Records Move of Federal Communications Commission (RG 173)
Effective July 1, 2024, the following series from Record Group 173 (RG 173), Records of the Federal Communications Commission will be temporarily closed to prepare for relocation to the National Archives at Kansas City. Similar records are already located in the Kansas City area. The relocation will facilitate more efficient archival research and public access to these records.
Records to be relocated are:
| Series Title | National Archives Identifier | Cubic Footage |
|---|---|---|
| Docketed Case Files | 302043 | 12363.089 |
| General Correspondence | 594483 | 24885.708 |
| Correspondence of the Chairman | 599840 | 23.22 |
| Minutes of Meetings and Hearings | 599939 | 692.619 |
| General Records | 600051 | 106.488 |
| General Correspondence | 600057 | 59.976 |
| Correspondence Relating to Applications for Broadcast Station Licenses | 600070 | 30.192 |
| Indexes to General Records | 600176 | 5.192 |
| Broadcast Station License Files | 607294 | 4827.792 |
| Deleted Broadcast Station License Files | 607386 | 423.261 |
| Records Concerning Meetings | 626083 | 2.244 |
| General Records | 626093 | 0.204 |
| General Orders | 626095 | 0.204 |
| Decisions | 626097 | 0.204 |
| Full Commission Orders | 626103 | 0.204 |
| Annual Financial Reports of Broadcast Stations | 6214652 | 228.072 |
| Valuation Reports On The MacKay Companies | 6217234 | 0.504 |
| Meeting Minutes | 7456496 | 0.151 |
| Telephone Contract Relations History | 7456497 | 0.252 |
| Valuation Records | 7456498 | 5.03 |
| Administrative Forms | 7456499 | 1.008 |
| Inventory Records | 7456500 | 0.504 |
| Depreciation Records | 7456501 | 4.488 |
| Common Carriers Financial Reports | 7456502 | 19.584 |
| Records Relating To Public Attitudes Concerning Television Programming | 7456503 | 0.43 |
| Confidential Meeting Minutes | 7456504 | 5.04 |
| Inter-Office Information Memorandums | 7456505 | 9.576 |
| Inter-Office Memorandums | 7456506 | 2.016 |
| Administrative Histories | 7456507 | 0.408 |
| Special Investigation Case File Number One Relating to the Special Investigation of the Bell System | 7456508 | 39.518 |
| Exhibits, Comments and Reports of Special Investigation Case File Number One Relating to the Special Investigation of the Bell System | 7456509 | 7.344 |
| Annual Financial Reports of Network Broadcast Stations | 7456510 | 4.08 |
| Supplemental Financial Records | 7456511 | 11.016 |
| Financial Communications Reports | 7456512 | 71.112 |
| Administrative Records | 7456513 | 1.632 |
| Administrative Records of the Division Chief | 7456514 | 12.024 |
| Intercepted Radio Transmissions | 7456515 | 7.344 |
| British Security Co-Ordination and Canadian Radio Intercepts | 7456516 | 1.824 |
| General and Merger Accounting Files | 7456517 | 1.224 |
| Statistical Compilations | 7456518 | 0.408 |
| Selected Financial and Operating Data from Annual Reports | 7456519 | 1.512 |
| Administrative Telephone Plant Records | 7456520 | 1.224 |
| Cost Accounting Ledgers and Related Correspondence | 7456521 | 3.264 |
| Correspondence Relating to Physical Plant Acquisitions | 7456522 | 3.672 |
| Issuances | 7456523 | 12.24 |
| Subject Files Relating to the Survey of Radio Use in the United States | 7456524 | 0.504 |
| Inventory Reports On The Western Union Telegraph Company | 7456525 | 14.892 |
| Records Relating to Broadcast Station History | 7456526 | 26.444 |
| History Cards of Call Signs | 7456527 | 5.428 |
| Correspondence Index Relating To Applications For Broadcast Stations Licences | 7456528 | 0.118 |
| Corporate Correspondence Index | 7456529 | 0.118 |
| Student Index of Corporate Correspondence | 7456530 | 0.118 |
| Bell System Publicity and Advertising Records Relating to Telephone Usage | 7456531 | 1.25 |
