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In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comment on revising the fee schedule of FY 2025 regulatory fees and on several additional regulatory fee issues, as described in the text below.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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Vol. 90

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47 CFR Part 1

Review of the Commission's Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees
for Fiscal Year 2025; Proposed Rule

Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 114 / Monday, June 16, 2025 /
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[MD Docket No. 25-190; MD Docket No. 24-85; FCC 25-30; FRS ID 299099]

Review of the Commission's Assessment and Collection of
Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2025

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) seeks comment on revising the fee schedule of FY 2025
regulatory fees and on several additional regulatory fee issues, as
described in the text below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 7, 2025. Reply
comments must be submitted on or before July 21, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's
rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and
reply comments identified by MD Docket No. 23-159, by any of the
following methods below. Comments and reply comments may be filed using
the Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS). See
Electronic Filing of Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, 63 FR 24121
(1998).
1. Comment Filing Procedures. Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419
of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may
file comments and reply comments on or before the dates indicated on
the first page of this document. Comments may be filed using the
Commission's Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS).
<bullet> Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically
using the internet by accessing the ECFS: <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/">https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/</a>.
<bullet> Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must
file an original and one copy of each filing.
<bullet> Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by
commercial courier, or by the U.S. Postal Service. All filings must be
addressed to the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
<bullet> Hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for
the Commission's Secretary are accepted between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
by the FCC's mailing contractor at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis
Junction, MD 20701. All hand deliveries must be held together with
rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of
before entering the building.
<bullet> Commercial courier deliveries (any deliveries not by the
U.S. Postal Service) must be sent to 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis
Junction, MD 20701.
<bullet> Filings sent by U.S. Postal Service First-Class Mail,
Priority Mail, and Priority Mail Express must be sent to 45 L Street
NE, Washington, DC 20554.
2. People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible
formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic
files, audio format), send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53353030666367133530307d343c25">[email&#160;protected]</a> or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-
418-0432 (TTY).
3. Materials in Accessible Formats. To request materials in
accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print,
electronic files, audio format), send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70161313454044301613135e171f06">[email&#160;protected]</a> or
call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530
(voice).
4. Availability of Documents. Comments, reply comments, and ex
parte submissions will be available via ECFS. Documents will be
available electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe
Acrobat. When the FCC Headquarters reopens to the public, these
documents will also be available for public inspection during regular
business hours in the FCC Reference Center, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Brogan, Office of Economics
and Analytics (202) 418-7378.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), FCC 25-30, MD Docket No. 24-85, MD
Docket No. 25-190, adopted on June 4, 2025 and released on June 5,
2025. Comments, reply comments, and ex parte submissions will be
available via ECFS. Documents will be available electronically in
ASCII, Microsoft Word, and/or Adobe Acrobat. When the FCC Headquarters
reopens to the public, these documents will also be available for
public inspection during regular business hours in the FCC Reference
Center, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554. To request materials in accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#deb8bdbdebeeea9eb8bdbdf0b9b1a8">[email&#160;protected]</a> or call the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice).

I. Administrative Matters

5. Ex Parte Information. The proceeding initiated by this Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, in which we seek comment on proposals as described
below, shall be treated as a ``permit-but-disclose'' proceeding in
accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules. Persons making ex
parte presentations must file a copy of any written presentation or a
memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within two business days
after the presentation (unless a different deadline applicable to the
Sunshine period applies). Persons making oral ex parte presentations
are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentation must (1) list
all persons attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at
which the ex parte presentation was made, and (2) summarize all data
presented and arguments made during the presentation. If the
presentation consisted in whole or in part of the presentation of data
or arguments already reflected in the presenter's written comments,
memoranda, or other filings in the proceeding, the presenter may
provide citations to such data or arguments in his or her prior
comments, memoranda, or other filings (specifying the relevant page
and/or paragraph numbers where such data or arguments can be found) in
lieu of summarizing them in the memorandum. Documents shown or given to
Commission staff during ex parte meetings are deemed to be written ex
parte presentations and must be filed consistent with section 1.1206(b)
of the Commission's rules. In proceedings governed by section 1.49(f)
of the Commission's rules or for which the Commission has made
available a method of electronic filing, written ex parte presentations
and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all
attachments thereto, must be filed through the electronic comment
filing system available for that proceeding, and must be filed in their
native format (e.g., .doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants
in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the Commission's
ex parte rules.
6. Regulatory Flexibility Act. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of
1980, as amended (RFA), requires that an agency prepare a regulatory
flexibility analysis for notice and comment rulemakings, unless the
agency certifies that ``the rule will not, if promulgated, have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.''

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Accordingly, we have prepared an Initial Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis (IRFA) concerning the potential impact of rule and policy
changes contained in this NPRM. The IRFA is set forth in Section VI.
The Commission invites the general public, in particular small
businesses, to comment on the IRFA. Comments must be filed by the
deadlines for comments on the NPRM indicated on the first page of this
document and must have a separate and distinct heading designating them
as responses to the IRFA.
7. Paperwork Reduction Act. This document does not contain any
proposed new or substantively modified information collections subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13. In
addition, therefore, it does not contain any new or modified
information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act
of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. Sec. 3506(c)(4).

II. Introduction

8. Each fiscal year, the Commission is required to collect
regulatory fees in an amount equal to its annual salaries and expenses
(S&E) appropriation by the end of September. Pursuant to section 9 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Communications Act or Act),
and the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025, the Commission
must collect $390,192,000, which is an amount equal to its fiscal year
(FY) 2025 salaries and expenses (S&E) appropriation. The Act requires
the Commission to assess and collect regulatory fees to recover the
costs of carrying out its activities in the total amounts provided for
in Appropriations Acts.
9. In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), we propose and
seek comment on the regulatory fees and methodology to assess and
collect $390,192,000 in congressionally required regulatory fees for FY
2025, as set forth in Tables 3, 4, and 7. Consistent with the
Commission's long-standing regulatory fee methodology, staff has again
undertaken a high-level, yet comprehensive, analysis of the work being
performed by Commission employees to determine if identifiable full
time equivalent (FTE) time is related to the oversight and regulation
of fee payors such that it should be taken into consideration in
applying our fee methodology. Based upon this analysis, we propose to
increase the number of direct FTEs that are allocated to the licensing
bureaus. In particular, we propose reallocating 61 indirect FTEs as
direct FTEs to the Commission's core licensing bureaus. As described
fully below, such reallocations--which are substantially similar to the
Commission's determinations in fiscal years 2023 and 2024--reflect our
conclusion that we can determine that certain FTE work in the Office of
General Counsel, the Office of Economics and Analytics, and the Public
Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is sufficiently linked to the
oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in a core bureau such
that the FTE burden of that work should be allocated as direct to a
core bureau for regulatory fee purposes for FY 2025.
10. Moreover, as explained more fully below, because we released a
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in February seeking comment on
whether the Commission should adjust the methodologies it uses to
assess fee rates for space and earth station payors, in this NPRM we
seek comment on proposed regulatory fees for space and earth station
fee payors under both existing and proposed methodologies. We also
propose to continue the Commission's past practice of calculating
television broadcaster regulatory fees using our methodology of
population-based full-service broadcast television regulatory fees as
set forth in Table 8.

III. Background

11. Section 9 of the Communications Act obligates the Commission to
assess and collect regulatory fees each year, totaling an amount that
can reasonably be expected to equal the amount of its annual S&E
appropriation. Fiscal year 2025 started on October 1, 2024, and ends on
September 30, 2025. The Commission's regulatory fee collection is
guided by both the statutory authority in sections 6 and 9 of the
Communications Act and the explicit language of each fiscal year's S&E
appropriation directing the amount to be collected as an offsetting
collection. Thus, the Commission has no discretion regarding the amount
of fees to be collected in any given fiscal year. Regulatory fees
recover all of the Commission's direct, indirect, and support costs,
including costs to cover statutorily required tasks that do not
directly equate with oversight and regulation of a particular
regulatee, but instead benefit the Commission and the industry as a
whole. Direct costs are those such as salaries and expenses; indirect
costs are those such as overhead functions; and support costs include
those such as rent, utilities, and equipment. Since regulatory fees
must recover the total amount of the Commission's appropriation, they
also must cover the costs incurred in oversight and regulation of: (1)
entities that are statutorily exempt from paying regulatory fees; (2)
entities whose total assessed annual regulatory fees fall below the
annual de minimis threshold; and (3) entities whose regulatory fees are
waived. Entities that are exempt from paying regulatory fees include
governmental and nonprofit entities, amateur radio operators, and
noncommercial radio and television stations.
12. Congress has prescribed a method for the Commission to collect
an amount equal to the full S&E appropriation in section 9 of the
Communications Act, keying the regulatory fee assessment to the
Commission's FTE burden. One FTE, a ``Full Time Equivalent'' or ``Full
Time Employee,'' is a unit of measure equal to the work performed
annually by a full-time person (working a 40-hour workweek for a full
year) assigned to the particular job, and subject to agency personnel
staffing limitations established by the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget. In this proceeding, if we state 1.5 FTEs work on a particular
subject matter, that might mean three individuals spend 50% of their
time on that area. Moreover, in this NPRM, when we discuss FTEs and any
change in allocation, it is solely for regulatory fee purposes and does
not reflect proposals for the change of personnel in the various
organizational work units.
13. Specifically, the Commission's methodology for assessing
regulatory fees must ``reflect the full-time equivalent number of
employees within the Commission's bureaus and offices, adjusted to take
into account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits
provided to the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.'' As a
result, the fee assigned to each regulatory fee category relates to the
FTE burden associated with oversight and regulation of each regulatory
fee category by the relevant core bureaus (i.e., the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, the Media Bureau, most of the Wireline
Competition Bureau, part of the Office of International Affairs, and
most of the Space Bureau). The Commission has previously concluded that
allocating the work of FTEs in the Wireline Competition Bureau devoted
to non-high-cost Universal Service Fund programs as indirect is
consistent with how FTEs working for programs that benefit consumers,
and the American public are treated elsewhere in the Commission.
Similarly, the Commission has previously explained that most of the
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the Global Strategies and Negotiation Division, does not benefit a
specific fee payor, but rather the government as whole, and is
therefore appropriately categorized as indirect. The Commission does,
however, continue to categorize as direct the FTE work of OIA
concerning international bearer circuit issues, including the services
provided over submarine cables, determining that such FTE work is
direct.
14. Given that the total amount of the offsetting collection
generally changes each fiscal year, the regulatory fees due from payors
also typically change as a mathematical consequence of the total amount
that needs to be collected, the number of FTEs, and the projected unit
estimates for each regulatory fee category. As the Commission has
explained previously, because the Communication Act's explicit language
requires that fees must reflect FTEs, FTE counts are the most
administrable starting point for regulatory fee allocations, and
regulatory fees are based on the direct FTEs in core bureaus. Thus,
when considering changes, additions, or deletions to the regulatory fee
schedule, we focus on the direct FTE cost burden related to the
regulatory fee category at issue within each of the core licensing
bureaus.
15. Moreover, we do not assign direct FTEs within a bureau to
specific fee categories ``by rote or at random, but rather in a manner
that reflects the time spent by FTEs on a regulatory fee category,
which is in itself a reflection of ``benefit'' to the fee category.''
Thus, we apportion regulatory fees across fee categories based on the
number of direct FTEs in each core bureau to take into account factors
that are reasonably related to the payors' benefits. As a practical
matter, regulatory fees are a zero-sum game because the Commission must
collect the full amount of its appropriation each fiscal year. That is,
any decrease to the fees paid by one category of regulatory fee payors
necessitates an increase in fees paid by other categories of regulatory
fee payors.
16. Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Allocation and Fee Calculation. The
Commission allocates FTEs according to the nature of the work performed
by its different organizational units. If the work performed by a group
or office is directly related to the oversight and regulation of a
regulatory fee category or categories in one of the five core licensing
bureaus then those FTEs are considered to be direct FTEs. The
Commission has long relied on direct FTE allocations because it has
found those allocations best reflect the `benefits provided to the
payor of the fee by the Commission's activities. Work that cannot be
allocated to one of those regulatory fee categories is counted as an
indirect FTE. Under this framework, the Commission assesses the
allocation of FTEs by first determining the number of direct non-
auctions FTEs in each of the Commission's core bureaus. Other factors
the Commission takes into consideration include the annual
appropriation and the projected unit estimates. Regulatory fees are
initially apportioned across the regulatory fee categories based on the
number of direct FTEs in each core bureau whose time is focused on a
particular industry segment and then are adjusted ``to take into
account factors that are reasonably related to the benefits provided to
the payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.''
17. The FTE time devoted to developing and implementing the
Commission's spectrum auctions is not included in the calculation of
regulatory fees and is not offset by the collection of regulatory fees.
Thus, the Commission's methodology excludes all spectrum auction-
related FTEs and their overhead from the regulatory fee calculations.
To the extent that FTEs within the core bureaus spend a portion of
their time on auctions issues and a portion of their time on
appropriated issues, their time is split and only the non-auctions
portion of their time is reflected in the relevant core bureau's direct
FTE count.
18. Early in each fiscal year, the Human Resources Management
office identifies FTEs at the core bureau level and then staff validate
that data through consultation with the bureaus and offices to
determine the direct FTEs allocated to each of the five core bureaus.
After determining the number of direct FTEs for each core bureau, those
numbers are then used to calculate the corresponding percentage of the
total amount of regulatory fees to be collected for a given fiscal
year. Specifically, staff allocates appropriated amounts to be
recovered proportionally based on the number of direct FTEs within each
core bureau. The percentage for each core bureau is the number of
direct non-auction FTEs within the core bureau divided by the total
number of direct non-auction FTEs in the Commission. As a general
matter, there is no additional calculation to attribute indirect costs.
Instead, the proportional allocation of the whole S&E appropriation
based on the number of direct FTEs effectively attributes all indirect
costs among the core bureaus so that the Commission can recover its
entire appropriation each year. Those proportions are then subdivided
and apportioned within each core bureau into fee categories among the
regulatees being served based on the time spent on each fee category.
Finally, within each regulatory fee category the amount to be collected
is divided by a unit count that allocates the regulatory fee payor's
proportionate share based on an objective measure.
19. Historically, the Commission has categorized the FTEs in the
Enforcement, Consumer and Governmental Affairs, and Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureaus along with some of the work in the Wireline
Competition and the former International Bureau as well as the work of
those in the Office of the Chair and the Commissioners' Offices and in
the Offices of the Managing Director, General Counsel, Inspector
General, Communications Business Opportunities, Engineering and
Technology, Legislative Affairs, Workplace Diversity, Media Relations,
Economics and Analytics, and Administrative Law Judges as indirect for
regulatory fee purposes. Indirect FTE time covers a wide range of
issues that include services that are not specifically correlated with
one core bureau, let alone one specific category of regulatory fee
payors. Indirect FTE work also includes matters that are not specific
to any regulatory fee category, and many Commission attorneys,
economists, engineers, analysts, and other staff work on a variety of
issues during a single fiscal year, which benefits the Commission, the
telecommunications industry, and the public.
20. Adjustments and Amendments to Regulatory Fee Schedule. By
statute, the Commission must annually establish a fee proceeding to
consider adjustments to the prior fee schedule to reflect unexpected
increases or decreases in the number of units subject to the payment of
such fees and result in the collection of the amount required by the
Commission's annual appropriation. For example, if the number of units
in a regulatory fee category increase, the amount due per unit may
decrease. This would also include proportionate increases in a given
fee category to reflect an overall increase in the annual FY
appropriation. Such changes are rarely the subject of dispute and are
usually addressed in the more ministerial changes to the fee schedule.
The Commission will also propose amendments to the fee schedule ``if it
determines that changes are necessary for the fees to reflect the full-
time equivalent number of employees within the bureaus and offices of
the Commission, adjusted to take into account factors that are
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payor of the fee by the Commission's activities.'' Pursuant to the Act,
the Commission must notify Congress immediately upon adoption of any
adjustment. The Act also requires the Commission to notify Congress at
least 90 days prior to making effective any amendments to the
regulatory fee schedule.
21. In implementing our statutory authority, we consider the
adoption of a new regulatory fee category or a change in an existing
regulatory fee category only when we develop a sufficient basis for
making the change, ensuring that our assessment of regulatory fees is
fair, administrable, and sustainable. The Commission has adopted new
regulatory fee categories and new methodologies for calculating
regulatory fees when there is a sufficient basis for doing so based on
the record, and under the relevant statutory provisions and precedent.
If we adopt any of the proposals in the FY 2025 Space and Earth Station
Regulatory Fees FNPRM to adjust the methodologies used to assess space
and earth station regulatory fees, such changes will constitute
amendments to the schedule of regulatory fees and must be submitted to
Congress at least 90 days before becoming effective.

