Television Broadcasting Services Hazard, Kentucky

CourtFederal Communications Commission
Citation86 FR 54416
Published date01 October 2021
Record Number2021-21336
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 188 (Friday, October 1, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 188 (Friday, October 1, 2021)]
                [Proposed Rules]
                [Pages 54416-54417]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-21336]
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                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                47 CFR Part 73
                [MB Docket No. 21-125; RM-11892; DA 21-1189; FR ID 50300]
                Television Broadcasting Services Hazard, Kentucky
                AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
                ACTION: Proposed rule.
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                SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed
                by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of WYMT-TV
                (CBS), channel 12, Hazard, Kentucky. The Petitioner requests the
                substitution of channel 20 for channel 12 at in the DTV Table of
                Allotments.
                DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 1, 2021 and reply
                comments on or before November 15, 2021.
                ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary,
                45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments
                with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for the
                Petitioner as follows: Joan Stewart, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K
                Street NW, Washington, DC 20006.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
                (202) 418-1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support, the Petitioner states the
                proposed channel substitution serves the public interest because it
                will resolve significant over-the-air reception problems in WYMT-TV's
                existing service area. The Petitioner further states that the
                Commission has recognized the deleterious effects manmade noise has on
                the reception of digital VHF signals, and that the propagation
                characteristics of these channels allow undesired signals and noise to
                be receivable at relatively farther distances compared to UHF channels
                and nearby electrical devices can cause interference. While the
                proposed channel 20 facility is predicted to result in loss of service
                to 15,460 persons, less than 100 persons will continue to receive
                service from five other television stations, and those persons will
                continue to receive service from four other television stations.
                 This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
                Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 21-125; RM-11892; DA 21-1189, adopted
                September 21, 2021, and released September 22, 2021. The full text of
                this document is available for download at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs.
                To request materials in accessible formats (braille, large print,
                computer diskettes, or audio recordings), please send an email to
                [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at
                (202) 418-0530 (VOICE), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
                 This document does not contain 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, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, do not apply to
                this proceeding.
                 Members of the public should note that all ex parte contacts are
                prohibited from the time a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is issued to
                the time the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or
                court review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are, however, exceptions to this
                prohibition, which can be found in Sec. 1.1204(a) of the Commission's
                rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
                 See Sec. Sec. 1.415 and 1.420 of the Commission's rules for
                information regarding the proper filing procedures for comments, 47 CFR
                1.415 and 1.420.
                List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
                 Television.
                Federal Communications Commission.
                Thomas Horan,
                Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
                Proposed Rule
                 For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
                Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
                PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE
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                1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:
                 Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334,
                336, 339.
                Sec. 73.622 [Amended]
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                2. In Sec. 73.622 in paragraph (i), amend the Post-Transition Table of
                DTV Allotments under Kentucky by revising the entry for Hazard to read
                as follows:
                Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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                 (i) * * *
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                 Community Channel No.
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                 KENTUCKY
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                Hazard.................................................. * 16, 20.
                
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                [FR Doc. 2021-21336 Filed 9-30-21; 8:45 am]
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