Federal Communications Commission DA 09-1221 
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the matter of
Promoting Diversification in the 
Broadcasting Services
2006 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
2002 Biennial Regulatory Review – Review of the 
Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules and 
Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Cross-Ownership of Broadcast Stations and 
Newspapers
Rules and Policies Concerning Multiple 
Ownership of Radio Broadcast Stations in Local 
Markets
Definition of Radio Markets
Ways to Further Section 257 Mandate and to Build 
on Earlier Studies
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MB Docket No. 07-294
MB Docket No. 06-121
MB Docket No. 02-277
MM Docket No. 01-235
MM Docket No. 01-317
MM Docket 00-244
MB Docket No. 04-228
ORDER
Adopted:  May 29, 2009 Released:  May 29, 2009
By the Chief, Media Bureau:
1. On April 8, 2009, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Fourth Further 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the above-captioned proceeding.1 In pertinent part, the Report and 
Order revised certain requirements for filing FCC Form 323, which provides ownership information 
about broadcast facilities.  The Report and Order enlarged the class of broadcast licensees required to file 
FCC Form 323 biennially, and it substituted a uniform biennial filing deadline for the current system of 
rolling filing deadlines that are tied to a station’s renewal anniversary.  Pursuant to these new 
requirements, all commercial full power AM, FM, TV; LPTV and Class A stations; as well as entities 
with attributable or reportable interests in them,2 are required to file the revised FCC Form 323 on or 
  
1 Report and Order and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 07-294, FCC 09-294 (rel. 
May 5, 2009) (“Report and Order”).
2 For purposes of the biennial filing requirement, the Report and Order provided that certain nonattributable 
interests would be reportable: (1) minority voting stock interests in a corporation with a single majority shareholder, 
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before November 1, 2009, with information current as of October 1, 2009, and to file biennially 
thereafter.3
2. On our own motion, we are suspending the filing requirement for the existing Form 323 
for licensees who would otherwise be required to file between the date of this Order and November 1, 
2009.4 We believe that it is in the public interest to relieve filers from the burden of filing the existing 
Form 323 within the six months prior to the new November 1 filing requirement.  On balance, we believe 
that the burden of requiring licensees and other entities to file twice within a six month period outweighs 
the benefit of receiving the ownership information.  In addition, a suspension of the filing requirement 
will not impair our ability to assess the state of minority or female ownership.  
3. In the event that we have not received OMB approval for the new Form 323 by the 
November 1, 2009 filing deadline, all filers who would have been required to file Form 323 between the 
date of this Order and November 1, 2009, will be required to file the existing Form 323 by November 1, 
2009.
4. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that pursuant to authority under Sections 4(i) and 303(r) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154 and 303(r) and pursuant to authority 
delegated to the Media Bureau pursuant to Sections 0.204 and 0.283 of the Commission’s rules, 47 C.F.R. 
§§ 0.204, 0.283, a suspension of the filing requirements as described above IS GRANTED, sua sponte.
5. For additional information, please contact Mania Baghdadi or Amy Brett, Industry 
Analysis Division, Media Bureau, at (202) 418-2330.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Monica Shah Desai
Chief, Media Bureau
  
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and (2) interests in an eligible entity that would otherwise be attributable under the Equity/Debt Plus attribution rule.    
Report and Order at ¶¶ 17-19.
3 The reasons warranting these changes are set forth in the Report and Order at ¶¶ 12-15, 22.
4 47 C.F.R. § 73.3615(a).  There are three filing dates between now and November 1, 2009:  June 1, August 1, and 
October 1.