IV. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

22. In this NPRM, we propose and seek comment on regulatory fees
for FY 2025 as set forth in Tables 3, 4, and 7. We also seek comment on
our proposal to continue to calculate television broadcaster regulatory
fees using the Commission's methodology of population-based full-
service broadcast television regulatory fees. We note that we do not
consider any of the specific proposals we make in this NPRM to
constitute amendments to the schedule of regulatory fees or our
methodologies that would need to be submitted to Congress at least 90
days before becoming effective.

A. Assessment of Regulatory Fees

1. Methodology for Assessing Regulatory Fees
23. For FY 2025, we propose to collect $390,192,000 in regulatory
fees, which is equal to our annual salaries and expenses (S&E) FY 2025
appropriation. As explained above, section 9 of the Communications Act
requires us to set regulatory fees to ``reflect the full-time
equivalent number of employees within the bureaus and offices of the
Commission adjusted to take into account factors that are reasonably
related to the benefits provided to the payor of the fee by the
Commission's activities.'' Our first step in establishing our
regulatory fee schedule is identifying changes from the prior fiscal
year regulatory fee proceeding, e.g., changes in the (i) FY
appropriation, (ii) FTE levels, and (iii) relevant unit amounts for
each regulatory fee category. Our second step is to identify the number
of direct non-auction FTEs in each core bureau for purposes of the
regulatory fee calculation. The remaining non-auction FTEs and other
Commission costs are considered indirect and are not part of the
regulatory fee calculation. After we determine the number of direct
FTEs for each core bureau, we calculate the percentage of regulatory
fees that we will need to collect for the given fiscal year from each
regulatory fee category within each core bureau. These proportional
calculations allocate all Commission non-auction related costs across
all regulatory fee categories.
a. FTE Reallocations
24. Using the Commission's long-standing methodology to assess
regulatory fees, staff conducted a high level analysis of the time
utilized in the oversight and regulation of certain segments of the
telecommunications industry to propose regulatory fees for FY 2025,
which reflect the full-time equivalent number of employees within the
Commission's bureaus and offices, adjusted to take into account factors
that are reasonably related to the benefits provided to the payor of
the fee by the Commission's activities. Our proposals to reallocate
certain indirect FTEs as direct to one of the Commission's core
bureaus, explained fully below, reflect our conclusion that we can
determine, with reasonable accuracy for this fiscal year, that certain
FTE time from the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Economics
and Analytics, and the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is
devoted to work that is sufficiently linked to the oversight and
regulation of regulatory fee payors such that the FTE burden of that
work should be allocated as direct to a core bureau for regulatory fee
purposes.
25. Any proposals or comments requesting a change or modification
to our proposed methodology for FY 2025 should include a thorough
analysis showing a sufficient basis for making the change and provide
alternative options for the Commission to meet its statutory obligation
to collect the full amount of the appropriation by the end of the
fiscal year. Commenters should also indicate how such proposed
alternative options are fair, administrable, and sustainable.
b. Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fee Rates
26. In the recently released FY 2025 Space and Earth Station
Regulatory Fees FNPRM, we continue to consider and seek further comment
on proposals made in connection with the FY 2024 Space and Earth
Station Regulatory Fees NPRM, to change the regulatory fee methodology
used to assess regulatory fees for space and earth station fee payors.
These proposals, which were not acted on in FY 2024, include: (1)
whether to assess regulatory fees on authorized, but not operational,
space and earth stations; (2) using an alternative methodology for
assessing space station regulatory fees; (3) establishing tiers within
existing NGSO space station fee categories based on the number of space
stations in the system; and (4) creating new categories of earth
station regulatory fees.
27. In today's NPRM, we propose and seek comment on regulatory fee
rates in Tables 3 and 4 based on our existing methodology, as well as
on proposed regulatory fee rates in Tables 7 that are based on the
various proposals set forth in the FY 2025 Space and Earth Station
Regulatory Fees FNPRM. Our proposed space and earth station regulatory
fee rates are estimates because final space and earth station
regulatory fee rates are dependent upon the outcome of the FY 2025
Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees FNPRM proceeding. We also
recognize that there could be a combination of the proposals based upon
commenters' feedback and the outcome of the FY 2025 Space and Earth
Station Regulatory Fees FNPRM. Accordingly, we are not seeking comment
again in this proceeding on the specific proposals to adjust our
existing methodology for assessing space and earth station regulatory
fees, or to adopt an alternative methodology for assessing space
station regulatory fees, which are set forth in the FY 2025 Space and
Earth Station Regulatory Fees FNPRM. Comments pertaining to the
proposals set forth in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees
FNPRM regarding the categories and allocation of fees for space and
earth stations should not be submitted again in response to this NPRM.
In this item, we specifically seek comment on the proposed regulatory
fee rates for space and earth station payors for FY 2025 based on our
existing methodology and on the proposals set forth in the Space and
Earth Station Regulatory Fees FNPRM. As examples, commenters in
response to this NPRM could address the specific proposed rates
calculated for a category of fee payor or the

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accuracy of the estimated number of units of fee payors in a specific
category.
28. We seek comment on the adjusted schedule of regulatory fees for
space and earth station payors, as proposed in Tables 3 and 4. These
rates are based on the existing categories of space and earth station
fee payors contained in section 1.1156 of the Commission's rules for
space and international services. There are four current categories of
space station payors: (1) Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit, GSO);
(2) Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit, NGSO)--Less Complex; (3)
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Other; and (4) Space Station
(Small Satellites). ``Less Complex'' NGSO systems are defined as NGSO
satellite systems planning to communicate with 20 or fewer U.S.
authorized earth stations that are primarily used for Earth Exploration
Satellite Service (EESS) and/or Automatic Identification System (AIS).
``Small Satellites'' are space stations licensed pursuant to the
streamlined small satellite process contained in section 25.122 of the
Commission's rules. The Space Stations (Small Satellites) category also
includes ``small spacecraft'' licensed pursuant to the analogous
streamlined procedures of section 25.123 of the rules. In addition,
there is a single category of earth station payors--Earth Stations:
Transmit/Receive & Transmit only. Since our fiscal year 2020
proceeding, non-U.S. licensed space stations granted market access to
the United States through a Petition for Declaratory Ruling or through
earth station licenses are subject to regulatory fees. Beginning in FY
2024, space stations that are principally used for Rendezvous and
Proximity Operations (RPO), On-Orbit Servicing (OOS), including Orbital
Transfer Vehicles (OTV), are included in the existing fee category for
``small satellites'' on an interim basis.
29. Under the existing methodology of calculating regulatory fees
for space and earth station payors, the Commission multiplies the space
station and earth station FTE allocation percentages by the target goal
of collections (overall total amount to collect), respectively, to
determine the amount to be collected from each regulatory fee category.
In the FY 2024 Second Report and Order, the Commission adjusted the
split of space station allocation percentages between the GSO and NGSO
regulatory fee categories to 60/40, respectively, because the
Commission found it more accurately reflected the current FTE work in
these two categories of regulatory fee payors. The amount to be
collected by the space station and earth station regulatory fee
categories divided by the projected number of units determines the fee
rate. There are several space station regulatory fee categories--GSO,
NGSO ``other,'' NGSO ``less complex,'' and small satellites--and each
of these regulatory fee categories has its own respective FTE
allocation percentage to determine the fee rate. In the FY 2024 Space
Station Regulatory Fees Order, the Commission adopted the proposal to
set the regulatory fee for small satellites for FY 2024 at the level
set for FY 2023, i.e., $12,215, with future annual adjustments to
reflect the percentage change in the Commission's annual appropriation,
unit count, and FTE allocation percentage from the previous fiscal
year. The Commission implemented these changes to the methodology for
regulatory fees in the FY 2024 Second Report and Order. Accordingly,
under the existing methodology, we propose to assess the small
satellite fee for FY 2025 at $12,330. We calculate the proposed
regulatory fees for space and earth station payors for FY 2025 under
this methodology in Tables 3 and 4, taking into account our estimate of
the Commission's S&E appropriation for FY 2025. We seek comment on
these proposed regulatory fees if the Commission employs its existing
methodologies for FY 2025.
30. However, if proposals made in the FY 2025 Space and Earth
Station Regulatory Fees FNPRM to change the existing methodology are
adopted, in part or in whole, and become effective for FY 2025, the
resulting possible space and earth station regulatory fees could change
substantially. For example, if the proposal is adopted to assess
regulatory fees on authorized, not just operational, space stations, it
may increase the number of units of space station payors, which in turn
could decrease the calculated per-unit regulatory fee for GSO and NGSO
space station payors. This change could assess fees on space station
regulatees that may not be assessed regulatory fees under the existing
methodology. In FY 2024, the Commission adopted its proposal to
apportion regulatory fees between earth and space station payors based
on the percentage of direct FTEs involved in the licensing and
regulation of each category, which led to an the increase of earth
station regulatory fees to $2,610 for FY 2024. At the same time, the
Commission has recently proposed an alternative methodology for
assessing regulatory fees in the FY 2025 Space and Earth Station
Regulatory Fees FNPRM that would replace the existing four categories
of space station regulatory fees for GSO and NGSO space stations with a
single fee category for all space stations and a fee for small
satellites. If adopted, this would also substantially change the
regulatory fees calculated for FY 2025 under the existing methodology.
31. We recognize that the FY 2025 Space and Earth Station
Regulatory Fees FNPRM proceeding is still ongoing and it is unknown
whether any of the proposals will be adopted in whole or in part in
time to be effective for FY 2025. In addition, the number of units per
fee category also depends on whether certain proposals in the Space and
Earth Station Regulatory Fees FNRPM are adopted and may impact the
regulatory fee rates adopted in this proceeding in a subsequent Report
and Order. Accordingly, we explain, as part of our calculations within
Table 7, the methodology and the underlying assumptions for arriving at
the calculated regulatory fees for the proposals in the FY 2025 Space
and Earth Station Regulatory Fees FNPRM in order to provide as much
information as reasonably possible at this time to potential
commenters. We seek comment on these calculations and the methodology
and underlying assumptions that went into them.
2. Adjustment of Reallocations of Certain Indirect FTEs as Direct FTEs
32. According to information provided by our Human Resources
Management office, at the start of FY 2025, there were 384.5 direct
non-auctions FTEs that are distributed among the core licensing
bureaus. With respect to the indirect FTE time in the non-core bureaus
and offices, staff has undertaken a high-level, yet comprehensive
analysis of the work being performed by non-auctions FTEs in the Office
of Economics and Analytics, Office of General Counsel, and Office of
Engineering and Technology as well as the Public Safety and Homeland
Security Bureau, Enforcement Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau (and other bureaus and offices) to determine if
identifiable time of any of those FTEs is related to the oversight and
regulation of fee payors such that it should be taken into
consideration in applying our fee methodology. In other words, staff
has examined and validated the data to determine whether any indirect
FTE time in the non-core bureaus and offices should be reallocated to
be considered as direct FTE time to a core bureau.
33. As discussed herein, based on staff analysis, which is
reasonably accurate for FY 2025, we propose to reallocate 63 indirect
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Office of Economics and Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and
the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau as direct FTEs to core
bureaus because, as the Commission concluded in FY 2024 and FY 2023,
the nature of their work remains primarily related to the oversight and
regulation of fee payors. Additionally, consistent with the
Commission's determination for the past two fiscal years, we propose to
reallocate two direct FTEs from the Media Bureau to be indirect FTEs
because the nature of their work is sufficiently linked to work that is
similar to that performed in the Enforcement Bureau, which has
previously been categorized as indirect. These reallocations result in
an overall proposed increase of 61 indirect FTEs being reallocated as
direct FTEs to core bureaus. We find that these proposed reallocations
are consistent with section 9 of the Communications Act, which requires
us to determine regulatory fees based on FTEs.
34. As the Commission explained in the FY 2023 Report and Order,
the nature of the work of the FTEs in its non-core bureaus and offices
is generally categorized as indirect. For example, the Office of
Engineering and Technology provides engineering and technical expertise
to the agency as a whole and supports each of the agency's core
bureaus. Likewise, the Enforcement Bureau FTE oversight is focused on
the integrity of Commission's rules and ensuring the implementation of
the Commission's Act, which is work that benefits the agency as a whole
and the American public, and not one particular group of regulatory fee
payors. Similarly, the work of FTEs in the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau is primarily devoted to developing and implementing
consumer policies as required by the Communications Act, including
disability rights, consumer education, processing informal complaints,
outreach to state, local, and Tribal governments, and oversight more
generally of the telecommunications industry (e.g., establishing and
oversight of the Reassigned Numbers Database). In sum, the Commission
has found it would not be equitable for any one regulatory fee group of
payors to shoulder the FTE burden of indirect work. Nothing in the
proposals we offer today changes those prior general determinations. In
this NPRM, we propose regulatory fee rates in Tables 3 and 4, based on
our existing methodology incorporating these proposals. We seek comment
on our proposals.
35. As demonstrated in Tables 1 and 2 below, we propose to
reallocate a sum total of 61 indirect FTEs, to be distributed as
described below. Based on these proposed reallocations and after
adjustments are made to the direct FTE counts to implement Commission
precedent, we would have a total of 445.5 non-auctions direct FTEs for
FY 2025, and we would collect approximately $7.039 million (1.80%) in
fees from the Office of International Affairs regulatory fee payors;
$44.872 million (11.50%) in fees from the Space Bureau regulatory fee
payors; $105.582 million (27.06%) in fees from Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau regulatory fee payors; $116.580 million
(29.88%%) in fees from Wireline Competition Bureau regulatory fee
payors; and $116.119 million (29.76%) in fees from Media Bureau
regulatory fee payors.

Table 1--Core Bureau FY 2023 FTE Percentages and Amounts for FY 2024 and FY 2025 With Proposed FTE Reallocation
Adjustments
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FY 2024 Amount FY 2025
with FTE Proposed
reallocations amount with
(millions) * FY 2025 FTE
FY 2024 FTE % ---------------- Proposed FTE % reallocations
Core bureau with FTE with adjusted (millions) *
reallocations FY 2024 FTE ---------------
Appropriation reallocations FY 2025
was $390.192 Appropriation
is $390.192
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Wireline Bureau................................. 32.60 $127.203 29.88 $116.580
Media Bureau.................................... 29.47 114.990 29.76 116.119
Media Bureau; subcategory Broadcasters.......... 13.12 51.193 13.14 51.286
Media Bureau; subcategory Cable................. 16.35 63.796 16.62 64.833
Wireless Bureau................................. 25.65 100.084 27.06 105.582
Office of International Affairs................. 1.72 6.711 1.80 7.039
Space Bureau.................................... 10.56 41.204 11.50 44.872
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* Figures may not add up to column totals due to rounding.

