[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 124 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34965-34966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13565]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-128; RM-11895; DA 21-695; FR ID 34434]


Television Broadcasting Services Bristol, Virginia

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: On April 5, 2021, the Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) 
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition 
for rulemaking filed by Sinclair Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the 
licensee of WCYB-TV, channel 5 (NBC), Bristol, Virginia, requesting the 
substitution of channel 35 for channel 5 at Bristol in the DTV Table of 
Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order 
referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC regulations to substitute 
channel 35 for channel 5 at Bristol.

DATES: Effective July 1, 2021.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 86 FR 
21681 on April 23, 2021. The Petitioner filed comments in support of 
the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 35. No 
other comments were filed. The Petitioner states that VHF channels have 
certain propagation characteristics which may cause reception issues 
for some viewers. In addition, WCYB-TV has received numerous complaints 
from viewers unable to receive the Station's over-the-air signal, 
despite being able to receive signals from other stations. While the 
proposed channel 35 noise limited contour does not completely encompass 
the relevant channel 5 noise limited contour, WCYB-TV is an NBC 
affiliate and there are six other NBC affiliated stations that serve 
some portion of the loss area, which, in the aggregate, serve the 
entire area of the channel 5 noise limited contour not encompassed by 
the proposed channel 35 contour, so that no one would lose NBC network 
service if channel 35 was substituted for channel 5. As the Bureau 
explained in the NPRM, it used the technical parameters of WCYB-TV's 
original post-transition digital channel 5 facility (File No. BPCDT-
20080327AFS) in determining any predicted loss which may occur.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket 
No. 21-128; RM-11895; DA 21-695, adopted June 15, 2021, and released 
June 15, 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(i), amend the Post-Transition Table of DTV 
Allotments, under Virginia, by revising the entry for Bristol to read 
as follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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                        Community                           Channel No.
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                                VIRGINIA
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[FR Doc. 2021-13565 Filed 6-30-21; 8:45 am]
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