Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License, FCC Form 314; Application for consent to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Pe
ICR 200805-3060-012
OMB: 3060-0031
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Application for Consent to
Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License, FCC
Form 314; Application for consent to Transfer Control of Entity
Holding Broadcast Station Construction Pe
LPFM: The Instructions to FCC Forms
314 and 315 have been revised to reflect the new ownership limits
adopted in the Third Report and Order and Second Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, Creation of a Low Power Radio Service, FCC 07-204, MM
Docket No. 99-25 (released Dec. 11, 2007), namely, that an entity
may own only one LPFM station. By amending the Rules to permanently
limit LPFM eligibility, the Commission is protecting the public
interest in localism and fostering greater diversity of programming
from community sources. Forms 314 and 315 have also been revised to
reflect the three-year holding period of an LPFM license, as
adopted in the Third Report and Order, during which a licensee
cannot transfer or assign a license, and must operate the station.
That restriction will prevent entities from using the LPFM
assignment and transfer process to undermine the Commissions LPFM
policies and will ensure that the benefits to the public which were
the basis for the license grant will be realized. Media Ownership:
On December 18, 2007, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and
Order on Reconsideration, 2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review of the
Commissions Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted
Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, FCC
07-216, MB Docket Nos. 06-121, 02-277, 04-228, MM Docket Nos.
01-235, 01-317, 00-244 and 99-360. Section 202 requires the
Commission to review its broadcast ownership rules every four years
and determine whether any of such rules are necessary in the public
interest. Further, Section 202 requires the Commission to repeal or
modify any regulation it determines to be no longer in the public
interest. Consistent with actions taken by the Commission in the
2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review, the following changes are made
to Forms 314 and 315: The instructions to Forms 314 and 315 have
been revised to include a reference to the 2006 Quadrennial
Regulatory Review as a source of information regarding the
Commission's multiple ownership attribution policies and standards.
The language in Section A, IV of Worksheet #3 in Forms 314 and 315
is revised. This worksheet is used in connection with Section III,
Item 6b of Form 314 and Section IV, Item 8b of Form 315 to
determine the applicant's compliance with the Commission's multiple
ownership rules and cross-ownership rules set forth in 47 C.F.R. §
73.3555. The revisions to the worksheet account for changes made by
the Commission in the 2006 Quadrennial Review to 47 C.F.R. §
73.3555(d), the Daily Newspaper Cross-Ownership Rule. The revised
rule changes the circumstances under which an entity may own a
daily newspaper and a radio station or television station in the
same designated market area. In Section B of Worksheet # 3 of Form
314, the description of a Daily Newspaper is changed to comport
to the definition of Newspaper contained in 47 C.F.R. §
73.3555(c)(3)(iii) that the Commission revised in the 2006
Quadrennial Regulatory Review. In Section B of Worksheet # 3 of
Form 315, language from 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555(d) is added to assist
applicants in their determination of compliance with the Daily
Newspaper Cross-Ownership Rule.
We have a decrease in the
annual burden hours and annual costs as a result of the
Commissions action in the Second Order on Reconsideration and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Creation of a Low Power
Radio Service, MB Docket No. 99-25, FCC. The Commission decreased
the amount of time required for LPFM transactions due to revisions
to the form which now makes it easier understood by the public. The
Commission made this a main focus point when revising the Forms for
LPFM transitions. There was a increase in the total annual burden
hours and annual cost for this information due to form revisions
and information collection requirements contained in FCC 07-216,
2006 Quadrennial Regulatory Review of the Commissions Broadcast
Ownership Rules and Other Rules to Section 202 of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.
$7,698,408
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Thomas Horan 202 418-2486
thoran@fcc.gov
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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
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(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.