FCC Citation and Document Search

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When the FCC makes decisions, they are eventually published to the FCC Record. The FCC Record is a printed periodical that usually can be found in law libraries. The FCC Record (FCC Rcd) includes all documents from October, 1996 to today. Prior to the FCC Record, the FCC Reports (FCC) was the journal of decisions from 1934 when the FCC was created until July, 1965. From July, 1965 to October, 1996, the FCC Second Series (FCC 2d) was published. These documents are also hosted at the University of North Texas Digital Library.

This tool allows you to enter the data from a citation that is found in the footnotes on in the text. The citations are usually in this format:
FCC Record: 3 FCC Rcd 1234 (1986)
FCC Second Series: 12 FCC 2d 1234 (1968)
FCC Reports: 8 FCC 123 (1941)

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FCC Electronic Documents (EDOCS)

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University of North Texas FCC Record Archives

Use the University of North Texas (UNT) link to open a more robust search result for that document. The document browser at REC does not have that same functionality, but is an easier interface to navigate once you find the right page in the book.

FCC Record (1986~Present)

  • FCC Record, Volume 15, No. 29, Pages 18610 to 19310, Supplement - [ UNT | REC ]
  • FCC Record, Volume 22, No. 28, Pages 21414 to 22381, December 10 - December 31, 2007 - [ UNT | REC ]
  • FCC Record, Volume 15, No. 4, Pages 1859 to 2555, January 24 - February 4, 2000 - [ UNT | REC ]
  • FCC Record, Volume 35, No. 5, Pages 3492 to 4344, April 13 - April 24, 2020 - [ UNT | REC ]
  • FCC Record, Volume 30, No. 13, Pages 9738 to 10582, August 31 - September 25, 2015 - [ UNT | REC ]
  • FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 4, Pages 2786 to 3727, March 19 - April 6, 2012 - [ UNT | REC ]
  • FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 18, Pages 14770 to 15765, November 26 - December 13, 2012 - [ UNT | REC ]
  • FCC Record, Volume 20, No. 8, Pages 5860 to 6853, March 16 - March 25, 2005 - [ UNT | REC ]
  • FCC Record, Volume 27, No. 1, Pages 1 to 936, January 3 - February 3, 2012 - [ UNT | REC ]
  • FCC Record, Volume 23, No. 3, Pages 1622 to 2581, February 4 - February 15, 2008 - [ UNT | REC ]
274 total result(s) found. - See more results at UNT Digital Library

FCC Reports & FCC Second Series (1934~1986)

  • FCC Reports, Second Series, Volume 98, January 1985 to March 1985 - [ UNT | REC ]
  • FCC Reports, Second Series, Volume 97, October 1, 1984 to December 31, 1984 - [ UNT | REC ]
2 total result(s) found.

Citation Search

Enter the page reference in the citation. You only need to enter one page number even if a range is shown in the citation.
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Keyword Search

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Browse All Books

Displays in tabular form all books in all three series that are currently available at UNT. (This is a long list and is not mobile friendly.)