[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 13, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19363-19364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8331]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-765, MB Docket No. 04-78, RM-10866]


Digital Television Broadcast Service; Ponce, PR

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Siete 
Grande Television, Inc., licensee of station WSTE-TV, requesting the 
substitution of DTV channel 8c for WSTE's assigned DTV channel 66. DTV 
Channel 8c can be allotted to Ponce, Puerto Rico, at reference 
coordinates 18-02-52 N. and 66-39-16 W. with a power of 50, a height 
above average terrain HAAT of 88 meters.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 24, 2004, and reply 
comments on or before June 8, 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. The Commission's contractor, Natek, 
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: Stuart A. Shorenstein, Wolf, Block, Schorr & 
Solis-Cohen LLP, 250 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10177 (Counsel for 
Siete Grande 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. 04-78, adopted March 23, 
2004, and released April 2, 2004. The full text of this document is 
available for public

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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 Puerto Rico is amended by removing DTV channel 66 and adding DTV 
channel 8c at Ponce.

Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-8331 Filed 4-12-04; 8:45 am]
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