Notice2026-17858
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
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September 1, 2026
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As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 168 (Tuesday, September 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56143-56145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17858]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-0009, OMB 3060-0175, OMB 3060-0178, OMB 3060-0182, OMB 3060-
0190, OMB 3060-0320; FR ID 364457]
Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice; 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 of 1995 (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.
DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before November
2, 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 contact listed below as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#376765767751545419505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5f5f7e4e5c3c6c68bc2cad3">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#034062776b7a2d546a6f6f6a626e70436560602d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="236042574b5a0d744a4f4f4a424e50634540400d444c55">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0178.
Title: Section 73.1560, Operating Power and Mode Tolerances.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities or Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 80 respondents and 80
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in
section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 80 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $20,000.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension of this
information collection in order to receive approval/clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for three years. Other
information collection requirements that are covered under this
collection have not changed since last approved by OMB.
47 CFR 73.1560(d) requires that licensees of AM, FM or TV stations
file a notification with the FCC via the Commission's Licensing and
Management System (LMS) when operation at reduced power will exceed ten
consecutive days in a Reduced Power Notification and upon restoration
of normal operations. If causes beyond the control of the licensee
prevent restoration of authorized power within a 30-day period, an
informal request for Special Temporary Authority must be made via LMS
for any additional time as may be necessary to restore normal
operations.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0182.
Title: Section 73.1620, Program Tests.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,469 respondents and 1,469
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1-5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement; Third
party disclosure.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in section 154(i)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 1,517 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension of this
information collection in order to receive approval/clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for three years. Other
information collection requirements that are covered under this
collection have not changed since last approved by OMB.
47 CFR 73.1620(a)(1) requires permittees of a nondirectional AM or
FM station, or a nondirectional or directional TV station, to notify
the FCC upon the beginning of program tests via a Program Test
Authority filing in the Commission's Licensing and Management System
(LMS) database. An application for license must be filed with the FCC
within 10 days of this notification.
47 CFR 73.1620(a)(2) requires a permittee of an FM station with a
directional antenna to file a request with the FCC for program test
authority 10 days prior to the date on which it desires to begin
program tests on FCC Form 2100 Schedule 302-FM in LMS. This is filed in
conjunction with an application for license.
47 CFR 73.1620(a)(3) requires a licensee of an FM station replacing
a directional antenna with changes that would not require the
submission of a construction permit application, to file with the FCC a
modification of license application on FCC Form 2100 Schedule 302-FM
within 10 days after commencing operations with the replacement
antenna. This is filed in conjunction with an application for license.
47 CFR 73.1620(a)(4) requires a permittee of an AM station with a
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directional antenna to file a request with the FCC for program test
authority 10 days prior to the date on which it desires to begin
program tests. This is filed in conjunction with an application for
license.
47 CFR 73.1620(a)(5)--except for permits subject to successive
license terms, the permittee of an Low Power TV (LPFM) station may
begin program tests upon notification to the FCC in Washington, DC,
provided that within 10 days thereafter, an application for license is
filed. Program tests may be conducted by a licensee subject to
mandatory license terms only during the term specified on such
licensee's authorization.
47 CFR 73.1620(b)--the Commission reserves the right to revoke,
suspend, or modify program tests by any station without the right to a
hearing for failure to comply adequately with all terms of the
construction permit or the provisions of Sec. 73.1690(c) for a
modification of license application, or in order to resolve instances
of interference. The Commission may, at its discretion, also require
the filing of a construction permit application to bring the station
into compliance the Commission's rules and policies.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0175.
Title: Section 73.1250, Broadcasting Emergency Information.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities or Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 50 respondents and 50
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this collection is contained in section 154(i)
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 50 hours.
Total Annual Cost: None.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension of this
information collection in order to receive approval/clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for three years. Other
information collection requirements that are covered under this
collection have not changed since last approved by OMB. Emergency
situations in which the broadcasting of information is considered as
furthering the safety of life and property include, but are not limited
to, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, tidal waves, earthquakes, and school
closings. 47 CFR 73.1250(e) requires that immediately upon cessation of
an emergency during which broadcast facilities were used for the
transmission of point-to-point messages, or when daytime facilities
were used during nighttime hours by an AM station, a report in letter
form shall be forwarded to the FCC's main office in Washington, DC, as
indicated in 47 CFR 0.401(a), setting forth the nature of the
emergency, the dates and hours of the broadcasting of emergency
information and a brief description of the material carried during the
emergency. A certification of compliance with the non-commercialization
provision must accompany the report where daytime facilities are used
during nighttime hours by an AM station.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0009.
Title: FCC Form 2100, Schedule 316--Application for Consent to
Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or Transfer
Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or
License.
Form Number: FCC Form 2100, Schedule 316.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 750 respondents and 750
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.5-4.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain benefits. Statutory
authority for this collection of information is contained in sections
154(i) and 310(d) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 1,231 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $926,000.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension of this
information collection in order to receive approval/clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for three years. Other
information collection requirements that are covered under this
collection have not changed since last approved by OMB. Schedule 316 is
used to apply for Commission consent to a pro forma assignment of a
broadcast station license or construction permit, or a pro forma
transfer of control of an entity holding a broadcast station license or
construction permit. Specifically, filing of the Schedule 316 is
required when applying for consent to assignment of a broadcast station
construction permit or license, or for consent to transfer control of
an entity holding a broadcast station construction permit or license
where there is little change in the relative interest or disposition of
interests; where transfer of an interest is not a controlling one;
where there is no substantial change in the beneficial ownership of the
corporation; where the assignment is less than a controlling interest
in a partnership; where there is an appointment of an entity qualified
to succeed to the interest of a deceased or legally incapacitated
individual permittee, licensee or controlling stockholder; and, in the
case of LPFM stations, where there is a voluntary transfer of a
controlling interest in the licensee entity. In addition, the applicant
must notify the Commission when an approved assignment or transfer of
control of a broadcast station construction permit or license has been
consummated.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0190.
Title: Section 73.3544, Application to Obtain a Modified Station
License.
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: 325 respondents and 325
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25-1 hour.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47
section 154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 306 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $75,000.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension of this
information collection in order to receive approval/clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for three years. Other
information collection requirements that are covered under this
collection have not changed since last approved by OMB.
47 CFR 73.3544(b) states that an informal electronic filing of an
Administrative Update via the Commission's Licensing and Management
System (LMS) may be filed to cover the following changes: (1) A
correction of the routing instructions and description of an AM station
directional antenna system field monitoring point, when the point
itself is not changed; (2) A change in the type
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of AM station directional antenna monitor. See Sec. 73.69; (3) The
location of a remote control point of an AM or FM station when prior
authority to operate by remote control is not required.
47 CFR 73.3544(c) states that a change in the name of the licensee
where no change in ownership or control is involved may be accomplished
by electronically filing an Administrative Update via LMS by the
licensee.
OMB Control Number: 3060-0320.
Title: Section 73.1350, Transmission System Operation.
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: 505 respondents and 505
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
154(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 253 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension of this
information collection in order to receive approval/clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for three years. Other
information collection requirements that are covered under this
collection have not changed since last approved by OMB.
47 CFR 73.1350(h) requires licensees to submit a ``letter of
notification'' to the FCC via a Change of Control Point Notice in the
Commission's Licensing and Management System (LMS) database, whenever a
transmission system control point is established at a location other
than at the main studio or transmitter within three days of the initial
use of that point. The letter should include a list of all control
points in use, for clarity. This notification is not required if
responsible station personnel can be contacted at the transmitter or
studio site during hours of operation.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-17858 Filed 8-31-26; 8:45 am]
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