[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 12, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 25979-25980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10062]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-155; RM-11900; DA 21-436; FR ID 22597]


Television Broadcasting Services Medford, Oregon

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by KTVL Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KTVL (CBS), channel 
10, Medford, Oregon. The Petitioner requests the substitution of 
channel 16 for channel 10 at Medford, Oregon in the DTV Table of 
Allotments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before June 11, 2021 and reply 
comments on or before June 28, 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 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: In support of its channel substitution 
request, the Petitioner states that the reception of VHF signals 
require larger antennas relative to UHF channels, and 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 KTVL 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 proposed channel 16 noise limited contour 
does not completely encompass the channel 10 noise limited contour, 
there are three other CBS affiliated stations that serve all but 9,355 
persons in the noise limited contour loss area. The Petitioner also 
submitted an analysis, using the Commission's TVStudy software analysis 
program, demonstrating that after taking into account service provided 
by other CBS stations, all of the population located within KTVL's 
channel 10 noise limited contour will continue to receive CBS service, 
resulting in no loss of network service.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 21-155; RM-11900; DA 21-436, adopted April 
16, 2021, and released April 16, 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.

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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, 339.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

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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 Medford 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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                                 Oregon
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Medford.............................  5, * 8, 12, 16, 26
 
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[FR Doc. 2021-10062 Filed 5-11-21; 8:45 am]
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