[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 194 (Friday, October 7, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60956-60957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21888]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 22-347; RM-11932; DA 22-1009; FR ID-106914]


Television Broadcasting Services Lincoln, Nebraska

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by The University of Nebraska (Petitioner), the licensee of 
noncommercial educational television station KUON-TV, channel *12, 
Lincoln, Nebraska. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 
*27 for channel *12 at Lincoln in the Table of TV Allotments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 7, 2022 and reply 
comments on or before November 21, 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: Derek Teslik, Esq., Gray Miller Persh, 2233 
Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 
(202)

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418-1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support, the Petitioner states that the 
proposed channel substitution would serve the public interest, since 
moving the Station to a UHF channel would improve indoor reception. In 
support of its assertion that viewers in Lincoln have experienced 
difficulty receiving a signal on channel *12, the Petitioner submits a 
log of approximately 80 viewer complaints and requests for help 
receiving the signal. According to the Petitioner, although the 
proposed channel *27 facilities will result in a reduction in the 
Station's predicted population served within its noise limited service 
contour, almost all of the predicted loss area is served by other PBS 
stations licensed to communities in Nebraska and Iowa, which largely 
air the same programming as KUON-TV. The Petitioner further states that 
once terrain-limitations are factored into the analysis, the new loss 
area that would be created by the proposed channel substitution would 
contain only 342 persons, which it asserts is below the level the 
Commission considers de minimis in the context of determining whether 
there would be an impermissible loss of service.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22-347; RM-11932; DA 22-1009, adopted 
September 26, 2022, and released September 26, 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 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 Nebraska by revising the entry for Lincoln 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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                                NEBRASKA
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                                * * * * *
Lincoln...................................  8, 10, 15, *27.
 
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[FR Doc. 2022-21888 Filed 10-6-22; 8:45 am]
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