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 Federal Communications Commission 47 CFR Part 1
[MD Docket No. 24-86; MD Docket No. 24-85; FCC 24-93; FR ID 244040]
 AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
 ACTION: Final rule.
 SUMMARY: In this document, the 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) 2024. 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 25, 2024. To avoid penalties and interest, regulatory fees should be paid by the due date of September 26, 2024.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roland Helvajian, Office of Managing Director at (202) 418-0444.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's 
                        *Second Report and Order*
                         (
                        *Report and Order*), FCC 24-93, MD Docket No. 24-86 and MD Docket No. 24-85, adopted on September 6, 2024, and released on September 6, 2024. The full text of this document is available for public inspection by downloading the text from the Commission's website at 
                        *https://transition.fcc.gov/​Daily_​Releases/​Daily_​Business/​2017/​db0906/​FCC-17-111A1.pdf.* Administrative Matters Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended (RFA), requires that an agency prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis for notice and comment rulemakings, unless the agency certifies that “the rule will not, if promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.” Accordingly, we have prepared a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) concerning the possible impact of the rule changes contained in the 
                        *Report and Order*
                         on small entities. The FRFA is set forth in the back of this document. Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis This document contains a non-substantive change to information requirements that were previously reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13. The change will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review as a non-substantive change. Because this change is non-substantive, there is no 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. Congressional Review Act The Commission has determined, and the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, concurs that this rule is non-major under the Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 804(2). The Commission will send a copy of the Report and Order to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 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). Introduction Each year, the Commission must adopt a schedule of regulatory fees to be collected by the end of September. For fiscal year (FY) 2024, the Commission is required to collect $390,192,000 in regulatory fees, pursuant to section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act or Communications Act) and the Commission's FY 2024 Further Consolidation Appropriations Act. In the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         we adopt the regulatory fee schedule to assess and collect $390,192,000 in congressionally required regulatory fees for FY 2024. The regulatory fee schedule we adopt for FY 2024 was proposed in the Commission's annual regulatory fee notice of proposed rulemaking (
                        *FY 2024 NPRM*) (89 FR 53276, June 25, 2024), as modified herein, and as set forth in tables 3 and 4. The 
                        *Report and Order*
                         revises the allocation of Space Bureau Full-Time Equivalents (FTE) burdens between Geostationary Orbit (GSO) and Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) space station fee categories using the existing methodology for calculating their proportional share of regulatory fees; and keeps in place the existing allocation of Space Bureau FTE burdens between NGSO “less complex” and NGSO “other” space stations. The 
                        *Report and Order*
                         also adopts the proposals in our 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM,*
                         with some modifications. Similar to the reallocation process conducted in FY 2023, the Commission also reallocates approximately 61 indirect FTEs as direct FTEs to one of the Commission's core licensing bureaus. Such reallocations reflect our conclusion that we can determine, with reasonable accuracy for this fiscal year, that certain FTE work in the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics and Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau 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 core bureau for regulatory fee purposes. The direct FTE allocations used in calculating regulatory fees in the Report and Order also reflect the fact the Commission reallocated all the authorities and functions of the (former) International Bureau to the new Space Bureau and a new Office of International Affairs (OIA). Consistent with our long-standing regulatory fee methodology, the Commission implements these reallocations, for regulatory fee purposes, for FY 2024. Additionally, in the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         the Commission adopts the proposal in the 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM*
                         for the calculation of television broadcaster regulatory fees, using our traditional methodology of population-based full-service broadcast television regulatory fees; and adopts the proposal to discontinue the presumption that broadcast stations that are dark or were recently dark or bankrupt are experiencing financial hardship sufficient to justify waiver of their regulatory fees. The end of the dark station presumption will apply for FY 2025 regulatory fees. For FY 2024 regulatory fees, § 1.1910 of the Commission's rules will apply in full. In addition, pursuant to § 1.1166 of the Commission's rules, regulatory fee payors filing requests for waiver, reduction, deferral, and/or installment payment of regulatory fees must provide all financial documentation to support the request at the time of filing the request. Finally, to assist with a significant increase from the FY 2023 fees, particularly for earth station and NGSO space station fee payors, we direct the Office of Managing Director to 
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                        provide the lowest interest rate permitted by statute and forgo its customary down payment requirement when FY 2024 regulatory fee debt is paid under an installment payment plan. The Commission will seek further comment on the remaining proposals made in the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM*
                         (89 FR 20582, March 25, 2024) that were not adopted in the recent 
                        *Space Station Regulatory Fees Order*
                         (89 FR 60572, July 26, 2024) and the suggestions made by commenters in connection with these proposals. Those proposals include assessing regulatory fees on authorized, but not operational, space and earth stations; using an alternative methodology for assessing space station regulatory fees; establishing tiers within existing NGSO space station fee categories based on the number of space stations in the system; and creating new categories of earth station regulatory fees. The Commission expects to take action on these remaining proposals in time for them to be effective for FY 2025. Background Pursuant to sections 9 and 9A of the Act and the Commission's FY 2024 appropriations, we are required to collect $390,192,000 in regulatory fees for FY 2024. Regulatory fees recover all of the Commission's non-auctions costs, including direct costs, such as salaries and expenses; indirect costs, such as overhead functions; statutorily required tasks that do not directly equate with oversight and regulation of a particular regulatory fee payor but instead benefit the Commission and the industry as a whole; and support costs, such as rent, utilities, and equipment. Regulatory fees must recover the total amount of the annual appropriation; 
                        *i.e.,*
                         they must also recover the Commission's costs incurred in oversight and regulation of entities that do not pay regulatory fees, including those that are statutorily exempt from paying regulatory fees (governmental and nonprofit entities, amateur radio operators, and noncommercial radio and television stations), entities that are exempt from payment of regulatory fees because their total assessed annual regulatory fees fall below the annual de minimis threshold, and entities whose regulatory fees are waived. Regulatory Fees Calculation Methodology Congress prescribed a method of collecting an amount equal to the full S&E appropriation by keying the regulatory fee assessment to our FTE burden. Specifically, the methodology for assessing regulatory fees must “reflect the full-time equivalent number of employees within the bureaus and offices of the Commission, adjusted to take into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.” Given the Act's explicit language that fees must reflect FTEs, the Commission has long concluded that FTE counts are the most administrable starting point for regulatory fee allocations. The Commission hews closely to the statutory command to start with FTE counts and then potentially adjust fees to reflect other factors related to the benefit of Commission regulation and oversight. It is also noted that regulatory fees are a zero-sum game, because the Commission must collect the full amount of its appropriation each fiscal year. Thus, any decrease to the fees paid by one category of regulatory fee payors necessitates an increase in fees paid by other categories of regulatory fee payors. Therefore, the amount assigned to be recovered from each regulatory fee category relates to the FTE burden associated with oversight and regulation of those fee payors by the relevant core bureaus. The Commission assigns direct FTEs within a bureau to specific fee categories in a manner that reflects the time spent by FTEs on oversight and regulation of a particular set of fee payors, which is the “benefit” to such payors in each fee category. Thus, the Commission apportions regulatory fees across fee categories based on the number of direct FTEs in each core bureau to take into account factors that are reasonably related to the payor's benefits. We allocate appropriated amounts to be recovered proportionally based on the number of direct FTEs within each core bureau; this is subdivided within each core bureau into fee categories among the regulatees served by the core bureau; and then divided by a unit that allocates the regulatory fee payor's proportionate share based on an objective measure. If work performed by a group is directly related to our oversight and regulation of a regulatory fee category in one of the core licensing bureaus, then such FTEs are direct FTEs. For the annual regulatory fee calculations, the Commission first determines the number of direct FTEs, 
                        *i.e.,*
                         non-auctions FTEs that work in each of the Commission's core bureaus (
                        *i.e.,*
                         the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, the Media Bureau, the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Office of International Affairs, and the Space Bureau). Regulatory fees are initially apportioned across the regulatory fee categories based on the number of direct FTEs in each core bureau whose time is focused on a particular industry segment and then is adjusted “to take into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.” The Commission receives FTE data from its Human Resources Management office and identifies FTEs at the core bureau level (
                        *i.e.,*
                         direct FTEs) to determine the FTE allocations for the core bureaus. The Commission also consults with the bureaus and offices to ascertain if FTEs previously deemed direct for a bureau or office should continue for the next fiscal year and this FTE data is then apportioned to the various fee categories within each core bureau based on FTE time spent on each fee category and is used to calculate the percentage of the total amount of regulatory fees to be collected for a given fiscal year from each core bureau. Those proportions are then subdivided within each core bureau into fee categories among the regulatees served by the core bureau. Finally, within each regulatory fee category the amount to be collected (fee category proportional percentage multiplied by the revenue target goal) is divided by a unit that allocates the regulatory fee payor's share based on an objective measure. Regulatory fees must cover the Commission's entire appropriation, and this includes Commission 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. Indirect FTE time covers a wide range of issues that may also include services that are not specifically correlated with one core bureau, let alone one specific category of regulatory fee payors. Indirect FTE work also includes matters that are not specific to any regulatory fee category, and many Commission attorneys, engineers, analysts, and other staff work on a variety of issues during a single fiscal year. For example, indirect FTEs that devote time to broadband internet access services or Universal Service Fund issues may also work on a variety of other issues during the fiscal year. Further, much of the work that could be assigned to a single category of regulatory fee payors is likely to be interspersed with the work that FTEs do on behalf of many entities 
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                        that do not pay regulatory fees, 
                        *e.g.,*
                         those that are statutorily exempt from paying regulatory fees (governmental and nonprofit entities, amateur radio operators, and noncommercial radio and television stations), entities that are exempt from payment of regulatory fees because their total assessed annual regulatory fees fall below the annual de minimis threshold, and entities whose regulatory fees are waived. There must be a very strong rationale for changing the manner of proportionally allocating indirect FTEs to certain fee categories based on direct FTEs because any such changes will impact the fees of other regulatory fee categories. Any decrease to the fees paid by one category of regulatory fee payors necessitates an increase in fees for others. Thus, we affirm that (other than for the reassignments discussed below) the non-auctions FTE work in certain non-core bureaus and offices within the Commission are properly designated as indirect. Last year the Commission was able to determine with reasonable accuracy for the fiscal year that in some cases the indirect FTE work was 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 core bureau for calculating regulatory fees. After close analysis, the Commission reallocated 63 indirect FTEs from the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics and Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau as direct FTEs to core bureaus, for FY 2023. In addition, the Commission reallocated two direct FTEs from the Media Bureau as indirect FTEs because the nature of their work was sufficiently linked to work that is similar to work performed in the Enforcement Bureau, a non-core bureau. In analyzing the FTE work, we applied conservative estimates and rounded down to the nearest whole FTE for such reallocations. As we discuss below, we are applying the same analysis this year, with similar reallocations of some indirect FTEs to core bureaus as direct FTEs. Adjustments and Amendments to the Regulatory Fee Schedule Each year, in the annual regulatory fee proceeding, the Commission proposes adjustments to the fee schedule under section 9(c) of the Act to “(A) reflect unexpected increases or decreases in the number of units subject to the payment of such fees; and (B) result in the collection of the amount required” by the Commission's annual appropriation. Pursuant to section 9A(b)(1) of the Act, the Commission must notify Congress immediately upon adoption of any adjustment. Annual regulatory fees typically change each fiscal year as a consequence of the changes in the total amount to be collected, the number of Commission direct FTEs, and the unit estimates for each regulatory fee category. In addition, in considering other additions or deletions to the regulatory fee schedule, the Commission's focus is on direct FTE cost burdens related to the regulatory fee category at issue. The Commission will also propose amendments to the fee schedule under section 9(d) of the Act “if the Commission determines that the schedule requires amendment so that such fees reflect the full-time equivalent number of employees within the bureaus and offices of the Commission, adjusted to take into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits provided section 9A(b)(2) of the Act, the Commission must notify Congress at least 90 days prior to making effective any amendments to the regulatory fee schedule. The Commission considers a section 9(d) amendment, such as the adoption of a new regulatory fee category or a change in methodology for an existing regulatory fee category only after developing a sufficient basis for making the change, and works to ensure that all changes ensure that our assessment of regulatory fees is fair, administrable, and sustainable. The Commission has adopted new regulatory fee categories and new methodologies for calculating regulatory fees when there is a sufficient basis for doing so under the relevant statutory provisions and precedent, and based on the record. In 2020, for example, the Commission included non-U.S. licensed space stations with U.S. market access grants in the existing “Space Stations” fee category. The Commission concluded that assessing the same regulatory fees on non-U.S. licensed space stations with U.S. market access as assessed on U.S. licensed space stations would better reflect the benefits received by these operators, 
                        *i.e.,*
                         the adjudicatory, enforcement, regulatory, and international coordination activities by the Commission's FTEs in the International Bureau. More recently, the Commission adopted a new methodology for calculating small satellite regulatory fees in the 
                        *Space Station Regulatory Fees Order,*
                         and we are using that methodology for FY 2024. Report and Order In the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         the Commission adopts a schedule of regulatory fees, as set forth in tables 3 and 4, to collect $390,192,000 in congressionally required regulatory fees for FY 2024 by the end of September. The Commission also implements the same methodology we have used historically for allocating FTEs and the new methodology adopted in the 
                        *Space Station Regulatory Fees Order*
                         for determining regulatory fees for small satellites. The Report and Order adopts the proposal from the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM*
                         to revise the allocation of the share of Space Bureau regulatory fees among earth and space stations and the GSO/NGSO regulatory fees allocation, as well as to maintain the current allocation between “less complex” and “other” NGSO space stations fee categories. The 
                        *Report and Order*
                         also adopts the proposals, as modified herein, in our 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM,*
                         and reallocates 61 indirect FTEs as direct to certain Commission core licensing bureaus. Additionally, we adopt our proposal for the calculation of television broadcaster regulatory fees for FY 2024 and, effective for FY 2025, we discontinue the presumption that broadcast stations that are dark or were recently dark or bankrupt are experiencing financial hardship sufficient to justify waiver of their regulatory fees. We also provide notice that for FY 2024 we will offer some but not all of the limited remaining temporary relief previously offered in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; that is, the Office of Managing Director will continue assessing the lowest interest rate permitted by statute and forgo the customary down payment for fee payors who are eligible for installment payment relief. Methodology for Assessing Regulatory Fees and Reallocating FTEs The three main factors in determining regulatory fees are the amount of the FY appropriation, direct FTE levels in core bureaus, and relevant unit measures for each regulatory fee category. Section 9 of the Act requires us to set regulatory fees to “reflect the full-time equivalent number of employees within the bureaus and offices of the Commission adjusted to take into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.” With respect to determining the number of direct FTEs, the Commission takes into consideration any adjustments necessitated by changes in these factors from the prior fiscal year. Second, the Commission looks to the core bureaus within the Commission in order to identify the number of direct non-auction FTEs in each core bureau for purposes of the regulatory fee calculation. After we calculate the number of direct FTEs for each core 
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                        bureau, we can determine the percentage of the total amount of regulatory fees to be collected from each regulatory fee category within each core bureau. These proportional calculations allocate all Commission non-auction related costs across all regulatory fee categories. In FY 2023, in addition to looking at the current allocation of direct FTEs within the core bureaus, the Commission analyzed the work of indirect FTEs in non-core bureaus and offices and, where the Commission could determine with reasonable accuracy that such work was spent on the regulation and oversight of a regulatory fee category, the Commission reallocated the burden of that work as direct to a core bureau, for regulatory fee purposes. As a result of such analysis for FY 2023, 63 indirect FTEs from the Office of General Counsel (OGC), the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA), and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) were reallocated as direct FTEs to a core bureau, for regulatory fee purposes, based on the Commission's evaluation of the burden of their work. For FY 2024, we are adopting the same analysis of indirect FTEs. In our 
                        *FY 2023 Report and Order*
                         (88 FR 63694, September 15, 2023), we explained that FY 2024 would be the first year where we incorporate the Space Bureau and the Office of International Affairs into our analysis, even though the organizational changes became effective on April 13, 2013. Below we explain how changes in the FTE allocations impact our analysis. For FY 2024, we analyzed the work of PSHSB, OGC, and OEA FTEs to determine whether any of their indirect FTE work should be allocated as direct FTEs to a core bureau for regulatory fee purposes, as we had done in FY 2023. As described in more detail below, 61 indirect FTEs (after two Media Bureau FTEs are assigned to the Enforcement Bureau because of the tasks that are performed by the two Media Bureau staff) are reallocated as direct FTEs to a core bureau for regulatory fee purposes, based on our evaluation of the burden of their work. We find that these proposed reallocations are consistent with section 9 of the Act, which requires us to base our methodology on the number of FTEs in calculating regulatory fees. Reallocations, for Regulatory Fee Purposes, of Certain Indirect FTEs as Direct FTEs For FY 2024, we reallocate 61 indirect FTEs from the Office of Economics and Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and add those FTEs as direct to the relevant core bureaus, for regulatory fee purposes. Based upon our evaluation of indirect FTE time in the Office of Economics and Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, we find that 63 indirect FTEs should be reallocated as direct FTEs because they devote their time to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors. We will also continue to reallocate two direct FTEs from the Media Bureau as indirect because the nature of their work is sufficiently linked to work that is similar to that performed in the Enforcement Bureau, which has been categorized as indirect. As we explained in the 
                        *FY 2023 NPRM*
                         (88 FR 36154, June 1, 2023), when we discuss FTEs, we are not referring to any particular employee at the Commission but rather to an amount of work performed annually by a full time employee or employees. In analyzing the work, the Commission applied conservative estimates so as not to imply a false sense of precision in the proposed reallocation. Specifically, where the amount of work under consideration for reallocation of an indirect FTE was half an FTE or less, we rounded down and we only proposed our reallocations in full FTE increments. As we have discussed our analysis for the Office of Economics and Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau reallocations in the 
                        *FY 2023 Report and Order*
                         and the 
                        *FY 2023 NPRM,*
                         we are not repeating the analysis here. Based on these reallocations, and after adjustments are made to these direct FTE counts to implement Commission precedent, we will collect approximately $6.711 million (1.72%) in fees from the Office of International Affairs regulatory fee payors; $41.204 million (10.56%) in fees from the Space Bureau regulatory fee payors; $100.084 million (25.65%) in fees from Wireless Telecommunications Bureau regulatory fee payors; $127.203 million (32.60%) in fees from Wireline Competition Bureau regulatory fee payors; and $114.990 million (29.47%) in fees from Media Bureau regulatory fee payors. The reallocations for regulatory fee purposes will result in increasing the number of direct FTEs in core bureaus and increasing the percentage of FTEs in some of the bureaus. Our underlying methodology for calculating regulatory fees remains unchanged; our regulatory fee calculation continues to be consistent with section 9 of the Act, which requires us to base our methodology on the number of FTEs in calculating regulatory fees. Table 1—FY 2024 FTE Reallocations
Core bureau/office
Total FY 2024
                                 direct FTEs 
                                 
                                    *without* 
                                 reallocations
FY 2024
                                 reallocations
Total FY 2024
                                 direct FTEs 
                                 
                                    *with* 
                                 reallocations
FY 2024
                                 percent of 
                                 direct FTEs, 
                                 after 
                                 reallocationOffice of International Affairs
8
0
8
1.72Space Bureau
48
+1 (1 from OEA)
49
10.56Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
95
+24 (8 from OEA, 2 from OGC, and 14 from PSHSB)
119
25.65Wireline Competition Bureau
128.25
+23 (13 from OEA, 1 from OGC, and 9 from PSHSB)
151.25
32.60Media Bureau
125
+13 (7 from OEA, 1 from OGC, 7 from PSHSB, and −2 from EB)
138
29.47Total
404.25
61
465.25
100
 
 
 Space Bureau and Office of International Affairs Among its responsibilities regarding satellite and space-based communications and activities, the Space Bureau leads complex policy analysis and rulemakings; authorizes satellite and earth station systems used for space-based services; streamlines regulatory processes; and fosters the efficient use of spectrum and orbital resources. The Space Bureau also serves as the Commission's focal point for coordination with other U.S. government agencies on matters of space policy and governance and collaborates with the Office of International Affairs for consultations with other countries, international and multi-lateral organizations, and foreign government officials that involve satellite and space policy matters. The Space Bureau has three divisions that have the functions previously handled by the International Bureau's Satellite Division: the Satellite Licensing Division, the Satellite Programs and Policy Division, and the Earth Station Licensing Division. Pursuant to the procedure discussed in paragraph six, above, our Human Resources Management office has identified 54 FTEs in the Space Bureau for FY 2024; of these, 48 are categorized as direct FTEs and six are devoted to matters that do not provide oversight and regulation of any category of regulatory fee payors, and thus are indirect FTEs. The indirect Space Bureau FTEs coordinate with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the State Department on space sustainability, planetary protections, and on space innovation. They assist the Office of Engineering and Technology in reviewing applications for experimental licenses for space-based activities. The Space Bureau works closely with the Office of International Affairs to help cover certain ITU World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) agenda items. We conclude that six Space Bureau FTEs are appropriately considered indirect as such work does not focus on the oversight and regulation of a specific category of regulatory fee payors, but instead benefits the Commission, the telecommunications industry, or the public as a whole, or in the case of work done on experimental licenses, is in furtherance of licenses that are not currently subject to a regulatory fee. The Commission rejects Kinéis' argument that we should consider more of the Space Bureau direct FTEs as indirect for regulatory fee purposes in order to reduce the regulatory fees for space stations. We recognize that previously the International Bureau had only 28 direct FTEs (of which 20 worked on space and earth stations). As explained above, the Commission obtained FTE data from our Human Resources Management office and determined that for FY 2024, there are a total of 54 FTEs within the Space Bureau. After consultation with the Space Bureau and careful analysis, we have determined with reasonable accuracy for this fiscal year that 48 FTEs are direct FTEs and six are indirect FTEs, (and one indirect FTEs is designated as direct), for a total of 49 direct FTEs in the Space Bureau. Of these 49 direct FTEs, nine are devoted to oversight and regulation of earth stations and 40 to space stations. This FTEs work directly relates to the oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in a core bureau such that it should be considered as direct. As such, it would not be consistent with our implementation of section 9 to reassign them as indirect in order to reduce the regulatory fees of the space and earth station regulatory fee payors. Thus, for FY 2024, we have a total of 54 FTEs within the Space Bureau, 48 direct FTEs, six indirect FTEs, and one indirect FTE from OEA designated as direct, for a total of 49 direct FTEs, an increase from the 20 FTEs from FY 2023 working on Space and Earth Stations. Space Stations and Earth Stations There are two main categories of Space Bureau regulatory fee payors: earth and space stations. There is a single category of earth station payors—Earth Stations: Transmit/Receive & Transmit only. Space stations consist of those in geostationary satellite orbit (GSO) and those in non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO). There are four categories of space station regulatory fee payors: Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit); Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Less Complex; Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Other; and Space Station (Small Satellites). “Less Complex” NGSO systems are defined as NGSO satellite systems planning to communicate with 20 or fewer U.S. authorized earth stations that are primarily used for Earth Exploration Satellite Service (EESS) and/or Automatic Identification System (AIS). “Small Satellites” are space stations licensed pursuant to the streamlined small satellite process contained in § 25.122 of the Commission's rules. Since our fiscal year 2020 proceeding, non-U.S. licensed space stations granted market access to the United States through a Petition for Declaratory Ruling or through earth station licenses are subject to regulatory fees. The units of assessment for GSO and NGSO space station regulatory fee categories differ in that the fee for GSO space stations is assessed per satellite in geostationary orbit, whereas the fee assessed for NGSO systems, either “less complex” or “other,” is per system of satellites, with no limit on the number of satellites per system. Fees for small satellites are assessed per license/call sign, which can include up to 10 satellites or spacecraft. The unit of regulatory fees for GSO space stations is a single satellite, whereas the unit of regulatory fees for NGSO space stations can include many satellites. Thus, although the single highest regulatory fee for space stations is for Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Other, this fee reflects the regulatory burden associated with the licensing and oversight of numerous space stations in the system, usually subject to processing rounds, complex spectrum sharing arrangements, and providing global coverage. By contrast, the per unit fee for Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit) is lower, but an operator providing global coverage may be paying regulatory fees on multiple GSO space stations, which could result in annual regulatory fee payments by a single fee payor in aggregate far greater than the regulatory fee for Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Other providing similar services and coverage. Small Satellites and RPO, OOS, and OTV Regulatory Fees In 2019, the Commission adopted a new, optional licensing process for small satellites and spacecraft and a small satellite regulatory fee category for licensed and operational space stations authorized under the process adopted in that proceeding. This process enabled qualified applicants to choose a streamlined licensing procedure resulting in an easier application process, a lower application fee, and a shorter timeline for review. In our recent 
                        *Space Station Regulatory Fees Order,*
                         the Commission adopted the proposal to set the regulatory fee for small satellites for FY 2024 at the level set for FY 2023, 
                        *i.e.,*
                         $12,215, with future annual adjustments to reflect the percentage change in the Commission's annual appropriation, unit count, and FTE allocation percentage from the previous fiscal year. 
