Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget for Review

November 8, 1994.

The Federal Communications Commission has submitted the following

information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3507).

Copies of this submission may be purchased from the Commission's

copy contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., 2100 M

Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800. For

further information on this submission contact Judy Boley, Federal

Communications Commission, (202) 418-0214. Persons wishing to comment

on this information collection should contact Timothy Fain, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202)

395-3561.

Please note: The Commission has requested expedited OMB review of

this item by December 15, 1994, under the provisions of 5 CFR 1320.18.

OMB Number: 3060-0110

Title: Application for renewal of license for AM, FM, TV,

Translator or LPTV station

Form Number: FCC Form 303-S

Action: Revision of a currently approved collection

Respondents: State or local governments, non-profit institutions

and businesses or other for-profit (including small businesses)

Frequency of Response: Other: once every 5 years for TV; once every

7 years for radio

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,310 responses; 1.04 hours average burden

per response; 1,362 hours total annual burden

Needs and Uses: FCC Form 303-S is used in applying for renewal of

license for a commercial or noncommercial AM, FM, or TV broadcast

station and FM translator, TV translator or Low Power TV broadcast

stations. It can also be used in seeking the joint renewal of licenses

for an FM or TV translator station and its co-owned primary FM, TV or

LPTV station. On 2/24/93, OMB approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(NPRM) in MM Docket No. 92-304, Renewal Reporting Requirements for Full

Power, Commercial AM, FM, and TV Broadcast Stations. On 8/20/92, the

Commission adopted a Report and Order adopting the requirement that

licensees of full power commercial AM, FM, and TV stations to report

whether, at the time of license renewal, their stations are on-the-air

or have discontinued operations. The necessary exhibit will have an

additional burden of 1 hour on those stations that are off-the-air or

have discontinued operations. On 10/13/94, the Commission adopted a

Report and Order in MM Docket No. 92-168, Modifying Renewal Dates for

Certain Stations Licensed Under Part 74 of the Commission's Rules; and

Revising FCC Form 303-S. This Report and Order will change the license

renewal dates of FM and TV translator stations and LPTV stations

licensed under 47 CFR Part 74 to coincide with those of full service

radio or television stations operating in the same state. The

Commission will grant translator and LPTV applicants filing for license

renewal a short-term renewal with the license period extending only

until the end of the license period for full service stations located

in the same state. This short license renewal period will create an

extra one-time renewal filing for some licensees. The Commission will

waive the filing fee for renewal applications of those stations who are

required to make an extra filing. This Report and Order also eliminates

FCC Form 348 and revises the FCC Form 303-S to incorporate information

included in the Form 348. These form revisions will permit translator

stations co-owned with primary stations in the same state which

rebroadcast the same signal as the primary station to file for license

renewal on a single application form with their primary station. In

addition, the Report and Order added a certification that an FM

translator applicant has complied with all FM translator rules,

particularly those relating to ownership, funding and support. The data

is used by FCC staff to assure that the necessary reports connected

with the renewal application have been filed and that licensee

continues to meet basic statutory requirements to remain a licensee of

a broadcast station.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 94-28192 Filed 11-14-94; 8:45 am]

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