[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 76337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31403]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 11-192, RM-11646; DA 11-1924]


Television Broadcasting Services; Lincoln, NE

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by Lincoln Broadcasting, LLC (``LBL''), the licensee of KFXL-TV, 
channel 51, Lincoln, Nebraska, requesting the substitution of channel 
15 for channel 51 at Lincoln. LBL's proposal complies with the 
Commission announcement that it would lift the current freeze on the 
acceptance of channel substitution rulemaking proceeding for petitions 
proposing to relocate from channel 51. LBL also states that the 
proposed facility will increase the net total population served by the 
station by almost 700,000 persons. LBL believes the grant of this 
petition would serve the public interest.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 6, 2012, and reply 
comments on or before January 23, 2012.

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: Howard M. Liberman, Esq., Drinker Biddle & 
Reath, 1500 K Street NW., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce L. Bernstein, 
[email protected], Media Bureau, (202) 418-1647.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 11-192, adopted November 
21, 2011, and released November 22, 2011. 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 email http://www.BCPIWEB.com. To request this document in 
accessible formats (computer diskettes, large print, audio recording, 
and Braille), send an email 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 (other than ex parte presentations exempt under 47 CFR 
1.1204(a)) are prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, 
which involve channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1208 for rules governing 
restricted proceedings.
    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.

Federal Communications Commission
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.

Proposed Rules

    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, and 339.


Sec.  73.622(i)  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.622(i), the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments 
under Nebraska is amended by removing channel 51 and adding channel 15 
at Lincoln.

[FR Doc. 2011-31403 Filed 12-6-11; 8:45 am]
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