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                        The Commission stated that changes to the methodology for assessing fees for small satellites would be implemented as part of the order adopting FCC-wide regulatory fees for FY 2024. Accordingly, we are assessing the small satellite fee for FY 2024 at $12,215. The 
                        *Space Station Regulatory Fees Order*
                         also adopted the proposal to assess regulatory fees, effective for FY 2024, on spacecraft primarily performing Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) and On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) by including them in the existing regulatory fee category “Space Stations (per license/call sign in non-geostationary orbit) (Small Satellites),” on an interim basis, regardless of the orbit in which they are designed to operate. It also concluded that it is appropriate to assess regulatory fees on Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTV) on an interim basis in the same manner, and stated that the changes to the methodology for assessing fees for RPO, OOS, and OTV space stations would be implemented as part of the order adopting FCC-wide regulatory fees for FY 2024. Accordingly, we will assess regulatory fees on RPO, OOS, and OTV space stations for FY 2024 using the regulatory fee category for small satellites, if such stations are required to pay regulatory fees for FY 2024. GSO and NGSO Space Stations Allocation Under an allocation adopted in 2020, 80% of space station regulatory fees are allocated to GSO space station fee payors and 20% of the space station regulatory fees to NGSO space station fee payors respectively. The Commission now adopts the proposal in the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM*
                         to change the allocation of space station regulatory fees from 80% of space station regulatory fees being allocated to GSO space station fee payors and 20% of the space station regulatory fees being allocated to NGSO space station fee payors to 60% of space station regulatory fees being allocated to GSO space station payors and 40% to NGSO space station payors (that is, changing from an “80/20 GSO/NGSO split” to a “60/40 GSO/NGSO split”). The new allocation is supported by many comments, particularly from GSO space station fee payors. We recognize that this will result in increases to fees for NGSO systems; however, we conclude that this is consistent with section 9 of the Act because this change more accurately reflects the apportionment of current FTE work between these two categories of regulatory fee payors since the Commission last assessed the allocation in 2020. As explained the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM,*
                         this change in the FTE allocation between GSO and NGSO fee categories is not based on a new methodology, but rather application of the existing methodology analyzing data from the previous three fiscal years. Specifically, the proposal focused on three factors that the Commission's previously had found to be reflective of licensing and regulatory oversight of GSO and NGSO operators: the number of applications processed, the number of changes made to the Commission's rules, and FTEs devoted to oversight of each category of operators. Analyzing this data, the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM*
                         tentatively concluded that a greater allocation of regulatory fees to NGSO space stations than was adopted by the Commission in 2020 more accurately reflects the benefits of the Commission's oversight and regulatory efforts for GSO and NGSO space stations for FY 2024. After reviewing the proposal and the record in response to the proposal, we find no significant error in the input data or the conclusions drawn from the data. Accordingly, we adopt the proposed updated allocation of 60% of space station regulatory fees being assessed to GSO space stations and 40% to NGSO space stations. We disagree with the NGSO space station operators that dispute the accuracy of the input data or the conclusions drawn from the data. Specifically, SpaceX argues that the increased FTE burdens associated with NGSO space station regulation result from the opposition of GSO space stations to applications for NGSO space stations, and that the methodology does not take into account purportedly smaller amount of FTE resources needed to process amendments to NGSO space station applications or modifications of NGSO space station authorizations that do not increase interference or orbital debris risk. Other commenters argue that the Commission should not base its regulatory fee allocations on historical events, 
                        *i.e.,*
                         proceedings during the past three fiscal years, particularly transitory activities that have been completed and that the Commission's methodology focuses too much on licensing and regulation costs but does not sufficiently consider the benefits received as a result of the Commission's activities. We find, however, that these concerns do not undermine an adoption of an updated allocation between GSO and NGSO categories because these commenters fail to consider that the methodology we use here represents our analysis of the FTE time split on these categories and is the same methodology as was used in 2020 to establish the existing 80/20 allocation that they support. Furthermore, as the Commission has repeatedly acknowledged, attributing a value to proceedings is not an exercise in scientific precision, but rather an exercise in reasonable analysis. We are also unconvinced that amendments to NGSO space station applications or modifications of NGSO space station authorizations do not raise interference or orbital debris risks, and therefore require less FTE burdens to authorize. Moreover, we reject the concept that comments or oppositions filed by GSO space station operators in response to NGSO space station filings support attributing those NGSO space station filings to the GSO share of space station regulatory fees. The underlying application is for an NGSO system. Parsing comments filed, or for that matter, issues raised by Commission staff in the Space Bureau or other core bureaus to determine if they might be attributed to other regulatory fee payors is not practicable or advisable in this context. The filing of comments or oppositions is a direct consequence of the filing and review of NGSO space station applications. Thus it is reasonably attributable to the NGSO share of the space station regulatory fees. We conclude, that all of these factors validates that the GSO/NGSO ratio should be adjusted to reflect that GSO space stations derive roughly 60% of the benefit from the Commission's regulatory efforts and NGSO space stations derive roughly 40%. Finally, we observe that the Commission has repeatedly stated that “Section 9 is clear . . . that regulatory fee assessments are based on the burden imposed on the Commission, not benefits realized by regulatees.” We affirm that it is appropriate under section 9 of the Act for the methodology used to determine the allocation of space station regulatory fees between GSO and NGSO space station fee categories to focus exclusively on the FTE burdens associated with each category. The Commission therefore adopts this changed allocation of space station regulatory fees between GSO and NGSO space stations to become effective for FY 2024. Because the change in FTE burdens is not the result of new fee categories or a different methodology, it is not an amendment that requires 90-day notice to Congress under section 9A(b)(2) of the Act before becoming effective. Given that the change is a result of our current evaluation of the 
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                        FTE burdens between the two categories of space stations, we find it is appropriate to adopt the change now rather than to adopt it to be effective in a future fiscal year. Accordingly, this change is effective for FY 2024. Allocation Between NGSO—Other and NGSO—Less Complex The Commission adopts the proposal in the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM*
                         to maintain the existing allocation of the regulatory fee burden between “Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Less Complex” and “Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Other” for FY 2024. That is, we maintain the existing allocation of allocating 20% of NGSO space station regulatory fees to “Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Less Complex” and 80% to “Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Other” fee payors. The record supports our tentative conclusion in the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM*
                         that there have not been any significant changes to the amount of FTE burdens allocated between these two fee categories since the “20/80” split of regulatory fees between NGSO “less complex” and NGSO “other” subcategories was adopted in 2021. In reaching the tentative conclusion, we utilized the same methodology that was used in 2021 to adopt the existing 20/80 split between Less Complex and Other NGSO space station payors. Specifically, we considered the number of applications processed, the number of changes made to the Commission's rules, and the number of FTEs working on oversight for each category of operators. This methodology is the same as used for determining the allocation of regulatory fees among GSO and NGSO space station fee payors. In evaluating the FTE time devoted to the “less complex” and “other” subcategories, we considered the adjudicatory role of the Commission in connection with different types of NGSO systems, which is typically more intensive for those systems authorized as part of processing rounds. The Commission also considered the number of rulemakings over the last three fiscal years, as well as current rulemakings, and which types of NGSO systems are implicated in those rulemaking activities. Applying this methodology, we tentatively concluded that that more FTE time is spent on the NGSO “other” subcategory than on the NGSO “less complex” subcategory, and that the relative regulatory burden of “less complex” space station remains consistent with the existing 20% allocation. The only party to comment on the tentative conclusion to preserve the 20/80 split supports its adoption. We see no errors in our tentative conclusion and affirm the findings that support maintaining the existing allocation of allocating 20% of NGSO space station regulatory fees to “less complex” and 80% to “Other” fee payors and, therefore, adopt the allocation for FY 2024. Maintaining the 20/80 allocation utilizes the same methodology that was used to establish it in 2021 and is not an amendment that requires 90-day notice to Congress under section 9A(b)(2) of the Act before becoming effective. Accordingly, our decision to maintain the existing 20/80 split between less complex and other NGSO space station fee payors is effective for FY 2024. Earth Station Regulatory Fees Earth station regulatory fees are assessed “per license or registration,” and each license or registration may include a single earth station, or multiple earth stations. The starting point for calculation of regulatory fees for space and earth stations is the number of direct FTEs in the Space Bureau. For FY 2024, we have a total of 54 FTEs within the Space Bureau, 48 direct FTEs, six indirect FTEs, and one indirect FTEs designated as direct, for a total of 49 direct FTEs. Of these 49 direct FTEs, nine are devoted to oversight and regulation of earth stations and 40 are focused on space stations. As a result, the percentage of FTEs working on earth station tasks is nine out of 49, or 18.37% ($7,569,225). We adopt our tentative conclusion to apportion regulatory fees between earth and space station payors based on the percentage of direct FTEs involved in the licensing and regulation of each category. With a projected unit count of 2,900, the FY 2024 earth station fee is calculated to be $2,610 per earth station license or authorization. Although this is a significant increase from the FY 2023, most comments support the increase as being reflective of the actual allocation of FTE resources between space and earth station categories in the Space Bureau. We decline to adopt the proposal of commenters to allocate an even greater share of FTE resources to earth stations, up to 30%. Our analysis above of the direct FTE resources attributable to licensing and regulation of earth stations supports an allocation of 18.37%. The Commission also declines to adopt additional regulatory fee categories for earth stations at this time. The 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM*
                         asked whether the Commission should revisit the question of whether to create subcategories of earth station regulatory fee payors, in addition to the existing single category of “Transmit/Receive & Transmit Only (per authorization or registration).” Comments in response express doubt that the creation of subcategories of earth stations with differing fee amounts is feasible, and urge that the record be further developed before creating subcategories of earth station regulatory fees. Other commenters argue that transmit/receive earth stations, particularly those used by broadcasters, should be subject to significantly lower regulatory fees than other types of earth stations, such mobile-satellite earth stations. We conclude that the record is not sufficiently developed at this time to adopt additional regulatory fee categories for earth stations. Instead, we will seek additional comment regarding the creation of additional earth station regulatory fee categories, as part of a future further notice of proposed rulemaking (
                        *FNPRM*). Changing the Title of § 1.1156 We adopt the proposal in the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM*
                         to change the title of § 1.1156 in part 1, subpart G, of our rules to make it clear that it contains space and earth station regulatory fees in addition to regulatory fees for international services. Currently, space and earth station regulatory fees are contained in § 1.1156, which is titled “Schedule of regulatory fees for international services.” We adopt the proposal to rename this section as “Schedule of regulatory fees for space and international services” to reflect more accurately that the section contains the regulatory fees for space and earth stations, as well as the fees for international bearer circuits and submarine cables regulated by the Office of International Affairs. No party in the proceeding commented on or opposed the proposal. We make this change because, after the reorganization of the International Bureau into the Space Bureau and the Office of International Affairs in 2023, the current title can cause confusion by suggesting that only the fees for regulatory fee payors of the Office of International Affairs are contained within § 1.1156. We also conclude that it is easier to change the title of § 1.1156 than to create a new section in part 1, subpart G, containing space and earth station regulatory fees. Other Proposals At this time, we take no action on other proposals made in the 
                        *Space and 
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                            Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM*
                         that have not already been adopted, either herein or in the 
                        *Space Station Regulatory Fees Order.*
                         We conclude that action on these issues may benefit from further consideration. The Commission will seek further comment on these remaining proposals in the near future in a 
                        *FNPRM.*
                         We expect to act on the remaining proposals in time to be effective for FY 2025. In addition, in the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM,*
                         we sought comment on how the Commission's open proceeding on advancing opportunities for innovation in the new space age by taking measures to expedite the application processes for space stations and earth stations and Transparency Initiative might inform our consideration of the regulatory fee issues raised therein. In response, SpaceX observes that initial reforms over the last year were an important step in the right direction that ultimately will reduce FTE burden and associated fees for regulatees. It adds that “additional pending reforms—such as more flexible modification rules, overall shot clocks, and database assisted light-licensing to facilitate inter-service sharing—will dramatically reduce the number of applications that staff must process in the first place and promote more efficient review of applications that require staff attention.” We will consider these observations in the context of our continued efforts to streamline the application processes for space and earth stations in order to allow greater efficiencies in FTE resources utilized to license and regulate space and earth stations. Office of International Affairs The Office of International Affairs is responsible for the Commission's engagement of foreign and international regulatory authorities, including multilateral and regional organizations. This office also facilitates the Commission's development of policies regarding international telecommunications facilities and services, including submarine cables, and advises and makes recommendations to the Commission on foreign ownership issues. The Office of International Affairs implements Commission policies to facilitate competition and foreign investment in U.S. international telecommunications markets while ensuring, in consultation with relevant Federal partners, that national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, and trade policy concerns are addressed. This office is also responsible for intergovernmental leadership, and negotiation and international and inter-agency representational functions. This office oversees and coordinates the Commission's global participation in international and multilateral conferences, regional organizations, cross-border negotiations and international standard setting efforts, and oversees bilateral meetings with other countries and foreign government officials. The Office of International Affairs is composed of the Global Strategies and Negotiation Division and the Telecommunications and Analysis Division. Among other things, the Global Strategies and Negotiation Division staff represent the Commission in international conferences, meetings, and negotiations, and manage Commission participation in the fellowship telecommunication training program for foreign officials offered through the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) as well as the Commission's International Visitors Program. Most of the work of the office, including the work of the Global Strategies and Negotiation Division, does not benefit a specific fee payor, but rather the government as whole, and is therefore appropriately categorized as indirect. *Telecommunications and Analysis Division.*
                         The Telecommunications and Analysis Division develops international telecommunications policy, authorizes international telecommunications facilities and services under section 214 of the Act, issues submarine cable landing licenses under the Cable Landing License Act of 1921 and Executive Order 10530, and provides expertise on foreign ownership issues pursuant to section 310 of the Act. In performing its functions, the division coordinates international applications and petitions involving foreign ownership with the relevant Executive Branch agencies for any national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, or trade policy concerns. The division also provides guidance to and shares its expertise within the Commission and with other U.S. agencies. *Calculating regulatory fees for IBCs.*
                         IBCs consist of terrestrial and satellite circuits and submarine cable systems. In the 
                        *FY 2020 NPRM*
                         (85 FR 32256, May 28, 2020), we concluded, based on a review by the International Bureau, that eight FTEs should be allocated to IBCs for regulatory fee purposes, with the remaining 20 direct FTEs in the International Bureau allocated to the satellite category. Currently, in the Office of International Affairs, as stated in the 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM,*
                         we find that there are eight FTEs within the Telecommunications and Analysis Division that work on IBC related issues, including the services provided over submarine cables, and their time can be appropriately categorized as direct in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of specific regulatory fee payors. Thus, we have the same number of direct FTEs devoted to IBC issues now as in FY 2023, when the Telecommunications and Analysis Division was in the International Bureau. The Commission therefore concludes, for FY 2024, that of the 47 FTEs within the Office of International Affairs, eight are direct FTEs and 39 are indirect FTEs. Broadcast Television Stations In the 
                        *FY 2020 Report and Order*
                         (85 FR 59864, September 23, 2020), we completed the transition to a population-based full-service broadcast television regulatory fee. For FY 2024, the Commission will continue to assess fees for full-power broadcast television stations based on the population covered by a full-service broadcast television station's contour and we will use the results of the 2020 U.S. Census. As a result, there will be no need to make any population adjustments to account for reductions in the population since 2010. However, the Commission will continue to base assessments on limiting the population count of full-power television stations that rely on satellite television stations to reach terrain-limited areas in Puerto Rico. We are adopting a factor of $.006598 per population served for FY 2024 full-power broadcast television station fees. The population data for broadcasters' service areas are determined using the TVStudy software and the LMS database, based on a station's projected noise-limited service contour. The population data for each licensee and the population-based fee (population multiplied by $.006598) for each full-power broadcast television station is listed in table 8. Proposed New Regulatory Fee Categories The State Broadcasters proposed that the Commission adopt new regulatory fee categories for broadband internet access service providers and manufacturers of equipment that uses spectrum on an unlicensed basis. For the reasons set forth below, we are not adopting such new fee categories at this time.
                        ( print page 78460) Broadband Internet Access Service Providers We are unconvinced by the State Broadcasters' argument that we should create a new regulatory fee category for broadband internet access service providers at this time. As an initial matter, we note that there is no specific bureau or office in the Commission with oversight of all broadband services, because such activities are spread out among all core bureaus, and broadband issues are a part of many Commission initiatives and proceedings. We are unconvinced that a broadband internet access service provider regulatory fee category is necessary or that such a category appropriately belongs in any one bureau. As we have discussed earlier, broadband internet access services are offered through various technical means and by widely differing entities and to distinct user groups, 
                        *e.g.,*
                         wireless service providers, wireline service providers (including VoIP), cable operators, and satellite operators, to consumers and businesses, on both a retail and a wholesale basis. This service is not only offered by different types of providers, but is also delivered to end users in different ways. As we observed in the 
                        *FY 2022 Report and Order*
                         (87 FR 56494, September 14, 2022) commenters have not shown that a particular group of FTEs within the Commission is providing oversight and regulation for broadband internet access services and that other parties (besides these broadband internet access service providers) are responsible for all of the regulatory fees associated with those FTEs. It appears that the contrary is true: broadband internet access services are involved in many Commission initiatives and proceedings. Such services are in many cases offered by service providers regulated by all the core bureaus and already responsible for regulatory fees. Creating a new regulatory fee category for broadband internet access services appears to be redundant with existing fee categories in the case of those broadband internet access service providers that otherwise already were subject to the existing fee categories, and thus a new fee category in this regard is not administrable at this time. The State Broadcasters contend that broadening the base of regulatory fee payors to include broadband internet access service providers would ensure a more fair and sustainable regulatory fee system. However, they have not established a sufficient basis for the creation of such a category and that a broadband internet access service providers regulatory fee category, if adopted, would be fair, administrable, or sustainable for the reasons elaborated above. We also note that because the amount collected from each core bureau is based on the number of non-auctions FTEs in each bureau, adding a new broadband internet access fee category or categories would be unlikely to change the number of Media Bureau FTEs devoted to broadcast issues. Moreover, as indicated above, broadband internet access services are a part of many Commission initiatives and proceedings and such services are offered by service providers regulated by all the core bureaus (and these providers often already otherwise pay regulatory fees on their regulated services). For these reasons, particularly due to the lack of information in the record to support the need for adoption of such a new regulatory fee category, the Commission is not adopting a new fee category for broadband internet access service providers at this time. We find that section 9 of the Act does not require creation of this category and commenters have not shown, on the basis of the record in this proceeding, that such a category would satisfy the factors that the Commission has relied on when it has found a basis to create a new regulatory fee category. Manufacturers of Equipment That Operates on Spectrum on an Unlicensed Basis We also decline to adopt the State Broadcasters' proposal to adopt a new regulatory fee category for manufacturers of equipment that operates on spectrum on an unlicensed basis. The State Broadcasters have not provided a sufficient basis, consistent with section 9 of the Act, for the adoption of such a new regulatory fee category. The Commission has adopted new fee categories based in part on the benefits to the payor, 
                        *i.e.,*
                         FTE work in oversight and regulation, on several occasions. 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, for equipment manufacturers, are not present here. The Office of Engineering and Technology is responsible for oversight and regulation of spectrum used on an unlicensed basis, and the FTEs in that office are classified as indirect FTEs because the work in that office benefits the Commission and the industry as a whole and is not specifically focused on the regulatory fee payors and licensees of a core bureau. Even when we consider only OET FTE time working on oversight and regulation of spectrum used on an unlicensed basis and equipment operating wholly or in part on such spectrum, the treatment of such costs as indirect is appropriate. This is true because many devices, including those operating wholly or in part on an unlicensed basis, are exempt from equipment authorization requirements. Moreover, devices that are not exempt are tested by third party labs and, if certification is required, applications are submitted to Telecommunications Certification Bodies. Other devices, generally those considered to have reduced potential to cause RF interference, are authorized pursuant to the Commission's SDoC process which provides for the equipment to be authorized based on the responsible party's self-declaration that the equipment complies with the pertinent Commission requirements. As such, the Office of Engineering and Technology oversight requires only a portion of FTE resources, appropriately part of indirect costs, as opposed to segregable direct costs. In addition, the Commission's current regulatory framework does not include an efficient way to identify equipment, specifically that which is exempt from authorization or authorized pursuant to SDoC procedures, that operate on an unlicensed (as opposed to licensed) basis and commenters have not suggested an efficient methodology to obtain this information. On the basis of the record developed here, we find that the proposal for a new regulatory fee category for manufacturers of equipment that operates on spectrum on an unlicensed basis is not consistent with section 9 of the Communication Act. Equipment that operates on spectrum on an unlicensed basis is diverse in nature, ubiquitous, and used for many purposes including non-communications purposes. Thus it would be challenging to define and administer a regulatory fee category or categories of similarly situated entities. Nor does all or the majority of equipment that operates on spectrum on an unlicensed basis perform a specific service. Thus, focusing on the service provided would not provide a clear and administrable regulatory fee category. Moreover, this is not an area where time will distill down a clear group of users, service providers or manufacturers to form the core of a regulatory fee category. For example, if the Commission were to decide to assess fees on manufacturers of equipment used in the United States, numerous logistical concerns would be presented. 
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                        The Commission establishes rules for and administers the equipment authorization program to ensure that RF devices used in the United States operate effectively without causing harmful interference and otherwise comply with the Commission's rules. However, under the current Commission equipment authorization regime, the Commission does not collect information from or communicate with all device manufacturers. As we explained above, many devices only require SDoC authorization or are exempt from authorization because they pose a limited potential of causing harmful interference. Similarly, if users of equipment that operates on spectrum on an unlicensed forms the core of the fee category. The Commission has no reasonable means by which to comprehensively identify each and every individual or entity that operates RF devices on an unlicensed basis. Accordingly, we find that a new regulatory fee category for manufacturers of equipment that operates on spectrum on an unlicensed basis, on the basis of the instant record, is not practicable at this time and we decline to adopt such a regulatory fee category at this time. Digital Equity and Inclusion In the 
                        *FY 2024 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. Temporary Relief Measures Under §§ 1.1910, 1.1166, and 1.1914 of the Commission's Rules In FYs 2020, 2021, and 2022, the Commission implemented temporary relief measures for fee payors experiencing financial hardship caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In FY 2023, the Commission permanently codified two of the temporary measures in §§ 1.1166 and 1.1914 of the Commission's rules, simplifying and streamlining the process for all fee payors to obtain regulatory fee relief. The Commission also continued the remaining temporary relief measures in FY 2023, recognizing that while the National Emergency had ended, continuing the temporary measures in FY 2023 would assist regulatory fee payors, such as broadcasters, who might still be recovering from the economic impact of the pandemic. Specifically, the Commission found good cause to continue to offer a low interest rate and not require the customary down payment for installment payment of regulatory fee debt. Moreover, the Commission directed the Office of Managing Director to 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 requests for relief. We also partially waived § 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 were submitted. However, we limited this partial waiver to allow only one post-filing submission by a deadline of January 31, 2023, in anticipation of a return to the normal operation of § 1.1166. In the 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM,*
                         we stated that we did not plan to implement any of the foregoing temporary relief measures in FY 2024 because the circumstances for which the temporary measures were implemented had changed, to wit, the National Emergency ended and the economy was continuing to rebound. While again recognizing that some regulatory fee payors might continue to experience financial difficulties related to the pandemic, we concluded that the changes we made to §§ 1.1166 and 1.1914 to simplify and streamline the process of obtaining regulatory fee relief offered those fee payors “a straightforward path to regulatory fee relief.” We asked commenters that disagree with our proposal to explain why continuing the temporary measures is necessary or justified, and if continuation requires waiving a Commission rule, why good cause exists for and the public interest would be served by waiving the Commission rule. The State Broadcasters and NAB each object to the Commission's proposal to discontinue the remaining three temporary measures. NAB advocates for codifying each of the temporary measures, citing the public's interest in the Commission continuing to enable “payors and the FCC's staff to craft appropriate relief and avoid costly collection processes and regulatory consequences for distressed payors.” The State Broadcasters advocate for the Commission to continue indefinitely the Commission's partial waivers of the red light rule and § 1.1166. The State Broadcasters also propose that the Commission continue partial waivers of the red light and § 1.1166 as temporary measures in FY 2024. The State Broadcasters contend that extending the Commission's partial waiver of the red light to permit fee payors on red light to nonetheless file relief requests is important to ensure that broadcasters in financial distress obtain the relief they seek and continue providing service to the public. The State Broadcasters argue that continuing a partial waiver of § 1.1166 to permit fee payors to submit financial documentation after they file their waiver requests is warranted because broadcasters may not understand what documentary proof must be provided to prove financial hardship and permitting supplementation will increase fee payors' likelihood of submitting sufficient documentary proof to prove financial hardship. We disagree that continuing the partial red light waiver in FY 2024 is vital to ensure that broadcasters in financial distress are able to obtain relief and continue operating. Even if we were to continue the partial waiver in FY 2024, a broadcaster on red light would still be required to pay or otherwise resolve its debt to the Commission before the Commission would issue a decision on the broadcaster's waiver requests. Restoring the normal operation of the red light rule does not prevent a broadcaster from seeking fee relief for FY 2024, it only requires the fee payor to pay or otherwise resolve its delinquent debt before, rather than after, filing a request for fee relief. To the extent the State Broadcasters also argue for a continuation of the Commission's partial waiver of § 1.1166 of our rules, we disagree that, as the State Broadcasters contend, the Commission's standard of proof for establishing financial hardship is unclear and that fee payors should therefore be permitted to supplement their submission of financial documents after submitting their requests until they are certain that they have met their burden of proof. The Commission's standard for establishing financial hardship sufficient to justify regulatory fee relief under § 1.1166 of the Commission's rules is clear, and has not changed since 1995, when the Commission first articulated it. Since then, the Commission has regularly reminded fee payors of the standard and also, listed financial document types that fee payors might submit to prove financial hardship. To reiterate here, the standard for waiver, reduction and/or deferral of a regulatory fee in any specific instance under section 9A of the 
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                        Communications Act and § 1.1166 of the Commission's regulations is for good cause if the waiver, reduction, or deferral (collectively, waiver) would serve the public interest. We interpret this provision narrowly to permit only those waivers “unambiguously articulating `extraordinary circumstances' outweighing the public interest in recouping the cost of the Commission's regulatory services for a particular regulatee.” Within this standard, we recognize that in exceptional circumstances, financial hardship may justify waiving an individual party's regulatory fees, to wit, when the requesting party has shown it “lacks sufficient funds to pay the regulatory fees and to maintain its service to the public.” Financial hardship, however, must be conclusively proven in each individual case; mere allegations of financial loss will not support a waiver request. Rather, each party seeking regulatory fee relief must fully document its financial condition to prove financial hardship. We have previously suggested and continue to suggest that documents that may be relevant to prove financial inability include balance sheets and profit and loss statements (audited if available), twelve month cash flow projections (with an explanation of how calculated), a list of officers and highest paid employees other than officers, and each individual's compensation, or similar information. However, the foregoing list of documents is not exhaustive. In other words, a fee payor seeking fee relief is in the best position to determine, and therefore must be the party responsible for determining, what financial documents demonstrate that the fee payor “lacks sufficient funds to pay the regulatory fees and to maintain its service to the public.” We therefore decline to continue the temporary measures in FY 2024, except as noted below. The measures were always intended to be temporary, to address the extraordinary circumstances of a world-wide pandemic. The circumstances for which the temporary measures were put in place in FY 2020 and continued in FYs 2021 through 2023 have changed, even more so since FY 2023. It has now been 18 months year since the National Emergency ended. Moreover, the national economy is very different than it was during the National Emergency. Commenters have not demonstrated that good cause exists and that it is in the public interest to continue the partial waivers in FY 2024, nor have commenters made a convincing case that any lingering financial difficulties related to the COVID-19 pandemic that fee payors may be experiencing justify the Commission continuing to direct the Office of Managing Director to offer the lowest statutory interest rate and not require the customary down payment for installment payment of FY 2024 regulatory fee debt. For those reasons, we also decline to adopt NAB's and the State Broadcaster's proposal to codify or continue indefinitely the temporary measures. Nonetheless, as explained below, we direct the Office of Managing Director to fix the interest rate it assesses on all installment payments of FY 2024 regulatory fee debt at the lowest rate permitted by statute, and to not require the customary down payment. As we discuss in the Final Rules section of the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         structural changes to the Commission and the creation of the Space Bureau have resulted in significant increases in the FY 2024 regulatory fees earth and space station regulatory fee payors must pay. We recognize that for FY 2024 some Space Bureau fee payors may have difficulty paying the increased fee in a single payment and that assessing the lowest permissible interest rate and not requiring the customary down payment will assist those payors who qualify for installment payment relief in meeting their FY 2024 regulatory fee obligation. These terms apply to all fee payors who qualify for installment payment of their FY 2024 regulatory fees. With respect to operation of the red light under § 1.1910 of our rules, we will not direct the Office of Managing Director to partially waive § 1.1910 to permit regulatory fee payors on red light and experiencing financial hardship to request waiver, reduction, deferral and/or installment payment relief of their FY 2024 regulatory fees. Instead, the Commission will not act on and will dismiss a request for waiver, reduction, deferral and/or installment payment relief filed by a fee payor if the fee payor is on red light, in accordance with the requirements of § 1.1910. Finally, we will not direct the Office of Managing Director to waive § 1.1166 of our rules to permit parties requesting regulatory fee relief on financial hardship grounds to submit financial documents supporting their request after the waiver request is filed. Thus, parties seeking waiver, reduction and/or deferral of their regulatory fees must submit with their requests the financial documents that demonstrate financial hardship. Documents submitted after a request is filed will not be considered and failure to submit any supporting financial documents with a request will result in dismissal and/or denial of the request. Non-Operating Broadcast Stations In the 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM*
                         we sought comment on our proposal to end a rarely used and never codified policy of granting regulatory fee waiver requests of stations that are or were recently silent and stations in their first year of operation recently purchased out of bankruptcy or recently silent, on the presumption that their silent or recently bankrupt status signifies financial hardship sufficient to waive their regulatory fees, without requiring submission of financial documents demonstrating actual financial hardship. NAB and the State Broadcasters oppose our proposal to end the policy. The State Broadcasters argue that the facts underlying the policy's implementation have not changed, that no matter why a station goes dark, when it goes dark it experiences financial hardship that may cause it to cease operation altogether. NAB argues that the policy eliminates a financial burden to silent stations attempting to return to operating status and a barrier to potential investment in stations that were recently dark or bankrupt. Neither commenter however disputes nor addresses the Commission observation that the presumption underlying the policy is no longer accurate in FY 2024. As we noted in the 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM,*
                         in today's marketplace, broadcast licensees often own multiple stations. Because the Commission considers all of a licensee's assets and revenue streams in determining its ability to pay regulatory fees, the silence of one of its stations does not necessarily affect the licensee's ability to pay the regulatory fees it owes, including for the silent station. Similarly, it is not accurate to assume that, across-the-board, newly purchased stations that were previously dark or bankrupt are insufficiently financed to cover the station's first year of operation. The station owner may very well have sufficient funds—other revenue streams or start—up financing to pay the station's regulatory fees in its first year of operation. The Commission therefore concludes that the policy's underlying presumption is no longer broadly valid and that the policy should be eliminated. Accordingly, all broadcast licensees, regardless of station status, will be required to submit with their waiver requests sufficient financial documentation to demonstrate financial hardship in accordance with § 1.1166 of our rules. This change will apply to regulatory fees due in FY 2025 in order 
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                        to provide the affected broadcasters time to comply with this change in policy. Capping or Phasing in Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees As we explained above, because the Commission must collect the full amount of the appropriation as an offsetting collection, decreasing the fee on any one category must be offset with an increased collection in another category. Thus, by requesting that the Commission cap or phase in the increases in regulatory fees for space and earth stations, the satellite and earth station industry is effectively requesting that the Commission shift fees from Space Bureau regulatory fee payors to other regulatory fee payors. As we explain below, the Commission declines to do so. We agree with commenters opposing the request that shifting fees to other regulatees, in this instance from Space Bureau regulatees, when such fees are properly based on direct FTEs in the Space Bureau, is not consistent with Congressional direction in section 9 of the Communications Act. Several commenters suggest a cap or phased-in approach to implementing substantial fee increases, alleviating the immediate financial burden on satellite and earth station fee payors, and argue that imposing a cap and phase in of fee increases for FY 2024 and beyond would be consistent with the statutory requirements of section 9 of the Act. We are not convinced that, based on commenters' argument that the fee increase places a substantial and unforeseen financial burden on satellite operators, we should shift the fee burden to other regulatory fee payors. As Iridium observes, the entire industry will benefit from the additional resources made available to the new Space Bureau and the overall increases reflect the Commission's goal of advancing the space economy. Although we are mindful of the significant increase in regulatory fees for most space and earth station regulatory fee payors for FY 2024, these increases reflect a reasonable assessment of the FTE burdens associated with oversight and regulation of the Space Bureau categories of fee payors after the reorganization of the International Bureau into the Space Bureau and Office of International Affairs and the additional direct FTEs added to the Space Bureau. The Submarine Cable Coalition favorably commented on the direct FTE allocations to OIA and the proposed regulatory fee rates for OIA regulatory fee payors that flow such direct FTE allocations. The Submarine Cable Coalition strongly opposes the request to shift fees as contrary to the statute. The Submarine Cable Coalition stated that it should not be the burden of submarine cable operators, nor any one type of international licensee under OIA, to subsidize holders of other license types. The Commission most recently addressed such a request to shift fees in the 
                        *FY 2019 Report and Order*
                         (84 R 50890, September 26, 2019), and declined a request to freeze or phase in the space station regulatory fee increase. The Commission explained there why it hews so closely to the statutory command to start with FTE counts and then potentially adjust fees to reflect other factors related to the payor's benefits. In the 
                        *FY 2019 Report and Order,*
                         the Commission noted that because the International Bureau had a relatively small number of direct FTEs, the increase in its percentage of the whole resulted in a non-trivial increase in fees for International Bureau regulates. While the increased fees were unwelcome by the International Bureau regulatees, the Commission found that adoption of the fees without a phase in was consistent with the results when FTE counts have shifted. Looking further back into our regulatory fee proceedings, commenters have observed that the Commission has previously phased in fee increases and capped annual percentage adjustments to avoid fee shock from large and unpredictable fluctuations. The two previous examples of caps or phase-ins are fundamentally different circumstances, 
                        *i.e.,*
                         after the Commission updated FTE data or adopted a new methodology, which we explain below. Here the increases for FY 2024 are due to increased direct FTEs working on satellite and earth station matters. Thus, it is attributable solely to circumstances which were for the benefit of the earth station and satellite operators. In 2012, in a report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), GAO explained that the FCC continued to rely on the 1998 division of regulatory fees as the basis of its regulatory fee division through fiscal year 2011. The GAO Report explained that for 13 years, FCC had not validated the extent to which its division of fees among industry sectors and fee categories correlated with its current division of FTEs among industry sectors and fee categories. This failure to update the Commission's FTE analysis occurred when regulatory fees went from an offsetting collection representing 38 percent of the Commission's appropriation in 1994 to 100 percent of the appropriation starting in 2009. In correcting this serious flaw in its methodology noted by the GAO Report, and as part of a larger effort of fee reform, the Commission as an interim measure did not immediately flash cut to the new FTE allocation. Instead, the Commission in 2013 imposed a cap on fee increases from FY 2012 to FY 2013. In the 
                        *FY 2013 NPRM,*
                         (78 FR 34612, June 10, 2013) the Commission proposed to cap increases in regulatory fees in FY 2013 to no more than 7.5%, acknowledging that its existing FTE allocations were outdated and that revising the allocations based on FTEs, without other adjustments, would drastically change the amount of fees paid by various classes of regulatees. The Commission also observed that revision of FTE allocations required a transition period of more than one year, and that the allocations made for FY 2013 could be impacted by regulatory fee reform issues that could be resolved in future years. For this reason, the Commission viewed the 7.5% cap as an interim approach as it transitioned to a comprehensive revision of its regulatory fee program. The current circumstances are significantly different from those presented in 2013. The Commission is not currently moving from a FTE allocation that is thirteen years out of date. The increase in direct FTEs associated with space and earth station fee payors for FY 2024 does not result from a fundamental revision of how direct FTEs are calculated FCC-wide. Rather, the increase results from a greater number of FTEs being associated with the regulation and oversight of such fee payors after the reorganization of the International Bureau, using existing methodology for calculating FTEs. Unlike the situation in 2013, there is no multi-year program of reform of FCC-wide regulatory fees that necessitates a cap as an interim approach for transitioning to a future comprehensive revision of the regulatory fee program. Consequentially, the factors that supported the imposition of a cap in 2013 are not present today. Therefore, we believe that correcting the extraordinary error on the Commission's part in applying a stale FTE count is not analogous to the current situation. In another instance the Commission limited fee increases through a revenue cap in 1997 in order to avoid unexpected, substantial increases in regulatory fees. This was again during the period of time where Congress raised the offsetting collection of regulatory fees from 38 percent in 1994 to over 75 percent of the annual appropriation in 1997. Further, this cap 
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                        was also premised as being an interim step in a comprehensive FCC-wide revision of the regulatory fee program as the Commission transitioned to the use of employee time sheet entries to calculate direct and indirect FTEs. This premise is absent under the present circumstances. Commenters also rely on a fee adopted for Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), initially as a subcategory of the cable television/internet Protocol Television (IPTV) fee category. Intelsat states that the Commission has modified its standard regulatory fee methodology to ensure that sudden and large increases, such as the one here, are mitigated in order to avoid harm to fee payors, such as phasing in of a new fee for DBS that was based on Media Bureau FTEs. In that instance, the Commission initially adopted the new fee category in 2015 and subsequently sought comment on the appropriate fee versus other members of the subcategory. Thus, each year, the agency sought and received comment on the issue. Furthermore, the only other categories of fee payors negatively affected by the phase in of DBS regulatory fee payments as part of the cable television/IPTV fee category were other cable and IPTV fee payors. No parties (other than DBS operators, because this was a new fee category) sustained a fee increase. The issue was where to set the regulatory fee rate for a new category within the Media Bureau between two sets of fee payors that benefited from the same pool of Media Bureau direct FTEs. Thus, the agency took a measured approach to discerning whether DBS should pay at the same rate as other members of the fee category, asking and seeking comment on the issue each year. This presents a different situation from the present circumstances. Moreover, in our 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM,*
                         we did not propose a fee schedule that included a proportionate shifting of fees from the Space Bureau into one or several categories of fee payors. Thus we are concerned that the full monetary impact of this proposal, to cap or phase in satellite regulatory fees, was not factored into our specific proposed fees and affected parties might not be in a position to understand how the proposal would increase their fees. Accordingly, we conclude that assessing fees in a manner that does not fully collect the S&E appropriation for the fiscal year, or that is not keyed to the FTE burden found to be associated with each category of fee payors, would be inconsistent with the plain language of section 9 of the Act. Several commenters urge the Commission to cap or phase-in the increases in regulatory fees assessed for space and earth station fee payors for FY 2024, even if these increases result from a reasonable reassessment of the FY 2024 FTE burdens associated with oversight and regulation of space and earth station payors. Intelsat proposes that the Commission phase in this increase over time by applying a cap to the increase in indirect FTEs proportionally assigned to the Space Bureau at 1% for FY 2024 and 20% every year after until the Space Bureau's allocation has reached parity with the calculation under the Commission's current methodology (which would be approximately five years). According to Intelsat, reducing the share of indirect costs would mitigate harm to the satellite industry from increased regulatory fees. We disagree. A cap or phase in of fees, whether characterized as a reduction in indirect costs or otherwise, would impose additional regulatory fees on all other regulatory fee payors, who have not received the benefit of additional Space Bureau direct FTEs devoted to oversight and regulation of space stations. Intelsat has not explained how such a shift in costs from one group of fee payors to another would be consistent with section 9, other than to assert that we have the discretion to allocate indirect costs. We conclude, however, that such a cap or phase-in would be inconsistent with our statutory obligation to assess and collect regulatory fees for each fiscal year. Section 9 of the Act obligates the Commission to assess and collect regulatory fees each year in an amount that can reasonably be expected to equal the amount of its annual S&E appropriation. Thus, the Commission has no discretion regarding the total amount to be collected in any given fiscal year. Even assuming this proposal to cap or phase in the fees would help mitigate the large increase assessed to certain Space Bureau regulatory fee payors, it would create a disconnect between other fee payors' fees assessed using calculated FTE burden shares and those assessed using the proposed cap and phase in proposal. This disconnect is exacerbated by the fact that we did not propose to cap or phase in increases for space and earth station fee payors (and thus to increase or limit the decrease in fees assessed to other payors of regulatory fees) in our 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM.*
                         Further, we find that adopting such a cap or phase in and shifting some of the fee increase to other fee payors would result in the same cross-subsidizing situation that GAO found problematic in 2012. Among other things, GAO observed that one potential effect of cross subsidization is that, if entities in different fee categories are directly competing for the same customers, cross subsidization could result in competitively disadvantaging entities in one fee category over another. Section 9 of the Act prescribes a method of collecting an amount equal to the full S&E appropriation by keying the regulatory fee assessment to the Commission's FTE burden. As a result, the fee assigned to each regulatory fee category relates to the FTE burden associated with oversight and regulation of each regulatory fee category by the relevant core bureaus. Section 9 does not provide any other basis for assessing regulatory fees or any basis for capping fees for a particular fiscal year, or phasing in increases in fees over several fiscal years, for a particular category or categories of fee payors. Installment Payments When the Commission adopted regulatory fees for FY 2023, it noted that it would be the last year for doing so for the International Bureau regulatory fee payors, and that the creation of the Space Bureau and Office of International Affairs could result in changes in the assessment of regulatory fees for future fiscal years. In March 2024, in the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM,*
                         the Commission stated its expectation that space and earth station payors would pay significantly more in regulatory fees in FY 2024 than in FY 2023 due to the reorganization of the International Bureau and the creation of the Space Bureau. The Commission subsequently in June 2024 proposed estimates of the regulatory fee rates for space and earth stations that reflected significant increases in regulatory fees for space and earth stations compared to FY 2023. We recognize that the FY 2024 regulatory fees adopted here for earth and space stations represent a significant increase from the FY 2023 fees, particularly for earth station and NGSO space station fee payors, and may, for some payors, be more difficult to pay in a timely manner. The proposed regulatory fee increases are due to a singular and uncommon event, 
                        *i.e.,*
                         the creation and capacity-building of the Space Bureau—for which the Commission received approval from the White House Office of Management and Budget and from U.S. Congressional Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate—to better support United States leadership in the emerging space economy. We, therefore, address concerns raised by commenters. 
