Proposed Rule2022-05934
Television Broadcasting Services Butte, Montana
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Published
March 22, 2022
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KXLF-TV, channel 5, Butte, Montana. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 15 for channel 5 at Butte in the Table of Allotments.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16157-16158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05934]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 22-115; RM-11921; DA 22-249; FRS 77595]
Television Broadcasting Services Butte, Montana
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed
by Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of
KXLF-TV, channel 5, Butte, Montana. The Petitioner requests the
substitution of channel 15 for channel 5 at Butte in the Table of
Allotments.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 21, 2022 and reply
comments on or before May 6, 2022.
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: Christina A. Burrow, Esq., Cooley LLP, 1299
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004-2400.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
(202) 418-1647 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#22684d5b41470c6047504c5156474b4c624441410c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce84a1b7adabe08cabbca0bdbaaba7a08ea8adade0a9a1b8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support, the Petitioner states that the
Commission has recognized that VHF channels have certain
characteristics that pose challenges for their use in providing digital
television service, including propagation characteristics that allow
undesired signals and noise to be receivable at relatively far
distances. According to the Petitioner, it has received many complaints
from viewers unable to receive a reliable signal on channel 5. The
Engineering Statement confirms that the proposed channel 15 contour
would continue to reach virtually all of the population
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within the Station's current service area and fully cover the city of
Butte. An analysis using the Commission's TVStudy software tool
indicates that KXLF-TV's move from channel 5 to channel 15 is predicted
to create an area where approximately 3,000 persons are predicted to
lose service. The loss area, however, is partially overlapped by the
noise limited contours of Scripps' owned CBS network affiliates KPAX-
TV, Missoula, Montana; KBZK, Bozeman, Montana; and KRTV, Great Falls,
Montana. Taking these other stations into account, less than 500
persons would lose CBS service if KXLF-TV moves to channel 15, which
Petitioner argues is de minimis.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22-115; RM-11921; DA 22-249, adopted March
10, 2022, and released March 10, 2022. The full text of this document
is available for download at <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/edocs">https://www.fcc.gov/edocs</a>. To request
materials in accessible formats (braille, large print, computer
diskettes, or audio recordings), please send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0f6f3f3858084f0d6d3d39ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98dedbdbada8acd8fefbfbb6fff7ee">[email protected]</span></a>
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 Sec. 1.1204(a) of the Commission's
rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
See Sec. Sec. 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 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 Allotments under Montana by
revising the entry for Butte to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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MONTANA
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Butte..................................... 15, 19, 20, 24.
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[FR Doc. 2022-05934 Filed 3-21-22; 8:45 am]
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