 

35991 ................................ KXRM–TV ................................................................... 1,843,363 1,500,689 11,704 

1255 .................................. KXTF ........................................................................... 140,746 140,312 1,094 

25048 ................................ KXTV ........................................................................... 10,759,864 7,477,140 58,314 

35994 ................................ KXTX–TV .................................................................... 6,721,578 6,718,616 52,398 

62293 ................................ KXVA .......................................................................... 185,478 185,276 1,445 

23277 ................................ KXVO .......................................................................... 1,397,072 1,396,085 10,888 

9781 .................................. KXXV .......................................................................... 1,771,620 1,748,287 13,635 

31870 ................................ KYAZ ........................................................................... 6,038,257 6,038,071 47,091 

29086 ................................ KYIN ............................................................................ 581,748 574,691 4,482 

60384 ................................ KYLE–TV .................................................................... 323,330 323,225 2,521 

33639 ................................ KYMA–DT ................................................................... 396,278 391,619 3,054 

47974 ................................ KYNE–TV .................................................................... 980,094 979,887 7,642 

53820 ................................ KYOU–TV ................................................................... 651,334 640,935 4,999 

36003 ................................ KYTV ........................................................................... 1,095,904 1,083,524 8,450 

55644 ................................ KYTX ........................................................................... 927,327 925,550 7,218 

13815 ................................ KYUR .......................................................................... 379,943 379,027 2,956 

5237 .................................. KYUS–TV .................................................................... 12,496 12,356 96 

33752 ................................ KYVE .......................................................................... 301,951 259,559 2,024 

55762 ................................ KYVV–TV .................................................................... 67,201 67,201 524 

25453 ................................ KYW–TV ..................................................................... 11,212,189 11,008,413 85,855 

69531 ................................ KZJL ............................................................................ 6,037,458 6,037,272 47,085 

69571 ................................ KZJO ........................................................................... 4,147,016 4,097,776 31,959 

61062 ................................ KZSD–TV .................................................................... 41,207 35,825 279 

33079 ................................ KZTV ........................................................................... 567,635 564,464 4,402 

57292 ................................ WAAY–TV ................................................................... 1,531,377 1,452,612 11,329 


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TABLE 9—FY 2023 FULL-SERVICE BROADCAST TELEVISION STATIONS BY CALL SIGN—Continued 

Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

1328 .................................. WABC–TV ................................................................... 20,948,273 20,560,001 160,347 

4190 .................................. WABE–TV ................................................................... 5,308,575 5,291,523 41,269 

43203 ................................ WABG–TV .................................................................. 393,020 392,348 3,060 

17005 ................................ WABI–TV .................................................................... 530,773 510,729 3,983 

16820 ................................ WABM ......................................................................... 1,772,367 1,742,240 13,588 

23917 ................................ WABW–TV .................................................................. 1,097,560 1,096,376 8,551 

19199 ................................ WACH ......................................................................... 1,403,222 1,400,385 10,922 

189358 .............................. WACP ......................................................................... 9,415,263 9,301,049 72,539 

23930 ................................ WACS–TV ................................................................... 786,536 783,207 6,108 

60018 ................................ WACX ......................................................................... 4,292,829 4,288,149 33,443 

361 .................................... WACY–TV ................................................................... 946,580 946,071 7,378 

455 .................................... WADL .......................................................................... 4,610,065 4,606,521 35,926 

589 .................................... WAFB .......................................................................... 1,857,882 1,857,418 14,486 

591 .................................... WAFF .......................................................................... 1,527,517 1,456,436 11,359 

70689 ................................ WAGA–TV .................................................................. 6,000,355 5,923,191 46,195 

48305 ................................ WAGM–TV .................................................................. 64,721 63,331 494

37809 ................................ WAGV ......................................................................... 1,614,321 1,282,063 9,999 

706 .................................... WAIQ .......................................................................... 611,733 609,794 4,756 

701 .................................... WAKA ......................................................................... 799,637 793,645 6,190 

4143 .................................. WALA–TV ................................................................... 1,320,419 1,318,127 10,280 

70713 ................................ WALB .......................................................................... 773,899 772,467 6,024 

60536 ................................ WAMI–DT ................................................................... 5,449,193 5,449,193 42,498 

70852 ................................ WAND ......................................................................... 1,388,118 1,386,074 10,810 

39270 ................................ WANE–TV ................................................................... 1,146,442 1,146,442 8,941 

72120 ................................ WANF ......................................................................... 6,027,276 5,961,471 46,494 

52280 ................................ WAOE ......................................................................... 2,963,253 2,907,224 22,673 

64546 ................................ WAOW ........................................................................ 636,957 629,068 4,906 

52073 ................................ WAPA–TV2 7 .............................................................. 3,759,648 2,784,044 21,713 

49712 ................................ WAPT .......................................................................... 793,621 791,620 6,174 

67792 ................................ WAQP ......................................................................... 2,135,670 2,131,399 16,623 

13206 ................................ WATC–DT ................................................................... 5,732,204 5,705,819 44,500 

71082 ................................ WATE–TV ................................................................... 1,874,433 1,638,059 12,775 

22819 ................................ WATL .......................................................................... 5,882,837 5,819,099 45,383 

20287 ................................ WATM–TV .................................................................. 893,989 749,183 5,843 

11907 ................................ WATN–TV ................................................................... 1,787,595 1,784,560 13,918 

13989 ................................ WAVE ......................................................................... 1,891,797 1,880,563 14,667 

71127 ................................ WAVY–TV ................................................................... 2,080,708 2,080,691 16,227 

54938 ................................ WAWD ........................................................................ 579,079 579,023 4,516 

65247 ................................ WAWV–TV .................................................................. 705,790 700,361 5,462 

12793 ................................ WAXN–TV ................................................................... 2,677,951 2,669,224 20,817 

65696 ................................ WBAL–TV ................................................................... 9,743,335 9,344,875 72,881 

74417 ................................ WBAY–TV ................................................................... 1,226,036 1,225,443 9,557 

71085 ................................ WBBH–TV ................................................................... 2,017,267 2,017,267 15,733 

65204 ................................ WBBJ–TV ................................................................... 662,148 658,839 5,138 

9617 .................................. WBBM–TV .................................................................. 9,914,233 9,907,806 77,271 

9088 .................................. WBBZ–TV ................................................................... 1,269,256 1,260,686 9,832 

70138 ................................ WBDT ......................................................................... 3,831,757 3,819,550 29,789 

51349 ................................ WBEC–TV ................................................................... 5,421,355 5,421,355 42,281 

10758 ................................ WBFF .......................................................................... 8,523,983 8,381,042 65,364 

12497 ................................ WBFS–TV ................................................................... 5,349,613 5,349,613 41,722 

6568 .................................. WBGU–TV .................................................................. 1,343,816 1,343,816 10,480 

81594 ................................ WBIF ........................................................................... 309,707 309,707 2,415 

84802 ................................ WBIH ........................................................................... 718,439 706,994 5,514 

717 .................................... WBIQ .......................................................................... 1,563,080 1,532,266 11,950 

46984 ................................ WBIR–TV .................................................................... 1,978,347 1,701,857 13,273 

67048 ................................ WBKB–TV ................................................................... 136,823 130,625 1,019 

34167 ................................ WBKI ........................................................................... 2,104,090 2,085,393 16,264 

4692 .................................. WBKO ......................................................................... 963,413 862,651 6,728 

76001 ................................ WBKP ......................................................................... 55,655 55,305 431 

68427 ................................ WBMM ........................................................................ 562,284 562,123 4,384 

73692 ................................ WBNA ......................................................................... 1,699,683 1,666,248 12,995 

23337 ................................ WBNG–TV .................................................................. 1,435,634 1,051,932 8,204 

71217 ................................ WBNS–TV ................................................................... 2,847,721 2,784,795 21,719 

72958 ................................ WBNX–TV ................................................................... 3,639,256 3,630,531 28,315 

71218 ................................ WBOC–TV .................................................................. 813,888 813,888 6,348 

71220 ................................ WBOY–TV .................................................................. 711,302 621,367 4,846 

60850 ................................ WBPH–TV ................................................................... 10,613,847 9,474,797 73,894 

7692 .................................. WBPX–TV ................................................................... 6,833,712 6,761,949 52,736 

5981 .................................. WBRA–TV ................................................................... 1,726,408 1,677,204 13,081 

71221 ................................ WBRC ......................................................................... 1,884,007 1,849,135 14,421 

71225 ................................ WBRE–TV ................................................................... 2,879,196 2,244,735 17,507 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

38616 ................................ WBRZ–TV ................................................................... 2,223,336 2,222,309 17,332 

82627 ................................ WBSF .......................................................................... 1,836,543 1,832,446 14,291 

30826 ................................ WBTV .......................................................................... 4,433,795 4,296,893 33,511 

66407 ................................ WBTW ......................................................................... 1,975,457 1,959,172 15,280 

16363 ................................ WBUI ........................................................................... 981,884 981,868 7,658 

59281 ................................ WBUP ......................................................................... 126,472 112,603 878 

60830 ................................ WBUY–TV ................................................................... 1,569,254 1,567,815 12,227 

72971 ................................ WBXX–TV ................................................................... 2,142,759 1,984,544 15,477 

25456 ................................ WBZ–TV ..................................................................... 7,960,556 7,730,847 60,293 

63153 ................................ WCAU ......................................................................... 11,269,831 11,098,540 86,558 

363 .................................... WCAV ......................................................................... 1,032,270 874,886 6,823 

46728 ................................ WCAX–TV ................................................................... 784,748 665,685 5,192 

39659 ................................ WCBB ......................................................................... 964,079 910,222 7,099 

10587 ................................ WCBD–TV .................................................................. 1,149,489 1,149,489 8,965 

12477 ................................ WCBI–TV .................................................................... 680,511 678,424 5,291 

9610 .................................. WCBS–TV ................................................................... 22,087,789 21,511,236 167,766 

49157 ................................ WCCB ......................................................................... 3,642,232 3,574,928 27,881 

9629 .................................. WCCO–TV .................................................................. 3,862,571 3,855,451 30,069 

14050 ................................ WCCT–TV ................................................................... 5,818,471 5,307,612 41,394 

69544 ................................ WCCU ......................................................................... 694,550 693,317 5,407 

3001 .................................. WCCV–TV .................................................................. 3,391,703 2,062,994 16,089 

23937 ................................ WCES–TV ................................................................... 1,098,868 1,097,706 8,561 

65666 ................................ WCET ......................................................................... 3,123,290 3,110,519 24,259 

46755 ................................ WCFE–TV ................................................................... 459,417 419,756 3,274 

71280 ................................ WCHS–TV .................................................................. 1,352,824 1,274,766 9,942 

42124 ................................ WCIA ........................................................................... 834,084 833,547 6,501 

711 .................................... WCIQ .......................................................................... 3,186,320 3,016,907 23,529 

71428 ................................ WCIU–TV .................................................................... 10,052,136 10,049,244 78,374 

9015 .................................. WCIV ........................................................................... 1,152,800 1,152,800 8,991 

42116 ................................ WCIX ........................................................................... 554,002 549,911 4,289 

16993 ................................ WCJB–TV ................................................................... 977,492 977,492 7,623 

11125 ................................ WCLF .......................................................................... 4,097,389 4,096,624 31,950 

68007 ................................ WCLJ–TV .................................................................... 2,305,723 2,303,534 17,965 

50781 ................................ WCMH–TV .................................................................. 2,756,260 2,712,989 21,159 

9917 .................................. WCML ......................................................................... 233,439 224,255 1,749 

9908 .................................. WCMU–TV .................................................................. 707,702 699,551 5,456 

9922 .................................. WCMV ......................................................................... 425,499 411,288 3,208 

9913 .................................. WCMW ........................................................................ 106,975 104,859 818 

32326 ................................ WCNC–TV .................................................................. 3,883,049 3,809,706 29,712 

53734 ................................ WCNY–TV .................................................................. 1,342,821 1,279,429 9,978 

73642 ................................ WCOV–TV .................................................................. 889,102 884,417 6,898 

40618 ................................ WCPB ......................................................................... 567,809 567,809 4,428 

59438 ................................ WCPO–TV .................................................................. 3,330,885 3,313,654 25,843 

10981 ................................ WCPX–TV ................................................................... 9,753,235 9,751,916 76,055 

71297 ................................ WCSC–TV .................................................................. 1,028,018 1,028,018 8,018 

39664 ................................ WCSH ......................................................................... 1,755,325 1,548,824 12,079 

69479 ................................ WCTE ......................................................................... 612,760 541,314 4,222 

18334 ................................ WCTI–TV .................................................................... 1,688,065 1,685,638 13,146 

31590 ................................ WCTV ......................................................................... 1,065,524 1,065,464 8,310 

33081 ................................ WCTX ......................................................................... 7,844,936 7,332,431 57,186 

65684 ................................ WCVB–TV ................................................................... 7,780,868 7,618,496 59,417 

9987 .................................. WCVE–TV ................................................................... 1,721,004 1,712,249 13,354 

83304 ................................ WCVI–TV .................................................................... 50,601 50,495 394 

34204 ................................ WCVN–TV .................................................................. 2,129,816 2,120,349 16,537 

9989 .................................. WCVW ........................................................................ 1,505,484 1,505,330 11,740 

73042 ................................ WCWF ........................................................................ 1,131,390 1,130,818 8,819 

35385 ................................ WCWG ........................................................................ 3,630,551 3,299,114 25,730 

29712 ................................ WCWJ ......................................................................... 1,661,270 1,661,132 12,955 

73264 ................................ WCWN ........................................................................ 1,909,223 1,621,751 12,648 

2455 .................................. WCYB–TV ................................................................... 2,363,002 2,057,404 16,046 

11291 ................................ WDAF–TV ................................................................... 2,539,581 2,537,411 19,789 

21250 ................................ WDAM–TV .................................................................. 512,594 500,343 3,902 

22129 ................................ WDAY–TV ................................................................... 339,239 338,856 2,643 

22124 ................................ WDAZ–TV ................................................................... 151,720 151,659 1,183 

71325 ................................ WDBB ......................................................................... 1,792,728 1,762,643 13,747 

71326 ................................ WDBD ......................................................................... 940,665 939,489 7,327 

71329 ................................ WDBJ .......................................................................... 1,626,017 1,435,762 11,198 

51567 ................................ WDCA ......................................................................... 8,101,358 8,049,329 62,777 

16530 ................................ WDCQ–TV .................................................................. 1,269,199 1,269,199 9,898 

30576 ................................ WDCW ........................................................................ 8,155,998 8,114,847 63,288 

54385 ................................ WDEF–TV ................................................................... 1,730,762 1,530,403 11,936 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

32851 ................................ WDFX–TV ................................................................... 271,499 270,942 2,113 

43846 ................................ WDHN ......................................................................... 452,377 451,978 3,525 

71338 ................................ WDIO–DT ................................................................... 341,506 327,469 2,554 

714 .................................... WDIQ .......................................................................... 663,062 620,124 4,836 

