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OMB Control No: 3060-1209	ICR Reference No: 201504-3060-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: Section 73.1216, Licensee-Conducted Contests
Type of Information Collection: Existing collection in use without an OMB Control Number	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/17/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/10/2015
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2018	36 Months From Approved
Responses	20,481	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	209,930	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	6,144,300	0	0

Abstract: The information collection requirements covered by this collection are codified in Section 73.1216 of the Commission's rules (the "Contest Rule"), 47 C.F.R. § 73.1216, which the Commission adopted on September 8, 1976 and released on September 16, 1976. See Amendment of Part 73 of the Commission's Rules Relating to Licensee-Conducted Contests, Report and Order, 60 F.C.C. 2d 1072 (1976), FCC 76-854. Although the Commission adopted this rule (which has not since been amended) prior to enactment of the Paperwork Reduction Act, it has not obtained clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collections contained therein, as required by 5 C.F.R. § 1320.14. As such, these requirements constitute existing information collections in use without an OMB Control Number. Commission staff discovered the lack of OMB approval for the requirements during the course of a rulemaking proceeding proposing to amend them. The Commission adopted the Contest Rule in 1976 to address concerns about the manner in which broadcast stations were conducting contests over the air. The Contest Rule, among other things, requires broadcast stations: (i) to disclose material contest terms fully and accurately; (ii) to conduct contests substantially as announced or advertised; (iii) to disclose material terms the first time the audience is told how to enter or participate and periodically thereafter; and (iv) to disclose material terms through broadcast announcements. These information collection requirements are necessary to ensure that broadcast licensees conduct contests with due regard for the public interest.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 151, 154 and 303 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3060-AK35	Final or interim final rulemaking	41 FR 43152	09/30/1976

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 5530	02/02/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 19317	04/10/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Section 73.1216, Licensee-Conducted Contests

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	20,481	20,481
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	209,930	209,930
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	6,144,300	6,144,300

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There are program changes/increases to this collection which are as follows: 20,481 respondents, 20,481 responses, 209,930 burden hours and $6,144,300 in annual cost which are due to the information collection requirements adopted in FCC 76-854 for Section 73.1216.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $11,682

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Raelynn Remy 202 418-2936 raelynn.remy@fcc.gov

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