[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16816-16817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06316]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 11-139; RM-11636; DA 13-258]


Television Broadcasting Services; Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia; 
Norfolk, Virginia-Elizabeth City, North Carolina

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association's (HRETA). 
HRETA requests the reallotment of its channel *16 to Norfolk, Virginia-
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and to modify its television station, 
WHRO-TV's license to specify Norfolk, Virginia-Elizabeth City, North 
Carolina as its community of license. Norfolk, Virginia-Elizabeth City, 
North Carolina fails to qualify as a community for allotment purposes, 
and therefore, HRETA's request to modify its community of license is 
been denied and its petition for rulemaking is dismissed.

DATES: This rule is effective March 19, 2013.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MB Docket No. 11-139, adopted February 21, 2013, and 
released February 22, 2013. 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://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/). 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 the company's Web site, http://www.bcpiweb.com. To request materials in accessible formats for people 
with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio 
format), send an email to [email protected]

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or call the Consumer & 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).

Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2013-06316 Filed 3-18-13; 8:45 am]
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