53114 ................................ WDIV–TV .................................................................... 5,450,318 5,450,174 42,506 

71427 ................................ WDJT–TV ................................................................... 3,267,652 3,256,507 25,397 

39561 ................................ WDKA ......................................................................... 658,699 658,277 5,134 

64017 ................................ WDKY–TV ................................................................... 1,204,817 1,173,579 9,153 

67893 ................................ WDLI–TV .................................................................... 4,147,298 4,114,920 32,092 

72335 ................................ WDPB ......................................................................... 596,888 596,888 4,655 

83740 ................................ WDPM–DT .................................................................. 1,365,977 1,364,744 10,644 

1283 .................................. WDPN–TV .................................................................. 11,594,463 11,467,616 89,436 

6476 .................................. WDPX–TV ................................................................... 6,833,712 6,761,949 52,736 

28476 ................................ WDRB ......................................................................... 2,054,813 2,037,086 15,887 

12171 ................................ WDSC–TV .................................................................. 3,389,559 3,389,559 26,435 

17726 ................................ WDSE ......................................................................... 330,994 316,643 2,469 

71353 ................................ WDSI–TV .................................................................... 1,100,302 1,042,191 8,128 

71357 ................................ WDSU ......................................................................... 1,649,083 1,649,083 12,861 

7908 .................................. WDTI ........................................................................... 2,092,242 2,091,941 16,315 

65690 ................................ WDTN ......................................................................... 3,831,757 3,819,550 29,789 

70592 ................................ WDTV ......................................................................... 566,592 524,961 4,094 

25045 ................................ WDVM–TV .................................................................. 3,074,837 2,646,508 20,640 

4110 .................................. WDWL ......................................................................... 2,638,361 1,977,410 15,422 

49421 ................................ WEAO ......................................................................... 3,960,217 3,945,408 30,770 

71363 ................................ WEAR–TV ................................................................... 1,520,973 1,520,386 11,857 

7893 .................................. WEAU ......................................................................... 1,006,393 971,050 7,573 

61003 ................................ WEBA–TV ................................................................... 641,354 632,282 4,931 

19561 ................................ WECN ......................................................................... 2,886,669 2,157,288 16,825 

48666 ................................ WECT ......................................................................... 1,156,807 1,156,807 9,022 

13602 ................................ WEDH ......................................................................... 5,328,800 4,724,167 36,844 

13607 ................................ WEDN ......................................................................... 3,451,170 2,643,344 20,615 

69338 ................................ WEDQ ......................................................................... 5,379,887 5,365,612 41,846 

21808 ................................ WEDU ......................................................................... 5,379,887 5,365,612 41,846 

13594 ................................ WEDW ........................................................................ 5,996,408 5,544,708 43,243 

13595 ................................ WEDY ......................................................................... 5,328,800 4,724,167 36,844 

24801 ................................ WEEK–TV ................................................................... 752,596 752,539 5,869 

6744 .................................. WEFS .......................................................................... 3,380,743 3,380,743 26,366 

24215 ................................ WEHT ......................................................................... 857,558 844,070 6,583 

721 .................................... WEIQ .......................................................................... 1,055,632 1,055,193 8,229 

18301 ................................ WEIU–TV .................................................................... 458,480 458,416 3,575 

69271 ................................ WEKW–TV .................................................................. 1,263,049 773,108 6,029 

60825 ................................ WELF–TV ................................................................... 1,477,691 1,387,044 10,818 

26602 ................................ WELU .......................................................................... 2,315,163 1,721,317 13,425 

40761 ................................ WEMT ......................................................................... 1,726,085 1,186,706 9,255 

69237 ................................ WENH–TV .................................................................. 4,500,498 4,328,222 33,756 

71508 ................................ WENY–TV ................................................................... 656,240 517,754 4,038 

83946 ................................ WEPH ......................................................................... 604,105 602,833 4,701 

81508 ................................ WEPX–TV ................................................................... 950,012 950,012 7,409 

25738 ................................ WESH ......................................................................... 4,063,973 4,053,252 31,611 

65670 ................................ WETA–TV ................................................................... 8,315,499 8,258,807 64,410 

69944 ................................ WETK .......................................................................... 670,087 558,842 4,358 

60653 ................................ WETM–TV .................................................................. 870,206 770,731 6,011 

18252 ................................ WETP–TV ................................................................... 2,167,383 1,888,574 14,729 

2709 .................................. WEUX ......................................................................... 380,569 373,680 2,914 

72041 ................................ WEVV–TV ................................................................... 752,417 751,094 5,858 

59441 ................................ WEWS–TV .................................................................. 4,112,984 4,078,299 31,807 

72052 ................................ WEYI–TV .................................................................... 3,715,686 3,652,991 28,490 

72054 ................................ WFAA .......................................................................... 6,917,502 6,907,616 53,872 

81669 ................................ WFBD ......................................................................... 817,914 817,389 6,375 

69532 ................................ WFDC–DT .................................................................. 8,155,998 8,114,847 63,288 

10132 ................................ WFFF–TV ................................................................... 633,649 552,182 4,306 

25040 ................................ WFFT–TV ................................................................... 1,095,429 1,095,411 8,543 

11123 ................................ WFGC ......................................................................... 3,018,351 3,018,351 23,540 

6554 .................................. WFGX ......................................................................... 1,493,866 1,493,319 11,646 

13991 ................................ WFIE ........................................................................... 743,079 740,909 5,778 

715 .................................... WFIQ ........................................................................... 546,563 544,258 4,245 

64592 ................................ WFLA–TV ................................................................... 5,583,544 5,576,649 43,492 

22211 ................................ WFLD .......................................................................... 9,957,301 9,954,828 77,638 

72060 ................................ WFLI–TV ..................................................................... 1,294,209 1,189,897 9,280 

39736 ................................ WFLX .......................................................................... 5,740,086 5,740,086 44,767 

72062 ................................ WFMJ–TV ................................................................... 4,328,477 3,822,691 29,813 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

72064 ................................ WFMY–TV .................................................................. 4,772,783 4,746,167 37,015 

39884 ................................ WFMZ–TV ................................................................... 10,613,847 9,474,797 73,894 

83943 ................................ WFNA ......................................................................... 1,391,519 1,390,447 10,844 

47902 ................................ WFOR–TV .................................................................. 5,398,266 5,398,266 42,101 

11909 ................................ WFOX–TV ................................................................... 1,603,324 1,603,324 12,504 

40626 ................................ WFPT .......................................................................... 5,829,153 5,442,279 42,444 

21245 ................................ WFPX–TV ................................................................... 2,637,949 2,634,141 20,544 

25396 ................................ WFQX–TV ................................................................... 537,340 534,314 4,167 

9635 .................................. WFRV–TV ................................................................... 1,263,353 1,256,376 9,798 

53115 ................................ WFSB .......................................................................... 4,752,788 4,370,519 34,086 

6093 .................................. WFSG ......................................................................... 364,961 364,796 2,845 

21801 ................................ WFSU–TV ................................................................... 576,105 576,093 4,493 

11913 ................................ WFTC .......................................................................... 3,787,177 3,770,207 29,404 

64588 ................................ WFTS–TV ................................................................... 5,236,379 5,236,287 40,838 

16788 ................................ WFTT–TV ................................................................... 4,523,828 4,521,879 35,266 

72076 ................................ WFTV .......................................................................... 3,882,888 3,882,888 30,283 

70649 ................................ WFTX–TV ................................................................... 1,758,172 1,758,172 13,712 

60553 ................................ WFTY–DT ................................................................... 5,678,755 5,560,460 43,366 

25395 ................................ WFUP ......................................................................... 234,863 234,436 1,828 

60555 ................................ WFUT–DT ................................................................... 20,538,272 20,130,459 156,997 

22108 ................................ WFWA ......................................................................... 1,035,114 1,034,862 8,071 

9054 .................................. WFXB .......................................................................... 1,393,865 1,393,510 10,868 

3228 .................................. WFXG ......................................................................... 1,070,032 1,057,760 8,249 

70815 ................................ WFXL .......................................................................... 793,637 785,106 6,123 

19707 ................................ WFXP .......................................................................... 583,315 562,500 4,387 

24813 ................................ WFXR ......................................................................... 1,426,061 1,286,450 10,033 

6463 .................................. WFXT .......................................................................... 7,494,070 7,400,830 57,719 

22245 ................................ WFXU ......................................................................... 218,273 218,273 1,702 

43424 ................................ WFXV .......................................................................... 702,682 612,494 4,777 

25236 ................................ WFXW ......................................................................... 274,078 270,967 2,113 

41397 ................................ WFYI ........................................................................... 2,389,627 2,388,970 18,632 

53930 ................................ WGAL ......................................................................... 6,287,688 5,610,833 43,759 

2708 .................................. WGBA–TV .................................................................. 1,170,375 1,170,127 9,126 

24314 ................................ WGBC ......................................................................... 249,415 249,235 1,944 

72099 ................................ WGBH–TV .................................................................. 7,711,842 7,601,732 59,286 

12498 ................................ WGBO–DT .................................................................. 9,828,737 9,826,530 76,637 

11113 ................................ WGBP–TV .................................................................. 1,820,589 1,812,232 14,134 

72098 ................................ WGBX–TV .................................................................. 7,803,280 7,636,641 59,558 

72096 ................................ WGBY–TV .................................................................. 4,470,009 3,739,675 29,166 

62388 ................................ WGCU ......................................................................... 1,510,671 1,510,671 11,782 

54275 ................................ WGEM–TV .................................................................. 361,598 356,682 2,782 

27387 ................................ WGEN–TV .................................................................. 43,037 43,037 336

7727 .................................. WGFL .......................................................................... 877,163 877,163 6,841 

25682 ................................ WGGB–TV .................................................................. 3,443,386 3,053,436 23,814 

11027 ................................ WGGN–TV .................................................................. 4,002,841 3,981,382 31,051 

9064 .................................. WGGS–TV .................................................................. 2,759,326 2,705,067 21,097 

72106 ................................ WGHP ......................................................................... 4,174,964 4,123,106 32,156 

710 .................................... WGIQ .......................................................................... 363,849 363,806 2,837 

12520 ................................ WGMB–TV .................................................................. 1,742,708 1,742,659 13,591 

25683 ................................ WGME–TV .................................................................. 1,495,724 1,325,465 10,337 

24618 ................................ WGNM ........................................................................ 742,458 741,502 5,783 

72119 ................................ WGNO ........................................................................ 1,641,765 1,641,765 12,804 

9762 .................................. WGNT ......................................................................... 2,128,079 2,127,891 16,595 

72115 ................................ WGN–TV ..................................................................... 9,983,395 9,981,137 77,843 

40619 ................................ WGPT ......................................................................... 578,294 344,300 2,685 

65074 ................................ WGPX–TV .................................................................. 2,765,350 2,754,743 21,484 

64547 ................................ WGRZ ......................................................................... 1,878,725 1,812,309 14,134 

63329 ................................ WGTA ......................................................................... 1,061,654 1,030,538 8,037 

66285 ................................ WGTE–TV ................................................................... 2,210,496 2,208,927 17,227 

59279 ................................ WGTQ ......................................................................... 116,301 112,633 878 

59280 ................................ WGTU ......................................................................... 358,543 353,477 2,757 

23948 ................................ WGTV ......................................................................... 5,989,342 5,917,966 46,154 

7623 .................................. WGTW–TV .................................................................. 807,797 807,797 6,300 

24783 ................................ WGVK ......................................................................... 2,439,225 2,437,526 19,010 

24784 ................................ WGVU–TV .................................................................. 1,825,744 1,784,264 13,915 

21536 ................................ WGWG ........................................................................ 986,963 986,963 7,697 

56642 ................................ WGWW ....................................................................... 1,677,166 1,647,976 12,853 

58262 ................................ WGXA ......................................................................... 779,955 779,087 6,076 

73371 ................................ WHAM–TV .................................................................. 1,381,564 1,334,653 10,409 

32327 ................................ WHAS–TV ................................................................... 1,955,983 1,925,901 15,020 

6096 .................................. WHA–TV ..................................................................... 1,635,777 1,628,950 12,704 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

13950 ................................ WHBF–TV ................................................................... 1,712,339 1,704,072 13,290 

12521 ................................ WHBQ–TV .................................................................. 1,736,335 1,708,345 13,323 

10894 ................................ WHBR ......................................................................... 1,302,764 1,302,041 10,155 

65128 ................................ WHDF ......................................................................... 1,553,469 1,502,852 11,721 

72145 ................................ WHDH ......................................................................... 7,441,208 7,343,735 57,274 

83929 ................................ WHDT ......................................................................... 5,768,239 5,768,239 44,986 

70041 ................................ WHEC–TV .................................................................. 1,322,243 1,279,606 9,980 

67971 ................................ WHFT–TV ................................................................... 5,417,409 5,417,409 42,250 

41458 ................................ WHIO–TV .................................................................... 3,877,520 3,868,597 30,171 

713 .................................... WHIQ .......................................................................... 1,278,174 1,225,940 9,561 

61216 ................................ WHIZ–TV .................................................................... 911,245 840,696 6,557 

65919 ................................ WHKY–TV ................................................................... 3,358,493 3,294,261 25,692 

18780 ................................ WHLA–TV ................................................................... 554,446 515,561 4,021 

48668 ................................ WHLT .......................................................................... 484,432 483,532 3,771 

24582 ................................ WHLV–TV ................................................................... 3,906,201 3,906,201 30,464 

37102 ................................ WHMB–TV .................................................................. 2,959,585 2,889,145 22,532 

61004 ................................ WHMC ........................................................................ 774,921 774,921 6,044 

36117 ................................ WHME–TV .................................................................. 1,455,358 1,455,110 11,348 

37106 ................................ WHNO ......................................................................... 1,499,653 1,499,653 11,696 

72300 ................................ WHNS ......................................................................... 2,549,610 2,270,868 17,710 

48693 ................................ WHNT–TV ................................................................... 1,569,885 1,487,578 11,602 

66221 ................................ WHO–DT .................................................................... 1,120,480 1,099,818 8,577 

6866 .................................. WHOI .......................................................................... 736,125 736,047 5,740 

72313 ................................ WHP–TV ..................................................................... 4,030,693 3,538,096 27,594 

51980 ................................ WHPX–TV ................................................................... 5,579,464 5,114,336 39,887 

73036 ................................ WHRM–TV .................................................................. 535,778 532,820 4,155 

25932 ................................ WHRO–TV .................................................................. 2,169,238 2,169,237 16,918 

68058 ................................ WHSG–TV .................................................................. 5,870,314 5,808,605 45,301 

4688 .................................. WHSV–TV ................................................................... 845,013 711,912 5,552 

9990 .................................. WHTJ .......................................................................... 807,960 690,381 5,384 

72326 ................................ WHTM–TV .................................................................. 3,211,085 2,799,192 21,831 

11117 ................................ WHTN ......................................................................... 1,914,755 1,905,733 14,863 

