[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 14, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60670-60671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24319]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 08-1503; MB Docket No. 08-100; RM-11437]


Television Broadcasting Services; Columbus, GA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a channel substitution 
proposed by WTVM License Subsidiary, LLC (``WTVM''), the permittee of 
WTVM-DT, post-transition digital channel 9, Columbus, Georgia. WTVM 
requests the substitution of digital channel 11 for post-transition 
digital channel 9 at Columbus.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 13, 2008, and reply 
comments on or before November 28, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 
445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing 
comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for 
petitioner as follows: Jennifer A. Johnson, Esq., Covington & 
Burlington, LLP, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004-
2401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaun A. Maher, [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. 08-100, adopted September 
25, 2008, and released September 30, 2008. The

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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 http://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 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 Georgia, is 
amended by adding channel 11 and removing channel 9 at Columbus.

Federal Communications Commission.
Clay C. Pendarvis,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
 [FR Doc. E8-24319 Filed 10-10-08; 8:45 am]
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