                        *First,*
                         we direct the 
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                        Office of Managing Director to facilitate an extended period for payment, as appropriate, for Space Bureau regulatory fee payors who may have difficulty paying the higher FY 2024 fee. Specifically, consistent with the Commission's policies and rules, the Office of Managing Director will work with any earth or space station fee payor that intends to meet its fee obligation to the greatest extent possible to utilize installment plans for payment of fees that it may find to be exceptionally higher than anticipated, 
                        *e.g.,*
                         any amount over 150% of the FY 2023 fee. Space Bureau regulatory fee payors who may have difficulty paying the FY 2024 fee, but not to the extent required to request a waiver, reduction, or deferral, could be eligible to pay their FY 2024 fees in installments if they are able to show that they cannot pay the fee in lump sum, but can do so with extended payment terms. 
                        *Second,*
                         we direct the Office of Managing Director to fix the interest rate assessed on installment payments of FY 2024 regulatory fees at the lowest rate permitted by statute, and to not require the customary down payment. Finally, we remind parties seeking installment payment of FY 2024 regulatory fee debt that they may do so by submitting an email request to the following email address: 
                        *regfeerelief@fcc.gov.* Regulatory fee payors may seek a waiver, reduction, or deferral of payment of a regulatory fee for good cause if the waiver, reduction, or deferral would serve the public interest. But while we cannot relax the standard we employ for fee waiver, reduction, or deferral based on financial hardship grounds, as we have always done, we can facilitate an approach that allows payors the flexibility to address increases due to singular Commission action. Procedural Matters Included below are procedural items as well as our current payment and collection methods. We include these payments and collection procedures here as a useful way of reminding regulatory fee payers and the public about these aspects of the annual regulatory fee collection process. *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. *Credit Card Transaction Levels.*
                         In accordance with 
                        *Treasury Financial Manual,*
                         Volume I, Part 5, Chapter 7000, Section 7065.20a—
                        *Credit Card Collections,*
                         the total daily credit card transactions processed from a single payor can be no more than $24,999.99 (hereinafter the “Maximum Daily Limit”) and the total monthly transactions processed from a single payor (based on a rolling 30-day period) can be no more than $100,000.00 (hereinafter the “Maximum Monthly Limit”). Transactions greater than the Maximum Daily Limit will be rejected. If a payor initiates multiple transactions on the same day with the same credit card, those transactions causing the total charge to exceed the Maximum Daily Limit will also be rejected. This limit applies to single payments or bundled payments of more than one bill. Multiple transactions to a single agency in one day may be aggregated and treated as a single transaction subject to the $24,999.99 limit. Payors who wish to pay an amount greater than $24,999.99 should consider available electronic alternatives such as debit cards, Automates Clearing House (ACH) debits from a bank account, and wire transfers. Each of these payment options is available after filing regulatory fee information in the Commission's Registration System (CORES). Further details will be provided regarding payment methods and procedures at the time of FY 2024 regulatory fee collection in Fact Sheets, 
                        *https://www.fcc.gov/​regfees.* *Payment Methods.*
                         During the fee season for collecting regulatory fees, regulatees can pay their fees by credit card through CORES, ACH, debit card, or by wire transfer. Additional payment instructions are posted on the Commission's website at 
                        *https://www.fcc.gov/​licensing-databases/​fees/​wire-transfer.*
                         The receiving bank for all wire payments is the U.S. Treasury, New York, NY (TREAS NYC). Any other form of payment (
                        *e.g.,*
                         checks, cashier's checks, or money orders) will be rejected. For payments by wire, an FCC Form 159-E should still be transmitted via fax so that the Commission can associate the wire payment with the correct regulatory fee information. The fax should be sent to the Commission at (202) 418-2843 at least one hour before initiating the wire transfer (but on the same business day) so as not to delay crediting their account. Regulatees should discuss arrangements (including bank closing schedules) with their bankers several days before they plan to make the wire transfer to allow sufficient time for the transfer to be initiated and completed before the deadline. Complete instructions for making wire payments are posted at 
                        *https://www.fcc.gov/​licensing-databases/​fees/​wire-transfer.* *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 regulatee 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 regulatee will need to reevaluate the total annual fee liability each fiscal year to determine whether it meets the de minimis exemption. *Standard Fee Calculations and Payment Dates.*
                         The Commission will accept fee payments made in advance of the window for the payment of regulatory fees. The responsibility for payment of fees by service category is as follows: *Media Services:*
                         Regulatory fees must be paid for initial construction permits that were granted on or before October 1, 2023 for AM/FM radio stations, VHF/UHF broadcast television stations, and satellite television stations. Regulatory fees must be paid for all broadcast facility licenses granted on or before October 1, 2023. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 2023, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee due date. *Wireline (Common Carrier) Services:*
                         Regulatory fees must be paid for authorizations that were granted on or before October 1, 2023. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 2023, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee due date. Audio bridging service providers are included in this category. For Responsible Organizations (RespOrgs) that manage Toll Free Numbers (TFN), regulatory fees should be paid on all working, assigned, and reserved toll free numbers as well as toll free numbers in any other status as defined in § 52.103 of the Commission's rules. The unit count should be based on toll free numbers managed by RespOrgs on or about December 31, 2023.
                        ( print page 78466) *Wireless Services:*
                         Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) cellular, mobile, and messaging services (fees based on number of subscribers or telephone number count): Regulatory fees must be paid for authorizations that were granted on or before October 1, 2023. The number of subscribers, units, or telephone numbers on December 31, 2023 will be used as the basis from which to calculate the fee payment. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 2023, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee due date. *Wireless Services, Multi-year fees:*
                         The first eight regulatory fee categories in our Schedule of Regulatory Fees (first seven categories in our Calculation of Fees, Table 3) pay “small multi-year wireless regulatory fees.” Entities pay these regulatory fees in advance for the entire amount period covered by the five-year or ten-year terms of their initial licenses, and pay regulatory fees again only when the license is renewed, or a new license is obtained. We include these fee categories in our rulemaking to publicize our estimates of the number of “small multi-year wireless” licenses that will be renewed or newly obtained in FY 2024. *Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Services (cable television operators, Cable Television Relay Service (CARS) licensees, DBS, and IPTV):*
                         Regulatory fees must be paid for the number of basic cable television subscribers as of December 31, 2023. Regulatory fees also must be paid for CARS licenses that were granted on or before October 1, 2023. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 2023, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee due date. For providers of DBS service and IPTV-based MVPDs, regulatory fees should be paid based on a subscriber count on or about December 31, 2023. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 2023, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee due date. *Space Services:*
                         Regulatory fees must be paid for earth stations that were licensed (or authorized) on or before October 1, 2023. Regulatory fees must also be paid for Geostationary orbit space stations (GSO) and non-geostationary orbit satellite systems (NGSO), and the two NGSO subcategories “Other” and “Less Complex,” that were licensed and operational on or before October 1, 2023. Licensees of small satellites that were licensed and operational on or before October 1, 2023 must also pay regulatory fees. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 2023, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee due date. Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, On-Orbit Servicing, and Orbital Transfer Vehicle space station that were licensed and operational on or before October 1, 2023, must also pay regulatory fees, using the regulatory fee category for small satellites, *International Services (Submarine Cable Systems, Terrestrial and Satellite Services):*
                         Regulatory fees for submarine cable systems are to be paid on a per cable landing license basis based on lit circuit capacity as of December 31, 2023. Regulatory fees for terrestrial and satellite IBCs are to be paid based on active (used or leased) international bearer circuits as of December 31, 2023, in any terrestrial or satellite transmission facility for the provision of service to an end user or resale carrier. When calculating the number of such active circuits, entities must include circuits used by themselves or their affiliates. For these purposes, “active circuits” include backup and redundant circuits as of December 31, 2023. Whether circuits are used specifically for voice or data is not relevant for purposes of determining that they are active circuits. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1, 2023, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee due date. *CMRS and Mobile Services Assessments.*
                         The Commission will compile data from the Numbering Resource Utilization Forecast (NRUF) report that is based on “assigned” telephone number (subscriber) counts that have been adjusted for porting to net Type 0 ports (“in” and “out”). We have included non-geographic numbers in the calculation of the number of subscribers for each CMRS provider in table 3 and the CMRS regulatory fee factor proposed in table 4. CMRS provider regulatory fees will be calculated and should be paid based on the inclusion of non-geographic numbers. CMRS providers can adjust the total number of subscribers, if needed. This information of telephone numbers (subscriber count) will be posted on CORES along with the carrier's Operating Company Numbers (OCNs). A carrier wishing to revise its telephone number (subscriber) count can do so by accessing CORES and following the prompts to revise their telephone number counts. Any revisions to the telephone number counts should be accompanied by an explanation. The Commission will then review the revised count and supporting explanation, if any, and either approve or disapprove the submission in CORES. If the submission is disapproved, the Commission will contact the provider to afford the provider an opportunity to discuss its revised subscriber count and/or provide supporting documentation. If the Commission receives no response from the provider, or the Commission does not reverse its initial disapproval of the provider's revised count submission, the fee payment must be based on the number of subscribers listed initially in CORES. Once the timeframe for revision has passed, the telephone number counts are final and are the basis upon which CMRS regulatory fees are to be paid. Providers can view their final telephone counts online in CORES. 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, 2023), 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. *Effective Date.*
                         Providing a 30-day period after 
                        **Federal Register**
                         publication before the 
                        *Report and Order*
                         becomes effective as normally required by 5 U.S.C. 553(d) will not allow sufficient time to collect the FY 2024 fees before FY 2024 ends on September 30, 2024. 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 the 
                        *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. List of Tables
                        ( print page 78467) Table 2—List of Commenters and Reply Commenters
Commenter (for initial and reply comments filed in response to the
                                 Commission's annual FY 2024 regulatory fees NPRM, FCC 24-68 
                                 (rel. June 13, 2024))
Abbreviated name
Date filedAlabama Broadcasters Association, Alaska Broadcasters Association, Arizona Broadcasters Association, Arkansas Broadcasters Association, California Broadcasters Association, Colorado Broadcasters Association, Connecticut Broadcasters Association, Florida Association of Broadcasters, Georgia Association of Broadcasters, Hawaii Association of Broadcasters, Idaho State Broadcasters Association, Illinois Broadcasters Association, Indiana Broadcasters Association, Iowa Broadcasters Association, Kansas Association of Broadcasters, Kentucky Broadcasters Association, Louisiana Association of Broadcasters, Maine Association of Broadcasters, MD/DC/DE Broadcasters Association, Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Minnesota Broadcasters Association, Mississippi Association of Broadcasters, Missouri Broadcasters Association, Montana Broadcasters Association, Nebraska Broadcasters Association, Nevada Broadcasters Association, New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters, New Jersey Broadcasters Association, New Mexico Broadcasters Association, The New York State Broadcasters Association, Inc., North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, North Dakota Broadcasters Association, Ohio Association of Broadcasters, Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, Radio Broadcasters Association of Puerto Rico, Rhode Island Broadcasters Association, South Carolina Broadcasters Association, South Dakota Broadcasters Association, Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, Texas Association of Broadcasters, Utah Broadcasters Association, Vermont Association of Broadcasters, Virginia Association of Broadcasters, Washington State Association of Broadcasters, West Virginia Broadcasters Association, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, Wyoming Association of Broadcasters
State Broadcasters
July 15, 2024.Astroscale U.S., Inc
Astroscale
July 15, 2024.BlackSky Global LLC
BlackSky
July 15, 2024.Capella Space Corp
Capella
July 15, 2024.Commercial Smallsat Spectrum Management Association
CSSMA
July 15, 2024.CTIA—The Wireless Association®
CTIA
July 29, 2024.Intelsat License LLC
Intelsat
July 15, 2024.Iridium Communications, Inc
Iridium
July 15, 2024, July 29, 2024.Kepler Communications, Inc
Kepler
July 15, 2024, July 29, 2024.Kinéis
Kinéis
July 15, 2024.Myriota Pty. Ltd
Myriota
July 15, 2024.National Association of Broadcasters
NAB
July 15, 2024.Orbital Sidekick, Inc
OSK
July 29, 2024Satellite Industry Association
SIA
July 29, 2024.Submarine Cable Coalition
Coalition
July 29, 2024.TechFreedom
TechFreedom
July 29, 2024.Tomorrow Companies, Inc
Tomorrow
July 15, 2024.WorldVu Satellites Limited and Eutelsat S.A
Eutelsat Group
July 15, 2024.
 Commenter (for initial and reply comments filed in response to the Space and Earth Station regulatory fees NPRM, FCC 24-31 (rel. Mar. 13, 2024))
Abbreviated name
Date filedAnuvu Licensing Holdings, LLC
Anuvu
April, 12, 2024.AstroDigital U.S., Inc
AstroDigital
April 12, 2024.Astroscale U.S., Inc
Astroscale
April 12, 2024.Blue Origin, LLC
Blue Origin
April 12, 2024.Commercial Smallsat Spectrum Management Association
CSSMA
April 12, 2024.The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations
CONFERS
April 29, 2024.EchoStar Corporation and DIRECTV, LLC
EchoStar and DIRECTV
April 29, 2024.Intelsat License LLC
Intelsat
April 12, 2024, April 29, 2024.Iridium Communications, Inc
Iridium
April 29, 2024.Kepler Communications, Inc
Kepler
April 12, 2024, April 29, 2024.Kinéis
Kinéis
April 12, 2024, April 29, 2024.Kuiper Systems, LLC
Kuiper
April 29, 2024.Maxar Technologies, Inc
Maxar
April 29, 2024.Myriota Pty. Ltd
Myriota
April 12, 2024, April 29, 2024.National Association of Broadcasters
NAB
April 29, 2024.NCTA—The Internet and Television Association
NCTA
April 12, 2024, April 29, 2024.Planet Labs PBC
Planet
April 12, 2024.SES Americom, Inc. and O3b Limited
SES
April 12, 2024, April 29, 2024.Space Explorations Holdings, LLC
SpaceX
April 12, 2024, April 29, 2024.Telesat Canada
Telesat
April 12, 2024, April 29, 2024.Varda Space Industries, Inc
Varda
April 12, 2024.Vast Space, LLC
Vast
April 29, 2024.Viasat, Inc
Viasat
April 29, 2024.( print page 78468)WorldVu Satellites Limited and Eutelsat S.A
Eutelsat Group
April 12, 2024, April 29, 2024.
 *Ex parte*
                                 filings for FCC 24-31 and FCC 24-68
Date filedLetter from Jameson Dempsey, Director, Satellite Policy, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (May 9, 2024) (SpaceX May 9 
                                *ex parte*)
May 9, 2024.Letter from W. Ray Rutngamiug, Associate General Counsel, Intelsat US LLC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (May 16, 2024) (Intelsat May 16 
                                *ex parte*)
May 16, 2024.Letter from Jarett S. Taubman, VP and Deputy Chief Governmental Affairs and Regulatory Officer, Viasat, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (May 16, 2024) (Viasat May 16 
                                *ex parte*)
May 16, 2024.Letter from James S. Blitz, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Counsel, Sirius XM Radio, Inc., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (May 22, 2024) (Sirius XM May 22 
                                *ex parte*)
May 22, 2024.Letter from Jameson Dempsey, Director, Satellite Policy, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (May 23, 2024) (SpaceX May 23 
                                *ex parte*)
May 23, 2024.Letter from Will Lewis, counsel to Myriota Pty. Ltd., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (May 28, 2024) (Myriota May 28 
                                *ex parte*)
May 28, 2024.Letter from Cynthia J. Grady, Assistant General Counsel, Intelsat US LLC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (May 28, 2024) (Intelsat May 28 
                                *ex parte*)
May 28, 2024 (erratum filed May 30, 2024).Letter from Suzanne Malloy, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, O3b Limited, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (June 7, 2024) (SES June 7 
                                *ex parte*)
June 7, 2024.Letter from Cynthia J. Grady, Assistant General Counsel, Intelsat US LLC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (June 11, 2024) (Intelsat June 11 
                                *ex parte*)
June 11, 2024.Letter from Kara Leibin Azocar, Vice President, Regulatory, Iridium Satellite LLC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (June 13, 2024) (Iridium June 13 
                                *ex parte*)
June 13, 2024.Letter from David S. Keir, Counsel to Kinéis, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (June 17, 2024) (Kinéis June 17 
                                *ex parte*)
June 17, 2024.Letter from Kara Leibin Azocar, Vice President, Regulatory, Iridium Satellite LLC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (June 20, 2024) (Iridium June 20 
                                *ex parte*)
June 20, 2024.Letter from Emily A. Gomes, Associate General Counsel, National Association of Broadcasters, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (July 16, 2024) (NAB July 16 
                                *ex parte*)
July 16, 2024.Letter from Polly Averns, Senior Regulatory Associate, Kepler Communications, Inc., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (July 18, 2024) (Kepler July 18 
                                *ex parte*)
July 18, 2024.Letter from Cynthia J. Grady, Assistant General Counsel, Intelsat US LLC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (Aug. 1, 2024) (Intelsat Aug. 1 
                                *ex parte*)
Aug. 1, 2024.Letter from Cynthia J. Grady, Assistant General Counsel, Intelsat US LLC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (Aug. 5, 2024) (Intelsat Aug. 5 
                                *ex parte*)
Aug. 5, 2024.Letter from Cynthia J. Grady, Assistant General Counsel, Intelsat US LLC, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (Aug. 8, 2024) (Intelsat Aug. 8 
                                *ex parte*)
Aug. 8, 2024.Letter from J.G. Harrington, Counsel to Iridium Communications Inc., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (Aug. 9, 2024) (Iridium Aug. 9 
                                *ex parte*)
Aug. 9, 2024.Letter from Tom Stroup, President, Satellite Industry Association, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (Aug. 13, 2024) (SIA Aug. 13 
                                *ex parte*)
Aug. 13, 2024.Letter from Elisabeth Neasmith, Senior Director ITU and Regulatory, Telesat, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (Aug. 14, 2024) (Telesat Aug. 14 
                                *ex parte*)
Aug. 14, 2024.Letter from J.G. Harrington, Counsel to Iridium Communications Inc., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (Aug. 15, 2024) (Iridium Aug. 15 
                                *ex parte*)
Aug. 15, 2024.Letter from J.G. Harrington, Counsel to Iridium Communications Inc., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission (Aug. 19, 2024) (Iridium Aug. 19 
                                *ex parte*)
Aug. 19, 2024.
 Table 3—Calculation of FY 2024 Regulatory Fees—Calculation of FY 2024 Revenue Requirements and Pro-Rata Fees
[Regulatory fees for the categories shaded in gray are collected by the Commission in advance to cover the term of the license and are submitted at the time the application is filed.]
Fee category
FY 2024 payment units
Yrs
FY 2023
                                 revenue 
                                 estimate
Pro-rated
                                 FY 2024 
                                 revenue 
                                 requirement
Computed
                                 FY 2024 
                                 regulatory fee
Rounded
                                 FY 2024 
                                 reg. fee
Expected
                                 FY 2024 
                                 revenuePLMRS (Exclusive Use)
1,150
10
300,000
287,500
25.00
25
287,500PLMRS (Shared use)
23,300
10
1,900,000
2,330,000
10.00
10
2,330,000Microwave
16,500
10
4,000,000
4,125,000
25.00
25
4,125,000Marine (Ship)
7,000
10
1,050,000
1,050,000
15.00
15
1,050,000Aviation (Aircraft)
5,800
10
480,000
580,000
10.00
10
580,000Marine (Coast)
280
10
96,000
112,000
40.00
40
112,000Aviation (Ground)
270
10
60,000
54,000
20.00
20
54,000AM Class A 1
58
1
286,800
266,815
4,600
4,600
266,800AM Class B 1
1,305
1
3,556,605
3,310,685
2,537
2,535
3,308,175( print page 78469)AM Class C 1
784
1
1,273,910
1,185,436
1,512
1,510
1,183,840AM Class D 1
1,325
1
4,208,245
3,916,079
2,956
2,955
3,915,375FM Classes A, B1 & C3 1
3,021
1
8,885,560
8,257,752
2,733
2,735
8,262,435FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 1
3,064
1
10,872,945
10,111,573
3,300
3,300
10,111,200AM Construction Permits 2
2
1
3,100
1,170
585
585
1,170FM Construction Permits 2
14
1
17,360
14,350
1,025
1,025
14,350Digital Television 4
                                 (including Satellite TV)
3.541 billion population
1
25,463,735
23,365,758
.0065978
.006598
23,363,518Digital TV Construction Permits 2
5
1
20,400
26,000
5,200
5,200
26,000LPTV/Class A/Translators FM Trans/Boosters
6,215
1
1,644,500
1,515,832
243.9
245
1,522,675CARS Stations
105
1
206,400
191,414
1,823
1,825
191,625Cable TV Systems, including IPTV & DBS
50,000,000
1
68,880,000
63,587,626
1.2718
1.27
63,500,000Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers
$22,700,000,000
1
135,540,000
122,977,045
0.005420
0.005420
123,034,000Toll Free Numbers
35,000,000
1
4,511,000
4,225,547
0.1207
0.12
4,200,000CMRS Mobile Services (Cellular/Public Mobile)
576,200,000
1
88,480,000
90,358,789
0.1568
0.16
92,192 ,000CMRS Messaging Services
600,000
1
104,000
48,000
0.0800
0.080
48,000BRS/
1,200
1
836,500
870,000
725
725
870,000LMDS
370
1
252,000
268,250
725
725
268,250Per Gbps circuit Int'l Bearer Circuits Terrestrial (Common & Non-Common) & Satellite (Common & Non-Common)
20,000
1
442,000
335,565
16.78
17
340,000Submarine Cable Providers (See chart at bottom of table 4) 3
71.56
1
8,228,605
6,375,737
89,096
89,095
6,375,638Earth Stations
2,900
1
1,667,500
7,569,225
2,610
2,610
7,569,000Space Stations (Geostationary)
140
1
15,990,880
20,181,854
144,156
144,155
20,181,700Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Other)
11
1
3,129,795
10,606,205
964,200
964,200
10,606,200Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Less Complex)
6
1
782,430
2,651,551
441,925
441,925
2,651,550Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, Small Satellite)
16
1
85,505
195,440
12,215
12,215
195,440****** Total Estimated Revenue to be Collected


392,991,324
389,914,238


392,795,910****** Total Revenue Requirement


390,192,000
390,192,000


390,192,000Difference


2,799,324
(277,762)


2,603,9101
                             The fee amounts listed in the column entitled “Rounded New FY 2024 Regulatory Fee” constitute a weighted average broadcast regulatory fee by class of service. The actual FY 2024 regulatory fees for AM/FM radio station are listed on a grid located at the end of table 4.2
                             The AM and FM Construction Permit revenues and the Digital (VHF/UHF) Construction Permit revenues were adjusted, respectively, to set the regulatory fee to an amount no higher than the lowest licensed fee for that class of service based on the threshold 10,001-25,000, the traditional basis for identifying the lowest licensed fee. Reductions in the Digital (VHF/UHF) Construction Permit revenues, and in the AM and FM Construction Permit revenues, were offset by increases in the revenue totals for Digital television stations by market size, and in the AM and FM radio stations by class size and population served, respectively.3
                             The chart at the end of table 4 lists the actual submarine cable bearer circuit regulatory fee rates (on a common and non-common carrier basis), whereas the submarine cable fee rate in table 3 is a weighted average.4
                             The actual digital television regulatory fees to be paid by call sign are identified in table 8.