36. Our proposals to reallocate indirect FTEs relies on staff's
validation of the data and the same analysis employed in FY 2023 and FY
2024 evaluating whether measurable FTE time for FY 2025 is primarily
being spent on the regulation and oversight of regulatory fee payors
such that it should be considered as direct to a core bureau.
Specifically, where the amount of work under consideration equaled .5
FTE or less, we rounded down to the nearest whole FTE and only proposed
our reallocations in one full FTE increments. In analyzing the work of
indirect FTEs in the non-core bureaus, we applied conservative
estimates. The Commission previously concluded that less than a full-
time FTE demonstrates that the work being done is appropriately
considered to be indirect and should not be reassigned.
37. Based upon our analysis of the data, some FTE time in the
Office of Economics and Analytics, the Office of General Counsel, and
the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is being primarily spent
on the regulation and oversight and regulation of regulatory fee
payors. Similar to the last two years, we therefore propose that 63
indirect FTEs should be reallocated as direct FTEs to a core bureau.
Additionally, consistent with past practice, we propose to reallocate
two direct FTEs from the Media Bureau as indirect because the nature of
their work is sufficiently linked to work that is similar to that
performed in the Enforcement Bureau, which has previously been
categorized as indirect. We therefore propose reallocating the sum
total of 61 indirect FTE time to direct to a relevant core bureaus and
office for calculating regulatory fees. Below, we discuss our analysis
for the Office of Economics and Analytics, the Office of General
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Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
38. Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) FTEs. The Commission
historically has concluded that it is appropriate for the non-auctions
FTEs in OEA to be considered indirect FTEs because their work benefits
the Commission and the telecommunications industry and does not
specifically focus on regulatory fee payors. As a general matter, OEA
is responsible for expanding and strengthening the use of economic
analysis in Commission policy making, for enhancing the development and
use of auctions, and for implementing consistent and effective agency-
wide data practices and policies. Specifically, OEA (a) provides
economic analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, for rulemakings,
transactions, adjudications, and other Commission actions; (b) manages
Commission auctions in support of and in coordination with other
bureaus and offices; (c) develops policies and strategies to help
manage Commission data resources and establish best practices for data
use throughout the Commission in coordination with other bureaus and
offices; and (d) conducts long-term research on ways to improve the
Commission's policies and processes in each of these areas. As the
Commission has recognized the last two fiscal years, however, there is
measurable FTE time in OEA that is done directly in furtherance of the
oversight and regulation of regulatory fee payors in certain industry
segments.
39. For FY 2025, as was the case in FY 2024, based on staff review
of the data, we propose to reallocate 29 indirect FTEs from OEA as
direct to a core bureau for regulatory fee purposes as follows: one to
the Space Bureau, eight to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 13
to the Wireline Competition Bureau, and seven to the Media Bureau. We
seek comment on this proposed reallocation.
40. Office of General Counsel (OGC) FTEs. As explained in prior
regulatory fee proceedings, much of the work of the OGC, as represented
by FTE allocations, is considered to be indirect. OGC serves as the
chief legal advisor to the Commission and its various bureaus and
offices. In that capacity OGC's responsibilities are generally
described as interpreting new and existing statutes and executive
orders as they pertain to the Commission's exercise of its
Communications Act authority and other authorities, as well as
performing such functions involving implementation of such statutes and
executive orders as may be assigned to it by the Commission. OGC
advises the Commission in the preparation and revision of our rules,
recommends decisions in adjudicatory matters before the Commission,
assists the Commission in its decision-making capacity and performs a
variety of legal functions regarding internal and other administrative
matters. OGC also advises and represents the Commission in matters of
litigation. These roles are divided between the Administrative Law
Division and the Litigation Division and are overseen by the General
Counsel (GC) and the GC's Front Office.
41. As the Commission has found in the past two years, however, we
believe that certain aspects of OGC's work are sufficiently linked to
the oversight and regulation of individual regulatory fee categories
that the associated FTEs could properly be considered direct FTEs for
such regulatory fee categories. For FY 2025, after staff evaluation of
the data, we propose that four indirect FTEs from OGC should be
reallocated as direct FTEs to a relevant core bureau for regulatory
purposes. Specifically, based on the substance of the work that is
being done directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of
regulatory fee payors in certain industry segments for FY 2025, we
propose to reallocate four indirect FTEs as direct to a core bureau
follows: one to the Wireline Competition Bureau, one to the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau (instead of two as in FY 2024), one to the
Space Bureau (new for this year), and one to the Media Bureau. We seek
comment on this proposed reallocation for FY 2025.
42. Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) FTEs. The
work of the PSHSB, as represented by FTE allocations, also has been
largely considered to be indirect in prior regulatory fee proceedings.
PSHSB advises and coordinates within the Commission on all matters
pertaining to public safety, homeland security, national security,
cybersecurity, emergency management and preparedness, disaster
management, and related matters. PSHSB leads initiatives that
strengthen public safety and emergency response capabilities enabling
the Commission to assist the public, first responders, law enforcement,
hospitals, the communications industry and all levels of government in
times of emergency; thus, the majority of the work of its FTEs is best
categorized as indirect. We conclude, however, as the Commission did in
FY 2024 and FY 2023, that based on substantive work that is being done
directly in furtherance of the oversight and regulation of regulatory
fee payors in certain industry segments for FY 2025, it is appropriate
to reallocate 30 indirect FTEs from PSHSB as direct to a core bureau
for regulatory fee purposes as follows: 14 to the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, nine to the Wireline Competition Bureau, and
seven to the Media Bureau. We seek comment on this proposed
reallocation.
43. Conclusion of the Proposal to Reallocate Certain Indirect FTEs
from OEA, OGC, and PSHSB as Direct FTEs to a Relevant Core Bureau. As
represented above, FTE time associated with the proposed reallocations
for regulatory fee purposes would be added to the direct FTE totals for
a relevant core bureau. In other words, this proposed reallocation of
indirect FTEs would result in increasing the number of direct FTEs in a
core bureau and reducing the total number of indirect FTEs within the
Commission. Because our underlying methodology for calculating
regulatory fees remains unchanged, we conclude that our fee regulatory
fee calculation continues to be consistent with section 9 of the
Communications Act, which requires us to base our methodology on the
number of FTEs in calculating regulatory fees. We seek comment on this
conclusion.
44. We continue to be mindful that our consideration of the work of
FTEs as direct or indirect can change over time based on our evaluation
of the FTE burden associated with the Commission's work assignments,
fluctuations within industry segments, and needs of specific regulatory
fee payors. Table 2 shows the percentage of regulatory fees allocated
to each core bureau based on the proposed reallocation of a total of 61
indirect FTEs as direct to a core bureau, as discussed above. Such FTE
reallocations, for regulatory fee purposes, would be proportionally
distributed within the core bureau. We seek comment on these
reallocations for FY 2025.
45. As reflected in Table 2 below, our proposals reallocate the sum
total of 61 indirect FTEs as direct for regulatory fee purposes in FY
2025, resulting in a 15.9% increase in our overall direct FTE count for
FY 2025, and a decrease of 4.25% in the overall direct FTE count from
FY 2024. We make these proposals consistent with our long-standing
regulatory fee methodology and based upon our determinations, which are
reasonably accurate for fiscal year 2025. We seek comment on our
proposals and this tentative conclusion.

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Table 2--FTE Allocations: FY 2023 and FY 2024
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Total # of Total # of
Total # of direct FY 2025 direct FY 2025 FY 2025% after
Core bureau/office FY 2024 FTE direct FY 2024 FY 2024% after FTEs without FY 2025 FTE FTEs with proposed
reallocations FTEs with FTE reallocations FTE reallocations proposed FTE reallocations
reallocations reallocations reallocations
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Office of International Affairs 0................. 8 1.72 8 +0 from OEA....... 8 1.80
(Submarine Cable and +0 from OGC.......
International Bearer Circuits). Total additional
FTEs +0.
Space Bureau (Space and Earth +1 from OEA....... 49 10.56 49 +1 from OEA....... 51 11.50
Stations). +1 from OGC.......
Total additional
FTEs +2.
Wireless Telecommunications +8 from OEA....... 119 25.65 97 +8 from OEA....... 120 27.06
Bureau. +2 from OGC....... +1 from OGC.......
+14 from PSHSB.... +14 from PSHSB....
Total additional Total additional
FTEs +24. FTEs +23.
Wireline Competition Bureau..... +13 from OEA...... 151.25 32.60 109.5 +13 from OEA...... 132.5 29.88
+1 from OGC....... +1 from OGC.......
+9 from PSHSB..... +9 from PSHSB.....
Total additional Total additional
FTEs +23. FTEs +23.
Media Bureau.................... +7 from OEA....... 138 29.47 121 +7 from OEA....... 134 29.76
+1 from OGC....... +1 from OGC.......
+7 from PSHSB..... +7 from PSHSB.....
-2 from MB -2 from MB
Reallocated as Reallocated as
Indirect. Indirect.
Total additional Total additional
FTEs +13. FTEs +13.
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Total....................... 61................ 465.25 100 384.50 61................ 445.50 100
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46. Any proposals or comments requesting a change or modification
to these proposed regulatory fees for FY 2025 should include a thorough
analysis showing a sufficient basis for making the change and provide
alternative options for the Commission to meet its statutory obligation
to collect the full amount of the appropriation by the end of the
fiscal year. Commenters should also indicate how such proposed
alternative options are fair, administrable, and sustainable.

B. Broadcast Television Stations

47. For FY 2025, we propose to continue to assess fees for full-
power broadcast television stations based on the population covered by
a full-service broadcast television station's contour as the Commission
has since 2020. Previously, from approximately 1995 through 2018,
regulatory fees for full-power television stations were based on the
Nielsen Designated Market Area (DMA) groupings 1-10, 11-25, 26-50, 51-
100, and remaining markets (DMAs 101-210). The population-based
methodology conforms with the service authorized here--broadcasting
television to the American people. We further propose to continue our
use of 2020 U.S. Census data to assess fees for full-power broadcast
television stations, as we traditionally have over the last few years.
The population data for broadcasters' service areas are determined
using the TVStudy software and the Licensing and Management System
(LMS) database, based on a station's projected noise-limited service
contour. However, consistent with the Commission's decision in FY 2024,
we will continue to base assessments on limiting the population count
of full-power television stations that rely on satellite television
stations to reach terrain-limited areas in Puerto Rico. As previously
implemented, the Commission based assessments on a full-power
television station and its satellite facility on a maximum of 3.1
million population. Hence, the maximum fee amount that will be paid by
a full-power TV station and its associated satellite facility together
is 3.1 million times .006379 (the fee rate) = $19,774). We seek comment
on our mechanism for how we will calculate the regulatory fee based on
the previously decided population-based methodology. We propose
adopting a factor of $.006379 per population served for the FY 2025
full-power broadcast television station fee. The population data for
each licensee and the population-based fee (population multiplied by
$.006379 for each full-power broadcast television station) are listed
in Table 8. We seek comment on these proposed fees.

C. Improving the Regulatory Fees Process

48. We have a statutory obligation to assess and collect regulatory
fees each fiscal year in an amount equal to the Commission's annual S&E
appropriation. We seek additional comment on ``whether we should adopt
new regulatory fee categories and on ways to improve our regulatory fee
process regarding any and all categories of service.'' We ask that
commenters explain the legal bases for any proposals they make and how
such proposals fit within the Commission's statutory authority and our
existing regulatory fee methodology. We invite additional comment to
help inform our consideration of these issues.

V. Procedural Matters

49. Included below are procedural items as well as our current
payment and collection methods. We include these payments and
collection procedures to remind regulatory fee payers and the public
about these aspects of the annual regulatory fee collection process.
50. Credit Card Transaction Levels. In accordance with Treasury
Financial Manual, Volume I, Part 5, Chapter 7000, Section 7065.20a--
Credit Card Collections, the total daily credit card transactions
processed from a single customer can be no more than $24,999.99
(hereinafter the ``Maximum Daily Limit'') and the total monthly
transactions processed from a single customer (based on a rolling 30-
day period) can be no more than $100,000.00 (hereinafter the ``Maximum
Monthly Limit''). Transactions greater than the Maximum Limits will be
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transactions on the same day with the same credit card, those
transactions causing the total charge to exceed the Maximum Limits will
also be rejected. This applies to single payments or bundled payments
of more than one bill. Multiple transactions to a single agency in one
day may be aggregated and treated as a single transaction subject to
the $24,999.99 limit. Customers who wish to pay an amount greater than
$24,999.99 should consider available electronic alternatives such as
debit cards, Automates Clearing House (ACH) debits from a bank account,
and wire transfers. Each of these payment options is available after
filing regulatory fee information in the Commission's Registration
System (CORES). Further details will be provided regarding payment
methods and procedures at the time of FY 2025 regulatory fee collection
in Fact Sheets, <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/regfees">https://www.fcc.gov/regfees</a>.
51. Payment Methods. During the fee season for collecting
regulatory fees, regulatees can pay their fees by credit card through
<a href="http://Pay.gov">Pay.gov</a>, ACH, debit card, or by wire transfer. Additional payment
instructions are posted on the Commission's website at <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/wire-transfer">https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/wire-transfer</a>. The receiving bank
for all wire payments is the U.S. Treasury, New York, NY (TREAS NYC).
Any other form of payment (e.g., checks, cashier's checks, or money
orders) will be rejected. For payments by wire, an FCC Form 159-E
should still be transmitted via fax so that the Commission can
associate the wire payment with the correct regulatory fee information.
The fax should be sent to the Commission at (202) 418-2843 at least one
hour before initiating the wire transfer (but on the same business day)
so as not to delay crediting their account. Regulatees should discuss
arrangements (including bank closing schedules) with their bankers
several days before they plan to make the wire transfer to allow
sufficient time for the transfer to be initiated and completed before
the deadline. Complete instructions for making wire payments are posted
at <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/wire-transfer">https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/wire-transfer</a>.
52. Standard Fee Calculations and Payment Dates. The Commission
will accept fee payments made in advance of the window for the payment
of regulatory fees. The responsibility for payment of fees by service
category is as follows:
<bullet> Media Services: Regulatory fees must be paid for initial
construction permits that were granted on or before October 1, 2024 for
AM/FM radio stations, full-power VHF/UHF broadcast television stations,
and satellite television stations. Regulatory fees must be paid for all
broadcast facility licenses granted on or before October 1, 2024.
<bullet> Wireline (Common Carrier) Services: Regulatory fees must
be paid for authorizations that were granted on or before October 1,
2024. In instances where an authorization is transferred or assigned
after October 1, 2024, responsibility for payment rests with the holder
of the authorization as of the fee due date. Audio bridging service
providers are included in this category. For Responsible Organizations
(RespOrgs) that manage Toll Free Numbers (TFN), regulatory fees should
be paid on all working, assigned, and reserved toll free numbers as
well as toll free numbers in any other status as defined in section
52.103 of the Commission's rules. The unit count should be based on
toll free numbers managed by RespOrgs on or about December 31, 2024.
<bullet> Wireless Services: Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS)
cellular, mobile, and messaging services (fees based on number of
subscribers or telephone number count): Regulatory fees must be paid
for authorizations that were granted on or before October 1, 2024. The
number of subscribers, units, or telephone numbers on December 31, 2024
will be used as the basis from which to calculate the fee payment. In
instances where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after
October 1, 2024, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of
the permit or license as of the fee due date.
<bullet> Wireless Services, Multi-year fees: The first eight
regulatory fee categories in our Schedule of Regulatory Fees (first
seven in our Calculation of Fees in Table 4) pay ``small multi-year
wireless regulatory fees.'' Entities pay these regulatory fees in
advance for the entire amount period covered by the five-year or ten-
year terms of their initial licenses and pay regulatory fees again only
when the license is renewed, or a new license is obtained. We include
these fee categories in our rulemaking to publicize our estimates of
the number of ``small multi-year wireless'' licenses that will be
renewed or newly obtained in FY 2025.
<bullet> Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Services
(cable television operators, Cable Television Relay Service (CARS)
licensees, DBS, and IPTV): Regulatory fees must be paid for the number
of basic cable television subscribers as of December 31, 2024.
Regulatory fees also must be paid for CARS licenses that were granted
on or before October 1, 2024. In instances where a permit or license is
transferred or assigned after October 1, 2024, responsibility for
payment rests with the holder of the permit or license as of the fee
due date. For providers of DBS service and IPTV-based MVPDs, regulatory
fees should be paid based on a subscriber count on or about December
31, 2024. In instances where a permit or license is transferred or
assigned after October 1, 2024, responsibility for payment rests with
the holder of the permit or license as of the fee due date.
<bullet> International Services: Regulatory fees must be paid for
earth stations that were licensed (or authorized) on or before October
1, 2024. Regulatory fees must also be paid for geostationary orbit
space stations (GSO) and non-geostationary orbit satellite systems
(NGSO), and the two NGSO subcategories ``Other'' and ``Less Complex,''
that were licensed and operational on or before October 1, 2024.
Licensees of small satellites that were licensed and operational on or
before October 1, 2024 must also pay regulatory fees. In instances
where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1,
2024, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or
license as of the fee due date. Proposals also have been made to assess
regulatory fees on all space stations that are authorized only (earth
stations are feeable when they become licensed or authorized).
<bullet> International Services (Submarine Cable Systems,
Terrestrial and Satellite Services): Regulatory fees for submarine
cable systems are to be paid on a per cable landing license basis based
on lit circuit capacity as of December 31, 2023. Regulatory fees for
terrestrial and satellite IBCs are to be paid based on active (used or
leased) international bearer circuits as of December 31, 2023, in any
terrestrial or satellite transmission facility for the provision of
service to an end user or resale carrier. When calculating the number
of such active circuits, entities must include circuits used by
themselves or their affiliates. For these purposes, ``active circuits''
include backup and redundant circuits as of December 31, 2023. Whether
circuits are used specifically for voice or data is not relevant for
purposes of determining that they are active circuits. In instances
where a permit or license is transferred or assigned after October 1,
2023, responsibility for payment rests with the holder of the permit or
license as of the fee due date.
53. CMRS and Mobile Services Assessments. The Commission will
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report that is based on ``assigned'' telephone number (subscriber)
counts that have been adjusted for porting to net Type 0 ports (``in''
and ``out''). We have included non-geographic numbers in the
calculation of the number of subscribers for each CMRS provider in
Table 3 and the CMRS regulatory fee factor proposed in Table 4. CMRS
provider regulatory fees will be calculated and should be paid based on
the inclusion of non-geographic numbers. CMRS providers can adjust the
total number of subscribers, if needed. This information of telephone
numbers (subscriber count) will be posted on CORES along with the
carrier's Operating Company Numbers (OCNs).
54. A carrier wishing to revise its telephone number (subscriber)
count can do so by accessing CORES and following the prompts to revise
their telephone number counts. Any revisions to the telephone number
counts should be accompanied by an explanation. The Commission will
then review the revised count and supporting explanation, if any, and
either approve or disapprove the submission in CORES. If the submission
is disapproved, the Commission will contact the provider to afford the
provider an opportunity to discuss its revised subscriber count and/or
provide supporting documentation. If the Commission receives no
response from the provider, or the Commission does not reverse its
initial disapproval of the provider's revised count submission, the fee
payment must be based on the number of subscribers listed initially in
CORES. Once the timeframe for revision has passed, the telephone number
counts are final and are the basis upon which CMRS regulatory fees are
to be paid. Providers can view their final telephone counts online in
CORES.
55. Because some carriers do not file the NRUF report, they may not
see their telephone number counts in CORES. In these instances, the
carriers should compute their fee payment using the standard
methodology that is currently in place for CMRS Wireless services
(i.e., compute their telephone number counts as of December 31, 2024),
and submit their fee payment accordingly. Whether a carrier reviews its
telephone number counts in CORES or not, the Commission reserves the
right to audit the number of telephone numbers for which regulatory
fees are paid. If the Commission determines that a carrier paid CMRS or
mobile services regulatory fees based on an incorrect number of
telephone numbers, the Commission will bill the carrier for the
difference between what was paid and what should have been paid.
56. Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act. Consistent
with the Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act, Public Law
118-9, a summary of this document will be available on <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings">https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings</a>.

