Sec. 73.1226  Availability to FCC of station logs and records.

    The following shall be made available to any authorized 
representative of the FCC upon request:
    (a) Station records and logs shall be made available for inspection 
or duplication at the request of the FCC or its representative. Such 
logs or records may be removed from the licensee's possession by an FCC 
representative or, upon request, shall be mailed by the licensee to the 
FCC by either registered mail, return receipt requested, or certified 
mail, return receipt requested. The return receipt shall be retained by 
the licensee as part of the station records until such records or logs 
are returned to the licensee. A receipt shall be furnished when the logs 
or records are removed from the licensee's possession by an FCC 
representative and this receipt shall be retained by the licensee as 
part of the station records until such records or logs are returned to 
the licensee. When the FCC has no further need for such records or logs, 
they shall be returned to the licensee. The provisions of this rule 
shall apply solely to those station logs and records which are required 
to be maintained by the provisions of this chapter.
    (1) Logs and records stored on microfilm, microfiche or other data-
storage systems are subject to the requirements pertaining thereto found 
in Sec. 73.1840(b).
    (b) Where records or logs are maintained as the official records of 
a recognized law enforcement agency and the removal of the records from 
the possession of the law enforcement agency will hinder its law 
enforcement activities, such records will not be removed pursuant to 
this section if the chief of the law enforcement agency promptly 
certifies in writing to the FCC that removal of the logs or records will 
hinder law enforcement activities of the agency, stating insofar as 
feasible the basis for his decision and the date when it can reasonably 
be expected that such records will be released to the FCC.
    (c) The following contracts, agreements, or understandings, which 
need not be filed with the FCC (per Sec. 73.3613, Filing of contracts), 
must be kept at the station and made available for inspection by any 
authorized representative of the FCC upon request:
    (1) Contracts relating to the sale of broadcast time to ``time 
brokers'' for resale.
    (2) FM subchannel leasing agreements for subsidiary communications.
    (3) Time sales contracts with the same sponsor for 4 or more hours 
per day, except where the length of the events (such as athletic 
contests, musical programs, and special events) broadcast pursuant to 
the contract is not under control of the station.
    (4) Contracts with chief operators or other engineering personnel.

[ 43 FR 45847 , Oct. 4, 1978;  43 FR 50683 , Oct. 31, 1978, as amended at  45 FR 41151 , June 18, 1980;  48 FR 28457 , June 22, 1983]

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