 Table 4—Schedule of Fees—FY 2024 Schedule of Regulatory Fees
[Regulatory fees for the categories shaded in gray are collected by the Commission in advance to cover the term of the license and are submitted at the time the application is filed.]
Fee category
Annual regulatory fee
                                 (U.S. $s)PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use) (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)
725.Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per call sign) (47 CFR part 101)
725.AM Radio Construction Permits
585.FM Radio Construction Permits
1,025.AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station Fees
See Table Below.Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and UHF Commercial Fee Factor
$.006598.
                                 
                                    See table 8 for fee amounts due, also available at 
                                    *https://www.fcc.gov/​licensing-databases/​fees/​regulatory-fees.*Digital TV Construction Permits
5,200.( print page 78470)Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM Translators & FM Boosters (47 CFR
                                 part 74)
245.CARS (47 CFR part 78)
1,825.Cable Television Systems (per subscriber) (47 CFR part 76), Including IPTV and Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS)
1.27.Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers (per revenue dollar)
.005420.Toll Free (per toll free subscriber) (47 CFR 52.101(f))
.12.Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25)
2,610.Space Stations (per operational station in geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) also includes DBS Service (per operational station) (47 CFR part 100)
144,155.Space Stations (per operational system in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Other)
964,200.Space Stations (per operational system in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Less Complex)
441,925.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)
$17.Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee (per cable system)
See Table Below.
 FY 2024 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
$560
$405
$350
$385
$615
$70010,001-25,000
935
675
585
645
1,025
1,17025,001-75,000
1,405
1,015
880
970
1,540
1,75575,001-150,000
2,105
1,520
1,315
1,450
2,305
2,635150,001-500,000
3,160
2,280
1,975
2,180
3,465
3,955500,001-1,200,000
4,730
3,415
2,960
3,265
5,185
5,9201,200,001-3,000,000
7,105
5,130
4,445
4,900
7,790
8,8903,000,001-6,000,000
10,650
7,690
6,665
7,345
11,675
13,325>6,000,000
15,980
11,535
10,000
11,025
17,515
19,995
 FY 2024 International Bearer Circuits—Submarine Cable Systems
Submarine cable systems
                                 (capacity as of December 31, 2023)
Fee ratio
                                 (units)
FY 2024
                                 regulatory feesLess than 50 Gbps
.0625
$5,57050 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps
.125
11,140250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 Gbps
.25
22,2751,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 3,500 Gbps
.5
44,5503,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 6,500 Gbps
1.0
89,0956,500 Gbps or greater
2.0
178,190
 Table 5—Sources of FY 2024 Payment Units Sources of Payment Unit Estimates for FY 2024 In order to calculate individual service fees for FY 2024, we adjusted FY 2023 payment units for each service to more accurately reflect expected FY 2024 payment liabilities. We obtained our updated estimates through a variety of means and sources. For example, we used Commission licensee data bases, actual prior year payment records and industry and trade association projections, where available. The databases we consulted include our Universal Licensing System (ULS), International Bureau Filing System (IBFS), Licensing and Management System (LMS) and Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS), as well as reports generated within the Commission such as the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's 
                        *Numbering Resource Utilization Forecast.*
                         Regulatory fee payment units are not all the same for all fee categories. For most fee categories, the term “units” reflect licenses or permits that have been issued, but for other fee categories, the term “units” reflect quantities such as subscribers, population counts, circuit counts, telephone numbers, and revenues. As more current data is received after an 
                        *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 
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                        the Commission, such as Cable and DBS companies, ITSP providers, Cell Phone and Toll-Free providers, to name a few, may need to adjust their billings to customers as the Commission adjusts its fee rates. As a result, the Commission understands that these adjustments are necessary so that these regulatees can recover their fee obligations from their customers. We sought verification for these estimates from multiple sources and, in all cases, we compared FY 2024 estimates with actual FY 2023 payment units to ensure that our revised estimates were reasonable. Where appropriate, we adjusted and/or rounded our final estimates to take into consideration the fact that certain variables that impact on the number of payment units cannot yet be estimated with sufficient accuracy. These include an unknown number of waivers and/or exemptions that may occur in FY 2024 and the fact that, in many services, the number of actual licensees or station operators fluctuates from time to time due to economic, technical, or other reasons. When we note, for example, that our estimated FY 2024 payment units are based on FY 2023 actual payment units, it does not necessarily mean that our FY 2024 projection is exactly the same number as in FY 2023. We have either rounded the FY 2024 number or adjusted it slightly to account for these variables. Fee category
Sources of payment unit estimatesLand 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 2023 payment data.CMRS Messaging Services
Based on WTB reports, and FY 2023 payment data.AM/FM Radio Stations
Based on downloaded LMS data, adjusted for exemptions, and actual FY 2023 payment units.Digital TV Stations (Combined 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 2023 payment units.LPTV, Translators and Boosters, Class A Television
Based on LMS data, adjusted for exemptions, and actual FY 2023 payment units.BRS (formerly MDS/MMDS)LMDS
Based on WTB reports and actual FY 2023 payment units. Based on WTB reports and actual FY 2023 payment units.Cable Television Relay Service (CARS) Stations
Based on cable trend data, data from the Media Bureau's COALS database, and actual FY 2023 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 2023 payment units.Interstate Telecommunication Service Providers
Based on FCC Form 499-A worksheets due in April 2024, and any data assistance provided by the Wireline Competition Bureau.Earth Stations
Based on International Bureau licensing data and actual FY 2023 payment units.Space Stations (GSOs & NGSOs)
Based on International Bureau data reports and actual FY 2023 payment units.International Bearer Circuits
Based on assistance provided by the International Bureau, any data submissions by licensees, adjusted as necessary, and actual FY 2023 payment units.Submarine Cable Licenses
Based on International Bureau license information, and actual FY 2023 payment units.
 Table 6—Measurements That Determine Signal Contours and Population Coverages Factors, Measurements, and Calculations That Determine Station Signal Contours and Associated Population Coverages AM Stations For stations with nondirectional daytime antennas, the theoretical radiation was used at all azimuths. For stations with directional daytime antennas, specific information on each day tower, including field ratio, phase, spacing, and orientation was retrieved, as well as the theoretical pattern root-mean-square of the radiation in all directions in the horizontal plane (RMS) figure (milliVolt per meter (mV/m) @ 1 km) for the antenna system. The standard, or augmented standard if pertinent, horizontal plane radiation pattern was calculated using techniques and methods specified in §§ 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 
                        ( print page 78472)
                        applied as well, to produce a radial-specific ERP figure. The HAAT and ERP figures were used in conjunction with the Field Strength (50-50) propagation curves specified in 47 CFR 73.313 to predict the distance to the principal community (70 dBu (decibel above 1 microVolt per meter) or 3.17 mV/m) contour for each of the 360 radials. The resulting distance to principal community contours were used to form a geographical polygon. Population counting was accomplished by determining which 2020 block centroids were contained in the polygon. The sum of the population figures for all enclosed blocks represents the total population for the predicted principal community coverage area. Table 7—Listing of Space Stations—Satellite Charts for FY 2024 Regulatory Fees—Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): U.S.-Licensed Space Stations
Licensee
Call sign
Satellite name
TypeAstranis Projects USA LLC
S3092
ARCTURUS
GSO.Open Plaza Corp
S2922
SKY-B1
GSO.DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC
S2640
DIRECTV D11
GSO.DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC
S2869
DIRECTV D14
GSO.DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC
S2632
DIRECTV D8
GSO.DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC
S2669
DIRECTV D9S
GSO.DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC
S2641
DIRECTV D10
GSO.DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC
S2797
DIRECTV D12
GSO.DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC
S2930
DIRECTV D15
GSO.DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC
S2673
DIRECTV D5
GSO.Alascom, Inc
S2133
SPACEWAY 2
GSO.DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC
S3039
DIRECTV D16
GSO.DISH Operating L.L.C
S2931
ECHOSTAR 18
GSO.DISH Operating L.L.C
S2738
ECHOSTAR 11
GSO.DISH Operating L.L.C
S2694
ECHOSTAR 10
GSO.DISH Operating L.L.C
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.EchoStar BSS Corp
S3093
ECHOSTAR 23
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
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
S3083
*GALAXY 34*
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S3015
*GALAXY 33*
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S3016
GALAXY 30
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S3076
GALAXY 31
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S3078
GALAXY 32
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S3148
GALAXY 36
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S3164
GALAXY 37
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2704
INTELSAT 5
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2817
INTELSAT 18
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2850
INTELSAT 19
GSO.( print page 78473)Intelsat License LLC
S2368
INTELSAT 1R
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2789
INTELSAT 15
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2423
HORIZONS 2
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2846
INTELSAT 22
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2847
INTELSAT 20
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2948
INTELSAT 36
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2814
INTELSAT 17
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2410
INTELSAT 906
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2406
INTELSAT 902
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2939
INTELSAT 33e
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2382
INTELSAT 10
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S2751
INTELSAT 28
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S3023
INTELSAT 39
GSO.Intelsat License LLC
S3066
INTELSAT 40e
GSO.Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC
S2358
SKYTERRA-1
GSO.Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC
AMSC-1
MSAT-2
GSO.Novavision Group, Inc
S2861
DIRECTV KU-79W
GSO.Satellite CD Radio LLC
S2812
FM-6
GSO.SES Americom, Inc
S2415
NSS-10
GSO.SES Americom, Inc
S2162
AMC-3
GSO.SES Americom, Inc
S2347
AMC-6
GSO.SES Americom, Inc
S2826
SES-2
GSO.SES Americom, Inc
S2807
SES-1
GSO.SES Americom, Inc
S2180
AMC-15
GSO.SES Americom, Inc
S2892
SES-3
GSO.SES Americom, Inc
S3097/
                                *S3138*
SES-19/
                                *SES-22*
GSO.SES Americom, Inc
S3099
SES-21
GSO.Silkwave Africa, LLC
S3074
AsiaStar
GSO.Sirius XM Radio Inc
S2710
FM-5
GSO.Sirius XM Radio Inc
S3034/
                                *S2617/S2616/S3033*
SXM-8/
                                *XM-3/XM-4/SXM-7*
GSO.Skynet Satellite Corp
S2933
TELSTAR 12V
GSO.Skynet Satellite Corporation
S2357
TELSTAR 11N
GSO.ViaSat, Inc
S2747
VIASAT-1
GSO.ViaSat, Inc
*S3050/S917*
*VIASAT-89US/VIASAT-3*
GSO.XM Radio LLC
S2786
XM-5
GSO.
 Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations—Market Access Through Petition for Declaratory Ruling
Licensee
Call sign
Satellite name
TypeABS Global Ltd
S2987
ABS-3A
GSO.Avanti Hylas 2 Ltd
S3130
HYLAS-4
GSO.DBSD Services Ltd
S2651
DBSD G1
GSO.Embratel TVSAT Telecomunicacoes S.A
S3142
Star One D2
GSO.Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales S.A
S2956
ARSAT-2
GSO.Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes S.A
S2678
STAR ONE C2
GSO.Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes S.A
S2845
STAR ONE C3
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 Satélites, S.A
S2793
AMAZONAS-2
GSO.Hispamar Satélites, S.A
S2886
AMAZONAS-3
GSO.Hispamar Satélites, S.A
S3086
AMAZONAS NEXUS
GSO.Hispasat, S.A
S2969
HISPASAT 30W-6
GSO.Inmarsat PLC
S2932
Inmarsat-4 F3
GSO.Inmarsat PLC
S2949
Inmarsat-3 F5
GSO.New Skies Satellites B.V
S2756
NSS-9
GSO.New Skies Satellites B.V
S2870
SES-6
GSO.New Skies Satellites B.V
S3048
NSS-6
GSO.New Skies Satellites B.V
S2828
SES-4
GSO.New Skies Satellites B.V.
S2950
SES-10
GSO.Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V
S2695
EUTELSAT 113 WEST A
GSO.Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V
S2926
EUTELSAT 117 WEST B
GSO.Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V
S2938
EUTELSAT 115 WEST B
GSO.Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V
S2873
EUTELSAT 117 WEST A
GSO.SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd
S2676
AMC 21
GSO.SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd
S2951
SES-15
GSO.SES Americom, Inc
S3037
NSS-11
GSO.( print page 78474)SES Americom, Inc
S2964
SES-11
GSO.SES-17 S.a.r.l
S3043
SES-17
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
S2472
ANIK F2
GSO.Telesat International Ltd
S2955
TELSTAR 19 VANTAGE
GSO.Viasat, Inc
S2902
VIASAT-2
GSO.
 Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations—Market Access Through Earth Station Licenses
Licensee
Call sign
Satellite name
TypeAPSTAR VI
APSTAR 6
M292090
GSO.AUSSAT B 152E
OPTUS D2
M221170
GSO.Ciel Satellite Group
Ciel-2
E050029
GSO.DISH Operating LLC
Quetzsat-1
E090020
GSO.Eutelsat 65 West A
Eutelsat 65 West A
E160081
GSO.INMARSAT 4F1
INMARSAT 4F1
KA25
GSO.INMARSAT 5F2
INMARSAT 5F2
E120072
GSO.INMARSAT 5F3
INMARSAT 5F3
E150028
GSO.JCSAT-2B
JCSAT-2B
M174163
GSO.NIMIQ 5
NIMIQ 5
E080107
GSO.WILDBLUE-1
WILDBLUE-1
E040213
GSO.
 Space Stations (per License/Call Sign in Non-Geostationary Orbit) (Small Satellite)
ITU name
                                 (if available)
Common name
Call sign
TypeCapella 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.Capella Space Corp
Acadia-1
S3162
Small Satellite.Launcher, Inc
Orbiter SN3
S3161
Small Satellite.Loft Orbital Solutions Inc
YAM-3
S3072
Small Satellite.Loft Orbital Solutions Inc
YAM-5
S3147
Small Satellite.Turion Space Corp
DROID.001
S3146
Small Satellite.R2 Space, Inc
XR-1
S3067
Small Satellite.ICEYE US, Inc
ICEYE
S3082
Small Satellite.Umbra Lab Inc
Umbra SAR
S3095
Small Satellite.ICEYE US, Inc
ICEYE Second Tranche
S3165
Small Satellite.Space Logistics, LLC
Mission Extension Vehicle-1
S2990
RPO/OOS.Space Logistics, LLC
Mission Extension Vehicle-2
S3059
RPO/OOS.Momentus Space, LLC
Vigoride-5
S3144
OTV.Momentus Space, LLC
Vigoride-6
S3154
OTV.Spaceflight, Inc
Sherpa-AC1
S3133
OTV.
 Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Less Complex
ITU name
                                 (if available)
Common name
Call sign
TypePlanet Labs
Flock/Skysats
S2912
Less Complex.Maxar License
WorldView 1, 2 & 3, GeoEye-1
S2129/S2348
Less Complex.BlackSky Global
Global
S3032
Less Complex.Orbital Sidekick, Inc
GHOSt
S3139
Less Complex.Hawkeye 360
HE360
S3042
Less Complex.Spire Global
LEMUR & MINAS
S2946/S3045
Less Complex.
 
 
 Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Other
ITU name
                                 (if available)
Common name
Call sign
TypeORBCOMM License Corp
ORBCOMM
S2103
Other.Iridium Constellation LLC
IRIDIUM
S2110
Other.Telesat Canada
TELESAT Ku/Ka-Band
S2976
Other.Kepler Communications, Inc
KEPLER
S2981
Other.Myriota Pty. Ltd
MYRIOTA
S3047
Other.O3b Ltd
O3b
S2935
Other.Globalstar License LLC
GLOBALSTAR
S2115
Other.Space Exploration Holdings, LLC
SPACEX/Ku/KaBand
S2983/S3018
Other.Space Exploration Holdings, LLC
SPACEX/GEN 2
S3069
Other.Swarm Technologies, Inc
SWARM
S3041
Other.WorldVu Satellites Ltd
ONEWEB
S2963
Other.
 Table 8—Full-Service Television Stations—FY 2024 Full-Service Broadcast Television Stations by Call Sign
Facility Id.
Call sign
Service area
Terrain limited
Terrain limitedPopulation
Population
Fee amount3246
KAAH-TV
1,018,897
939,246
$ 6,19718285
KAAL
605,222
580,564
3,83111912
KAAS-TV
243,984
243,947
1,61056528
KABB
3,017,860
3,000,477
19,797282
KABC-TV
18,303,336
17,670,502
116,5901236
KACV-TV
383,228
383,071
2,52833261
KADN-TV
889,583
889,583
5,8698263
KAEF-TV
139,510
124,133
8192728
KAET
4,867,739
4,836,434
31,9112767
KAFT
1,294,492
1,218,670
8,04162442
KAID
864,547
857,276
5,6564145
KAII-TV
203,698
179,435
1,18467494
KAIL
2,091,288
2,061,175
13,60013988
KAIT
594,090
583,749
3,85240517
KAJB
393,654
393,355
2,59565522
KAKE
821,488
816,811
5,389804
KAKM
397,237
395,241
2,608148
KAKW-DT
3,350,876
3,242,159
21,39251598
KALB-TV
933,915
932,500
6,15351241
KALO
1,018,088
971,631
6,41140820
KAMC
411,973
411,949
2,7188523
KAMR-TV
377,485
377,410
2,49065301
KAMU-TV
395,784
392,044
2,5872506
KAPP
337,194
298,159
1,9673658
KARD
680,743
678,724
4,47823079
KARE
4,243,145
4,234,439
27,93933440
KARK-TV
1,243,813
1,230,366
8,11837005
KARZ-TV
1,153,588
1,134,221
7,48432311
KASA-TV
1,198,361
1,159,350
7,64941212
KASN
1,200,705
1,185,725
7,8237143
KASW
4,828,272
4,813,078
31,75755049
KASY-TV
1,182,887
1,143,258
7,54333471
KATC
1,376,057
1,376,057
9,07913813
KATN
95,520
95,197
62821649
KATU
3,400,708
3,238,560
21,36833543
KATV
1,285,451
1,265,986
8,35350182
KAUT-TV
1,810,654
1,809,428
11,93921488
KAUU
398,876
396,486
2,6166864
KAUZ-TV
366,943
365,162
2,40973101
KAVU-TV
323,202
322,961
2,13149579
KAWB
193,767
193,705
1,27849578
KAWE
139,854
137,788
90958684
KAYU-TV
925,282
861,276
5,68329234
KAZA-TV
15,481,136
14,233,993
93,91617433
KAZD
8,087,952
8,085,339
53,347776273
KAZF
253,785
188,057
1,2411151
KAZQ
1,137,703
1,126,947
7,43635811
KAZT-TV
495,353
409,112
2,6994148
KBAK-TV
1,626,532
1,363,867
8,99916940
KBCA
465,218
465,157
3,06953586
KBCB
1,510,168
1,478,647
9,756( print page 78476)22685
KBDI-TV
4,731,715
4,335,180
28,60456384
KBEH
18,512,098
18,476,669
121,90965395
KBFD-DT
1,016,508
887,671
5,857169030
KBGS-TV
176,432
173,977
1,14861068
KBHE-TV
153,390
144,914
95648556
KBIM-TV
226,233
226,194
1,49229108
KBIN-TV
1,014,918
1,013,041
6,68433658
KBJR-TV
278,564
274,572
1,81283306
KBLN-TV
322,286
145,745
96263768
KBLR
2,280,730
2,220,879
14,65353324
KBME-TV
146,149
146,082
96410150
KBMT
799,217
798,262
5,26722121
KBMY
142,682
142,622
94149760
KBOI-TV
869,688
862,287
5,68955370
KBRR
154,408
154,405
1,01966414
KBSD-DT
151,986
151,901
1,00266415
KBSH-DT
97,884
95,916
63319593
KBSI
730,259
728,325
4,80566416
KBSL-DT
47,462
46,328
3064939
KBSV
1,535,281
1,424,913
9,40262469
KBTC-TV
4,319,699
4,228,861
27,90261214
KBTV-TV
771,692
771,692
5,0926669
KBTX-TV
5,354,551
5,351,089
35,30635909
KBVO
1,911,833
1,684,206
11,11258618
KBVU
136,908
121,846
8046823
KBYU-TV
2,838,181
2,620,447
17,29033756
KBZK
156,388
139,258
91921422
KCAL-TV
18,258,912
17,586,821
116,03811265
KCAU-TV
769,096
754,352
4,97714867
KCBA
3,334,176
2,557,080
16,87227507
KCBD
433,372
432,694
2,8559628
KCBS-TV
18,628,137
17,359,665
114,53949750
KCBY-TV
92,825
77,624
51233710
KCCI
1,216,146
1,209,219
7,9789640
KCCW-TV
294,831
287,246
1,89563158
KCDO-TV
3,305,368
3,160,730
20,85462424
KCDT
807,726
762,258
5,02983913
KCEB
446,377
445,850
2,94257219
KCEC
4,497,531
4,237,580
27,96010245
KCEN-TV
2,224,490
2,174,193
14,34513058
KCET
17,868,933
16,310,676
107,61818079
KCFW-TV
196,292
157,001
1,036132606
KCGE-DT
129,244
129,244
85360793
KCHF
1,157,628
1,127,207
7,43733722
KCIT
392,243
391,646
2,58462468
KCKA
1,082,723
906,771
5,98341969
KCLO-TV
150,949
145,392
95947903
KCNC-TV
4,460,509
4,175,114
27,54771586
KCNS
9,007,762
8,012,556
52,86733742
KCOP-TV
18,134,022
17,318,605
114,26819117
KCOS
1,092,982
1,092,792
7,21063165
KCOY-TV
700,154
478,768
3,15933894
KCPQ
5,131,164
4,985,829
32,89653843
KCPT
2,690,171
2,688,808
17,74133875
KCRA-TV
11,608,107
7,153,845
47,2019719
KCRG-TV
1,174,546
1,156,435
7,63060728
KCSD-TV
323,237
323,093
2,13259494
KCSG
229,899
220,818
1,45733749
KCTS-TV
4,848,434
4,778,758
31,53041230
KCTV
2,732,197
2,730,443
18,01558605
KCVU
700,745
689,702
4,55110036
KCWC-DT
42,872
38,501
25464444
KCWE
2,642,880
2,641,432
17,42851502
KCWI-TV
1,152,163
1,151,070
7,59542008
KCWO-TV
55,411
55,383
365166511
KCWV
210,633
210,626
1,39024316
KCWX
4,947,756
4,941,660
32,60568713
KCWY-DT
85,085
84,715
55922201
KDAF
7,951,276
7,949,040
52,448( print page 78477)33764
KDBC-TV
1,101,513
1,097,028
7,23879258
KDCK
43,010
42,993
284166332
KDCU-DT
773,823
773,808
5,10638375
KDEN-TV
3,968,060
3,943,641
26,02017037
KDFI
7,990,955
7,989,287
52,71333770
KDFW
7,962,141
7,959,855
52,51929102
KDIN-TV
1,193,740
1,189,191
7,84625454
KDKA-TV
3,569,162
3,428,192
22,61960740
KDKF
73,619
66,137
4364691
KDLH
267,326
264,686
1,74641975
KDLO-TV
214,024
213,819
1,41155379
KDLT-TV
700,230
689,305
4,54855375
KDLV-TV
98,101
97,673
64425221
KDMD
394,250
391,278
2,58278915
KDMI
1,248,443
1,247,337
8,23056524
KDNL-TV
3,013,924
3,009,244
19,85524518
KDOC-TV
18,264,021
17,379,123
114,6671005
KDOR-TV
1,180,603
1,177,894
7,77260736
KDRV
551,809
469,537
3,09861064
KDSD-TV
65,355
60,171
39753329
KDSE
52,777
51,188
33856527
KDSM-TV
1,202,702
1,201,866
7,93049326
KDTN
7,901,133
7,898,922
52,11783491
KDTP
25,965
23,729
15733778
KDTV-DT
8,697,794
7,750,134
51,13567910
KDTX-TV
7,985,188
7,983,676
52,676126
KDVR
4,301,541
4,144,268
27,34418084
KECI-TV
228,161
210,560
1,38951208
KECY-TV
407,175
403,848
2,66558408
KEDT
527,343
527,343
3,47955435
KEET
181,333
161,389
1,06537103
KEKE
105,022
101,614
67041983
KELO-TV
767,130
715,437
4,72034440
KEMO-TV
9,007,762
8,012,556
52,867776162
KEMS
55,920
54,847
3622777
KEMV
634,060
576,758
3,80526304
KENS
3,091,086
3,077,749
20,30763845
KENV-DT
52,294
45,932
30318338
KENW
85,762
85,762
56650591
KEPB-TV
631,758
574,973
3,79456029
KEPR-TV
515,354
493,941
3,25949324
KERA-TV
7,984,381
7,981,440
52,66240878
KERO-TV
1,387,245
1,257,683
8,29861067
KESD-TV
172,302
165,214
1,09025577
KESQ-TV
1,487,393
615,803
4,06350205
KETA-TV
1,874,445
1,860,161
12,27362182
KETC
2,945,200
2,942,622
19,41537101
KETD
3,918,776
3,879,692
25,5982768
KETG
421,357
403,179
2,66012895
KETH-TV
7,296,694
7,296,428
48,14255643
KETK-TV
1,072,485
1,071,097
7,0672770
KETS
1,209,518
1,191,713
7,86353903
KETV
1,491,674
1,486,408
9,80792872
KETZ
505,102
502,310
3,31468853
KEYC-TV
553,554
539,853
3,56233691
KEYE-TV
3,533,479
3,444,549
22,72760637
KEYT-TV
1,466,777
1,275,243
8,41483715
KEYU
351,434
351,403
2,31934406
KEZI
1,221,893
1,166,907
7,69934412
KFBB-TV
96,782
95,488
630125
KFCT
967,548
960,099
6,33551466
KFDA-TV
394,744
393,695
2,59822589
KFDM
770,621
770,609
5,08448521
KFDR
672,350
657,307
4,33765370
KFDX-TV
367,320
366,583
2,41949264
KFFV
4,674,758
4,634,964
30,58112729
KFFX-TV
467,787
463,006
3,05583992
KFJX
709,125
679,797
4,48542122
KFMB-TV
4,239,135
3,914,207
25,826( print page 78478)53321
KFME
