[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 46128-46129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17246]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-2252, MB Docket No. 04-265, RM-10439]


Television Broadcast Service and Digital Broadcast Service; 
Seattle, WA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by KCTS 
Television proposing the substitution of DTV channel *53 for analog 
channel *62 at Seattle, Washington. DTV Channel *53 can be allotted to 
Seattle, Washington, at reference coordinates 47-30-17 N. and 121-58-06 
W. with a power of 240, a height above average terrain HAAT 714 of 
meters. Since the community of Seattle is located within 400 kilometers 
of the U.S.-Canadian border, concurrence from the Canadian government 
must be obtained for this allotment.

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

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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: Todd D. Gray, 
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC, 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Suite 
800, Washington, DC 20036 ( Counsel for KCTS Television).

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. 04-265, adopted July 21, 
2004, and released July 30, 2004. 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, Best Copy 
and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 
20554, telephone 301-816-2820, facsimile 301-816-0169, or via-e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply 
to this proceeding.
    This document does not contain proposed information collection(s) 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-
13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any new or modified 
``information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer 
than 25 employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief 
Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).
    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(b), the Table of Television Allotments under 
Washington is amended by removing TV channel *62 at Seattle.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

    3. Section 73.622(b), the Table of Digital Television Allotments 
under Washington is amended by adding DTV channel *53 at Seattle.

Federal Communications Commission.
Clay Pendarvis,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-17246 Filed 7-30-04; 8:45 am]
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