Table 3--Calculation of FY 2025 Revenue Requirements and Pro-Rata Fees
[Regulatory fees for the categories shaded in gray are collected by the Commission in advance to cover the term of the license and are submitted at the
time the application is filed.]
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FY 2024 Pro-rated FY Computed FY
Fee category FY 2025 payment units Yrs revenue 2025 revenue 2025 Rounded FY Expected FY
estimate requirement regulatory fee 2025 reg. fee 2025 revenue
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PLMRS (Exclusive Use)................. 1,280.................... 10 287,500 320,000 25 25 320,000
PLMRS (Shared use).................... 27,000................... 10 2,330,000 2,700,000 10 10 2,700,000
Microwave............................. 10,400................... 10 4,125,000 2,600,000 25 25 2,600,000
Marine (Ship)......................... 7,300.................... 10 1,050,000 1,095,000 15 15 1,095,000
Aviation (Aircraft)................... 5,900.................... 10 580,000 590,000 10 10 590,000
Marine (Coast)........................ 360...................... 10 112,000 144,000 40 40 144,000
Aviation (Ground)..................... 380...................... 10 54,000 76,000 20 20 76,000
AM Class A \1\........................ 60....................... 1 266,220 266,269 4,438 4,440 266,400
AM Class B \1\........................ 1,293.................... 1 3,301,650 3,315,804 2,564 2,565 3,316,545
AM Class C \1\........................ 755...................... 1 1,183,840 1,184,649 1,569 1,570 1,185,350
AM Class D \1\........................ 1,259.................... 1 3,908,750 3,924,338 3,117 3,115 3,921,785
FM Classes A, B1 & C3 \1\............. 2,933.................... 1 8,232,225 8,268,925 2,819 2,820 8,271,060
FM Classes B, C, C0, C1 & C2 \1\...... 3,021.................... 1 10,080,560 10,129,055 3,353 3,355 10,135,455
AM Construction Permits \2\........... 4........................ 1 1,170 2,240 560 560 2,240
FM Construction Permits \2\........... 20....................... 1 14,350 13,720 980 980 19,600
Digital Television \5\ (including 3.546 billion population. 1 23,363,518 22,621,616 0.0063789 0.006379 22,622,022
Satellite TV).
Digital TV Construction Permits \2\... 8........................ 1 26,000 41,600 5,200 5,200 41,600
LPTV/Class A/Translators FM Trans/ 6,135.................... 1 1,522,675 1,518,473 247.4 245 1,503,075
Boosters.
CARS Stations......................... 95....................... 1 191,100 194,577 2,048 2,050 194,750
Cable TV Systems, including IPTV & DBS 42,000,000............... 1 63,500,000 64,638,412 1.5390 1.54 64,638,000
Interstate Telecommunication Service $21,500,000,000.......... 1 122,434,000 112,707,157 0.005242 0.005240 112,660,000
Providers.
Toll Free Numbers..................... 37,000,000............... 1 4,200,000 3,872,669 0.11000 0.11 4,070,000
CMRS Mobile Services (Cellular/Public 605,500,000.............. 1 89,920,000 96,810,875 0.1593 0.16 96,880,000
Mobile).
CMRS Messaging Services............... 566,800.................. 1 48,000 45,344 0.0800 0.080 45,344
BRS/ \3\.............................. 1,200.................... 1 870,000 870,000 725 725 870,000
LMDS.................................. 375...................... 1 268,250 271,875 725 725 271,875
Per Gbps circuit Int'l Bearer Circuits 28,000................... 1 340,000 351,939 12.6 13 364,000
Terrestrial (Common & Non-Common) &
Satellite (Common & Non-Common).
Submarine Cable Providers (See chart 76....................... 1 6,264,362 6,686,843 88,159 88,160 6,700,160
at bottom of Table 4) \4\.
Earth Stations........................ 2,900.................... 1 3,248,000 8,243,030 2,842 2,840 8,236,000
Space Stations (Geostationary)........ 140...................... 1 31,112,790 21,978,421 153,695 153,695 21,978,385
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, 11....................... 1 5,975,120 11,483,892 1,043,990 1,043,990 11,483,890
Other).
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, 9........................ 1 1,496,940 2,870,973 318,997 318,995 2,870,955
Less Complex).
Space Stations (Non-Geostationary, 24....................... 1 311,340 295,920 12,330 12,330 295,920
Small Satellite).
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****** Total Estimated Revenue to ......................... ..... 390,621,601 390,192,000 .............. .............. 390,369,411
be Collected.
****** Total Revenue Requirement.. ......................... ..... 390,192,000 390,192,000 .............. .............. 390,192,000
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Difference.................... ......................... ..... 429,601 0 .............. .............. 177,411
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Notes on Table 3
\1\ The fee amounts listed in the column entitled ``Rounded FY 2025 Reg. Fee'' are the result of dividing the revenue requirement by the payment units
of each radio class category. The actual FY 2025 regulatory fees for AM/FM radio station are listed on a grid located at the end of Table 4.
\2\ The AM and FM Construction Permit revenues and the full-power (VHF/UHF) Construction Permit revenues were adjusted, respectively, to set the
regulatory fee to an amount no higher than the lowest licensed fee for that class of service based on the threshold 10,001-25,000, the traditional
basis for identifying the lowest licensed fee. Reductions in the full-power (VHF/UHF) Construction Permit revenues, and in the AM and FM Construction
Permit revenues, were offset by increases in the revenue totals for full-power television stations by market size, and in the AM and FM radio stations
by class size and population served, respectively.
\3\ The MDS/MMDS category was renamed Broadband Radio Service (BRS). See Amendment of Parts 1, 21, 73, 74 and 101 of the Commission's Rules to
Facilitate the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, Educational and Other Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and 2500-2690 MHz Bands,
Report & Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 19 FCC Rcd 14165, 14169, para. 6 (2004).
\4\ The chart at the end of Table 4 lists the submarine cable bearer circuit regulatory fees (common and non-common carrier basis) that resulted from
the adoption of the Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2008, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 24
FCC Rcd 6388 (2008) and Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2008, Second Report and Order, 24 FCC Rcd 4208 (2009). The
Submarine Cable fee in Table 3 is a weighted average of the various fee payers in the chart at the end of Table 4.
\5\ The actual full-power television regulatory fees to be paid by call sign are identified in Table 8.

Table 4--FY 2025 Schedule of Regulatory Fees
[Regulatory fees for the categories shaded in gray are collected by the
Commission in advance to cover the term of the license and are submitted
at the time the application is filed.]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual regulatory fee (U.S.
Fee category $s)
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PLMRS (per license) (Exclusive Use) (47 CFR 25.
part 90).
Microwave (per license) (47 CFR part 101).. 25.
Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR part 15.
80).
Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR part 40.
80).
Rural Radio (47 CFR part 22) (previously 10.
listed under the Land Mobile category).
PLMRS (Shared Use) (per license) (47 CFR 10.
part 90).
Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR 10.
part 87).
Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR 20.
part 87).
CMRS Mobile/Cellular Services (per unit) 0.16.
(47 CFR parts 20, 22, 24, 27, 80 and 90)
(Includes Non-Geographic telephone
numbers).
CMRS Messaging Services (per unit) (47 CFR 0.08.
parts 20, 22, 24 and 90).
Broadband Radio Service (formerly MMDS/MDS) 725.
(per license) (47 CFR part 27).
Local Multipoint Distribution Service (per 725.
call sign) (47 CFR, part 101).
AM Radio Construction Permits.............. 560.
FM Radio Construction Permits.............. 980.
AM and FM Broadcast Radio Station Fees..... See Table Below.
Digital TV (47 CFR part 73) VHF and UHF $0.006379.
Commercial Fee Factor. See Table 8 for fee amounts
due, also available at
<a href="https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/regulatory-fees">https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/fees/regulatory-fees</a>.
Digital TV Construction Permits............ 5,200.
Low Power TV, Class A TV, TV/FM Translators 245.
& FM Boosters (47 CFR part 74).
CARS (47 CFR part 78)...................... 2,050.
Cable Television Systems (per subscriber) 1.54.
(47 CFR part 76), Including IPTV and
Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS).
Interstate Telecommunication Service 0.00524.
Providers (per revenue dollar).
Toll Free (per toll free subscriber) (47 0.11.
CFR section 52.101 (f) of the rules).
Earth Stations (47 CFR part 25)............ 2,840.
Space Stations (per operational station in 153,695.
geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25) also
includes DBS Service (per operational
station) (47 CFR part 100).
Space Stations (per operational system in 1,043,990.
non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
(Other).
Space Stations (per operational system in 318,995.
non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
(Less Complex).
Space Stations (per license/call sign in 12,330.
non-geostationary orbit) (47 CFR part 25)
(Small Satellite).
International Bearer Circuits--Terrestrial/ 13.
Satellites (per Gbps circuit).
Submarine Cable Landing Licenses Fee (per See Table Below.
cable system).
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FY 2025 Radio Station Regulatory Fees
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FM Classes A, FM Classes B,
Population served AM Class A AM Class B AM Class C AM Class D B1 & C3 C, C0, C1 & C2
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<=10,000................................................ $535 $385 $335 $370 $590 $670
10,001-25,000........................................... 895 645 560 615 980 1,120
25,001-75,000........................................... 1,345 970 840 925 1,470 1,680
75,001-150,000.......................................... 2,015 1,450 1,260 1,385 2,205 2,520
150,001-500,000......................................... 3,025 2,180 1,895 2,080 3,310 3,785
500,001-1,200,000....................................... 4,530 3,265 2,835 3,110 4,960 5,665
1,200,001-3,000,000..................................... 6,800 4,900 4,255 4,675 7,450 8,510
3,000,001-6,000,000..................................... 10,195 7,345 6,380 7,005 11,160 12,755
>6,000,000.............................................. 15,295 11,025 9,570 10,510 16,750 19,140
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FY 2025 International Bearer Circuits--Submarine Cable Systems
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 2025
Submarine cable systems (capacity as of Fee ratio Regulatory
December 31, 2024) (units) fees
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 50 Gbps....................... .0625 $5,515
50 Gbps or greater, but less than 250 .125 11,030
Gbps...................................
250 Gbps or greater, but less than 1,500 .25 22,050
Gbps...................................
1,500 Gbps or greater, but less than .5 44,105
3,500 Gbps.............................
3,500 Gbps or greater, but less than 1.0 88,205
6,500 Gbps.............................
6,500 Gbps or greater................... 2.0 176,410
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Table 5--Sources of Payment Unit Estimates for FY 2025

In order to calculate individual service fees for FY 2025, we
adjusted FY 2024 payment units for each service to more accurately
reflect expected FY 2025 payment liabilities. We obtained our updated
estimates through a variety of means and sources. For example, we used
Commission licensee databases, actual prior year payment records, and
industry and trade association projections, where available. The
databases we consulted include our Universal Licensing System (ULS),
International Bureau Filing System (IBFS), Licensing and Management
System (LMS), and Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS), as
well as reports generated within the Commission such as the Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau's Numbering Resource Utilization Forecast.
Regulatory fee payment units are not all the same for all fee
categories. For most fee categories, the term ``units'' reflect
licenses or permits that have been issued, but for other fee
categories, the term ``units'' reflect quantities such as subscribers,
population counts, circuit counts, telephone numbers, and revenues. As
more current data are received after the NPRM is released, the
Commission sometimes adjusts the NPRM fee rates to reflect the new
information in the Report and Order. This is intended to make sure that
the fee rates in the Report and Order reflect more recent and accurate
information. We realize that by adjusting the unit counts as more
accurate information is received may adjust the fee rates for certain
regulatory fee categories. Certain entities that collect the fees from
customers in advance in order to pay the Commission, such as Cable and
DBS companies, ITSP providers, Cell Phone and Toll-Free providers, may
need to adjust their billings to customers as the Commission adjusts
its fee rates. As a result, the Commission understands that these
adjustments are necessary so that these regulatees can recover their
fee obligations from their customers.
We sought verification for these estimates from multiple sources
and, in all cases, we compared FY 2025 estimates with actual FY 2024
payment units to ensure that our revised estimates were reasonable.
Where appropriate, we adjusted and/or rounded our final estimates to
take into consideration the fact that certain variables that impact on
the number of payment units cannot yet be estimated with sufficient
accuracy. These include an unknown number of waivers and/or exemptions
that may occur in FY 2025 and the fact that, in many services, the
number of actual licensees or station operators fluctuates over time
due to economic, technical, or other reasons. When we note, for
example, that our estimated FY 2025 payment units are based on FY 2024
actual payment units, it does not necessarily mean that our FY 2025
projection is exactly the same number as in FY 2024. We have either
rounded the FY 2025 number or adjusted it slightly to account for these
variables.

