SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number:
3060-0113.
Title:
Broadcast EEO Program Report, FCC Form 396.
Form Number:
FCC Form 396.
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:
2,001 respondents; 2,001 responses.
Estimated Time per Response:
1.5 hours.
Frequency of Response:
On renewal reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond:
Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority which covers this information collection is contained in Section 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden:
3,002 hours.
Total Annual Cost:
$300,300.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment:
No impact(s).
Needs and Uses:
The Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program Report, FCC Form 396, is a device that is used to evaluate a broadcaster's EEO program to ensure that satisfactory efforts are being made to comply with FCC's EEO requirements. FCC Form 396 is required to be filed at the time of renewal of license by all AM, FM, TV, Low Power TV and International stations. Licensees in the Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (“SDARS”) also must file FCC Form 396.
The recordkeeping requirements for FCC Form 396 are covered under OMB control number 3060-0214.
In 1997, the Commission determined that SDARS licensees must comply with the Commission's EEO requirements. See Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band, 12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791,) 91 (1997) (“1997 SDARS Order”), FCC 97-70. In 2008, the Commission clarified that SDARS licensees must comply with the Commission's EEO broadcast rules and policies, including the same recruitment, outreach, public file, website posting, record-keeping, reporting, and self-assessment obligations required of broadcast licensees, consistent with 47 CFR 73.2080, as well as any other Commission EEO policies. See Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Licenses, SM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee, 23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426,) 174, and note 551 (2008) (“XM-Sirius Merger Order”).
OMB Control Number:
3060-0922.
Title:
Broadcast Mid-Term Report, FCC Form 397.
Form Number:
FCC Form 397.
Type of Review:
Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents:
Business or other for-profit entities; not-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents and Responses:
1,181 respondents; 1,181 responses.
Estimated Time per Response:
0.5 hours.
Frequency of Response:
Mid-point reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond:
Required to obtain or retain benefits. The statutory authority which covers this information collection is contained in Sections 154(i) and 303 of the Communications Act, as amended.
Total Annual Burden:
591 hours.
Total Annual Cost:
No cost.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Impact Assessment:
No impact(s).
Needs and Uses:
The Broadcast Mid-Term Report (FCC Form 397) is required to be filed by each broadcast television station that is part of an employment unit with five or more full-time employees and each broadcast radio station that is part of an employment unit with more than ten full-time employees. It is a data collection device used to assess broadcast compliance with EEO outreach requirements in the middle of license terms that are eight years in duration. FCC Form 397 must also be filed by Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services (SDARS) licensees to assess compliance with EEO outreach requirements.
Satellite Radio (also referred to as “Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services” or “SDARS”) licensees are required to comply with the Commission's EEO broadcast rules and policies. They must engage in the same recruitment, outreach, public file, website posting, record-keeping, reporting, and self-assessment obligations required of broadcast licensees, consistent with 47 CFR 73.2080, and are subject to the same EEO policies. See Applications for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Licenses, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., Transferor, to Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., Transferee, 23 FCC Rcd 12348, 12426,) 174, and note 551 (2008) (“XM-Sirius Merger Order”). See also Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band, 12 FCC Rcd 5754, 5791-92,)) 91-92 (1997) (“SDARS Order”), FCC 97-70.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary.