[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46087-46088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15330]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 23-43; RM-11944; DA 23-584; FR ID 155979]


Television Broadcasting Services Coos Bay, Oregon

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission's 
Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) issued a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition for rulemaking filed by 
Sinclair Eugene Licensee, LLC (Petitioner or Sinclair), the licensee of 
KCBY-TV (Station or KCBY-TV), channel 9, Coos Bay, Oregon, requesting 
the substitution of channel 34 for channel 11 at Coos Bay in the Table 
of TV Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order 
referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC regulations to substitute 
channel 34 for channel 11 at Coos Bay.

DATES: Effective July 19, 2023.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 88 FR 
13770 on March 6, 2023. The Petitioner filed comments in support of the 
petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 34. No other 
comments were filed.
    The Bureau believes the public interest would be served by 
substituting channel 34 for channel 11 at Coos Bay, Oregon. The Station 
has a long history of severe reception problems as a result of its 
operation on a VHF channel and the Commission has recognized that VHF 
channels pose challenges for stations providing digital television 
service on those channels due to propagation characteristics that allow 
undesired signals and noise to be receivable at relatively far 
distances and result in large variability in the performance of indoor 
antennas available to viewers, with most antennas performing very 
poorly on high VHF channels. Thus, the channel substitution will serve 
the public by resolving the over-the-air reception problems and 
enhancing viewer reception in KCBY-TV's service area. Moreover, an 
analysis conducted using the Commission's TVStudy software tool 
indicates that all but approximately 392 persons will continue to 
receive the Station's signal, and the channel change will result in a 
predicted increase in service to more than 11,000 persons.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket 
No. 23-43; RM-11944; DA 23-584, adopted July 5, 2023, and released July 
5, 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).

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List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Television.

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

Final Rule

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 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 TV Allotments, under Oregon, 
by revising the entry for Coos Bay to read as follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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                       Community                           Channel No.
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                                 OREGON
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Coos Bay...............................................          22, 34
 
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[FR Doc. 2023-15330 Filed 7-18-23; 8:45 am]
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