[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 150 (Monday, August 9, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 43470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16449]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 21-130; RM-11897; DA 21-843; FR ID 40086]


Television Broadcasting Services Portland, Oregon

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by KPTV-KPDX Broadcasting Corporation (Petitioner), the licensee of 
KPTV (FOX), channel 12, Portland, Oregon. The Petitioner requests the 
substitution of channel 21 for channel 12 at in the DTV Table of 
Allotments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 8, 2021 and reply 
comments on or before September 23, 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: Christina Burrow, Esq., Cooley LLP, 1299 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 
(202) 418-1647 or [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 
numerous complaints of poor or no reception from viewers, and explains 
the importance of a strong over-the-air signal in the Portland area 
during emergencies, when, it states, cable and satellite service may go 
out of operation. Finally, the Petitioner demonstrated that the channel 
21 noise limited contour would fully encompass the existing channel 12 
contour, and an analysis using the Commission's TVStudy software 
indicates that Petitioner's proposal would result in an increase in 
population served.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 21-130; RM-11897; DA 21-843, adopted July 15, 
2021, and released July 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 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 in paragraph (i), amend the Post-Transition Table of 
DTV Allotments under Oregon by revising the entry for Portland 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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                                 OREGON
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Portland............................  8, *10, 21, 40, 43, 45
 
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[FR Doc. 2021-16449 Filed 8-6-21; 8:45 am]
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