Notice2025-23280
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission
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Published
December 18, 2025
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 241 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59115-59116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23280]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1174; FR ID 322358]
Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collections. Comments are requested
concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; the
accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the
information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for
failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA
that does not display a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before February 17,
2026. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find
it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice,
you should advise the contacts below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d585879495b3b6b6fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8e8eaf9f8dedbdb96dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ce8dafbaa6b7e099a7a2a2a7afa3bd8ea8adade0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="642705100c1d4a330d08080d050917240207074a030b12">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, and as required by the PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3520), the FCC invites the general public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the following information
collections.
Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the Commission, including whether the information shall have
practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information
on the respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
OMB Control Number: 3060-1174.
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Title: Section 73.503, Licensing requirements and service; Section
73.621, Noncommercial educational TV stations; Section 73.3527, Local
public inspection file of noncommercial educational stations.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 2,200 respondents; 33,000
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement; Third party
disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority which covers these information collections is
contained in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 303, and 399B.
Total Annual Burden: 16,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: On April 20, 2017, the Commission adopted a Report
and Order in MB Docket No. 12-106, FCC 17-41, In the Matter of
Noncommercial Educational Station Fundraising for Third-Party Non-
Profit Organizations, which relaxed the rules to allow NCE stations to
spend up to one percent of their total annual airtime conducting on-air
fundraising activities that interrupt regular programming for the
benefit of third-party non-profit organizations. The Report and Order
imposed the following information collection requirements on NCE
stations:
Audience disclosure: The information collection requirements
contained in 47 CFR 73.503(e)(1) require that a noncommercial
educational FM broadcast station that interrupts regular programming to
conduct fundraising activities on behalf of third-party non-profit
organizations must air a disclosure during such activities clearly
stating that the fundraiser is not for the benefit of the station
itself and identifying the entity for which it is fundraising. The
information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.621(f)(1)
require that a noncommercial educational TV broadcast station that
interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising activities on
behalf of third-party non-profit organizations must air a disclosure
during such activities clearly stating that the fundraiser is not for
the benefit of the station itself and identifying the entity for which
it is fundraising. The audience disclosure must be aired at the
beginning and the end of each fundraising program and at least once
during each hour in which the program is on the air.
Retention of information on fundraising activities in local public
inspection file: The information collection requirements contained in
47 CFR 73.3527(e)(14) require that each noncommercial educational FM
broadcast station and noncommercial educational TV broadcast station
that interrupts regular programming to conduct fundraising activities
on behalf of a third-party non-profit organization must place in its
local public inspection file, on a quarterly basis, the following
information for each third-party fundraising program or activity: The
date, time, and duration of the fundraiser; the type of fundraising
activity; the name of the non-profit organization benefitted by the
fundraiser; a brief description of the specific cause or project, if
any, supported by the fundraiser; and, to the extent that the station
participated in tallying or receiving any funds for the non-profit
group, an approximation, to the nearest $10,000, of the total funds
raised. The information for each calendar quarter is to be filed by the
tenth day of the succeeding calendar quarter (e.g., January 10 for the
quarter October-December, April 10 for the quarter January-March,
etc.).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-23280 Filed 12-17-25; 8:45 am]
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