Federal Communications Commission Approved by OMB

Washington, D.C. 20554 3060-0010 

FCC FORM 323 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. Definitions. For the purposes of completing this form:

(1) A Licensee is a natural person or an entity that

holds a Commission license for a commercial

broadcast station.

(2) A Permittee is a natural person or an entity that

holds a Commission construction permit for a

commercial broadcast station. 

(3) A Respondent is any person or entity that is

required to file Form 323. 

2. Filing Requirements: Non-Biennial Ownership

Reports. Licensees and Permittees of commercial AM,

FM, or full power television stations must file Form 323

to report all attributable interests in the Licensee or 

Permittee as follows. 

(1) Transfers of Control/Assignment of License or

Construction Permit. Licensees and Permittees

must file Form 323 within 30 days after the 

consummation of a transfer of control or an

assignment of a commercial AM, FM, or full

power television station license or construction

permit. See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3615(c). Note:

FCC consent is required prior to

consummation of transfers of 

control/assignments of broadcast

authorizations. 

(2) Post-grant of Construction Permit. A Permittee of 

a new commercial AM, FM, or full power

television broadcast station must file Form 323

within 30 days after the grant of an original 

construction permit. See 47 C.F.R. Section

73.3615(b)(i). 

(3) Application for Station License. On the date that

a Permittee applies for a license to cover an

original construction permit for a new

commercial AM, FM, or full power television

broadcast station, the Permittee must file Form

323 to update its ownership information. A filer

may choose to certify the continuing accuracy

and completeness of a previously-filed ownership 

report. If the permit was not assigned or 

transferred since it was first granted, the filer may

certify the continuing accuracy and completeness

of a previously-filed report that was submitted

pursuant to item (1), above (i.e., a report that was

filed in connection with grant of the original 

construction permit). If the permit was assigned

or transferred since it was first granted, the filer

may certify the continuing accuracy and

completeness of a previously-filed report that was

submitted pursuant to item (2), above (i.e., a postconsummation ownership report). In either case,

the information in the previously-filed report

must remain accurate. See 47 C.F.R. Section

73.3615(b)(ii). 

In the case of organizational structures that include 

holding companies or other forms of indirect ownership,

a separate FCC Form 323 must be filed for each entity in

the organizational structure that has an attributable

interest in the Licensee or Permittee. If a Permittee or

Licensee holds multiple construction permits and/or 

station licenses for which the filing of a non-biennial 

ownership report was triggered pursuant to (1), (2), or (3),

above, and the information submitted on the Permittee’s

or Licensee’s ownership report is equally applicable to

each such permit and/or license, the Licensee or Permittee

may file a single Form 323 listing all such licenses and/or 

permits. Similarly, if a non-Licensee/Permittee

Respondent holds attributable interests in multiple

Licensees or Permittees and the information submitted on 

the Respondent’s ownership report is equally applicable

to each such Licensee/Permittee and all associated

licenses/permits, the Respondent may file a single Form

323 listing all such Licensees/Permittees and

licenses/permits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any

Respondent that both (1) is a Licensee and/or Permittee

and (2) holds attributable interests in one or more

Licensees and/or Permittees must file two ownership 

reports – one as a Licensee/Permittee and one as a nonLicensee/Permittee Respondent. 

3. This form is not to be used to request a transfer of

control or assignment of license or construction permit.

The appropriate forms for use in connection with such

transfers or assignments are FCC Forms 314, 315, and/or 

316. See 47 C.F.R. Sections 73.3540 and 73.3541. It is the

responsibility of the Licensee or Permittee to

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determine if a given transaction constitutes a transfer of

control or an assignment. However, for purposes of 

example only, and for the convenience of interested

persons, there are listed below some of the more common 

types of transfers. A transfer of control takes place when: 

(1) An individual stockholder gains or loses

affirmative or negative (50 percent) control. 

(Affirmative control consists of control of more

than 50 percent of voting stock; negative control

consists of control of exactly 50 percent of voting 

stock.) 

(2) Any family group or any individual in a family

group gains or loses affirmative or negative (50

percent) control.

(3) Any group in privity gains or loses affirmative or 

negative (50 percent) control. 

The following are examples of transfers of control or

assignments requiring prior Commission consent: 

(1) A, who owns 51 percent of the Licensee’s or

Permittee’s stock, sells 1 percent or more thereof.

A transfer has been effected.

(2) X corporation, wholly owned by Y family, retires

outstanding stock which results in family member

A’s individual holdings being increased to 50

percent or more. A transfer has been effected.

(3) A and B, husband and wife, each owns 50 percent

of the Licensee’s or Permittee’s stock. A sells

some of his stock to B. A transfer has been

effected.

(4) A is one of the partners in the Licensee. A sells

any part of his interest to newcomer B or existing 

partner C. An assignment has been effected.

(5) X partnership incorporates. An assignment has

been effected.

(6) Minority stockholders form a voting trust to vote

their 50 percent or more combined stockholdings. 

A transfer has been effected.

(7) A, B, C, D, and E each own 20 percent of the

stock of X corporation. A, B, and C sell their

stock to F, G, and H at different times. A transfer

is effected at such time as 50 percent or more of

the stock passes out of the hands of the 

stockholders who held stock at the time the 

original authorization for the Licensee or 

Permittee corporation was issued. 

4. Filing Requirements: Biennial Reports. Licensees 

of commercial AM, FM, and full power television

broadcast stations, as well as Licensees of Class A 

Television and Low Power Television (LPTV) stations,

must file FCC Form 323 every two years to report all

attributable interests in the Licensee. Ownership reports

must be filed by December 1 in all odd-numbered years.

The information in each ownership report shall be current

as of October 1 of the year in which the ownership report

is filed. See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3615(a).

In the case of organizational structures that include 

holding companies or other forms of indirect ownership, 

a separate FCC Form 323 must be filed for each entity in

the organizational structure that has an attributable

interest in the Licensee. If a Licensee holds multiple

station licenses and the information submitted on the

Licensee’s ownership report is equally applicable to each

such license, the Licensee may file a single Form 323

listing all such licenses. Similarly, if a non-Licensee

Respondent holds attributable interests in multiple

Licensees and the information submitted on the

Respondent’s ownership report is equally applicable to

each such Licensee and all licenses, the Respondent may

file a single Form 323 listing all such Licensees and

licenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Respondent

that both (1) is a Licensee and (2) holds attributable

interests in one or more Licensees must file two

ownership reports – one as a Licensee and one as a nonLicensee Respondent.

If there has been no change in the information submitted

since the filing of the last biennial report, and that last

biennial report was filed electronically via the 

Commission’s Licensing and Management System

(LMS) using the current version of Form 323, a Licensee

or other Respondent may electronically validate and

resubmit its previously-filed biennial Form 323. 

5. Electronic Filing of FCC Form 323. All Form 323 

filings must be submitted electronically. Use the Media

Bureau electronic filing system (http://www.fcc.gov/

encyclopedia/media-bureau-filing-systems-anddatabases).

SECTION I – GENERAL INFORMATION (All

Respondents Must Complete)

Respondent and Contact Representative. Enter the

legal name, address, contact information and FCC

Registration Number (FRN) of the Respondent. Also
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provide the name, organization, and contact information

for the Respondent’s representative.

Licensee/Permittee Respondents. The name of the

Licensee or Permittee should be stated exactly as it

appears on the station’s existing license or construction

permit. The current street address or post office box used

by the Licensee or Permittee for receipt of Commission

correspondence should be set forth. Any change in the

name of the Licensee or Permittee, which does not

involve a change in ownership requiring prior 

Commission approval, can be communicated to the

Commission by letter. Changes in the mailing address

previously used by the Licensee or Permittee should be

promptly transmitted to the Commission. See 47 C.F.R.

Section 1.5. Licensees and Permittees should submit

address changes via the Media Bureau electronic filing

system (http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/mediabureau-filing-systems-and-databases).

FRN. The Respondent must provide its FRN – a ten-digit

unique entity identifier. An FRN can be obtained through 

the Commission Registration System (CORES), which is

listed among the FCC E-Filing systems

https://www.fcc.gov/licensingdatabases/general/online-filing).

If a Respondent submits and/or is listed as an attributable

interest holder on multiple ownership reports, it must

provide the same FRN on all such ownership reports.

Filers should coordinate with each other to ensure such

consistency. 

Questions concerning CORES FRNs can be directed to

the CORES help desk via email at CORES@fcc.gov or 

by calling 1-877-480-3201 (Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET).

Application Filing Fee. By law, the Commission is

required to collect charges for certain of the regulatory

services it provides to the public. A fee is required to be

paid and submitted with the filing of a Licensee’s

biennial ownership report only. All other Form 323

reports are fee-exempt reports. Amendments to biennial

ownership reports filed by licensees do not require

payment of additional fees unless the amendment adds

one or more feeable stations to the report.

In cases where there has been no change in information

since the last filing of a station’s biennial ownership 

report, and a Respondent electronically validates and

resubmits its previously-filed Form 323, such

resubmission constitutes the station’s biennial ownership

report for that year and the required fee must also be

submitted. The fee for the biennial ownership report

(whether on a new Form 323 or as a resubmission) is

payable by the Licensee and is calculated based on the

stations listed on the report. The number of feeable

stations for which a report is filed determines the total fee

due, not the number of Form 323 filings submitted to

provide a complete set of ownership information.

Fee Exemption: Governmental Entities. Governmental 

entities, which include any possession, state, city, county, 

town, village, municipal corporation or similar political

organization or subpart thereof controlled by publicly

elected and/or duly appointed public officials exercising

sovereign direction and control over their respective

communities or programs, are exempt from payment of a

fee in connection with the filing of any Form 323. Such

filers should select the option marked “Governmental

Entity.”

If “other” is selected, provide the reason for the fee

exemption. 

Respondent and Report Information. Select the

appropriate option to indicate whether the Respondent, is

(1) a Licensee;

(2) a Permittee (non-biennial reports only); or 

(3) an entity required to file a Form 323 because it

holds an attributable interest in one or more

Licensees or, in the case of non-biennial reports, 

Permittees.

