[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 54674-54675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21751]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 14-139, RM-11732; DA 14-1273]


Television Broadcasting Services; Mount Vernon, Illinois

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by WPXS, Inc. (``WPXS''), the licensee of station WPXS(TV), channel 21, 
Mount Vernon, Illinois, requesting the substitution of channel 11 for 
channel 21 at Mount Vernon. While the Commission instituted a freeze on 
the acceptance of full power television rulemaking petitions requesting 
channel substitutions in May 2011, it recently adopted rules to 
implement the broadcast television spectrum incentive auction 
authorized by the Spectrum Act which facilitates the voluntary return 
of television spectrum usage rights and reorganizes the broadcast 
television bands. The Commission will be able to recover a portion of 
ultra-high frequency (``UHF'') spectrum for new, flexible-use licenses 
suitable for mobile broadband services. By relinquishing channel 21, a 
UHF channel, the proposed channel substitution will assist the 
Commission in the repacking process by freeing up a UHF channel, which 
serves the public interest.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 14, 2014, and reply 
comments on or before October 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 R. Feore, Esq., Cooley LLP, 1299 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004-2400.

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. 14-139, adopted September 
4, 2014, and released September 4, 2014. 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 47 CFR 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:

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

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Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

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2. Section 73.622(i), the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments under 
Illinois is amended by adding channel 11 and removing channel 21 at 
Mount Vernon.

[FR Doc. 2014-21751 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am]
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