442,176
441,664
2,91474256
KFNB
84,543
83,990
55421613
KFNE
53,059
52,392
34621612
KFNR
9,724
9,457
6266222
KFOR-TV
1,789,693
1,789,342
11,80633716
KFOX-TV
1,107,424
1,097,251
7,24041517
KFPH-DT
385,474
313,720
2,07081509
KFPX-TV
1,072,290
1,072,222
7,07531597
KFQX
197,918
173,495
1,14559013
KFRE-TV
1,850,426
1,835,478
12,11051429
KFSF-DT
7,986,866
7,039,241
46,44566469
KFSM-TV
1,003,012
978,896
6,4598620
KFSN-TV
1,973,852
1,957,279
12,91429560
KFTA-TV
907,937
894,593
5,90383714
KFTC
64,284
64,250
42460537
KFTH-DT
7,287,908
7,287,530
48,08360549
KFTR-DT
18,326,526
16,971,273
111,97661335
KFTS
77,847
66,866
44181441
KFTU-DT
109,271
105,476
69634439
KFTV-DT
1,930,415
1,914,464
12,632664
KFVE
91,164
81,417
537592
KFVS-TV
867,835
847,638
5,59329015
KFWD
7,970,373
7,964,229
52,54835336
KFXA
914,357
912,893
6,02317625
KFXB-TV
377,548
370,365
2,44470917
KFXK-TV
969,012
966,868
6,37984453
KFXL-TV
977,327
976,428
6,44256079
KFXV
1,335,643
1,335,643
8,81341427
KFYR-TV
153,218
150,858
99525685
KGAN
1,121,266
1,109,006
7,31734457
KGBT-TV
1,350,104
1,350,004
8,9077841
KGCW
938,174
935,835
6,17524485
KGEB
1,257,918
1,224,797
8,08134459
KGET-TV
982,744
940,071
6,20353320
KGFE
120,237
120,237
7937894
KGIN
235,875
233,749
1,54283945
KGLA-DT
1,754,806
1,754,806
11,57834445
KGMB
1,016,756
907,381
5,98758608
KGMC
2,076,523
2,052,808
13,54436914
KGMD-TV
101,247
100,762
66536920
KGMV
209,577
175,904
1,16110061
KGNS-TV
283,777
274,877
1,81434470
KGO-TV
9,406,080
8,630,291
56,94356034
KGPE
1,829,902
1,812,936
11,96281694
KGPX-TV
792,059
724,592
4,78125511
KGTF
155,729
154,491
1,01940876
KGTV
4,257,568
3,912,037
25,81236918
KGUN-TV
1,479,221
1,292,183
8,52634874
KGW
3,397,112
3,239,730
21,37663177
KGWC-TV
84,597
84,117
55563162
KGWL-TV
37,314
37,199
24563166
KGWN-TV
558,685
528,237
3,48563170
KGWR-TV
49,435
49,242
3254146
KHAW-TV
102,381
101,946
67360353
KHBS
610,455
588,263
3,88127300
KHCE-TV
2,848,289
2,842,696
18,75626431
KHET
1,022,459
1,009,772
6,66221160
KHGI-TV
245,331
244,515
1,61336917
KHII-TV
1,017,217
907,842
5,99029085
KHIN
1,137,059
1,135,866
7,49417688
KHME
196,002
194,233
1,28247670
KHMT
193,159
188,714
1,24547987
KHNE-TV
205,833
204,923
1,35234867
KHNL
1,016,725
907,350
5,98760354
KHOG-TV
862,177
797,810
5,2644144
KHON-TV
1,016,508
944,271
6,23034529
KHOU
7,289,635
7,287,991
48,0864690
KHQA-TV
299,409
298,038
1,96634537
KHQ-TV
938,773
887,184
5,854( print page 78479)30601
KHRR
1,298,625
1,241,818
8,19434348
KHSD-TV
203,077
199,032
1,31324508
KHSL-TV
634,956
615,388
4,06069677
KHSV
2,384,812
2,343,597
15,46364544
KHVO
101,138
99,980
66023394
KIAH
7,307,171
7,306,816
48,21034564
KICU-TV
8,992,796
7,837,235
51,71056028
KIDK
351,335
348,794
2,30158560
KIDY
126,096
126,079
83253382
KIEM-TV
177,885
166,501
1,09966258
KIFI-TV
370,169
365,995
2,41516950
KIFR
2,356,175
2,330,021
15,37310188
KIII
580,363
577,602
3,81129095
KIIN
1,405,103
1,375,871
9,07834527
KIKU
1,017,227
920,837
6,07663865
KILM
18,009,859
16,478,550
108,72556033
KIMA-TV
325,241
275,599
1,81866402
KIMT
671,281
662,859
4,37467089
KINC
2,320,873
2,230,933
14,72034847
KING-TV
4,735,386
4,686,752
30,92351708
KINT-TV
1,093,579
1,093,227
7,21326249
KION-TV
2,602,418
906,539
5,98162427
KIPT
190,856
189,839
1,25366781
KIRO-TV
4,715,994
4,685,383
30,91462430
KISU-TV
358,145
353,319
2,33112896
KITU-TV
749,934
749,934
4,94864548
KITV
1,016,508
890,101
5,87359255
KIVI-TV
864,257
856,996
5,65447285
KIXE-TV
484,629
444,405
2,93213792
KJJC-TV
85,813
84,995
56114000
KJLA
18,725,198
17,464,578
115,23120015
KJNP-TV
96,266
96,001
63353315
KJRE
15,414
15,394
10259439
KJRH-TV
1,475,194
1,458,401
9,62355364
KJRR
45,707
44,148
2917675
KJTL
365,659
365,242
2,41055031
KJTV-TV
426,315
426,302
2,81313814
KJUD
32,087
31,083
20536607
KJZZ-TV
2,837,622
2,620,561
17,29083180
KKAI
1,016,756
995,859
6,57158267
KKAP
1,002,980
967,770
6,38524766
KKCO
218,313
183,190
1,209776228
KKEL
396,796
390,474
2,57635097
KKJB
780,452
775,264
5,11522644
KKPX-TV
8,265,775
7,324,470
48,32735037
KKTV
3,340,505
2,899,502
19,13135042
KLAS-TV
2,421,827
2,256,225
14,88752907
KLAX-TV
350,490
350,144
2,3103660
KLBK-TV
409,551
409,512
2,70265523
KLBY
29,875
29,852
19738430
KLCS
17,868,933
16,310,676
107,61877719
KLCW-TV
404,384
404,369
2,66851479
KLDO-TV
267,717
267,717
1,76637105
KLEI
149,648
122,977
81156032
KLEW-TV
173,816
158,086
1,04335059
KLFY-TV
1,380,417
1,379,775
9,10454011
KLJB
1,003,676
992,763
6,55011264
KLKN
1,295,353
1,249,913
8,24752593
KLML
285,490
232,725
1,53647975
KLNE-TV
124,206
124,134
81938590
KLPA-TV
395,240
395,079
2,60738588
KLPB-TV
749,224
749,224
4,943749
KLRN
2,865,059
2,843,302
18,76011951
KLRT-TV
1,206,848
1,187,015
7,8328564
KLRU
3,404,331
3,364,831
22,2018322
KLSR-TV
617,791
555,511
3,66531114
KLST
205,611
176,862
1,16724436
KLTJ
7,239,268
7,239,082
47,76338587
KLTL-TV
438,847
438,847
2,896( print page 78480)38589
KLTM-TV
670,083
665,283
4,39038591
KLTS-TV
930,704
927,650
6,12168540
KLTV
1,125,646
1,108,403
7,31312913
KLUJ-TV
1,304,523
1,304,523
8,60757220
KLUZ-TV
1,122,002
1,061,683
7,00511683
KLVX
2,368,176
2,246,495
14,82282476
KLWB
1,066,369
1,066,248
7,03540250
KLWY
652,057
648,301
4,27764551
KMAU
230,508
205,410
1,35551499
KMAX-TV
11,771,919
7,828,092
51,65065686
KMBC-TV
2,690,459
2,688,812
17,74135183
KMCB
71,693
69,118
45641237
KMCC
2,384,330
2,325,062
15,34142636
KMCI-TV
2,611,447
2,610,077
17,22138584
KMCT-TV
270,862
270,855
1,78722127
KMCY
80,761
80,722
533162016
KMDE
34,041
34,035
22526428
KMEB
239,702
216,916
1,43139665
KMEG
763,806
758,839
5,00735123
KMEX-DT
18,389,371
16,955,856
111,87540875
KMGH-TV
4,484,612
4,211,082
27,78535131
KMID
453,896
453,890
2,99516749
KMIR-TV
3,014,399
805,795
5,31763164
KMIZ
552,020
549,962
3,62953541
KMLM-DT
358,819
358,819
2,36752046
KMLU
685,717
681,660
4,49847981
KMNE-TV
44,963
41,160
27224753
KMOH-TV
217,161
202,513
1,3364326
KMOS-TV
823,502
819,698
5,40841425
KMOT
90,764
88,505
58470034
KMOV
3,058,356
3,053,447
20,14751488
KMPH-TV
1,871,826
1,831,011
12,08173701
KMPX
7,985,243
7,981,841
52,66444052
KMSB
1,390,772
1,081,454
7,13568883
KMSP-TV
4,232,627
4,200,278
27,71312525
KMSS-TV
1,047,384
1,044,317
6,89043095
KMTP-TV
6,891,529
5,992,187
39,53635189
KMTR
858,621
737,863
4,86835190
KMTV-TV
1,482,627
1,481,213
9,77377063
KMTW
782,241
782,233
5,16135200
KMVT
203,865
194,642
1,28432958
KMVU-DT
333,344
255,430
1,68586534
KMYA-DT
181,750
181,710
1,19951518
KMYS
2,695,906
2,689,444
17,74554420
KMYT-TV
1,378,264
1,366,926
9,01935822
KMYU
174,066
170,667
1,126993
KNAT-TV
1,194,249
1,164,035
7,68024749
KNAZ-TV
370,644
251,297
1,65847906
KNBC
18,007,954
16,466,286
108,64581464
KNBN
158,327
149,470
9869754
KNCT
2,162,813
2,134,345
14,08282611
KNDB
140,899
140,846
92982615
KNDM
81,669
81,636
53912395
KNDO
326,624
291,816
1,92512427
KNDU
531,985
514,613
3,39517683
KNEP
96,311
91,722
605776145
KNGF
418,755
418,649
2,76248003
KNHL
282,894
282,649
1,865125710
KNIC-DT
2,916,877
2,900,176
19,13559363
KNIN-TV
861,563
857,065
5,65548525
KNLC
3,009,669
3,007,124
19,84184215
KNMD-TV
1,175,472
1,147,431
7,57155528
KNME-TV
1,185,928
1,145,659
7,55947707
KNMT
3,242,939
3,141,420
20,72748975
KNOE-TV
706,833
703,468
4,64149273
KNOP-TV
84,998
83,626
55210228
KNPB
684,366
522,715
3,44955362
KNRR
24,339
24,315
16035277
KNSD
4,176,531
3,908,916
25,791( print page 78481)19191
KNSN-TV
689,549
521,148
3,43923302
KNSO
1,962,568
1,942,998
12,82035280
KNTV
9,285,323
8,743,038
57,687144
KNVA
3,326,171
3,285,676
21,67933745
KNVN
497,887
470,307
3,10369692
KNVO
1,359,785
1,359,785
8,97229557
KNWA-TV
929,628
912,611
6,02159440
KNXV-TV
4,836,838
4,826,028
31,84259014
KOAA-TV
1,865,217
1,422,070
9,38350588
KOAB-TV
254,424
250,749
1,65450590
KOAC-TV
2,168,640
1,718,555
11,33958552
KOAM-TV
822,738
789,385
5,20853928
KOAT-TV
1,171,605
1,145,416
7,55735313
KOB
1,189,849
1,152,270
7,60335321
KOBF
198,225
163,241
1,0778260
KOBI
595,619
551,251
3,63762272
KOBR
227,347
226,868
1,49750170
KOCB
1,803,171
1,802,139
11,8914328
KOCE-TV
18,212,242
17,141,918
113,10284225
KOCM
1,615,493
1,614,922
10,65512508
KOCO-TV
1,890,246
1,881,152
12,41283181
KOCW
80,292
80,262
53018283
KODE-TV
789,082
781,251
5,15566195
KOED-TV
1,555,369
1,523,164
10,05050198
KOET
657,252
637,057
4,20351189
KOFY-TV
5,746,338
4,850,897
32,00634859
KOGG
206,000
173,034
1,142166534
KOHD
248,737
244,163
1,61135380
KOIN
3,398,786
3,237,691
21,36235388
KOKH-TV
1,800,124
1,797,602
11,86111910
KOKI-TV
1,428,477
1,415,308
9,33848663
KOLD-TV
1,278,430
932,536
6,1537890
KOLN
1,565,175
1,465,478
9,66963331
KOLO-TV
1,045,027
912,343
6,02028496
KOLR
1,111,540
1,075,340
7,09521656
KOMO-TV
4,798,742
4,748,599
31,33165583
KOMU-TV
560,878
559,926
3,694776087
KONC
1,752,026
1,713,180
11,30435396
KONG
4,651,055
4,627,490
30,53260675
KOOD
107,949
107,840
71250589
KOPB-TV
3,433,002
3,231,453
21,3212566
KOPX-TV
1,674,969
1,674,820
11,05064877
KORO
572,684
572,684
3,7796865
KOSA-TV
412,004
408,993
2,69934347
KOTA-TV
189,181
166,163
1,0968284
KOTI
318,713
97,757
64535434
KOTV-DT
1,476,322
1,464,332
9,66256550
KOVR
11,787,731
7,857,430
51,84351101
KOZJ
431,452
429,469
2,83451102
KOZK
876,101
867,569
5,7243659
KOZL-TV
1,026,947
999,396
6,59435455
KPAX-TV
224,598
210,969
1,39267868
KPAZ-TV
4,842,326
4,829,190
31,8636124
KPBS
3,878,727
3,740,193
24,67850044
KPBT-TV
405,749
405,749
2,67777452
KPCB-DT
30,087
30,010
19835460
KPDX
3,335,153
3,195,785
21,08612524
KPEJ-TV
439,758
439,752
2,90141223
KPHO-TV
4,847,036
4,823,456
31,82561551
KPIC
162,187
108,923
71986205
KPIF
294,133
287,132
1,89425452
KPIX-TV
8,939,616
8,011,243
52,85858912
KPJK
8,580,033
7,562,337
49,896166510
KPJR-TV
3,994,308
3,966,833
26,17313994
KPLC
1,433,578
1,431,830
9,44741964
KPLO-TV
55,567
52,690
34835417
KPLR-TV
3,020,349
3,017,559
19,91012144
KPMR
1,795,745
1,521,941
10,04247973
KPNE-TV
89,112
84,360
557( print page 78482)35486
KPNX
4,833,873
4,829,331
31,86477512
KPNZ
2,843,405
2,620,343
17,28973998
KPOB-TV
131,017
130,539
86126655
KPPX-TV
4,839,734
4,825,175
31,83753117
KPRC-TV
7,306,242
7,305,940
48,20548660
KPRY-TV
42,882
42,790
28261071
KPSD-TV
19,034
17,986
11953544
KPTB-DT
351,156
349,137
2,30481445
KPTF-DT
83,380
83,378
55077451
KPTH
709,738
706,066
4,65951491
KPTM
1,544,022
1,542,684
10,17933345
KPTS
849,715
845,613
5,57950633
KPTV
3,367,478
3,193,457
21,07082575
KPTW
93,904
86,230
5691270
KPVI-DT
301,761
295,401
1,94958835
KPXB-TV
7,268,859
7,268,534
47,95868695
KPXC-TV
3,953,241
3,922,814
25,88368834
KPXD-TV
7,851,329
7,849,492
51,79133337
KPXE-TV
2,621,434
2,620,523
17,2905801
KPXG-TV
3,396,167
3,240,309
21,38081507
KPXJ
1,114,713
1,111,470
7,33361173
KPXL-TV
2,675,400
2,663,341
17,57335907
KPXM-TV
3,872,706
3,871,246
25,54258978
KPXN-TV
18,009,859
16,478,550
108,72577483
KPXO-TV
1,016,659
977,430
6,44921156
KPXR-TV
870,810
864,123
5,70169619
KPYX
8,951,798
8,033,747
53,00710242
KQCA
11,066,274
6,905,589
45,56341430
KQCD-TV
46,118
43,974
29018287
KQCK
3,914,615
3,869,797
25,53378322
KQCW-DT
1,198,492
1,192,260
7,86735525
KQDS-TV
309,526
305,800
2,01835500
KQED
8,924,403
7,934,659
52,35335663
KQEH
8,924,403
7,934,659
52,3538214
KQET
3,221,916
2,234,120
14,7415471
KQIN
585,179
585,151
3,86117686
KQME
203,177
198,383
1,30961063
KQSD-TV
32,060
31,225
2068378
KQSL
209,114
145,828
96220427
KQTV
1,587,910
1,493,576
9,85578921
KQUP
801,534
624,922
4,123306
KRBC-TV
237,068
236,992
1,564166319
KRBK
1,018,307
1,001,775
6,61022161
KRCA
18,303,336
17,670,502
116,59057945
KRCB
9,553,735
9,246,484
61,00841110
KRCG
758,918
744,644
4,9138291
KRCR-TV
439,734
419,678
2,76910192
KRCW-TV
3,330,638
3,194,693
21,07949134
KRDK-TV
396,418
396,379
2,61552579
KRDO-TV
3,041,472
2,649,733
17,48370578
KREG-TV
159,270
97,419
64334868
KREM
934,011
862,068
5,68851493
KREN-TV
890,359
755,865
4,98770596
KREX-TV
154,968
154,745
1,02170579
KREY-TV
77,765
69,062
45648589
KREZ-TV
148,142
101,846
67243328
KRGV-TV
1,359,834
1,359,671
8,97182698
KRII
130,753
129,582
85529114
KRIN
989,283
975,977
6,43925559
KRIS-TV
576,145
576,104
3,80122204
KRIV
7,295,333
7,294,571
48,13014040
KRMA-TV
4,385,284
4,186,932
27,62514042
KRMJ
184,799
169,573
1,11920476
KRMT
3,457,214
3,353,993
22,13084224
KRMU
86,743
70,549
46520373
KRMZ
37,319
34,727
22947971
KRNE-TV
45,930
38,258
25260307
KRNV-DT
1,043,407
879,554
5,80365526
KRON-TV
9,335,037
8,729,878
57,600( print page 78483)53539
KRPV-DT
65,504
65,504
43248575
KRQE
1,174,664
1,143,133
7,54257431
KRSU-TV
1,078,345
1,076,370
7,10282613
KRTN-TV
86,907
67,161
44335567
KRTV
95,862
94,385
62384157
KRWB-TV
118,050
117,368
77435585
KRWF
82,308
82,308
54355516
KRWG-TV
929,122
719,343
4,74648360
KRXI-TV
802,294
612,918
4,044307
KSAN-TV
142,667
142,664
94111911
KSAS-TV
773,161
773,144
5,10153118
KSAT-TV
3,075,254
3,027,321
19,97435584
KSAX
380,811
380,811
2,51335587
KSAZ-TV
4,854,767
4,831,287
31,87738214
KSBI
1,751,439
1,749,811
11,54519653
KSBW
5,564,606
4,838,506
31,92419654
KSBY
564,561
526,110
3,47182910
KSCC
534,707
534,707
3,52810202
KSCE
1,093,223
1,089,485
7,18835608
KSCI
18,212,242
17,141,918
113,10272348
KSCW-DT
927,681
922,979
6,09046981
KSDK
3,013,779
3,007,368
19,84335594
KSEE
1,888,344
1,874,494
12,36829121
KSFL-TV
330,215
330,182
2,17948658
KSFY-TV
731,978
677,603
4,47117680
KSGW-TV
63,725
62,410
41259444
KSHB-TV
2,616,078
2,614,543
17,25173706
KSHV-TV
927,614
927,074
6,11729096
KSIN-TV
349,020
347,636
2,29434846
KSIX-TV
79,019
79,019
52135606
KSKN
841,494
741,761
4,89470482
KSLA
998,682
998,217
6,5866359
KSL-TV
2,839,353
2,616,980
17,26771558
KSMN
357,081
357,075
2,35633336
KSMO-TV
2,585,699
2,584,094
17,05028510
KSMQ-TV
540,217
524,751
3,46235611
KSMS-TV
1,684,095
922,727
6,08821161
KSNB-TV
748,097
747,971
4,93572359
KSNC
166,315
165,997
1,09567766
KSNF
640,722
637,167
4,20472361
KSNG
143,267
143,050
94472362
KSNK
46,872
43,725
28867335
KSNT
657,321
629,824
4,15610179
KSNV
2,283,885
2,225,135
14,68172358
KSNW
810,301
809,927
5,34461956
KSPS-TV
935,711
883,159
5,82752953
KSPX-TV
7,814,495
5,846,886
38,578166546
KSQA
391,323
383,112
2,52853313
KSRE
83,984
83,984
55435843
KSTC-TV
4,228,163
4,218,565
27,83463182
KSTF
49,439
49,305
32528010
KSTP-TV
4,230,921
4,222,032
27,85760534
KSTR-DT
7,934,904
7,932,227
52,33764987
KSTS
9,125,502
7,902,723
52,14222215
KSTU
2,834,133
2,604,938
17,18723428
KSTW
4,945,092
4,849,973
32,0005243
KSVI
192,678
191,712
1,26558827
KSWB-TV
3,976,536
3,773,857
24,90060683
KSWK
78,448
78,334
51735645
KSWO-TV
461,432
437,725
2,88861350
KSYS
551,328
475,899
3,14059988
KTAB-TV
281,813
281,579
1,858999
KTAJ-TV
2,529,426
2,528,757
16,68535648
KTAL-TV
1,072,280
1,070,439
7,06312930
KTAS
501,069
491,644
3,24481458
KTAZ
4,835,851
4,811,877
31,74935649
KTBC
4,138,493
3,857,454
25,45167884
KTBN-TV
18,729,484
17,423,297
114,95967999
KTBO-TV
1,758,274
1,756,813
11,591( print page 78484)35652
KTBS-TV
1,138,628
1,135,638
7,49328324
KTBU
7,242,592
7,242,368
47,78567950
KTBW-TV
4,873,117
4,763,879
31,43235655
KTBY
360,565
358,722
2,36768594
KTCA-TV
4,022,616
4,008,908
26,45168597
KTCI-TV
3,912,137
3,908,528
25,78835187
KTCW
106,581
93,009
61436916
KTDO
1,093,374
1,089,602
7,1892769
KTEJ
417,496
415,013
2,73883707
KTEL-TV
61,338
61,328
40535666
KTEN
629,981
627,687
4,14124514
KTFD-TV
3,767,471
3,727,523
24,59435512
KTFF-DT
2,403,821
2,383,063
15,72320871
KTFK-DT
7,705,367
5,721,312
37,74968753
KTFN
1,095,022
1,091,962
7,20535084
KTFQ-TV
1,188,205
1,154,792
7,61929232
KTGM
153,836
153,653
1,0142787
KTHV
1,302,388
1,276,430
8,42229100
KTIN
275,295
273,715
1,80666170
KTIV
806,217
800,304
5,28049397
KTKA-TV
805,221
786,518
5,18935670
KTLA
18,962,616
17,555,224
115,82962354
KTLM
1,148,738
1,148,738
7,57949153
KTLN-TV
5,867,943
5,221,797
34,45364984
KTMD
7,304,022
7,303,795
48,19014675
KTMF
203,121
182,458
1,20410177
KTMW
2,690,440
2,543,730
16,78421533
KTNC-TV
9,007,762
8,012,556
52,86747996
KTNE-TV
95,310
90,746
59960519
KTNL-TV
8,275
8,274
5574100
KTNV-TV
2,422,112
2,249,532
14,84271023
KTNW
512,412
493,366
3,2558651
KTOO-TV
32,198
32,017
2117078
KTPX-TV
1,138,473
1,136,085
7,49668541
KTRE
438,137
420,563
2,77535675
KTRK-TV
7,318,272
7,316,846
48,27728230
KTRV-TV
869,223
861,267
5,68369170
KTSC
3,598,645
3,397,164
22,41461066
KTSD-TV
84,807
83,980
55437511
KTSF
8,697,794
7,750,134
51,13567760
KTSM-TV
1,093,389
1,090,716
7,19735678
KTTC
836,828
748,435
4,93828501
KTTM
77,930
75,368
49711908
KTTU
1,393,795
1,109,962
7,32422208
KTTV
18,130,338
17,373,502
114,63028521
KTTW
381,013
377,833
2,49365355
KTTZ-TV
402,714
402,692
2,65735685
KTUL
1,573,310
1,543,051
10,18110173
KTUU-TV
397,237
395,237
2,60877480
KTUZ-TV
1,841,616
1,840,457
12,14349632
KTVA
353,795
353,563
2,33334858
KTVB
869,177
862,056
5,68831437
KTVC
140,329
104,355
68968581
KTVD
4,468,718
4,179,057
27,57335692
KTVE
607,145
606,961
4,00549621
KTVF
96,106
95,973
6335290
KTVH-DT
244,448
199,923
1,31935693
KTVI
3,025,572
3,022,219
19,94140993
KTVK
4,837,443
4,825,882
31,84122570
KTVL
446,924
395,259
2,60818066
KTVM-TV
303,243
250,287
1,65159139
KTVN
1,043,407
885,756
5,84421251
KTVO
220,732
220,235
1,45335694
KTVQ
197,125
190,529
1,25750592
KTVR
153,040
56,934
37623422
KTVT
8,233,312
8,230,812
54,30735703
KTVU
9,036,813
8,056,602
53,15735705
KTVW-DT
4,827,096
4,809,796
31,73568889
KTVX
2,838,210
2,602,217
17,169( print page 78485)55907
KTVZ
249,013
246,030
1,62318286
KTWO-TV
84,574
84,044
55570938
KTWU
1,834,018
1,697,183
11,19851517
KTXA
8,210,642
8,208,172
54,15842359
KTXD-TV
8,012,541
8,010,333
52,85251569
KTXH
7,301,821
7,301,673
48,17610205
KTXL
9,145,873
6,451,158
42,565308
KTXS-TV
255,216
254,480
1,67969315
KUAC-TV
96,544
96,043
63451233
KUAM-TV
153,836
153,836
1,0152722
KUAS-TV
1,060,599
1,041,636
6,8732731
KUAT-TV
1,596,429
1,361,399
8,98360520
KUBD
15,387
13,666
9070492
KUBE-TV
7,297,882
7,297,596
48,1501136
KUCW
2,837,693
2,601,359
17,16469396
KUED
2,837,687
2,603,895
17,18069582
KUEN
2,806,982
2,580,258
17,02582576
KUES
32,094
26,754
17782585
KUEW
174,491
162,588
1,07366611
KUFM-TV
203,395
180,333
1,190169028
KUGF-TV
89,762
89,455
59068717
KUHM-TV
166,592
156,454
1,03269269
KUHT
7,288,782
7,288,082
48,08762382
KUID-TV
482,761
308,950
2,038169027
KUKL-TV
140,626
131,415
86735724
KULR-TV
194,552
186,663
1,23241429
KUMV-TV
70,878
70,314
46481447
KUNP
133,781
45,006
2974624
KUNS-TV
4,682,176
4,668,774
30,80586532
KUOK
28,807
28,738
19066589
KUON-TV
1,516,440
1,502,853
9,91686263
KUPB
386,448
386,448
2,55065535
KUPK
147,290
146,174
96427431
KUPT
101,334
101,329
66989714
KUPU
1,019,651
1,010,979
6,67057884
KUPX-TV
2,824,302
2,598,543
17,14523074
KUSA
4,470,580
4,195,376
27,68161072
KUSD-TV
519,419
519,181
3,42610238
KUSI-TV
3,853,072
3,707,454
24,46243567
KUSM-TV
155,558
140,071
92469694
KUTF
1,357,824
1,164,486
7,68381451
KUTH-DT
2,636,456
2,416,549
15,94468886
KUTP
4,842,720
4,823,413
31,82535823
KUTV
2,837,398
2,601,168
17,16363927
KUVE-DT
1,370,137
1,024,072
6,7577700
KUVI-DT
1,287,700
1,076,164
7,10135841
KUVN-DT
7,987,884
7,986,084
52,69258609
KUVS-DT
4,496,875
4,458,448
29,41749766
KVAL-TV
1,114,792
948,593
6,25932621
KVAW
77,028
77,028
50858795
KVCR-DT
19,073,599
18,308,953
120,80235846
KVCT
291,432
290,038
1,91410195
KVCW
2,283,670
2,224,688
14,67864969
KVDA
3,114,838
3,092,933
20,40719783
KVEA
18,300,497
17,059,098
112,55612523
KVEO-TV
1,357,022
1,356,984
8,9532495
KVEW
537,519
524,246
3,45935852
KVHP
773,592
773,545
5,10449832
KVIA-TV
1,093,389
1,090,716
7,19735855
KVIE
11,759,390
8,232,137
54,31640450
KVIH-TV
139,435
119,247
78740446
KVII-TV
392,629
391,979
2,58661961
KVLY-TV
409,018
408,931
2,69816729
KVMD
15,940,782
15,143,297
99,91583825
KVME-TV
26,212
22,277
14725735
KVOA
1,386,793
1,069,725
7,05835862
KVOS-TV
2,566,816
2,493,670
16,45369733
KVPT
1,856,508
1,833,293
12,09655372
KVRR
403,075
403,075
2,659( print page 78486)166331
KVSN-DT
3,136,196
2,698,298
17,803608
KVTH-DT
319,985
318,374
2,1012784
KVTJ-DT
1,459,963
1,459,552
9,630607
KVTN-DT
970,045
963,130
6,35535867
KVUE
3,458,312
3,395,187
22,40178910
KVUI
286,007
279,513
1,84435870
KVVU-TV
2,369,125
2,246,682
14,82436170
KVYE
404,453
401,890
2,65235095
KWBA-TV
1,194,062
1,136,172
7,49678314
KWBM
694,164
676,716
4,46527425
KWBN
1,016,508
893,029
5,89276268
KWBQ
1,186,772
1,147,638
7,57266413
KWCH-DT
897,522
896,232
5,91371549
KWCM-TV
253,609
245,441
1,61935419
KWDK
4,867,196
4,778,196
31,52742007
KWES-TV
506,963
506,675
3,34350194
KWET
125,090
109,790
72435881
KWEX-DT
2,871,330
2,864,298
18,89935883
KWGN-TV
4,368,605
4,155,087
27,41537099
KWHB
1,056,520
1,056,118
6,96836846
KWHE
1,015,533
885,013
5,83926231
KWHY-TV
18,512,098
18,476,669
121,90935096
KWKB
1,167,302
1,156,465
7,630162115
KWKS
38,196
37,876
25012522
KWKT-TV
1,631,788
1,626,721
10,73321162
KWNB-TV
87,130
85,538
56467347
KWOG
615,169
608,476
4,01556852
KWPX-TV
4,894,047
4,809,358
31,7326885
KWQC-TV
1,082,087
1,072,789
7,07853318
KWSE
85,141
83,532
55171024
KWSU-TV
824,342
528,984
3,49025382
KWTV-DT
1,801,405
1,800,115
11,87735903
KWTX-TV
2,532,542
2,418,595
15,958593
KWWL
1,127,596
1,116,266
7,36584410
KWWT
358,813
358,813
2,36714674
KWYB
91,657
72,951
48110032
KWYP-DT
163,309
143,265
94535920
KXAN-TV
3,476,567
3,408,238
22,48849330
KXAS-TV
8,080,362
8,077,819
53,29724287
KXGN-TV
14,265
13,906
9235954
KXII
2,904,223
2,845,456
18,77455083
KXLA
18,725,198
17,464,578
115,23135959
KXLF-TV
301,370
256,892
1,69553847
KXLN-DT
7,293,696
7,293,476
48,12235906
KXLT-TV
369,632
369,086
2,43561978
KXLY-TV
884,722
852,475
5,62555684
KXMA-TV
42,033
41,964
27755686
KXMB-TV
164,736
160,794
1,06155685
KXMC-TV
108,096
100,774
66555683
KXMD-TV
66,215
66,107
43647995
KXNE-TV
314,798
313,705
2,07081593
KXNW
707,066
702,866
4,63835991
KXRM-TV
2,129,262
1,769,815
11,6771255
KXTF
157,622
157,168
1,03725048
KXTV
11,761,085
8,212,854
54,18835994
KXTX-TV
8,029,815
8,026,902
52,96162293
KXVA
195,284
195,242
1,28823277
KXVO
1,535,792
1,534,836
10,1279781
KXXV
2,192,443
2,159,450
14,24831870
KYAZ
7,248,533
7,248,341
47,82529086
KYIN
596,722
594,616
3,92360384
KYLE-TV
367,648
367,562
2,42533639
KYMA-DT
403,372
400,541
2,64347974
KYNE-TV
1,089,692
1,089,546
7,18953820
KYOU-TV
679,167
668,722
4,41236003
KYTV
1,129,940
1,117,420
7,37355644
KYTX
956,234
955,262
6,30313815
KYUR
397,084
395,055
2,6075237
KYUS-TV
12,525
12,495
82( print page 78487)33752
KYVE
317,640
273,973
1,80855762
KYVV-TV
66,372
65,857
43525453
KYW-TV
11,769,848
11,559,783
76,27169531
KZJL
7,244,427
7,244,235
47,79769571
KZJO
4,814,396
4,758,120
31,39461062
KZSD-TV
40,148
34,607
22833079
KZTV
578,385
575,560
3,79857292
WAAY-TV
1,644,869
1,570,146
10,3601328
WABC-TV
22,259,872
21,880,695
144,3694190
WABE-TV
6,138,218
6,116,631
40,35843203
WABG-TV
352,521
352,047
2,32317005
WABI-TV
532,053
512,796
3,38316820
WABM
1,857,082
1,825,082
12,04223917
WABW-TV
1,106,011
1,104,788
7,28919199
WACH
1,448,991
1,442,358
9,517189358
WACP
9,884,531
9,777,819
64,51423930
WACS-TV
785,954
782,957
5,16660018
WACX
5,173,569
5,164,028
34,072361
WACY-TV
992,148
991,650
6,543455
WADL
4,727,529
4,719,528
31,139589
WAFB
1,928,550
1,927,924
12,720591
WAFF
1,642,889
1,574,162
10,38670689
WAGA-TV
6,879,310
6,793,067
44,82148305
WAGM-TV
60,320
59,087
39037809
WAGV
1,555,609
1,240,816
8,187706
WAIQ
624,285
622,198
4,105701
WAKA
796,039
790,015
5,2134143
WALA-TV
1,431,666
1,428,457
9,42570713
WALB
794,686
793,085
5,23360536
WAMI-DT
6,013,991
6,013,991
39,68070852
WAND
1,345,860
1,344,596
8,87239270
WANE-TV
1,182,627
1,182,599
7,80372120
WANF
6,907,445
6,833,668
45,08964546
WAOW
642,013
633,108
4,17752073
WAPA-TV 
                                2 7
3,310,492
2,963,089
19,55049712
WAPT
784,962
783,938
5,17267792
WAQP
2,125,841
2,121,638
13,99913206
WATC-DT
6,582,231
6,553,248
43,23871082
WATE-TV
1,971,491
1,724,804
11,38022819
WATL
6,759,193
6,686,998
44,12120287
WATM-TV
868,640
735,080
4,85011907
WATN-TV
1,792,866
1,789,289
11,80613989
WAVE
1,998,359
1,989,161
13,12471127
WAVY-TV
2,171,033
2,171,033
14,32454938
WAWD
661,368
661,287
4,36365247
WAWV-TV
684,558
679,421
4,48312793
WAXN-TV
3,101,362
3,092,322
20,40365696
WBAL-TV
10,637,240
10,226,692
67,47674417
WBAY-TV
1,275,960
1,275,160
8,41471085
WBBH-TV
2,368,347
2,368,347
15,62665204
WBBJ-TV
654,842
651,262
4,2979617
WBBM-TV
10,069,057
10,062,626
66,3939088
WBBZ-TV
1,293,109
1,281,368
8,45470138
WBDT
3,996,184
3,976,552
26,23751349
WBEC-TV
5,979,674
5,979,674
39,45410758
WBFF
9,293,641
9,148,848
60,36412497
WBFS-TV
5,895,133
5,895,133
38,8966568
WBGU-TV
1,325,871
1,325,871
8,74881594
WBIF
315,981
315,981
2,08584802
WBIH
734,949
717,111
4,731717
WBIQ
1,649,738
1,621,834
10,70146984
WBIR-TV
2,083,590
1,795,576
11,84767048
WBKB-TV
131,202
123,916
81834167
WBKI
2,220,753
2,204,001
14,5424692
WBKO
1,079,438
953,403
6,29176001
WBKP
54,703
54,532
36068427
WBMM
595,569
595,314
3,92873692
WBNA
1,803,465
1,770,024
11,67923337
