[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 58 (Monday, March 29, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16313-16314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06396]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-55; RM-11878; DA 21-162; FR ID 17506]


Television Broadcasting Services St. George, Utah

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking 
(Petition) filed by KUTV Licensee, LLC, (Licensee), licensee of KMYU, 
channel 9, St. George, Utah (KMYU or Station), requesting the 
substitution of channel 21 for channel 9 at St. George in the DTV Table 
of Allotments. Licensee states that the proposed channel change from 
channel 9 to channel 21 would result a substantial increase in signal 
receivability for KMYU's core viewers and enable viewers to receive the 
Station's signal with a significantly smaller antenna. Licensee 
maintains that KMYU, 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 KMYU from channel 9 to 
channel 21, Licensee contends, will result in the delivery of enhanced 
signal levels 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 8,000 persons 
in the Station's overall population. Licensee concludes by saying that 
the public interest would be best served by promptly granting its 
Petition with the specifications set forth in therein so that St. 
George-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 28, 2021 and reply 
comments on or before May 13, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 
45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments 
with the

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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. 21-53; RM-11878; DA 21-
162, 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 [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, 339.

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2. In Sec.  73.622(i) amend the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments 
under Utah by revising the entry for St. George to read as follows:


Sec.  73.622   Digital television table of allotments.

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                         Community                           Channel No.
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                                  Utah
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St. George................................................           21
 
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[FR Doc. 2021-06396 Filed 3-26-21; 8:45 am]
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