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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  05-  1672  June  16,  2005 
 MEDIA  BUREAU  ANNOUNCES  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  DIGITAL  STATION  IDENTIFICATION  REQUIREMENT 
 (MB  Docket  03-  15) 
 In  the  Second  DTV  Periodic  Review  Report  and  Order,  released  September  7,  2004  (19  FCC  Rcd.  18,279)  (“  Order”),  the  Commission  amended  47  C.  F.  R.  73.1201(  b)(  1)  and  (c)(  1)  to  address 
 station  identification  in  the  digital  context.  These  regulations  require  digital  television  stations  to  follow  the  same  rules  for  station  identification  as  analog  television  stations.  Thus,  identification 
 of  digital  stations  must  include  the  station’s  call  letters  followed  by  the  community  or  communities  specified  in  the  station’s  license  as  the  station’s  location.  Stations  may  insert  the 
 station’s  frequency,  channel  number,  name  of  the  licensee,  and/  or  the  name  of  the  network  between  the  call  letters  and  the  community  of  license.  Stations  that  choose  to  multicast  may 
 include  additional  information  in  their  announcements  identifying  each  program  stream. 
 In  addition,  the  Commission  indicated  that  the  changes  to  rule  section  47  C.  F.  R.  §  73.1201  required  approval  by  the  Office  of  Management  and  Budget  (OMB)  before  they  become 
 effective. 
 This  Public  Notice  announces  that  the  Commission  has  received  the  required  approval  from  OMB.  Therefore,  as  announced  in  the  Federal  Register  on  May  25,  2005  (70  Fed.  Reg.  29985), 
 station  identification  requirements  for  digital  television  stations  in  47  CFR  §  73.1201(  b)(  1)  and  (c)(  1)  are  effective  July  1,  2005. 


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 Consumer  and  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  0530  (voice),  (202)  418-  0432  (TTY).  This  document  can  also  be  downloaded  in  Word  and  Portable  Document  Format  (PDF)  at: 
 http://  www.  fcc.  gov. 
 For  further  information,  contact  Kim  Matthews  of  the  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau,  at  202-  418-  2120  or  via  email  at  Kim.  Matthews@  fcc.  gov  or  Nazifa  Sawez  of  the  Video  Division,  Media 
 Bureau,  at  202-  418-  1600  or  via  email  at  Nazifa.  Sawez@  fcc.  gov. 
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