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Fee category Sources of payment unit estimates
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Land Mobile (All), Microwave, Based on Wireless Telecommunications
Marine (Ship & Coast), Bureau (WTB) information as well as
Aviation (Aircraft & prior year payment information.
Ground), Domestic Public Estimates have been adjusted to take
Fixed. into consideration the licensing of
portions of these services.
CMRS Cellular/Mobile Services Based on WTB projection reports, and FY
2024 payment data.
CMRS Messaging Services...... Based on WTB reports, and FY 2024 payment
data.
AM/FM Radio Stations......... Based on downloaded LMS data, adjusted
for exemptions, and actual FY 2024
payment units.
Digital TV Stations (Combined Based on LMS data, fee rate adjusted for
VHF/UHF units). exemptions, and population figures are
calculated based on individual station
parameters.
AM/FM/TV Construction Permits Based on LMS data, adjusted for
exemptions, and actual FY 2024 payment
units.
LPTV, Translators and Based on LMS data, adjusted for
Boosters, Class A Television. exemptions, and actual FY 2024 payment
units.
BRS (formerly MDS/MMDS) LMDS. Based on WTB reports and actual FY 2024
payment units. Based on WTB reports and
actual FY 2024 payment units.

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Cable Television Relay Based on cable trend data, data from the
Service (CARS) Stations. Media Bureau's COALS database, and
actual FY 2024 payment units.
Cable Television System Based on publicly available data sources
Subscribers, Including IPTV for estimated subscriber counts, trend
Subscribers. information from past payment data, and
actual FY 2023 payment units.
Interstate Telecommunication Based on FCC Form 499-A worksheets due in
Service Providers. April 2025, and any data assistance
provided by the Wireline Competition
Bureau.
Earth Stations............... Based on International Bureau licensing
data and actual FY 2024 payment units.
Space Stations (GSOs & NGSOs) Based on International Bureau data
reports and actual FY 2024 payment
units.
International Bearer Circuits Based on assistance provided by the
International Bureau, any data
submissions by licensees, adjusted as
necessary, and actual FY 2024 payment
units.
Submarine Cable Licenses..... Based on International Bureau license
information, and actual FY 2024 payment
units.
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Table 6--Factors, Measurements, and Calculations That Determine Station
Signal Contours and Associated Population Coverages

AM Stations

For stations with nondirectional daytime antennas, the theoretical
radiation was used at all azimuths. For stations with directional
daytime antennas, specific information on each day tower, including
field ratio, phase, spacing, and orientation was retrieved, as well as
the theoretical pattern root-mean-square of the radiation in all
directions in the horizontal plane (RMS) figure (milliVolt per meter
(mV/m) @1 km) for the antenna system. The standard, or augmented
standard if pertinent, horizontal plane radiation pattern was
calculated using techniques and methods specified in sections 73.150
and 73.152 of the Commission's rules. Radiation values were calculated
for each of 360 radials around the transmitter site. Next, estimated
soil conductivity data was retrieved from a database representing the
information in FCC Figure R3. Using the calculated horizontal radiation
values, and the retrieved soil conductivity data, the distance to the
principal community (5 mV/m) contour was predicted for each of the 360
radials. The resulting distance to principal community contours were
used to form a geographical polygon. Population counting was
accomplished by determining which 2020 block centroids were contained
in the polygon. (A block centroid is the center point of a small area
containing population as computed by the U.S. Census Bureau.) The sum
of the population figures for all enclosed blocks represents the total
population for the predicted principal community coverage area.

FM Stations

The greater of the horizontal or vertical effective radiated power
(ERP) (kW) and respective height above average terrain (HAAT) (m)
combination was used. Where the antenna height above mean sea level
(HAMSL) was available, it was used in lieu of the average HAAT figure
to calculate specific HAAT figures for each of 360 radials under study.
Any available directional pattern information was applied as well, to
produce a radial-specific ERP figure. The HAAT and ERP figures were
used in conjunction with the Field Strength (50-50) propagation curves
specified in 47 CFR 73.313 of the Commission's rules to predict the
distance to the principal community (70 dBu (decibel above 1 microVolt
per meter) or 3.17 mV/m) contour for each of the 360 radials. The
resulting distance to principal community contours were used to form a
geographical polygon. Population counting was accomplished by
determining which 2020 block centroids were contained in the polygon.
The sum of the population figures for all enclosed blocks represents
the total population for the predicted principal community coverage
area.

Table 7--Satellite Charts for FY 2025 Regulatory Fees

Table A--Space Stations Potentially Subject to Regulatory Fees in FY
2025

These charts publish a list of space stations and systems that
would be subject to regulatory fees in FY 2025, including under the
proposal made in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking1 to assess regulatory fees on all
authorized space stations, not only operational space stations.

Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): U.S.-Licensed Space Stations
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Licensee Call sign Satellite name Type
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Astranis Projects USA LLC.............. S3092 ARCTURUS.................. GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC............... S2632 DIRECTV D8................ GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC............... S2640 DIRECTV D11............... GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC............... S2641 DIRECTV D10............... GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC............... S2669 DIRECTV D9S............... GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC............... S2673 DIRECTV D5................ GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC............... S2797 DIRECTV D12............... GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC............... S2869 DIRECTV D14............... GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC............... S2930 DIRECTV D15............... GSO
DIRECTV Enterprises, LLC............... S3039 DIRECTV D16............... GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C................... S2694 ECHOSTAR 10............... GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C................... S2738 ECHOSTAR 11............... GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C................... S2790 ECHOSTAR 14............... GSO
DISH Operating L.L.C................... S2931 ECHOSTAR 18............... GSO
EchoStar Satellite Operating S2811 ECHOSTAR 15............... GSO
Corporation.
EchoStar Satellite Operating S2844 ECHOSTAR 16............... GSO
Corporation.
EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C...... S2179 ECHOSTAR 9................ GSO
EchoStar BSS Corp...................... S3093 ECHOSTAR 23............... GSO
ES 172 LLC............................. S2610 EUTELSAT 174A............. GSO
ES 172 LLC............................. S3021 EUTELSAT 172B............. GSO

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Horizon-3 Satellite LLC................ S2947 HORIZONS-3e............... GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC............ S2753 ECHOSTAR XVII............. GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC............ S2834 ECHOSTAR 19............... GSO
Hughes Network Systems, LLC............ S3017 ECHOSTAR 24 (JUPITER 3)... GSO
Intelsat License LLC/Viasat, Inc....... S2160 GALAXY 28................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2237 INTELSAT 11............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2253 GALAXY 11................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2380 INTELSAT 9................ GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2381 GALAXY 3C................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2382 INTELSAT 10............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2385 GALAXY 14................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2386 GALAXY 13................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2405 INTELSAT 901.............. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2406 INTELSAT 902.............. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2408 INTELSAT 904.............. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2409 INTELSAT 905.............. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2410 INTELSAT 906.............. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2414 INTELSAT 10-02............ GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2423 HORIZONS 2................ GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2647 GALAXY 19................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2687 GALAXY 16................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2704 INTELSAT 5................ GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2715 GALAXY 17................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2733 GALAXY 18................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2750 INTELSAT 16............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2751 INTELSAT 28............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2785 INTELSAT 14............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2804 INTELSAT 25............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2817 INTELSAT 18............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2831 INTELSAT 23............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2846 INTELSAT 22............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2847 INTELSAT 20............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2850 INTELSAT 19............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2863 INTELSAT 21............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2368 INTELSAT 1R............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2789 INTELSAT 15............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2814 INTELSAT 17............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2887 INTELSAT 30............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2915 INTELSAT 34............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2924 INTELSAT 31............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2939 INTELSAT 33e.............. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2948 INTELSAT 36............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2959 INTELSAT 35e.............. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S2972 INTELSAT 37e.............. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3015 GALAXY 33................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3016 GALAXY 30................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3022 INTELSAT 15R.............. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3023 INTELSAT 39............... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3058 HISPASAT 143W-1........... GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3066 INTELSAT 40e.............. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3076 GALAXY 31................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3078 GALAXY 32................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3083 GALAXY 34................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3143 GALAXY 35................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3148 GALAXY 36................. GSO
Intelsat License LLC................... S3164 GALAXY 37................. GSO
Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC........ S2358 SKYTERRA-1................ GSO
Ligado Networks Subsidiary, LLC........ AMSC-1 MSAT-2.................... GSO
Novavision Group, Inc.................. S2861 DIRECTV KU-79W............ GSO
Open Plaza Corp........................ S2922 SKY-B1.................... GSO
Satellite CD Radio LLC................. S2812 FM-6...................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc...................... S2162 AMC-3..................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc...................... S2180 AMC-15.................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc...................... S2347 AMC-6..................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc...................... S2415 NSS-10.................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc...................... S2826 SES-2..................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc...................... S2807 SES-1..................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc...................... S2892 SES-3..................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc...................... S3097 SES-19.................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc...................... S3138 SES-22.................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc...................... S3096 SES-18.................... GS0
SES Americom, Inc...................... S3098 SES-20.................... GSO

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SES Americom, Inc...................... S3099 SES-21.................... GSO
Silkwave Africa, LLC................... S2666 Afristar-2................ GSO
Silkwave Africa, LLC................... S3074 AsiaStar.................. GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc.................... S2616 XM-4...................... GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc.................... S2617 XM-3...................... GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc.................... S2710 FM-5...................... GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc.................... S3033 SXM-7..................... GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc.................... S3034 SXM-8..................... GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc.................... S3166 SXM-9..................... GSO
Sirius XM Radio Inc.................... S3167 SXM-10.................... GSO
Skynet Satellite Corp.................. S2933 TELSTAR 12V............... GSO
Skynet Satellite Corporation........... S2357 TELSTAR 11N............... GSO
Viasat, Inc............................ S2747 VIASAT-1.................. GSO
Viasat, Inc............................ S2917 VIASAT-3.................. GSO
Viasat, Inc............................ S3050 VIASAT-89US............... GSO
XM Radio LLC........................... S2786 XM-5...................... GSO
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Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations--Market Access Through Petition for
Declaratory Ruling
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grantee Call sign Satellite name Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ABS Global Ltd.......................... S2987 ABS-3A..................... GSO
Avanti Hylas 2 Ltd...................... S3130 HYLAS-4.................... GSO
DBSD Services Ltd....................... S2651 DBSD G1.................... GSO
Embratel TVSAT Telecomunicacoes S.A..... S3142 Star One D2................ GSO
Embratel TVSAT Telecomunicacoes S.A..... S3192 Star One C4................ GSO
Empresa Argentina de Soluciones S2956 ARSAT-2.................... GSO
Satelitales S.A.
Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes S.A.... S2678 STAR ONE C2................ GSO
Embratel Tvsat Telecommunicacoes S.A.... S2845 STAR ONE C3................ GSO
Embratel TVSAT Telecomunicac[otilde]es S3192 STAR ONE C4................ GSO
S.A.
Eutelsat S.A............................ S3055 EUTELSAT 139 WEST A........ GSO
Eutelsat S.A............................ S3056 EUTELSAT 8 WEST B.......... GSO
Gamma Acquisition L.L.C................. S2633 TerreStar 1................ GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A.......... S2793 AMAZONAS-2................. GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A.......... S2886 AMAZONAS-3................. GSO
Hispamar Sat[eacute]lites, S.A.......... S3086 AMAZONAS NEXUS............. GSO
Hispasat, S.A........................... S2969 HISPASAT 30W-6............. GSO
Horizons-4 Satellite LLC................ S3180 Horizon-4.................. GSO
Inmarsat PLC............................ S2932 Inmarsat-4 F3.............. GSO
Inmarsat PLC............................ S2949 Inmarsat-3 F5.............. GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V................ S2756 NSS-9...................... GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V................ S2828 SES-4...................... GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V................ S2870 SES-6...................... GSO
New Skies Satellites B.V................ S2950 SES-10..................... GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V........ S2695 EUTELSAT 113 WEST A........ GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V........ S2873 EUTELSAT 117 WEST A........ GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V........ S2926 EUTELSAT 117 WEST B........ GSO
Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V........ S2938 EUTELSAT 115 WEST B........ GSO
SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd.......... S2676 AMC 21..................... GSO
SES Satellites (Gibraltar) Ltd.......... S2951 SES-15..................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc....................... S2964 SES-11..................... GSO
SES Americom, Inc....................... S3037 NSS-11..................... GSO
SES DTH do Brasil Ltda.................. S2974 SES-14..................... GSO
SES-17 S.a.r.l.......................... S3043 SES-17..................... GSO
Telesat Brasil Capacidade de Satelites S2821 ESTRELA DO SUL 2........... GSO
Ltda.
Telesat Canada.......................... S2674 ANIK F1R................... GSO
Telesat Canada.......................... S2703 ANIK F3.................... GSO
Telesat Canada.......................... S2745 ANIK F1.................... GSO
Telesat Canada.......................... S2472 ANIK F2.................... GSO
Telesat International Ltd............... S2955 TELSTAR 19 VANTAGE......... GSO
Viasat, Inc............................. S2902 VIASAT-2................... GSO
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Space Stations (Geostationary Orbit): Non-U.S.-Licensed Space Stations--Market Access Through Earth Station
Licenses
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ITU or operator name (if available) Call sign Common name Type
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APSTAR VI............................... M292090 APSTAR 6................... GSO

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AUSSAT B 152E........................... M221170 OPTUS D2................... GSO
Ciel Satellite Group.................... E050029 Ciel-2..................... GSO
Ciel Satellite Group.................... E140100 Ciel-6i.................... GSO
QuetzSat, S.de R.L. de C.V.............. E090020 Quetzsat-1................. GSO
Eutelsat 65 West A...................... E160081 Eutelsat 65 West A......... GSO
INMARSAT 4F1............................ KA25 INMARSAT 4F1............... GSO
INMARSAT 5F2............................ E120072 INMARSAT 5F2............... GSO
INMARSAT 5F3............................ E150028 INMARSAT 5F3............... GSO
JCSAT-2B................................ M174163 JCSAT-2B................... GSO
JCSAT-5A................................ E010016 JCSAT-5A................... GSO
NIMIQ 5................................. E080107 NIMIQ 5.................... GSO
WILDBLUE-1.............................. E040213 WILDBLUE-1................. GSO
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Space Stations (per License/Call Sign in Non-Geostationary Orbit)
[Small satellite]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Licensee/grantee Call sign Satellite name Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aethero Space Inc........................ S3189 Deimos..................... Small Satellite.
Capella Space Corp....................... S3162 Acadia-1................... Small Satellite.
Capella Space Corp....................... S3137 Capella-9, Capella-10...... Small Satellite.
ICEYE US, Inc............................ S3082 ICEYE...................... Small Satellite.
ICEYE US, Inc............................ S3165 ICEYE Second Tranche....... Small Satellite.
Launcher, Inc............................ S3161 Orbiter SN3................ Small Satellite.
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc............... S3072 YAM-3...................... Small Satellite.
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc............... S3147 YAM-5...................... Small Satellite.
Loft Orbital Solutions, Inc.............. S3170 YAM-6...................... Small Satellite.
Loft Orbital Solutions, Inc.............. S3184 YAM-7...................... Small Satellite.
Lynk Global, Inc......................... S3087 Lynk Towers................ Small Satellite.
Momentus Space, LLC...................... S3144 VIGORIDE-5................. OTV.
Momentus Space, LLC...................... S3154 VIGORIDE-6................. OTV.
Odyssey SpaceWorks....................... S3176 OSW Cazorla................ Small Satellite.
Quantum Space LLC........................ S3179 Quantum Sentry............. Small Satellite.
R2 Space, Inc............................ S3067 XR-1....................... Small Satellite.
Space Logistics, LLC..................... S2990 Mission Extension Vehicle-1 RPO/OOS.
Space Logistics, LLC..................... S3059 Mission Extension Vehicle-2 RPO/OOS.
Space Sciences & Engineering LLC......... S3153 GNOMES-4................... Small Satellite.
Space Sciences & Engineering LLC......... S3185 GNOMES-5................... Small Satellite
Turion Space Corp........................ S3146 DROID.001.................. Small Satellite.
Umbra Lab Inc............................ S3095 Umbra SAR.................. Small Satellite.
Umbra Lab Inc............................ S3168 Umbra Block Two SAR Small Satellite.
Constellation.
Umbra Lab Inc............................ S3186 Umbra Block 2.1 SAR Small Satellite.
Constellation.
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Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Less Complex
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type (authorized
Licensee/grantee Call sign Satellite/system name stations)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Astro Digital U.S., Inc............... S3014 Landmapper-BC........... Less Complex (5).
BlackSky Global, LLC.................. S3032 Global.................. Less Complex (16).
Capella Space Corp.................... S3178 Acadia-3, Acadia-4, Less Complex (4).
Acadia-5, Acadia-6.
Hawkeye 360........................... S3042 HE360................... Less Complex (174).
Maxar License, Inc., DG Consents Sub, S2129/S2348 WorldView 1, 2 & 3, Less Complex (15).
Inc. GeoEye-1, Worldview
Legion.
MethaneSAT, LLC....................... S3160 MethaneSat-1............ Less Complex (1).
Muon Space, Inc....................... S3173 MuSat-2, MuSat-3........ Less Complex (2).
Orbital Sidekick, Inc................. S3139 GHOSt................... Less Complex (6).
Planet Labs PBC....................... S2912/S3152 Flock/Skysats/ Tanager.. Less Complex (576).
Sidus Space, Inc...................... S3175 LizzieSat-2, LizzieSat- Less Complex (4).
3, LizzieSat-4,
LizzieSat-5.
Spire Global, Inc..................... S2946/S3045/S3182 LEMUR & MINAS & HUBBLE.. Less Complex (636).
The Tomorrow Companies, Inc........... S3156 Tomorrow.io Weather Less Complex (4).
Constellation.
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Space Stations (Non-Geostationary Orbit)--Other
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type (authorized
Licensee/grantee Call sign Satellite/ system name stations)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AST & Science, LLC...................... S3065 Bluebird Block 1.......... Other (5).
Globalstar License LLC.................. S2115 GLOBALSTAR................ Other (96).
Iridium Constellation LLC............... S2110 IRIDIUM................... Other (99).
Kepler Communications, Inc.............. S2981 KEPLER.................... Other (140).
Kineis.................................. S3054 KINEIS.................... Other (25).
Kuiper Systems LLC...................... S3051 KUIPER.................... Other (3,232).
Myriota Pty. Ltd........................ S3047 MYRIOTA................... Other (26).
O3b Limited............................. S2935 O3b....................... Other (42).
ORBCOMM License Corp.................... S2103 ORBCOMM................... Other (72).
Space Exploration Holdings, LLC......... S2983/S3018/ SPACEX/Ku-/Ka-/V-band/Gen Other (11,908).
S2992/S3069 2.
Space Norway AS......................... S2978 ARCTIC SATELLITE BROADBAND Other (2).
MISSION.
Swarm Technologies, Inc................. S3041 SWARM..................... Other (150).
Telesat LEO Inc......................... S2976 TELESAT Ku/Ka-Band........ Other (117).
Theia Holdings A, Inc................... S2986 THEIA..................... Other (112).
WorldVu Satellites Ltd.................. S2963/S2994 ONEWEB Ku-/Ka-/V-BAND..... Other (2,000).
Viasat, Inc............................. S2985 ViaSat--NGSO.............. Other (20).
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Table B--FY 2025 Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees Calculations
if Proposals To Amend the Existing Fee Methodology Are Adopted and
Effective