27772 ................................ WHUT–TV ................................................................... 7,953,119 7,915,675 61,734 

18793 ................................ WHWC–TV ................................................................. 1,123,941 1,091,281 8,511 

72338 ................................ WHYY–TV ................................................................... 10,448,829 10,049,700 78,378 

5360 .................................. WIAT ........................................................................... 1,868,854 1,830,924 14,279 

63160 ................................ WIBW–TV ................................................................... 1,234,347 1,181,009 9,211 

25684 ................................ WICD .......................................................................... 1,238,332 1,237,046 9,648 

25686 ................................ WICS ........................................................................... 1,101,798 1,099,718 8,577 

24970 ................................ WICU–TV .................................................................... 740,115 683,435 5,330 

62210 ................................ WICZ–TV .................................................................... 1,249,974 965,416 7,529 

18410 ................................ WIDP ........................................................................... 2,559,306 1,899,768 14,816 

26025 ................................ WIFS ........................................................................... 1,583,693 1,578,870 12,314 

720 .................................... WIIQ ............................................................................ 353,241 347,685 2,712 

68939 ................................ WILL–TV ..................................................................... 1,178,545 1,158,147 9,032 

6863 .................................. WILX–TV ..................................................................... 3,378,644 3,218,221 25,099 

22093 ................................ WINK–TV .................................................................... 1,818,122 1,818,122 14,180 

67787 ................................ WINM .......................................................................... 1,001,485 971,031 7,573 

41314 ................................ WINP–TV .................................................................... 2,935,057 2,883,944 22,492 

3646 .................................. WIPB ........................................................................... 1,965,353 1,965,174 15,326 

48408 ................................ WIPL ........................................................................... 850,656 799,165 6,233 

53863 ................................ WIPM–TV1 ................................................................. 2,280,935 1,648,150 2,251 

53859 ................................ WIPR–TV1 .................................................................. 3,596,802 2,811,148 21,924 

10253 ................................ WIPX–TV .................................................................... 2,305,723 2,303,534 17,965 

39887 ................................ WIRS12 ....................................................................... 1,091,825 757,978 4,676 

71336 ................................ WIRT–DT .................................................................... 127,001 126,300 985 

13990 ................................ WIS ............................................................................. 2,644,715 2,600,887 20,284 

65143 ................................ WISC–TV .................................................................... 1,734,112 1,697,537 13,239 

13960 ................................ WISE–TV .................................................................... 1,070,155 1,070,155 8,346 

39269 ................................ WISH–TV .................................................................... 2,912,963 2,855,253 22,268 

65680 ................................ WISN–TV .................................................................... 3,003,636 2,997,695 23,379 

73083 ................................ WITF–TV ..................................................................... 2,412,561 2,191,501 17,092 

73107 ................................ WITI ............................................................................ 3,111,641 3,102,097 24,193 

594 .................................... WITN–TV .................................................................... 1,861,458 1,836,905 14,326 

61005 ................................ WITV ........................................................................... 871,783 871,783 6,799 

7780 .................................. WIVB–TV .................................................................... 1,900,503 1,820,106 14,195 

11260 ................................ WIVT ........................................................................... 855,138 613,934 4,788 

60571 ................................ WIWN .......................................................................... 3,338,845 3,323,941 25,923 

62207 ................................ WIYC ........................................................................... 639,641 637,499 4,972 

73120 ................................ WJAC–TV ................................................................... 2,219,529 1,897,986 14,802 

10259 ................................ WJAL .......................................................................... 8,750,706 8,446,074 65,871 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

50780 ................................ WJAR .......................................................................... 7,108,180 6,976,099 54,407 

35576 ................................ WJAX–TV ................................................................... 1,630,782 1,630,782 12,718 

27140 ................................ WJBF .......................................................................... 1,601,088 1,588,444 12,388 

73123 ................................ WJBK .......................................................................... 5,748,623 5,711,224 44,542 

37174 ................................ WJCL .......................................................................... 938,086 938,086 7,316 

73130 ................................ WJCT .......................................................................... 1,618,817 1,617,292 12,613 

29719 ................................ WJEB–TV ................................................................... 1,607,603 1,607,603 12,538 

65749 ................................ WJET–TV .................................................................... 747,431 717,721 5,598 

7651 .................................. WJFB .......................................................................... 2,310,517 2,302,217 17,955 

49699 ................................ WJFW–TV ................................................................... 277,530 268,295 2,092 

73136 ................................ WJHG–TV ................................................................... 864,121 859,823 6,706 

57826 ................................ WJHL–TV .................................................................... 2,034,663 1,462,129 11,403 

68519 ................................ WJKT .......................................................................... 655,780 655,373 5,111 

1051 .................................. WJLA–TV .................................................................... 8,750,706 8,447,643 65,883 

86537 ................................ WJLP .......................................................................... 21,384,080 21,119,164 164,708 

9630 .................................. WJMN–TV ................................................................... 160,991 154,424 1,204 

61008 ................................ WJPM–TV ................................................................... 623,939 623,787 4,865 

58340 ................................ WJPX6 10 12 ................................................................ 3,254,481 2,500,195 19,499 

21735 ................................ WJRT–TV ................................................................... 2,788,684 2,543,446 19,836 

23918 ................................ WJSP–TV ................................................................... 4,225,860 4,188,428 32,666 

41210 ................................ WJTC .......................................................................... 1,381,529 1,379,283 10,757 

48667 ................................ WJTV .......................................................................... 987,206 980,717 7,649 

73150 ................................ WJW ........................................................................... 3,977,148 3,905,325 30,458 

61007 ................................ WJWJ–TV ................................................................... 1,034,555 1,034,555 8,068 

58342 ................................ WJWN–TV6 ................................................................ 2,063,156 1,461,497 4,676 

53116 ................................ WJXT .......................................................................... 1,622,616 1,622,616 12,655 

11893 ................................ WJXX .......................................................................... 1,618,191 1,617,272 12,613 

32334 ................................ WJYS .......................................................................... 9,667,341 9,667,317 75,395 

25455 ................................ WJZ–TV ...................................................................... 9,743,335 9,350,346 72,923 

73152 ................................ WJZY .......................................................................... 4,432,745 4,301,117 33,544 

64983 ................................ WKAQ–TV3 ................................................................ 3,697,088 2,731,588 2,628 

6104 .................................. WKAR–TV ................................................................... 1,693,373 1,689,830 13,179 

34171 ................................ WKAS ......................................................................... 542,308 512,994 4,001 

51570 ................................ WKBD–TV ................................................................... 5,065,617 5,065,350 39,505 

73153 ................................ WKBN–TV ................................................................... 4,898,622 4,535,576 35,373 

13929 ................................ WKBS–TV ................................................................... 1,082,894 937,847 7,314 

74424 ................................ WKBT–DT ................................................................... 866,325 824,795 6,433 

54176 ................................ WKBW–TV .................................................................. 2,247,191 2,161,366 16,856 

53465 ................................ WKCF ......................................................................... 4,241,181 4,240,354 33,071 

73155 ................................ WKEF .......................................................................... 3,730,595 3,716,127 28,982 

34177 ................................ WKGB–TV .................................................................. 413,268 411,587 3,210 

34196 ................................ WKHA ......................................................................... 511,281 400,721 3,125 

34207 ................................ WKLE .......................................................................... 856,237 846,630 6,603 

34212 ................................ WKMA–TV .................................................................. 524,617 524,035 4,087 

71293 ................................ WKMG–TV .................................................................. 3,817,673 3,817,673 29,774 

34195 ................................ WKMJ–TV ................................................................... 1,477,906 1,470,645 11,470 

34202 ................................ WKMR ......................................................................... 463,316 428,462 3,342 

34174 ................................ WKMU ......................................................................... 344,430 344,050 2,683 

42061 ................................ WKNO ......................................................................... 1,645,867 1,642,092 12,807 

83931 ................................ WKNX–TV ................................................................... 1,684,178 1,459,493 11,383 

34205 ................................ WKOH ......................................................................... 584,645 579,258 4,518 

67869 ................................ WKOI–TV .................................................................... 3,831,757 3,819,550 29,789 

34211 ................................ WKON ......................................................................... 1,080,274 1,072,320 8,363 

18267 ................................ WKOP–TV .................................................................. 1,555,654 1,382,098 10,779 

64545 ................................ WKOW ........................................................................ 1,918,224 1,899,746 14,816 

21432 ................................ WKPC–TV ................................................................... 1,525,919 1,517,701 11,837 

65758 ................................ WKPD ......................................................................... 283,454 282,250 2,201 

34200 ................................ WKPI–TV .................................................................... 606,666 481,220 3,753 

27504 ................................ WKPT–TV ................................................................... 1,131,213 887,806 6,924 

58341 ................................ WKPV10 ...................................................................... 1,132,932 731,199 4,676 

11289 ................................ WKRC–TV .................................................................. 3,281,914 3,229,223 25,185 

73187 ................................ WKRG–TV .................................................................. 1,526,600 1,526,075 11,902 

73188 ................................ WKRN–TV .................................................................. 2,409,767 2,388,588 18,629 

34222 ................................ WKSO–TV .................................................................. 658,441 642,090 5,008 

40902 ................................ WKTC ......................................................................... 1,387,229 1,386,779 10,815 

60654 ................................ WKTV .......................................................................... 1,573,503 1,342,387 10,469 

73195 ................................ WKYC ......................................................................... 4,180,327 4,124,135 32,164 

24914 ................................ WKYT–TV ................................................................... 1,174,615 1,156,978 9,023 

71861 ................................ WKYU–TV ................................................................... 411,448 409,310 3,192 

34181 ................................ WKZT–TV ................................................................... 1,044,532 1,020,878 7,962 

18819 ................................ WLAE–TV ................................................................... 1,397,967 1,397,967 10,903 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

36533 ................................ WLAJ .......................................................................... 4,100,475 4,063,963 31,695 

2710 .................................. WLAX .......................................................................... 469,017 447,381 3,489 

68542 ................................ WLBT .......................................................................... 948,671 947,857 7,392 

39644 ................................ WLBZ .......................................................................... 373,129 364,346 2,842 

69328 ................................ WLED–TV ................................................................... 332,718 174,998 1,365 

63046 ................................ WLEF–TV ................................................................... 200,517 199,188 1,553 

73203 ................................ WLEX–TV ................................................................... 969,481 964,735 7,524 

37806 ................................ WLFB .......................................................................... 798,916 688,519 5,370 

37808 ................................ WLFG .......................................................................... 1,614,321 1,282,063 9,999 

73204 ................................ WLFI–TV ..................................................................... 2,243,009 2,221,313 17,324 

73205 ................................ WLFL .......................................................................... 3,747,583 3,743,960 29,199 

19777 ................................ WLII–DT 4 8 ................................................................. 2,801,102 2,153,564 16,796 

37503 ................................ WLIO ........................................................................... 1,067,232 1,050,170 8,190 

38336 ................................ WLIW .......................................................................... 20,027,920 19,717,729 153,779 

27696 ................................ WLJC–TV .................................................................... 1,401,072 1,281,256 9,993 

71645 ................................ WLJT–DT .................................................................... 385,493 385,380 3,006 

53939 ................................ WLKY .......................................................................... 1,927,997 1,919,810 14,973 

11033 ................................ WLLA .......................................................................... 2,081,693 2,081,436 16,233 

1222 .................................. WLMA ......................................................................... 1,646,714 1,644,206 12,823 

17076 ................................ WLMB ......................................................................... 2,754,484 2,747,490 21,428 

68518 ................................ WLMT ......................................................................... 1,736,552 1,733,496 13,520 

22591 ................................ WLNE–TV ................................................................... 6,429,522 6,381,825 49,772 

74420 ................................ WLNS–TV ................................................................... 4,100,475 4,063,963 31,695 

73206 ................................ WLNY–TV ................................................................... 7,501,199 7,415,578 57,834 

84253 ................................ WLOO ......................................................................... 913,960 912,674 7,118 

56537 ................................ WLOS ......................................................................... 3,086,751 2,544,410 19,844 

37732 ................................ WLOV–TV ................................................................... 609,526 607,780 4,740 

13995 ................................ WLOX ......................................................................... 1,182,149 1,170,659 9,130 

38586 ................................ WLPB–TV ................................................................... 1,219,624 1,219,407 9,510 

73189 ................................ WLPX–TV ................................................................... 1,066,912 1,022,543 7,975 

66358 ................................ WLRN–TV ................................................................... 5,447,399 5,447,399 42,484 

73226 ................................ WLS–TV ...................................................................... 10,174,464 10,170,757 79,322 

73230 ................................ WLTV–DT ................................................................... 5,427,398 5,427,398 42,328 

37176 ................................ WLTX .......................................................................... 1,580,677 1,578,645 12,312 

37179 ................................ WLTZ .......................................................................... 689,521 685,358 5,345 

21259 ................................ WLUC–TV ................................................................... 92,246 85,393 666 

4150 .................................. WLUK–TV ................................................................... 1,187,616 1,186,861 9,256 

73238 ................................ WLVI ........................................................................... 7,441,208 7,343,735 57,274 

36989 ................................ WLVT–TV ................................................................... 10,613,847 9,474,797 73,894 

3978 .................................. WLWC ......................................................................... 3,281,532 3,150,875 24,574 

46979 ................................ WLWT ......................................................................... 3,367,381 3,355,009 26,166 

54452 ................................ WLXI ........................................................................... 4,184,851 4,166,318 32,493 

55350 ................................ WLYH .......................................................................... 3,211,085 2,799,192 21,831 

43192 ................................ WMAB–TV .................................................................. 405,483 399,560 3,116 

43170 ................................ WMAE–TV .................................................................. 686,076 653,173 5,094 

43197 ................................ WMAH–TV .................................................................. 1,257,393 1,256,995 9,803 

43176 ................................ WMAO–TV .................................................................. 369,696 369,343 2,881 

47905 ................................ WMAQ–TV .................................................................. 9,914,395 9,913,272 77,314 

59442 ................................ WMAR–TV .................................................................. 9,198,495 9,072,076 70,753 

43184 ................................ WMAU–TV .................................................................. 642,328 636,504 4,964 

43193 ................................ WMAV–TV .................................................................. 1,008,339 1,008,208 7,863 

43169 ................................ WMAW–TV ................................................................. 726,173 715,450 5,580 

46991 ................................ WMAZ–TV .................................................................. 1,185,678 1,136,616 8,864 

66398 ................................ WMBB ......................................................................... 935,027 914,607 7,133 

43952 ................................ WMBC–TV .................................................................. 18,706,132 18,458,331 143,957 

42121 ................................ WMBD–TV .................................................................. 742,729 742,660 5,792 

83969 ................................ WMBF–TV .................................................................. 445,363 445,363 3,473 

60829 ................................ WMCF–TV .................................................................. 612,942 609,635 4,755 

9739 .................................. WMCN–TV .................................................................. 10,448,829 10,049,700 78,378 

19184 ................................ WMC–TV .................................................................... 2,047,403 2,043,125 15,934 

