aid: fcc name: FCC (Federal Communications Commission) description: The Federal Communications Commission provides free public REST APIs for radio station license lookup, broadband coverage maps, spectrum auction data, broadcast contours, census block conversions, consumer complaint databases, electronic comment filings, and regulatory data. All APIs are free with no authentication required for most endpoints. type: Index image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fcc/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2026-06-13' modified: '2026-06-13' specificationVersion: '0.19' tags: - Federal Government - Telecommunications - Radio - Broadband - Spectrum - Licensing - Regulatory apis: - aid: fcc:license-view name: FCC License View API description: Provides information about FCC-issued licenses for use of the nation's airwaves, including snapshots of license counts across different radio services such as 700 MHz, 800 MHz Cellular, AWS, PCS, BRS, EBS, and 2.3 GHz WCS bands. humanURL: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers/license-view-api baseURL: https://data.fcc.gov/api/license-view tags: - Radio Licensing - Spectrum properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers/license-view-api - aid: fcc:spectrum-dashboard name: FCC Spectrum Dashboard API description: Returns a high-level overview of spectrum ownership across the United States within the 225 MHz to 3700 MHz frequency range, including call sign, licensee name, common name, radio service code, and market information. humanURL: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers/spectrum-dashboard-api baseURL: https://data.fcc.gov/api/spectrum-view tags: - Spectrum - Auctions properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers/spectrum-dashboard-api - aid: fcc:area-census-block name: FCC Area and Census Block API description: Returns market data, US Census Bureau Census Block population data, FIPS Code, and associated US State and County names based on latitude and longitude coordinates. humanURL: https://www.fcc.gov/census-block-conversions-api baseURL: https://geo.fcc.gov/api/census tags: - Census - Geolocation - Broadband properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.fcc.gov/census-block-conversions-api - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/fcc-area-census-block-api.yaml - aid: fcc:contours name: FCC Contours API description: Returns broadcast radio and television service area data. Includes coverage contours for FM and TV stations by call sign, Facility ID, or ApplicationID, plus elevation and Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT) data. humanURL: https://geo.fcc.gov/api/contours/ baseURL: https://geo.fcc.gov/api/contours tags: - Radio - Broadcast - Television - Coverage properties: - type: Documentation url: https://geo.fcc.gov/api/contours/ - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/fcc-contours-api.yaml - aid: fcc:ecfs name: FCC Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) API description: Enables external users and organizations to search the FCC Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) for regulatory filings and public comments without using the web interface. Free API key registration available. humanURL: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/help/public_api baseURL: https://ecfs.fcc.gov/api tags: - Regulatory Filings - Public Comments - ECFS properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/help/public_api - type: Documentation url: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/public-api-docs.html - aid: fcc:consumer-complaints name: FCC Consumer Complaints Center Data API description: Provides access to consumer complaint data submitted to the FCC, including complaints about telephone, internet, television, and radio services. humanURL: https://www.fcc.gov/consumer-help-center-api baseURL: https://www.fcc.gov/consumer-help-center-api tags: - Consumer Complaints - Telephone - Internet properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.fcc.gov/consumer-help-center-api - aid: fcc:public-inspection-files name: FCC Public Inspection Files API description: Provides programmatic access to public inspection files for broadcast, cable, satellite, and wireless telecommunications entities regulated by the FCC. humanURL: https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/developer baseURL: https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/api tags: - Public Files - Broadcast - Licensing properties: - type: Documentation url: https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/developer - aid: fcc:broadband-data-collection name: FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC) API description: Allows ISPs and developers to interface with the FCC Broadband Data Collection system via API endpoints, including the ability to respond to fixed availability challenges programmatically. humanURL: https://help.bdc.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/16120522800283-Using-the-API-to-Respond-to-Fixed-Availability-Challenges baseURL: https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/api tags: - Broadband - Coverage - ISP properties: - type: Documentation url: https://help.bdc.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/16120522800283-Using-the-API-to-Respond-to-Fixed-Availability-Challenges - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/FCC/bdcapi - aid: fcc:content name: FCC Content API description: Makes FCC website content accessible to applications, leveraging Drupal as a content management system to deliver news, documents, and regulatory content programmatically. humanURL: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers/fcc-content-api baseURL: https://www.fcc.gov/api tags: - Content - News - Documents properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers/fcc-content-api common: - type: Website url: https://www.fcc.gov - type: Documentation url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers - type: GitHubOrg url: https://github.com/FCC - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/federal-communications-commission - type: Blog url: https://www.fcc.gov/news-events - type: Pricing url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers/api-terms-service - type: StatusPage url: https://www.fcc.gov - type: X url: https://x.com/FCC - type: Plans url: plans/fcc-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/fcc-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/fcc-finops.yml - type: TermsOfService url: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/developers/api-terms-service maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com