The following chart provides an analysis of potential regulatory
fees for space and earth stations for FY 2025 assuming the proposal to
amend the existing methodology by creating tiers of ``small'' and
``large'' constellations within the NGSO space station ``other'' fee
category, as described in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, is adopted and effective for FY
2025. This proposal includes the creation of new fee categories for
Large and Small Constellations in the NGSO ``other'' category and
assessment of fees on authorized, not just operational, space stations.
It assumes the same number of earth station payors in FY 2025 as there
were in FY 2024 (2900 units). It does not incorporate the proposals
included in the alternative methodology.

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A................. FY 2025 S&E Appropriation............... $390,192,000
B................. FY 2025 Space Bureau Percent of Direct 11.50%
FTEs.
C................. Space Bureau Collection Requirement $44,872,080
(A*B).
D................. Earth Station Share of Collection $8,243,001
(18.37%) (C*18.37%) ($44,872,080 *
18.37% = $8,243,001).
E................. Earth Station Per Unit Fee (D/No. of * $2,840
Units of Earth Stations) ($8,243,001/
2,900 = $2,842).
F................. Space Station Share of Collection (C-D) $36,629,079
($44,872,080-$8,243,001 = $36,629,079).
G................. GSO Share of Space Station Share (60%) $21,977,447
(F * 60%) ($36,629,079 * 60% =
$21,977,447).
H................. GSO Per Unit Fee (G/No. of Authorized $136,505 *
GSO Space Stations in FY2025) Table A
above estimates 161 authorized GSO
space stations, as of October 1, 2024.
($21,977,447/161 = $136,506.
I................. NGSO Share of Space Station Share (40%) $14,651,632
(F*40%) ($36,629,079 * 40% =
$14,651,632).
J................. Small Satellite Share of Space Station $295,920
Collection ($12,330*No. of Units of
Small Satellites Authorized in FY2025)
Table A above estimates 24 authorized
small satellite licenses, as of October
1, 2024, at $12,330 per unit.
K................. Remaining Less Complex Share of NGSO $2,871,142
Share ((I*NGSO Less Complex Share of
NGSO Fees (20%))-(J*NGSO Less Complex
Share of NGSO Fees (20%)) (($14,651,632
* 20%)-($295,920 * 20% = $59,184) =
$2,871,142).
L................. NGSO Less Complex Per Unit Fee (K/No. of $239,260 *
Units of Authorized NGSO Less Complex
Space Stations Systems in FY2025) Table
A above estimates 12 authorized NGSO
space station systems that fall within
the ``less complex'' category, as of
October 1, 2024.
M................. Remaining NGSO Other Share of NGSO Share $11,484,569
(80%)((I*NGSO Other Share of NGSO Fees
(80%))-(J*NGSO Other Share of NGSO Fees
(80%)) (($14,651,632 * 80%)-($295,920 *
80%) = $11,484,569).
N................. Small Constellation Share of NGSO Other $5,742,285
Share (50%) (M*50%) ($11,484,569 * 50%
= $5,742,285).
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O................. Small Constellation Per Unit Fee (N/No. Using 500 satellites as Using 1000 satellites as
of Units of Authorized Small dividing line $441,715 dividing line
Constellations in FY2025) The number of *. $441,715.*
NGSO space stations systems that do not
pay regulatory fees using either the
Small Satellite or NGSO Less Complex
category, is derived from the Space
Bureau's Approved Space Station List,
as of October 1, 2024, and licensing
records obtained via ICFS, which are
summarized in Table A above. There are
16 such NGSO authorized systems. Of
these, 13 systems have 500 or fewer
authorized space stations, and 13
systems have 1,000 or fewer authorized
space stations. ($5,742,285/13 =
$441,715).
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P................. Large Constellation Share of NGSO Other $5,742,285
Share (50%) (M*50%) ($11,484,569 * 50%
= $5,742,284).
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Q................. Large Constellation Per Unit Fee (P/No. Using 500 satellites as Using 1000 satellites as
of Units of Authorized Large dividing line dividing line
Constellations in FY2025) The number of $1,914,095 *. $1,914,095.*
NGSO space stations systems that do not
pay regulatory fees using either the
Small Satellite or NGSO Less Complex
category, is derived from the Space
Bureau's Approved Space Station List,
as of October 1, 2024, and licensing
records obtained via ICFS, which are
also summarized in in Table A above.
There are 3 such NGSO authorized
systems with more than 500 authorized
space stations, and 3 systems with more
than 1000 authorized space stations.
($5,742,285/3 = $1,914,095).
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Table C--FY 2025 Space and Earth Station Regulatory Fees Calculated if
the Proposed Alternative Fee Methodology is Adopted and Effective

The following chart provides an analysis of potential regulatory
fees for space and earth stations for FY 2025 assuming the alternative
fee methodology, as described in the Space and Earth Station Regulatory
Fees Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, is adopted and effective
for FY 2025. This proposal includes the assessment of fees on
authorized, not just operational, space stations. It assumes the same
number of earth station payors in FY 2025 as there were in FY 2024
(2900 units).

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A................. FY 2025 S&E Appropriation............... $390,192,000
B................. FY 2025 Space Bureau Percent of Direct 11.50%
FTEs.
C................. Space Bureau Collection Requirement $44,872,080
(A*B).
D................. Earth Station Share of Collection $8,243,001
(18.37%) (C*18.37%).
E................. Earth Station Per Unit Fee (D/No. of $2,840 *
Units of Earth Stations) ($8,243,001/
2900 = $2,842).
F................. Space Station Share of Collection (C-D). $36,629,079
G................. Small Satellite Share of Space Station $295,920.
Collection ($12,330 * No. of Authorized
Small Satellites Authorized in FY2025)
The Space Bureau's Approved Space
Station List, as of October 1, 2024,
shows 24 authorized small satellite
licenses, which results in 24 units at
$12,330 per unit using FY 2024 fee
rates.
H................. Remaining Space Station Share of $36,333,159
Collection (F-G).
I................. Number of Initial Space Station Units: 189 (161 GSO + 28 NGSO)
Table A above estimates 161 authorized
GSO space stations, as of October 1,
2024. The number of initial units of
NGSO space stations systems, consisting
of systems up to 100 authorized space
stations that do not pay regulatory
fees using the Small Satellite
category, is derived from the Space
Bureau's Approved Space Station List,
as of October 1, 2024, and licensing
records obtained via ICFS, which are
also summarized in the table below.
There are an estimated 28 such NGSO
authorized systems. Each counts towards
a single initial unit.
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J................. Number of Additional Space Station Using per 500 additional Using per 1000
Units: NGSO: The number of additional NGSO space stations: 44. additional NGSO space
units of NGSO space stations is derived stations: 25.
from the Space Bureau's Approved Space
Station List, as of October 1, 2024,
and licensing records obtained via
ICFS, which are also provided in the
table below. Each additional unit
includes a unit for authorized space
station from 101-500, and per each
additional 500 authorized space
stations after 500 (i.e., 101-500 = 1
unit; 501-1000 = 1 unit; 1001-1500 = 1
unit, etc.). Calculations are provided
using this methodology for both 500 and
1000 additional space stations
increments..
K................. Total Units (I + J)..................... 233..................... 214
L................. Per Unit Space Station Regulatory Fee (H/ Using per unit of 500 Using per unit of 1000
K). additional NGSO space additional NGSO space
stations: $155,935 *. stations: $169,780.*
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Authorized NGSO Space Stations
[Excluding small satellites and RPO/OOS/OTV]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of Number of Number of
Name Call sign authorized units assessed units assessed
space stations (500 tier) (1,000 tier)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.................... AST&Science......... S3065.............. 5 1 1
2.................... Astro Digital U.S., S3014.............. 5 1 1
Inc.
3.................... BlackSky Global, LLC S3032.............. 16 1 1
4.................... Capella Space Corp.. S3178 (Acadia 3, 4, 4 1 1
5, 6).
5.................... Globalstar License S2115.............. 96 1 1
LLC.
6.................... HawkEye 360, Inc.... S3042.............. 174 2 2
7.................... Iridium S2110.............. 99 1 1
Constellation LLC.
8.................... Kepler S2981.............. 140 2 2
Communications Inc.
9.................... Kin[eacute]is....... S3054.............. 25 1 1
10................... Kuiper Systems LLC.. S3051.............. 3,232 8 5
11................... Maxar License Inc., S2129/S2348........ 15 1 1
DG Consents Sub,
Inc.
12................... MethaneSAT, LLC..... S3160.............. 1 1 1
13................... Muon Space, Inc..... S3173.............. 2 1 1
14................... Myriota Pty. Ltd.... S3047.............. 26 1 1
15................... O3b Limited......... S2935.............. 42 1 1
16................... ORBCOMM License Corp S2103.............. 72 1 1
17................... Orbital Sidekick, S3139.............. 6 1 1
Inc.
18................... Planet Labs PBC..... S2912.............. 576 3 2
19................... Sidus Space, Inc.... S3175 (LizzieSat- 4 1 1
2,3,4,5).
20................... Space Exploration S2983/S3018/S2992/ 11,908 25 13
Holdings, LLC. S3069.
21................... Space Norway AS..... S2978.............. 2 1 1
22................... Spire Global, Inc... S2946/S3045/S3182.. 636 3 2
23................... Swarm Technologies, S3041.............. 150 2 2
Inc.
24................... Telesat LEO Inc..... S2976.............. 117 2 2
25................... Theia Holdings A, S2986.............. 112 2 2
Inc.
26................... Tomorrow Companies S3156.............. 4 1 1
Inc.
27................... ViaSat, Inc......... S2985.............. 20 1 1
28................... WorldVu Satellites S2963/S2994........ 2,000 5 3
Limited.
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Total NGSO Units. ................... .............. 72 53
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Table 8--FY 2025 Full-Service Broadcast Television Stations by Call Sign
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Terrain
Facility Id. Call sign Service area Terrain limited limited fee
population population amount
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3246............................... KAAH-TV.............. 1,018,897 939,246 $5,991
18285.............................. KAAL................. 605,222 580,564 3,703
11912.............................. KAAS-TV.............. 243,984 243,947 1,556
56528.............................. KABB................. 3,017,860 3,000,477 19,140
282................................ KABC-TV.............. 18,303,336 17,670,502 112,720
1236............................... KACV-TV.............. 383,228 383,071 2,444
33261.............................. KADN-TV.............. 889,583 889,583 5,675
8263............................... KAEF-TV.............. 139,510 124,133 792
2728............................... KAET................. 4,867,739 4,836,434 30,852
2767............................... KAFT................. 1,294,492 1,218,670 7,774
62442.............................. KAID................. 864,547 857,276 5,469
4145............................... KAII-TV.............. 203,698 179,435 1,145
67494.............................. KAIL................. 2,091,288 2,061,175 13,148
13988.............................. KAIT................. 594,090 583,749 3,724
40517.............................. KAJB................. 393,654 393,355 2,509
65522.............................. KAKE................. 821,488 816,811 5,210
804................................ KAKM................. 397,237 395,241 2,521
148................................ KAKW-DT.............. 3,350,876 3,242,159 20,682
51598.............................. KALB-TV.............. 933,915 932,500 5,948
51241.............................. KALO................. 1,018,088 971,631 6,198
40820.............................. KAMC................. 411,973 411,949 2,628
8523............................... KAMR-TV.............. 377,485 377,410 2,407
65301.............................. KAMU-TV.............. 395,784 392,044 2,501
2506............................... KAPP................. 337,194 298,159 1,902
3658............................... KARD................. 680,743 678,724 4,330
23079.............................. KARE................. 4,243,145 4,234,439 27,011
33440.............................. KARK-TV.............. 1,243,813 1,230,366 7,849
37005.............................. KARZ-TV.............. 1,153,588 1,134,221 7,235
32311.............................. KASA-TV.............. 1,198,361 1,159,350 7,395
41212.............................. KASN................. 1,200,705 1,185,725 7,564

