AM Measurement Data

ICR 202312-3060-006

OMB: 3060-0991

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2023-12-13
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
31543
Unchanged
ICR Details
3060-0991 202312-3060-006
Received in OIRA 202012-3060-009
FCC MB
AM Measurement Data
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 12/19/2023
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 03/31/2024
3,135 3,135
20,200 20,200
1,131,500 1,131,500

The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is revising this Information Collection to reflect the FCC’s September 22, 2017, adoption of the Third Report and Order in MB Docket No. 13-249, FCC 17-119, In the Matter of Revitalization of AM Radio Service (AMR Third R&O). In the 2015 AM revitalization proceeding, the FCC proposed streamlining certain technical requirements to assist AM broadcasters in providing radio service to consumers. For example, many AM stations must directionalize their signals during some or all of the broadcast day in order to avoid interference with other AM stations. Maintaining a directional signal pattern can be technically complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Such stations are subject to a variety of rules requiring signal strength measurements and other engineering analyses to ensure compliance with their authorizations. In the AMR Third R&O, the FCC eliminated, clarified, or eased several of the rules governing AM stations using directional antenna arrays, which comprise almost 40 percent of all AM stations. First, the FCC relaxed the rule for partial proofs of performance of certain directional AM antenna systems, by reducing the number of field strength measurements required. Second, the FCC modified several rules pertaining to AM stations that use Method of Moments (MoM) models of directional array performance. MoM modeling allows broadcasters to verify antenna system performance through computer modeling, as opposed to sending engineers in the field to take field strength measurements. Thus, a proof using a MoM model is less expensive than taking field strength measurements of an AM station’s directional pattern.

US Code: 47 USC 151, 152, 154(i), 303, and 307 Name of Law: Communicaiton Act of 1934, as amended
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  88 FR 70979 10/13/2023
88 FR 87768 12/19/2023
No

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
AM Measurement Data

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 3,135 3,135 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 20,200 20,200 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 1,131,500 1,131,500 0 0 0 0
No
No

$406,731
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Lisa Scanlan 202 418-2700

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
12/19/2023


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