[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 148 (Thursday, August 3, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51249-51250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16051]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 23-78; RM-11946; DA 23-618; FR ID 157371]


Television Broadcasting Services Elko, Nevada

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 
Reno Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KENV-TV (Station or 
KENV-TV), channel 10, Elko, Nevada, requesting the substitution of 
channel 20 for channel 10 at Elko 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 20 for channel 10 
at Elko.

DATES: Effective August 3, 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 
16250 on March 16, 2023. The Petitioner filed comments in support of 
the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 20. No 
other comments were filed.
    The Bureau believes the public interest would be served by 
substituting channel 20 for channel 10 at Elko, Nevada. The Commission 
has recognized that VHF poses 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. According to the Petitioner, the 
Station ``has received numerous complaints from local viewers who can 
receive signals from other local stations but are unable to receive the 
Station's over-the-air signal on Channel 10.'' Thus, the Petitioner 
asserts that its channel substitution proposal will serve the public by 
resolving the over-the-air reception problems and enhancing viewer 
reception in the Station's service area. An analysis conducted using 
the Commission's TVStudy software tool indicates that no persons within 
the Station's current noise limited contour will lose service and an 
additional 1,367 persons are predicted to gain service from the 
Station.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket 
No. 23-78; RM-11946; DA 23-618, adopted July 19, 2023, and released 
July 19, 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

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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.
    The Commission will send a copy of this 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.

Final Rule

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 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.


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


Sec.  73.622  digital television table of allotments.

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                       Community                           Channel No.
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                                 NEVADA
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Elko...................................................              20
 
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[FR Doc. 2023-16051 Filed 8-2-23; 8:45 am]
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