189357 .............................. WMDE ......................................................................... 6,384,827 6,257,910 48,805 

73255 ................................ WMDN ........................................................................ 278,227 278,018 2,168 

16455 ................................ WMDT ......................................................................... 731,868 731,868 5,708 

39656 ................................ WMEA–TV .................................................................. 902,755 853,857 6,659 

39648 ................................ WMEB–TV .................................................................. 511,761 494,574 3,857 

70537 ................................ WMEC ......................................................................... 218,027 217,839 1,699 

39649 ................................ WMED–TV .................................................................. 30,488 29,577 231

39662 ................................ WMEM–TV .................................................................. 71,700 69,981 546

41893 ................................ WMFD–TV .................................................................. 1,561,367 1,324,244 10,328 

41436 ................................ WMFP ......................................................................... 5,792,048 5,564,295 43,396 

61111 ................................ WMGM–TV ................................................................. 807,797 807,797 6,300 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

43847 ................................ WMGT–TV .................................................................. 601,894 601,309 4,690 

73263 ................................ WMHT ......................................................................... 1,719,949 1,550,977 12,096 

68545 ................................ WMLW–TV .................................................................. 1,843,933 1,843,663 14,379 

53819 ................................ WMOR–TV .................................................................. 5,394,541 5,394,541 42,072 

81503 ................................ WMOW ....................................................................... 121,150 105,957 826 

65944 ................................ WMPB ......................................................................... 7,452,728 7,343,061 57,269 

43168 ................................ WMPN–TV .................................................................. 856,237 854,089 6,661 

65942 ................................ WMPT ......................................................................... 8,637,742 8,584,398 66,950 

60827 ................................ WMPV–TV .................................................................. 1,423,052 1,422,411 11,093 

10221 ................................ WMSN–TV .................................................................. 1,947,942 1,927,158 15,030 

2174 .................................. WMTJ 11 ...................................................................... 3,143,148 2,365,308 18,447 

6870 .................................. WMTV ......................................................................... 1,548,616 1,545,459 12,053 

73288 ................................ WMTW ........................................................................ 1,940,292 1,658,816 12,937 

23935 ................................ WMUM–TV ................................................................. 925,814 920,835 7,182 

73292 ................................ WMUR–TV .................................................................. 5,242,334 5,057,770 39,446 

42663 ................................ WMVS ......................................................................... 3,172,534 3,112,231 24,272 

42665 ................................ WMVT ......................................................................... 3,172,534 3,112,231 24,272 

81946 ................................ WMWC–TV ................................................................. 946,858 916,989 7,152 

56548 ................................ WMYA–TV .................................................................. 1,650,798 1,571,594 12,257 

74211 ................................ WMYD ......................................................................... 5,750,989 5,750,873 44,851 

20624 ................................ WMYT–TV .................................................................. 4,432,745 4,301,117 33,544 

25544 ................................ WMYV ......................................................................... 3,901,915 3,875,210 30,223 

73310 ................................ WNAB ......................................................................... 2,176,984 2,166,809 16,899 

73311 ................................ WNAC–TV .................................................................. 7,310,183 6,959,064 54,274 

47535 ................................ WNBC ......................................................................... 21,952,082 21,399,204 166,892 

83965 ................................ WNBW–DT ................................................................. 1,400,631 1,396,012 10,887 

72307 ................................ WNCF ......................................................................... 667,683 665,950 5,194 

50782 ................................ WNCN ......................................................................... 3,795,494 3,783,131 29,505 

57838 ................................ WNCT–TV ................................................................... 1,935,414 1,887,929 14,724 

41674 ................................ WNDU–TV .................................................................. 1,863,764 1,835,398 14,314 

28462 ................................ WNDY–TV .................................................................. 2,912,963 2,855,253 22,268 

71928 ................................ WNED–TV .................................................................. 1,387,961 1,370,480 10,688 

60931 ................................ WNEH ......................................................................... 1,261,482 1,255,218 9,789 

41221 ................................ WNEM–TV .................................................................. 1,475,094 1,471,908 11,479 

49439 ................................ WNEO ......................................................................... 3,353,869 3,271,369 25,513 

73318 ................................ WNEP–TV ................................................................... 3,429,213 2,838,000 22,134 

18795 ................................ WNET ......................................................................... 21,113,760 20,615,190 160,778 

51864 ................................ WNEU ......................................................................... 7,135,190 7,067,520 55,120 

23942 ................................ WNGH–TV .................................................................. 5,744,856 5,595,366 43,638 

67802 ................................ WNIN .......................................................................... 908,275 891,946 6,956 

41671 ................................ WNIT ........................................................................... 1,305,447 1,305,447 10,181 

48457 ................................ WNJB .......................................................................... 20,787,272 20,036,393 156,264 

48477 ................................ WNJN .......................................................................... 20,787,272 20,036,393 156,264 

48481 ................................ WNJS .......................................................................... 7,383,483 7,343,269 57,270 

48465 ................................ WNJT .......................................................................... 7,383,483 7,343,269 57,270 

73333 ................................ WNJU .......................................................................... 21,952,082 21,399,204 166,892 

73336 ................................ WNJX–TV2 ................................................................. 1,628,732 1,170,083 2,462 

61217 ................................ WNKY ......................................................................... 379,002 377,357 2,943 

71905 ................................ WNLO ......................................................................... 1,900,503 1,820,106 14,195 

4318 .................................. WNMU ........................................................................ 181,736 179,662 1,401 

73344 ................................ WNNE ......................................................................... 792,551 676,539 5,276 

54280 ................................ WNOL–TV ................................................................... 1,632,389 1,632,389 12,731 

71676 ................................ WNPB–TV ................................................................... 2,130,047 1,941,707 15,143 

62137 ................................ WNPI–DT .................................................................... 167,931 161,748 1,261 

41398 ................................ WNPT ......................................................................... 2,266,543 2,235,316 17,433 

28468 ................................ WNPX–TV ................................................................... 2,084,890 2,071,017 16,152 

61009 ................................ WNSC–TV .................................................................. 2,431,154 2,425,044 18,913 

61010 ................................ WNTV ......................................................................... 2,419,841 2,211,019 17,244 

16539 ................................ WNTZ–TV ................................................................... 344,704 343,849 2,682 

7933 .................................. WNUV ......................................................................... 9,098,694 8,906,508 69,462 

9999 .................................. WNVC ......................................................................... 807,960 690,381 5,384 

10019 ................................ WNVT ......................................................................... 1,721,004 1,712,249 13,354 

73354 ................................ WNWO–TV ................................................................. 2,872,428 2,872,250 22,401 

136751 .............................. WNYA ......................................................................... 1,923,118 1,651,777 12,882 

30303 ................................ WNYB ......................................................................... 1,785,269 1,756,096 13,696 

6048 .................................. WNYE–TV ................................................................... 19,414,613 19,180,858 149,592 

34329 ................................ WNYI ........................................................................... 1,627,542 1,338,811 10,441 

67784 ................................ WNYO–TV .................................................................. 1,430,491 1,409,756 10,995 

73363 ................................ WNYT ......................................................................... 1,679,494 1,516,775 11,829 

22206 ................................ WNYW ........................................................................ 20,075,874 19,753,060 154,054 

69618 ................................ WOAI–TV .................................................................... 2,525,811 2,513,887 19,606 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

66804 ................................ WOAY–TV .................................................................. 581,486 443,210 3,457 

41225 ................................ WOFL .......................................................................... 4,048,104 4,043,672 31,537 

70651 ................................ WOGX ......................................................................... 1,112,408 1,112,408 8,676 

8661 .................................. WOI–DT ...................................................................... 1,173,757 1,170,432 9,128 

39746 ................................ WOIO .......................................................................... 3,821,233 3,745,335 29,210 

71725 ................................ WOLE–DT 4 ................................................................ 1,784,094 1,312,984 7,379 

73375 ................................ WOLF–TV ................................................................... 2,990,646 2,522,858 19,676 

60963 ................................ WOLO–TV .................................................................. 2,635,715 2,594,980 20,238 

36838 ................................ WOOD–TV .................................................................. 2,507,053 2,501,084 19,506 

67602 ................................ WOPX–TV .................................................................. 3,877,863 3,877,805 30,243 

64865 ................................ WORA–TV3 13 ............................................................ 3,594,115 2,762,755 21,547 

73901 ................................ WORO–DT .................................................................. 3,236,498 2,516,588 19,627 

60357 ................................ WOST ......................................................................... 1,193,381 853,762 6,658 

66185 ................................ WOSU–TV .................................................................. 2,843,651 2,776,901 21,657 

131 .................................... WOTF–TV ................................................................... 3,451,383 3,451,383 26,917 

10212 ................................ WOTV ......................................................................... 2,368,797 2,368,397 18,471 

50147 ................................ WOUB–TV .................................................................. 756,762 734,988 5,732 

50141 ................................ WOUC–TV .................................................................. 1,713,515 1,649,853 12,867 

23342 ................................ WOWK–TV ................................................................. 1,159,175 1,083,663 8,451 

65528 ................................ WOWT ........................................................................ 1,380,979 1,377,287 10,741 

31570 ................................ WPAN ......................................................................... 1,254,821 1,254,636 9,785 

51988 ................................ WPBF .......................................................................... 3,190,307 3,186,405 24,851 

21253 ................................ WPBN–TV ................................................................... 442,005 430,953 3,361 

62136 ................................ WPBS–TV ................................................................... 338,448 301,692 2,353 

13456 ................................ WPBT .......................................................................... 5,416,604 5,416,604 42,244 

13924 ................................ WPCB–TV ................................................................... 2,934,614 2,800,516 21,841 

64033 ................................ WPCH–TV .................................................................. 5,948,778 5,874,163 45,813 

4354 .................................. WPCT ......................................................................... 195,270 194,869 1,520 

69880 ................................ WPCW ........................................................................ 3,393,365 3,188,441 24,867 

17012 ................................ WPDE–TV ................................................................... 1,772,233 1,769,553 13,801 

52527 ................................ WPEC ......................................................................... 5,764,571 5,764,571 44,958 

84088 ................................ WPFO ......................................................................... 1,329,690 1,209,873 9,436 

54728 ................................ WPGA–TV .................................................................. 559,495 559,025 4,360 

60820 ................................ WPGD–TV .................................................................. 2,355,629 2,343,715 18,279 

73875 ................................ WPGH–TV .................................................................. 3,236,098 3,121,767 24,347 

2942 .................................. WPGX ......................................................................... 425,098 422,872 3,298 

73879 ................................ WPHL–TV ................................................................... 10,421,216 10,246,856 79,915 

73881 ................................ WPIX ........................................................................... 20,948,273 20,501,774 159,893 

53113 ................................ WPLG ......................................................................... 5,588,748 5,588,748 43,587 

11906 ................................ WPMI–TV .................................................................... 1,468,001 1,467,594 11,446 

10213 ................................ WPMT ......................................................................... 2,412,561 2,191,501 17,092 

18798 ................................ WPNE–TV ................................................................... 1,161,295 1,160,631 9,052 

73907 ................................ WPNT ......................................................................... 3,172,170 3,064,423 23,899 

28480 ................................ WPPT .......................................................................... 10,613,847 9,474,797 73,894 

51984 ................................ WPPX–TV ................................................................... 8,044,823 7,839,141 61,137 

47404 ................................ WPRI–TV .................................................................... 7,254,721 6,990,606 54,520 

51991 ................................ WPSD–TV ................................................................... 883,814 879,213 6,857 

12499 ................................ WPSG ......................................................................... 10,798,264 10,529,460 82,119 

66219 ................................ WPSU–TV ................................................................... 1,055,133 868,013 6,770 

73905 ................................ WPTA .......................................................................... 1,099,180 1,099,180 8,573 

25067 ................................ WPTD ......................................................................... 3,423,417 3,411,727 26,608 

25065 ................................ WPTO ......................................................................... 2,961,254 2,951,883 23,022 

59443 ................................ WPTV–TV ................................................................... 5,840,102 5,840,102 45,547 

57476 ................................ WPTZ .......................................................................... 792,551 676,539 5,276 

8616 .................................. WPVI–TV .................................................................... 11,491,587 11,302,701 88,150 

48772 ................................ WPWR–TV .................................................................. 9,957,301 9,954,828 77,638 

51969 ................................ WPXA–TV ................................................................... 6,587,205 6,458,510 50,370 

71236 ................................ WPXC–TV ................................................................... 1,561,014 1,561,014 12,174 

5800 .................................. WPXD–TV ................................................................... 5,249,447 5,249,447 40,940 

37104 ................................ WPXE–TV ................................................................... 3,067,071 3,057,388 23,845 

48406 ................................ WPXG–TV .................................................................. 2,577,848 2,512,150 19,592 

73312 ................................ WPXH–TV ................................................................... 1,471,601 1,451,634 11,321 

73910 ................................ WPXI ........................................................................... 3,300,896 3,197,864 24,940 

2325 .................................. WPXJ–TV ................................................................... 2,357,870 2,289,706 17,857 

52628 ................................ WPXK–TV ................................................................... 1,801,997 1,577,806 12,305 

21729 ................................ WPXL–TV ................................................................... 1,639,180 1,639,180 12,784 

48608 ................................ WPXM–TV .................................................................. 5,153,621 5,153,621 40,193 

73356 ................................ WPXN–TV ................................................................... 20,878,066 20,454,468 159,524 

27290 ................................ WPXP–TV ................................................................... 5,565,072 5,565,072 43,402 

50063 ................................ WPXQ–TV .................................................................. 3,281,532 3,150,875 24,574 

70251 ................................ WPXR–TV ................................................................... 1,375,640 1,200,331 9,361 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

40861 ................................ WPXS ......................................................................... 2,339,305 2,251,498 17,559 

53065 ................................ WPXT .......................................................................... 1,002,128 952,535 7,429 

37971 ................................ WPXU–TV ................................................................... 700,488 700,488 5,463 

67077 ................................ WPXV–TV ................................................................... 1,919,794 1,919,794 14,972 

74091 ................................ WPXW–TV .................................................................. 8,075,268 8,024,342 62,582 

21726 ................................ WPXX–TV ................................................................... 1,562,675 1,560,834 12,173 

73319 ................................ WQAD–TV .................................................................. 1,101,012 1,089,523 8,497 

65130 ................................ WQCW ........................................................................ 1,307,345 1,236,020 9,640 

71561 ................................ WQEC ......................................................................... 183,969 183,690 1,433 

41315 ................................ WQED ......................................................................... 3,529,305 3,426,684 26,725 

3255 .................................. WQHA ......................................................................... 3,322,840 2,368,215 18,470 

60556 ................................ WQHS–DT .................................................................. 3,996,567 3,952,672 30,827 

53716 ................................ WQLN ......................................................................... 602,232 577,633 4,505 

52075 ................................ WQMY ........................................................................ 410,269 254,586 1,986 

64550 ................................ WQOW ........................................................................ 369,066 358,576 2,797 

