United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2016-10-21 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f34804 D09002ee1c7f34878 United States Federal Communications Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This document eliminates the UHF discount from the calculation of the national television audience reach cap because it is no longer justified due to the transition to digital television. The discount attributes television stations broadcasting in the UHF spectrum with only 50 percent of the television households in their Designated Market Areas (DMAs). To avoid imposing undue harm on existing broadcast television station groups that exceed the national audience reach cap without the benefit of the UHF discount, this Report and Order grandfathers combinations: In existence on September 26, 2013 (Grandfather Date), the release date of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in this proceeding; created by a transaction that had received Commission approval on or before the Grandfather Date; and proposed in applications pending before the Commission on the Grandfather Date. 81 FR 73035 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-10-24/2016-25569 2016-25569 fr24oc16-9 6712-01-P MB Docket No. 13-236 FCC 16-116 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-10-24/2016-25569 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-10-24/html/2016-25569.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-10-24/pdf/2016-25569.pdf Television Radio 7 p. 73035 73041 81 FR 73035 Title 47 Part 73 47 CFR Part 73 National Television Multiple Ownership Rule; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue RULE 2016-25569 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 2016-11-23 MB Docket No. 13-236 FCC 16-116 6712-01-P 2016-25569 Final rule.

This document eliminates the UHF discount from the calculation of the national television audience reach cap because it is no longer justified due to the transition to digital television. The discount attributes television stations broadcasting in the UHF spectrum with only 50 percent of the television households in their Designated Market Areas (DMAs). To avoid imposing undue harm on existing broadcast television station groups that exceed the national audience reach cap without the benefit of the UHF discount, this Report and Order grandfathers combinations: In existence on September 26, 2013 (Grandfather Date), the release date of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in this proceeding; created by a transaction that had received Commission approval on or before the Grandfather Date; and proposed in applications pending before the Commission on the Grandfather Date.

Effective November 23, 2016. Brendan Holland, Industry Analysis Division, Media Bureau, Brendan.Holland@fcc.gov, (202) 418-2757. Television Radio National Television Multiple Ownership Rule , Brendan.Holland@fcc.gov fcc504@fcc.gov https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/0907563506002/document/090756350600263ba Vol. 81, no. 205 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-10-24 continuing daily deposited born digital 328 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-10-24 P0b002ee191d26d5a 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr24oc16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-10-24 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-10-24/pdf/FR-2016-10-24.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-10-24/xml/FR-2016-10-24.xml fdlp 73015 73332 DGPO 2016-10-21 2024-06-01 FR-2016-10-24 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-10-24 81 205