[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 16, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32011-32012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12051]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-221; RM-11908; DA 21-600; FR ID 29165]


Television Broadcasting Services Las Vegas, Nevada

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by Scripps Broadcasting Holdings, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of 
KTNV-TV (ABC), channel 13, Las Vegas, Nevada. The Petitioner requests 
the substitution of channel 26 for channel 13 at Las Vegas in the DTV 
Table of Allotments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 16, 2021 and reply 
comments on or before August 2, 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: Daniel Kirkpatrick, Esq., Baker & Hostetler, 
LLP, 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support of its channel substitution 
request, the Petitioner states that the Commission has recognized that 
VHF channels have certain characteristics that pose challenges for 
their use in providing digital television service, including 
propagation characteristics that allow undesired signals and noise to 
be receivable at relatively far distances and nearby electrical devices 
to cause interference. According to the Petitioner, it has received 
many complaints from viewers unable to receive a reliable signal on 
channel 13. In addition, the Petitioner demonstrated that its proposal 
would result in a loss area of 460.9 square kilometers, containing only 
five people who will continue to receive service from two other full 
power television stations.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 21-221; RM-11908; DA 21-600, adopted May 21, 
2021, and released May 21, 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. 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)

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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.
India Malcolm,
Assistant Bureau Chief for Management.

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(i), amend the table Post-Transition Table of DTV 
Allotments under Nevada by revising the entry for ``Las Vegas'' 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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                                 NEVADA
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Las Vegas.............................  2, 7, * 11, 16, 22, 26, 29.
 
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[FR Doc. 2021-12051 Filed 6-15-21; 8:45 am]
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