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[Proposed Rules]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 22-13; RM-11914; DA 22-24; FR ID 67659]


Television Broadcasting Services Albany, New York

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by WNYT-TV, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of WNYT, channel 12, Albany, 
New York. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 21 for 
channel 12 at in the Table of Allotments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 23, 2022 and reply 
comments on or before March 10, 2022.

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: William LeBeau, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, 800 
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006.

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 WNYT has a long history of 
significant reception problems given the local terrain. According to 
the Petitioner, once the station began operating solely in digital on 
VHF channel 12, it received numerous complaints from viewers about the 
station's over-the-air signal, and in order to address these problems, 
the Petitioner applied for and received modification authorizations to 
increase WNYT's effective radiated power and tried other means to 
improve viewers' digital reception, including constructing two digital 
replacement translators. The proposal will result in a net gain in 
service to 289,588 persons within WNYT's predicted noise limited 
service contour, and while it will result in a loss population of 210 
persons within the predicted contour, all of the population located 
within WNYT's original DTV channel 12 noise limited contour will 
continue to receive NBC service, except for 130 people.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22-13; RM-11914; DA 22-24, adopted January 
11, 2022, and released January 11, 2022. 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 to read 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(j), amend the Table of Allotments under New York, by 
revising the entry for ``Albany'' to read as follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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    (i) * * *
    (j) Table of TV Allotments.

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                Community                           Channel No.
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                                NEW YORK
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Albany..................................  8, 21, 24.
 
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[FR Doc. 2022-01002 Filed 1-21-22; 8:45 am]
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