Also indicate the nature of the Respondent. If “other” is

selected, provide an exhibit describing the nature of the

Respondent. 

Indicate whether the report is (1) filed to satisfy the

biennial filing requirement; (2) a validation and

resubmission of a previously-filed biennial report

(certifying no change from the previously-filed biennial

report), (3) filed in connection with a transfer of control

or assignment of permit or license, (4) a report by a

Permittee within 30 days after the grant of a construction

permit; (5) a report in conjunction with a Permittee’s

application for a station license; or (6) a certification of

accuracy of an previously report filed ownership report by 

a Permittee (report in conjunction with a Permittee’s

application for a station license). Purposes (1) and (2)

apply only to biennial filings, while purposes (3)–(6)

apply only to non-biennial filings. 

A Respondent with a current and unamended biennial

ownership report on file with the Commission that is still

accurate and that was filed using the current electronic

version of Form 323 may select option (2) to validate and
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resubmit the Respondent’s previously-filed biennial 

ownership report. A Respondent that selects this option

will not be permitted to make changes to the information

provided under Licensee/Permittee and License/Permit

Information or to Section II-B of the new report. If such

changes are needed, the Respondent should NOT select

option (2) but instead should make use of the report

copying/prefilling capabilities within LMS to create the

new report.

If a report is filed pursuant to option (6), provide the file

number of the previously-filed report that is being 

certified. A Respondent that selects this option will not be 

permitted to make changes to the information provided 

under Licensee/Permittee and License/PermitInformation 

or to Section II-A of the new report. If such changes are 

needed, the Respondent should NOT select option (6) and 

should instead select option (5) and make use of the report 

copying/prefilling capabilities within LMS to create the 

new report.

Respondents may also amend a previously filed

ownership report. Respondents should select this option

only if the purpose of the filing is to correct one or more

errors in a previously-submitted report. Filing an

amendment will update the previously-filed report, and

the resulting report will have the same file number as the

previously-filed report. When submitting an amendment,

a Respondent must provide the File Number of the

previously-filed report and an exhibit listing the portions

of the previous report that are being revised. A 

Respondent that wishes to create a new report based on

data contained in a previously-submitted report should

NOT amend the previously-submitted report. Instead, the

Respondent should make use of the report

copying/capabilities within LMS to create the new report.

Also enter the “as of” date in the field provided. When

filing a biennial ownership report, the date entered must

be Oct. 1 of the filing year.

Licensee/Permittee and License/Permit Information.

All Licensee/Permittee Respondents must enter the name

and FRN of the Licensee/Permittee and provide 

information for each license/permit held by the

Licensee/Permittee and covered by the ownership report,

including call sign, Facility ID Number, community of

license, and class of service. All non-Licensee/Permittee

Respondents must enter the name and FRN for each

Licensee/Permittee covered by the ownership report. In

addition, such Respondents must provide the required

information for each license/permit that is held by one of

those Licensee(s)/Permittee(s) and covered by the

ownership report.

Facility ID Number. Facility ID numbers can be located

by using the “Station Search” at the Media Bureau

electronic filing system (http://www.fcc.gov/

encyclopedia/media-bureau-filing-systems-anddatabases). In addition, the Facility ID Number is

included on all broadcast authorizations and postcards. 

FRN. Filers must provide an FRN – a ten-digit unique

identifier – for each licensee/permittee that appears on the

report. An FRN can be obtained through the CORES,

which is listed among the FCC E-Filing systems

(https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/general/

online-filing).

Questions concerning CORES FRNs can be directed to

the CORES help desk via email at CORES@fcc.gov or 

by calling 1-877-480-3201 (Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET).

SECTION II-A – NON-BIENNIAL OWNERSHIP

INFORMATION

Contract Information. Licensees and Permittees of full

power commercial television stations, AM radio stations,

and FM radio stations are required to provide to the 

Commission upon request copies of any contracts or other

instruments, or modifications thereof, relating to the

ownership, control, or management of the Licensee or

Permittee or to its stock. See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3613.

Licensees and Permittees must provide the Commission

with copies of all contracts or instruments of the types

specified in Section 73.3613 within seven days of a 

request by the FCC. The filing requirement is not limited

to executed contracts, but includes documents such as

options, pledges, and other executory agreements and

contracts relating to ownership, control, or management.

Licensee/Permittee Respondents should list all

documents set forth in Section 73.3613(a) through (c) for

all of the stations covered by the report. In addition,

attributable local marketing agreements (LMAs) and

attributable joint sales agreements (JSAs) must be 

disclosed by the licensee of the brokering station on its

ownership report. See Amendment of Section 73.3613 of

the Commission’s Rules Regarding Filing of Contracts et

al., MB Docket No. 18-4 et al., Report and Order, 33 FCC

Rcd 10381 (2018). For each contract or instrument, the

Respondent should provide a description of the document, 

a listing of the parties, the month and year of execution,

and the month and year of expiration (if the agreement is

perpetual or does not have a fixed expiration date, select

“No Expiration Date”). Additionally, the Respondent

should indicate whether each document is an attributable

LMA, an attributable JSA, a network affiliation

agreement or a document that does not fall into any of

these categories. If “other” is selected, filers may use the
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text box to provide additional information about the

agreement. Each contract/instrument must be identified

and listed directly in the fields provided. For the

purposes of completing this question, only a listing of

the relevant contract and instruments, including the

specific information discussed above, is required. Do

not attach copies of the contracts/instruments to the

form.

This question does not apply to non-Licensee/Permittee

Respondents. 

Ownership Interests. As used in this question, an

attributable interest is an ownership interest in or 

relationship to a Licensee that confers on its holder a

certain degree of influence or control over the Licensee as

defined in the Commission’s rules. For guidance 

concerning attributable interests, Respondents should 

consult the instructions below. In addition, Respondents

should review the Commission’s attribution policies and

standards, which are set forth in 47 C.F.R. Section

73.3555, as revised and explained in Review of the 

Commission’s Regulations Governing Attribution of 

Broadcast and Cable/MDS Interests, MM Docket No. 94- 

150, 14 FCC Rcd 12559 (1999), recon. granted in part, 

16 FCC Rcd 1097 (2000) and Report and Order in MM

Docket No. 83-46, 97 FCC 2d 997 (1984), recon. granted 

in part, 58 RR 2d 604 (1985), further modified on recon., 

61 RR 2d 739 (1986). Finally, Respondents should

consult Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the

Broadcasting Services, MB Docket No. 07-294, Second

Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC

Rcd 398, 422-24, paras. 47-50 (2016). 

Part (a). Respondents must enter detailed information

about ownership interests by generating a series of 

subforms. Answer each item on each subform. The first

subform listing should be for the Respondent itself. If the

Respondent is not a natural person, also list each of the

officers, directors, stockholders, non-insulated partners,

non-insulated members and other persons or entities with

a direct attributable interest in the Respondent. (A

“direct” interest is one that is not held through any

intervening companies or entities.) In the case of vertical

or indirect ownership structures, report only those

interests in the Respondent that also represent an

attributable interest in the Licensee(s) and/or Permittee(s)

for which the report is being submitted.

List each person or entity with a direct attributable interest

in the Respondent separately. Entities that are part of an

organizational structure that includes holding companies

or other forms of indirect ownership must file separate

ownership reports. In such a structure, do not report or file

separate reportsfor persons or entities that do not have 

an attributable interest in the Licensee(s) and/or 

Permittee(s) for which the report is being submitted.

The following interests are attributable, and the holders of 

such interests must be reported in response to Part(a):

If a CORPORATION: Each officer, director, and owner

of stock accounting for 5 percent or more of the issued

and outstanding voting stock of the Respondent is

considered the holder of an attributable interest, and must

be reported. Where the 5 percent stock owner is itself a

corporation, each of its directors and executive officers

(president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer or their

equivalents) is considered a holder of an attributable

interest. In certain circumstances, however, one or more

of a corporation’s officers and directors may be exempted

from attribution and need not be reported in response to

Part(a). Refer to Part (e) for additional explanation and

instructions. 

In addition, a party that holds voting stock in the corporate 

stockholder of a corporate Respondent is considered the

holder of an attributable interest, and must be reported, if

that voting interest, when multiplied by the corporate

stockholder’s interest in the Respondent, would account

for 5 percent or more of the issued and outstanding voting 

stock of the Respondent, except that, other than for

purposes of subsection (i) of Note 2 to 47 C.F.R. § 

73.3555, the multiplier does not apply to any link in the

ownership chain representing an interest greater than 50

percent. For example, where Corporation X owns stock

accounting for 25 percent of the Respondent’s votes, only

Corporation X shareholders holding 20 percent or more

of the issued and outstanding voting stock of Corporation 

X have a 5 percent or more indirect interest in the

Respondent (0.25 x 0.20 = 0.05) and, therefore, are

considered to have an attributable interest in the

Respondent. For purposes other than subsection (i) of

Note 2 to 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555, any shareholder holding

more than 50 percent of the issued and outstanding voting 

stock of Corporation X will be deemed to have an interest

in the Respondent equal to the interest held by 

Corporation X. For example, where Corporation X owns

stock accounting for 25 percent of the Respondent’s 

votes, a Corporation X shareholder holding more than 50

percent of the issued and outstanding voting stock of

Corporation X will be considered to have a 25 percent

indirect interest in the Respondent. For such ownership

structures, report on Form 323 only interests that amount

to 5 percent or more of the issued and outstanding voting

stock of the Licensee after the multiplier is applied. 

Where the 5 percent stock owner is a partnership, each

general partner and any limited partner that is not

insulated, regardless of the partnership interest, is
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considered to have an attributable interest that must be

reported.

Stock subject to stockholder cooperative voting

agreements accounting for 5 percent or more of the votes

in a corporate respondent will be treated as if held by a

single entity and any stockholder holding 5 percent or

more of the stock in that block is considered a holder of

an attributable interest.

