Non-substantive Change Request Justification

NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REQUEST JUSTIFICATION

OMB CONTROL NO. 3060-0110

Application for Renewal of Broadcast Station License, FCC Form 303-S

The Commission submits this non-substantive change request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of minor, non-substantive changes to FCC Form 303-S, Application for Renewal of Broadcast Station License.

On November 16, 2017, the Commission adopted the 2014 Quadrennial Regulatory Review – Review of the Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Order on Reconsideration and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 17-156 (rel. Nov. 20, 2017). Among other actions, the Commission eliminated the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule. This rule change necessitates a simple deletion of two references to radio licensees’ compliance with the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule. One reference is in the instructions for Section III of the form, which applies to radio licensees, and the second reference is in Section III of the form itself. The changes, which are listed below, do not affect the substance, burden hours, or costs of completing the form.

In addition, in reviewing the form, Commission staff realized that two obsolete references to a provision regarding “marginal” television stations had never been deleted despite the provision not being in effect. Accordingly, those references are now deleted. In the process of making these updates, Commission staff took the opportunity to make a handful of other minor edits and corrections, mainly involving formatting, citation, and typographical errors, that do not require OMB approval.

Change – Elimination of the Cross-Ownership Rule:

Updates to Form 303-S to reflect the elimination of the newspaper/broadcast ownership rule are made by deleting Item 8 from the Instructions for Section III (AM and FM Licensees Only) and from Section III of the Form.