[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31516-31517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14260]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 18-126, RM-11800; DA 18-418]


Television Broadcasting Services; Bridgeport and Stamford, 
Connecticut

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc. (Petitioner or CPBI)), 
licensee of television station WEDW, channel *49, Bridgeport, 
Connecticut (WEDW). WEDW operates on a shared basis with commercial 
television station WZME, Bridgeport, Connecticut (WZME), licensed to 
NRJ TV NY License Co. (NRJ). Prior to channel sharing, WZME was 
licensed on channel 42 at Bridgeport; NRJ has relinquished its channel 
42 spectrum pursuant to a successful license relinquishment bid in the 
broadcast incentive auction and the spectrum is now being licensed to 
new 600 MHz Band flexible use licensees. CPBI requests an amendment of 
the DTV Table of Allotments to change WEDW's community of license from 
Bridgeport to Stamford, Connecticut. Petitioner further requests 
modifications of WEDW's license to specify Stamford as its community of 
license. CPBI asserts that the proposed reallotment will not deprive 
Bridgeport of its sole broadcast station as it will continue to be 
served by shared station WZME on channel 49 at Bridgeport. CPBI does 
not propose to change WEDW's licensed facilities as part of its 
allotment request and its existing principal community contour will 
cover the entire community of Stamford from the station's currently-
licensed transmission facilities.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 6, 2018, and reply 
comments on or before August 20, 2018.

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: Community Public Broadcasting, Inc. c/o Garvey 
Schubert Barer, Esq., and Steven C. Schaffer, Esq., 1000 Potomac Street 
NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darren Fernandez, 
[email protected], (202) 418-2769, Video Division, Media Bureau.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 18-126, adopted April 25, 
2018, and released April 26, 2018. 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.) 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 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, 309, 310, 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 
Connecticut is amended by adding the entry for Stamford to read as 
follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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    (i) Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments.
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[FR Doc. 2018-14260 Filed 7-5-18; 8:45 am]
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