5468 .................................. WQPT–TV ................................................................... 941,381 933,107 7,277 

64690 ................................ WQPX–TV .................................................................. 1,644,283 1,212,587 9,457 

52408 ................................ WQRF–TV .................................................................. 1,375,774 1,354,979 10,567 

2175 .................................. WQTO 11 ..................................................................... 2,864,201 1,598,365 5,728 

8688 .................................. WRAL–TV ................................................................... 3,852,675 3,848,801 30,017 

10133 ................................ WRAY–TV ................................................................... 4,184,851 4,166,318 32,493 

64611 ................................ WRAZ ......................................................................... 3,800,594 3,797,515 29,617 

136749 .............................. WRBJ–TV ................................................................... 1,030,831 1,028,010 8,017 

3359 .................................. WRBL .......................................................................... 1,493,140 1,461,459 11,398 

57221 ................................ WRBU ......................................................................... 2,933,497 2,929,776 22,849 

54940 ................................ WRBW ........................................................................ 4,080,267 4,077,341 31,799 

59137 ................................ WRCB ......................................................................... 1,587,742 1,363,582 10,635 

47904 ................................ WRC–TV ..................................................................... 8,188,601 8,146,696 63,536 

54963 ................................ WRDC ......................................................................... 3,972,477 3,966,864 30,938 

55454 ................................ WRDQ ......................................................................... 3,930,315 3,930,315 30,653 

73937 ................................ WRDW–TV ................................................................. 1,564,584 1,533,682 11,961 

66174 ................................ WREG–TV .................................................................. 1,642,307 1,638,585 12,779 

61011 ................................ WRET–TV ................................................................... 2,419,841 2,211,019 17,244 

73940 ................................ WREX ......................................................................... 2,303,027 2,047,951 15,972 

54443 ................................ WRFB13 ...................................................................... 2,674,527 1,975,375 2,628 

73942 ................................ WRGB ......................................................................... 1,759,432 1,550,958 12,096 

411 .................................... WRGT–TV .................................................................. 3,451,036 3,416,078 26,642 

74416 ................................ WRIC–TV .................................................................... 2,059,152 1,996,075 15,567 

61012 ................................ WRJA–TV ................................................................... 1,204,291 1,201,900 9,374 

412 .................................... WRLH–TV ................................................................... 2,017,508 1,959,111 15,279 

61013 ................................ WRLK–TV ................................................................... 1,229,094 1,228,616 9,582 

43870 ................................ WRLM ......................................................................... 3,960,217 3,945,408 30,770 

74156 ................................ WRNN–TV .................................................................. 19,853,836 19,615,370 152,980 

73964 ................................ WROC–TV .................................................................. 1,203,412 1,185,203 9,243 

159007 .............................. WRPT ......................................................................... 110,009 109,937 857 

20590 ................................ WRPX–TV ................................................................... 2,637,949 2,634,141 20,544 

62009 ................................ WRSP–TV ................................................................... 1,102,162 1,100,077 8,580 

40877 ................................ WRTV ......................................................................... 2,919,683 2,895,164 22,579 

15320 ................................ WRUA ......................................................................... 2,985,428 2,224,902 17,352 

71580 ................................ WRXY–TV ................................................................... 1,784,000 1,784,000 13,913 

48662 ................................ WSAV–TV ................................................................... 1,000,315 1,000,309 7,801 

6867 .................................. WSAW–TV .................................................................. 652,442 646,386 5,041 

36912 ................................ WSAZ–TV ................................................................... 1,239,187 1,168,954 9,117 

56092 ................................ WSBE–TV ................................................................... 7,535,710 7,266,304 56,670 

73982 ................................ WSBK–TV ................................................................... 7,290,901 7,225,463 56,351 

72053 ................................ WSBS–TV ................................................................... 42,952 42,952 335 

73983 ................................ WSBT–TV ................................................................... 1,763,215 1,752,698 13,669 

23960 ................................ WSB–TV ..................................................................... 5,897,425 5,828,269 45,455 

69446 ................................ WSCG ......................................................................... 867,516 867,490 6,766 

64971 ................................ WSCV ......................................................................... 5,465,435 5,465,435 42,625 

70536 ................................ WSEC ......................................................................... 538,090 536,891 4,187 

49711 ................................ WSEE–TV ................................................................... 613,176 595,476 4,644 

21258 ................................ WSES ......................................................................... 1,829,499 1,796,561 14,011 

73988 ................................ WSET–TV ................................................................... 1,575,886 1,340,273 10,453 

13993 ................................ WSFA .......................................................................... 1,166,744 1,132,826 8,835 

11118 ................................ WSFJ–TV .................................................................... 1,675,987 1,667,150 13,002 

10203 ................................ WSFL–TV ................................................................... 5,344,129 5,344,129 41,679 

72871 ................................ WSFX–TV ................................................................... 970,833 970,833 7,572 

73999 ................................ WSIL–TV ..................................................................... 672,560 669,176 5,219 

4297 .................................. WSIU–TV .................................................................... 1,019,939 937,070 7,308 

74007 ................................ WSJV .......................................................................... 1,651,178 1,644,683 12,827 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

78908 ................................ WSKA ......................................................................... 546,588 431,354 3,364 

74034 ................................ WSKG–TV .................................................................. 892,402 633,163 4,938 

76324 ................................ WSKY–TV ................................................................... 1,934,585 1,934,519 15,087 

57840 ................................ WSLS–TV ................................................................... 1,447,286 1,277,753 9,965 

21737 ................................ WSMH ......................................................................... 2,339,224 2,327,660 18,153 

41232 ................................ WSMV–TV .................................................................. 2,447,769 2,404,766 18,755 

70119 ................................ WSNS–TV ................................................................... 9,914,395 9,913,272 77,314 

74070 ................................ WSOC–TV .................................................................. 3,706,808 3,638,832 28,379 

66391 ................................ WSPA–TV ................................................................... 3,388,945 3,227,025 25,168 

64352 ................................ WSPX–TV ................................................................... 1,298,295 1,174,763 9,162 

17611 ................................ WSRE ......................................................................... 1,354,495 1,353,634 10,557 

63867 ................................ WSST–TV ................................................................... 331,907 331,601 2,586 

60341 ................................ WSTE–DT ................................................................... 3,723,967 3,000,000 23,397 

21252 ................................ WSTM–TV .................................................................. 1,455,586 1,379,393 10,758 

11204 ................................ WSTR–TV ................................................................... 3,297,280 3,286,795 25,634 

19776 ................................ WSUR–DT 8 ................................................................ 3,714,790 3,000,000 7,379 

2370 .................................. WSVI ........................................................................... 50,601 50,601 395 

63840 ................................ WSVN ......................................................................... 5,588,748 5,588,748 43,587 

73374 ................................ WSWB ........................................................................ 1,530,002 1,102,316 8,597 

28155 ................................ WSWG ........................................................................ 381,004 380,910 2,971 

71680 ................................ WSWP–TV .................................................................. 902,592 694,697 5,418 

74094 ................................ WSYM–TV .................................................................. 1,568,403 1,567,920 12,228 

73113 ................................ WSYR–TV ................................................................... 1,329,977 1,243,098 9,695 

40758 ................................ WSYT .......................................................................... 1,970,721 1,739,071 13,563 

56549 ................................ WSYX ......................................................................... 2,635,937 2,592,420 20,218 

65681 ................................ WTAE–TV ................................................................... 2,995,755 2,860,979 22,313 

23341 ................................ WTAJ–TV .................................................................... 1,187,718 948,598 7,398 

4685 .................................. WTAP–TV ................................................................... 512,358 494,914 3,860 

416 .................................... WTAT–TV ................................................................... 1,111,476 1,111,476 8,668 

67993 ................................ WTBY–TV ................................................................... 15,858,470 15,766,438 122,962 

29715 ................................ WTCE–TV ................................................................... 2,620,599 2,620,599 20,438 

65667 ................................ WTCI ........................................................................... 1,216,209 1,104,698 8,616 

67786 ................................ WTCT .......................................................................... 608,457 607,620 4,739 

28954 ................................ WTCV5 9 ..................................................................... 3,254,481 2,500,195 19,499 

74422 ................................ WTEN ......................................................................... 1,902,431 1,613,747 12,586 

9881 .................................. WTGL .......................................................................... 3,707,507 3,707,507 28,915 

27245 ................................ WTGS ......................................................................... 966,519 966,357 7,537 

70655 ................................ WTHI–TV .................................................................... 978,126 928,582 7,242 

70162 ................................ WTHR ......................................................................... 2,949,339 2,901,633 22,630 

147 .................................... WTIC–TV .................................................................... 5,318,753 4,707,697 36,715 

26681 ................................ WTIN–TV7 .................................................................. 3,716,312 2,987,150 2,462 

66536 ................................ WTIU ........................................................................... 1,570,257 1,569,135 12,238 

1002 .................................. WTJP–TV .................................................................... 1,947,743 1,907,300 14,875 

4593 .................................. WTJR .......................................................................... 334,527 334,221 2,607 

70287 ................................ WTJX–TV .................................................................... 135,017 121,498 948 

47401 ................................ WTKR ......................................................................... 2,149,376 2,149,375 16,763 

82735 ................................ WTLF .......................................................................... 349,696 349,691 2,727 

23486 ................................ WTLH .......................................................................... 1,065,127 1,065,105 8,307 

67781 ................................ WTLJ ........................................................................... 1,622,365 1,621,227 12,644 

65046 ................................ WTLV .......................................................................... 1,757,600 1,739,021 13,563 

74098 ................................ WTMJ–TV ................................................................... 3,096,406 3,085,983 24,068 

74109 ................................ WTNH ......................................................................... 7,845,782 7,332,431 57,186 

19200 ................................ WTNZ .......................................................................... 1,699,427 1,513,754 11,806 

590 .................................... WTOC–TV .................................................................. 993,098 992,658 7,742 

74112 ................................ WTOG ......................................................................... 5,268,364 5,267,177 41,079 

4686 .................................. WTOK–TV ................................................................... 417,919 412,276 3,215 

13992 ................................ WTOL .......................................................................... 4,487,440 4,479,518 34,936 

21254 ................................ WTOM–TV .................................................................. 120,369 117,121 913 

74122 ................................ WTOV–TV ................................................................... 3,892,886 3,619,899 28,232 

82574 ................................ WTPC–TV ................................................................... 2,049,246 2,042,851 15,932 

86496 ................................ WTPX–TV ................................................................... 255,972 255,791 1,995 

6869 .................................. WTRF–TV ................................................................... 2,941,511 2,565,375 20,007 

67798 ................................ WTSF .......................................................................... 922,441 851,465 6,641 

11290 ................................ WTSP .......................................................................... 5,506,869 5,489,954 42,816 

4108 .................................. WTTA .......................................................................... 5,583,544 5,576,649 43,492 

74137 ................................ WTTE .......................................................................... 2,690,341 2,650,354 20,670 

22207 ................................ WTTG ......................................................................... 8,101,358 8,049,329 62,777 

56526 ................................ WTTK .......................................................................... 2,844,384 2,825,807 22,038 

74138 ................................ WTTO ......................................................................... 1,877,570 1,844,214 14,383 

56523 ................................ WTTV .......................................................................... 2,522,077 2,518,133 19,639 

10802 ................................ WTTW ......................................................................... 9,776,348 9,776,348 76,246 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

74148 ................................ WTVA .......................................................................... 823,492 810,123 6,318 

22590 ................................ WTVC ......................................................................... 1,579,628 1,366,976 10,661 

8617 .................................. WTVD ......................................................................... 3,790,354 3,775,757 29,447 

55305 ................................ WTVE .......................................................................... 5,156,905 5,152,997 40,188 

36504 ................................ WTVF .......................................................................... 2,384,622 2,367,601 18,465 

74150 ................................ WTVG ......................................................................... 4,405,350 4,397,113 34,293 

74151 ................................ WTVH ......................................................................... 1,390,502 1,327,319 10,352 

10645 ................................ WTVI ........................................................................... 2,856,703 2,829,960 22,071 

63154 ................................ WTVJ .......................................................................... 5,458,451 5,458,451 42,570 

595 .................................... WTVM ......................................................................... 1,498,667 1,405,957 10,965 

72945 ................................ WTVO ......................................................................... 1,409,708 1,398,825 10,909 

28311 ................................ WTVP .......................................................................... 678,884 678,539 5,292 

51597 ................................ WTVQ–DT .................................................................. 989,786 983,552 7,671 

57832 ................................ WTVR–TV ................................................................... 1,816,197 1,809,035 14,109 

16817 ................................ WTVS .......................................................................... 5,511,091 5,510,837 42,979 

68569 ................................ WTVT .......................................................................... 5,473,148 5,460,179 42,584 

3661 .................................. WTVW ......................................................................... 839,003 834,187 6,506 

35575 ................................ WTVX .......................................................................... 3,157,609 3,157,609 24,626 

4152 .................................. WTVY .......................................................................... 974,532 971,173 7,574 

40759 ................................ WTVZ–TV ................................................................... 2,156,534 2,156,346 16,817 

66908 ................................ WTWC–TV .................................................................. 1,061,101 1,061,079 8,275 

20426 ................................ WTWO ........................................................................ 737,341 731,294 5,703 

81692 ................................ WTWV ......................................................................... 1,527,511 1,526,625 11,906 

51568 ................................ WTXF–TV ................................................................... 10,784,256 10,492,549 81,831 

41065 ................................ WTXL–TV ................................................................... 1,054,514 1,054,322 8,223 

8532 .................................. WUAB ......................................................................... 3,821,233 3,745,335 29,210 

12855 ................................ WUCF–TV ................................................................... 3,707,507 3,707,507 28,915 

36395 ................................ WUCW ........................................................................ 3,664,480 3,657,236 28,523 

69440 ................................ WUFT .......................................................................... 1,372,142 1,372,142 10,701 

413 .................................... WUHF ......................................................................... 1,152,580 1,147,972 8,953 

8156 .................................. WUJA .......................................................................... 2,638,361 1,977,410 15,422 

69080 ................................ WUNC–TV .................................................................. 4,184,851 4,166,318 32,493 

69292 ................................ WUND–TV .................................................................. 1,504,532 1,504,532 11,734 

69114 ................................ WUNE–TV .................................................................. 3,146,865 2,625,942 20,480 

69300 ................................ WUNF–TV ................................................................... 2,625,583 2,331,723 18,185 

69124 ................................ WUNG–TV .................................................................. 3,605,143 3,588,220 27,985 

60551 ................................ WUNI .......................................................................... 7,209,571 7,084,349 55,251 

69332 ................................ WUNJ–TV ................................................................... 1,116,458 1,116,458 8,707 

69149 ................................ WUNK–TV .................................................................. 1,991,039 1,985,696 15,486 

69360 ................................ WUNL–TV ................................................................... 3,055,263 2,834,274 22,105 

69444 ................................ WUNM–TV .................................................................. 1,357,346 1,357,346 10,586 

