[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2296-2297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27981]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 20-331; RM-11863; DA 20-1436; FRS 17286]


Television Broadcasting Services; Mesa, Arizona

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 Multimedia Holdings Corporation (Multimedia), 
licensee of KPNX, channel 12 (NBC), Mesa, Arizona, requesting the 
substitution of channel 18 for channel 12 at Mesa 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 
Multimedia's proposal to substitute channel 18 at Mesa. TEGNA, Inc., 
filed comments in support of the petition reaffirming its commitment to 
applying for channel 18. 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 12.

DATES: Effective January 12, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 
[email protected], or (202) 418-1647.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MB Docket No. 20-331; RM-11863; DA 20-1436, adopted 
December 2, 2020, and released 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

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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 Rule

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 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, 339.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  73.622(i), the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments 
under Arizona, by removing channel 12 and adding channel 18 at Mesa.

[FR Doc. 2020-27981 Filed 1-11-21; 8:45 am]
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