[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 84266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27218]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 20-334; RM-11864; DA 20-1435; FRS 17288]


Television Broadcasting Services; Portland, Oregon

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) has before it a 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in response to a petition for 
rulemaking filed by Sander Operating Co. III LLC (Sander), licensee of 
KGW, channel 8, Portland, Oregon, requesting the substitution of 
channel 26 for channel 8 at Portland in the DTV Table of Allotments. 
The Bureau had instituted a freeze on the acceptance of rulemaking 
petitions by full power television stations requesting channel 
substitutions in May 2011 and waived the freeze to consider Sander's 
proposal to substitute channel 26 at Portland. TEGNA, Inc., filed 
comments in support of the petition reaffirming its commitment to 
applying for channel 26. The Bureau believes the public interest would 
be served by the substitution and will permit the station to better 
serve its viewers, who have experienced reception problems with VHF 
channel 8.

DATES: Effective December 28, 2020.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MB Docket No. 20-334; RM-11864; DA 20-1435, adopted 
and released on December 2, 2020. The full text of this document is 
available for download at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request 
materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, 
large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to 
[email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental 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, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Television.

Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.

Final Rules

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 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]

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2. Section 73.622 is amended in paragraph (i), in the Post-Transition 
Table of DTV Allotments under Oregon, by removing channel 8 and adding 
channel 26 in numerical order at Portland.

[FR Doc. 2020-27218 Filed 12-23-20; 8:45 am]
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