WBNG-TV
1,400,072
1,023,266
6,752( print page 78488)71217
WBNS-TV
3,083,491
3,021,775
19,93872958
WBNX-TV
3,642,087
3,632,499
23,96771218
WBOC-TV
880,031
880,031
5,80671220
WBOY-TV
689,705
605,977
3,99860850
WBPH-TV
11,348,739
10,115,153
66,7407692
WBPX-TV
7,354,860
7,283,151
48,0545981
WBRA-TV
1,705,750
1,657,188
10,93471221
WBRC
1,976,420
1,942,307
12,81571225
WBRE-TV
2,912,468
2,263,626
14,93538616
WBRZ-TV
2,299,439
2,298,465
15,16582627
WBSF
1,816,355
1,811,602
11,95330826
WBTV
4,973,067
4,828,412
31,85866407
WBTW
2,060,897
2,044,444
13,48916363
WBUI
964,071
964,061
6,36159281
WBUP
124,208
111,143
73360830
WBUY-TV
1,568,306
1,566,684
10,33772971
WBXX-TV
2,270,940
2,098,066
13,84325456
WBZ-TV
8,524,410
8,283,402
54,65463153
WCAU
11,821,594
11,646,436
76,843363
WCAV
1,122,505
960,525
6,33846728
WCAX-TV
793,321
675,201
4,45539659
WCBB
985,125
952,373
6,28410587
WCBD-TV
1,336,923
1,336,923
8,82112477
WCBI-TV
675,135
673,011
4,4419610
WCBS-TV
23,434,126
22,837,346
150,68149157
WCCB
4,088,954
4,017,224
26,5069629
WCCO-TV
4,237,121
4,228,346
27,89914050
WCCT-TV
5,898,482
5,384,454
35,52769544
WCCU
673,293
673,293
4,4423001
WCCV-TV
3,000,204
2,188,016
14,43723937
WCES-TV
1,138,637
1,137,146
7,50365666
WCET
3,245,827
3,234,134
21,33946755
WCFE-TV
468,278
427,164
2,81871280
WCHS-TV
1,276,867
1,199,053
7,91142124
WCIA
809,784
809,348
5,340711
WCIQ
3,433,774
3,244,161
21,40571428
WCIU-TV
10,205,649
10,199,522
67,2969015
WCIV
1,341,404
1,341,404
8,85142116
WCIX
531,709
527,935
3,48316993
WCJB-TV
1,080,055
1,080,055
7,12611125
WCLF
4,707,313
4,706,427
31,05368007
WCLJ-TV
2,538,971
2,537,989
16,74650781
WCMH-TV
2,988,929
2,947,009
19,4449917
WCML
229,956
221,000
1,4589908
WCMU-TV
717,859
708,880
4,6779922
WCMV
435,637
421,372
2,7809913
WCMW
107,851
105,871
69932326
WCNC-TV
4,347,601
4,262,460
28,12453734
WCNY-TV
1,328,626
1,263,336
8,33573642
WCOV-TV
916,080
911,398
6,01340618
WCPB
612,947
612,947
4,04459438
WCPO-TV
3,461,834
3,448,166
22,75110981
WCPX-TV
9,906,756
9,905,251
65,35571297
WCSC-TV
1,188,482
1,188,482
7,84239664
WCSH
1,844,256
1,625,773
10,72769479
WCTE
645,441
572,887
3,78018334
WCTI-TV
1,741,252
1,734,851
11,44731590
WCTV
1,083,799
1,083,709
7,15033081
WCTX
7,999,974
7,453,383
49,17765684
WCVB-TV
8,334,723
8,171,970
53,9199987
WCVE-TV
1,894,231
1,892,374
12,48683304
WCVI-TV
41,004
40,978
27034204
WCVN-TV
2,242,264
2,237,912
14,7669989
WCVW
1,662,141
1,660,801
10,95873042
WCWF
1,181,564
1,180,880
7,79135385
WCWG
3,895,811
3,546,156
23,39829712
WCWJ
1,938,352
1,938,263
12,78973264
WCWN
1,917,787
1,630,664
10,7592455
WCYB-TV
2,296,374
1,447,129
9,548( print page 78489)11291
WDAF-TV
2,724,533
2,722,049
17,96021250
WDAM-TV
507,937
495,331
3,26822129
WDAY-TV
389,109
389,023
2,56722124
WDAZ-TV
155,202
154,877
1,02271325
WDBB
1,874,003
1,841,150
12,14871326
WDBD
924,445
923,304
6,09271329
WDBJ
1,603,364
1,421,509
9,37951567
WDCA
8,945,253
8,890,093
58,65716530
WDCQ-TV
1,226,421
1,226,397
8,09230576
WDCW
9,008,590
8,971,597
59,19554385
WDEF-TV
1,818,758
1,592,644
10,50832851
WDFX-TV
343,408
343,096
2,26443846
WDHN
454,174
453,945
2,99571338
WDIO-DT
345,803
332,242
2,192714
WDIQ
674,543
625,633
4,12853114
WDIV-TV
5,555,564
5,555,436
36,65571427
WDJT-TV
3,315,464
3,306,632
21,81739561
WDKA
640,692
640,230
4,22464017
WDKY-TV
1,280,920
1,245,717
8,21967893
WDLI-TV
4,131,639
4,098,980
27,04572335
WDPB
652,694
652,694
4,30683740
WDPM-DT
1,493,282
1,491,552
9,8411283
WDPN-TV
12,164,952
12,033,746
79,3996476
WDPX-TV
7,354,860
7,283,151
48,05428476
WDRB
2,166,593
2,149,625
14,18312171
WDSC-TV
4,131,441
4,131,441
27,25917726
WDSE
335,589
320,243
2,11371353
WDSI-TV
1,155,212
1,094,624
7,22271357
WDSU
1,746,300
1,746,300
11,5227908
WDTI
2,314,404
2,313,996
15,26865690
WDTN
3,998,815
3,979,357
26,25670592
WDTV
554,217
513,260
3,38625045
WDVM-TV
3,360,750
2,931,025
19,3394110
WDWL
2,449,731
2,192,227
14,46449421
WEAO
3,954,789
3,936,003
25,97071363
WEAR-TV
1,662,799
1,662,271
10,9687893
WEAU
1,031,280
993,529
6,55561003
WEBA-TV
652,051
645,245
4,25719561
WECN
2,551,597
2,296,482
15,15248666
WECT
1,284,078
1,284,078
8,47213602
WEDH
5,419,331
4,792,684
31,62213607
WEDN
3,520,804
2,654,657
17,51569338
WEDQ
6,372,341
6,354,538
41,92721808
WEDU
6,372,341
6,354,538
41,92713594
WEDW
21,942,405
21,529,106
142,04913595
WEDY
5,419,331
4,792,684
31,62224801
WEEK-TV
730,054
729,949
4,8166744
WEFS
4,115,849
4,115,849
27,15624215
WEHT
854,000
838,936
5,535721
WEIQ
1,138,095
1,137,690
7,50618301
WEIU-TV
442,120
442,040
2,91769271
WEKW-TV
1,306,163
800,635
5,28360825
WELF-TV
1,547,836
1,455,263
9,60226602
WELU
2,052,918
1,847,568
12,19040761
WEMT
1,708,704
1,169,182
7,71469237
WENH-TV
4,865,355
4,679,954
30,87871508
WENY-TV
636,768
501,692
3,31083946
WEPH
604,510
602,977
3,97881508
WEPX-TV
945,425
945,425
6,23825738
WESH
4,917,201
4,906,261
32,37265670
WETA-TV
9,177,186
9,112,861
60,12769944
WETK
681,830
571,729
3,77260653
WETM-TV
844,248
745,266
4,91718252
WETP-TV
2,251,212
1,940,383
12,8032709
WEUX
396,788
387,527
2,55772041
WEVV-TV
751,428
750,047
4,94959441
WEWS-TV
4,098,329
4,061,663
26,79972052
WEYI-TV
3,802,069
3,734,694
24,64272054
WFAA
8,238,058
8,226,984
54,282( print page 78490)81669
WFBD
919,012
918,335
6,05969532
WFDC-DT
9,008,590
8,971,597
59,19510132
WFFF-TV
644,230
566,681
3,73925040
WFFT-TV
1,133,445
1,133,031
7,47611123
WFGC
3,402,762
3,402,762
22,4516554
WFGX
1,631,714
1,631,224
10,76313991
WFIE
742,941
741,771
4,894715
WFIQ
550,070
548,067
3,61664592
WFLA-TV
6,656,303
6,639,930
43,81022211
WFLD
10,111,733
10,105,397
66,67572060
WFLI-TV
1,357,801
1,252,063
8,26139736
WFLX
6,299,680
6,299,680
41,56572062
WFMJ-TV
4,291,547
3,802,286
25,08772064
WFMY-TV
5,399,787
5,364,129
35,39339884
WFMZ-TV
11,348,739
10,115,153
66,74083943
WFNA
1,511,431
1,509,839
9,96247902
WFOR-TV
5,952,062
5,952,062
39,27211909
WFOX-TV
1,881,740
1,881,740
12,41640626
WFPT
6,479,421
6,072,020
40,06321245
WFPX-TV
2,980,937
2,976,800
19,64125396
WFQX-TV
537,914
533,910
3,5239635
WFRV-TV
1,313,825
1,300,885
8,58353115
WFSB
4,799,110
4,417,573
29,1476093
WFSG
403,233
403,173
2,66021801
WFSU-TV
592,693
592,676
3,91011913
WFTC
4,159,690
4,144,073
27,34364588
WFTS-TV
6,213,173
6,213,039
40,99416788
WFTT-TV
5,291,296
5,291,296
34,91272076
WFTV
4,707,940
4,707,940
31,06370649
WFTX-TV
2,076,721
2,076,721
13,70260553
WFTY-DT
5,838,625
5,724,691
37,77225395
WFUP
235,473
234,457
1,54760555
WFUT-DT
21,842,105
21,428,169
141,38322108
WFWA
1,071,881
1,071,733
7,0719054
WFXB
1,448,018
1,447,713
9,5523228
WFXG
1,126,109
1,115,208
7,35870815
WFXL
792,863
786,514
5,18919707
WFXP
556,627
543,130
3,58424813
WFXR
1,418,873
1,283,217
8,4676463
WFXT
8,044,623
7,951,492
52,46422245
WFXU
225,675
225,675
1,48943424
WFXV
682,282
587,673
3,87725236
WFXW
240,198
240,193
1,58541397
WFYI
2,614,535
2,613,865
17,24653930
WGAL
6,592,850
5,851,154
38,6062708
WGBA-TV
1,219,315
1,218,972
8,04324314
WGBC
233,035
232,798
1,53672099
WGBH-TV
8,264,395
8,151,180
53,78112498
WGBO-DT
9,984,682
9,984,501
65,87811113
WGBP-TV
1,964,065
1,956,753
12,91172098
WGBX-TV
8,354,289
8,184,570
54,00272096
WGBY-TV
4,556,980
3,838,887
25,32962388
WGCU
1,789,951
1,789,951
11,81054275
WGEM-TV
340,572
335,705
2,21527387
WGEN-TV
47,451
47,451
3137727
WGFL
958,665
958,665
6,32525682
WGGB-TV
3,501,457
3,092,700
20,40611027
WGGN-TV
4,010,515
3,987,566
26,3109064
WGGS-TV
2,978,169
2,919,596
19,26372106
WGHP
4,716,324
4,663,025
30,767710
WGIQ
367,358
367,140
2,42212520
WGMB-TV
1,815,089
1,814,919
11,97525683
WGME-TV
1,562,382
1,391,898
9,18424618
WGNM
765,295
764,308
5,04372119
WGNO
1,737,340
1,737,340
11,4639762
WGNT
2,218,861
2,218,861
14,64072115
WGN-TV
10,139,791
10,133,994
66,86440619
WGPT
570,828
347,754
2,29465074
WGPX-TV
3,063,562
3,053,879
20,149( print page 78491)64547
WGRZ
1,896,029
1,833,959
12,10063329
WGTA
1,174,842
1,134,460
7,48566285
WGTE-TV
2,250,689
2,250,689
14,85059279
WGTQ
114,517
109,995
72659280
WGTU
369,755
364,263
2,40323948
WGTV
6,872,895
6,793,292
44,8227623
WGTW-TV
830,912
830,818
5,48224783
WGVK
2,565,756
2,563,031
16,91124784
WGVU-TV
1,943,807
1,894,218
12,49821536
WGWG
1,146,502
1,146,502
7,56556642
WGWW
1,742,591
1,714,951
11,31558262
WGXA
799,532
798,664
5,27073371
WHAM-TV
1,381,792
1,333,395
8,79832327
WHAS-TV
2,065,124
2,034,746
13,4256096
WHA-TV
1,715,866
1,709,075
11,27613950
WHBF-TV
1,726,114
1,713,500
11,30612521
WHBQ-TV
1,735,050
1,714,081
11,31010894
WHBR
1,425,293
1,424,691
9,40065128
WHDF
1,720,614
1,666,798
10,99872145
WHDH
7,993,816
7,899,325
52,12083929
WHDT
6,334,757
6,334,757
41,79770041
WHEC-TV
1,322,761
1,278,323
8,43467971
WHFT-TV
5,976,793
5,976,793
39,43541458
WHIO-TV
4,041,602
4,033,560
26,613713
WHIQ
1,383,801
1,329,761
8,77461216
WHIZ-TV
962,141
885,771
5,84418780
WHLA-TV
569,415
530,529
3,50048668
WHLT
481,036
479,959
3,16724582
WHLV-TV
4,739,820
4,739,820
31,27337102
WHMB-TV
3,187,327
3,126,458
20,62861004
WHMC
838,228
838,228
5,53136117
WHME-TV
1,490,612
1,490,518
9,83437106
WHNO
1,592,553
1,592,553
10,50872300
WHNS
2,753,561
2,462,848
16,25048693
WHNT-TV
1,687,347
1,607,863
10,60966221
WHO-DT
1,226,093
1,209,327
7,9796866
WHOI
716,035
715,956
4,72472313
WHP-TV
4,219,869
3,695,568
24,38351980
WHPX-TV
5,666,126
5,176,293
34,15373036
WHRM-TV
537,971
535,112
3,53125932
WHRO-TV
2,261,464
2,261,381
14,92168058
WHSG-TV
6,744,093
6,678,392
44,0644688
WHSV-TV
894,602
760,620
5,0199990
WHTJ
867,445
743,025
4,90272326
WHTM-TV
3,349,178
2,923,354
19,28811117
WHTN
2,283,942
2,273,175
14,99827772
WHUT-TV
8,785,956
8,745,663
57,70418793
WHWC-TV
1,205,932
1,152,576
7,60572338
WHYY-TV
10,984,166
10,590,279
69,8755360
WIAT
1,959,076
1,921,566
12,67863160
WIBW-TV
1,312,372
1,263,123
8,33425684
WICD
1,220,886
1,219,775
8,04825686
WICS
1,060,412
1,058,572
6,98424970
WICU-TV
704,263
654,470
4,31862210
WICZ-TV
1,208,124
932,840
6,15518410
WIDP
2,258,204
2,022,801
13,34626025
WIFS
1,664,757
1,659,814
10,951720
WIIQ
330,593
326,759
2,15668939
WILL-TV
1,148,587
1,125,681
7,4276863
WILX-TV
3,505,808
3,321,258
21,91422093
WINK-TV
2,135,187
2,135,187
14,08867787
WINM
1,035,236
1,004,998
6,63141314
WINP-TV
2,918,791
2,870,939
18,9423646
WIPB
2,098,072
2,097,589
13,84048408
WIPL
902,112
849,374
5,60453863
WIPM-TV 1
2,018,636
1,743,992
74053859
WIPR-TV 1
3,164,369
2,988,035
19,71510253
WIPX-TV
2,538,971
2,537,989
16,74639887
WIRS 12
962,531
803,553
2,946( print page 78492)71336
WIRT-DT
125,282
123,221
81313990
WIS
2,873,204
2,819,721
18,60565143
WISC-TV
1,816,917
1,779,975
11,74413960
WISE-TV
1,105,600
1,105,444
7,29439269
WISH-TV
3,141,430
3,093,806
20,41365680
WISN-TV
3,041,677
3,036,957
20,03873083
WITF-TV
2,532,625
2,299,838
15,17473107
WITI
3,149,773
3,140,719
20,722594
WITN-TV
1,942,458
1,927,751
12,71961005
WITV
1,002,380
1,002,380
6,6147780
WIVB-TV
1,911,934
1,834,562
12,10411260
WIVT
831,941
612,317
4,04060571
WIWN
3,387,206
3,370,697
22,24062207
WIYC
673,128
670,480
4,42473120
WJAC-TV
2,152,162
1,855,359
12,24210259
WJAL
9,654,785
9,309,845
61,42650780
WJAR
7,602,846
7,447,435
49,13835576
WJAX-TV
1,909,321
1,909,321
12,59827140
WJBF
1,669,785
1,652,861
10,90673123
WJBK
5,840,177
5,804,131
38,29637174
WJCL
1,031,857
1,031,857
6,80873130
WJCT
1,893,148
1,892,490
12,48729719
WJEB-TV
1,880,192
1,880,192
12,40665749
WJET-TV
711,412
685,375
4,5227651
WJFB
2,745,573
2,734,787
18,04449699
WJFW-TV
281,148
271,274
1,79073136
WJHG-TV
912,881
905,531
5,97557826
WJHL-TV
2,035,505
1,463,539
9,65668519
WJKT
645,594
645,161
4,2571051
WJLA-TV
9,654,785
9,314,754
61,45986537
WJLP
22,694,994
22,426,423
147,9709630
WJMN-TV
158,494
151,938
1,00261008
WJPM-TV
587,058
586,836
3,87258340
WJPX 
                                6 10 12
2,861,004
2,653,740
17,50921735
WJRT-TV
2,831,612
2,583,368
17,04523918
WJSP-TV
4,678,958
4,643,904
30,64041210
WJTC
1,517,180
1,516,056
10,00348667
WJTV
966,513
958,676
6,32573150
WJW
3,969,148
3,895,876
25,70561007
WJWJ-TV
1,180,652
1,180,652
7,79058342
WJWN-TV 6
1,830,695
1,568,858
2,94653116
WJXT
1,899,110
1,899,110
12,53011893
WJXX
1,888,910
1,888,113
12,45832334
WJYS
9,820,848
9,820,831
64,79825455
WJZ-TV
10,637,240
10,228,751
67,48973152
WJZY
4,965,077
4,831,865
31,88164983
WKAQ-TV 3
3,259,225
2,914,322
1,1016104
WKAR-TV
1,713,640
1,709,038
11,27634171
WKAS
522,877
496,277
3,27451570
WKBD-TV
5,180,191
5,179,980
34,17873153
WKBN-TV
4,870,043
4,522,748
29,84113929
WKBS-TV
1,054,914
914,205
6,03274424
WKBT-DT
905,659
860,444
5,67754176
WKBW-TV
2,261,221
2,175,654
14,35553465
WKCF
5,109,221
5,107,692
33,70173155
WKEF
3,860,944
3,850,405
25,40534177
WKGB-TV
444,266
442,639
2,92134196
WKHA
475,212
372,027
2,45534207
WKLE
918,947
911,337
6,01334212
WKMA-TV
558,464
558,150
3,68371293
WKMG-TV
4,643,692
4,643,692
30,63934195
WKMJ-TV
1,572,974
1,565,579
10,33034202
WKMR
457,241
422,772
2,78934174
WKMU
339,477
339,064
2,23742061
WKNO
1,649,295
1,647,327
10,86983931
WKNX-TV
1,778,483
1,548,751
10,21934205
WKOH
591,189
584,484
3,85667869
WKOI-TV
3,996,184
3,976,552
26,23734211
WKON
1,170,361
1,163,470
7,677( print page 78493)18267
WKOP-TV
1,641,367
1,465,642
9,67064545
WKOW
1,999,166
1,978,160
13,05221432
WKPC-TV
1,620,977
1,613,304
10,64565758
WKPD
277,245
276,367
1,82334200
WKPI-TV
552,999
432,287
2,85227504
WKPT-TV
1,107,992
876,999
5,78658341
WKPV 10
981,832
762,182
2,94611289
WKRC-TV
3,412,677
3,359,970
22,16973187
WKRG-TV
1,661,088
1,660,222
10,95473188
WKRN-TV
2,843,550
2,823,383
18,62934222
WKSO-TV
675,800
663,810
4,38040902
WKTC
1,422,142
1,421,788
9,38160654
WKTV
1,566,267
1,340,030
8,84273195
WKYC
4,162,460
4,109,739
27,11624914
WKYT-TV
1,263,314
1,247,201
8,22971861
WKYU-TV
447,402
444,471
2,93334181
WKZT-TV
1,092,295
1,075,603
7,09718819
WLAE-TV
1,489,518
1,489,518
9,82836533
WLAJ
4,230,811
4,195,529
27,6822710
WLAX
480,917
455,361
3,00468542
WLBT
930,984
929,897
6,13539644
WLBZ
374,046
364,463
2,40569328
WLED-TV
333,929
175,095
1,15563046
WLEF-TV
201,828
200,259
1,32173203
WLEX-TV
1,037,124
1,032,416
6,81237806
WLFB
756,510
656,110
4,32937808
WLFG
1,555,609
1,240,816
8,18773204
WLFI-TV
2,422,930
2,397,991
15,82273205
WLFL
4,154,373
4,151,842
27,39419777
WLII-DT 
                                4 8
2,472,430
2,284,000
15,07037503
WLIO
1,076,204
1,052,712
6,94638336
WLIW
21,331,793
21,007,396
138,60727696
WLJC-TV
1,433,034
1,317,702
8,69471645
WLJT-DT
382,232
381,417
2,51753939
WLKY
2,035,700
2,028,397
13,38311033
WLLA
2,204,047
2,203,715
14,5401222
WLMA
1,681,703
1,678,515
11,07517076
WLMB
2,820,328
2,813,733
18,56568518
WLMT
1,739,879
1,737,416
11,46322591
WLNE-TV
6,880,185
6,815,475
44,96974420
WLNS-TV
4,230,811
4,195,529
27,68273206
WLNY-TV
7,829,527
7,746,153
51,10984253
WLOO
897,764
896,755
5,91756537
WLOS
3,337,211
2,748,224
18,13337732
WLOV-TV
608,778
606,994
4,00513995
WLOX
1,236,798
1,224,809
8,08138586
WLPB-TV
1,263,410
1,263,379
8,33673189
WLPX-TV
1,012,910
963,892
6,36066358
WLRN-TV
6,010,422
6,010,422
39,65773226
WLS-TV
10,333,090
10,326,952
68,13773230
WLTV-DT
5,988,029
5,988,029
39,50937176
WLTX
1,614,789
1,611,719
10,63437179
WLTZ
738,023
734,057
4,84321259
WLUC-TV
103,185
95,367
6294150
WLUK-TV
1,237,211
1,236,394
8,15873238
WLVI
7,993,816
7,899,325
52,12036989
WLVT-TV
11,348,739
10,115,153
66,7403978
WLWC
3,398,164
3,257,998
21,49646979
WLWT
3,499,610
3,489,652
23,02554452
WLXI
3,243,843
3,015,382
19,89555350
WLYH
3,349,178
2,923,354
19,28843192
WMAB-TV
389,089
384,767
2,53943170
WMAE-TV
692,999
663,737
4,37943197
WMAH-TV
1,302,245
1,301,790
8,58943176
WMAO-TV
333,490
333,321
2,19947905
WMAQ-TV
10,069,653
10,068,069
66,42959442
WMAR-TV
10,025,750
9,879,744
65,18743184
WMAU-TV
637,434
631,358
4,16643193
WMAV-TV
1,018,601
1,018,556
6,720( print page 78494)43169
WMAW-TV
731,384
716,614
4,72846991
WMAZ-TV
1,238,176
1,180,117
7,78666398
WMBB
990,632
964,744
6,36543952
WMBC-TV
22,446,503
21,778,765
143,69642121
WMBD-TV
720,722
720,669
4,75583969
WMBF-TV
526,232
526,232
3,47260829
WMCF-TV
644,916
641,833
4,2359739
WMCN-TV
10,984,166
10,590,279
69,87519184
WMC-TV
2,057,112
2,053,563
13,549189357
WMDE
6,933,795
6,802,466
44,88373255
WMDN
259,822
259,616
1,71316455
WMDT
790,315
790,315
5,21439656
WMEA-TV
965,365
911,355
6,01339648
WMEB-TV
411,335
396,677
2,61770537
WMEC
199,187
198,698
1,31139649
WMED-TV
28,850
27,884
18439662
WMEM-TV
66,343
64,625
42641893
WMFD-TV
1,637,011
1,379,386
9,10141436
WMFP
6,230,964
5,959,061
39,31861111
WMGM-TV
830,912
830,818
5,48243847
WMGT-TV
614,625
614,040
4,05173263
WMHT
1,729,302
1,559,066
10,28768545
WMLW-TV
1,863,951
1,863,679
12,29753819
WMOR-TV
6,400,456
6,400,333
42,22981503
WMOW
122,110
106,904
70565944
WMPB
8,059,368
7,940,127
52,38943168
WMPN-TV
843,756
841,772
5,55465942
WMPT
9,500,117
9,442,413
62,30160827
WMPV-TV
1,565,537
1,564,599
10,32310221
WMSN-TV
2,030,916
2,010,636
13,2662174
WMTJ 11
2,764,573
2,492,464
16,4456870
WMTV
1,628,641
1,625,206
10,72373288
WMTW
2,041,342
1,737,673
11,46523935
WMUM-TV
926,604
921,419
6,08073292
WMUR-TV
5,652,739
5,453,759
35,98442663
WMVS
3,216,887
3,155,770
20,82242665
WMVT
3,216,887
3,155,770
20,82281946
WMWC-TV
935,338
912,437
6,02056548
WMYA-TV
1,808,659
1,723,755
11,37374211
WMYD
5,840,155
5,839,880
38,53220624
WMYT-TV
4,965,077
4,831,865
31,88125544
WMYV
4,406,813
4,379,408
28,89573310
WNAB
2,600,886
2,591,235
17,09773311
WNAC-TV
7,817,084
7,459,610
49,21947535
WNBC
23,283,577
22,722,761
149,92583965
WNBW-DT
1,557,530
1,550,637
10,23172307
WNCF
665,079
658,994
4,34850782
WNCN
4,201,973
4,186,944
27,62557838
WNCT-TV
2,034,787
1,975,930
13,03741674
WNDU-TV
1,901,588
1,870,311
12,34028462
WNDY-TV
3,141,430
3,093,806
20,41371928
WNED-TV
1,408,141
1,390,745
9,17660931
WNEH
1,389,794
1,383,193
9,12641221
WNEM-TV
1,437,726
1,434,104
9,46249439
WNEO
3,343,598
3,265,373
21,54573318
WNEP-TV
3,472,501
2,879,994
19,00218795
WNET
22,428,695
21,915,470
144,59851864
WNEU
7,676,529
7,606,661
50,18923942
WNGH-TV
6,461,522
6,281,764
41,44767802
WNIN
907,713
891,200
5,88041671
WNIT
1,335,767
1,335,767
8,81348457
WNJB
22,145,547
21,374,668
141,03048477
WNJN
22,145,547
21,374,668
141,03048481
WNJS
7,729,626
7,710,589
50,87448465
WNJT
7,729,626
7,710,589
50,87473333
WNJU
23,283,577
22,722,761
149,92573336
WNJX-TV 2
1,446,990
1,265,826
90561217
WNKY
414,184
412,652
2,72371905
WNLO
1,911,934
1,834,562
12,104( print page 78495)4318
WNMU
178,504
177,692
1,17273344
WNNE
801,186
684,501
4,51654280
WNOL-TV
1,730,074
1,730,074
11,41571676
WNPB-TV
2,094,971
1,923,306
12,69062137
WNPI-DT
159,208
154,143
1,01741398
WNPT
2,692,492
2,657,273
17,53328468
WNPX-TV
2,494,581
2,470,662
16,30161009
WNSC-TV
2,860,897
2,853,300
18,82661010
WNTV
2,775,252
2,572,161
16,97116539
WNTZ-TV
328,336
327,661
2,1627933
WNUV
9,944,268
9,735,378
64,2349999
WNVC
867,445
743,025
4,90210019
WNVT
1,894,231
1,892,374
12,48673354
WNWO-TV
2,915,507
2,915,507
19,237136751
WNYA
1,932,105
1,656,014
10,92630303
WNYB
1,784,805
1,758,025
11,5996048
WNYE-TV
20,693,079
20,445,674
134,90134329
WNYI
1,609,642
1,329,569
8,77267784
WNYO-TV
1,449,480
1,428,169
9,42373363
WNYT
1,691,742
1,539,006
10,15422206
WNYW
21,377,740
21,043,915
138,84869618
WOAI-TV
3,063,753
3,050,610
20,12866804
WOAY-TV
536,548
414,046
2,73241225
WOFL
4,897,034
4,891,577
32,27570651
WOGX
1,262,333
1,262,333
8,3298661
WOI-DT
1,278,698
1,277,340
8,42839746
WOIO
3,819,462
3,739,439
24,67371725
WOLE-DT 4
1,581,955
1,411,809
5,38573375
WOLF-TV
3,025,477
2,531,097
16,70060963
WOLO-TV
2,854,959
2,814,886
18,57336838
WOOD-TV
2,637,147
2,631,110
17,36067602
WOPX-TV
4,677,102
4,676,992
30,85964865
WORA-TV 
                                3 13
3,172,055
2,933,387
19,35473901
WORO-DT
2,847,102
2,661,536
17,56160357
WOST
1,055,465
918,659
6,06166185
WOSU-TV
3,073,523
3,013,857
19,885131
WOTF-TV
4,204,625
4,204,625
27,74210212
WOTV
2,493,328
2,492,908
16,44850147
WOUB-TV
739,667
721,384
4,76050141
WOUC-TV
1,680,457
1,618,502
10,67923342
WOWK-TV
1,098,995
1,028,502
6,78665528
WOWT
1,516,978
1,514,052
9,99031570
WPAN
1,392,393
1,392,261
9,18651988
WPBF
3,601,603
3,601,603
23,76321253
WPBN-TV
452,157
440,310
2,90562136
WPBS-TV
332,147
296,972
1,95913456
WPBT
5,976,331
5,976,331
39,43213924
WPCB-TV
2,920,794
2,802,648
18,49264033
WPCH-TV
6,826,973
6,747,200
44,5184354
WPCT
207,688
207,286
1,36817012
WPDE-TV
1,845,347
1,838,747
12,13252527
WPEC
6,332,850
6,332,850
41,78484088
WPFO
1,390,230
1,272,952
8,39954728
WPGA-TV
575,813
575,578
3,79860820
WPGD-TV
2,787,190
2,772,517
18,29373875
WPGH-TV
3,209,933
3,099,658
20,4522942
WPGX
448,453
445,686
2,94173879
WPHL-TV
10,944,731
10,756,717
70,97373881
WPIX
22,259,872
21,818,842
143,96169880
WPKD-TV
3,366,547
3,181,216
20,99053113
WPLG
6,165,413
6,165,413
40,67911906
WPMI-TV
1,609,741
1,609,491
10,61910213
WPMT
2,532,625
2,299,838
15,17418798
WPNE-TV
1,210,150
1,209,366
7,97973907
WPNT
3,148,917
3,050,465
20,12728480
WPPT
11,348,739
10,115,153
66,74051984
WPPX-TV
8,429,105
8,212,096
54,18347404
WPRI-TV
7,754,340
7,480,561
49,35751991
WPSD-TV
852,232
848,332
5,597( print page 78496)12499
WPSG
11,342,493
11,068,585
73,03166219
WPSU-TV
1,016,983
842,529
5,55973905
WPTA
1,136,029
1,135,873
7,49425067
WPTD
3,535,155
3,522,151
23,23925065
WPTO
3,080,289
3,066,947
20,23659443
WPTV-TV
6,414,108
6,414,108
42,32057476
WPTZ
801,186
684,501
4,5168616
WPVI-TV
11,997,071
11,834,791
78,08648772
WPWR-TV
10,111,733
10,105,397
66,67551969
WPXA-TV
7,486,662
7,341,812
48,44171236
WPXC-TV
1,812,411
1,812,329
11,9585800
WPXD-TV
5,357,614
5,357,504
35,34937104
WPXE-TV
3,105,562
3,094,581
20,41848406
WPXG-TV
2,760,323
2,697,351
17,79773312
WPXH-TV
1,558,487
1,543,110
10,18173910
WPXI
3,270,399
3,179,997
20,9822325
WPXJ-TV
2,383,753
2,319,308
15,30352628
WPXK-TV
1,897,932
1,672,850
11,03721729
WPXL-TV
1,738,354
1,738,354
11,47048608
WPXM-TV
5,673,283
5,673,283
37,43273356
WPXN-TV
22,193,311
21,756,322
143,54827290
WPXP-TV
6,117,297
6,117,297
40,36250063
WPXQ-TV
3,398,164
3,257,998
21,49670251
WPXR-TV
1,361,522
1,199,794
7,91640861
WPXS
2,313,093
2,228,599
14,70453065
WPXT
1,058,317
1,005,248
6,63337971
WPXU-TV
764,835
764,835
5,04667077
WPXV-TV
1,997,620
1,997,620
13,18074091
WPXW-TV
8,918,745
8,866,240
58,49921726
WPXX-TV
1,563,942
1,560,675
10,29773319
WQAD-TV
1,077,293
1,065,179
7,02865130
WQCW
1,234,953
1,165,995
7,69371561
WQEC
177,193
175,191
1,15641315
WQED
3,491,971
3,385,114
22,3353255
WQHA
2,936,821
2,543,288
16,78160556
WQHS-DT
3,982,203
3,936,334
25,97253716
WQLN
573,688
553,172
3,65052075
WQMY
403,099
246,363
1,62664550
WQOW
383,460
372,929
2,4615468
WQPT-TV
928,221
922,909
6,08964690
WQPX-TV
1,624,976
1,207,503
7,96752408
WQRF-TV
1,384,090
1,360,850
8,9792175
WQTO 11
2,533,848
1,714,503
4,0108688
WRAL-TV
4,258,430
4,255,027
28,07510133
WRAY-TV
4,701,102
4,682,210
30,89364611
WRAZ
4,206,845
4,204,439
27,741136749
WRBJ-TV
1,029,422
1,026,759
6,7753359
WRBL
1,573,722
1,534,121
10,12257221
WRBU
2,964,043
2,960,986
19,53754940
WRBW
4,929,252
4,926,807
32,50759137
WRCB
1,674,932
1,436,942
9,48147904
WRC-TV
9,040,003
8,996,367
59,35854963
WRDC
4,380,924
4,374,069
28,86055454
WRDQ
4,765,929
4,765,929
31,44673937
WRDW-TV
1,630,465
1,580,144
10,42666174
WREG-TV
1,645,112
1,638,826
10,81361011
WRET-TV
2,775,252
2,572,161
16,97173940
WREX
2,367,561
2,071,361
13,66754443
WRFB 13
2,361,435
2,105,790
1,10173942
WRGB
1,773,206
1,559,637
10,290411
WRGT-TV
3,563,572
3,528,799
23,28374416
WRIC-TV
2,264,724
2,197,233
14,49761012
WRJA-TV
1,227,284
1,220,205
8,051412
WRLH-TV
2,215,949
2,152,568
14,20361013
WRLK-TV
1,268,677
1,267,713
8,36443870
WRLM
3,954,789
3,936,003
25,97074156
WRNN-TV
21,146,732
20,904,564
137,92873964
WROC-TV
1,210,157
1,192,546
7,868159007
WRPT
108,521
108,009
713( print page 78497)20590
WRPX-TV
2,980,937
2,976,800
19,64162009
WRSP-TV
1,062,091
1,060,251
6,99640877
WRTV
3,148,448
3,125,475
20,62215320
WRUA
2,624,204
2,339,222
15,43471580
WRXY-TV
2,114,529
2,114,529
13,95248662
WSAV-TV
1,094,897
1,094,884
7,2246867
WSAW-TV
657,843
651,328
4,29736912
WSAZ-TV
1,173,019
1,103,266
7,27956092
WSBE-TV
8,044,866
7,776,757
51,31173982
WSBK-TV
7,834,658
7,766,985
51,24772053
WSBS-TV
47,386
47,386
31373983
WSBT-TV
1,790,673
1,780,628
11,74923960
WSB-TV
6,772,503
6,695,450
44,17769446
WSCG
961,649
961,649
6,34564971
WSCV
6,029,382
6,029,382
39,78270536
WSEC
517,830
517,364
3,41449711
WSEE-TV
585,062
562,271
3,71021258
WSES
1,905,067
1,866,312
12,31473988
WSET-TV
1,587,650
1,345,990
8,88113993
WSFA
1,206,335
1,168,069
7,70711118
WSFJ-TV
1,911,871
1,902,328
12,55210203
WSFL-TV
5,890,244
5,890,244
38,86472871
WSFX-TV
1,088,964
1,088,964
7,18573999
WSIL-TV
650,734
647,093
4,2704297
WSIU-TV
994,418
936,746
6,18174007
WSJV
1,686,953
1,680,493
11,08878908
WSKA
530,610
416,302
2,74774034
WSKG-TV
866,172
616,130
4,06576324
WSKY-TV
2,003,325
2,002,894
13,215776220
WSLN