Pursuant to the Commission’s single majority shareholder

exemption, if a single party holds more than 50 percent of

a Respondent’s voting stock, and a simple majority is all

that is required to control the Respondent’s corporate

affairs, the voting stock holdings of the Respondent’s

other stockholders are not attributable interests. As a

result, such minority stockholders need not be reported on

ownership report filings based on their voting stock

holdings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such a

minority shareholder holds a positional interest in the

Respondent (e.g., is an officer or director of the

Respondent that is not exempted from attribution), or if

the minority shareholder’s combined equity and debt

interests in the Respondent are attributable under the

Commission’s Equity Debt Plus attribution standard

(described below), such minority shareholder has an

attributable interest in the Respondent and must be

reported.

An investment company, insurance company or trust

department of a bank is not considered a holder of an

attributable interest, and a Respondent may properly

certify that such entity’s interest is non-attributable (see

Part (b), below), IF its aggregated holding accounts for

less than 20 percent of the outstanding votes in the

Respondent AND IF such entity exercises no influence or

control over the corporation, directly or indirectly; and

such entity has no representatives among the officers and

directors of the corporation, unless that entity’s combined

equity and debt interests in the Respondent give rise to

attribution under the Commission’s Equity Debt Plus

attribution standard described below.

If a PARTNERSHIP: All partners, including all limited

partners, are considered attributable interest holders.

However, a limited partner in a limited partnership is not

considered an attributable interest holder IF the limited

partner is not materially involved, directly or indirectly,

in the management or operation of the media-related

activities of the partnership and the Respondent so

certifies (see Part (b), below). Sufficient insulation of a

limited partner for purposes of this certification would be

assured if the limited partnership arrangement:

(1) specifies that any exempt limited partner (if not a

natural person, its directors, officers, partners,

etc.) cannot act as an employee of the limited

partnership if his or her functions, directly or

indirectly, relate to the media enterprises of the

company;

(2) bars any exempt limited partner from serving, in

any material capacity, as an independent

contractor or agent with respect to the

partnership’s media enterprises;

(3) restricts any exempted limited partner from

communicating with the Licensee or the general

partner on matters pertaining to the day-to-day

operations of its business;

(4) empowers the general partner to veto any

admissions of additional general partners

admitted by vote of the exempt limited partners;

(5) prohibits any exempt limited partner from voting

on the removal of a general partner or limits this

right to situations where the general partner is

subject to bankruptcy proceedings, as described

in Sections 402 (4)-(5) of the Revised Uniform

Limited Partnership Act, is adjudicated

incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction,

or is removed for cause, as determined by an

independent party;

(6) bars any exempt limited partner from performing

any services to the limited partnership materially

relating to its media activities, with the exception

of making loans to, or acting as a surety for, the

business; and

(7) states, in express terms, that any exempt limited

partner is prohibited from becoming actively

involved in the management or operation of the

media businesses of the partnership.

Notwithstanding conformance of the partnership

agreement to these criteria, the requisite certification

cannot be made IF the limited partner’s interest is

attributable under the Commission’s Equity Debt Plus

attribution standard described below; or IF the

Respondent has actual knowledge of a material

involvement of a limited partner in the management or

operation of the media-related businesses of the

partnership. In the event that the Respondent cannot

certify as to the noninvolvement of a limited partner, the

limited partner will be considered as an attributable

interest holder and the interest must be reported.

Moreover, a limited partner cannot be insulated, and must
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be reported as an attributable interest holder, if that

limited partner’s combined equity and debt interests in the

limited partnership give rise to attribution under the

Commission’s Equity Debt Plus attribution standard,

described below, or if that limited partner holds an officer

or director position and is not exempted from attribution

(as discussed below).

If one or more insulated limited partners would, absent

insulation, have voting rights in the Respondent, the

voting interests reported for the non-insulated partners

should be adjusted (i.e., increased) as necessary to reflect

the effective voting interests of the non-insulated partners.

Partnerships sometimes have officers and directors. Each

executive officer or director of a partnership is considered

to be a holder of an attributable interest. In some cases,

however, one or more of a partnership’s officers and

directors may be exempted from attribution and need not

be reported in response to Part (a). Refer to Part (e) for

additional explanation and instructions.

If a LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: The

Commission treats a limited liability company as a limited

partnership, each of whose members is considered to be

an attributable interest holder. However, where a limited

liability company member is insulated in the manner

specified above with respect to a limited partnership and

where the relevant state statute authorizing the limited

liability company permits a limited liability company

member to insulate itself in accordance with the

Commission’s criteria, that limited liability company

member is not considered an attributable interest holder.

A member cannot be insulated, however, and must be

reported as an attributable interest holder, if that 

member’s combined equity and debt interests in the

limited liability company give rise to attribution under the

Commission’s Equity Debt Plus attribution standard,

described below, or if that member holds an officer or

director position and is not exempted from attribution (as 

discussed below).

If one or more insulated members would, absent

insulation, have voting rights in the Respondent, the

voting interests reported for the non-insulated members

should be adjusted (i.e., increased) as necessary to reflect

the effective voting interests of the non-insulated

members.

Limited liability companies sometimes have officers and

directors. Each executive officer or director of a limited

liability company is considered to be a holder of an

attributable interest. In some cases, however, one or more

of a limited liability company’s officers and directors may

be exempted from attribution and need not be reported in

response to Part (a). Refer to Part (e) for additional

explanation and instructions.

Attributable Agreements. Pursuant to Section 73.3555,

Notes 2(j) and 2(k), certain agreements give rise to an

attributable interest in a Licensee or Permittee. Any party

to such agreement that creates an attributable interest in

the Licensee/Permittee by virtue of the standards set forth

in 73.3555, Notes 2(j) and 2(k) must be listed in the

Ownership Interests section of the report filed by the

Licensee/Permittee – regardless of whether or not the

Licensee/Permittee itself is a party to the agreement(s). In

addition, each such party must file its own ownership

report(s), pursuant to the standards set forth in these

Instructions, in connection with the relevant

Licensee/Permittee and license(s)/permit(s).

Equity Debt Plus Attribution Standard. Certain

interests held by substantial investors in, or creditors of,

the Respondent may also be attributable, and the

investor/creditor must be reported, if the interest falls

within the Commission’s Equity Debt Plus (EDP)

attribution standard. Under the EDP standard, the interest

held is attributable if, aggregating both equity and debt, it

exceeds 33 percent of the total asset value (all equity plus

all debt) of the Respondent – a broadcast station licensee,

cable television system, daily newspaper or other media

outlet subject to the Commission’s broadcast multiple

ownership or cross-ownership rules – AND the interest

holder also holds (1) an attributable interest in a media

outlet in the same market, or (2) supplies over 15 percent

of the total weekly broadcast programming hours of the

station in which the interest is held. For example, the

equity interest of an insulated limited partner in a limited

partnership Respondent would normally not be

considered attributable, but, under the EDP standard, that

interest would be attributable if the limited partner’s

interest exceeded 33 percent of the Respondent’s total

asset value AND the limited partner also held a 5 percent

voting interest in another radio or television station

licensee in the same market. See Section 73.3555, Note

2(i), of the Commission’s rules.

Pursuant to a 2008 Commission order, an interest holder

may exceed the 33 percent EDP threshold without

triggering attribution where the investment would enable

an Eligible Entity (as that term is defined by the

Commission) to acquire a broadcast station provided that:

(1) the combined equity and debt of the interest holder in

the Eligible Entity is less than 50 percent, or (2) the total

debt of the interest holder in the Eligible Entity does not

exceed 80 percent of the asset value of the station being

acquired by the Eligible Entity and the interest holder

does not hold any equity interest, option, or promise to

acquire an equity interest in the Eligible Entity or any
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related entity. See Promoting Diversification of 

Ownership in the Broadcasting Services, MB Docket No.

07-294, Report and Order and Third Further Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, 23 FCC Rcd 5922 (2008). The

Commission subsequently suspended this application of

the Eligible Entity definition in 2011. See Media Bureau

Provides Notice of Suspension of Eligible Entity Rule

Changes and Guidance on the Assignment of Broadcast

Station Construction Permits to Eligible Entities, Public

Notice, 26 FCC Rcd 10370 (Med. Bur. 2011). However,

the Commission later reinstated this application of the

Eligible Entity definition in 2016. See 2014 Quadrennial

Regulatory Review – Review of the Commission’s

Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted

Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 

1996 et al., MB Docket No. 14-50 et al., Second Report

and Order, 31 FCC Rcd 9864 (2016).

FRNs. Respondents must provide an FRN – a ten-digit 

unique entity identifier – for each person or entity

reported on Form 323. An FRN can be obtained through

the CORES, which is listed among the FCC E-Filing

systems (https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/

general/online-filing).

Individuals (but not entities) may report either a CORES

FRN or a Restricted Use FRN (RUFRN) on Form 323. If

an RUFRN or CORES FRN has been previously reported

for an individual on one or more ownership report filings

(either commercial or noncommercial), the Respondent 

must use that previously-reported RUFRN or CORES

FRN for that individual on all current and future

ownership report filings.

In limited circumstances, a Respondent may report a 

Special Use FRN (SUFRN) for an individual. Before

generating or submitting an SUFRN for an individual,

Respondents should read the Commission’s Form 323

and Form 323-E Frequently Asked Questions concerning

the SUFRN (https://www.fcc.gov/media/ownershipreport-commercial-broadcast-station-form-323). By

reporting an SUFRN for an individual, the Respondent

affirms to the Commission that after using reasonable and

good faith efforts, the Respondent is unable to obtain an

FRN and/or obtain and/or receive permission to use the

Social Security Number or other identifying information

of that individual in order to generate a CORES FRN or

RUFRN for that individual. If an individual interest

holder does not already have a CORES FRN, we expect

filers to acquire an RUFRN or CORES FRN for that

individual or instruct the individual to obtain his or her

own RUFRN or CORES FRN and to provide the FRN to

the filer for reporting on the ownership report form. Filers

must take specific steps to substantiate that they are

making the required reasonable and good faith efforts,

which include informing reportable individuals of their

obligations and the risk of enforcement action for failing

to provide an RUFRN or CORES FRN or to permit an

RUFRN or CORES FRN to be obtained on their behalf.

