[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 68 (Monday, April 12, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 18898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06391]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 20-428; RM-11870; DA 21-268; FR ID 17580]


Television Broadcasting Services; Columbia, Missouri

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: On March 4, 2021, the Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) 
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in response to a petition for 
rulemaking filed by The Curators of the University of Missouri 
(University), the licensee of KOMU-TV, channel 8 (NBC/CW), Columbia, 
Missouri, requesting the substitution of channel 27 for channel 8 at 
Columbia in the DTV Table of Allotments. For the reasons set forth in 
the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau substitutes channel 
27 for channel 8 at Columbia.

DATES: Effective April 12, 2021.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The University filed comments in support of 
the petition reaffirming its commitment to applying for channel 27. The 
Bureau believes the public interest would be served by the substitution 
and will permit KOMU-TV to better serve its viewers, who have 
experienced reception problems with VHF channel 8.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket 
No. 20-428; RM-11870; DA 21-268, adopted March 4, 2021, and released 
March 4, 2021. 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 Rule

    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, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 
336, and 339.


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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2. In Sec.  73.622 in paragraph (i), amend the Post-Transition Table of 
DTV Allotments, under Missouri, by revising the entry for Columbia to 
read as follows:
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                         Community                           Channel No.
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                                MISSOURI
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Columbia..................................................        17, 27
 
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[FR Doc. 2021-06391 Filed 4-9-21; 8:45 am]
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