3,269,796
3,020,118
19,92757840
WSLS-TV
1,436,974
1,276,869
8,42521737
WSMH
2,350,370
2,335,477
15,40941232
WSMV-TV
2,883,773
2,837,323
18,72170119
WSNS-TV
10,069,653
10,068,069
66,42974070
WSOC-TV
4,156,321
4,085,565
26,95766391
WSPA-TV
3,717,232
3,549,667
23,42164352
WSPX-TV
1,285,581
1,167,040
7,70017611
WSRE
1,490,766
1,489,946
9,83163867
WSST-TV
312,974
312,260
2,06060341
WSTE-DT
3,284,058
3,220,155
21,24721252
WSTM-TV
1,437,543
1,367,590
9,02311204
WSTR-TV
3,424,743
3,411,973
22,51219776
WSUR-DT 8
3,276,102
3,182,722
5,3852370
WSVI
41,004
41,004
27163840
WSVN
6,165,386
6,165,386
40,67973374
WSWB
1,516,774
1,088,360
7,18128155
WSWG
389,103
389,030
2,56771680
WSWP-TV
849,038
633,378
4,17974094
WSYM-TV
1,607,593
1,607,277
10,60573113
WSYR-TV
1,314,500
1,226,575
8,09340758
WSYT
1,962,530
1,731,744
11,42656549
WSYX
2,871,413
2,825,664
18,64465681
WTAE-TV
2,985,875
2,865,692
18,90823341
WTAJ-TV
1,158,024
925,907
6,1094685
WTAP-TV
489,083
469,004
3,094416
WTAT-TV
1,284,148
1,284,148
8,47367993
WTBY-TV
16,997,114
16,897,718
111,49129715
WTCE-TV
2,964,583
2,964,583
19,56065667
WTCI
1,276,295
1,159,269
7,64967786
WTCT
590,643
586,819
3,87228954
WTCV 
                                5 9
2,861,004
2,653,740
17,50974422
WTEN
1,913,356
1,621,808
10,7019881
WTGL
4,516,827
4,516,827
29,80227245
WTGS
1,064,292
1,064,066
7,02170655
WTHI-TV
966,268
914,388
6,03370162
WTHR
3,175,603
3,122,761
20,604147
WTIC-TV
5,397,501
4,767,795
31,45826681
WTIN-TV 7
3,277,279
3,162,469
90566536
WTIU
1,690,704
1,689,678
11,148( print page 78498)1002
WTJP-TV
2,037,103
2,002,301
13,2114593
WTJR
316,974
316,852
2,09170287
WTJX-TV
112,125
104,561
69047401
WTKR
2,242,929
2,242,846
14,79882735
WTLF
883,350
883,326
5,82823486
WTLH
1,082,589
1,082,542
7,14367781
WTLJ
1,738,667
1,736,853
11,46065046
WTLV
2,041,165
2,022,822
13,34774098
WTMJ-TV
3,139,304
3,123,411
20,60874109
WTNH
7,999,974
7,453,267
49,17719200
WTNZ
1,790,817
1,598,570
10,547590
WTOC-TV
1,061,993
1,061,993
7,00774112
WTOG
6,239,245
6,236,871
41,1514686
WTOK-TV
391,847
386,112
2,54813992
WTOL
4,534,147
4,527,590
29,87321254
WTOM-TV
120,159
116,524
76974122
WTOV-TV
3,866,114
3,605,421
23,78982574
WTPC-TV
2,138,494
2,132,635
14,07186496
WTPX-TV
258,246
258,154
1,7036869
WTRF-TV
2,938,363
2,562,114
16,90567798
WTSF
879,853
811,994
5,35811290
WTSP
6,538,906
6,515,239
42,9884108
WTTA
6,656,303
6,639,930
43,81074137
WTTE
2,926,672
2,885,004
19,03522207
WTTG
8,945,253
8,890,093
58,65756526
WTTK
3,074,975
3,055,143
20,15874138
WTTO
1,966,252
1,931,949
12,74756523
WTTV
2,752,635
2,749,080
18,13810802
WTTW
9,929,487
9,929,071
65,51274148
WTVA
807,017
794,561
5,24322590
WTVC
1,658,814
1,434,931
9,4688617
WTVD
4,201,042
4,188,018
27,63355305
WTVE
5,368,807
5,365,301
35,40036504
WTVF
2,816,921
2,798,755
18,46674150
WTVG
4,440,934
4,429,742
29,22774151
WTVH
1,375,016
1,313,054
8,66410645
WTVI
3,286,073
3,261,428
21,51963154
WTVJ
6,009,434
6,009,434
39,65052280
WTVK
7,403,075
7,395,979
48,799595
WTVM
1,577,223
1,471,502
9,70972945
WTVO
1,413,778
1,400,377
9,24028311
WTVP
660,258
660,214
4,35651597
WTVQ-DT
1,060,102
1,054,409
6,95757832
WTVR-TV
1,998,729
1,990,377
13,13316817
WTVS
5,607,125
5,606,929
36,99568569
WTVT
6,511,462
6,491,829
42,8333661
WTVW
839,062
833,035
5,49635575
WTVX
3,558,645
3,556,727
23,4674152
WTVY
1,032,612
1,029,898
6,79540759
WTVZ-TV
2,246,928
2,246,845
14,82566908
WTWC-TV
1,078,213
1,078,166
7,11420426
WTWO
716,304
710,680
4,68981692
WTWV
1,529,924
1,528,555
10,08551568
WTXF-TV
11,330,716
11,023,958
72,73641065
WTXL-TV
1,071,056
1,070,908
7,0668532
WUAB
3,819,462
3,739,439
24,67312855
WUCF-TV
4,516,827
4,516,827
29,80236395
WUCW
4,213,867
4,205,494
27,74869440
WUFT
1,524,792
1,524,792
10,061413
WUHF
1,161,377
1,157,795
7,6398156
WUJA
2,449,731
2,192,227
14,46469080
WUNC-TV
4,701,102
4,682,210
30,89369292
WUND-TV
1,526,704
1,526,704
10,07369114
WUNE-TV
3,449,284
2,886,515
19,04569300
WUNF-TV
2,825,704
2,517,064
16,60869124
WUNG-TV
4,065,099
4,049,218
26,71760551
WUNI
7,755,236
7,627,170
50,32469332
WUNJ-TV
1,224,449
1,224,449
8,07969149
WUNK-TV
2,105,575
2,099,533
13,853( print page 78499)69360
WUNL-TV
3,243,843
3,015,382
19,89569444
WUNM-TV
1,370,547
1,370,547
9,04369397
WUNP-TV
1,488,708
1,474,989
9,73269416
WUNU
1,212,006
1,210,875
7,98983822
WUNW
2,012,283
1,476,883
9,7446900
WUPA
6,845,271
6,764,030
44,62913938
WUPL
1,833,116
1,833,116
12,09510897
WUPV
2,142,407
2,122,016
14,00119190
WUPW
2,136,541
2,135,020
14,08723128
WUPX-TV
1,182,585
1,166,267
7,69565593
WUSA
9,654,785
9,309,845
61,4264301
WUSI-TV
320,658
320,658
2,11660552
WUTB
9,293,641
9,148,848
60,36430577
WUTF-TV
8,479,857
8,266,141
54,54057837
WUTR
511,394
470,311
3,103415
WUTV
1,611,128
1,579,265
10,42016517
WUVC-DT
4,224,285
4,208,453
27,76748813
WUVG-DT
6,908,879
6,834,542
45,0943072
WUVN
1,236,426
1,156,397
7,63060560
WUVP-DT
10,944,731
10,756,717
70,9739971
WUXP-TV
2,749,827
2,737,094
18,059417
WVAH-TV
1,295,710
1,222,075
8,06323947
WVAN-TV
1,118,534
1,117,845
7,37665387
WVBT
1,964,109
1,964,109
12,95972342
WVCY-TV
3,149,773
3,140,719
20,72260559
WVEA-TV
5,324,315
5,322,343
35,11774167
WVEC
2,189,627
2,184,435
14,4135802
WVEN-TV
4,749,513
4,749,513
31,33761573
WVEO 5
962,531
803,553
2,94669946
WVER
903,858
770,412
5,08310976
WVFX
688,514
596,278
3,93447929
WVIA-TV
3,472,501
2,879,994
19,0023667
WVII-TV
368,499
348,813
2,30170309
WVIR-TV
2,140,100
2,107,081
13,90374170
WVIT
5,920,252
5,425,459
35,79718753
WVIZ
3,694,957
3,687,740
24,33270021
WVLA-TV
1,969,063
1,969,000
12,99181750
WVLR
1,483,484
1,376,091
9,07935908
WVLT-TV
1,983,974
1,714,780
11,31474169
WVNS-TV
889,675
560,472
3,69811259
WVNY
755,448
673,828
4,44629000
WVOZ-TV 9
981,832
762,182
2,94671657
WVPB-TV
939,383
910,465
6,00760111
WVPT
995,523
887,449
5,85570491
WVPX-TV
4,131,639
4,098,980
27,04566378
WVPY
995,523
887,449
5,85567190
WVSN
2,593,148
2,271,512
14,98769940
WVTB
468,294
246,240
1,62574173
WVTM-TV
2,101,947
2,026,895
13,37374174
WVTV
3,130,664
3,122,630
20,60377496
WVUA
2,305,621
2,250,337
14,8484149
WVUE-DT
1,759,779
1,759,779
11,6114329
WVUT
267,636
267,555
1,76574176
WVVA
997,556
690,651
4,5573113
WVXF
70,673
66,853
44112033
WWAY
1,328,366
1,328,366
8,76530833
WWBT
2,109,206
2,074,930
13,69020295
WWCP-TV
2,798,717
2,540,105
16,76024812
WWCW
1,390,908
1,210,482
7,98723671
WWDP
6,230,964
5,959,061
39,31821158
WWHO
2,994,400
2,952,760
19,48214682
WWJE-DT
7,755,236
7,627,170
50,32465919
WWJS
3,798,882
3,731,768
24,62272123
WWJ-TV
5,653,566
5,653,219
37,300166512
WWJX
524,625
524,579
3,4616868
WWLP
3,866,407
3,097,621
20,43874192
WWL-TV
1,908,335
1,908,335
12,5913133
WWMB
1,596,320
1,591,501
10,50174195
WWMT
2,667,986
2,657,016
17,531( print page 78500)68851
WWNY-TV
368,613
341,101
2,25174197
WWOR-TV
21,146,732
20,904,564
137,92865943
WWPB
3,531,585
3,086,500
20,36523264
WWPX-TV
2,612,045
2,544,163
16,78668547
WWRS-TV
2,376,549
2,354,442
15,53561251
WWSB
3,830,838
3,830,838
25,27623142
WWSI
11,821,594
11,646,436
76,84316747
WWTI
195,127
188,538
1,244998
WWTO-TV
6,837,732
6,837,732
45,11526994
WWTV
1,047,227
1,032,448
6,81284214
WWTW
1,529,924
1,528,555
10,08526993
WWUP-TV
114,688
108,690
71723338
WXBU
4,219,869
3,695,568
24,38361504
WXCW
2,000,927
2,000,927
13,20261084
WXEL-TV
5,976,331
5,976,331
39,43260539
WXFT-DT
10,333,090
10,326,952
68,13723929
WXGA-TV
618,176
616,843
4,07051163
WXIA-TV
7,067,151
6,920,534
45,66253921
WXII-TV
3,895,811
3,546,156
23,398146
WXIN
3,066,589
3,043,020
20,07839738
WXIX-TV
3,033,449
3,023,049
19,946414
WXLV-TV
4,920,177
4,882,710
32,21668433
WXMI
2,110,083
2,109,607
13,91964549
WXOW
433,343
422,605
2,7886601
WXPX-TV
5,414,068
5,411,832
35,70774215
WXTV-DT
21,842,105
21,428,169
141,38312472
WXTX
745,811
742,438
4,89911970
WXXA-TV
1,691,753
1,553,272
10,24857274
WXXI-TV
1,192,140
1,176,310
7,76153517
WXXV-TV
1,235,520
1,233,511
8,13910267
WXYZ-TV
5,716,967
5,716,632
37,71877515
WYCI
32,321
21,447
14270149
WYCW
3,717,232
3,549,667
23,42162219
WYDC
542,984
435,924
2,87618783
WYDN
2,760,323
2,697,351
17,79735582
WYDO
1,340,990
1,340,990
8,84825090
WYES-TV
2,002,806
2,002,459
13,21253905
WYFF
2,836,376
2,609,544
17,21849803
WYIN
7,062,511
7,062,511
46,59824915
WYMT-TV
1,144,051
819,069
5,40417010
WYOU
2,912,468
2,246,394
14,82277789
WYOW
94,927
94,486
62313933
WYPX-TV
1,547,670
1,434,147
9,4634693
WYTV
4,870,043
4,522,748
29,8415875
WYZZ-TV
1,008,995
1,002,743
6,61615507
WZBJ
1,603,364
1,421,509
9,37928119
WZDX
1,714,034
1,633,019
10,77570493
WZME
21,320,488
20,875,035
137,73381448
WZMQ
73,784
73,510
48571871
WZPX-TV
2,165,413
2,165,333
14,287136750
WZRB
1,007,172
1,006,731
6,642418
WZTV
2,743,270
2,733,978
18,03983270
WZVI
64,187
63,279
41819183
WZVN-TV
2,331,155
2,331,155
15,38149713
WZZM
1,678,220
1,652,095
10,9011
                             Call signs WIPM and WIPR are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.2
                             Call signs WNJX and WAPA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.3
                             Call signs WKAQ and WORA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.4
                             Call signs WOLE and WLII are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.5
                             Call signs WVEO and WTCV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.6
                             Call signs WJPX and WJWN are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.7
                             Call signs WAPA and WTIN are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.8
                             Call signs WSUR and WLII are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.9
                             Call signs WVOZ and WTCV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.10
                             Call signs WJPX and WKPV are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.11
                             Call signs WMTJ and WQTO are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.12
                             Call signs WIRS and WJPX are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.13
                             Call signs WRFB and WORA are stations in Puerto Rico that are linked together with a total fee of $20,455.
 
 
 Table 9—FY 2023 Schedule of Fees—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)
700.Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per call sign) (47 CFR part 101)
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 Appendix G of FY 2023 Report and Order 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))
.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.
 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
$74510,001-25,000
990
715
620
680
1,085
1,24025,001-75,000
1,485
1,075
930
1,020
1,630
1,86075,001-150,000
2,230
1,610
1,395
1,530
2,440
2,790150,001-500,000
3,345
2,415
2,095
2,300
3,665
4,190500,001-1,200,000
5,010
3,620
3,135
3,440
5,490
6,2751,200,001-3,000,000
7,525
5,435
4,710
5,170
8,245
9,4253,000,001-6,000,000
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 feesLess than 50 Gbps
.0625
$7,68050 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps
.125
15,355250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 Gbps
.25
30,7051,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 3,500 Gbps
.5
61,4103,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 6,500 Gbps
1.0
122,8156,500 Gbps or greater
2.0
245,630
 
 
 Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis As required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended (RFA) an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) was incorporated in the 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM*
                         released in June 2024. The Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) sought written public comment on the proposals in the 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM,*
                         including comment on the IRFA. No comments were filed addressing the IRFA. This present Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) conforms to the RFA. Need for, and Objectives of, the Report and Order In the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         the Commission adopts a regulatory fee schedule to meet its objective of fully complying with its congressionally mandated requirement of collecting regulatory fees for fiscal year (FY) 2024. For FY 2024, the Commission is required to collect $390,192,000 in regulatory fees, an amount equal to the Commission's annual salaries and expenses appropriation, pursuant to section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Communications Act or Act), and the Commission's FY 2024 Further Consolidation Appropriations Act. The Commission's methodology for assessing regulatory fees must “reflect the full-time equivalent number of employees within the bureaus and offices of the Commission, adjusted to take into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.” The total amount the Commission must collect in an offsetting collection generally changes each fiscal year, and payors' regulatory fees will also typically change each fiscal year as a mathematical consequence of the changes in the total amount to be collected, the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs), and projected unit estimates for each regulatory fee category. In 2023, the Commission eliminated the International Bureau, established a new Space Bureau and a new Office of International Affairs, and reallocated the authorities and functions of the International Bureau to the Space Bureau and the Office of International Affairs. In light of these actions, for FY 2024, the Commission reviewed the FY 2023 reallocations to determine if any changes are warranted, and proposed to slightly revise the FY 2023 reallocations to the core bureaus, including the new Space Bureau and the new Office of International Affairs. In the 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM,*
                         the Commission also sought comment on several additional regulatory fee issues, including: (i) the calculation of television broadcaster regulatory fees; (ii) how our proposals may promote or inhibit advances in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility; (iii) the end of temporary relief measures we implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; (iv) our proposal to discontinue the Commission's presumption that broadcast stations that are dark or were recently dark or bankrupt are experiencing financial hardship sufficient to justify waiver of their regulatory fees; and (v) ways in which the Commission might assist regulatory fee payors in meeting their annual regulatory fee obligations. For FY 2024, the Commission adopts, with modification, the regulatory fee schedule set forth in tables 3 and 4 of this document. Summary of Significant Issues Raised by Public Comments in Response to the IRFA There were no comments filed that specifically addressed the proposed rules and policies presented in the IRFA. However, one commenter, Iridium, contends that adopting the 60/40 allocation split between Geostationary Orbit (GSO) and Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) for FY 2024 would impose a burden on smaller NGSO systems. The Commission does not agree that it would be appropriate to delay this allocation, in that it more accurately represents the FY 2024 FTE burden in the Space Bureau than the prior 80/20 allocation. Response to Comments by Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration Pursuant to the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, which amended the RFA, the Commission is required to respond to any comments filed by the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA), and to provide a detailed statement of any change made to the proposed rules as a result of those comments. The Chief Counsel did not file any comments in response to the proposed rules in this proceeding. Description and Estimate of the Number of Small Entities to Which the Rules Will Apply 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 RFA generally defines the term “small entity” as having the same meaning as the terms “small business,” “small organization,” and “small governmental jurisdiction.” In addition, the term “small business” has the same meaning as the term “small business concern” under the Small Business Act. A “small business concern” is one which: (1) is independently owned and operated; (2) is not dominant in its field of operation; and (3) satisfies any additional criteria established by the SBA. *Small Businesses, Small Organizations, Small Governmental Jurisdictions.*
                         Our actions, over time, may affect small entities that are not easily categorized at present. We therefore describe, at the outset, three broad groups of small entities that could be directly affected herein. First, while there are industry specific size standards for small businesses that are used in the regulatory flexibility analysis, according to data from the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Advocacy, in general a small business is an independent business having fewer than 500 employees. These types of small businesses represent 99.9% of all businesses in the United States, which translates to 33.2 million businesses. Next, the type of small entity described as a “small organization” is generally “any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated and is not dominant in its field.” The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses a revenue benchmark of $50,000 or less to delineate its annual electronic filing requirements for small exempt organizations. Nationwide, for tax year 2022, there were approximately 530,109 small exempt organizations in the U.S. reporting revenues of $50,000 or less according to the registration and tax data for exempt organizations available from the IRS. Finally, the small entity described as a “small governmental jurisdiction” is defined generally as “governments of cities, counties, towns, townships, villages, school districts, or special districts, with a population of less than fifty thousand.” U.S. Census Bureau data from the 2022 Census of Governments indicate there were 90,837 local governmental jurisdictions consisting of general purpose governments and special purpose governments in the United States. Of this number, there were 36,845 general purpose governments (county, municipal, and town or township) with populations of less than 50,000 and 11,879 special purpose governments (independent school districts) with enrollment populations of less than 50,000. Accordingly, based on the 2022 
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                        U.S. Census of Governments data, we estimate that at least 48,724 entities fall into the category of “small governmental jurisdictions.” *Wired Telecommunications Carriers.*
                         The U.S. Census Bureau defines this industry as establishments primarily engaged in operating and/or providing access to transmission facilities and infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired communications networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies. Establishments in this industry use the wired telecommunications network facilities that they operate to provide a variety of services, such as wired telephony services, including VoIP services, wired (cable) audio and video programming distribution, and wired broadband internet services. By exception, establishments providing satellite television distribution services using facilities and infrastructure that they operate are included in this industry. Wired Telecommunications Carriers are also referred to as wireline carriers or fixed local service providers. The SBA small business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms that operated in this industry for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 4,590 providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of fixed local services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 4,146 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered small entities. *Local Exchange Carriers (LECs).*
                         Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically applicable to local exchange services. Providers of these services include both incumbent and competitive local exchange service providers. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the closest industry with an SBA small business size standard. Wired Telecommunications Carriers are also referred to as wireline carriers or fixed local service providers. The SBA small business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms that operated in this industry for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 4,590 providers that reported they were fixed local exchange service providers. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 4,146 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered small entities. *Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (Incumbent LECs).*
                         Neither the Commission nor the SBA have developed a small business size standard specifically for incumbent local exchange carriers. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the closest industry with an SBA small business size standard. The SBA small business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms in this industry that operated for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 1,212 providers that reported they were incumbent local exchange service providers. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 916 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, the Commission estimates that the majority of incumbent local exchange carriers can be considered small entities. *Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs).*
                         Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a size standard for small businesses specifically applicable to local exchange services. Providers of these services include several types of competitive local exchange service providers. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the closest industry with a SBA small business size standard. The SBA small business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms that operated in this industry for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 3,378 providers that reported they were competitive local service providers. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 3,230 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered small entities. *Interexchange Carriers (IXCs).*
                         Neither the Commission nor the SBA have developed a small business size standard specifically for Interexchange Carriers. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the closest industry with a SBA small business size standard. The SBA small business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms that operated in this industry for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 127 providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of interexchange services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 109 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, the Commission estimates that the majority of providers in this industry can be considered small entities. *Prepaid Calling Card Providers.*
                         Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a small business size standard specifically for prepaid calling card providers. Telecommunications Resellers is the closest industry with a SBA small business size standard. The Telecommunications Resellers industry comprises establishments engaged in purchasing access and network capacity from owners and operators of telecommunications networks and reselling wired and wireless telecommunications services (except satellite) to businesses and households. Establishments in this industry resell telecommunications; they do not operate transmission facilities and infrastructure. Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard for Telecommunications Resellers classifies a business as small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 1,386 firms in this industry provided resale services for the entire year. Of that number, 1,375 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. 
