[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 27990-27991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11050]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-51; RM-11876; DA 21-584; FR ID 28092]


Television Broadcasting Services Cedar Rapids, Iowa

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: On February 12, 2021, the Media Bureau, Video Division 
(Bureau) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in response to a 
petition for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC 
(Petitioner), the licensee of KCRG-TV, channel 9 (ABC), Cedar Rapids, 
Iowa, requesting the substitution of channel 32 for channel 9 at Cedar 
Rapids in the DTV Table of Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the 
Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau

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amends FCC regulations to substitute channel 32 for channel 9 at Cedar 
Rapids.

DATES: Effective May 25, 2021.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 86 FR 
15451 on March 23, 2021. The Petitioner filed comments in support of 
the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 32. No 
other comments were received. According to the Petitioner, many of its 
viewers experience significant difficulty receiving KCRG-TV's signal. 
In addition, Gray demonstrated that the proposed channel change will 
result in no loss of service; while the traditional analysis of noise 
limited service contours show a de minimis population loss, analysis of 
the terrain limited service contours results in no loss.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket 
No. 21-51; RM-11876; DA 21-584, adopted May 17, 2021, and released May 
17, 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, in paragraph (i), amend the table entitled ``Post-
Transition Table of DTV Allotments,'' under Iowa, by revising the entry 
for ``Cedar Rapids'' to read as follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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                      Community                           Channel no.
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                                  Iowa
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Cedar Rapids.........................................     27, 29, 32, 47
 
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