[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 33612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13562]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-254; RM-11911; DA 21-705; FR ID 34373]


Television Broadcasting Services Fredericksburg, Texas

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by Corridor Television, L.L.P. (Petitioner), the licensee of KCWX 
(MyNetwork), channel 5, Fredericksburg, Texas. The Petitioner requests 
the substitution of channel 8 for channel 5 at Fredericksburg in the 
DTV Table of Allotments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 26, 2021 and reply 
comments on or before August 9, 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: Jonathan Mark, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 
1301 K Street NW, Suite 500 East, Washington, DC 20005.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support of its channel substitution 
request, the Petitioner states that since it converted to digital 
channel 5 operations in 2009 it has received numerous complaints from 
the public about poor reception. The Petitioner recounts the steps it 
has taken to improve reception on its low-VHF channel, but concludes 
that it has no option to resolve the Station's reception problems other 
than to move from its low-VHF channel 5 to high-VHF channel 8. In its 
Amended Engineering Statement, the Petitioner proposes to utilize a 
Distributed Transmission System (DTS) facility comprised of six single 
frequency network (SFN) nodes, and submitted documentation showing that 
the loss areas would continue to be well-served by at least five other 
television stations, except an area with only 14 people, a number the 
Commission considers de minimis.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 21-254; RM-11911; DA 21-705, adopted June 16, 
2021, and released June 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. 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.

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2. In Sec.  73.622 in paragraph (i), amend the Post-Transition Table of 
DTV Allotments under Texas by revising the entry for Fredericksburg 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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Fredericksburg..........................................               8
 
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[FR Doc. 2021-13562 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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