An SUFRN may be obtained only if an individual still

refuses to provide a means of reporting a valid RUFRN or 

CORES FRN after the filer has taken such steps. See

Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the

Broadcasting Services, MB Docket No. 07-294, Report

and Order, Second Report and Order, and Order on 

Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd 39, 428-29, paras. 56-58 

(2016). Respondents are encouraged to refer individual

interest holders who are resistant to providing the

Respondent with the means of reporting a CORES FRN

or RUFRN to the Second Report and Order and to the

Commission’s Form 323 and Form 323-E website.

While the burden to obtain an RUFRN or CORES FRN

or to permit the filer to acquire an RUFRN or CORES

FRN falls to the interest holder, the Commission reminds

filers of their obligation to review the ownership report

and affirm that, to the best of the filer’s “knowledge and

belief, all statements in [the ownership report] are true,

correct, and complete.” This includes verifying that the

CORES FRN or RUFRN reported for each reported party

is correct and that no SUFRN has been used for an

individual in the absence of reasonable and good-faith

efforts to obtain an RUFRN or CORES FRN, including

informing a recalcitrant interest holder of the obligation

and potential for enforcement action. However, the filer

itself will be exempt from enforcement action if the filer

substantiates that it has used reasonable and good-faith

efforts as described herein.

If an SUFRN has not been reported previously for an

individual on any ownership report filings (either

commercial or noncommercial), and, pursuant to the 

instructions and standards set forth above, the Respondent 

is unable to obtain a CORES FRN or RUFRN for that

individual, the Respondent should click the button on the

relevant subform for Part (a) to generate an SUFRN for

that individual. If an SUFRN has been previously 

reported for an individual on one or more ownership 

report filings (either commercial or noncommercial) and,

pursuant to the discussion and standards set forth above,

the Respondent remains unable to obtain a CORES FRN

or RUFRN for that party, the Respondent must report the

previously-used SUFRN for the individual. 

RUFRNs and SUFRNs may only be used to file

ownership reports, and may not be used for any other

purpose at the FCC. RUFRNs and SUFRNs are only

available for natural persons. In addition, RUFRNs and

SUFRNs are not available for any natural person who is a 

Respondent on one or more ownership reports.
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If a party submits and/or is listed as an attributable interest

holder on multiple ownership reports, it must provide the

same FRN on all such ownership reports, regardless of

whether that FRN is a CORES FRN, RUFRN, or SUFRN.

Filers should coordinate with each other to ensure such

consistency.

The guidance concerning SUFRNs provided in Media

Bureau Announces Online Availability of Revised

Biennial Form 323, an Instructional Workshop on the

Revised Form, and the Possibility of Obtaining a Special

Use FRN for the Form, MB Docket No. 07-294, Public

Notice, 24 FCC Rcd 14329 (Med. Bur. 2009) has been

superseded as discussed herein and as provided in the

Second Report and Order.

Questions concerning CORES FRNs and RUFRNs can be

directed to the CORES help desk via email at

CORES@fcc.gov or by calling 1-877-480-3201 (Mon.-

Fri. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET).

Address Information. Provide address information for

the interest holder in the relevant fields.

Listing Type. Indicate whether the interest holder is the

Respondent on the report. Respondent interest holders

should be identified on the first subform of Part (a).

Positional Interests. For each interest holder other than

the Respondent, check the boxes for each type of interest

in the Respondent held by the interest holder. If “other” is

selected, specify the interest type.

Percentages of Votes and Total Assets (Equity Debt

Plus). For each interest holder other than theRespondent,

provide the interest holder’s voting percentage in the

Respondent in the field provided. If the interest holder

holds an attributable interest in the Respondent solely

pursuant to the Commission’s Equity Debt Plus

attribution standard, discussed above, provide the interest

holder’s percentage of total assets (Equity Debt Plus) in

the field provided. Otherwise, leave the total assets

(Equity Debt Plus) field blank.

Jointly Held Voting Interests. In certain circumstances,

two or more parties hold a voting interest in a Respondent

jointly. Two parties may, for example, hold 100 percent

of the voting interest in an entity together, as joint tenants

(as opposed to each individual holding 50 percent of the

voting interests). Similarly, agreements for partnerships

or limited liability companies may provide that two or

more individuals exercise voting power together. Use the

radio buttons on the subform to indicate whether the

voting interest reported on that subform is held jointly.

Other Broadcast Interests. Use the radio buttons on the

subform to indicate whether the interest holder reported

on that subform also has attributable interests in one or

more broadcast stations other than those covered by the

current ownership report.

Part (b). Respondents must indicate that the information

provided in Part (a) of this question is complete by

certifying that all interests, including equity, financial, or

voting interests, not reported in response to Part (a) are

non-attributable.

Part (c). Indicate whether any individuals listed in Part

(a) are married to each other or related to each other as

parent-child or siblings. If the answer is “Yes,” enter the

names and FRNs of the married and/or related individuals

and select the applicable option indicating the familial

relationship.

Part (d). If the Respondent seeks an attribution

exemption for any officer or director with duties wholly

unrelated to the Licensee(s)/Permittee(s), select “Yes”

and enter the name and title of the each such individual in

the applicable fields. For each such individual, provide

an exhibit establishing that he or she will not exercise

authority or influence in areas that will affect the

Respondent or the Licensee(s)/Permittee(s) and station(s)

covered by the report. This exhibit should describe that

individual’s duties and responsibilities and explain the

manner in which such individual is insulated from the

Respondent and, therefore, should not be attributed an

interest.

When responding to Part (d), Respondents should note

that exemption from attribution cannot be invoked for an

officer or director unless he or she does not, and will not,

have the ability to influence the broadcast operations of

the Permittee(s)/Licensee(s) or Station(s). See 47 C.F.R.

§ 73.3555, Note 2(g).

SECTION II-B – BIENNIAL OWNERSHIP

INFORMATION

Contract Information. Licensees of full power

commercial television stations, AM radio stations, and

FM radio stations are required to provide to the

Commission upon request copies of any contracts or other

instruments, or modifications thereof, relating to the

ownership, control, or management of the Licensee or to

its stock. See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3613. Licensees must

provide the Commission with copies of all contracts or

instruments of the types specified in Section 73.3613

within seven days of a request by the FCC. The filing

requirement is not limited to executed contracts, but

includes documents such as options, pledges, and other
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executory agreements and contracts relating to

ownership, control, or management.

Licensee Respondents that hold one or more licenses for

full power commercial television stations, AM radio

stations, and/or FM radio stations should list all

documents set forth in Section 73.3613(a) through (c) for

all of the stations covered by the report. In addition,

attributable local marketing agreements (LMAs) and 

attributable joint sales agreements (JSAs) must be 

disclosed by the licensee of the brokering station on its

ownership report. See Amendment of Section 73.3613 of

the Commission’s Rules Regarding Filing of Contracts et

al., MB Docket No. 18-4 et al., Report and Order, 33 FCC

Rcd 10381 (2018). For each contract or instrument, the

Respondent should provide a description of the document, 

a listing of the parties, the month and year of execution,

and the month and year of expiration (if the agreement is

perpetual or does not have a fixed expiration date, select

“No Expiration Date”). Additionally, the Respondent

should indicate whether each document is an attributable

LMA, an attributable JSA, a network affiliation

agreement or a document that does not fall into any of

these categories. If “other” is selected, filers may use the

text box to provide additional information about the

agreement. Each contract/instrument must be identified

and listed directly in the fields provided. For the

purposes of completing this question, only a listing of

the relevant contract and instruments, including the

specific information discussed above, is required. Do

not attach copies of the contracts/instruments to the

form.

Licensee Respondents that hold only authorizations for

Class A Television or LPTV stations should select “Not

Applicable” in response to this question and should not

provide any information concerning contracts or other

instruments.

This question does not apply to non-Licensee

Respondents. 

Ownership Interests. As used in this question, an

attributable interest is an ownership interest in or 

relationship to a Licensee that confers on its holder a

certain degree of influence or control over the Licensee as

defined in the Commission’s rules. For guidance 

concerning attributable interests, Respondents should 

consult the instructions below. In addition, Respondents

should review the Commission’s attribution policies and

standards, which are set forth in 47 C.F.R. Section

73.3555, as revised and explained in Review of the

Commission’s Regulations Governing Attribution of 

Broadcast and Cable/MDS Interests, MM Docket No. 94- 

150, 14 FCC Rcd 12559 (1999), recon. granted in part, 

16 FCC Rcd 1097 (2000) and Report and Order in MM

Docket No. 83-46, 97 FCC 2d 997 (1984), recon. granted 

in part, 58 RR 2d 604 (1985), further modified on recon., 

61 RR 2d 739 (1986). Finally, Respondents should 

consult Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the

Broadcasting Services, MB Docket No. 07-294, Second

Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC

Rcd 398, 422-24, paras. 47-50 (2016). 

Part (a). Respondents must enter detailed information

about ownership interests by generating a series of 

subforms. Answer each item on each subform. The first

subform listing should be for the Respondent itself. If the

Respondent is not a natural person, also list each of the

officers, directors, stockholders, non-insulated partners,

non-insulated members and other persons or entities with

a direct attributable interest in the Respondent. (A

“direct” interest is one that is not held through any

intervening companies or entities.) In the case of vertical

or indirect ownership structures, report only those

interests in the Respondent that also represent an

attributable interest in the Licensee(s) for which the report

is being submitted.

List each person or entity with a direct attributable interest

in the Respondent separately. Entities that are part of an

organizational structure that includes holding companies

or other forms of indirect ownership must file separate

ownership reports. In such a structure, do not report or file

separate reports for persons or entities that do not have an 

attributable interest in the Licensee(s) for which the report

is being submitted.

The following interests are attributable, and the holders of 

such interests must be reported in response to Part (a):

If a CORPORATION: Each officer, director, and owner

of stock accounting for 5 percent or more of the issued

and outstanding voting stock of the Respondent is

considered the holder of an attributable interest, and must

be reported. Where the 5 percent stock owner is itself a

corporation, each of its directors and executive officers

(president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer or their

equivalents) is considered a holder of an attributable

interest. In certain circumstances, however, one or more

of a corporation’s officers and directors may be exempted

from attribution and need not be reported in response to

Part (a). Refer to Part (e) for additional explanation and

instructions. 

