[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 18, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 65164-65165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31187]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-2736; MM Docket No. 01-323; RM-10337]


Television Broadcasting Services; Vernal and Santaquin, UT; and 
Ely and Caliente, NV

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

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ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking 
jointly filed on behalf of petitioners TV 6, L.L.C., permittee of VHF 
TV Station KBCJ, NTSC Channel 6, Vernal, Utah (BPCT-960919KG), and by 
Kaleidoscope Foundation, Inc., permittee of VHF TV Station KBNY, NTSC 
Channel 6, Ely, Nevada (BPET-970331LN). Petitioners request the 
reallotment of NTSC Channel 6 from Vernal to Santaquin, Utah and 
reallotment of NTSC Channel 6 from Ely to Caliente, Nevada as the 
communities' first local television transmission services and 
modification of the their authorizations accordingly, pursuant to the 
provisions of section 1.420(i) of the Commission's rules. Coordinates 
to be used for NTSC Channel 6 at Santaquin are North Latitude 39-43-58 
and West Longitude 111-56-34; and those to be used for NTSC Channel 6 
at Caliente are North Latitude 37-47-00 and West Longitude 114-30-00. 
The DTV Table of Allotments contained in section 73.622(b) of the 
Commission's rules is not affected by the requested reallotments as 
there is no paired DTV channel for either Vernal or Ely.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 14, 2002, and reply 
comments on or before January 29, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner's counsel, as follows:
    Mark N. Lipp, Esq., Shook, Hardy & Bacon, 600 14th Street, N.W., 
Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Bertron Withers, Jr., Mass Media 
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MM Docket No. 01-323, adopted November 
14, 2001, and released November 23, 2001. The full text of this 
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during 
normal business hours in the FCC's 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, Qualtex 
International, Portals II, 425 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554, telephone (202) 863-2893, facsimile 202-863-2898, 
or via e-mail [email protected].
    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 Rulemaking is issued until the matter is no 
longer subject to Commission consideration or court review, all ex 
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

    Television broadcasting.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission proposes to amend part 73 of Title 47 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 73--TELEVISION BROADCAST SERVICES

    1. The authority citation for part 73 reads as follows:

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


Sec. 73.606  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.606(b), the Table of TV Allotments under Utah, is 
amended by adding Santaquin, NTSC Channel 6 and removing NTSC Channel 6 
at Vernal.
    3. Section 73.606(b), the Table of TV Allotments under Nevada, is 
amended by adding Caliente, NTSC Channel 6+ and removing NTSC Channel 
6+ at Ely.

    Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-31187 Filed 12-17-01; 8:45 am]
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