Non-substantive Change Request

NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE REQUEST JUSTIFICATION

OMB CONTROL NUMBER 3060-1034

Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service; Form 2100, Schedule 335-FM – FM Digital Notification; Form 2100, Schedule 335-AM – AM Digital Notification

The Commission is submitting this non-substantive change request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of minor non-substantive changes made to (current) FCC Form 335-FM and FCC Form 335-AM.

FM and AM broadcast station licensees are required to notify the Commission of certain changes in digital operations using the Digital Notification forms, FCC Form 335-FM and FCC Form 335-AM.

The Media Bureau is transitioning to a new on-line (electronic) licensing database system called the “Licensing Management System” (LMS) in which all Media Bureau broadcast applications and reporting forms will eventually be filed. In effect, the database transition requires a corresponding design conversion of all existing CDBS forms. The Media Bureau has developed electronic, LMS-compatible versions of various broadcast station application and reporting forms, such as Form 2100, Schedule 335-FM – FM Digital Notification (LMS FM Digital Notification) and Form 2100, Schedule 335-AM – AM Digital Notification (LMS AM Digital Notification) as part of the database transition.¹

In this next phase of the LMS roll-out, the new LMS FM Digital Notification is replacing FCC Form 335-FM and the new LMS AM Digital Notification is replacing FCC form 335-AM in LMS. In general, the new LMS FM Digital Notification and LMS AM Digital Notification will replicate the FCC Form 335-FM and FCC Form 335-AM. The sections and substance of the individual questions essentially remain the same. As with the (current) FCC Form 335-FM and FCC Form 335-AM, the LMS FM Digital Notification and LMS AM Digital Notification requires applicants to certify compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. The notifications are presented primarily in a “Yes/No” certification format and contain places for submitting explanatory exhibits where appropriate.

The respondents, burden hours, and costs of this Information Collection are not impacted by the minor non-substantive changes to FCC Form 335-FM and FCC Form 335-AM, which will now be a part of the LMS FM Digital Notification and LMS AM Digital Notification. The minor non-substantive change is highlighted below:

Change #1 – To accommodate the Media Bureau’s database transition from CDBS to LMS, FCC Form 335-FM will be replaced by the LMS-compatible LMS FM Digital Notification. In addition, FCC Form 335-AM will be replaced by the LMS-compatible LMS AM Digital Notification. The certification-based questions and explanatory exhibit format remain the same. The substance, respondents, burden hours, and costs of Information Collection OMB Control No. 3060-1034 is not impacted. The title of Information Collection OMB Control No. 3060-1034 will be modified to reflect the renamed LMS FM Digital Notification and LMS AM Digital Notification.²

1 Pursuant to this non-substantive change, CDBS-based “FCC Form 335-FM, FM Digital Notification,” will be renamed “Form 2100, Schedule 335-FM, FM Digital Notification,” and CDBS-based “FCC Form 335-AM, AM Digital Notification,” will be renamed “Form 2100, Schedule 335-AM, AM Digital Notification,” and both will be encompassed within the new on-line, electronic licensing database system called the Licensing Modernization System (LMS). 

2 Prior to this non-substantive change, this Information Collection OMB Control No. 3060-1034 was named: “Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service; Digital Notification Form, FCC Form 335.” Upon OMB approval of this non-substantive change request, the new title of this Information Collection will be: “Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service; Form 2100, Schedule 335-FM – FM Digital Notification; Form 2100, Schedule 335-AM – AM Digital Notification.”

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