69397 ................................ WUNP–TV .................................................................. 1,402,186 1,393,524 10,868 

69416 ................................ WUNU ......................................................................... 1,202,495 1,201,481 9,370 

83822 ................................ WUNW ........................................................................ 1,856,918 1,333,273 10,398 

6900 .................................. WUPA ......................................................................... 5,966,454 5,888,379 45,923 

13938 ................................ WUPL .......................................................................... 1,721,320 1,721,320 13,425 

10897 ................................ WUPV ......................................................................... 1,933,664 1,914,643 14,932 

19190 ................................ WUPW ........................................................................ 2,100,914 2,099,572 16,375 

23128 ................................ WUPX–TV ................................................................... 1,102,435 1,089,118 8,494 

65593 ................................ WUSA ......................................................................... 8,750,706 8,446,074 65,871 

4301 .................................. WUSI–TV .................................................................... 339,507 339,507 2,648 

60552 ................................ WUTB ......................................................................... 8,523,983 8,381,042 65,364 

30577 ................................ WUTF–TV ................................................................... 7,918,927 7,709,189 60,124 

57837 ................................ WUTR ......................................................................... 526,114 481,957 3,759 

415 .................................... WUTV ......................................................................... 1,589,376 1,557,474 12,147 

16517 ................................ WUVC–DT .................................................................. 3,768,817 3,748,841 29,237 

48813 ................................ WUVG–DT .................................................................. 6,029,495 5,965,975 46,529 

3072 .................................. WUVN ......................................................................... 1,233,568 1,157,140 9,025 

60560 ................................ WUVP–DT .................................................................. 10,421,216 10,246,856 79,915 

9971 .................................. WUXP–TV ................................................................... 2,316,872 2,305,293 17,979 

417 .................................... WVAH–TV ................................................................... 1,373,555 1,295,383 10,103 

23947 ................................ WVAN–TV ................................................................... 1,026,862 1,025,950 8,001 

65387 ................................ WVBT .......................................................................... 1,885,169 1,885,169 14,702 

72342 ................................ WVCY–TV ................................................................... 3,111,641 3,102,097 24,193 

60559 ................................ WVEA–TV ................................................................... 4,553,004 4,552,113 35,502 

74167 ................................ WVEC ......................................................................... 2,098,679 2,092,868 16,322 

5802 .................................. WVEN–TV ................................................................... 3,921,016 3,919,361 30,567 

61573 ................................ WVEO5 ....................................................................... 1,091,825 757,978 4,676 

69946 ................................ WVER ......................................................................... 888,756 758,441 5,915 

10976 ................................ WVFX .......................................................................... 711,483 618,730 4,825 

47929 ................................ WVIA–TV .................................................................... 3,429,213 2,838,000 22,134 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

3667 .................................. WVII–TV ...................................................................... 368,022 346,874 2,705 

70309 ................................ WVIR–TV .................................................................... 1,945,637 1,908,395 14,884 

74170 ................................ WVIT ........................................................................... 5,846,093 5,357,639 41,784 

18753 ................................ WVIZ ........................................................................... 3,695,223 3,689,173 28,772 

70021 ................................ WVLA–TV ................................................................... 1,897,179 1,897,007 14,795 

81750 ................................ WVLR .......................................................................... 1,412,728 1,300,554 10,143 

35908 ................................ WVLT–TV ................................................................... 1,888,607 1,633,633 12,741 

74169 ................................ WVNS–TV ................................................................... 916,451 588,963 4,593 

11259 ................................ WVNY ......................................................................... 742,579 659,270 5,142 

29000 ................................ WVOZ–TV9 ................................................................ 1,132,932 731,199 4,676 

71657 ................................ WVPB–TV ................................................................... 992,798 959,526 7,483 

60111 ................................ WVPT .......................................................................... 767,268 642,173 5,008 

70491 ................................ WVPX–TV ................................................................... 4,147,298 4,114,920 32,092 

66378 ................................ WVPY ......................................................................... 756,696 632,649 4,934 

67190 ................................ WVSN ......................................................................... 2,948,832 2,137,333 16,669 

66943 ................................ WVTA .......................................................................... 760,072 579,703 4,521 

69940 ................................ WVTB .......................................................................... 455,880 257,445 2,008 

74173 ................................ WVTM–TV .................................................................. 2,009,346 1,940,153 15,131 

74174 ................................ WVTV .......................................................................... 3,091,132 3,083,108 24,045 

77496 ................................ WVUA ......................................................................... 2,209,921 2,160,101 16,847 

4149 .................................. WVUE–DT .................................................................. 1,658,125 1,658,125 12,932 

4329 .................................. WVUT ......................................................................... 273,293 273,215 2,131 

74176 ................................ WVVA ......................................................................... 1,037,632 722,666 5,636 

3113 .................................. WVXF .......................................................................... 85,191 78,556 613 

12033 ................................ WWAY ........................................................................ 1,208,625 1,208,625 9,426 

30833 ................................ WWBT ......................................................................... 1,924,502 1,892,842 14,762 

20295 ................................ WWCP–TV .................................................................. 2,811,278 2,548,691 19,877 

24812 ................................ WWCW ....................................................................... 1,390,985 1,212,308 9,455 

23671 ................................ WWDP ........................................................................ 5,792,048 5,564,295 43,396 

21158 ................................ WWHO ........................................................................ 2,762,344 2,721,504 21,225 

14682 ................................ WWJE–DT .................................................................. 7,209,571 7,084,349 55,251 

72123 ................................ WWJ–TV ..................................................................... 5,562,031 5,561,777 43,376 

166512 .............................. WWJX ......................................................................... 518,866 518,846 4,046 

6868 .................................. WWLP ......................................................................... 3,838,272 3,077,800 24,004 

74192 ................................ WWL–TV ..................................................................... 1,788,624 1,788,624 13,949 

3133 .................................. WWMB ........................................................................ 1,547,974 1,544,778 12,048 

74195 ................................ WWMT ........................................................................ 2,538,485 2,531,309 19,742 

68851 ................................ WWNY–TV .................................................................. 375,600 346,623 2,703 

74197 ................................ WWOR–TV ................................................................. 19,853,836 19,615,370 152,980 

65943 ................................ WWPB ........................................................................ 3,197,858 2,775,966 21,650 

23264 ................................ WWPX–TV .................................................................. 2,299,441 2,231,612 17,404 

68547 ................................ WWRS–TV .................................................................. 2,324,155 2,321,066 18,102 

61251 ................................ WWSB ........................................................................ 3,340,133 3,340,133 26,050 

23142 ................................ WWSI .......................................................................... 11,269,831 11,098,540 86,558 

16747 ................................ WWTI .......................................................................... 196,531 190,097 1,483 

998 .................................... WWTO–TV .................................................................. 6,760,133 6,760,133 52,722 

26994 ................................ WWTV ......................................................................... 1,034,174 1,022,322 7,973 

84214 ................................ WWTW ........................................................................ 1,527,511 1,526,625 11,906 

26993 ................................ WWUP–TV .................................................................. 116,638 110,592 863 

23338 ................................ WXBU ......................................................................... 4,030,693 3,538,096 27,594 

61504 ................................ WXCW ........................................................................ 1,687,947 1,687,947 13,164 

61084 ................................ WXEL–TV ................................................................... 5,416,604 5,416,604 42,244 

60539 ................................ WXFT–DT ................................................................... 10,174,464 10,170,757 79,322 

23929 ................................ WXGA–TV .................................................................. 608,494 606,849 4,733 

51163 ................................ WXIA–TV .................................................................... 6,179,680 6,035,625 47,072 

53921 ................................ WXII–TV ...................................................................... 3,630,551 3,299,114 25,730 

146 .................................... WXIN ........................................................................... 2,836,532 2,814,815 21,953 

39738 ................................ WXIX–TV .................................................................... 2,911,054 2,900,875 22,624 

414 .................................... WXLV–TV ................................................................... 4,364,244 4,334,365 33,804 

68433 ................................ WXMI .......................................................................... 1,988,970 1,988,589 15,509 

64549 ................................ WXOW ........................................................................ 425,378 413,264 3,223 

6601 .................................. WXPX–TV ................................................................... 4,594,588 4,592,639 35,818 

74215 ................................ WXTV–DT ................................................................... 20,538,272 20,130,459 156,997 

12472 ................................ WXTX .......................................................................... 699,095 694,837 5,419 

11970 ................................ WXXA–TV ................................................................... 1,680,670 1,537,868 11,994 

57274 ................................ WXXI–TV .................................................................... 1,184,860 1,168,696 9,115 

53517 ................................ WXXV–TV ................................................................... 1,191,123 1,189,584 9,278 

10267 ................................ WXYZ–TV ................................................................... 5,622,543 5,622,140 43,847 

77515 ................................ WYCI ........................................................................... 35,873 26,508 207 

70149 ................................ WYCW ........................................................................ 3,388,945 3,227,025 25,168 

62219 ................................ WYDC ......................................................................... 560,266 449,486 3,506 


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Facility Id. Call sign Service area 

population 

Terrain limited 

population 

Terrain limited fee 

amount 

18783 ................................ WYDN ......................................................................... 2,577,848 2,512,150 19,592 

35582 ................................ WYDO ......................................................................... 1,330,728 1,330,728 10,378 

25090 ................................ WYES–TV ................................................................... 1,872,245 1,872,059 14,600 

53905 ................................ WYFF .......................................................................... 2,626,363 2,416,551 18,847 

49803 ................................ WYIN ........................................................................... 6,956,141 6,956,141 54,251 

24915 ................................ WYMT–TV .................................................................. 1,180,276 863,881 6,737 

17010 ................................ WYOU ......................................................................... 2,879,196 2,226,883 17,367 

77789 ................................ WYOW ........................................................................ 91,839 91,311 712 

13933 ................................ WYPX–TV ................................................................... 1,529,500 1,413,583 11,025 

4693 .................................. WYTV .......................................................................... 4,898,622 4,535,576 35,373 

5875 .................................. WYZZ–TV ................................................................... 1,042,140 1,036,721 8,085 

15507 ................................ WZBJ .......................................................................... 1,626,017 1,435,762 11,198 

28119 ................................ WZDX ......................................................................... 1,596,771 1,514,654 11,813 

70493 ................................ WZME ......................................................................... 5,996,408 5,544,708 43,243 

81448 ................................ WZMQ ......................................................................... 73,423 72,945 569 

71871 ................................ WZPX–TV ................................................................... 2,039,157 2,039,157 15,903 

136750 .............................. WZRB ......................................................................... 952,279 951,693 7,422 

418 .................................... WZTV .......................................................................... 2,312,658 2,301,187 17,947 

83270 ................................ WZVI ........................................................................... 76,992 75,863 592 

19183 ................................ WZVN–TV ................................................................... 1,981,488 1,981,488 15,454 

49713 ................................ WZZM ......................................................................... 1,574,546 1,548,835 12,079 

1 Call signs WIPM and WIPR are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 

2 Call signs WNJX and WAPA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 

3 Call signs WKAQ and WORA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 

4 Call signs WOLE and WLII are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 

5 Call signs WVEO and WTCV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 

6 Call signs WJPX and WJWN are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 

7 Call signs WAPA and WTIN are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 

8 Call signs WSUR and WLII are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 

9 Call signs WVOZ and WTCV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 

10 Call signs WJPX and WKPV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 11 Call signs WMTJ and WQTO are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 12 Call signs WIRS and WJPX are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 13 Call signs WRFB and WORA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $24,175. 

TABLE 10—FY 2022 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) (47 CFR part 90) ........................................................................... 25. 

Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part 101) .............................................................................................. 25. 

Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR part 80) ............................................................................................ 15. 

Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR part 80) ......................................................................................... 40. 

Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22) (previously listed under the Land Mobile category) ................................. 10. 

PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47 CFR part 90) .............................................................................. 10. 

Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR part 87) ...................................................................................... 10. 

Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR part 87) ..................................................................................... 20. 

CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24, 27, 80 and 90) (Includes Non-Geographic telephone numbers)..14. 

CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24 and 90) ................................................ .08. 

Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS/MDS) (per license) (47 CFR part 27) .................................. 590. 

Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per call sign) (47 CFR, part 101) ................................................... 590.

AM Radio Construction Permits ................................................................................................................ 655. 

FM Radio Construction Permits ................................................................................................................. 1,145. 

AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station Fees ............................................................................................... See Table Below. 

Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and UHF Commercial Fee Factor ....................................................... $.008430. See Appendix G of FY 22 

R&O for fee amounts due. 

Digital TV Construction Permits ................................................................................................................. 5,200. 

Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM Translators & FM Boosters (47 CFR part 74) ................................. 330. 

CARS (47 CFR part 78) ............................................................................................................................ 1,715. 

Cable Television Systems (per subscriber) (47 CFR part 76), Including IPTV and Direct Broadcast 

Satellite (DBS).

1.16. 

Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers (per revenue dollar) ..................................................... .00452.

Toll Free (per toll free subscriber) (47 CFR 52.101 (f) of the rules) ......................................................... .12. 

Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25) ................................................................................................................ 620. 

Space Stations (per operational station in geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) also includes DBS 

Service (per operational station) (47 CFR part 100).

124,060. 

Space Stations (per operational system in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Other) ............... 340,005. 

Space Stations (per operational system in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Less Complex) 141,670. 


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TABLE 10—FY 2022 SCHEDULE OF REGULATORY FEES—Continued 

[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) 

Space Stations (per license/call sign in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Small Satellite) ...... 12,215. 

International Bearer Circuits—Terrestrial/Satellites (per Gbps circuit) ...................................................... $39. 

Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee (per cable system) ................................................................... See Table Below. 

FY 2022 RADIO STATION REGULATORY FEES

Population 

served AM Class A AM Class B AM Class C AM Class D FM Classes A, B1 & C3 

FM Classes 

B, C, C0, C1 

& C2 

≤25,000 .................................................... $1,050 $755 $655 $720 $1,145 $1,310 

25,001–75,000 ......................................... 1,575 1,135 985 1,080 1,720 1,965 

75,001–150,000 ....................................... 365 1,700 1,475 1,620 2,575 2,950 

150,001–500,000 ..................................... 3,550 2,550 2,215 2,435 3,870 4,430 

500,001–1,200,000 .................................. 5,315 3,820 3,315 3,645 5,795 6,630 

1,200,001–3,000,000 ............................... 7,980 5,740 4,980 5,470 8,700 9,955 

3,000,001–6,000,000 ............................... 11,960 8,600 7,460 8,200 13,040 14,920 

>6,000,000 ............................................... 17,945 12,905 11,195 12,305 19,570 22,390 

FY 2022 INTERNATIONAL BEARER CIRCUITS—SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEMS

Submarine cable systems 

(capacity as of December 31, 2021) Fee ratio 

FY 2022 

Regulatory 

fees 

Less than 50 Gbps .................................................................................................................................................. .0625 Units .... $8,610 

50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps .......................................................................................................... .125 Units ...... 17,215 

250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 Gbps ..................................................................................................... .25 Units ........ 34,430 

1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 3,500 Gbps .................................................................................................. .5 Units .......... 68,860 

3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 6,500 Gbps .................................................................................................. 1.0 Unit .......... 137,715 

6,500 Gbps or greater ............................................................................................................................................. 2.0 Units ........ 275,430 

V. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

101. As required by the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended 

(RFA), an Initial Regulatory Flexibility 

Analysis (IRFA) was included in the 

Assessment and Collection of 

Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2023, 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FY 

2023 NPRM) released in June 2023. The 

Commission sought written public 

comment on the proposals in the FY 

2023 NPRM, including comment on the 

IRFA. No comments were filed 

addressing the IRFA. 

