1 News media information 202 / 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov 1 PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 Released: May 7, 1999 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU MAKES BROADCAST AUXILIARY RADIO STATION LICENSE DATABASES AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW PRIOR TO ULS IMPLEMENTATION This notice instructs licensees in the following services on how to access and review the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's licensing database and how to submit corrections if necessary: Low Power and Remote Pick Up Broadcast Auxiliary Aural and Television Microwave Broadcast Auxiliary The Bureau is developing a Universal Licensing System (ULS) to combine 11 separate databases and provide greater efficiencies in the entire licensing process. This system will provide the public with electronic filing as well as online querying and mapping capabilities. In order to maximize the benefits of these tools, licensing data must be current and accurate. Prior to transferring licensing data from our existing databases into the ULS, we are making these databases available via the Internet so those licensees may review the data. How to access the databases. Licensees may access the databases via the Internet at http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/database_info.html. Licensees may review a database online one call sign at a time, or download an entire database for analysis on the user's computer. Both the online search and the database files contain only current authorizations. Each licensee should confirm that all administrative and technical data shown in the database is correct and that its operating parameters are consistent with those provided by its license. To query licenses, click on "Search the Wireless Databases Online" and use the General Menu Reports to retrieve license data. To download an entire database, click on "Download the Wireless Databases". There are two files of Microwave authorizations (micro1.zip and micro2.zip) and five files of Land Mobile authorizations (WTBgrnt1.zip through WTBgrnt5.zip). Some of the database files are very large. A_SIZES.txt file provides information on the approximate site of each database in megabytes. A definition of the SYBASE table structure is provided in the WTBread.txt, micro1.txt, and micro2.txt files. For technical support concerning these files, you may contact Technical Support by e-mail at betacomm@fcc.gov or by phone at (202) 414-1250 between the hours of 8 AM and 6 PM EST. -over- How to submit corrections. Licensees may notify the Bureau of database errors informally. In those instances where there is no record of the license in the database, or where site, frequency, or technical data is missing or incorrect, licensees should submit a copy of the station authorization or a copy of the original application for authorization and any subsequent applications for modification of the license. Any documentation should clearly indicate the data that is missing from the licensing database or the corrections that are required. Wherever possible, copies of applications should reflect the FCC stamped receipt date. To ensure that the Bureau has ample time to take timely corrective action prior to conversion of the data to the ULS, corrections must be received in the Bureau by July 1, 1999. Where to submit corrections. Corrections should be mailed to: Federal Communications Commission Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Information Technology Division 1270 Fairfield Road Gettysburg, PA 17325-7245 ATTN: Broadcast Auxiliary Database Corrections Questions may be directed to Melissa Hower at (717) 338-2544 or by e-mail at mhower@fcc.gov. NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS REQUIRED BY THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974 AND THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995 We have estimated that each response to this collection of information will take an average of 30 minutes per response. Our estimate includes the time to read instructions, look through existing records, gather and maintain required data, and complete and review the response. If you have any questions concerning this estimate, or how we can improve the collection of information and reduce the burden it causes you, please write to the Federal Communications Commission, AMD-PERM, Washington, DC 20554, Paperwork Reduction Project (3060-0827). We will also accept your comments via electronic mail at jboley@fcc.gov. You are not required to respond to a collection of information sponsored by the Federal government, and the government may not conduct or sponsor this collection, unless we provide you with this notice and display a currently valid OMB control number. This collection of information has been assigned an OMB control number of 3060-0827. The FCC is authorized under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to collect the information requested in this form. We will use this information to update the Commission's licensing databases. This notice is required by the Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93-579, December 31, 1974, 5 USC Section 552a(e)(3) and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, 44 USC 3507. -FCC-