[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 62046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27429]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 03-3144, MB Docket No. 03-221, RM-10796]


Television Broadcast Service; Tupelo, MS

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by KB 
Prime Media and United Television, Inc. requesting the substitution of 
channel 49 for channel 35+ at Tupelo, Mississippi. TV Channel 49 can be 
allotted to Tupelo with a plus offset at reference coordinates 33-55-37 
N. and 88-33-36 W.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 8, 2003, and reply 
comments on or before December 23, 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. The Commission's contractor, Natek, 
Inc., 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: David D. 
Oxenford, Shaw Pittman, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037-1128 
(Counsel for KB Prime Media LLC) and Marvin J. Diamond, Law Offices of 
Marvin J. Diamond, PMB 365, 464 Common Street, Belmont, Massachusetts 
02478 (Counsel for United Television, 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. 03-221, adopted October 
9, 2003, and released October 16, 2003. 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

    Television broadcasting.

    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 
Mississippi, is amended by removing channel 35+ and adding channel 49+ 
at Tupelo.

Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 03-27429 Filed 10-30-03; 8:45 am]
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