[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9465-9466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04789]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 18-383, RM-11822; DA 19-149]


Television Broadcasting Services Cookeville and Franklin, 
Tennessee

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: At the request of ION Media License Company, LLC (ION), 
licensee of digital television station WNPX-TV, channel 36, Cookeville, 
Tennessee (WNPX), the Commission has before it an unopposed Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking proposing to amend the Post-Transition Table of DTV 
Allotments to reallot channel 36 from Cookeville to Franklin, 
Tennessee. ION further requested modification of WNPX's license to 
specify Franklin as the station's community of license. ION claimed 
that proposed reallotment is mutually exclusive with WNPX's current 
allotment because it is based on the technical specifications currently 
authorized for the station. Furthermore, ION stated that the proposed 
reallotment is consistent with the Commission's second allotment 
priority because it will provide Franklin with its first local 
transmission service. ION explained that Franklin not only qualifies as 
a community for allotment purposes, but is also a larger community than 
Cookeville and is deserving of its first local transmission service.

DATES: Effective March 15, 2019.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Report 
and Order in MB Docket No. 19-149; RM-11817; DA 19-149, adopted on 
March 6, 2019, and released on March 6, 2019. 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.
    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, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Television.

Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara Kreisman
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.

Final Rules

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

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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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2. Amend Sec.  73.622, in the table in paragraph (i), under Tennessee, 
by removing the entry for Cookeville and adding in alphabetical order 
an entry for Franklin.
    The addition reads as follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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    (i) * * *

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                        Community                           Channel No.
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                                Tennessee
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Franklin................................................              36
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[FR Doc. 2019-04789 Filed 3-14-19; 8:45 am]
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