Radio stations; table of assignments: Pennsylvania,

[Federal Register: March 3, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 41)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 10351-10352]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 05-359, MB Docket No. 05-52, RM-10300]

Digital Television Broadcast Service; Johnstown and Jeannette, PA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Paramount Stations Group of Pittsburgh, Inc., requesting the substitution of DTV channel 49 for station WNPA's assigned DTV channel 30 at Johnstown; and the reallottment of DTV channel 49 from Johnstown to Jeannette, Pennsylvania. DTV Channel 49 can be allotted to Jeannette at coordinates 40-23-34 N. and 79-46-54 W. with a power of 437, a height above average terrain HAAT of 301 meters. Canadian concurrence has been obtained for this allotment.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 4, 2005, and reply comments on or before April 19, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The Commission permits the electronic filing of all pleadings and comments in proceeding involving petitions for rule making (except in broadcast allotment proceedings). See Electronic Filing of Documents in Rule Making Proceedings, GC Docket No. 97-113 (rel. April 6, 1998). Filings by paper can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. The Commission's contractor, Natek, Inc., will receive hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of before entering the building. Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. All filings must be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Howard Jaeckel, CBS Broadcasting Inc., 1515 Broadway, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10036 (Counsel for Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Blumenthal, Media Bureau, (202) 418-1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 05-52, adopted February 10, 2005, and released February 17, 2005. The full text of this document is available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. This document may also be purchased from the

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Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 301- 816-2820, facsimile 301-816-0169, or via e-mail joshir@erols.com.

Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to this proceeding.

This document does not contain proposed information collection(s) subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104- 13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any new or modified ``information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).

Members of the public should note that from the time a Notice of Proposed Rule Making is issued until the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or court review, all ex parte contacts are prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules governing permissible ex parte contacts.

For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, see 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Digital television broadcasting, Television.

For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES

1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

   Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334 and 336.

   Sec. 73.622 [Amended]

2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of Digital Television Allotments under Pennsylvania is amended by removing DTV channel 30 at Johnstown; and adding Jeannette, DTV channel 49.

   Federal Communications Commission. Barbara A. Kreisman, Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.

   [FR Doc. 05-4113 Filed 3-2-05; 8:45 am]

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