Television Broadcasting Services; Buffalo, New York
| Published date | 07 May 2019 |
| Record Number | 2019-08870 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Federal Communications Commission |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19897-19898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08870]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 19-118, RM-11838; DA 19-316]
Television Broadcasting Services; Buffalo, New York
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed
by Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., licensee of television station WNLO(TV),
channel 32, Buffalo, New York (WNLO), and WUTV Licensee, LLC (WUTV
Licensee), licensee of television station WUTV(TV), channel 36,
Buffalo, New York. The Joint Petitioners propose the substitution of
channel 32 for channel 36 as WNLO's DTV allotment; and the substitution
of channel 36 for channel 32 as WUTV's allotment. The Joint Petitioners
also request a waiver of the Media Bureau's current freeze on the
filing and processing of petition for digital channel substitutions and
minor modification applications for changes to existing television
service areas that would increase a full power television noise limited
contour. The Joint Petitioners seek to exchange the channels of WNLO
and WUTV so that after the swap, WNLO would operate on channel 36 and
WUTV would operate on channel 32. WUTV would continue to operate form
its existing pre-auction location and WNLO would move the Nexstar
shared facilities in the site previously vacated by WIVB-TV (Buffalo,
New York (CBS) (WIVB). The channel substitution serves the public
interest because it would allow for a more efficient allocation of UHF
television channels and resolve significant over-the-air reception
problems in WIVB's prior service area.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 22, 2019; and reply
comments on or before June 3, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary,
445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing
comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for
petitioner as follows: Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., c/o Elizabeth Ryder,
345 E John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 700, Irving, Texas 75062 and WUTV
Licensee, LLC, c/o Paul A. Cicelski, Esq., Lerman Senter PLLC, 2001 L
Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Varsha Mangal, [email protected],
or Joyce Bernstein, [email protected], of the Media Bureau, Video
Division.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 19-118, DA 19-316, RM-
11838, adopted April 23, 2019, and released April 23, 2019. The full
text of this document is available for public inspection and copying
during normal business hours in the FCC's Reference Information Center
at Portals II, CY-A257, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. This
document will also be available via ECFS (http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/
). (Documents will be available electronically in ASCII, Word 97, and/
or Adobe Acrobat.) To request this document in accessible formats
(computer diskettes, large print, audio recording, and Braille), send
an email to [email protected] or call the Commission's Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432
(TTY). This document does not contain proposed information collection
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law
104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any proposed
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).
Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply
to this proceeding.
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 (other
than ex parte presentations exempt under 47 CFR 1.1204(a)) are
prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve
channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1208 for rules governing restricted
proceedings.
For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments,
see 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.419.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
Proposed Rules
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
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1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336, and 339.
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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2. In the table for Sec. 73.622(i), revise the entry for Buffalo to
read as follows:
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(i) Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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NEW YORK
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Buffalo............................ 14, 32, 33, 36, 38, 39, * 43, 49.
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[FR Doc. 2019-08870 Filed 5-6-19; 8:45 am]
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