[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 107 (Friday, June 4, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29980-29981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14103]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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.

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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 filed on 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.

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                                                                                   Antenna HAAT     DTV service
                 State and city                     DTV channel   DTV power (kW)        (m)        pop. (thous.)
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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
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    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. 99-14103 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am]
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