PUBLIC NOTICE
Federal Communications Commission
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DA 11-1929
Released:  November 22, 2011
Media Bureau Announces Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter of 
Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast Licensee 
Public Interest Obligations Published in Federal Register November 22, 2011
NPRM Comment Date:  December 22, 2011
NPRM Reply Comment Date:  January 6, 2012
On October 27, 2011, the Commission adopted and released a Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking in the Matter of Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television 
Broadcast Licensee Public Interest Obligations.1 In the Enhanced Disclosure FNPRM, the Commission 
seeks comment on a series of proposals to modernize the way television broadcasters inform the public 
about how they are serving their communities.  The Commission set deadlines for filing comments and 
reply comments at 30 and 45 days, respectively, after publication of the Enhanced Disclosure FNPRM in 
the Federal Register.2
By this Public Notice, the Media Bureau announces that the Enhanced Disclosure FNPRM was 
published in the Federal Register today, November 22, 2011.3 Comments must be submitted no later than 
December 22, 2011.  Reply Comments must be submitted no later than January 6, 2012.  Commenters 
should follow the filing instructions provided in paragraph 55 of the Enhanced Disclosure FNPRM.4 The 
Enhanced Disclosure FNPRM is also available on the Commission’s website.5 As a reminder, we ask 
commenters to limit the comments filed in Docket 00-168 to those related to the online posting 
requirement as discussed in this Enhanced Disclosure FNPRM.  Comments relating to the standardized 
  
1 MB Docket No. 00-168, 00-44; Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, FCC 11-162 (rel. October 27, 2011) 
(“Enhanced Disclosure FNPRM”).
2 See Enhanced Disclosure FNPRM at 1.
3 Standardized and Enhanced Disclosure Requirements for Television Broadcast Licensee Public Interest 
Obligations; Extension of the Filing Requirement For Children’s Television Programming Report (FCC Form 398), 
76 Fed. Reg. 72144 (Nov. 22, 2011).
4 Enhanced Disclosure FNPRM at 24-25, ¶ 55.    
5 See http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db1027/FCC-11-162A1.doc (Word), 
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db1027/FCC-11-162A1.pdf (Acrobat).
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programming form as discussed in the Matter of Standardized Reporting Requirements for Broadcast 
Licensees should only be filed in Docket 11-189.6
For additional information on this proceeding, contact Holly Saurer, Holly.Saurer@fcc.gov, of 
the Media Bureau, Policy Division, (202) 418-2120.  Press inquiries should be directed to Janice Wise, 
(202) 418-8165. TTY: (202) 418-7172 or (888) 835-5322.
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6 MB Docket No. 11-189, Notice of Inquiry, FCC 11-169 (rel. Nov. 14, 2011). This Notice of Inquiry has not yet 
been published in the Federal Register, and therefore the comment deadlines have not yet been established.