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1 MEDIA BUREAU SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT LIST Contact a Subject Matter Expert by or Phone. ALL PRESS INQUIRIES [email protected] en Español Abuse of Process - Non Hearing [email protected] Access to Multiple Dwelling Units [email protected] Accounting Issues Wireline Competition Bureau Aeronautical Frequency Issues Enforcement Legal Allocations Engineering Notifications Non-Cable MVPD Notifications Usage/Cumulative Leakage Index (CLI) - Form 320 FM Enforcement Bureau [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] AM Application Status [email protected] AM Directional Antenna [email protected] AM Expanded Band [email protected] AM Technical Standards Applications Audio Division Annual Cable Operator Report Form 325 [email protected]

2 Appeals of Local Rate Decisions - Status [email protected] Application Filing Fees Media Bureau FCC Application Status Assignments or Transfers - Legal Policy CARS Attribution Rules for Broadcast Station Ownership Equity/Debt Plus Auctions Procedures for Broadcasters Audio Division Video Division Aural Modulation Measurement Auxiliary Antennas/Transmitters Filing Fee Guide Application Filing Fees [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Blackout of Programming [email protected] Broadcast Blanketing Interference [email protected] [email protected] Page 2

3 Broadcast License Applications Media Bureau Subject Matter Expert List Broadcast Signal Carriage by Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs) Broadcast Station License Broadcast Television Networks & Affiliates CableCARDS Cable Horizontal and Vertical Integration Cable Interior Wiring Legal Issues Technical Issues Cable Modems (Broadband) Cable Ownership & Attribution Rules Cable Price Survey Cable Rate Regulation Cable Signal Quality Standards Cable System Operator Changes Cable Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) System Registrations Cable Technical Questions Cable Technical Standards and Related Issues Page 3

4 Cable Television Relay System (CARS) License Applications Media Bureau Subject Matter Expert List Status Technical Questions/Waivers Transfers/Assignments Call Sign Helpdesk Technical Application Support CDBS (Consolidated DataBase System) Channels 14 & 69 Interference with Mobile Radio Character Qualifications Children s Television Children's Television Programming Renewal Citizens' Agreement [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Technical Support Hotline [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Class A Television Service [email protected] Page 4

5 Closed Captioning Legal Matters Informal Complaints Policy Questions TTY (Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau) (Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau) (Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau) COALS (Cable Operations and Licensing System) Electronic Filing Technical Support Commercial Leased Access Commercials Political (Lowest Unit Charge) Community of License Changes AM FM (Legal) FM (Engineering) Compatibility between Cable System and Consumer Equipment Competition Report Congressional Inquiries Congressional Review Act (MB Representatives) Contests Enforcement Bureau Conversion to Digital Television Page 5

6 Copyright Must-Carry Copyright Office Creation of New Low Power Radio Station Cross-Ownership of Broadcast Stations Daytime Broadcasting AM Radio Definition of Radio Markets Digital Audio Broadcasting Digital Declaratory Ruling Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS)/ Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) (Note: This is not related to digital /D) Digital Television (A)(D)(HD) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Licensing Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Industry/Penetration Licensing Local Signal Availability/ Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) International Bureau Direct Measurement of Power (BZ) Directional Antennas (AM & FM) AM FM Audio Division Discounts (Bulk, Promo, MDU) Page 6

7 Dismissal of E and F Channel Applications Dismissal of Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) Applications Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Diversity Proceeding [email protected] D Broadcast Standards [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] D Public Interest Issues [email protected] D Specific Channels D Standards for Cable Carriage [email protected] (Office of Engineering Technology) [email protected] D Towers [email protected] Dual Network Rule (Telecommunications Act of 1996) [email protected] Due Diligence Requests Political Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) [email protected] [email protected] Educational Access Channels [email protected] Effective Competition Legal Matters Status Inquiries Emergency Alert Service [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau) Environmental Rules (non-rf) [email protected] Page 7

8 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Rules & Policies Media Bureau Subject Matter Expert List Discrimination Complaints EEO Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Certification Status & All Other Inquiries All Other Inquiries Equipment Compatibility Legal Questions Technical Questions (Office of Engineering Technology) Establishment of a Class A Service [email protected] FAA Clearance Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Problems [email protected] Federal Register (MB Liaison with Office of the Secretary) [email protected] Fees for Ancillary/Supplementary Use of D Spectrum [email protected] FM Blanketing Interference [email protected] [email protected] FM Boosters Technical [email protected] FM Technical Standards [email protected] FM Translators [email protected] Page 8

9 Foreign Ownership Forms: Copies Best Copying and Printing Questions Regarding OMB Approval of FCC Forms and Other Information Collections Form Cumulative Leakage Index Assistance [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Form Aeronautical Frequency Notification Assistance [email protected] Form Cable Registration Assistance [email protected] Form Ownership Reports [email protected] Form Cable System Operator Changes Assistance [email protected] Form Annual Cable Operator Report [email protected] Form Cable Television Relay System (CARS) Station License Renewals and New or Modified [email protected] Page 9

10 Form Franchising Authority Certification [email protected] Forms 395-A, 395-B, 396, 396-A, 396-C, 397 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD) Forms [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Form Setting Maximum Initial Permitted Rates [email protected] Form Facsimile Request for Necessary Information Enforcement Bureau Form Cable Equipment Form [email protected] Form "Update Form" (also for Going Forward) [email protected] Form Cost of Service Filing - Basic Tier and CPS Tier Status Form Cable Small Systems Form Abbreviated Cost of Service Filing for Cable Network Upgrades [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Form Updating of Maximum Permitted Rates for Regulated Cable Service Legal (BST) [email protected] Page 10

