[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 2, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 12161-12162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04290]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-55; RM-11880; DA 21-164; FR ID 17509]


Television Broadcasting Services Kearney, Nebraska

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking 
(Petition) filed by KHGI Licensee, LLC, (Licensee), licensee of KHGI-
TV, channel 13, Kearney, Nebraska (KHGI or Station), requesting the 
substitution of channel 18 for channel 13 at Kearney in the DTV Table 
of Allotments. Licensee states that the proposed channel substitution 
for KHGI from VHF channel 13 to UHF channel 18 would allow KHGI to 
significantly improve its over-the-air service to the Station's viewers 
in the Kearney, Nebraska, area. Licensee states that the proposed 
channel change from channel 13 to channel 18 would result a substantial 
increase in signal receivability for KHGI's core viewers and enable 
viewers to receive the Station's signal with a significantly smaller 
antenna. Licensee maintains that KHGI, as a VHF channel station, has 
had a long history of dealing with severe reception problems 
exacerbated by the analog to digital conversion. The proposed migration 
of KHGI from channel 13 to channel 18, Licensee contends, will be a 
favorable arrangement of allotments based on the enhanced signal levels 
that will be delivered to a large percentage of the Station's 
population without any predicted loss of coverage. Further, Licensee 
maintains that the change will result in an predicted increase of more 
than 37,000 persons in the Station's overall population and the staff 
has determined there is no loss of service. Licensee concludes by 
saying that the public interest would be best served by promptly 
granting its Petition with the specifications set forth therein so that 
Kearney-area viewers may benefit from substantially improved over-the-
air broadcast television service as soon as possible.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 1, 2021 and reply 
comments on or before April 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: Paul A. Cicelski, Esq., Lerman Senter PLLC, 2001 L Street NW, 
Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaun Maher, Media Bureau, at (202) 
418-2324; or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 21-55; RM-11880; DA 21-
164, adopted February 12, 2021, and released February 12, 2021. The 
full text of this document is available for download at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials in accessible formats (braille, 
large print, computer diskettes, or audio recordings), please send an 
email to

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[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 Sections 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 SERVICE

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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.

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2. In Sec.  73.622 in paragraph (i) amend the Post-Transition Table of 
DTV Allotments under Nebraska by revising the entry for Kearney to read 
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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                                NEBRASKA
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Kearney....................................................           18
 
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[FR Doc. 2021-04290 Filed 3-1-21; 8:45 am]
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