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Media Bureau Forms Page

Broadcast Forms

Below is a list of the Media Bureau's broadcast forms that MUST be electronically filed via CDBS [1].  Paper filings of these forms will not be accepted unless accompanied by a request for waiver with ample justification as to why the form cannot be electronically filed.

301 [1] Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station PDF [2]
301-CA [1] Application for Authority to Make Changes in a Class A Television Broadcast Station PDF [3]
302-CA [1] Application for Class A Television Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License PDF [4]
302-DTV [1] Application for Digital Television Broadcast Station License PDF [5]
302-FM [1] Application for FM Broadcast Station License PDF [6]
303-S [1] Application for Renewal of Broadcast Station License PDF [7]
314 [1] Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License PDF [8]
315 [1] Application for Consent to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License PDF [9]
316 [1] Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License PDF [10]
317 [1] Annual DTV Ancillary/Supplementary Services Report for Digital Television Stations PDF [11]
318 [1] Application for Construction Permit for a Low Power FM Broadcast Station PDF [12]
319 [1] Application for Low Power FM Broadcast Station License PDF [13]
323 [1] Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations Form 323 Web Site [14]
PDF [15]
323-E [1] Ownership Report for Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Stations PDF [16]
335-AM [1] AM Digital Notification PDF [17]
335-FM [1] FM Digital Notification PDF [18]
337 [1] Application for Extension of Time to Construct a Digital Television Broadcast Station PDF [19]
340 [1] Construction Permit for Reserved Channel Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Station PDF [20]
345 Application for Transfer of Control of a Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Station or Low Power Television Station PDF [21]
346 [1] Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Station PDF [22]
347 [1] Application for a Low Power TV, TV Translator or TV Booster Station License PDF [23]
349 [1] Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in an FM Translator or FM Booster Station PDF [24]
350 [1] Application for an FM Translator or FM Booster Station License PDF [25]
387 [1] DTV Transition Status Report PDF [26]
388 [1] DTV Quarterly Activity Station Report PDF [27]
396 [1] Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Program Report PDF [28]
396-A [1] Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Model Program Report PDF [29]
397 [1] Boadcast Mid-Term Report PDF [30]

Broadcasters can also file the following informal forms (***) through CDBS:

***  [1] Change in Official Mailing Address for Broadcast Station
***  [1] Consummation Notice
***  [1] Silent STA/Notification of Suspension/Resumption of Operations/Extension of STA Request
***  [1] STA Engineering Request/STA Legal Request/Extension of STA Request
***  [1] DTV Transition Notification

Cable Forms

Below is a list of the Media Bureau's cable forms that MUST be electronically filed via COALS [31]. 

320 [31] Basic Signal Leakage Performance Report Form 320 Web Site [32]
Basic Signal Leakage (CLI) Rules [33]
321 [31] Aeronautical Frequency Notification Form 321 MVPD Web Site [34] 
Form 321 Non-cable MVPDs Web Site [35]
AFN Rules [36]
322 [31] Cable Community Registration Form 322 Web Site [37]
324 [31] Cable Operator, Mail Address, and Operational Information Changes Form 324 Web Site [38]
325 [31] Annual Cable Operator Report FCC List of PSIDs to File Year 2010 Form 325 [39]
327 [31] Application for Cable Television Relay Service Station (CARS) Authorization     Form 327 Web Site [40]
CARS Search Form [41]
CARS Rules [42]
Word [43]| Acrobat [44]

Additional Forms

328 Certification of Franchising Authority to Regulate Basic Cable Service Rates and Initial Findings of Lack of Effective Competition PDF [45]
394 Application for Franchise Authority Consent to Assignment or Transfer of Control of Cable Television Franchise Excel [46]
395-A Cable Television Annual Employment Report SUSPENDED by Commission Order
FCC 01-34 [47].   PDF [48]
395-B Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report SUSPENDED by Commission Order
FCC 01-34 [47].   PDF [48]
398 [49] Children's Television Programing Report PDF [50]
Children's TV Web Site [51]
Form Instructions [52]
1200 Setting Maximum Permitted Rates for Regulated Cable Systems for First Time Filers Excel [53] | PDF [54]
1205 Determining Costs of Regulated Cable Equipment and Installation Excel [55] | PDF [56]
1210 Updating Maximum Permitted Rates for Regulated Cable Systems Excel [57] | PDF [58]
1220 Cost of Service Filing for Regulated Cable Systems Instructions [59]
Excel 4.0 [60]
Lotus 123 3.1 for DOS [61]
Lotus 123 4.0 for Windows [62]
1240 Annual Updating of Maximum Permitted Rates for Regulated Cable Systems Excel [63] | PDF [64]
1275 Certification for Open Video Systems Excel [65] | PDF [66]

For more information pertaining to the Media Bureau, please call:  (202) 418-7200.