In addition, a party that holds voting stock in the corporate 

stockholder of a corporate Respondent is considered the

holder of an attributable interest, and must be reported, if

that voting interest, when multiplied by the corporate

stockholder’s interest in the Respondent, would account 

for 5 percent or more of the issued and outstanding voting 

stock of the Respondent, except that, other than for
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purposes of subsection (i) of Note 2 to 47 C.F.R. §

73.3555, the multiplier does not apply to any link in the

ownership chain representing an interest greater than 50

percent. For example, where Corporation X owns stock

accounting for 25 percent of the Respondent’s votes, only

Corporation X shareholders holding 20 percent or more

of the issued and outstanding voting stock of Corporation

X have a 5 percent or more indirect interest in the

Respondent (0.25 x 0.20 = 0.05) and, therefore, are

considered to have an attributable interest in the

Respondent. For purposes other than subsection (i) of

Note 2 to 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555, any shareholder holding

more than 50 percent of the issued and outstanding voting

stock of Corporation X will be deemed to have an interest

in the Respondent equal to the interest held by

Corporation X. For example, where Corporation X owns

stock accounting for 25 percent of the Respondent’s

votes, a Corporation X shareholder holding more than 50

percent of the issued and outstanding voting stock of

Corporation X will be considered to have a 25 percent

indirect interest in the Respondent. For such ownership

structures, report on Form 323 only interests that amount

to 5 percent or more of the issued and outstanding voting

stock of the Licensee after the multiplier is applied.

Where the 5 percent stock owner is a partnership, each

general partner and any limited partner that is not

insulated, regardless of the partnership interest, is

considered to have an attributable interest that must be

reported.

Stock subject to stockholder cooperative voting

agreements accounting for 5 percent or more of the votes

in a corporate respondent will be treated as if held by a

single entity and any stockholder holding 5 percent or

more of the stock in that block is considered a holder of

an attributable interest.

Pursuant to the Commission’s single majority

shareholder exemption, if a single party holds more

than 50 percent of a Respondent’s voting stock, and a 

simple majority is all that is required to control the 

Respondent’s corporate affairs, the voting stock 

holdings of the Respondent’s other stockholders are 

not attributable interests. As a result, such minority

stockholders need not be reported onownership report

filings based on their voting stock holdings.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such a minority 

shareholder holds a positional interest in the

Respondent (e.g., is an officer or director of the

Respondent that is not exempted from attribution), or 

if the minority shareholder’s combined equity and debt

interests in the Respondent are attributable under the

Commission’s Equity Debt Plus attribution standard

(described below), such minority shareholder has an

attributable interest in the Respondent and must be

reported.

An investment company, insurance company or trust

department of a bank is not considered a holder of an

attributable interest, and a Respondent may properly

certify that such entity’s interest is non-attributable (see

Part (b), below), IF its aggregated holding accounts for

less than 20 percent of the outstanding votes in the

Respondent AND IF such entity exercises no influence or

control over the corporation, directly or indirectly; and

such entity has no representatives among the officers and

directors of the corporation, unless that entity’s combined

equity and debt interests in the Respondent give rise to

attribution under the Commission’s Equity Debt Plus

attribution standard described below.

If a PARTNERSHIP: All partners, including all limited

partners, are considered attributable interest holders. 

However, a limited partner in a limited partnership is not

considered an attributable interest holder IF the limited

partner is not materially involved, directly or indirectly,

in the management or operation of the media-related

activities of the partnership and the Respondent so

certifies (see Part (b), below). Sufficient insulation of a

limited partner for purposes of this certification would be

assured if the limited partnership arrangement:

(1) specifies that any exempt limited partner (if not a

natural person, its directors, officers, partners,

etc.) cannot act as an employee of the limited

partnership if his or her functions, directly or

indirectly, relate to the media enterprises of the

company;

(2) bars any exempt limited partner from serving, in

any material capacity, as an independent

contractor or agent with respect to the

partnership’s media enterprises;

(3) restricts any exempted limited partner from

communicating with the Licensee or the general

partner on matters pertaining to the day-to-day

operations of its business;

(4) empowers the general partner to veto any

admissions of additional general partners

admitted by vote of the exempt limited partners;

(5) prohibits any exempt limited partner from voting

on the removal of a general partner or limits this

right to situations where the general partner is

subject to bankruptcy proceedings, as described

in Sections 402 (4)-(5) of the Revised Uniform

Limited Partnership Act, is adjudicated

incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction,

or is removed for cause, as determined by an

independent party;
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(6) bars any exempt limited partner from performing

any services to the limited partnership materially

relating to its media activities, with the exception

of making loans to, or acting as a surety for, the

business; and

(7) states, in express terms, that any exempt limited

partner is prohibited from becoming actively

involved in the management or operation of the

media businesses of the partnership.

Notwithstanding conformance of the partnership

agreement to these criteria, the requisite certification

cannot be made IF the limited partner’s interest is

attributable under the Commission’s Equity Debt Plus

attribution standard described below; or IF the

Respondent has actual knowledge of a material

involvement of a limited partner in the management or

operation of the media-related businesses of the

partnership. In the event that the Respondent cannot

certify as to the noninvolvement of a limited partner, the

limited partner will be considered as an attributable

interest holder and the interest must be reported.

Moreover, a limited partner cannot be insulated, and must

be reported as an attributable interest holder, if that

limited partner’s combined equity and debt interests in the

limited partnership give rise to attribution under the

Commission’s Equity Debt Plus attribution standard,

described below, or if that limited partner holds an officer

or director position and is not exempted from attribution

(as discussed below).

If one or more insulated limited partners would, absent

insulation, have voting rights in the Respondent, the

voting interests reported for the non-insulated partners

should be adjusted (i.e., increased) as necessary to reflect

the effective voting interests of the non-insulated partners.

Partnerships sometimes have officers and directors. Each

executive officer or director of a partnership is considered

to be a holder of an attributable interest. In some cases,

however, one or more of a partnership’s officers and

directors may be exempted from attribution and need not

be reported in response to Part (a). Refer to Part (e) for

additional explanation and instructions.

If a LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: The

Commission treats a limited liability company as a limited

partnership, each of whose members is considered to be

an attributable interest holder. However, where a limited

liability company member is insulated in the manner

specified above with respect to a limited partnership and

where the relevant state statute authorizing the limited

liability company permits a limited liability company

member to insulate itself in accordance with the

Commission’s criteria, that limited liability company

member is not considered an attributable interest holder.

A member cannot be insulated, however, and must be

reported as an attributable interest holder, if that 

member’s combined equity and debt interests in the

limited liability company give rise to attribution under the

Commission’s Equity Debt Plus attribution standard,

described below, or if that member holds an officer or

director position and is not exempted from attribution (as

discussed below).

If one or more insulated members would, absent

insulation, have voting rights in the Respondent, the

voting interests reported for the non-insulated members

should be adjusted (i.e., increased) as necessary to reflect

the effective voting interests of the non-insulated

members.

Limited liability companies sometimes have officers and

directors. Each executive officer or director of a limited

liability company is considered to be a holder of an

attributable interest. In some cases, however, one or more

of a limited liability company’s officers and directors may

be exempted from attribution and need not be reported in

response to Part (a). Refer to Part (e) for additional

explanation and instructions.

Attributable Agreements. Pursuant to Section 73.3555,

Notes 2(j) and 2(k), certain agreements give rise to an

attributable interest in a Licensee. Any party to such

agreement that creates an attributable interest in the

Licensee by virtue of the standards set forth in 73.3555,

Notes 2(j) and 2(k) must be listed in the Ownership

Interests section of the report filed by the Licensee –

regardless of whether or not the Licensee itself is a party

to the agreement(s). In addition, each such party must file

its own ownership report(s), pursuant to the standards set

forth in these Instructions, in connection with the relevant

Licensee(s) and license(s).

Equity Debt Plus Attribution Standard. Certain

interests held by substantial investors in, or creditors of,

the Respondent may also be attributable, and the

investor/creditor must be reported, if the interest falls

within the Commission’s Equity Debt Plus (EDP)

attribution standard. Under the EDP standard, the interest

held is attributable if, aggregating both equity and debt, it

exceeds 33 percent of the total asset value (all equity plus

all debt) of the Respondent – a broadcast station licensee,

cable television system, daily newspaper or other media

outlet subject to the Commission’s broadcast multiple

ownership or cross-ownership rules – AND the interest

holder also holds (1) an attributable interest in a media

outlet in the same market, or (2) supplies over 15 percent

of the total weekly broadcast programming hours of the

station in which the interest is held. For example, the

equity interest of an insulated limited partner in a limited
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 partnership Respondent would normally not be 

considered attributable, but, under the EDP standard, that

interest would be attributable if the limited partner’s

interest exceeded 33 percent of the Respondent’s total

asset value AND the limited partner also held a 5 percent

voting interest in another radio or television station

licensee in the same market. See Section 73.3555, Note

2(i), of the Commission’s rules.

Pursuant to a 2008 Commission order, an interest holder

may exceed the 33 percent EDP threshold without 

triggering attribution where the investment would enable

an Eligible Entity (as that term is defined by the

Commission) to acquire a broadcast station provided that:

(1) the combined equity and debt of the interest holder in

the Eligible Entity is less than 50 percent, or (2) the total

debt of the interest holder in the Eligible Entity does not

exceed 80 percent of the asset value of the station being 

acquired by the Eligible Entity and the interest holder

does not hold any equity interest, option, or promise to

acquire an equity interest in the Eligible Entity or any

related entity. See Promoting Diversification of 

Ownership in the Broadcasting Services, MB Docket No.

07-294, Report and Order and Third Further Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, 23 FCC Rcd 5922 (2008). The

Commission subsequently suspended this application of

the Eligible Entity definition in 2011. See Media Bureau

Provides Notice of Suspension of Eligible Entity Rule

Changes and Guidance on the Assignment of Broadcast

Station Construction Permits to Eligible Entities, Public

Notice, 26 FCC Rcd 10370 (Med. Bur. 2011). However,

the Commission later reinstated this application of the

Eligible Entity definition in 2016. See 2014 Quadrennial

Regulatory Review – Review of the Commission’s

Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted

Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 

1996 et al., MB Docket No. 14-50 et al., Second Report

and Order, 31 FCC Rcd 9864 (2016).