| Records Relating To Wire Communication Facilities | 7456532 | 0.236 |
| Steam Ship Log Books | 7456533 | 0.708 |
| Radio Broadcast Transcripts | 7456534 | 1.008 |
| Semi-Annual Reports | 7542901 | 1.077 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7542902 | 8.616 |
| Meeting Agendas and Minutes | 7542904 | 6.462 |
| Records Relating to Standard Broadcast Stations and Seagoing Vessels | 7542906 | 1.077 |
| Subject Files of Commissioner Michael Copps | 7586310 | 3.231 |
| Subject Files of Commissioner Meredith Baker | 7586311 | 0.38 |
| Subject Files of Commissioner Robert McDowell | 7586312 | 0.38 |
| Accounting Records Relating to the Western Union Telegraph Company | 7906526 | 0.504 |
| Accounting Records Relating to the Mackay Company | 7906527 | 1.512 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906528 | 3.264 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906529 | 3.672 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906530 | 3.672 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906531 | 3.672 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906532 | 5.304 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906533 | 11.832 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906534 | 4.896 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906535 | 5.304 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906536 | 5.304 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906537 | 4.896 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906538 | 5.304 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906539 | 6.12 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7906540 | 5.712 |
| Statistical Circular No. 1 | 7906541 | 1.224 |
| Statistical Circular No. 2 | 7906542 | 2.856 |
| Statistical Circular No. 3 | 7906543 | 0.816 |
| Records Relating to Clandestine Radio Stations | 7906544 | 3.672 |
| General Correspondence Name Files | 7906545 | 2.016 |
| Memorandum, Floor Plan, and Chart | 7906546 | 0.504 |
| Records Relating to Rules and Regulations | 7906547 | 1.224 |
| Sample Disposal Records | 7906548 | 0.252 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 7969914 | 8.616 |
| Broadcast Station License Files | 7969915 | 852.984 |
| Correspondence of Chairman Julius Genachowski | 7969917 | 2.406 |
| Correspondence of Chairman Kevin Martin | 7969918 | 2.154 |
| Correspondence of Chairman Reed Hundt | 7969919 | 1.077 |
| Subject Files of Chairman Julius Genachowski | 7969920 | 1.077 |
| Subject Files of Chairman Kevin Martin | 7969921 | 2.154 |
| Correspondence and Speeches of Commissioner Deborah Tate | 7969922 | 2.154 |
| Subject Files of Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein | 7969923 | 2.154 |
| Inactive Broadcasting License Ownership Reports | 12192341 | 74.313 |
| Annual Financial Reports | 12618594 | 501.552 |
| Records Relating to International Affairs | 12661164 | 222.939 |
| Telegraph, Telephone and Cable Company Regulations | 16357105 | 4.308 |
| Docketed Case Files | 16357107 | 11.847 |
| Finance Case Files | 16357114 | 29.079 |
| Valuation Case Files | 16357123 | 4.308 |
| Corporate Histories | 16357150 | 0.353 |
| Minutes of Meetings | 16369055 | 205.707 |
| Records Relating to Civil Defense Activities | 16437290 | 5.385 |
| Card Files Relating to Deleted Broadcast Station Licenses | 16437758 | 8.45 |
| Speech Files | 16437862 | 7.539 |
| Records Relating to Budget Matters | 16437901 | 8.616 |
| Correspondence Files of the Commissioner | 16438091 | 10.77 |
| Broadcasting License Ownership Reports | 16438431 | 128.979 |
| Management Survey Records | 16439033 | 1.077 |
| Investigative Case Files | 16464261 | 10.77 |
| Records Relating to Emergency Broadcasting | 16464507 | 4.308 |
