[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 77 (Friday, April 23, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21662-21663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08370]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-59; RM-11883; DA 21-396; FR ID 20482]


Television Broadcasting Services; Corpus Christi, Texas

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 Scripps Broadcasting Holding, LLC (Scripps), the 
licensee of KRIS-TV, channel 13 (NBC), Corpus Christi, Texas, 
requesting the substitution of channel 26 for channel 13 at Corpus 
Christi in the DTV Table of Allotments. For the reasons set forth in 
the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC 
regulations to substitute

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channel 26 for channel 13 at Corpus Christi.

DATES: Effective April 23, 2021.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 86 FR 
12162 on March 2, 2021. Scripps filed comments in support of the 
petition reaffirming its commitment to applying for channel 26. No 
other parties filed comments. The Bureau believes the public interest 
would be served by the substitution and will permit KRIS-TV to better 
serve its viewers, who have experienced reception problems with VHF 
channel 13. While there is a small terrain limited predicted loss area 
when comparing the licensed channel 13 and the proposed channel 26 
facilities, all but 15 people living within the predicted loss area 
will continue to be well served, a number which the Commission has 
recognized as de minimis. Finally, the timing of the channel change is 
important because in April 2020, high winds caused the tower supporting 
the KRIS-TV antenna to collapse, taking the station silent, and Scripps 
would prefer to build out a new UHF facility which can significantly 
improve the off-air reception of KRIS-TV, rather than replace the VHF 
facility.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket 
No. 21-59; RM-11883; DA 21-396, adopted April 4, 2021, and released 
April 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, 339.


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2. In Sec.  73.622(i), amend the Post-Transition Table of DTV 
Allotments, under Texas, by revising the entry for Corpus Christi to 
read as follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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                        Community                           Channel No.
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                                  TEXAS
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Corpus Christi..........................................     8, 10, *23,
                                                              26, 27, 38
 
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[FR Doc. 2021-08370 Filed 4-22-21; 8:45 am]
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