[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41363-41364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15212]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-1356, MB Docket No. 02-142, RM-10436]


Digital Television Broadcast Service; Galveston, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by 
Telemundo of Galveston-Houston License Corporation, licensee of station 
KTMD-TV, NTSC channel 48 and permittee of DTV station KTMD-DT, DTV 
channel 47, both licensed to serve Galveston, Texas, requesting the 
exchange of KTMD's analog and digital allotments. Channel 47 can be 
substituted for channel 48 at Galveston with a zero offset at 
coordinates 29-30-24 N. and 94-30-48 W. DTV Channel 48c can be 
substituted for DTV channel 47 at reference coordinates 29-34-15 N. and 
95-30-37 W. with a power of 1000, a height above average terrain HAAT 
of 599 meters.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 5, 2002, and reply 
comments on or before August 20, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The Commission permits the electronic filing of all 
pleadings and comments in proceeding involving petitions for rule 
making (except in broadcast allotment proceedings). See Electronic 
Filing of Documents in Rule Making Proceedings, GC Docket No. 97-113 
(rel. April 6, 1998). Filings by paper can be sent by hand or messenger 
delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or 
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail (although we continue to experience 
delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service mail). The Commission's 
contractor, Vistronix, Inc., will receive hand-delivered or messenger-
delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236 
Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC 20002. The filing 
hours at this location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be 
held together

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with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of 
before entering the building. Commercial overnight mail (other than 
U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 
9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service 
first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed 
to 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. All filings must be 
addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, 
Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to 
filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the 
petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Meredith S. 
Senter, Jr., Leventhal, Senter & Lerman PLLC, 2000 K Street, NW, Suite 
600, Washington, DC 20006 (Counsel for Telemundo of Galveston-Houston 
License Corporation).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 02-142, adopted June 10, 
2002, and released June 14, 2002. The full text of this document is 
available for public inspection and copying during regular business 
hours in the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC, 20554. This document may 
also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Qualex 
International, Portals II, 445 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 Rule Making 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

    Digital television broadcasting, Television.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES

    1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

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


Sec. 73.606  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.606(b), the Table of Television Allotments under 
Texas is amended by removing channel 48 and adding channel 47 at 
Galveston.


Sec. 73.622  [Amended]

    3. Section 73.622(b), the Table of Digital Television Allotments 
under Texas is amended by removing DTV channel 47 and adding DTV 
channel 48c at Galveston.

Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-15212 Filed 6-17-02; 8:45 am]
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