FCC releases fee schedule

The FCC has generally confirmed the schedule of 2008 annual regulatory fees that it had proposed in early May.

It has also launched a further notice of proposed rule making to explore potentially significant changes in regulatory fees for future years.

In response to the Congressional requirement that the FCC collect $312,000,000 in regulatory fees for Fiscal Year 2008 (as compared to $290,000,000 for FY 2007), the Commission has increased most categories of broadcast regulatory fees by an average of 7.5 percent.

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Thanks to TAB Associate Member Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC for providing this information.