FRNs. Respondents must provide an FRN – a ten-digit 

unique entity identifier – for each person or entity

reported on Form 323. An FRN can be obtained through

CORES, which is listed among the FCC E-Filing systems

(https://www.fcc.gov/licensingdatabases/general/online-filing).

Individuals (but not entities) may report either a CORES

FRN or a Restricted Use FRN (RUFRN) on Form 323. If

an RUFRN or CORES FRN has been previously reported

for an individual on one or more ownership report filings

(either commercial or noncommercial), the Respondent

must use that previously-reported RUFRN or CORES

FRN for that individual on all current and future

ownership report filings.

In limited circumstances, a Respondent may report a 

Special Use FRN (SUFRN) for an individual. Before

generating or submitting an SUFRN for an individual,

Respondents should read the Commission’s Form 323

and Form 323-E Frequently Asked Questions concerning

the SUFRN (https://www.fcc.gov/media/ownershipreport-commercial-broadcast-station-form-323). By

reporting an SUFRN for an individual, the Respondent

affirms to the Commission that after using reasonable and

good faith efforts, the Respondent is unable to obtain an

FRN and/or obtain and/or receive permission to use the

Social Security Number or other identifying information

of that individual in order to generate a CORES FRN or 

RUFRN for that individual. If an individual interest

holder does not already have a CORES FRN, we expect

filers to acquire an RUFRN or CORES FRN for that

individual or instruct the individual to obtain his or her

own RUFRN or CORES FRN and to provide the FRN to

the filer for reporting on the ownership report form. Filers

must take specific steps to substantiate that they are

making the required reasonable and good faith efforts,

which include informing reportable individuals of their

obligations and the risk of enforcement action for failing

to provide an RUFRN or CORES FRN or to permit an

RUFRN or CORES FRN to be obtained on their behalf.

An SUFRN may be obtained only if an individual still

refuses to provide a means of reporting a valid RUFRN or 

CORES FRN after the filer has taken such steps. See

Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the

Broadcasting Services, MB Docket No. 07-294, Report

and Order, Second Report and Order, and Order on 

Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd 39, 428-29, paras. 56-58 

(2016). Respondents are encouraged to refer individual

interest holders who are resistant to providing the

Respondent with the means of reporting a CORES FRN

or RUFRN to the Second Report and Order and to the

Commission’s Form 323 and Form 323-E website.

While the burden to obtain an RUFRN or CORES FRN

or to permit the filer to acquire an RUFRN or CORES

FRN falls to the interest holder, the Commission reminds

filers of their obligation to review the ownership report

and affirm that, to the best of the filer’s “knowledge and

belief, all statements in [the ownership report] are true,

correct, and complete.” This includes verifying that the

CORES FRN or RUFRN reported for each reported party

is correct and that no SUFRN has been used for an

individual in the absence of reasonable and good-faith

efforts to obtain an RUFRN or CORES FRN, including 

informing a recalcitrant interest holder of the obligation

and potential for enforcement action. However, the filer

itself will be exempt from enforcement action if the filer

substantiates that it has used reasonable and good-faith

efforts as described herein.
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If an SUFRN has not been reported previously for an

individual on any ownership report filings (either

commercial or noncommercial), and, pursuant to the

instructions and standards set forth above, the Respondent 

is unable to obtain a CORES FRN or RUFRN for that

individual, the Respondent should click the button on the

relevant subform for Part (a) to generate an SUFRN for

that individual. If an SUFRN has been previously 

reported for an individual on one or more ownership 

report filings (either commercial or noncommercial) and,

pursuant to the discussion and standards set forth above,

the Respondent remains unable to obtain a CORES FRN

or RUFRN for that party, the Respondent must report the 

previously-used SUFRN for the individual. 

RUFRNs and SUFRNs may only be used to file

ownership reports, and may not be used for any other

purpose at the FCC. RUFRNs and SUFRNs are only

available for natural persons. In addition, RUFRNs and

SUFRNs are not available for any natural person who is a 

Respondent on one or more ownership reports.

If a party submits and/or is listed as an attributable interest

holder on multiple ownership reports, it must provide the

same FRN on all such ownership reports, regardless of

whether that FRN is a CORES FRN, RUFRN, or SUFRN.

Filers should coordinate with each other to ensure such

consistency. 

The guidance concerning SUFRNs provided in Media

Bureau Announces Online Availability of Revised

Biennial Form 323, an Instructional Workshop on the

Revised Form, and the Possibility of Obtaining a Special

Use FRN for the Form, MB Docket No. 07-294, Public

Notice, 24 FCC Rcd 14329 (Med. Bur. 2009) has been

superseded as discussed herein and as provided in the 

Second Report and Order. 

Questions concerning CORES FRNs and RUFRNs can be 

directed to the CORES help desk via email at

CORES@fcc.gov or by calling 1-877-480-3201 (Mon.- 

Fri. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET).

Address Information. Provide address information for

the interest holder in the relevant fields.

Listing Type. Indicate whether the interest holder is the

Respondent on the report. Respondent interest holders

should be identified on the first subform of Part (a).

Positional Interests. For each interest holder other than

the Respondent, check the boxes for each type of interest

in the Respondent held by the interest holder. If “other” is

selected, specify the interest type. 

Citizenship, Gender, Ethnicity and Race Information.

Among other things, Part (a) seeks information as to those

persons to which the Commission’s minority and female

ownership policies have historically applied. In addition 

to citizenship and gender information, Part (a) seeks

information concerning the ethnicity and race of reported

individuals. Interest holders that are not natural persons

are not required to answer this item.

Ethnicity. Indicate whether or not the individual being

reported is Hispanic or Latino (i.e., a person of Cuban, 

Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or

other Spanish Culture or origin, regardless of race).

Race. The five racial categories are as follows: 

(1) American Indian or Alaska Native. A person

having origins in any of the original peoples of

North and South America (including Central

America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or

community attachment.

(2) Asian. A person having origins in any of the

original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia,

or the Indian Subcontinent including, for

example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea,

Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, 

Thailand, and Vietnam.

(3) Black or African American. A person having

origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

(4) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. A 

person having origins in any of the original 

peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other 

Pacific Islands. 

(5) White. A person having origins in any of the

original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or

North Africa.

Check all racial categories that apply to the individual

being reported. 

Tribal Nation or Tribal Entity. The Respondent may

use the checkbox provided to identify any entity reported

in response to Part (a) that is a Tribal Nation or Tribal

entity. For purposes of this item, a Tribal Nation or Tribal

entity means any Indian or Alaska Native Tribe, band,

nation, pueblo, village or community which is

acknowledged by the federal government to constitute a

government-to-government relationship with the United

States and eligible for the programs and services

established by the United States for Indians. See The

Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 

(Indian Tribe Act), Pub. L. 103-454, 108 Stat. 4791 
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(1994) (the Secretary of the Interior is required to publish

in the Federal Register an annual list of all Indian Tribes

which the Secretary recognizes to be eligible for the

special programs and services provided by the United

States to Indians because of their status as Indians);

Statement of Policy on Establishing a Government-toGovernment Relationship with Indian Tribes, Policy

Statement, 16 FCC Rcd 4078, 4080 (2000); see also 47

C.F.R. §§ 73.3573(f)(6) & Note 5, 73.7000.

Percentages of Votes, Equity, and Total Assets (Equity

Debt Plus). For each interest holder other than the

Respondent, provide the interest holder’s voting and

equity percentages in the Respondent in the fields

provided. If the interest holder holds an attributable

interest in the Respondent solely pursuant to the

Commission’s Equity Debt Plus attribution standard,

discussed above, provide the interest holder’s percentage

of total assets (Equity Debt Plus) in the field provided.

Otherwise, leave the total assets (Equity Debt Plus) field

blank.

Jointly Held Voting Interests. In certain circumstances,

two or more parties hold a voting interest in a Respondent

jointly. Two parties may, for example, hold 100 percent

of the voting interest in an entity together, as joint tenants

(as opposed to each individual holding 50 percent of the

voting interests). Similarly, agreements for partnerships

or limited liability companies may provide that two or

more individuals exercise voting power together. Use the

radio buttons on the subform to indicate whether the

voting interest reported on that subform is held jointly.

Other Broadcast Interests. Use the radio buttons on the

subform to indicate whether the interest holder reported

on that subform also has attributable interests in one or

more broadcast stations other than those covered by the

current ownership report.

Part (b). Respondents must indicate that the information

provided in Part (a) of this question is complete by

certifying that all interests, including equity, financial, or

voting interests, not reported in response to Question 2(a)

are non-attributable.

Part (c). Indicate whether any individuals listed in Part

(a) are married to each other or related to each other as

parent-child or siblings. If the answer is “Yes,” enter the

names and FRNs of the married and/or related individuals

and select the applicable option indicating the familial

relationship.

Part (d). If the Respondent seeks an attribution

exemption for any officer or director with duties wholly

unrelated to the Licensee(s), select “Yes” and enter the

name and title of the each such individual in the applicable

fields. For each such individual, provide an exhibit

establishing that he or she will not exercise authority or

influence in areas that will affect the Respondent or the

Licensee(s)/Permittee(s) and station(s)covered by the report.

This exhibit should describe that individual’s duties and 

responsibilities and explain the manner in which such 

individual is insulated from the Respondent and, therefore, 

should not be attributed an interest.

When responding to Part (d), Respondents should note

that exemption from attribution cannot be invoked for an

officer or director unless he or she does not, and will not,

have the ability to influence the broadcast operations of

the Licensee(s) or Station(s). See 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555,

Note 2(g).

Licensee Ownership Structure Chart. Licensees must

include as an attachment a chart or similar document

showing the Licensee’s vertical or other ownership

structure including the Licensee and all entities that have

attributable interests in the Licensee. Any chart format is

acceptable provided that it (a) meets the technical

requirements for the submission of attachments via the

Commission’s online filing system; and (b) accurately

depicts the Licensee’s complete ownership structure, as

described above. Licensee Respondents with a single

parent entity may provide a brief explanatory textual

exhibit in lieu of a flowchart or similar document. 

