[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 86527-86528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28613]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 20-428; RM-11870; DA 20-1487; FRS 17346]


Television Broadcasting Services: Columbia, Missouri

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by The Curators of the University of Missouri (the University), 
licensee of KOMU-TV, channel 8, Columbia, Missouri, requesting the 
substitution of channel 27 for channel 8 at Columbia in the DTV Table 
of Allotments. The University states that the Commission has recognized 
that VHF channels have certain propagation characteristics which may 
cause reception issues for some viewers. The University states that 
since the end of the DTV transition in 2009, the station regularly 
receives complaints from viewers who report being able to receive all 
other signals in the market, including a low power television station 
operating on a UHF channel, but not KOMU-TV. While KOMU-TV's proposed 
channel 27 facility would result in a slight reduction of service to 
existing viewers, the University demonstrates that only 401 people are 
predicted to live in portions of the loss area, and that all but seven 
of those persons will continue to be served by at least five full power 
television stations. The Commission has found that population loss of 
less than 500 persons is de minimus and the predicted population loss 
as presented by the University is only 401 persons and virtually all of 
them will continue to be well-served by five other full power 
television stations.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 29, 2021 and reply 
comments on or before February 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 
45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments 
with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for petitioner as 
follows: Lauren Lynch Flick, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 
1200 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 
(202) 418-1647; 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. 20-428; RM-11870; DA 20-
1487, adopted December 16, 2020, and released December 16, 2020. The 
full text of this document is available for download at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs.

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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 Sec.  1.1204(a) of the Commission's 
rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
    See Sec. 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.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, 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 SERVICES

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1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 
336, and 339.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  73.622(i), the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments 
under Missouri, by removing channel 8 and adding channel 27 at 
Columbia.

[FR Doc. 2020-28613 Filed 12-29-20; 8:45 am]
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