Television Broadcasting Services: Scranton, PA

Federal Register: April 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 82)

Rules and Regulations

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 73

DA 09-853; MB Docket No. 08-244; RM-11507

Television Broadcasting Services; Scranton, PA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by MPS

MEDIA of Scranton License, LLC (``MPS Media''), the licensee of pre- transition station WSBS-DT, DTV channel 31, Scranton, Pennsylvania. MPS

Media has been assigned DTV channel 38 for post-transition use and now requests the substitution of its pre-transition DTV channel 31 for post-transition DTV channel 38 at Scranton.

DATES: This rule is effective April 30, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Brown, Media Bureau, (202) 418-1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's

Report and Order, MB Docket No. 08-244, adopted April 16, 2009, and released April 17, 2009. 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.) This document may be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best

Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402,

Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1-800-478-3160 or via e-mail www.BCPIWEB.com. To request this document in accessible formats

(computer diskettes, large print, audio recording, and Braille), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Commission's 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 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.

The Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order in a report to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Television, Television broadcasting. 0

For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications

Commission amends 47 CFR Part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES 0 1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

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

Sec. 73.622 [Amended] 0 2. Section 73.622(i), the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments under

Pennsylvania, is amended by adding DTV channel 31 and removing DTV channel 38 at Scranton.

Federal Communications Commission.

Clay C. Pendarvis,

Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.

FR Doc. E9-9827 Filed 4-29-09; 8:45 am

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