Licensee Respondents with no parent entities should so

indicate in a textual exhibit.

This question does not apply to non-Licensee

Respondents.

SECTION III – CERTIFICATION (All Respondents

Must Complete)

The person certifying the accuracy of the information in

this report must be the individual Licensee or Permittee,

an appropriate officer or director of the Licensee or

Permittee, a general partner in the Licensee or Permittee

partnership, or a member of the Licensee or Permittee

limited liability company. If this report is filed for a

Respondent that is not a Licensee or Permittee, the person

certifying the accuracy of the information must be an

appropriate officer or director of the Respondent, a

general partner in the Respondent partnership, or a

member of the limited liability company Respondent. The

date of the signature must be no earlier than Oct. 1 of the

filing year when filing a biennial ownership report.
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FCC NOTICE REQUIRED BY THE 

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT AND THE

PRIVACY ACT

We have estimated that each response to this collection

of information will take 1.5 to 2.5 hours. Our estimate

includes the time to read the instructions, look through

existing records, gather and maintain the required data, 

and actually complete and review the form or response. If 

you have any comments on this burden estimate, or on

how we can improve the collection and reduce the burden 

it causes you, please write to the Federal Communications

Commission, AMD-PERM, Paperwork Reduction 

Project (3060-0010), Washington, DC 20554. We will

also accept your comments via the Internet if you send

them to pra@fcc.gov. Please DO NOT SEND

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO THIS ADDRESS.

Remember - you are not required to respond to a 

collection of information sponsored by the Federal

government, and the government may not conduct or 

sponsor this collection, unless it displays a currently valid

OMB control number or if we fail to provide you with this

notice. This collection has been assigned an OMB control 

number of 3060-0010. 

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) is soliciting this information under 

authority of Sections 1, 2(a), 4(i), 257, 303(r), 307, 309,

and 310 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 

as part of its responsibilities that relate to the ownership

of commercial broadcast stations, including AM and FM

radio and television, as well as to interests in daily

newspapers that are subject to the Commission’s media

ownership rules. The Commission needs this information 

to process FCC Form 323, “Ownership Report for

Commercial Broadcast Stations.”

The authority under which the FCC requires filers to

comply with the requirements of FCC Form 323, 

“Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations,”

including the submission of their personally identifiable

information, is derived from 47 C.F.R. Sections 73.3555,

73.3615, 73.6026, and 74.797.

The Commission uses these records in this system:

1. To assess the data contained in responses to FCC

Form 323, “Ownership Report for Commercial

Broadcast Stations,” which the Commission uses

to evaluate licensees’ or permittees’ compliance

with the Commission’s media ownership rules,

etc., and other related uses. This form is filed:

(a) To satisfy the biennial filing requirement

(Biennial Ownership Report);

(b) As a validation and resubmission of a previously 

filed Biennial Ownership Report; 

(c) In connection with the transfer of control or

assignment of a broadcast station;

(d) By a permittee within 30 days after the grantof a

construction permit and on the date that the 

permittee files its license application;

(e) As a certification of accuracy of the initial or postconsummation Ownership Report filed by the 

permittee in conjunction with its application for a

station license; or 

(f) As an amendment of a previously filed Ownership

Report. 

2. To undertake studies of minority and female

ownership that include but are not limited to: Studies 

that support the Commission’s diversity policy goals 

and other ownership studies to support its statutory 

requirement to review the media ownership rules

quadrennially to determine whether they are necessary

in the public interest as the result of competition.

3. Any other uses of FCC Form 323 within the 

Commission’s authority. 

The PII that is contained in FCC Form 323 and the PII that may

be stored in the Commission’s information system(s) are

covered by the FCC system of records notice, FCC/MB-1, 

“Ownership Reports for Commercial and Noncommercial 

Broadcast Stations.” In addition to those disclosures generally

permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a 

portion of the records or information contained in this system 

may be disclosedto authorized entities, as is determined to be 

relevant and necessary, outside the FCC as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows. In each of these 

cases, theFCC will determine whether disclosure of the records 

is compatible with the purpose for which the records were

collected.

1. Public Access – documents filed in LMS are publicly 

available via the Commission’s web site;

2. Adjudication and Litigation – to the Departmentof 

Justice (DOJ), or other administrative body before 

which the FCC is authorized to appear, when: (a) the 

FCC or any component thereof; or 

(b) any employee of the FCC in his or herofficial

capacity; or (c) any employee of the FCCin his or her 

individual capacity where DOJ or the FCC has agreed 

to represent the employee; or (d) the United States is 

a party to litigation orhas an interest in such litigation, 

and the use of such records by the DOJ or the FCC is 

deemed by the FCC to be relevant and necessary to 

the litigation; 
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3. Financial obligations under the Debt Collection

Acts – to other Federal agencies for the purpose

of collecting and reporting on delinquent debts

as authorized by the Debt Collection Act of 1982

or the Debt Collection Improvement Act of

1996. A record from this system may be

disclosed to any Federal, state, or local agency

to conduct an authorized computer matching

program in compliance with the Privacy Act of

1974, as amended, to identify and locate

individuals who are delinquent in their

repayment of certain debts owed to the U.S.

Government. A record from this system may be

used to prepare information on items considered

income for taxation purposes to be disclosed to

Federal, state, and local governments;

4. Law enforcement and Investigation – to disclose

pertinent information to the appropriate Federal,

state, or local agency responsible for

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or

implementing a statute, rule, regulation, or

order, where the FCC becomes aware of an

indication of a violation or a potential violation

of a civil or criminal law or regulation;

5. Congressional Inquiries – to provide

information to a Congressional office from the

record of an individual in response to an inquiry

made from that Congressional office made at the

request of that individual;

6. Government-wide Program Management and

Oversight – to the National Archives and

Records Administration for use in its records

management inspections; to the Government

Accountability Office (GAO) for oversight

purposes; to DOJ in order to obtain that

department’s advice regarding disclosure

obligations under the Freedom of Information

Act; or to the Office of Management and Budget

in order to obtain that office’s advice regarding

obligations under the Privacy Act;

7. Breach Notification – to appropriate agencies,

entities, and persons when (1) the Commission

suspects or has confirmed that the security or

confidentiality of information in the system of

records has been compromised; (2) the

Commission has determined that as a result of

the suspected or confirmed compromise there is

a risk of harm to economic or property interests,

identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or

integrity of this system or other systems or

programs (whether maintained by the Commission 

or another agency or entity) that rely upon the

compromised information; and (3)the disclosure 

made to such agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in connection with

the Commission’s efforts to respond to the

suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm; and

8. Non-Federal Personnel – to disclose information

to contractors performing or working on a

contract for the Federal Government.

THE FOREGOING NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY

THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995,

P.L. 104-13, OCTOBER 1, 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507 AND

THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974, PUBLIC LAW 93-

579, DECEMBER 31, 1974, 5 U.S.C. SECTION

552A(E)(3).
FCC Form 323

September 2022

Ownership Report for Commercial 

Broadcast Stations (FCC Form 323)

APPROVED by OMB

3060-0010

Estimated time per response: 1.5 to 2.5 hours

Section I – General Information

1. Respondent FRN Name

[FRN] [respondent name]

Street Address City (and Country 

if non-U.S. 

address)

State (“NA” 

if non-U.S. 

address)

Zip Code Phone Email

[street address 1]

[street address 2]

[city] [state] [zip code] [phone] [email]

2. Contact Name Organization

Representative [name] [Organization]

Street Address City (and Country 

if non-U.S. 

address)

State (“NA” 

if non-U.S. 

address)

Zip Code Phone Email

[street address 1]

[street address 2]

[city] [state] [zip code] [phone] [email]

3. Application Question Response

Filing Fee Is this application being submitted without 

a filing fee?

 Yes No 

If this application is being submitted 

without a filing fee, Indicate reason for fee 

exemption.

 Governmental Entity Fee-exempt report

 Other Provide explanation:

 [explanation]

4. Respondent (a) Provide the following information about the Respondent:

and Report 

Information 

Relationship to 

stations/permits

 Licensee Permittee (non-biennial reports only)

 Entity required to file Form 323 because it holds an attributable interest in one 

or more Licensees or, in the case of a non-biennial report, Permittees (Parent Entity) 

Nature of 

Respondent

 Sole proprietorship For-profit corporation Not-for-profit corporation

 General partnership Limited partnership Limited liability company 

 Other Submit an Exhibit describing the nature of the Respondent.
FCC Form 323 (Page 2)

(b) Provide the following information about this report:

 (1) Biennial

(2) Validation and resubmission of a previously filed biennial report (certifying no 

change from previous report) Provide file number of report that is being validated 

and resubmitted: [file number]

(3) Transfer of control or assignment of license/permit

(4) Report by Permittee filing within 30 days after the grant of a construction permit 

for a new commercial AM, FM, or full power television broadcast station

(5) Report filed by Permittee conjunction with Permittee’s application for a station 

license

(6) Certification of accuracy of an initial or post-consummation ownership report filed 

by Permittee in conjunction with Permittee’s application for a station license

Provide file number of report being certified: [file number]

 (7) Amendment to a previously filed ownership report Submit an Exhibit listing, by 

Section and Question Number, the portions of the previous report that are being revised.

“As of”

date

All of the information furnished in this report is accurate as of the following date 

(mm/dd/yyyy): [date]

When filing a biennial ownership report or validating and resubmitting a prior biennial 

ownership report, this date must be Oct. 1 of the year in which this report is filed.

5. Licensee(s)/ 

Permittee(s) 

and Stations(s)/ 

Permit(s)

Respondent is filing this report to cover the following Licensee(s)/Permittee(s) and 

license(s)/permit(s):

Licensee/Permittee Name FRN

[licensee/permittee name] [FRN]

Facility ID No.] Call Sign City State Service

[Facility ID No.] [call sign] [City] [state] [service]
FCC Form 323 (Page 3)

Section II-A – Non-Biennial Ownership Information

1. 47 C.F.R.

