[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 78318-78319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30827]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 13-302, RM-11709; DA 13-2391]


Television Broadcasting Services; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by Family Broadcasting Group, Inc. (``Family Broadcasting''), the 
licensee of station KSBI(TV), channel 51, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 
requesting the substitution of channel 23 for channel 51 at Oklahoma 
City. While the Commission instituted a freeze on the acceptance of 
full power television rulemaking petitions requesting channel 
substitutions in May 2011, it subsequently announced that it would lift 
the freeze to accept such petitions for rulemaking seeking to relocate 
from channel 51 pursuant to a voluntary relocation agreement with Lower 
700 MHz A Block licensees. Family Broadcasting has entered into such a 
voluntary relocation agreement with U.S. Cellular Corporation and 
states that operation on channel 23 would eliminate potential 
interference to and from wireless operations in the adjacent Lower 700 
MHZ A Block.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 10, 2014, and reply 
comments on or before January 27, 2014.

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: John W. Bagwell, Esq., Lerman Senter PLLC, 2000 
K Street NW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, 
[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. 13-302, adopted December 
16, 2013, and released December 16, 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://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 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 Sec. Sec.  1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Television.

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

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


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    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336, and 339.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

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2. Section 73.622(i), the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments under 
Oklahoma is amended by adding channel 23 and removing channel 51 at 
Oklahoma City.

[FR Doc. 2013-30827 Filed 12-24-13; 8:45 am]
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