[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 77220-77221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31715]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-3189; MB Docket No. 02-363, RM-10604]


Digital Television Broadcast Service; Asheville, NC and 
Greenville, SC

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by 
Meredith Corporation, licensee of

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Station WHNS(TV), channel 21 and paired digital channel 57, Asheville, 
North Carolina, proposing the reallotment of channel 21 and paired 
digital channel 57, from Asheville to Greenville, South Carolina, and 
the modification of station WHNS(TV)'s license accordingly.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 16, 2003, and reply 
comments on or before February 1, 2003.

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 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: James 
E. Dunstan, Esquire, Garvey, Schubert & Barer, Fifth Floor, 1000 
Potomac Street, NW., Washington, DC 20007 (Counsel for Meredith 
Corporation).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Lerner, Media Bureau, (202) 418-
1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 02-363, adopted November 
18, 2002, and released November 25, 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, the Table of Television Allotments under North 
Carolina, is amended by removing channel 21 at Asheville and under 
South Carolina, is amended by adding channel 21 at Greenville.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

    3. Section 73.622(b), the Table of Digital Television Allotments 
under North Carolina, is amended by removing DTV Channel 21 at 
Asheville and under South Carolina, is amended by adding DTV channel 57 
at Greenville.

Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-31715 Filed 12-16-02; 8:45 am]
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