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7143............................... KASW................. 4,828,272 4,813,078 30,703
55049.............................. KASY-TV.............. 1,182,887 1,143,258 7,293
33471.............................. KATC................. 1,376,057 1,376,057 8,778
13813.............................. KATN................. 95,520 95,197 607
21649.............................. KATU................. 3,400,708 3,238,560 20,659
33543.............................. KATV................. 1,285,451 1,265,986 8,076
50182.............................. KAUT-TV.............. 1,810,654 1,809,428 11,542
21488.............................. KAUU................. 398,876 396,486 2,529
6864............................... KAUZ-TV.............. 366,943 365,162 2,329
73101.............................. KAVU-TV.............. 323,202 322,961 2,060
49579.............................. KAWB................. 193,767 193,705 1,236
49578.............................. KAWE................. 139,854 137,788 879
58684.............................. KAYU-TV.............. 925,282 861,276 5,494
29234.............................. KAZA-TV.............. 15,481,136 14,233,993 90,799
17433.............................. KAZD................. 8,087,952 8,085,339 51,576
776273............................. KAZF................. 253,785 188,057 1,200
1151............................... KAZQ................. 1,137,703 1,126,947 7,189
776268............................. KAZS................. 396,796 390,474 2,491
35811.............................. KAZT-TV.............. 495,353 409,112 2,610
4148............................... KBAK-TV.............. 1,626,532 1,363,867 8,700
16940.............................. KBCA................. 465,218 465,157 2,967
53586.............................. KBCB................. 1,510,168 1,478,647 9,432
22685.............................. KBDI-TV.............. 4,731,715 4,335,180 27,654
65395.............................. KBFD-DT.............. 1,016,508 887,671 5,662
169030............................. KBGS-TV.............. 176,271 173,911 1,109
61068.............................. KBHE-TV.............. 153,390 144,914 924
48556.............................. KBIM-TV.............. 226,233 226,194 1,443
29108.............................. KBIN-TV.............. 1,014,918 1,013,041 6,462
33658.............................. KBJR-TV.............. 278,564 274,572 1,751
83306.............................. KBLN-TV.............. 322,286 145,745 930
63768.............................. KBLR................. 2,280,730 2,220,879 14,167
53324.............................. KBME-TV.............. 146,149 146,082 932
10150.............................. KBMT................. 799,217 798,262 5,092
22121.............................. KBMY................. 142,682 142,622 910
49760.............................. KBOI-TV.............. 872,030 863,497 5,508
55370.............................. KBRR................. 154,408 154,405 985
66414.............................. KBSD-DT.............. 151,986 151,901 969
66415.............................. KBSH-DT.............. 97,884 95,916 612
19593.............................. KBSI................. 730,259 728,325 4,646
66416.............................. KBSL-DT.............. 47,462 46,328 296
4939............................... KBSV................. 1,535,281 1,424,913 9,090
62469.............................. KBTC-TV.............. 4,319,699 4,228,861 26,976
61214.............................. KBTV-TV.............. 771,692 771,692 4,923
6669............................... KBTX-TV.............. 5,354,551 5,351,089 34,135
35909.............................. KBVO................. 1,911,833 1,684,206 10,744
58618.............................. KBVU................. 136,908 121,846 777
6823............................... KBYU-TV.............. 2,838,181 2,620,447 16,716
33756.............................. KBZK................. 156,388 139,258 888
21422.............................. KCAL-TV.............. 18,258,912 17,586,821 112,186
11265.............................. KCAU-TV.............. 769,096 754,352 4,812
14867.............................. KCBA................. 3,334,176 2,557,080 16,312
27507.............................. KCBD................. 433,372 432,694 2,760
9628............................... KCBS-TV.............. 18,628,137 17,359,665 110,737
49750.............................. KCBY-TV.............. 92,825 77,624 495
33710.............................. KCCI................. 1,216,146 1,209,219 7,714
9640............................... KCCW-TV.............. 294,831 287,246 1,832
63158.............................. KCDO-TV.............. 3,305,368 3,160,730 20,162
62424.............................. KCDT................. 807,726 762,258 4,862
83913.............................. KCEB................. 446,377 445,850 2,844
57219.............................. KCEC................. 4,497,531 4,237,580 27,032
10245.............................. KCEN-TV.............. 2,224,490 2,174,193 13,869
13058.............................. KCET................. 17,868,933 16,310,676 104,046
18079.............................. KCFW-TV.............. 196,292 157,001 1,002
132606............................. KCGE................. 129,876 129,876 828
60793.............................. KCHF................. 1,157,628 1,127,207 7,190
33722.............................. KCIT................. 392,243 391,646 2,498
62468.............................. KCKA................. 1,082,723 906,771 5,784
41969.............................. KCLO-TV.............. 150,949 145,392 927
47903.............................. KCNC-TV.............. 4,460,509 4,175,114 26,633
71586.............................. KCNS................. 9,007,762 8,012,556 51,112
33742.............................. KCOP-TV.............. 18,134,022 17,318,605 110,475

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19117.............................. KCOS................. 1,092,982 1,092,792 6,971
63165.............................. KCOY-TV.............. 700,154 478,768 3,054
33894.............................. KCPQ................. 5,131,164 4,985,829 31,805
53843.............................. KCPT................. 2,690,171 2,688,808 17,152
33875.............................. KCRA-TV.............. 11,608,107 7,153,845 45,634
9719............................... KCRG-TV.............. 981,965 971,818 6,199
60728.............................. KCSD-TV.............. 323,237 323,093 2,061
59494.............................. KCSG................. 229,899 220,818 1,409
33749.............................. KCTS-TV.............. 4,848,434 4,778,758 30,484
41230.............................. KCTV................. 2,732,197 2,730,443 17,417
58605.............................. KCVU................. 700,745 689,702 4,400
10036.............................. KCWC-DT.............. 42,872 38,501 246
64444.............................. KCWE................. 2,642,880 2,641,432 16,850
51502.............................. KCWI-TV.............. 1,152,163 1,151,070 7,343
42008.............................. KCWO-TV.............. 55,411 55,383 353
166511............................. KCWV................. 210,633 210,626 1,344
24316.............................. KCWX................. 4,947,756 4,941,660 31,523
68713.............................. KCWY-DT.............. 85,085 84,715 540
22201.............................. KDAF................. 7,951,276 7,949,040 50,707
33764.............................. KDBC-TV.............. 1,101,513 1,097,028 6,998
79258.............................. KDCK................. 43,010 42,993 274
166332............................. KDCU-DT.............. 773,823 773,808 4,936
38375.............................. KDEN-TV.............. 3,973,266 3,942,210 25,147
17037.............................. KDFI................. 7,990,955 7,989,287 50,964
33770.............................. KDFW................. 7,962,141 7,959,855 50,776
29102.............................. KDIN-TV.............. 1,193,740 1,189,191 7,586
25454.............................. KDKA-TV.............. 3,569,162 3,428,192 21,868
60740.............................. KDKF................. 73,619 66,137 422
4691............................... KDLH................. 267,326 264,686 1,688
41975.............................. KDLO-TV.............. 214,024 213,819 1,364
55379.............................. KDLT-TV.............. 700,230 689,305 4,397
55375.............................. KDLV-TV.............. 98,101 97,673 623
25221.............................. KDMD................. 394,250 391,278 2,496
78915.............................. KDMI................. 1,248,443 1,247,337 7,957
56524.............................. KDNL-TV.............. 3,013,924 3,009,244 19,196
24518.............................. KDOC-TV.............. 18,264,021 17,379,123 110,861
1005............................... KDOR-TV.............. 1,180,603 1,177,894 7,514
60736.............................. KDRV................. 551,809 469,537 2,995
61064.............................. KDSD-TV.............. 65,355 60,171 384
53329.............................. KDSE................. 52,777 51,188 327
56527.............................. KDSM-TV.............. 1,202,702 1,201,866 7,667
49326.............................. KDTN................. 7,901,133 7,898,922 50,387
83491.............................. KDTP................. 25,965 23,729 151
33778.............................. KDTV-DT.............. 8,697,794 7,750,134 49,438
67910.............................. KDTX-TV.............. 7,985,188 7,983,676 50,928
126................................ KDVR................. 4,301,541 4,144,268 26,436
18084.............................. KECI-TV.............. 228,161 210,560 1,343
51208.............................. KECY-TV.............. 407,175 403,848 2,576
58408.............................. KEDT................. 527,343 527,343 3,364
55435.............................. KEET................. 181,333 161,389 1,030
41983.............................. KELO-TV.............. 767,130 715,437 4,564
34440.............................. KEMO-TV.............. 9,007,762 8,012,556 51,112
776162............................. KEMS................. 55,920 54,847 350
2777............................... KEMV................. 634,060 576,758 3,679
26304.............................. KENS................. 3,091,086 3,077,749 19,633
63845.............................. KENV-DT.............. 52,294 45,932 293
18338.............................. KENW................. 85,762 85,762 547
50591.............................. KEPB-TV.............. 631,758 574,973 3,668
56029.............................. KEPR-TV.............. 529,602 519,486 3,314
49324.............................. KERA-TV.............. 7,984,381 7,981,440 50,914
40878.............................. KERO-TV.............. 1,387,245 1,257,683 8,023
61067.............................. KESD-TV.............. 172,302 165,214 1,054
25577.............................. KESQ-TV.............. 1,487,393 615,803 3,928
50205.............................. KETA-TV.............. 1,874,445 1,860,161 11,866
62182.............................. KETC................. 2,945,200 2,942,622 18,771
37101.............................. KETD................. 3,918,776 3,879,692 24,749
2768............................... KETG................. 421,357 403,179 2,572
12895.............................. KETH-TV.............. 7,296,694 7,296,428 46,544
55643.............................. KETK-TV.............. 1,072,485 1,071,097 6,833
2770............................... KETS................. 1,209,518 1,191,713 7,602
53903.............................. KETV................. 1,491,674 1,486,408 9,482

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92872.............................. KETZ................. 505,102 502,310 3,204
68853.............................. KEYC-TV.............. 553,554 539,853 3,444
33691.............................. KEYE-TV.............. 3,533,479 3,444,549 21,973
60637.............................. KEYT-TV.............. 1,466,777 1,275,243 8,135
83715.............................. KEYU................. 366,142 366,071 2,335
34406.............................. KEZI................. 1,221,893 1,166,907 7,444
73701.............................. KFAA-TV.............. 7,987,157 7,983,918 50,929
34412.............................. KFBB-TV.............. 96,782 95,488 609
125................................ KFCT................. 967,548 960,099 6,124
51466.............................. KFDA-TV.............. 394,744 393,695 2,511
22589.............................. KFDM................. 770,621 770,609 4,916
48521.............................. KFDR................. 672,350 657,307 4,193
65370.............................. KFDX-TV.............. 367,320 366,583 2,338
49264.............................. KFFV................. 4,674,758 4,634,964 29,566
12729.............................. KFFX-TV.............. 467,787 463,006 2,954
83992.............................. KFJX................. 709,125 679,797 4,336
42122.............................. KFMB-TV.............. 4,239,135 3,914,207 24,969
53321.............................. KFME................. 442,176 441,664 2,817
74256.............................. KFNB................. 84,543 83,990 536
21613.............................. KFNE................. 53,059 52,392 334
21612.............................. KFNR................. 9,724 9,457 60
66222.............................. KFOR-TV.............. 1,789,693 1,789,342 11,414
33716.............................. KFOX-TV.............. 1,107,424 1,097,251 6,999
41517.............................. KFPH-DT.............. 385,474 313,720 2,001
81509.............................. KFPX-TV.............. 1,072,290 1,072,222 6,840
31597.............................. KFQX................. 197,918 173,495 1,107
59013.............................. KFRE-TV.............. 1,850,426 1,835,478 11,709
51429.............................. KFSF-DT.............. 7,986,866 7,039,241 44,903
66469.............................. KFSM-TV.............. 1,003,012 978,896 6,244
8620............................... KFSN-TV.............. 1,973,837 1,957,017 12,484
29560.............................. KFTA-TV.............. 907,937 894,593 5,707
83714.............................. KFTC................. 64,284 64,250 410
60537.............................. KFTH-DT.............. 7,287,908 7,287,530 46,487
60549.............................. KFTR-DT.............. 18,326,526 16,971,273 108,260
61335.............................. KFTS................. 77,847 66,866 427
81441.............................. KFTU-DT.............. 109,271 105,476 673
34439.............................. KFTV-DT.............. 1,930,415 1,914,464 12,212
664................................ KFVE................. 91,164 81,417 519
592................................ KFVS-TV.............. 867,835 847,638 5,407
29015.............................. KFWD................. 7,970,373 7,964,229 50,804
35336.............................. KFXA................. 914,357 912,893 5,823
17625.............................. KFXB-TV.............. 377,548 370,365 2,363
70917.............................. KFXK-TV.............. 969,012 966,868 6,168
84453.............................. KFXL-TV.............. 977,327 976,428 6,229
56079.............................. KFXV................. 1,335,643 1,335,643 8,520
41427.............................. KFYR-TV.............. 153,218 150,858 962
25685.............................. KGAN................. 1,121,266 1,109,006 7,074
34457.............................. KGBT-TV.............. 1,350,104 1,350,004 8,612
7841............................... KGCW................. 938,174 935,835 5,970
24485.............................. KGEB................. 1,257,918 1,224,797 7,813
34459.............................. KGET-TV.............. 982,744 940,071 5,997
53320.............................. KGFE................. 120,164 120,164 767
7894............................... KGIN................. 235,875 233,749 1,491
83945.............................. KGLA-DT.............. 1,754,806 1,754,806 11,194
34445.............................. KGMB................. 1,016,756 907,381 5,788
58608.............................. KGMC................. 2,076,523 2,052,808 13,095
36914.............................. KGMD-TV.............. 101,247 100,762 643
36920.............................. KGMV................. 209,577 175,904 1,122
10061.............................. KGNS-TV.............. 283,777 274,877 1,753
34470.............................. KGO-TV............... 9,406,080 8,630,291 55,053
56034.............................. KGPE................. 1,829,902 1,812,936 11,565
81694.............................. KGPX-TV.............. 792,059 724,592 4,622
25511.............................. KGTF................. 155,729 154,491 985
40876.............................. KGTV................. 4,257,568 3,912,037 24,955
36918.............................. KGUN-TV.............. 1,479,221 1,292,183 8,243
34874.............................. KGW.................. 3,397,112 3,239,730 20,666
63177.............................. KGWC-TV.............. 84,597 84,117 537
63162.............................. KGWL-TV.............. 37,314 37,199 237
63166.............................. KGWN-TV.............. 558,685 528,237 3,370
63170.............................. KGWR-TV.............. 49,435 49,242 314
4146............................... KHAW-TV.............. 102,381 101,946 650

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60353.............................. KHBS................. 610,455 588,263 3,753
27300.............................. KHCE-TV.............. 2,848,289 2,842,696 18,134
26431.............................. KHET................. 1,022,459 1,009,772 6,441
21160.............................. KHGI-TV.............. 245,331 244,515 1,560
36917.............................. KHII-TV.............. 1,017,217 907,842 5,791
29085.............................. KHIN................. 1,137,059 1,135,866 7,246
17688.............................. KHME................. 196,002 194,233 1,239
47670.............................. KHMT................. 193,159 188,714 1,204
47987.............................. KHNE-TV.............. 205,833 204,923 1,307
34867.............................. KHNL................. 1,016,725 907,350 5,788
60354.............................. KHOG-TV.............. 862,177 797,810 5,089
4144............................... KHON-TV.............. 1,016,508 944,271 6,024
34529.............................. KHOU................. 7,289,635 7,287,991 46,490
4690............................... KHQA-TV.............. 308,541 308,333 1,967
34537.............................. KHQ-TV............... 938,773 887,184 5,659
30601.............................. KHRR................. 1,298,625 1,241,818 7,922
34348.............................. KHSD-TV.............. 203,077 199,032 1,270
24508.............................. KHSL-TV.............. 634,956 615,388 3,926
69677.............................. KHSV................. 2,384,812 2,343,597 14,950
64544.............................. KHVO................. 101,138 99,980 638
23394.............................. KIAH................. 7,307,171 7,306,816 46,610
34564.............................. KICU-TV.............. 8,992,796 7,837,235 49,994
56028.............................. KIDK................. 351,335 348,794 2,225
58560.............................. KIDY................. 126,096 126,079 804
53382.............................. KIEM-TV.............. 177,885 166,501 1,062
66258.............................. KIFI-TV.............. 360,684 357,711 2,282
16950.............................. KIFR................. 2,356,175 2,330,021 14,863
10188.............................. KIII................. 580,363 577,602 3,685
29095.............................. KIIN................. 1,405,103 1,375,871 8,777
34527.............................. KIKU................. 1,017,227 920,837 5,874
63865.............................. KILM................. 18,009,859 16,478,550 105,117
56033.............................. KIMA-TV.............. 325,241 275,599 1,758
66402.............................. KIMT................. 671,281 662,859 4,228
67089.............................. KINC................. 2,320,873 2,230,933 14,231
34847.............................. KING-TV.............. 4,735,386 4,686,752 29,897
51708.............................. KINT-TV.............. 1,093,579 1,093,227 6,974
26249.............................. KION-TV.............. 2,602,418 906,539 5,783
62427.............................. KIPT................. 190,856 189,839 1,211
66781.............................. KIRO-TV.............. 4,715,994 4,685,383 29,888
62430.............................. KISU-TV.............. 358,145 353,319 2,254
12896.............................. KITU-TV.............. 749,934 749,934 4,784
64548.............................. KITV................. 1,016,508 890,101 5,678
59255.............................. KIVI-TV.............. 864,257 856,996 5,467
47285.............................. KIXE-TV.............. 484,629 444,405 2,835
13792.............................. KJJC-TV.............. 85,813 84,995 542
14000.............................. KJLA................. 18,725,198 17,464,578 111,407
20015.............................. KJNP-TV.............. 96,266 96,001 612
53315.............................. KJRE................. 15,414 15,394 98
59439.............................. KJRH-TV.............. 1,475,194 1,458,401 9,303
55364.............................. KJRR................. 45,707 44,148 282
7675............................... KJTL................. 365,659 365,242 2,330
55031.............................. KJTV-TV.............. 426,315 426,302 2,719
13814.............................. KJUD................. 32,087 31,083 198
36607.............................. KJZZ-TV.............. 2,837,622 2,620,561 16,717
776230............................. KKAC................. 128,739 128,719 821
776239............................. KKAD................. 55,004 54,083 345
83180.............................. KKAI................. 1,016,756 995,859 6,353
58267.............................. KKAP................. 1,002,980 967,770 6,173
24766.............................. KKCO................. 252,558 223,619 1,426
776228............................. KKEL................. 8,625 8,430 54
35097.............................. KKJB................. 780,452 775,264 4,945
22644.............................. KKPX-TV.............. 8,265,775 7,324,470 46,723
35037.............................. KKTV................. 3,340,505 2,899,502 18,496
35042.............................. KLAS-TV.............. 2,421,827 2,256,225 14,392
52907.............................. KLAX-TV.............. 350,490 350,144 2,234
3660............................... KLBK-TV.............. 409,551 409,512 2,612
65523.............................. KLBY................. 29,875 29,852 190
38430.............................. KLCS................. 17,868,933 16,310,676 104,046
77719.............................. KLCW-TV.............. 404,384 404,369 2,579
51479.............................. KLDO-TV.............. 267,717 267,717 1,708
37105.............................. KLEI................. 149,648 122,977 784

