[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18072-18073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06235]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 22-436; RM-11941; DA 23-175; FR ID 132825]


Television Broadcasting Services Lufkin, Texas

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: On December 9, 2022, the Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) 
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition 
for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Petitioner or 
Gray), the licensee of KTRE (Station or KTRE), channel 9, Lufkin, 
Texas, requesting the substitution of channel 24 for channel 9 at 
Lufkin in the Table of TV Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the 
Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC) regulations to substitute channel 24 
for channel 9 at Lufkin.

DATES: Effective March 27, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 
(202) 418-1647 or [email protected].

[[Page 18073]]


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 88 FR 
1038 on January 6, 2023. The Petitioner filed comments in support of 
the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 24. No 
other comments were filed.
    The Bureau believes the public interest would be served by 
substituting channel 24 for channel 9 at Lufkin, Texas. The proposed 
channel substitution will resolve significant over-the-air reception 
problems in KTRE's existing service area, reception issues which the 
Commission has recognized results from the propagation characteristics 
of digital VHF signals and the deleterious effects manmade noise has on 
the reception of digital VHF signals. Furthermore, the existing KTRE 
tower has significantly deteriorated and cannot be reasonably repaired, 
and thus the Petitioner proposes to relocate the proposed KTRE facility 
on channel 24 to an adjacent, shorter tower. Although that facility 
would result in a slight reduction in KTRE's predicted population 
served, once terrain-limited coverage predications and coverage of 
same-network (ABC) alternative stations are taken into account, only 
448 persons will lose ABC network service, a number which the 
Commission considers de minimis.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket 
No. 22-436; RM-11941; DA 23-175, adopted March 3, 2023, and released 
March 3, 2023. The full text of this document is available for download 
at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials in accessible 
formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic 
files, audio format), send an email to [email protected] or call the 
Consumer & Governmental 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.
    The Commission will send a copy of the Report and Order in a report 
to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office 
pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Television.

Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES

0
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.


0
2. In Sec.  73.622(j), amend the Table of TV Allotments, under Texas, 
by revising the entry for Lufkin to read as follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

* * * * *
    (j) * * *

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Community                           Channel No.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                                * * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  TEXAS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                                * * * * *
Lufkin.................................................              24
 
                                * * * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[FR Doc. 2023-06235 Filed 3-24-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P