| Correspondence Files Relating to Satellite Communications | 16465515 | 1.077 |
| Records Relating to Technical Matters | 16467306 | 5.385 |
| General Records Relating to Television Network Activities | 16467529 | 32.31 |
| Broadcast Memoranda | 16476765 | 0.504 |
| Correspondence, Questionnaires, and Program Logs Concerning the Broadcast Network Study | 16477496 | 19.656 |
| Questionnaires for the Political Broadcasting Survey | 16480735 | 5.544 |
| Correspondence and Reports Concerning the Political Broadcasting Survey | 16481230 | 13.104 |
| International Telecommunication Union Frequency Lists | 16494033 | 11.592 |
| Records of Frequency Allocations for Radio Receiving Stations | 16495271 | 3.162 |
| Radio Technical Planning Board Meeting Records | 16495529 | 1.29 |
| Radio Technical Planning Board Panels Final Reports | 16495923 | 0.86 |
| Records of the McFarland and Sadowski Congressional Committees | 16506354 | 2.12 |
| Interference Case Files | 16506873 | 0.504 |
| Records Relating to the Development of FM Multiplex (Stereo) Broadcast Stations | 16519316 | 0.504 |
| Records Relating to the Synchronous Booster Transmitter Operation of Broadcast Stations | 16519521 | 0.504 |
| Reports and Correspondence Relating to Field Measurement Data for FM and Television Stations | 16519992 | 1.008 |
| Records Relating to Compatible Single-Sideband Broadcast Transmission Experimental Stations | 16520566 | 0.504 |
| Records Relating to Experimental Subscription Television Stations | 16520724 | 0.504 |
| Records Relating to the Development of Educational Television | 16520915 | 0.504 |
| Records Relating to the History of Color Television | 16521357 | 2.268 |
| Records Relating to the History of the Development of Television | 16521960 | 4.536 |
| Reports Relating to Stratovision Flight Tests | 16522369 | 0.504 |
| Records Relating to the History of Theater Television | 16522567 | 0.504 |
| Records Relating to Closed Experimental and Developmental Broadcast Stations | 16522745 | 1.512 |
| Records Relating to the Development of CATV, Translators, and UHF Boosters | 16522900 | 1.512 |
| Correspondence Relating to Annual Financial Reports of Broadcasting Stations | 16546411 | 3.024 |
| Index to Financial Reports | 16546949 | 1.65 |
| Telephone Company Annual Report Forms | 23063387 | 8.616 |
| Docket Correspondence Transcript Files | 26309521 | 49.542 |
| Central Files of the Executive Director | 26335482 | 8.616 |
| Records Relating to Special Investigation Case File Number 1 | 29915699 | 2.154 |
| Speech Files | 55316845 | 2.154 |
| Minutes of Meetings | 74616562 | 134.625 |
| Meeting Files | 102260393 | 2.154 |
| Meeting Files, Charters, and Reports | 102260394 | 3.231 |
| Broadcasting License Ownership Reports | 301957883 | 44.157 |
| Committee Records | 316251427 | 9.693 |
| Committee Records | 316943403 | 0.204 |
| Committee Records | 316954395 | 0.816 |
| Deleted Station Ownership Reports | 318274421 | 63.951 |
Estimated Closure Date at the National Archives at College Park: July 1, 2024
Estimated Date Available to Researchers at the National Archives at Kansas City: October 15, 2024
Please keep in mind that the dates listed above are an estimate. If there is a significant change to this schedule we will post it in the consultation areas at the National Archives at College Park and the National Archives at Kansas City.
You can check the status of the records by contacting the National Archives at Kansas City in one of the following ways:
E-mail: kansascity.archives@nara.gov
or
Send a letter to:
National Archives at Kansas City
400 West Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Please contact the National Archives at Kansas City at least two business days in advance.