[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 68432-68433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24753]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 22-376; RM-11934; DA 22-1132; FR ID 112240]


Television Broadcasting Services Norwell, Massachusetts

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by RNN Boston License Co., LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of WWDP, 
channel 10, Norwell, Massachusetts. The Petitioner requests the 
substitution of channel 36 for channel 10 at Norwell in the Table of 
Allotments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 15, 2022 and reply 
comments on or before December 30, 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: Christine A. Burrow, Esq. Cooley, LLP, 1299 
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20004-2400.

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 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 According to the 
Petitioner, it has received many complaints from viewers unable to 
receive a reliable signal on channel 10 and that its channel sharing 
partner, WMFP(TV), Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is also owned by 
RNN, has similarly received complaints and would benefit from the 
proposed channel change. While an analysis using the Commission's 
TVStudy software indicates that WWDP's proposed channel substitution is 
predicted to create areas where viewers may lose service, all viewers 
in the loss area will continue to be served by at least five other full 
power television stations and no viewers will lose service from one of 
the four major television networks.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22-376; RM-11934; DA 22-1132, adopted October 
27, 2022, and released October 27, 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   Table of allotments.

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

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                       Community                           Channel No.
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                              MASSACHUSETTS
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Norwell................................................              36
 
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[FR Doc. 2022-24753 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]
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