[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 82 (Thursday, April 30, 2009)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9827]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 09-853; MB Docket No. 08-244; RM-11507]


Television Broadcasting Services; Scranton, PA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission grants a petition for rulemaking filed by MPS 
MEDIA of Scranton License, LLC (``MPS Media''), the licensee of pre-
transition station WSBS-DT, DTV channel 31, Scranton, Pennsylvania. MPS 
Media has been assigned DTV channel 38 for post-transition use and now 
requests the substitution of its pre-transition DTV channel 31 for 
post-transition DTV channel 38 at Scranton.

DATES: This rule is effective April 30, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Brown, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MB Docket No. 08-244, adopted April 16, 2009, and 
released April 17, 2009. 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 information collection 
requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 
104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any 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.
    The Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order in a 
report to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office 
pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Television, Television broadcasting.


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For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications 
Commission amends 47 CFR Part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES

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1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

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2. Section 73.622(i), the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments under 
Pennsylvania, is amended by adding DTV channel 31 and removing DTV 
channel 38 at Scranton.

Federal Communications Commission.
Clay C. Pendarvis,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. E9-9827 Filed 4-29-09; 8:45 am]
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