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56032.............................. KLEW-TV.............. 173,816 158,086 1,008
35059.............................. KLFY-TV.............. 1,380,417 1,379,775 8,802
54011.............................. KLJB................. 1,003,676 992,763 6,333
11264.............................. KLKN................. 1,295,353 1,249,913 7,973
52593.............................. KLML................. 285,490 232,725 1,485
47975.............................. KLNE-TV.............. 124,206 124,134 792
38590.............................. KLPA-TV.............. 395,240 395,079 2,520
38588.............................. KLPB-TV.............. 749,224 749,224 4,779
749................................ KLRN................. 2,865,059 2,843,302 18,137
11951.............................. KLRT-TV.............. 1,206,848 1,187,015 7,572
8564............................... KLRU................. 3,404,331 3,364,831 21,464
8322............................... KLSR-TV.............. 617,791 555,511 3,544
31114.............................. KLST................. 205,611 176,862 1,128
24436.............................. KLTJ................. 7,239,268 7,239,082 46,178
38587.............................. KLTL-TV.............. 438,847 438,847 2,799
38589.............................. KLTM-TV.............. 670,083 665,283 4,244
38591.............................. KLTS-TV.............. 930,704 927,650 5,917
68540.............................. KLTV................. 1,125,646 1,108,403 7,071
12913.............................. KLUJ-TV.............. 1,304,523 1,304,523 8,322
57220.............................. KLUZ-TV.............. 1,122,002 1,061,683 6,772
11683.............................. KLVX................. 2,368,176 2,246,495 14,330
82476.............................. KLWB................. 1,066,369 1,066,248 6,802
40250.............................. KLWY................. 652,057 648,301 4,136
64551.............................. KMAU................. 230,508 205,410 1,310
51499.............................. KMAX-TV.............. 11,771,919 7,828,092 49,935
65686.............................. KMBC-TV.............. 2,690,459 2,688,812 17,152
35183.............................. KMCB................. 77,018 70,797 452
41237.............................. KMCC................. 2,384,330 2,325,062 14,832
42636.............................. KMCI-TV.............. 2,611,447 2,610,077 16,650
38584.............................. KMCT-TV.............. 270,862 270,855 1,728
22127.............................. KMCY................. 80,761 80,722 515
162016............................. KMDE................. 34,041 34,035 217
26428.............................. KMEB................. 239,702 216,916 1,384
39665.............................. KMEG................. 763,806 758,839 4,841
35123.............................. KMEX-DT.............. 18,389,371 16,955,856 108,161
40875.............................. KMGH-TV.............. 4,484,612 4,211,082 26,862
35131.............................. KMID................. 453,896 453,890 2,895
16749.............................. KMIR-TV.............. 3,014,399 805,795 5,140
63164.............................. KMIZ................. 552,020 549,962 3,508
53541.............................. KMLM-DT.............. 358,819 358,819 2,289
52046.............................. KMLU................. 685,717 681,660 4,348
47981.............................. KMNE-TV.............. 44,963 41,160 263
24753.............................. KMOH-TV.............. 217,161 202,513 1,292
4326............................... KMOS-TV.............. 823,502 819,698 5,229
41425.............................. KMOT................. 90,764 88,505 565
70034.............................. KMOV................. 3,058,356 3,053,447 19,478
51488.............................. KMPH-TV.............. 1,871,826 1,831,011 11,680
44052.............................. KMSB................. 1,390,772 1,081,454 6,899
68883.............................. KMSP-TV.............. 4,232,627 4,200,278 26,794
12525.............................. KMSS-TV.............. 1,047,384 1,044,317 6,662
43095.............................. KMTP-TV.............. 5,746,338 4,850,897 30,944
35189.............................. KMTR................. 858,621 737,863 4,707
35190.............................. KMTV-TV.............. 1,482,627 1,481,213 9,449
77063.............................. KMTW................. 782,241 782,233 4,990
35200.............................. KMVT................. 203,865 194,642 1,242
32958.............................. KMVU-DT.............. 333,344 255,430 1,629
86534.............................. KMYA-DT.............. 181,750 181,710 1,159
51518.............................. KMYS................. 2,695,906 2,689,444 17,156
54420.............................. KMYT-TV.............. 1,378,264 1,366,926 8,720
35822.............................. KMYU................. 174,066 170,667 1,089
993................................ KNAT-TV.............. 1,194,249 1,164,035 7,425
24749.............................. KNAZ-TV.............. 370,644 251,297 1,603
47906.............................. KNBC................. 18,007,954 16,466,286 105,038
81464.............................. KNBN................. 158,327 149,470 953
9754............................... KNCT................. 2,162,813 2,134,345 13,615
82611.............................. KNDB................. 140,899 140,846 898
82615.............................. KNDM................. 81,669 81,636 521
12395.............................. KNDO................. 326,624 291,816 1,861
12427.............................. KNDU................. 531,985 514,613 3,283
17683.............................. KNEP................. 96,311 91,722 585
776145............................. KNGF................. 418,755 418,649 2,671

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48003.............................. KNHL................. 282,894 282,649 1,803
125710............................. KNIC-DT.............. 2,916,877 2,900,176 18,500
59363.............................. KNIN-TV.............. 861,563 857,065 5,467
48525.............................. KNLC................. 3,009,669 3,007,124 19,182
84215.............................. KNMD-TV.............. 1,175,472 1,147,431 7,319
55528.............................. KNME-TV.............. 1,185,928 1,145,659 7,308
47707.............................. KNMT................. 3,242,939 3,141,420 20,039
48975.............................. KNOE-TV.............. 706,833 703,468 4,487
49273.............................. KNOP-TV.............. 84,998 83,626 533
10228.............................. KNPB................. 687,138 528,128 3,369
55362.............................. KNRR................. 24,339 24,315 155
35277.............................. KNSD................. 4,176,531 3,908,916 24,935
19191.............................. KNSN-TV.............. 703,800 557,463 3,556
23302.............................. KNSO................. 1,962,568 1,942,998 12,394
35280.............................. KNTV................. 9,285,323 8,743,038 55,772
144................................ KNVA................. 3,326,171 3,285,676 20,959
33745.............................. KNVN................. 497,887 470,307 3,000
69692.............................. KNVO................. 1,359,785 1,359,785 8,674
29557.............................. KNWA-TV.............. 929,628 912,611 5,822
59440.............................. KNXV-TV.............. 4,836,838 4,826,028 30,785
59014.............................. KOAA-TV.............. 1,865,217 1,422,070 9,071
50588.............................. KOAB-TV.............. 254,424 250,749 1,600
50590.............................. KOAC-TV.............. 2,168,640 1,718,555 10,963
58552.............................. KOAM-TV.............. 822,738 789,385 5,035
53928.............................. KOAT-TV.............. 1,171,605 1,145,416 7,307
35313.............................. KOB.................. 1,189,849 1,152,270 7,350
35321.............................. KOBF................. 198,225 163,241 1,041
8260............................... KOBI................. 595,619 551,251 3,516
62272.............................. KOBR................. 227,347 226,868 1,447
50170.............................. KOCB................. 1,803,171 1,802,139 11,496
4328............................... KOCE-TV.............. 18,212,242 17,141,918 109,348
84225.............................. KOCM................. 1,615,493 1,614,922 10,302
12508.............................. KOCO-TV.............. 1,890,246 1,881,152 12,000
83181.............................. KOCW................. 80,292 80,262 512
18283.............................. KODE-TV.............. 789,082 781,251 4,984
66195.............................. KOED-TV.............. 1,555,369 1,523,164 9,716
50198.............................. KOET................. 657,252 637,057 4,064
51189.............................. KOFY-TV.............. 5,746,338 4,850,897 30,944
34859.............................. KOGG................. 206,000 173,034 1,104
166534............................. KOHD................. 248,737 244,163 1,558
35380.............................. KOIN................. 3,398,786 3,237,691 20,653
35388.............................. KOKH-TV.............. 1,800,124 1,797,602 11,467
11910.............................. KOKI-TV.............. 1,428,477 1,415,308 9,028
48663.............................. KOLD-TV.............. 1,278,430 932,536 5,949
7890............................... KOLN................. 1,565,175 1,465,478 9,348
63331.............................. KOLO-TV.............. 1,045,027 912,343 5,820
28496.............................. KOLR................. 1,111,540 1,075,340 6,860
21656.............................. KOMO-TV.............. 4,798,742 4,748,599 30,291
65583.............................. KOMU-TV.............. 560,878 559,926 3,572
776087............................. KONC................. 1,752,026 1,713,180 10,928
35396.............................. KONG................. 4,651,055 4,627,490 29,519
60675.............................. KOOD................. 107,949 107,840 688
50589.............................. KOPB-TV.............. 3,433,002 3,231,453 20,613
2566............................... KOPX-TV.............. 1,674,969 1,674,820 10,684
64877.............................. KORO................. 572,684 572,684 3,653
6865............................... KOSA-TV.............. 412,004 408,993 2,609
34347.............................. KOTA-TV.............. 189,181 166,163 1,060
8284............................... KOTI................. 318,713 97,757 624
35434.............................. KOTV-DT.............. 1,476,322 1,464,332 9,341
56550.............................. KOVR................. 11,787,731 7,857,430 50,123
51101.............................. KOZJ................. 431,452 429,469 2,740
51102.............................. KOZK................. 876,101 867,569 5,534
3659............................... KOZL-TV.............. 1,026,947 999,396 6,375
35455.............................. KPAX-TV.............. 224,598 210,969 1,346
67868.............................. KPAZ-TV.............. 4,842,326 4,829,190 30,805
6124............................... KPBS................. 3,878,727 3,740,193 23,859
50044.............................. KPBT-TV.............. 405,749 405,749 2,588
77452.............................. KPCB-DT.............. 30,087 30,010 191
35460.............................. KPDX................. 3,335,153 3,195,785 20,386
12524.............................. KPEJ-TV.............. 439,758 439,752 2,805
41223.............................. KPHO-TV.............. 4,847,036 4,823,456 30,769

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61551.............................. KPIC................. 162,187 108,923 695
86205.............................. KPIF................. 294,133 287,132 1,832
25452.............................. KPIX-TV.............. 8,939,616 8,011,243 51,104
58912.............................. KPJK................. 8,580,033 7,562,337 48,240
166510............................. KPJR-TV.............. 3,994,308 3,966,833 25,304
13994.............................. KPLC................. 1,433,578 1,431,830 9,134
41964.............................. KPLO-TV.............. 55,567 52,690 336
35417.............................. KPLR-TV.............. 3,020,349 3,017,559 19,249
12144.............................. KPMR................. 1,305,956 1,148,984 7,329
47973.............................. KPNE-TV.............. 89,112 84,360 538
35486.............................. KPNX................. 4,833,873 4,829,331 30,806
77512.............................. KPNZ................. 2,843,405 2,620,343 16,715
73998.............................. KPOB-TV.............. 131,017 130,539 833
26655.............................. KPPX-TV.............. 4,839,734 4,825,175 30,780
53117.............................. KPRC-TV.............. 7,306,242 7,305,940 46,605
48660.............................. KPRY-TV.............. 42,882 42,790 273
61071.............................. KPSD-TV.............. 19,034 17,986 115
53544.............................. KPTB-DT.............. 351,156 349,137 2,227
81445.............................. KPTF-DT.............. 83,380 83,378 532
77451.............................. KPTH................. 709,738 706,066 4,504
51491.............................. KPTM................. 1,544,022 1,542,684 9,841
33345.............................. KPTS................. 849,715 845,613 5,394
50633.............................. KPTV................. 3,367,478 3,193,457 20,371
82575.............................. KPTW................. 93,904 86,230 550
1270............................... KPVI-DT.............. 301,761 295,401 1,884
58835.............................. KPXB-TV.............. 7,268,859 7,268,534 46,366
68695.............................. KPXC-TV.............. 3,953,241 3,922,814 25,024
68834.............................. KPXD-TV.............. 7,851,329 7,849,492 50,072
33337.............................. KPXE-TV.............. 2,621,434 2,620,523 16,716
5801............................... KPXG-TV.............. 3,396,167 3,240,309 20,670
81507.............................. KPXJ................. 1,114,713 1,111,470 7,090
61173.............................. KPXL-TV.............. 2,675,400 2,663,341 16,989
35907.............................. KPXM-TV.............. 3,872,706 3,871,246 24,695
58978.............................. KPXN-TV.............. 18,009,859 16,478,550 105,117
77483.............................. KPXO-TV.............. 1,016,659 977,430 6,235
21156.............................. KPXR-TV.............. 870,810 864,123 5,512
69619.............................. KPYX................. 8,951,798 8,033,747 51,247
10242.............................. KQCA................. 11,066,274 6,905,589 44,051
41430.............................. KQCD-TV.............. 46,118 43,974 281
18287.............................. KQCK................. 3,914,615 3,869,797 24,685
78322.............................. KQCW-DT.............. 1,198,492 1,192,260 7,605
35525.............................. KQDS-TV.............. 309,526 305,800 1,951
35500.............................. KQED................. 8,924,403 7,934,659 50,615
35663.............................. KQEH................. 8,924,403 7,934,659 50,615
8214............................... KQET................. 3,221,916 2,234,120 14,251
5471............................... KQIN................. 585,179 585,151 3,733
17686.............................. KQME................. 203,177 198,383 1,265
61063.............................. KQSD-TV.............. 32,060 31,225 199
8378............................... KQSL................. 209,114 145,828 930
20427.............................. KQTV................. 1,587,910 1,493,576 9,528
78921.............................. KQUP................. 801,534 624,922 3,986
306................................ KRBC-TV.............. 237,068 236,992 1,512
166319............................. KRBK................. 1,018,307 1,001,775 6,390
22161.............................. KRCA................. 18,303,336 17,670,502 112,720
57945.............................. KRCB................. 9,553,735 9,246,484 58,983
41110.............................. KRCG................. 758,918 744,644 4,750
8291............................... KRCR-TV.............. 523,130 470,701 3,003
10192.............................. KRCW-TV.............. 3,330,638 3,194,693 20,379
49134.............................. KRDK-TV.............. 396,418 396,379 2,529
52579.............................. KRDO-TV.............. 3,041,472 2,649,733 16,903
70578.............................. KREG-TV.............. 159,270 97,419 621
34868.............................. KREM................. 935,162 865,664 5,522
51493.............................. KREN-TV.............. 890,359 755,865 4,822
70596.............................. KREX-TV.............. 154,968 154,745 987
70579.............................. KREY-TV..........

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