Television stations; table of assignments: Utah,

[Federal Register: June 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 107)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 29980-29981]

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-197, RM-9573]

Digital Television Broadcast Service; Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo, UT

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition jointly filed by eight television stations in the Utah market that include: Brigham Young University, licensee of NCE station KBYU-TV, Provo; Larry H. Miller Communications Corporation, licensee of station KJZZ-TV, Salt Lake City; Bonneville Holding Company, licensee of station KSL-TV, Salt Lake City; United Television, Inc., licensee of station KTVX, Salt Lake City; University of Utah, licensee of NCE stations KUED, Salt Lake City and KULC, Ogden; KUTV Associates, licensee of station KUTV, Salt Lake City; and ACME Television Licenses of Utah, LLC, proposed licensee of station KUWB, Ogden. See supplementary information, infra.

DATES: Comments must be filedon or before July 12, 1999, and reply comments on or before July 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Jonathan D. Blake and Jennifer A. Johnson, Covington & Burling, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20044-7566 (Counsel)

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Channels *36, *44, 46 and 48 can be substituted and allotted to Ogden, Provo, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah, as proposed, in compliance with the principal community coverage requirements of Section 73.625(a) at reference coordinates (40-39-33 N and 112-12-07 W). In addition, we find that these channel changes are acceptable under the 2 percent criterion for de minimis impact that is applied in evaluating requests for modification of initial DTV allotments under Section 73.623.

Antenna HAAT DTV service State and city

DTV channel DTV power (kW)

(m)

pop. (thous.)

UT Provo........................................

*44

403.0

1257

1389 UT Ogden........................................

*36

304.0

1257

1393 UT Ogden........................................

48

200.0

1257

1374 UT Salt Lake City...............................

46

200.0

1267

1384

This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 99-197, adopted May 19, 1999, and released May 21, 1999. The full text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room CY-A257) 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Services, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.

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

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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.

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

[FR Doc. 99-14103Filed6-3-99; 8:45 am]

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