[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 643-644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00606]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 18-383; RM-11822; DA 18-1267]


Television Broadcast Services; Cookeville and Franklin, Tennessee

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: At the request of ION Media License Company, LLC. (ION), 
licensee of television station WNPX-TV, channel 36, Cookeville, 
Tennessee (WNPX), the Commission is proposing to amend the Post-
Transition Table of DTV Allotments by changing WNPX's community of 
license from Cookeville to Franklin, Tennessee, pursuant to section 
1.420(i) of the Commission's rules. ION asserts that the proposed 
reallotment is consistent with the Commission's second allotment 
priority by providing Franklin with its first local transmission 
service. ION also asserts that the proposed reallotment will not 
deprive Cookeville of its sole broadcast station because it will 
continue to be served by station WCTE(TV), licensed to Upper Cumberland 
Broadcast Council, on channel *22 at Cookeville.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 15, 2019 and reply 
comments on or before February 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary,

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445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing 
comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for 
petitioner as follows: ION Media License Company, LLC., c/o Terri 
McGalliard, 601 Clearwater Park Road, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darren Fernandez, Media Bureau, at 
[email protected]; or Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 18-383; RM-11822; DA 18-
1267, adopted December 19, 2018, and released December 19, 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, or online at http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. To request materials in 
accessible formats (braille, large print, computer diskettes, or audio 
recordings), please send an email to [email protected] or call the 
Consumer & Government 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 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, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, do not apply to 
this proceeding.
    Members of the public should note that all ex parte contacts are 
prohibited from the time a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is issued to 
the time the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or 
court review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are, however, exceptions to this 
prohibition, which can be found in Section 1.1204(a) of the 
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
    See Sec.  1.415 and 1.420 of the Commission's rules for information 
regarding the proper filing procedures for comments, 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 Rule

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--Radio Broadcast Service

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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.


Sec.  73.622   (Amended)

    Sec.  73.622(i) is amended as follows:
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2. The Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments under Tennessee, by 
removing Cookeville, channel 36, and adding, in alphabetical order, 
Franklin, channel 26.

[FR Doc. 2019-00606 Filed 1-30-19; 8:45 am]
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