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                        Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 62 providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of prepaid card services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 61 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered small entities. *Local Resellers.*
                         Neither the Commission nor the SBA have developed a small business size standard specifically for Local Resellers. Telecommunications Resellers is the closest industry with a SBA small business size standard. The Telecommunications Resellers industry comprises establishments engaged in purchasing access and network capacity from owners and operators of telecommunications networks and reselling wired and wireless telecommunications services (except satellite) to businesses and households. Establishments in this industry resell telecommunications; they do not operate transmission facilities and infrastructure. Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard for Telecommunications Resellers classifies a business as small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 1,386 firms in this industry provided resale services for the entire year. Of that number, 1,375 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 207 providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of local resale services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 202 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered small entities. *Toll Resellers.*
                         Neither the Commission nor the SBA have developed a small business size standard specifically for Toll Resellers. Telecommunications Resellers is the closest industry with a SBA small business size standard. The Telecommunications Resellers industry comprises establishments engaged in purchasing access and network capacity from owners and operators of telecommunications networks and reselling wired and wireless telecommunications services (except satellite) to businesses and households. Establishments in this industry resell telecommunications; they do not operate transmission facilities and infrastructure. Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard for Telecommunications Resellers classifies a business as small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 1,386 firms in this industry provided resale services for the entire year. Of that number, 1,375 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 457 providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of toll services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 438 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered small entities. *Other Toll Carriers.*
                         Neither the Commission nor the SBA has developed a definition for small businesses specifically applicable to Other Toll Carriers. This category includes toll carriers that do not fall within the categories of interexchange carriers, operator service providers, prepaid calling card providers, satellite service carriers, or toll resellers. Wired Telecommunications Carriers is the closest industry with a SBA small business size standard. The SBA small business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms in this industry that operated for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 90 providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of other toll services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 87 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered small entities. *Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite).*
                         This industry comprises establishments engaged in operating and maintaining switching and transmission facilities to provide communications via the airwaves. Establishments in this industry have spectrum licenses and provide services using that spectrum, such as cellular services, paging services, wireless internet access, and wireless video services. The SBA size standard for this industry classifies a business as small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 2,893 firms in this industry that operated for the entire year. Of that number, 2,837 firms employed fewer than 250 employees. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 594 providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of wireless services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that 511 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, most of these providers can be considered small entities. *Television Broadcasting.*
                         This industry is comprised of “establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting images together with sound.” These establishments operate television broadcast studios and facilities for the programming and transmission of programs to the public. These establishments also produce or transmit visual programming to affiliated broadcast television stations, which in turn broadcast the programs to the public on a predetermined schedule. Programming may originate in their own studio, from an affiliated network, or from external sources. The SBA small business size standard for this industry classifies businesses having $47 million or less in annual receipts as small. 2017 U.S. Census Bureau data indicate that 744 firms in this industry operated for the entire year. Of that number, 657 firms had revenue of less than $25,000,000. Based on this data we estimate that the majority of television broadcasters are small entities under the SBA small business size standard. As of June 30, 2024, there were 1,384 licensed commercial television stations. Of this total, 1,307 stations (or 94.4%) had revenues of $47 million or less in 2023, according to Commission staff review of the BIA Kelsey Inc. Media Access Pro Television Database (BIA) on July 3, 2024, and therefore these licensees qualify as small entities under the SBA definition. In addition, the Commission estimates as of June 30, 2024, there were 382 licensed noncommercial educational (NCE) television stations, 379 Class A TV stations, 1,821 LPTV stations and 3,100 TV translator stations. The Commission, however, does not compile and otherwise does not have access to financial information for these television broadcast stations that would permit it to determine how many of 
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                        these stations qualify as small entities under the SBA small business size standard. Nevertheless, given the SBA's large annual receipts threshold for this industry and the nature of these television station licensees, we presume that all of these entities qualify as small entities under the above SBA small business size standard. *Radio Stations.*
                         This industry is comprised of “establishments primarily engaged in broadcasting aural programs by radio to the public.” Programming may originate in their own studio, from an affiliated network, or from external sources. The SBA small business size standard for this industry classifies firms having $47 million or less in annual receipts as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 2,963 firms operated in this industry during that year. Of this number, 1,879 firms operated with revenue of less than $25 million per year. Based on this data and the SBA's small business size standard, we estimate a majority of such entities are small entities. The Commission estimates that as of June 30, 2024, there were 4,413 licensed commercial AM radio stations and 6,620 licensed commercial FM radio stations, for a combined total of 11,033 commercial radio stations. Of this total, 11,032 stations (or 99.99%) had revenues of $47 million or less in 2023, according to Commission staff review of the BIA Kelsey Inc. Media Access Pro Database (BIA) on July 3, 2024, and therefore these licensees qualify as small entities under the SBA definition. In addition, the Commission estimates that as of June 30, 2024, there were 4,356 licensed noncommercial (NCE) FM radio stations, 1,965 low power FM (LPFM) stations, and 8,906 FM translators and boosters. The Commission however does not compile, and otherwise does not have access to financial information for these radio stations that would permit it to determine how many of these stations qualify as small entities under the SBA small business size standard. Nevertheless, given the SBA's large annual receipts threshold for this industry and the nature of radio station licensees, we presume that all of these entities qualify as small entities under the above SBA small business size standard. We note, however, that in assessing whether a business concern qualifies as “small” under the above definition, business (control) affiliations must be included. Our estimate, therefore, likely overstates the number of small entities that might be affected by our action, because the revenue figure on which it is based does not include or aggregate revenues from affiliated companies. In addition, another element of the definition of “small business” requires that an entity not be dominant in its field of operation. We are unable at this time to define or quantify the criteria that would establish whether a specific radio or television broadcast station is dominant in its field of operation. Accordingly, the estimate of small businesses to which the rules may apply does not exclude any radio or television station from the definition of a small business on this basis and is therefore possibly over-inclusive. An additional element of the definition of “small business” is that the entity must be independently owned and operated. Because it is difficult to assess these criteria in the context of media entities, the estimate of small businesses to which the rules may apply does not exclude any radio or television station from the definition of a small business on this basis and similarly may be over-inclusive. *Cable Companies and Systems (Rate Regulation).*
                         The Commission has developed its own small business size standard for the purpose of cable rate regulation. Under the Commission's rules, a “small cable company” is one serving 400,000 or fewer subscribers nationwide. Based on industry data, there are about 420 cable companies in the U.S. Of these, only seven have more than 400,000 subscribers. In addition, under the Commission's rules, a “small system” is a cable system serving 15,000 or fewer subscribers. Based on industry data, there are about 4,139 cable systems (headends) in the U.S. Of these, about 639 have more than 15,000 subscribers. Accordingly, the Commission estimates that the majority of cable companies and cable systems are small. *Cable System Operators (Telecom Act Standard).*
                         The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, contains a size standard for a “small cable operator,” which is “a cable operator that, directly or through an affiliate, serves in the aggregate fewer than one percent of all subscribers in the United States and is not affiliated with any entity or entities whose gross annual revenues in the aggregate exceed $250,000,000.” For purposes of the Telecom Act Standard, the Commission determined that a cable system operator that serves fewer than 498,000 subscribers, either directly or through affiliates, will meet the definition of a small cable operator. Based on industry data, only six cable system operators have more than 498,000 subscribers. Accordingly, the Commission estimates that the majority of cable system operators are small under this size standard. We note however, that the Commission neither requests nor collects information on whether cable system operators are affiliated with entities whose gross annual revenues exceed $250 million. Therefore, we are unable at this time to estimate with greater precision the number of cable system operators that would qualify as small cable operators under the definition in the Communications Act. *Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Service.*
                         DBS service is a nationally distributed subscription 
                        *service*
                         that delivers video and audio programming via satellite to a small parabolic “dish” antenna at the subscriber's location. DBS is included in the Wired Telecommunications Carriers industry which comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating and/or providing access to transmission facilities and infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired telecommunications networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single technology or combination of technologies. Establishments in this industry use the wired telecommunications network facilities that they operate to provide a variety of services, such as wired telephony services, including VoIP services, wired (cable) audio and video programming distribution; and wired broadband internet services. By exception, establishments providing satellite television distribution services using facilities and infrastructure that they operate are included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard for Wired Telecommunications Carriers classifies firms having 1,500 or fewer employees as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 3,054 firms operated in this industry for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Based on this data, the majority of firms in this industry can be considered small under the SBA small business size standard. According to Commission data however, only two entities provide DBS service—DIRECTV (co-owned by AT&T) and DISH Network (owned by EchoStar Corp.), which require a great deal of capital for operation. DIRECTV and DISH Network both exceed the SBA size standard for classification as a small business. Therefore, we must conclude based on internally developed Commission data, in general DBS service is provided only by large firms. *Satellite Telecommunications.*
                         This industry comprises firms “primarily engaged in providing telecommunications services to other 
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                        establishments in the telecommunications and broadcasting industries by forwarding and receiving communications signals via a system of satellites or reselling satellite telecommunications.” Satellite telecommunications service providers include satellite and earth station operators. The SBA small business size standard for this industry classifies a business with $44 million or less in annual receipts as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 275 firms in this industry operated for the entire year. Of this number, 242 firms had revenue of less than $25 million. Additionally, based on Commission data in the 2022 Universal Service Monitoring Report, as of December 31, 2021, there were 65 providers that reported they were engaged in the provision of satellite telecommunications services. Of these providers, the Commission estimates that approximately 42 providers have 1,500 or fewer employees. Consequently, using the SBA's small business size standard, a little more than half of these providers can be considered small entities. *All Other Telecommunications.*
                         This industry is comprised of establishments primarily engaged in providing specialized telecommunications services, such as satellite tracking, communications telemetry, and radar station operation. This industry also includes establishments primarily engaged in providing satellite terminal stations and associated facilities connected with one or more terrestrial systems and capable of transmitting telecommunications to, and receiving telecommunications from, satellite systems. Providers of internet services (
                        *e.g.*
                         dial-up ISPs) or Voice over internet Protocol (VoIP) services, via client-supplied telecommunications connections are also included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard for this industry classifies firms with annual receipts of $40 million or less as small. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 1,079 firms in this industry that operated for the entire year. Of those firms, 1,039 had revenue of less than $25 million. Based on this data, the Commission estimates that the majority of “All Other Telecommunications” firms can be considered small. *RespOrgs.*
                         Responsible Organizations, or RespOrgs (also referred to as Toll-Free Number (TFN) providers), are entities chosen by toll free subscribers to manage and administer the appropriate records in the toll-free Service Management System for the toll-free subscriber. Based on information on the website of SOMOS, the entity that maintains a registry of Toll-Free Number providers (SMS/800 TFN Registry) for the more than 42 million Toll-Free numbers in North America, and the TSS Registry, a centralized registry for the use of Toll-Free Numbers in text messaging and multimedia services, there were approximately 446 registered RespOrgs/Toll-Free Number providers in July 2021. RespOrgs are often wireline carriers, however they can be include non-carrier entities. Accordingly, the description below for RespOrgs include both Carrier RespOrgs and Non-Carrier RespOrgs. *Carrier RespOrgs.*
                         Neither the Commission nor the SBA have developed a small business size standard for Carrier RespOrgs. 
                        *Wired Telecommunications Carriers,*
                         and 
                        *Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)*
                         are the closest industries with a SBA small business size applicable to Carrier RespOrgs. *Wired Telecommunications Carriers*
                         are establishments primarily engaged in operating and/or providing access to transmission facilities and infrastructure that they own and/or lease for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound, and video using wired communications networks. Transmission facilities may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies. Establishments in this industry use the wired telecommunications network facilities that they operate to provide a variety of services, such as wired telephony services, including VoIP services, wired (cable) audio and video programming distribution, and wired broadband internet services. By exception, establishments providing satellite television distribution services using facilities and infrastructure that they operate are included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard for this industry classifies a business as small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 3,054 firms that operated for the entire year. Of this number, 2,964 firms operated with fewer than 250 employees. Based on that data, we conclude that the majority of Carrier RespOrgs that operated with wireline-based technology are small. *Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)*
                         engage in operating and maintaining switching and transmission facilities to provide communications via the airwaves. Establishments in this industry have spectrum licenses and provide services using that spectrum, such as cellular services, paging services, wireless internet access, and wireless video services. The SBA small business size standard for this industry classifies a business as small if it has 1,500 or fewer employees. For this industry, U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that there were 2,893 firms that operated for the entire year. Of this number, 2,837 firms employed fewer than 250 employees. Based on this data, we conclude that the majority of Carrier RespOrgs that operated with wireless-based technology are small. *Non-Carrier RespOrgs.*
                         Neither the Commission, nor the SBA have developed a small business size standard Non-Carrier RespOrgs. 
                        *Other Services Related to Advertising*
                         and 
                        *Other Management Consulting Services*
                        ” are the closest industries with a SBA small business size applicable to Non-Carrier RespOrgs. The 
                        *Other Services Related to Advertising*
                         industry contains establishments primarily engaged in providing advertising services (except advertising agency services, public relations agency services, media buying agency services, media representative services, display advertising services, direct mail advertising services, advertising material distribution services, and marketing consulting services). The SBA small business size standard for this industry classifies a business as small that has annual receipts of $16.5 million or less. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 5,650 firms operated in this industry for the entire year. Of that number, 3,693 firms operated with revenue of less than $10 million. Based on this data, we conclude that a majority of non-carrier RespOrgs who provide TFN-related management consulting services are small. The 
                        *Other Management Consulting Services*
                         industry contains establishments primarily engaged in providing management consulting services (except administrative and general management consulting; human resources consulting; marketing consulting; or process, physical distribution, and logistics consulting). Establishments providing telecommunications or utilities management consulting services are included in this industry. The SBA small business size standard for this industry classifies a business as small if it has annual receipts of $16.5 million or less. U.S. Census Bureau data for 2017 show that 4,696 firms operated in this industry for the entire year. Of that number, 3,700 firms had revenue of less than $10 million. Based on this data, we conclude that a majority of non-carrier RespOrgs who provide TFN-related management consulting services are small.
                        ( print page 78507) Description of Projected Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance Requirements for Small Entities The 
                        *Report and Order*
                         does not adopt any changes to the Commission's current information collection, reporting, recordkeeping, or other compliance requirements for collecting regulatory fees from small entities. Small and other regulated entities are required to pay regulatory fees on an annual basis. The cost of compliance with the annual regulatory assessment for small entities is the amount assessed for their regulatory fee category and should not require small entities to hire professionals in order to comply, as they are accustomed to paying the annual fees and most should be familiar with both the Commission's current collection process as well as the process put in place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the 
                        *Report and Order*
                         does adopt changes to the current fee waiver process, which may impact small entities, by returning to normal, pre-COVID-19 pandemic operations and discontinuing temporary waiver relief from regulatory fees available in the 
                        *FY 2023 Report and Order*
                         that was not codified at that time. The Commission now will require small and other entities seeking relief through a waiver, reduction, and/or deferral of fees to submit all financial documents necessary to support their hardship request at the time of filing the request. In addition, the Commission is restoring the red light rule so that entities, including small entities, must not be in red light status at the time of filing a request for waiver, reduction, deferral, or installment payments. Small entities may be able to take advantage of the streamlined waiver processes, including permitting parties to submit a single waiver request for various forms of relief electronically, instead of separate filings and for FY 2024 regulatory fees, a low interest rate and no down payment requirement for installment payment of regulatory fees. Steps Taken To Minimize Significant Economic Impact on Small Entities, and Significant Alternatives Considered 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.” In response to the 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM,*
                         the Commission received comments proposing alternatives to various elements of the methodology for assessing regulatory fees and the FY 2024 regulatory fee schedule, as well as other issues related to the collection of regulatory fees. After considering those alternatives, as well as those discussed amongst Commission staff, the rules adopted in the 
                        *Report and Order*
                         reflect the Commission's efforts to minimize significant economic impact on small entities when practicable. Below is a discussion of some of the steps the Commission has taken in the 
                        *Report and Order*
                         and alternative proposals it considered in reaching its conclusions. *Assessment of Regulatory Fees.*
                         For FY 2024, we employ the same methodology as the Commission did in FY 2023. However, we conclude that changes within the Commission's organizational structure and in additional staff resources merits a review of the FY 2023 reallocations of the FTEs located in the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics and Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau that were previously considered to be indirect FTEs and were allocated as direct FTEs to a core bureau. Specifically, effective on April 10, 2023, the International Bureau was eliminated by establishing a new Space Bureau and a new Office of International Affairs, We also analyzed the FTEs previously reallocated as direct to a core bureau in FY 2023 for regulatory fee purposes to determine whether there have been any shifts in work assignments such that the number of allocations to a core bureau for regulatory fee purposes should be adjusted. Also, in instances where an FTE was previously allocated to the International Bureau as direct for regulatory fee purposes, we analyzed the specific work done by the FTE to determine whether such FTE should be allocated to the new Office of International Affairs or the new Space Bureau. Based on the results of our evaluation, we conclude that certain indirect FTEs could be reassigned as direct FTEs and incorporate these into the count of FTEs of the relevant core bureau for purposes of calculating regulatory fees for FY 2024, which could reduce regulatory fee obligations for some small and other regulatory payees. Additionally, on March 13, 2024, the Commission released the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM*
                         seeking comment on proposed changes to the regulatory fee methodology used for assessing space and earth station regulatory fees for FY 2024. We proposed regulatory fee rates based on the proposals set forth in the 
                        *Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees NPRM,*
                         and therefore, did not need to seek comment again on the 
                        *FY 2024 NPRM.* *Broadcast Regulatory Fees.*
                         In the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         we continue to assess fees for full-power broadcast television stations based on the population covered by a full-service broadcast television station's contour, which may reduce the economic impact of the regulatory fees for some small licensees. While the population-based methodology increases fees for some licensees and reduces fees for others, we believe the population-based metric better conforms with the service of broadcasting television to the American people. In addition, entities experiencing financial hardship, including small businesses, will continue to have access to fee relief, such as waiver, reduction, deferral and/or installment payment of their regulatory fees and may be exempt from paying a regulatory fee if the assessed fee is below the de minimis threshold that the Commission has established. *Relief Measures.*
                         During the COVID-19 pandemic and through FY 2023, the Commission provided certain temporary relief to regulatory fee payors experiencing financial hardship caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic through a combination of partial rule waivers and direction to the Office of the Managing Director in exercising its delegated authority. In the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         the Commission eliminates some temporary measures for FY 2024 because the circumstances for which the measures were temporarily implemented have changed, 
                        *i.e.,*
                         the National Emergency COVID-19 pandemic has ended and the national economy is rebounding. The Commission restores operation of the “red light” rule and therefore will not act on and will dismiss any requests for waiver, reduction, deferral, or for installment payments if the payor is in red light status when the request is filed. Further, the Commission, under § 1.1166 of the rules, now requires parties to submit, at the time of filing, their financial information to support any request for waiver, reduction, deferral or installment payments. Finally, in recognition of the possible hardship to certain Space Bureau fee payors caused by a significant increase in their FY 2024 regulatory fees, the Commission will, for all regulatory fee payors' installment payment plans, fix interest rates on all installment 
                        ( print page 78508)
                        payments for payment of FY 2024 regulatory fee debt at the lowest rate permitted by statute; will not require parties to submit the customary down payment for installment payment plans. *Non-Operating Broadcast Stations.*
                         In the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         we end the policy of presuming that dark or silent stations have experienced financial hardship and therefore merit granting a request for waiver of regulatory fees on the basis of financial hardship, without requiring submission of evidence of actual financial hardship. This policy was first mentioned by the Commission in 1995, and then applied by the Commission's Office of the Managing Director in 1996. The Commission, however, has never codified this policy and it is rarely used. The policy, moreover, appears to assume that the only rationale for a dark or silent station is financial duress. There is no such limitation, however, contained in § 73.1740(a)(4) of the Commission's rules. Licensees might go dark for different reasons depending on each station's particular circumstances. Thus, drawing on the Commission's experience since establishment of the policy in 1995, the assumption that requiring financial information in a request for waiver of regulatory fees is unnecessary by the operators of a dark or silent station appears to be no longer accurate in 2024. In the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         we therefore end the assumption that stations are dark or were recently dark or bankrupt are experiencing financial distress when they file a request for waiver of regulatory fees. Instead, we require that these licensees submit supporting financial documentation with their fee requests to prove financial hardship sufficient to justify a fee waiver, just as all other regulatory fee payors are required to do under § 1.1166 of our rules. In order to give regulatory fee payors, many of which are small entities, more time to make any necessary changes to comply with this change in policy, we will make this change effective for fiscal year 2025. Report to Congress The Commission will send a copy of the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         including the FRFA, in a report to Congress pursuant to the Congressional Review Act. In addition, the Commission will send a copy of the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         including the FRFA, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA. A copy of the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         and FRFA (or summaries thereof) will also be published in the 
                        **Federal Register**
                        . Ordering Clauses Accordingly, 
                        *it is ordered*
                         that, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 4(j), 9, 9A, and 303(r) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 159, 159A, and 303(r), the Report and Order 
                        *is hereby adopted.* *It is further ordered*
                         that the FY 2024 section 9 regulatory fees assessment requirements 
                        *are adopted*
                         as specified herein. *It is further ordered*
                         that the Commission's Office of the Secretary 
                        *shall send*
                         a copy of the 
                        *Report and Order,*
                         including the Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 1 Administrative practice and procedure
Communications
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Telecommunications
Telephone
Television
 Federal Communications Commission. Katura Jackson, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
 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 continues to read as follows: Authority:
                            47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted. 2.Section 1.1152 is revised to read as follows: § 1.1152
  Table 1 to § 1.1152
Exclusive use services
                                         (per license)
Fee amount1. 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)
25.00220 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)
25.002. 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)
25.003. 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)
10.00Rural 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)
10.004. Marine Coast:(a) New Renewal/Mod (FCC 601 & 159)
40.00(b) New, Renewal/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159)
40.00( print page 78509)(c) Renewal Only (FCC 601 & 159)
40.00(d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 601 & 159)
40.005. 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)
20.006. 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)
15.007. Aviation Aircraft:(a) New, Renew/Mod (FCC 605 & 159)
10.00(b) New, Renew/Mod (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159)
10.00(c) Renewal Only (FCC 605 & 159)
10.00(d) Renewal Only (Electronic Filing) (FCC 605 & 159)
10.008. CMRS Cellular/Mobile Services (per unit) (FCC 159)
1
                                         .169. CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (FCC 159)
2
                                         .0810. Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS and MDS)
72511. Local Multipoint Distribution Service
7251
                                     These are standard fees that are to be paid in accordance with § 1.1157(b).2
                                     These are standard fees that are to be paid in accordance with § 1.1157(b).
 3.Section 1.1153 is revised to read as follows: § 1.1153
  Table 1 to § 1.1153
Fee amount**Radio [AM and FM]****(47 CFR Part 73)**1. AM Class A:≤10,000 population
$56010,001-25,000 population
93525,001-75,000 population
1,40575,001-150,000 population
2,105150,001-500,000 population
3,160500,001-1,200,000 population
4,7301,200,001-3,000,000 population
7,1053,000,001-6,000,000 population
10,650>6,000,000 population
15,9802. AM Class B:≤10,000 population
40510,001-25,000 population
67525,001-75,000 population
1,01575,001-150,000 population
1,520150,001-500,000 population
2,280500,001-1,200,000 population
3,4151,200,001-3,000,000 population
5,1303,000,001-6,000,000 population
7,690>6,000,000 population
11,5353. AM Class C:≤10,000 population
35010,001-25,000 population
58525,001-75,000 population
88075,001-150,000 population
1,315150,001-500,000 population
1,975500,001-1,200,000 population
2,9601,200,001-3,000,000 population
4,4453,000,001-6,000,000 population
6,665>6,000,000 population
10,0004. AM Class D:≤10,000 population
38510,001-25,000 population
64525,001-75,000 population
970( print page 78510)75,001-150,000 population
1,450150,001-500,000 population
2,180500,001-1,200,000 population
3,2651,200,001-3,000,000 population
4,9003,000,001-6,000,000 population
7,345>6,000,000 population
11,0255. AM Construction Permit
5856. FM Classes A, B1 and C3:≤10,000 population
61510,001-25,000 population
1,02525,001-75,000 population
1,54075,001-150,000 population
2,305150,001-500,000 population
3,465500,001-1,200,000 population
5,1851,200,001-3,000,000 population
7,7903,000,001-6,000,000 population
11,675>6,000,000 population
17,5157. FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 and C2:≤10,000 population
70010,001-25,000 population
1,17025,001-75,000 population
1,75575,001-150,000 population
2,635150,001-500,000 population
3,955500,001-1,200,000 population
5,9201,200,001-3,000,000 population
8,8903,000,001-6,000,000 population
13,325>6,000,000 population
19,9958. FM Construction Permits
1,025**TV (47 CFR part 73)**9. Digital TV (UHF and VHF Commercial Stations):1. Digital TV Construction Permits
5,2002. Television Fee Factor
.006598 per pop.10. Low Power TV, Class A TV, FM Translator, & TV/FM Booster (47 CFR part 74)
245
 4.Section 1.1154 is revised to read as follows: § 1.1154
  Table 1 to § 1.1154
Radio facilities
Fee amount1. Microwave (Domestic Public Fixed) (Electronic Filing) (FCC Form 601 & 159)
$25.00.Carriers:1. Interstate Telephone Service Providers (per interstate and international end-user revenues (see FCC Form 499-A)
.00542.2. Toll Free Number Fee
.12 per Toll Free Number.
 5.Section 1.1155 is revised to read as follows: § 1.1155
  Table 1 to § 1.1155
Fee amount1. Cable Television Relay Service
$1,8252. Cable TV System, Including IPTV (per subscriber), and DBS (per subscriber)
1.27
 6.Section 1.1156 is revised to read as follows: § 1.1156
  (a) 
                                *Geostationary orbit (GSO) and non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) space stations.*
                                 The following schedule applies for the listed services:
                                ( print page 78511) Table 1 to Paragraph (
                                    a
                                    )
Fee category
Fee amountSpace Stations (Geostationary Orbit)
$144,155Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Other
964,200Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)—Less Complex
441,9252,Space Stations (per license/call sign in non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) (Small Satellite)
12,215Earth Stations: Transmit/Receive & Transmit only (per authorization or registration)
2,610
 (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, non-common 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 specifically for voice or data is not 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, 2023)
Fee amountTerrestrial Common Carrier and Non-Common Carrier
                                         Satellite Common Carrier and Non-Common Carrier
$17 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 2024 International Bearer Circuits—Submarine Cable Systems
Submarine cable systems
                                         (lit capacity as of December 31, 2023)
Fee ratio
                                         (units)
FY 2024
                                         regulatory feesLess than 50 Gbps
.0625
$5,57050 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 Gbps
.125
11,140250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 Gbps
.25
22,2751,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 3,500 Gbps
.5
44,5503,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 6,500 Gbps
1.0
89,0956,500 Gbps or greater
2.0
178,190


[FR Doc. 2024-21159 Filed 9-24-24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P