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The public file for broadcast stations contains a variety of information about each station’s operations and service to its community of license, including information about political time sold or given away by each station, quarterly lists of the most significant programs each station aired concerning issues of importance to its community, data on ownership of each station and active applications each station has filed with the Commission. The Commission adopted the public inspection file requirement to "make information to which the public already has a right more readily available, so that the public will be encouraged to play a more active part in dialogue with broadcast licensees."</p> <p>Cable, DBS, and SDARS entities also have public and political file requirements. These entities’ political file requirements are substantially similar to those of television and radio broadcasters. Apart from the political file, however, cable, DBS, and SDARS entities’ other public file requirements differ somewhat from the public file requirements applicable to broadcasters. </p> <p><a href="/about"><strong>View the complete list of the items</strong></a> that must be placed in the file.</p> <br> <hr> <h3>FIND A TV / FM / AM STATION, CABLE SYSTEM,<br>DBS PROVIDER, OR SDARS LICENSEE</h3> <p>For broadcast stations, you may enter a call sign (e.g., WXYZ), network affiliation (e.g., NBC), channel number (e.g., 26), or facility ID number (e.g., 123456). For CABLE systems, you may enter PSID or a ZIP code. 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