[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 125 (Friday, July 2, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35231-35232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14207]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-54; RM-11879; DA 21-702; FR ID 34796]


Television Broadcasting Services Peoria and Oswego, Illinois

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: On April 14, 2021, the Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) 
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition 
for rulemaking filed by Four Seasons Peoria, LLC (Petitioner), 
requesting an amendment of the DTV Table of Allotments to delete 
channel 10 at Peoria, Illinois, substitute channel 10 at Oswego, 
Illinois, and modify the WAOE license to specify Oswego as its 
community of license. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order 
referenced below, channel 10 is deleted from Peoria, Illinois, and 
allotted to Oswego, Illinois. Further, WAOE's community of license is 
modified to Oswego, Illinois.

DATES: Effective July 2, 2021.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 86 FR 
18934 on April 12, 2021. The Petitioner filed comments in support of 
the petition. No other comments were filed. We believe the public 
interest would be served by allotting channel 10 at Oswego, Illinois. 
Oswego (pop. 34,383) is the largest community in Kendall County, 
Illinois, and clearly qualifies for community of license status for 
allotment purposes. In addition, the proposal would result in a first 
local service to Oswego. Moreover, the allotment is consistent with the 
minimum geographic spacing requirements for new DTV allotments in the 
Commission's rules, and the allotment point complies with the rules as 
the entire community of Oswego is encompassed by the 43 dB[mu] contour. 
Finally, since the Petitioner does not propose any changes in WAOE's 
authorized facilities, the authorized and proposed facilities are 
mutually exclusive.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket 
No. 21-54; RM-11879; DA 21-702, 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 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 SERVICES

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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 Illinois, by adding an entry in alphabetical order 
for ``Oswego'' and revising the entry for ``Peoria'' to read as 
follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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                        Community                           Channel No.
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                                ILLINOIS
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Oswego..................................................             10.

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Peoria..................................................   19, 25, 30, *
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[FR Doc. 2021-14207 Filed 7-1-21; 8:45 am]
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