Sec. 0.434  Data bases and lists of authorized broadcast stations and 
          pending broadcast applications.

    Periodically the FCC makes available copies of its data bases and 
lists containing information about authorized broadcast stations, 
pending applications for such stations, and rulemaking proceedings 
involving amendments to the TV and FM Table of Allotments. The data 
bases, and the lists prepared from the data bases, contain frequencies, 
station locations, and other particulars. The lists are available for 
public inspection at the FCC's Public Reference Room, Washington, DC. 
Paper copies of the lists may be purchased from the FCC's duplicating 
contractor; see Sec. 0.465(a). Microfiche copies of the lists and the 
data bases themselves may be obtained from:

National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, 
Springfield, Virginia 22161.
    (703) 487-4763 for data bases on magnetic tape.
    (703) 487-4808 for data bases on diskette.
    (703) 487-4630 for monthly subscription to microfiche lists.
    (703) 487-4650 for one-time purchases of microfiche lists.

    (a) For AM broadcast:
    (1) Lists available only on paper from the Commission's duplicating 
contractor:
    (i) Pending construction permit applications for new stations and 
changes in existing facilities in order by frequency.
    (ii) Pending construction permit applications for new stations and 
changes in existing facilities in order by state and city.
    (iii) Pending construction permit applications for new stations and 
changes in existing facilities in order by file number.

Complete lists are prepared approximately once each month, with updates 
at least once each week.
    (2) Lists available only on microfiche from NTIS:
    (i) AM stations in order by state (U.S. only); summary listing.
    (ii) AM stations in order by frequency (U.S. only); summary listing.
    (iii) AM stations in order by country and state; complete listing 
including all countries in Region 2, tower information, etc.

Complete lists are prepared approximately once each month; there are no 
updates.
    (3) Copies of the AM Engineering Data Base are supplied to NTIS 
approximately once each month. NTIS refers to this as the ``Broadcast AM 
Data Base.''
    (b) For FM Broadcast:
    (1) Lists available only on paper from the Commission's duplicating 
contractor:
    (i) FM stations (including translators) in order by state; complete 
lists available monthly, with updates at least once each week.
    (ii) FM stations (including translators) in order by frequency; 
complete lists available monthly, with updates at least once each week.
    (iii) Vacant FM channels and applications therefor in order by 
state; complete lists are available monthly; there are no updates.
    (2) Lists available only on microfiche from NTIS:
    (i) FM stations (including translators) in order by state.
    (ii) FM stations (including translators) in order by frequency.

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Complete lists are prepared approximately once each month; there are no 
updates.
    (3) Copies of the FM Engineering Data Base are supplied to NTIS 
approximately once each month. NTIS refers to this as the ``Broadcast FM 
Data Base.''
    (c) For TV stations, the lists are arranged as follows:
    (1) Authorized stations, pending construction permit applications, 
proposed rulemakings, and vacant channels in order of state and city. A 
complete list is prepared approximately once a month, with updates 
approximately each week.
    (2) Vacant assignments and applications therefor. The list is in 
order by state and city. Complete lists are prepared approximately once 
a month; there are no updates.
    (d) For TV broadcast translator stations, the lists contain 
authorized stations and pending construction permit applications for new 
stations and changes in existing facilities. There is one list arranged 
in order by state, city, and channel; and another list arranged in order 
by state, channel, and call. Complete lists are prepared approximately 
once a month, with updates each week.
    (e) Users of the data bases and the lists prepared from the data 
bases are cautioned that the data bases and the lists are unofficial. 
They have been prepared for the convenience of the FCC's staff, and 
should not be relied on by the public because in some instances the data 
bases and the lists may not agree with the primary sources of 
information (e.g., official license documents, international 
notifications, actual applications, and the like). Action by the public, 
such as the filing of applications, should be based on the primary 
sources of information and not on the data bases or lists. If there are 
discrepancies between the primary sources of information and the data 
bases or lists, the former control.
    (f) The United States and its officers, agents, and employees shall 
not be responsible or liable for any loss, expense, or damage arising 
from or incident to the use of either the data bases or the lists by the 
public.
[ 45 FR 41151 , June 18, 1980, as amended at  53 FR 4412 , Feb. 16, 1988]

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