[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 75975-75976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21075]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 24-176; RM-11984; DA 24-891; FR ID 243632]


Television Broadcasting Services Cape Girardeau, Missouri

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in response to a Petition for 
Rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Gray), the licensee 
of KFVS-TV (Station or KFVS-TV), Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Cape 
Girardeau). Gray requests amendment of the Table of TV Allotments to 
substitute channel 11 for channel 32. Gray filed comments in support of 
the Petition, as required by the Commission's rules (rules), 
reaffirming its interest in the proposed channel substitution and that 
it will promptly file an application seeking authorization on channel 
11.

DATES: Effective October 17, 2024.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 89 FR 
56250 on July 9, 2024. Gray filed comments in support of the petition 
reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 11. No other comments 
were received.
    The Bureau believes the public interest would be served by 
substituting channel 11 for channel 32 at Cape Girardeau. On May 17, 
2021, the Bureau granted a petition for rulemaking submitted by Gray to 
substitute channel 32 for channel 11 at Cape Girardeau for KFVS-TV. 
Gray was also granted a construction permit to construct a facility on 
channel 32 at Cape Girardeau, but was unable to complete construction 
of the channel facility by the expiration date--June 23, 2024. Thus, 
Gray requests amendment of the Table of TV Allotments to allow it to 
continue to operate pursuant to the parameters of its current license 
on channel 11. The substitution of channel 11 for channel 32 in the TV 
Table of Allotments will allow the Station to remain on the air and 
continue to provide service to viewers within its service area. Gray 
proposes to utilize its currently licensed parameters, and as such we 
find that channel 11 can be substituted for channel 32 at Cape 
Girardeau as proposed, in compliance with the principal community 
coverage requirements of Sec.  73.618(a) of the rules, at coordinates 
37-25'-44.7'' N and 089-30'-14.2'' W. In addition, we find that this 
channel substitution meets the technical requirements set forth in 
Sec.  73.622(a) of the rules.
    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket 
No. 24-176; RM-11984; DA 24-891, adopted September 5, 2024, and 
released September 5, 2024. The full text of this document is available 
for download at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials in 
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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 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 
Missouri, by revising the entry for Cape Girardeau to read as follows:


Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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                Community                           Channel No.
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                                Missouri
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Cape Girardeau..........................  11, 36
 
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[FR Doc. 2024-21075 Filed 9-16-24; 8:45 am]
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