[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 50146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18463]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-2396, MB Docket No. 04-289, RM-19802]


Television Broadcast Service and Digital Television Broadcast 
Service; Columbia and Edenton, NC

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by the 
University of North Carolina proposing the reallottment of TV channel 
*2 and DTV channel *20 from Columbia to Edenton, North Carolina, as the 
community's first local TV service. TV channel *2 and DTV channel *20 
can be allotted to Edenton in compliance with the Commission's minimum 
distance separation requirements at Station WUND's current licensed 
transmitter site. The coordinates for TV channel *2 and DTV channel *20 
at Edenton are 35-54-00 N. and 76-20-45 W. In compliance with section 
1.420(i), we will not accept competing expressions of interest in the 
use of TV channel *2 and DTV channel *20 at Edenton.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 27, 2004, and 
reply comments on or before October 12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The Commission permits the electronic filing of all 
pleadings and comments in proceeding involving petitions for rulemaking 
(except in broadcast allotment proceedings). See Electronic Filing of 
Documents in Rulemaking 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: Marcus W. Trathen, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, 
Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, P.O. Box 1800, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27602 
(Counsel for the University of North Carolina).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Blumenthal, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 04-289, adopted July 30, 
2004, and released August 6, 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).
    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 
North Carolina is amended by removing channel *2 at Columbia; and 
adding Edenton, channel *2.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

    3. Section 73.622(b), the Table of Digital Television Allotments 
under North Carolina is amended by removing DTV channel *20 at 
Columbia; and adding Edenton, DTV channel *20.

Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-18463 Filed 8-12-04; 8:45 am]
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