[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 59836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18659]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 23-286; RM-11960; DA 23-749; FR ID 166837]


Television Broadcasting Services Winnemucca, Nevada

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the permittee of unbuilt 
station KWNV(DT), channel 7, Winnemucca, Nevada. The Petitioner 
requests the substitution of channel 16 for channel 7 at Winnemucca in 
the Table of Allotments.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 29, 2023 and reply 
comments on or before October 16, 2023.

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: Joan Stewart, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, 2050 M 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support, the Petitioner states its 
proposed channel substitution would serve the public interest by 
allowing Gray to build out this new station to avoid well-documented 
issues with indoor digital VHF reception since the 2009 digital 
transition. Petitioner states that the Commission has recognized the 
deleterious effects manmade noise has on the reception of VHF signals, 
finding that the propagation characteristics of these channels allow 
undesired signals and noise to be receivable at relatively farther 
distances, nearby electrical devices tend to emit noise in this band 
that can cause interference, and reception of VHF signals require 
physically larger antennas, relative to UHF channels. Additionally, the 
Commission has observed the large variability in the performance 
(especially intrinsic gain) of indoor antennas available to consumers, 
with most antennas receiving fairly well at UHF and the substantial 
majority not so well to very poor at high-VHF.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 23-286; RM-11960; DA 23-749, adopted August 
23, 2023, and released August 23, 2023. 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.

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2. In Sec.  73.622, in the table in paragraph (j), under Nevada, revise 
the entry for Winnemucca 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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Winnemucca................................................           16
 
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[FR Doc. 2023-18659 Filed 8-29-23; 8:45 am]
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