Section 73.3613 

and Other 

Documents

Licensee/Permittee Respondents should list all contracts and other instruments set forth in 

47 C.F.R. Section 73.3613(a) through (c) for the facility or facilities listed on this report. In 

addition, attributable Local Marketing Agreements (LMAs) and attributable Joint Sales 

Agreements (JSAs) must be disclosed by the licensee of the brokering station on its 

ownership report. If the agreement is an attributable LMA, an attributable JSA, or a network 

affiliation agreement, check the appropriate box. Otherwise, select “Other.” NonLicensee/Permittee Respondents should select “Not Applicable” in response to this question.

 Not 

Applicable

Document Information

Description of contract or instrument [description of contract or instrument]

Parties to contract or instrument [parties to contract or instrument]

Date of execution (mm/yyyy) [date of execution]

Date of expiration (mm/yyyy) [date of expiration] No expiration date

Agreement type (check all that apply) Attributable LMA Attributable JSA 

Network Affiliation Agreement

 Other Indicate agreement type:

 [agreement type]

2. Ownership 

Interests

(a) Ownership Interests. This Question requires Respondents to enter detailed information about 

ownership interests by generating a series of subforms. Answer each question on each subform. The first 

subform listing should be for the Respondent itself. If the Respondent is not a natural person, also list each 

of the officers, directors, stockholders, non-insulated partners, non-insulated members, and any other 

persons or entities with a direct attributable interest in the Respondent pursuant to the standards set forth 

in 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555. (A “direct” interest is one that is not held through any intervening companies 

or entities.) List each interest holder with a direct attributable interest in the Respondent separately.

Leave the percentage of total assets (Equity Debt Plus) field blank for an interest holder unless that interest 

holder has an attributable interest in the Respondent solely on the basis of the Commission’s Equity Debt 

Plus attribution standard, 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555, Note 2(i).

In the case of vertical or indirect ownership structures, list only those interests in the Respondent that also 

represent an attributable interest in the Licensee(s) or Permittee(s) for which the report is being submitted.

Entities that are part of an organizational structure that includes holding companies or other forms of 

indirect ownership must file separate ownership reports. In such a structure do not report, or file a separate 

report for, any interest holder that does not have an attributable interest in the Licensee(s) or Permittee(s) 

for which the report is being submitted.

Please see the Instructions for further detail concerning interests that must be reported in response to this 

question.

The Respondent must provide an FCC Registration Number for each interest holder reported in response to 

this question. Please see the Instructions for detailed information and guidance concerning this 

requirement.
FCC Form 323 (Page 4)

Ownership Information

FRN [FRN]

Name [name]

Address Street 1 [street 1]

Street 2 [street 2]

City [city]

State (“NA” is nonUS address)[state]

Zip/Postal Code [zip]

Country (if non-U.S. 

address)

[country]

Listing Type Respondent Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests

(check all that apply)

Officer Director General Partner Limited Partner

LC/LLC/PLLC Member Owner Stockholder Attributable Investor

Attributable Creditor Attributable LMA Attributable JSA

 Other Specify interest type: [interest type]

Interest Percentages 

(enter percentage 

values from 0.0 to 

100.0)

Voting [voting] Jointly Held? Yes No

Total assets (Equity 

Debt Plus)

[total assets]

Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or 

more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

 Yes No

(b) Respondent certifies that any interests, including equity, financial, or voting interests, 

not reported in response to Question 2(a) are non-attributable.

If “No,” submit as an exhibit an explanation.

 Yes

 No

(c) Are any of the individuals listed in response to Question 2(a) married to each other or 

related to each other as parent-child or as siblings?

If “Yes,” provide the following information for each such the relationship.

 Yes

 No

Family Relationships

FRN [FRN] Name [name]

FRN [FRN] Name [name]

Relationship Spouses Parent/Child Siblings
FCC Form 323 (Page 5)

(d) Is Respondent seeking an attribution exemption for any officer or director with duties 

wholly unrelated to the Licensee(s) or Permittee(s)?

If “Yes,” complete the information in the required fields and submit an Exhibit fully describing 

that individual’s duties and responsibilities, and explaining why that individual should not be 

attributed an interest.

 Yes

 No

Attribution Exemption

Name [name] Title [title]

Section II-B – Biennial Ownership Information

1. 47 C.F.R.

Section 73.3613 

and Other 

Documents

Licensee Respondents that hold authorizations for one or more full power television, AM,

and/or FM stations should list all contracts and other instruments set forth in 47 C.F.R.

Section 73.3613(a) through (c) for the facility or facilities listed on this report. In addition,

attributable Local Marketing Agreements (LMAs) and attributable Joint Sales Agreements

(JSAs) must be disclosed by the licensee of the brokering station on its ownership report. If

the agreement is an attributable LMA, an attributable JSA, or a network affiliation

agreement, check the appropriate box. Otherwise, select “Other.” Non-Licensee

Respondents, as well as Licensee Respondents that only hold authorizations for Class A

television and/or low power television stations, should select “Not Applicable” in response to

this question.

 Not 

Applicable

Document Information

Description of contract or instrument [description of contract or instrument]

Parties to contract or instrument [parties to contract or instrument]

Date of execution (mm/yyyy) [date of execution]

Date of expiration (mm/yyyy) [date of expiration] No expiration date

Agreement type (check all that apply) Attributable LMA Attributable JSA 

Network Affiliation Agreement

 Other Indicate agreement type:

 [agreement type]

2. Ownership 

Interests

(a) Ownership Interests. This Question requires Respondents to enter detailed information about 

ownership interests by generating a series of subforms. Answer each question on each subform. The first 

subform listing should be for the Respondent itself. If the Respondent is not a natural person, also list each 

of the officers, directors, stockholders, non-insulated partners, non-insulated members, and any other 

persons or entities with a direct attributable interest in the Respondent pursuant to the standards set forth 

in 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555. (A “direct” interest is one that is not held through any intervening companies 

or entities.) List each interest holder with a direct attributable interest in the Respondent separately.

Leave the percentage of total assets (Equity Debt Plus) field blank for an interest holder unless that interest 

holder has an attributable interest in the Respondent solely on the basis of the Commission’s Equity Debt 

Plus attribution standard, 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3555, Note 2(i).

In the case of vertical or indirect ownership structures, list only those interests in the Respondent that also 

represent an attributable interest in the Licensee(s) or Permittee(s) for which the report is being submitted.

Entities that are part of an organizational structure that includes holding companies or other forms of 

indirect ownership must file separate ownership reports. In such a structure do not report, or file a separate 
FCC Form 323 (Page 6)

report for, any interest holder that does not have an attributable interest in the Licensee(s) or Permittee(s) 

for which the report is being submitted.

Please see the Instructions for further detail concerning interests that must be reported in response to this 

question.

The Respondent must provide an FCC Registration Number for each interest holder reported in response to 

this question. Please see the Instructions for detailed information and guidance concerning this 

requirement.

Ownership Information

FRN [FRN]

Name [name]

Address Street 1 [street 1]

Street 2 [street 2]

City [city]

State (“NA” is nonUS address)[state]

Zip/Postal Code [zip]

Country (if non-U.S. 

address)

[country]

Listing Type Respondent Other Interest Holder

Positional Interests

(check all that apply)

Officer Director General Partner Limited Partner

LC/LLC/PLLC Member Owner Stockholder Attributable Investor

Attributable Creditor Attributable LMA Attributable JSA

 Other Specify interest type: [interest type]

Citizenship, Gender, 

Ethnicity, and Race 

Information (Natural 

Persons Only)

 N/A (Entity)

Citizenship [citizenship]

Gender Male Female

Ethnicity Hispanic or Latino Not Hispanic or Latino

Race (Check all 

categories that apply 

to the individual 

being reported)

 American Indian or Alaska Native 

 Asian

 Black or African American

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 

 White

Tribal Nation or Tribal 

Entity

 Yes

Interest Percentages 

(enter percentage 

values from 0.0 to 

100.0)

Voting [voting] Jointly Held? Yes No

Equity [equity]

Total assets (Equity 

Debt Plus)

[total assets]

Does interest holder have an attributable interest in one or 

more broadcast stations that do not appear on this report?

 Yes No
FCC Form 323 (Page 7)

(b) Respondent certifies that any interests, including equity, financial, or voting interests, 

not reported in response to Question 2(a) are non-attributable.

If “No,” submit as an exhibit an explanation.

 Yes

 No

(c) Are any of the individuals listed in response to Question 2(a) married to each other or 

related to each other as parent-child or as siblings?

If “Yes,” provide the following information for each such the relationship.

 Yes

 No

Family Relationships

FRN [FRN] Name [name]

FRN [FRN] Name [name]

Relationship Spouses Parent/Child Siblings

(d) Is Respondent seeking an attribution exemption for any officer or director with duties 

wholly unrelated to the Licensee(s) or Permittee(s)?

If “Yes,” complete the information in the required fields and submit an Exhibit fully describing 

that individual’s duties and responsibilities, and explaining why that individual should not be 

attributed an interest.

 Yes

 No

Attribution Exemption

Name [name] Title [title]

3. Organizational 

Chart (Licensees 

Only)

Attach a flowchart or similar document showing the Licensee’s vertical ownership structure

including the Licensee and all entities that have attributable interests in the Licensee. 

Licensees with a single parent entity may provide a brief explanatory textual Exhibit in lieu of 

a flowchart or similar document. Licensees without parent entities should so indicate in a 

textual Exhibit. 

Non-Licensee Respondents should select “Not Applicable” in response to this question.

 Not 

Applicable
FCC Form 323 (Page 8)

Section III – Certification

I certify that I am

[title]

(official title)

of

[respondent]

(exact legal title or name of Respondent)

and that I have examined this report and that to the best of my knowledge and belief, all statements in this report are true, correct 

and complete.

Signature [signature]

Date (mm/dd/yyyy) (When filing a biennial ownership report, 

date of signature below must be no earlier than Oct. 1 of the 

filing year.)

[date]

Telephone Number (Include area code) [telephone number]

WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND/OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 18, SECTION 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY 

STATION LICENSE OR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 503).