NAB Opposing FCC Reg Fees Proposal
FCC FY 2021 proposed regulatory fees “inexplicably require broadcasters to pay for a portion of the $33 million that Congress expressly appropriated to pay for the implementation of the Broadband DATA Act,” which “neither regulates nor benefits broadcasters” and doesn’t…
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involve the Media Bureau, NAB told Office of Managing Director staff. "For the third year in a row, the Commission has proposed a steep increase in regulatory fees for broadcasters,” which face revenue declines from the COVID-19 pandemic, per a filing posted Wednesday in docket 21-190. The wireless industry pays a lower rate, NAB said. This is due to “the questionable exclusion of scores of” Wireless Bureau employees from the main budget and the proposal not using the full number of Wireless Bureau employees when calculating what carriers “should proportionately pay,” NAB said.