[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44207-44208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17444]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 08-1704; MB Docket No. 08-148; RM-11474]


Television Broadcasting Services; Fort Worth, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a channel substitution 
proposed by Television Station KTXA L.P. (``KTXA''), the licensee of 
KTXA-DT, DTV channel 18, Fort Worth, Texas. KTXA requests the 
substitution of DTV channel 19 for channel 18 at Fort Worth.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 29, 2008, and reply 
comments on or before September 15, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 
445 12th Street, SW., TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to 
filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel 
for petitioner as follows: Howard F. Jaeckel, Esq., 51 W. 52nd Street, 
New York, New York 10019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Brown, [email protected], 
Media Bureau, (202) 418-1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 08-148, adopted July 17, 
2008, and released July 22, 2008. The full text of this document is 
available for public inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the FCC's Reference Information Center at Portals II, CY-A257, 
445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. This document will also be 
available via ECFS (http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/). (Documents will be 
available electronically in ASCII, Word 97, and/or Adobe Acrobat.) This 
document may be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, 
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1-800-478-3160 or via e-mail 
www.BCPIWEB.com. To request this document in accessible formats 
(computer diskettes, large print, audio recording, and Braille), send 
an e-mail to [email protected] or call the Commission's Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 
(TTY). This document does not contain proposed information collection 
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 
104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any proposed 
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

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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, 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, 336.


Sec.  73.622(i)  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.622(i), the DTV Table of Allotments under Texas, is 
amended by adding channel 19 and removing channel 18 at Fort Worth.

Federal Communications Commission.
Clay C. Pendarvis,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
 [FR Doc. E8-17444 Filed 7-29-08; 8:45 am]
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