[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 22126-22127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08739]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-151; RM-11898; DA 21-423; FR ID 22592]


Television Broadcasting Services Eugene, Oregon

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Sinclair 
Eugene Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KVAL-TV (CBS), 
channel 13, Eugene, Oregon. The Petitioner requests the substitution of 
channel 28 for channel 13 at Eugene, Oregon in the DTV Table of 
Allotments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 27, 2021 and reply 
comments on or before June 11, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by MB Docket No. 21-151, 
by any of the following methods:
     Federal Communications Commission's website: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request 
reasonable accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language 
interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: [email protected] or phone: 202-418-
0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432.
    In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve counsel for the Petitioner as follows: Paul A. Cicelski, 
Esq., Lerman Senter, PLLC, 2001 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Manley, Media Bureau, at (202) 
418-0596; or Andrew Manley, Media Bureau, at Andrew [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, in MB Docket No. 21-151; RM-11898; DA 
21-423, adopted and released on April 14, 2021.

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The full text of this document is available for download at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-423A1.pdf. 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).
    In support of its channel substitution request, the Petitioner 
states that the reception of VHF signals require larger antennas 
relative to UHF channels, that studies suggest a large variability in 
indoor antennas, with most receiving fairly well at UHF and the 
substantial majority not so well to very poor for high-VHF channels. 
Petitioner further states that KVAL has received numerous complaints 
from viewers unable to receive that Station's over-the-air signal, 
despite being able to receive signals from other stations. In its 
Amended Engineering Exhibit, the Petitioner demonstrated that while the 
noise limited contour of the proposed channel 28 facility does not 
completely encompass the licensed channel 13 contour, there are three 
other CBS affiliated stations that, together, overlap all areas where 
the channel 28 noise limited contour does not extend beyond the channel 
13 noise limited contour, except in one small geographic area with no 
population. Accordingly, there would be no loss of CBS network service.
    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 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 Oregon by revising the entry for Eugene to read as 
follows:
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    (i) * * *

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              Community                           Channel No.
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                                 Oregon
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Eugene..............................  9, 17, 28, * 29, 31
 
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[FR Doc. 2021-08739 Filed 4-26-21; 8:45 am]
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