[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23154-23155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08342]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 22-151; RM-11927; DA 22-404; FRS 83016]


Television Broadcasting Services Hampton, Virginia

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by WVEC Television, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of WVEC, channel 11, 
Hampton, Virginia. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 
35 for channel 11 at Hampton in the Table of Allotments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 19, 2022 and reply 
comments on or before June 3, 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: Michael Beder, Esq., Associate General Counsel, 
TEGNA, Inc., 8350 Broad Street, Suite 2000, Tysons, Virginia 22102.

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 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. According to the Petitioner, 
it has received many complaints from viewers unable to receive a 
reliable signal on channel 11, despite being able to receive the NBC, 
CBS, and FOX network affiliates in the Norfolk, Virginia market, all of 
which operate on UHF channels. The proposed channel change would not 
cause any loss of service to viewers of WVEC's existing coverage area.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22-151; RM-11927; DA 22-404, adopted April 
13, 2022, and released April 13, 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

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``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.


Sec.  73.622   [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  73.622 in paragraph (j), amend the Table of Allotments 
under Virginia by revising the entry for Hampton to read as follows:


Sec.  73.622   Table of allotments.

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    (j) * * *

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                 Community                           Channel No.
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                                VIRGINIA
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Hampton...................................  35
 
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[FR Doc. 2022-08342 Filed 4-18-22; 8:45 am]
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