Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast Licensee Public Interest Obligations: Extension of the Filing Requirement for Children's Television Programming Report (FCC Form 398)

Federal Register: May 27, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 102)

Rules and Regulations

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 73

MB Docket Nos. 00-168, 00-44; FCC 07-205

Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television

Broadcast Licensee Public Interest Obligations; Extension of the Filing

Requirement for Children's Television Programming Report (FCC Form 398)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission is correcting a final rule published in the Federal Register on March 13, 2008, 73 FR 13452.

The document adopted a standardized form for the quarterly reporting of programming aired in response to issues facing a television station's community and a requirement that portions of each television station's public inspection file be placed on the Internet.

DATES: The rules in this document contain information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). After OMB approval is received, the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the rules.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information on this proceeding, contact Holly Saurer, Holly.Saurer@fcc.gov of the Media

Bureau, Policy Division, (202) 418-2120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In rule FR Doc. E8-5052 published on March 13, 2008, 73 FR 13452 make the following correction. 0 1. On page 13463, in the second column, under Sec. 73.3527, paragraph

(e)(8)(i) and (ii) are added to read as follows:

Sec. 73.3527 [Corrected]

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(i) Issues/programs lists. For nonexempt noncommercial educational radio broadcast stations, every three months a list of programs that have provided the station's most significant treatment of community issues during the preceding three month period. The list for each calendar quarter is to be filed by the tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., January 10 for the quarter October-December,

April 10 for the quarter January-March, etc.). The list shall include a brief narrative describing what issues were given significant treatment and the programming that provided this treatment. The description of the programs shall include, but shall not be limited to, the time, date, duration, and title of each program in which the issue was treated. The lists described in this paragraph shall be retained in the public inspection file until final action has been taken on the station's next license renewal application.

(ii) TV Standardized Public Interest Reporting Form. For noncommercial educational TV and Class A TV broadcast stations, every three months a completed Standardized Public Interest Reporting Form with regard to the station's efforts to determine the issues facing its community and the programming aired during the preceding three month period in response to those issues. The form for each calendar quarter is to be filed by the thirtieth day of the succeeding calendar quarter

(e.g., January 30 for the quarter October-December, April 30 for the quarter January-March, etc.). The forms described in this paragraph shall be retained in the public inspection file until final action has been taken on the station's next license renewal application.

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Federal Communications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,

Secretary.

FR Doc. E8-11407 Filed 5-23-08; 8:45 am

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