11 Franchising Authority Cable Programming Service Tier (CPST) Rate Complaints ('96 Act) Certification Legal Questions Status Inquiries Effective Competition Withdrawal of Certification Franchising Policy Issues Franchise Fee Issues Free Time for Political Candidates Gambling and Gaming Enforcement Bureau Governmental Access Channels Policy Division Grandfathered Short-spaced FM Stations Highway Advisory Radio Commercial Wireless Division (Wireline Telecommunications Bureau) Incentive Auctions Indecency Complaints Enforcement Bureau Industry Information Infomercials Enforcement Bureau Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) Interactive Television Wireline Telecommunications Bureau Page 11

12 Internet Protocol Television (IP) Interference - Television Channels IP Closed Captioning Technical Issues Legal Issues John.K [email protected] [email protected] Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau [email protected] [email protected] Leased Access, Commercial [email protected] License Broadcast Station License License Terms for Broadcast Stations [email protected] [email protected] Liquor Ads [email protected] Local Marketing Agreements (LMA) LMA Participation Question LMA Participation Question Local Ownership Rules [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Local Rate Orders, Appeals of [email protected] Lotteries Enforcement Bureau Loud Commercials [email protected] Low Power FM Stations [email protected] Low Power Television Stations General Information Legal [email protected] [email protected] Page 12

13 Lowest Unit Charge Minority and Female Ownership Mobile Radio Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS)/ Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS) Wireless Bureau Multiple Ownership Rules Must-Carry Channel Position Copyright Designated Market Area (DMA) Digital Television Generally (Local Broadcast Signals on Cable) Licensing of Network Nonduplication/Syndex (Syndicated exclusivity) Market Definition ('96 Act) Noncommercial Stations Petitions for Special Relief/Carriage Complaints Satellite DBS Must Carry Significantly Viewed Status Signal Strength Measurement National Ownership Rules Page 13

14 Negative Option Billing Legal Issues Legislation News Exemption to Equal Time Rule Noncommercial Educational Radio Stations Noncommercial Educational Stations Underwriting/Donor Acknowledgements Noncommercial Television Station Use of Additional Channel Capacity (Enforcement Bureau) Obscenity/Pornography, see Program Content for Cable Enforcement Bureau Open Video Systems (OVS) ('96 Act) OVS Filings Status Substantive Questions Over the Air Reception Devices ('96 Act) Congressional Inquiries Declaratory Ruling Requests and Waiver Requests Ownership of Cable Systems Cross Ownership ('96 Act) Ownership Reports (Form 323) Paperwork Reduction Act (MB Representatives) Page 14

15 Petitions for Special Relief - General Status Pirate Radio Pole Attachments (Utility Poles) Legal Issues Political Broadcasting & Political Cablecasting Political Sponsorship Identification PON/FTTx Preemption of State and Local Zoning D Towers Satellite and BS Antennas Wireless Towers [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (Enforcement Bureau) [email protected] (Wireline Telecommunications Bureau) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Wireline Telecommunications Bureau Program Access Issues [email protected] Program Content for Cable Gambling Advertisements Indecency Obscenity Office of General Counsel Enforcement Bureau Office of General Counsel Program Ratings/V-Chip [email protected] Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) Access Channels [email protected] Policy Division Page 15

16 Public Inspection Files and Main Studio Rules Broadcast and Radio Issues/Programs List Main Studio Audio Waiver Requests Main Studio Video Waiver Requests Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS)/Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS) Online Public File Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Public Interest Obligations of Broadcast Licensees Public Interest Obligations of Satellite/Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) Licensees Public Radio Public Television - Underwriting Donor Quadrennial Review of the Broadcast Ownership Rules [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (Enforcement Bureau) [email protected] [email protected] Quadrennial Review - Streamlining Broadcast Applications [email protected] Radio Ownership Regulations [email protected] Reasonable Access for Federal Political Candidates Regulatory Fees [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (Office of Managing Director) Page 16

17 Remote Operation of Station Renewals CARS Retransmission Consent (Negotiations) Sales Satellite Home Viewer Copyrights Copyright Office SHVIA (waivers, testing) SHVERA (SHVIA,SHVA) Distant Signal Retransmission Large Dishes Satellite/International Bureau Zoning Preemption Satellite Antennas and Zoning Preemption Legislation Page 17

18 Satellite Master Antenna System (SMA) If microwave authorizations involved, refer to If CARS is involved, refer to Security Interest in Licenses Set-Top Boxes Legal Technical Signal Leakage Notification Technical Issues (Cable and Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs)) Legal Issues Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Office of General Counsel) Significantly Viewed Station List Silent Station Authorizations (Telecommunications Act of 1996) General Policy Special Temporary Authorizations AM FM Specific Applications CARS Sponsorship Identification Media Bureau Status Line Enforcement Bureau Page 18

19 Sports Programming Blackouts Streamlining Processes - Radio Technical Rules [email protected] Supplementary Use of D Spectrum [email protected] Surveys/Studies [email protected] Television Advertising Enforcement Bureau Television Channel Interference Television Ownership Rules (Rulemaking) Local/National Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau [email protected] [email protected] Television Ownership Rules (Practical or case-specific questions) Television Satellite Stations Television Technical Standards [email protected] Television Violence [email protected] Tender Offers Proxy Contests Terrex - Territorial Exclusivity Cable Broadcast Theft of Service [email protected] [email protected] Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Tier Buy-through [email protected] Time Brokerage/Station Leases (Case by Case) Radio Tolling/Waiver of Construction Deadline Radio [email protected] [email protected] Page 19

20 Underwriting (Enforcement Bureau) Upgrades User Fees Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (Option 2) V-Chip Technical Issues Video Description Zoning Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS) ('96 Act) Satellite Dishes and Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS) Antennas ('96 Act) Page 20

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