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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 233 (Wednesday, December 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96247-96249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28387]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[OMB 3060-0466; FR ID 265496]

Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal 
Communications Commission

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this

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opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 
Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the 
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before February 3, 
2025. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find 
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, 
you should advise the contacts below as soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email 
[email protected] and to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the 
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be 
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of 
information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB 
control number.
    As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and 
as required by the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity 
to comment on the following information collections. Comments are 
requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Commission, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the 
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees.
    OMB Control Number: 3060-0466.
    Title: Sections 74.783, 73.1201 and 74.1283, Station 
Identification.
    Form Number: Not applicable.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not for-profit 
institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 28,246 respondents; 28,246 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.166-1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; 
Recordkeeping requirement; Third party disclosure requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or maintain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 
47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308.
    Total Annual Burden: 26,735 hours.
    Total Annual Costs: None.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirements for this 
collection are as following: 47 CFR 73.1201(a) requires television 
broadcast licensees to make broadcast station identification 
announcements at the beginning and ending of each time of operation, 
and hourly, as close to the hour as feasible, at a natural break in 
program offerings. Television and Class A television broadcast stations 
may make these announcements visually or aurally.
    47 CFR 74.783(b) requires licensees of television translators whose 
station identification is made by the television station whose signals 
are being rebroadcast by the translator, must secure agreement with 
this television station licensee to keep in its file, and available to 
FCC personnel, the translator's call letters and location, giving the 
name, address and telephone number of the licensee or his service 
representative to be contacted in the event of malfunction of the 
translator. It shall be the responsibility of the translator licensee 
to furnish current information to the television station licensee for 
this purpose.
    47 CFR 73.1201(b)(1) requires that the official station 
identification consist of the station's call letters immediately 
followed by the community or communities specified in its license as 
the station's location. The name of the licensee, the station's 
frequency, the station's channel number, as stated on the station's 
license, and/or the station's network affiliation may be inserted 
between the call letters and station location. Digital Television (DTV) 
stations, or DAB Stations, choosing to include the station's channel 
number in the station identification must use the station's major 
channel number and may distinguish multicast program streams. For 
example, a DTV station with major channel number 26 may use 26.1 to 
identify a High Definition Television (HDTV) program service and 26.2 
to identify a Standard Definition Television (SDTV) program service. A 
radio station operating in DAB hybrid mode or extended hybrid mode 
shall identify its digital signal, including any free multicast audio 
programming streams, in a manner that appropriately alerts its audience 
to the fact that it is listening to a digital audio broadcast. No other 
insertion between the station's call letters and the community or 
communities specified in its license is permissible. A station may 
include in its official station identification the name of any 
additional community or communities, but the community to which the 
station is licensed must be named first.
    Regulations at 47 CFR 74.791(c) permit low power TV permittees or 
licensees to request to be assigned four-letter call signs in lieu of 
the five-character alpha-numeric call signs.
    Regulations at 47 CFR 74.1283(c)(1) require a FM translator station 
licensee whose identification is made by the primary station must 
arrange for the primary station licensee to furnish the translator's 
call letters and location (name, address, and telephone number of the 
licensee or service representative) to the FCC. The licensee must keep 
this information in the primary station's files.
    On April 17, 2023, the Commission released a Report and Order, 
Amendment of parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules to Establish 
Rules for Digital Low Power Television and Television Translator 
Stations, FCC 23-25. With the advent of digital television operation, 
there were a number of duplicative rules for both analog and digital 
television operations. Sections 74.783(e) and 74.791(c) are such rules. 
Section 74.783(e) referred to analog operations whereas 74.791(c) 
referred to digital operations. Since all television operations are now 
required to be digital and the rule sections are duplicative, the 
analog referenced rule, 74.783(e) has been deleted and replaced with 
Section 74.791(c), See FCC 23-25 for the actions described herein.

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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-28387 Filed 12-3-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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