A. Need for, and Objectives of, the 

Report and Order 

102. In the Report and Order, we 

adopt a regulatory fee schedule to 

collect $390,192,000 in congressionally 

mandated regulatory fees for FY 2023. 

Under section 9 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, (Act or 

Communications Act), regulatory fees 

are mandated by Congress and collected 

to recover the regulatory costs 

associated with the Commission’s 

oversight and regulatory activities in an 

amount that can be reasonably expected 

to equal the amount of the 

Commission’s annual appropriation. 

The objective in adopting the regulatory 

fee schedule is to comply with the 

Congressional mandate to recover the 

total amount of the Commission’s 

annual appropriation, from the various 

industries for which the Commission 

provides oversight and/or regulation, 

with a fair, administrable and 

sustainable fee framework based on the 

number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) 

involved in such oversight and 

regulation in the licensing bureaus. 

103. In the FY 2023 NPRM, the 

Commission sought comment on the 

methodology for assessing regulatory 

fees and the FY 2023 regulatory fee 

schedule, as well as on other issues 

related to the collection of regulatory 

fees including: (i) the calculation of 

television and radio broadcaster 

regulatory fees, including the 

modification of the existing grid by 

adding a new tier for AM and FM radio 

stations; (ii) defining the category of 

operations for on-orbit servicing (OOS) 

and rendezvous and proximity 

operations (RPO)) (‘‘In-Space Servicing’’ 

Industries) for regulatory fee purposes, 

including whether a separate regulatory 

fee category is necessary and how to 

apply regulatory fees to OOS and RPO 

spacecraft specifically operating near 

the geostationary satellite orbit arc; (iii) 

evaluating how the Commission’s 

proposals may promote or inhibit 

advances in diversity, equity, inclusion, 

and accessibility; (iv) considering 

whether to continue in FY 2023 several 

of the temporary measures the 

Commission implemented in FYs 2020 

through 2022; and (v) whether to permit 

regulatory fee payors to prepay their 

regulatory fees in installments. For FY 

2023, the Commission adopts, with 

modification, the regulatory fee 

schedule set forth in Appendices B and 

C to the Report and Order. 

B. Summary of the Significant Issues 

Raised by the Public Comments in 

Response to the IRFA 

104. There were no comments filed 

that specifically addressed the proposed 

rules and policies presented in the IRFA 

C. Response to Comments by the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration 

105. The Chief Counsel did not file 

any comments in response to the 

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D. Description and Estimate of the 

Number of Small Entities to Which the 

Rules Will Apply 

106. 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 rules adopted herein. The following 

entities may be affected by the Report 

and Order: 

• Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers. 

• Telecommunications Carriers. 

• Competitive Local Exchange 

Carriers. 

• Interexchange Carriers. 

• Operator Service Providers. 

• Local Resellers. 

• Toll Resellers. 

• Satellite Telecommunications. 

• 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 services, via clientsupplied telecommunications 

connections are also included in this 

industry. 

• Television Broadcasting. 

• Radio Stations. 

• Cable Companies and Systems. 

• Cable System Operators. 

• Direct Broadcast Satellite Service. 

• Responsible Organizations, or 

RespOrgs (also referred to as Toll-Free 

Number providers). 

• Carrier RespOrgs. 

• Wired Telecommunications 

Carriers. 

• Wireless Telecommunications 

Carriers (except Satellite) engage in 

operating and maintaining switching 

and transmission facilities to provide 

communications via the airwaves. 

• Other Management Consulting 

Services. This industry includes 

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. 

E. Description of Projected Reporting, 

Recordkeeping and Other Compliance 

Requirements 

107. The Report and Order does not 

adopt any new reporting, recordkeeping, 

or other compliance requirements. 

Small and other regulated entities are 

required to pay regulatory fees on an 

annual basis. The cost of compliance 

with the annual regulatory fee 

assessment for small entities is the 

amount assessed for their regulatory fee 

category and should not require small 

entities to hire professionals in order to 

comply. Small entities that qualify can 

take advantage of the exemption from 

payment of regulatory fees allowed 

under the de minimis threshold. Small 

entities may request a waiver, reduction, 

deferral, and/or installment payment of 

their FY 2023 regulatory fees. The 

waiver process is an easier filing process 

for smaller entities that may not be 

familiar with our procedural filing rules. 

F. Steps Taken To Minimize the 

Significant Economic Impact on Small 

Entities, and Significant Alternatives 

Considered 

108. The RFA requires an agency to 

provide, ‘‘a description of the steps the 

agency has taken to minimize the 

significant economic impact on small 

entities . . . including a statement of 

the factual, policy, and legal reasons for 

selecting the alternative adopted in the 

final rule and why each one of the other 

significant alternatives to the rule 

considered by the agency which affect 

the impact on small entities was 

rejected. 

109. The Report and Order for FY 

2023 maintains several approaches from 

the prior regulatory fee framework 

which will minimize the significant 

economic impact for some small 

entities. Specifically, the FY 2023 

regulatory fee framework maintains: (1) 

the methodology adopted using the 

population-based calculations for TV 

broadcasters that was initially adopted 

because it is a more fair methodology for 

smaller broadcasters; (2) the flexibility 

for regulatory payees to request a 

waiver, reduction, deferral and/or 

installment payments of their regulatory 

fees; and (3) the application of the 

Commission’s de minimis threshold 

rule adopted pursuant to section 9(e)(2) 

of the Act, which exempts a regulatee 

from paying regulatory fees if the sum 

total of all of its annual regulatory fee 

liabilities is $1,000 or less for the fiscal 

year. The de minimis threshold applies 

only to filers of annual regulatory fees 

and provides relief to small and other 

entities with lower annual regulatory 

fees. 

110. The Commission received 

comments proposing alternatives to 

various elements of the methodology for 

assessing regulatory fees and the FY 

2023 regulatory fee schedule that the 

Commission proposed in the FY 2023 

NPRM, as well as other issues related to 

the collection of regulatory fees. Below 

we discuss a number of these proposals 

and why they were not adopted. 

111. Methodology for Assessing 

Regulatory Fees and FTE Allocation. 

Satellite Operators suggested that 

instead of assessing regulatory fees on 

an annual basis, based on our annual 

appropriation, we should instead 

determine the allocation of regulatory 

fee costs associated with each nonapplication proceeding and identify its 

allocation in the document that initiates 

the proceeding. We rejected this 

proposal in the Report and Order 

because it is inconsistent with section 9 

of the Act. We are required to conduct 

an annual regulatory fee proceeding 

each year, and to recover the annual 

appropriation. Further, this approach 

would fail to recover the Commission’s 

entire appropriation on an annual basis, 

and would not be administratively 

feasible because we cannot assess the 

duration or impact of a proceeding in a 

manner that accurately correlates it to 

the burden of FTE time annually. 

112. Non-High Cost Universal Service 

Fund FTEs. The National Association of 

Broadcasters (NAB) proposed that we 

reallocate the burden of FTE time 

dedicated to non-high cost universal 

service fund issues as direct to a core 

bureau or bureaus. We declined to adopt 

NAB’s suggested reallocation because it 

conflates the nature of the work of the 

Commission’s FTEs with the identity of 

the entities that ultimately receive a 

subsidy from any particular program. 

The FTE time devoted to the non-high 

cost universal service programs is not in 

oversight and regulation of regulatory 

fee payors, but is oversight and 

management of the programs generally. 

The programs tie funding eligibility to 

the beneficiary, i.e., a school, a library, 

a low-income individual or family, or 

healthcare provider, and not to 

Commission regulatory fee payors. 

113. Other FTE Allocations: Office of 

Engineering and Technology, 

Enforcement Bureau, and Consumer 

and Governmental Affairs Bureau. We 

rejected proposals that suggest that the 

burden of FTE time dedicated to 

equipment authorization should have its 

own fee category or be characterized as 

direct to any particular category of fee 

payor. OET FTEs benefit the work of the 

Commission as a whole and are not 

specific to any particular regulatory fee 

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contention that fraud investigations by 

the Enforcement Bureau benefit their 

related industries, finding that the fraud 

investigations handled benefit 

consumers in general as well as other 

entities. Further, these investigations are 

primarily with respect to federally 

funded programs, and not specifically to 

benefit regulatory fee payors for any 

particular industry. We accepted NAB’s 

proposal that for regulatory fee 

purposes, the burden of certain FTE 

time in the Media Bureau should be 

considered as indirect because it is 

devoted to enforcement responsibilities 

of the Commission’s political 

programming rules, the cable and 

broadcast must carry rules, and the rules 

related to broadcast retransmission 

consent, among others. We agree, and in 

order to be consistent with the manner 

that we treat other enforcement efforts 

in the Commission, this FTE time 

should be reallocated as indirect for 

regulatory fee purposes. 

114. New Regulatory Fee Categories 

Discussed by Commenters. We do not 

have a sufficient basis, consistent with 

section 9 of the Act, for the adoption of 

new regulatory fee categories at this 

time, and therefore we rejected such 

proposals. There is no basis for the 

Commission to change its prior 

determinations on this issue that such 

fees would be unworkable and 

logistically infeasible to collect. 

Specifically, Satellite Operators 

proposed that we again seek comment 

on four fee categories: (i) broadband 

internet access providers, (ii) database 

administrators that enable unlicensed 

operations, (iii) equipment 

manufacturers, and (iv) experimental 

licenses. The Commission previously 

sought comment on these specific issues 

and as no additional information has 

been provided in the record to support 

such proposals, we are not adopting 

such categories in the Report and Order 

or seeking further comment on them. 

Although the Commission has adopted 

new fee categories in the past, in those 

instances the Commission determined 

that significant FTE resources of a core 

bureau were being spent on oversight 

and regulatory activities with respect to 

a specific service necessitating a new 

regulatory fee category. Those 

circumstances are not present here. 

115. Similarly, we rejected Intelsat 

and Satellite Coalition’s proposal to 

adopt a regulatory fee for holders of 

experimental licenses. These licenses 

are approved for a proposed experiment 

or range of experiments, and not for an 

actual operational service under 

established service rules. It is likely we 

would have to consider multiple 

regulatory fee categories and multiple 

ways of allocating proportional fees to 

such categories. Accordingly, based on 

the record, we did not adopt a new 

regulatory fee category for broadband 

internet access providers, database 

administrators that enable unlicensed 

operations, equipment manufacturers, 

or experimental licenses. 

116. Space Station Regulatory Fees. 

We did not adopt a number of proposals 

to alter the allocated 80% of space 

station regulatory fees to geostationary 

orbit space stations (GSO) and 20% of 

the space station regulatory fees to nongeostationary orbit satellite systems 

(NGSO). Satellite Operators contended 

that we should not attribute only 20% 

of the costs of regulating NGSO systems 

to ‘‘less complex’’ satellite systems 

(principally Earth Exploration Satellite 

Service (EESS) systems) and to maintain 

the dividing line of ‘‘20 or fewer U.S. 

authorized earth stations’’ between ‘‘less 

complex’’ NGSO systems and ‘‘other’’ 

NGSO systems. Kine ́is argued that 

defining only a single category of ‘‘less 

complex’’ systems, and defining them 

simply as systems designed to 

communicate with 20 or fewer U.S. 

authorized earth stations, is inadequate 

as the sole basis for distinguishing fee 

liability among myriad types of NGSO 

satellite systems. 

117. We did not find any reason to 

deviate from our calculation of fees 

using the 20/80 allocation in our review 

of the FTE time for space stations and 

for FY 2023. We used the 20/80 

allocation between ‘‘less complex’’ and 

‘‘other’’ NGSO space station fees, 

respectively, within the NGSO fee 

category. These allocations continue to 

accurately reflect the amount of work 

involved in regulating NGSO systems 

and the number of reasonably related 

benefits provided to the payors of each 

fee category. We are not convinced by 

the Satellite Operators that the FTE time 

spent on less complex and other NGSO 

systems issues has changed sufficiently 

to warrant a revision in the 20/80 

allocation. We also rejected the 

contention of Space X that we 

miscalculated the space station 

regulatory fees because we based our 

calculations on nine NGSO systems 

instead of ten. We recognize that there 

are ten licensed systems; however one 

of the licensed systems is not yet 

operational, and hence should not be 

counted in the unit count. 

118. Further, we rejected Spaceflight’s 

proposals for fee assessments for ‘‘InSpace Servicing’’ Industries. Due to the 

somewhat nascent nature of ‘‘in-space 

servicing’’ industries, we currently do 

not have a regulatory fee category for 

such spacecraft. As noted in the FY 23 

NPRM, there have been a limited 

number of such operations and we 

tentatively concluded that it was too 

early to identify exactly where 

operations, such as those in low-Earth 

orbit (LEO), might fit into the regulatory 

fee structure in the future. We 

accordingly deferred our determination 

of whether to create a new fee category 

for such services to a future fiscal year 

once the regulatory framework under 

which space stations performing inspace servicing operations, including 

OOS, RPO, space situational awareness 

(SSA), and space domain awareness 

(SDA) operations, and the scope of those 

operations, is better understood. 

119. Kine ́is proposed that the 

Commission adopt a multi-tiered 

approach to NGSO regulatory fees that 

would charge each provider an amount 

commensurate with its demands on 

Commission resources and the benefits 

it receives through regulation based on 

these enumerated factors, consistent 

with the Act. While we find the 

proposal to be useful, it requires further 

comment and evaluation. There is not 

time to fully consider this proposal 

prior to the need to adopt regulatory 

fees before the end of the current fiscal 

year. It will be more efficient to seek 

comment on proposals like this together 

with other proposals that might arise as 

part of the anticipated reexamination of 

regulatory fees for space and earth 

stations in light of the creation of the 

Space Bureau. 

120. International Bearer Circuit 

Regulatory Fees—Submarine Cable 

Systems. In the Report and Order the 

Commission rejected the Submarine 

Cable Coalition’s request to revise the 

Commission’s regulatory fee 

methodology for submarine cable 

operators, which is based upon the lit 

capacity of the fiber-optic submarine 

cable. We disagreed with the Submarine 

Cable Coalition’s contention that the 

Commission’s regulatory fee 

methodology is contrary to the 

Communications Act, and that the 

Commission has not developed 

regulatory fees that are reasonably 

related to the benefits provided. 

