State Associations Press Rosenworcel on Broadcast Regulatory Fees
Proposed increases in FY 2021 regulatory fees would be “especially challenging after the huge revenue downturns of the past two years,” state broadcast associations told acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in a call Monday, according to an ex parte filing in…
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docket 21-190. The group included the executive directors of the Indiana, West Virginia, Minnesota and Georgia broadcast groups. The FCC plan “to charge broadcasters 16% of its operating costs while those same broadcasters hold only 0.07% of the spectrum regulated by the Commission is an unsustainable approach to funding,” the filing said. Continuing the FCC’s traditional regulatory fee approach and charging broadcasters for costs associated with broadband mapping “merely forces broadcasters to subsidize through excessive regulatory fees their fiercest competitors -- social media and technology companies,” the filing said. The FCC should “promptly launch a separate proceeding to commence that effort and ensure a thoughtful process in which all may participate,” the associations said.