# FCC Media Intelligence MCP (`andrew_avina/fcc-media-mcp`) Actor An Apify MCP actor that queries the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast license database. Returns structured records for TV, FM, and AM broadcast stations including call signs, licensees, frequencies, geographic coverage, and license expiration dates. - **URL**: https://apify.com/andrew\_avina/fcc-media-mcp.md - **Developed by:** [Andrew Avina](https://apify.com/andrew_avina) (community) - **Categories:** MCP servers, Business - **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $3.00 / 1,000 result item returneds This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## FCC Media Intelligence MCP — License Database & Political Advertising An Apify MCP actor that queries the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast license database. Returns structured records for TV, FM, and AM broadcast stations including call signs, licensees, frequencies, geographic coverage, and license expiration dates. ### What This Actor Does - Queries the FCC license search API (`data.fcc.gov/api/license/search/`) for active broadcast licenses - Supports filtering by service type (TV, FM, AM), state, and call sign - Normalizes raw FCC API fields into a consistent output schema - Falls back to 20 curated real FCC broadcast license records if the API is unreachable - Can run as an MCP server (HTTP) for integration with LLM tool-use pipelines ### Output Fields | Field | Description | |---|---| | `call_sign` | FCC-assigned station call sign (e.g. WABC-TV, KNBC) | | `service_type` | Broadcast service: `TV`, `FM`, or `AM` | | `state` | Two-letter state abbreviation of station location | | `city` | City of license | | `frequency` | Broadcast frequency or channel number | | `licensee` | Name of the legal entity holding the license | | `expiration_date` | License expiration date | | `license_status` | Current license status (e.g. Active, Cancelled) | | `source` | Data source identifier | ### Input Parameters | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `serviceType` | string | `TV` | Service type: `TV`, `FM`, `AM`, or `ALL` | | `state` | string | (all) | Two-letter state filter (e.g. `CA`, `NY`) | | `callSign` | string | (none) | Specific call sign to look up (e.g. `WABC`) | | `limit` | integer | `50` | Max records returned (up to 500) | | `serveMcp` | boolean | `false` | Start HTTP MCP server instead of writing dataset | ### MCP Server Mode Set `serveMcp: true` to run this actor as an HTTP MCP server. The server exposes: - `GET /` — Health check - `GET /mcp/tools` — Lists available tools - `POST /` — Invoke a tool with `{"tool": "search_fcc_licenses", "arguments": {...}}` ### Data Source - **FCC License Search**: https://data.fcc.gov/api/license/search/ - **FCC Open Data Portal**: https://opendata.fcc.gov/ - API is public and requires no authentication key ### FCC Broadcast Services Overview **Television (TV)**: Full-power TV stations broadcasting on VHF (channels 2-13) or UHF (channels 14+). Licenses renewed every 8 years. **FM Radio**: Frequency Modulation radio broadcasting in the 87.8–108.0 MHz band. Community, commercial, and noncommercial educational stations. **AM Radio**: Amplitude Modulation radio in the 535–1705 kHz band. Includes Class A (clear channel) through Class D local stations. ### Use Cases - Media ownership research: identify which corporations own stations in a market - Political advertising tracking: identify licensed TV stations for political ad placement analysis - Market entry analysis: find competitors in a local broadcast market - License expiration monitoring: flag stations with upcoming license renewals - Regulatory compliance: verify station licensing status ### Categories `MCP_SERVERS` · `BUSINESS` # Actor input Schema ## `serviceType` (type: `string`): Type of broadcast service to query: TV, FM, AM, or ALL. ## `state` (type: `string`): Two-letter US state abbreviation to filter results (e.g. 'CA', 'NY', 'TX'). Leave empty for all states. ## `callSign` (type: `string`): Optional call sign to search for a specific station (e.g. 'WABC', 'KNBC'). ## `limit` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of license records to return. ## `serveMcp` (type: `boolean`): When true, the actor starts an HTTP server exposing MCP tool endpoints instead of writing to dataset. ## Actor input object example ```json { "serviceType": "TV", "limit": 50, "serveMcp": false } ```` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("andrew_avina/fcc-media-mcp").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("andrew_avina/fcc-media-mcp").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call andrew_avina/fcc-media-mcp --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=andrew_avina/fcc-media-mcp", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "FCC Media Intelligence MCP", "description": "An Apify MCP actor that queries the Federal Communications Commission's broadcast license database. Returns structured records for TV, FM, and AM broadcast stations including call signs, licensees, frequencies, geographic coverage, and license expiration dates.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "cCnDcdSUL99k77QPV" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/andrew_avina~fcc-media-mcp/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-andrew_avina-fcc-media-mcp", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/andrew_avina~fcc-media-mcp/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-andrew_avina-fcc-media-mcp", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/andrew_avina~fcc-media-mcp/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-andrew_avina-fcc-media-mcp", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "serviceType": { "title": "Service Type", "enum": [ "TV", "FM", "AM", "ALL" ], "type": "string", "description": "Type of broadcast service to query: TV, FM, AM, or ALL.", "default": "TV" }, "state": { "title": "State", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter US state abbreviation to filter results (e.g. 'CA', 'NY', 'TX'). Leave empty for all states." }, "callSign": { "title": "Call Sign", "type": "string", "description": "Optional call sign to search for a specific station (e.g. 'WABC', 'KNBC')." }, "limit": { "title": "Result Limit", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 500, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of license records to return.", "default": 50 }, "serveMcp": { "title": "Serve as MCP Server", "type": "boolean", "description": "When true, the actor starts an HTTP server exposing MCP tool endpoints instead of writing to dataset.", "default": false } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```