FCC  [67]> Media Bureau [68]
Quick Links: 
Directory of Media Bureau Pages [69]
Documents [70]
Electioneering Communications Database [71]
Electronic Filing [1]
Expert List [72]
FCC Databases [73]
FCC Forms [74]
FCC Online Filing [75]
Media Bureau Resources [76]
The FCC Phone Book [77]

Source URL: http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/media-bureau-forms-page

Links:
[1] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/media-bureau-filing-systems-and-databases
[2] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form301/301.pdf
[3] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form301-CA/301ca.pdf
[4] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form302-CA/302ca.pdf
[5] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form302-DTV/302dtv.pdf
[6] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form302-FM/302fmjune02.pdf
[7] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form303-S/303s.pdf
[8] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form314/314.pdf
[9] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form315/315.pdf
[10] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form316/316.pdf
[11] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form317/317.pdf
[12] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form318/318.pdf
[13] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form319/319Fill.pdf
[14] http://www.fcc.gov/bureaus/mb/industry_analysis/form323.html
[15] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form323/323.pdf
[16] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form323-E/323e.pdf
[17] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form335/335am.pdf
[18] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form335/335fm.pdf
[19] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form337/337.pdf
[20] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form340/340.pdf
[21] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form345/345.pdf
[22] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form346/346.pdf
[23] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form347/347.pdf
[24] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form349/349.pdf
[25] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form350/350.pdf
[26] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form387/387.pdf
[27] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form388/388.pdf
[28] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form396/396.pdf
[29] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form396A/396a.pdf
[30] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form397/397.pdf
[31] http://www.fcc.gov/coals
[32] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/basic-signal-leakage-performance-report-form-320
[33] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/cable-rules
[34] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/aeronautical-frequency-notification
[35] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/aeronautical-frequency-notification-non-cable-mvpds
[36] http://10.153.52.36/encyclopedia/cable-rules
[37] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/cable-system-registration
[38] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/cable-operator-mail-address-and-status-changes
[39] http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/2010_PSIDs_fcc_form325.xls
[40] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/cable-television-relay-service-cars
[41] http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/csb/coals/forms/reports/Cars_Search_Form.hts?form=Cars_Search&session_id=1369634
[42] http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2010/octqtr/pdf/47cfr78.18.pdf
[43] http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/form327.doc
[44] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form327/327.pdf
[45] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form328/328.pdf
[46] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form394/394.xls
[47] http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/2001/fcc01034.pdf
[48] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form395A/395a.pdf
[49] http://licensing.fcc.gov/KidVid/public/filing/form398.faces
[50] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form398/398.pdf
[51] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/childrens-educational-television-reporting-form-398
[52] http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/KidVid/public/help/f398inst.faces
[53] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1200/1200.xls
[54] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1200/1200.pdf
[55] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1205/1205.xls
[56] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1205/1205.pdf
[57] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1210/1210.xls
[58] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1210/1210.pdf
[59] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1220/form1220.txt
[60] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1220/1220e4.exe
[61] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1220/1220l3.exe
[62] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1220/1220l4.exe
[63] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1240/1240E4.xls
[64] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1240/1240E4.pdf
[65] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1275/1275.xls
[66] http://www.fcc.gov/Forms/Form1275/1275.pdf
[67] http://www.fcc.gov/
[68] http://www.fcc.gov/media-bureau
[69] http://www.fcc.gov/guides/directory-media-bureau-pages
[70] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/media-bureau-official-documents
[71] http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecd/
[72] http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/bureau_chief/mbexpertlist.pdf
[73] http://www.fcc.gov/data/search-gallery
[74] http://www.fcc.gov/forms
[75] http://www.fcc.gov/online-filing
[76] http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/media-bureau-resource-materials
[77] http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/findpeople.pl
[78] http://www.fcc.gov/category/bureau-office/media