[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66781-66782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29626]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 03-3561, MB Docket No. 03-233, RM-10699]


Digital Television Broadcast Service; Pocatello, ID

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by 
Compass Communications of Idaho, Inc., licensee of station KFXP-TV, 
NTSC channel 31-, proposing the allotment of DTV channel 38 at 
Pocatello. DTV Channel 38 can be allotted to Pocatello, Idaho, at 
reference coordinates 42-55-15 N. and 112-20-44 W.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 5, 2004, and reply 
comments on or before January 20, 2004.

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: Lee G. Petro, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, PLC, 
11th Floor, 1300 North 17th Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209-3801 
(Counsel for Compass Communications of Idaho, 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. 03-233, adopted November 
6, 2003, and released November 14, 2003. The full text of this document 
is available for public inspection and copying during regular business 
hours in the FCC

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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 Idaho is amended by adding DTV channel 38 at Pocatello.

Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 03-29626 Filed 11-26-03; 8:45 am]
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