[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 59490-59491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24106]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-2219, MB Docket No. 02-273, RM-10562]


Digital Television Broadcast Service; Tuscaloosa, AL

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by TV

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Alabama Inc., licensee of station WCFT-TV, proposing the substitution 
of DTV channel 5 for DTV channel 34c at Tuscaloosas, Alabama. DTC 
Channel 5 can be allotted to Tuscaloosa at reference coordinates 33-28-
48 N. and 87-25-50 W. with a power of 5.4, a height above average 
terrain HAAT of 641 meters.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 7, 2002, and reply 
comments on or before November 22, 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 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All hand deliveries 
must be held together 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 Commissions, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Thomas 
P. Van Wazer, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood LLP, 1501 K Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005 (Counsel for TV Alabama, Inc.).

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. 02-273, adopted September 
9, 2002, and released September 16, 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.  73.622  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of Digital Television Allotments 
under Alabama is amended by removing DTV channel 34c and adding DTV 
channel 5 at Tuscaloosa.

Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-24106 Filed 9-20-02; 8:45 am]
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