Moreover, we did not find persuasive its 

arguments that the Commission’s 

assessment of these regulatory fees 

based on capacity is contrary to the 

Communications Act, and is not 

reasonably related to the benefits 

provided. The Commission has long 

held that capacity is a reasonable basis 

to assess regulatory costs among the 

submarine cable regulatory fee payors 

that benefit from the Commission’s 

work, and find it reasonable to continue 

to assess higher regulatory fees on 

licensees with larger facilities that 

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work and thus should pay a larger 

proportion of the Commission’s costs. 

VI. Ordering Clauses 

121. Accordingly, it is ordered that, 

pursuant to the authority found in 

sections 4(i) and (j), 9, 9A, and 303(r) of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 159, 

159A, and 303(r), this Report and Order 

is hereby adopted. 

122. It is further ordered that the FY 

2023 section 9 regulatory fees 

assessment requirements and the rules 

set forth in the Final Rules section are 

adopted as specified herein. 

123. It is further ordered that the 

Report and Order, except for portions 

containing information collection 

requirements in § 1.1166 and 

information collection requirements in 

§ 1.1914, shall be effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

124. It is further ordered that the 

amendments to § 1.1166 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.1166, 

which were approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act, on 

August 17, 2023, shall be effective 30 

days after publication of this summary 

in the Federal Register. The 

amendments to § 1.1914 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.1914, will 

not become effective until 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

has completed review of any 

information collection requirements that 

the Office of Managing Director 

determines is required under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The Federal 

Communications Commission will 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing the effective date 

of these provisions. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 1 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Communications, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements, 

Telecommunications, Telephone, 

Television. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Final Rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 1 as 

follows: 

PART 1—PRACTICE AND 

PROCEDURE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1 is 

revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs 2,5,9,13; 28 U.S.C. 

2461. 

■ 2. Revise §§ 1.1152 through 1.1156 to 

read as follows: 

§ 1.1152 Schedule of annual regulatory 

fees for wireless radio services. 

TABLE 1 TO § 1.1152 

Exclusive use services 

(per license) Fee amount 

1. Land Mobile (Above 470 MHz and 220 MHz Local, Base Station & SMRS) (47 CFR part 90): 

(a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................................................... $25.00 

(b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ......................................................................................................... 25.00 

(c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. 25.00 

(d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 25.00 

220 MHz Nationwide: 

(a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................................................... 25.00 

(b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ......................................................................................................... 25.00 

(c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. 25.00 

(d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 25.00 

2. Microwave (47 CFR part 101) (Private): 

(a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................................................... 25.00 

(b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ......................................................................................................... 25.00 

(c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. 25.00 

(d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 25.00 

3. Shared Use Services— 

Land Mobile (Frequencies Below 470 MHz—except 220 MHz): 

(a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................................................... 10.00 

(b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ......................................................................................................... 10.00 

(c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. 10.00 

(d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 10.00 

Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22): 

(a) New, Additional Facility, Major Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ................................................................. 10.00 

(b) Renewal, Minor Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) ..................................................................................................................... 10.00 

4. Marine Coast: 

(a) New Renewal/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) ..................................................................................................................................... 40.00 

(b) New, Renewal/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................... 40.00 

(c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. 40.00 

(d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 40.00 

5. Aviation Ground: 

(a) New, Renewal/Mod (FCC 601 & 159) .................................................................................................................................... 20.00 

(b) New, Renewal/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159) ....................................................................................................... 20.00 

(c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. 20.00 

(d) Renewal Only (Electronic Only) (FCC 601 & 159) ................................................................................................................. 20.00 

6. Marine Ship: 

(a) New, Renewal/Mod (FCC 605 & 159) .................................................................................................................................... 15.00 

(b) New, Renewal/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159) ....................................................................................................... 15.00 

(c) Renewal Only (FCC 605 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. 15.00 

(d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 15.00 

7. Aviation Aircraft: 

(a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 605 & 159) ....................................................................................................................................... 10.00 

(b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159) ......................................................................................................... 10.00 


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TABLE 1 TO § 1.1152—Continued 

Exclusive use services 

(per license) Fee amount 

(c) Renewal Only (FCC 605 & 159) ............................................................................................................................................. 10.00 

(d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159) ............................................................................................................... 10.00 

8. CMRS Cellular/Mobile Services (per unit) (FCC 159) .................................................................................................................... 1.16 

9. CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (FCC 159) ........................................................................................................................... 2 .08 

10. Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS and MDS) ................................................................................................................ 700 

11. Local Multipoint Distribution Service ............................................................................................................................................. 700 

1These are standard fees that are to be paid in accordance with § 1.1157(b) of this chapter. 

2These are standard fees that are to be paid in accordance with § 1.1157(b) of this chapter. 

§ 1.1153 Schedule of annual regulatory 

fees and filing locations for mass media 

services. 

TABLE 1 TO § 1.1153 

Radio [AM and FM] 

(47 CFR part 73) Fee amount 

1. AM Class A: 

≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. $595 

10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 990 

25,001–75,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 1,485 

75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 2,230 

150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 3,345 

500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 5,010 

1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 7,525 

3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 11,275 

>6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 16,920 

2. AM Class B: 

≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 430 

10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 715 

25,001–75,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 1,075 

75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 1,610 

150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 2,415 

500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 3,620 

1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 5,435 

3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 8,145 

>6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 12,220 

3. AM Class C: 

≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 370 

10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 620 

25,001–75,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 930 

75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 1,395 

150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 2,095 

500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 3,135 

1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 4,710 

3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 7,060 

>6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 10,595 

4. AM Class D: 

≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 410 

10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 680 

25,001–75,000 population.

75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 1,530 

150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 2,300 

500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 3,440 

1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 5,170 

3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 7,745 

>6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 11,620 

5. AM Construction Permit ........................................................................................................................................ 620 

6. FM Classes A, B1 and C3: 

≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 650 

10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 1,085 

25,001–75,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 1,630 

75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 2,440 

150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 3,665 

500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 5,490 

1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 8,245 

3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 12,360 

>6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 18,545 

7. FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 and C2: 


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Radio [AM and FM] 

(47 CFR part 73) Fee amount 

≤10,000 population ............................................................................................................................................. 745 

10,001–25,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 1,240 

25,001–75,000 population .................................................................................................................................. 1,860 

75,001–150,000 population ................................................................................................................................ 2,790 

150,001–500,000 population .............................................................................................................................. 4,190 

500,001–1,200,000 population ........................................................................................................................... 6,275 

1,200,001–3,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 9,425 

3,000,001–6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................ 14,125 

>6,000,000 population ........................................................................................................................................ 21,190 

8. FM Construction Permits: ...................................................................................................................................... 1,085 

TV (47 CFR part 73) 

9. Digital TV (UHF and VHF Commercial Stations): 

1. Digital TV Construction Permits ..................................................................................................................... 5,100 

2. Television Fee Factor ..................................................................................................................................... .007799 per pop 

10. Low Power TV, Class A TV, FM Translator, & TV/FM Booster (47 CFR part 74) ............................................. 260 

§ 1.1154 Schedule of annual regulatory 

charges for common carrier services. 

TABLE 1 TO § 1.1154 

Radio facilities Fee amount 

1. Microwave (Domestic Public Fixed) (Electronic Filing) (FCC Form 601 & 159) Carriers ........................................ $25.00. 

1. Interstate Telephone Service Providers (per interstate and international end-user revenues (see FCC Form 

499–A).

$.00540. 

2. Toll Free Number Fee ............................................................................................................................................... $.13 per Toll Free Number. 

§ 1.1155 Schedule of regulatory fees for 

cable television services. 

TABLE 1 TO § 1.1155 

Fee amount 

1. Cable Television Relay Service ...................................................................................................................................................... $1,720 

2. Cable TV System, Including IPTV (per subscriber), and DBS (per subscriber) ............................................................................. 1.23 

§ 1.1156 Schedule of regulatory fees for 

international services. 

(a) Geostationary orbit (GSO) and 

non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) space 

stations. The following schedule applies 

for the listed services: 

TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (a) 

Fee category Fee amount 

Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit) .................................................................................................................................................. $117,580 

Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Other ............................................................................................................................. 347,755 

Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Less Complex ............................................................................................................... 130,405 

Space Stations (per license/call sign in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Small Satellite) ................................................ 12,215 

Earth Stations: Transmit/Receive & Transmit only (per authorization or registration) ....................................................................... 575 

(b) International terrestrial and 

satellite Bearer Circuits. (1) Regulatory 

fees for International Bearer Circuits are 

to be paid by facilities-based common 

carriers that have active (used or leased) 

international bearer circuits as of 

December 31 of the prior year in any 

terrestrial or satellite transmission 

facility for the provision of service to an 

end user or resale carrier, which 

includes active circuits to themselves or 

to their affiliates. In addition, noncommon carrier terrestrial and satellite 

operators must pay a fee for each active 

circuit sold or leased to any customer, 

including themselves or their affiliates, 

other than an international common 

carrier authorized by the Commission to 

provide U.S. international common 

carrier services. ‘‘Active circuits’’ for 

purposes of this paragraph (b) include 

backup and redundant circuits. In 

addition, whether circuits are used 

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relevant in determining that they are 

active circuits. 

(2) The fee amount, per active Gbps 

circuit will be determined for each fiscal 

year. 

TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH (b)(2) 

International terrestrial and satellite (capacity as of December 31, 2022) Fee amount 

Terrestrial Common Carrier and Non-Common Carrier Satellite Common Carrier and Non-Common Carrier ........... $26 per Gbps circuit. 

(c) Submarine cable. Regulatory fees 

for submarine cable systems will be 

paid annually, per cable landing license, 

for all submarine cable systems 

operating based on their lit capacity as 

of December 31 of the prior year. The 

fee amount will be determined by the 

Commission for each fiscal year. 

TABLE 3 TO PARAGRAPH (c)—FY 2023 INTERNATIONAL BEARER CIRCUITS—SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEMS

Submarine cable systems 

(lit capacity as of December 31, 2022) 

Fee ratio 

(units) 

FY 2022 

Regulatory fees 

Less than 50 Gbps ............................................................................................................................................ .0625 $7,680 

50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps .................................................................................................... .125 15,355 

250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 Gbps ............................................................................................... .25 30,705 

1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 3,500 Gbps ............................................................................................ .5 61,410 

3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 6,500 Gbps ............................................................................................ 1.0 122,815 

6,500 Gbps or greater ....................................................................................................................................... 2.0 245,630 

■ 3. Effective October 16, 2023 revise 

§ 1.1166 to read as follows: 

§ 1.1166 Waivers, reductions and deferrals 

of regulatory fees. 

The fees established by §§ 1.1152 

through 1.1156 and associated interest 

charges and penalties may be waived, 

reduced or deferred in specific 

instances, on a case-by-case basis, where 

good cause is shown and where waiver, 

reduction or deferral of such fees, 

interest charges and penalties would 

promote the public interest. Requests to 

pay fees established by §§ 1.1152 

through 1.1156 and associated interest 

charges and penalties in installments 

may be granted in accordance with 

§ 1.1914. Requests for waiver, reduction 

or deferral of regulatory fees for entire 

categories of payors will not be 

considered. 

(a) Requests for waiver, reduction or 

deferral of regulatory fees shall be filed 

electronically, by submission to the 

following email address: regfeerelief@

fcc.gov. All requests for waiver, 

reduction and deferral shall be acted 

upon by the Managing Director with the 

concurrence of the General Counsel. All 

such requests made pursuant to § 1.1166 

may be combined in a single pleading. 

(b) Deferrals of fees, interest, or 

penalties if granted, will be for a 

designated period of time not to exceed 

six months. 

(c) Petitions for waiver of a regulatory 

fee, interest, or penalties must be 

accompanied by the required fee, 

interest, or penalties and FCC Form 159. 

Submitted fees, interest, or penalties 

will be returned if a waiver is granted. 

Waiver requests that do not include the 

required fees, interest, or penalties or 

forms will be dismissed unless a request 

to defer payment due to financial 

hardship, supported by documentation 

of the financial hardship, is included in 

the filing. 

(d) Petitions for reduction of a fee, 

interest, or penalty must be 

accompanied by the full fee, interest, or 

penalty payment and FCC Form 159. 

Petitions for reduction that do not 

include the required fees, interest, or 

penalties or forms will be dismissed 

unless a request to defer payment due 

to financial hardship, supported by 

documentation of the financial 

hardship, is included in the filing. 

(e) Petitions for waiver of a fee, 

interest, or penalty based on financial 

hardship, including bankruptcy, will 

not be granted, even if otherwise 

consistent with Commission policy, to 

the extent that the total regulatory and 

application fees, interest, or penalties 

for which waiver is sought exceeds 

$500,000 in any fiscal year, including 

regulatory fees due in any fiscal year, 

but paid prior to the due date. In 

computing this amount, the amounts 

owed by an entity and its subsidiaries 

and other affiliated entities will be 

aggregated. In cases where the claim of 

financial hardship is not based on 

bankruptcy, waiver, partial waiver, or 

deferral of fees, interest, or penalties 

above the $500,000 cap may be 

considered on a case-by-case basis. 

■ 4. Delayed indefinitely, revise 

§ 1.1914 to read as follows: 

§ 1.1914 Collection in installments. 

(a) Subject to the Commission’s rules 

pertaining to the installment loan 

program (see e.g., § 1.2110(g)), subpart Q 

or other agreements among the parties, 

the terms of which will control, 

whenever feasible, the Commission 

shall collect the total amount of a debt 

in one lump sum. If a debtor is 

financially unable to pay a debt in one 

lump sum, the Commission, in its sole 

discretion, may accept payment in 

regular installments. Requests for 

installment payment of non-regulatory 

fee debt shall be filed electronically, by 

submission to the following email 

address: installmentplanrequest@

fcc.gov. Requests for installment 

payment of regulatory fees may be 

combined with other requests for 

regulatory fee relief in accordance with 

§ 1.1166(a) and shall be filed 

electronically by submission to 

regfeerelief@fcc.gov. The Commission 

will obtain financial statements from 

debtors who represent that they are 

unable to pay in one lump sum and 

which are able to verify independently 

such representations (see 31 CFR 

902.2(g)). The Commission will require 

and obtain a legally enforceable written 

agreement from the debtor that specifies 

all of the terms of the arrangement, 

including, as appropriate, sureties and 

other indicia of creditworthiness (see 

Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, 2 

U.S.C. 661, et seq., OMB Circular A– 

129), and that contains a provision 

accelerating the debt in the event of 

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(b) The size and frequency of 

installment payments should bear a 

reasonable relation to the size of the 

debt and the debtor’s ability to pay. If 

possible, the installment payments will 

be sufficient in size and frequency to 

liquidate the debt in three years or less. 

(c) Security for deferred payments 

will be obtained in appropriate cases. 

The Commission may accept 

installment payments notwithstanding 

the refusal of the debtor to execute a 

written agreement or to give security, at 

the Commission’s option. 

(d) The Commission may deny the 

extension of credit to any debtor who 

fails to provide the records requested or 

fails to show an ability to pay the debt. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19107 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

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