Rule2022-07636
Television Broadcasting Services Billings, Montana
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Published
April 11, 2022
Effective
April 11, 2022
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
On January 26, 2022, the Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition for rulemaking filed by Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC (Scripps or Petitioner), the licensee of KTVQ(TV) (KTVQ or Station), channel 10, Billings, Montana, requesting the substitution of channel 20 for channel 10 at Billings in the Table of Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) regulations to substitute channel 20 for channel 10 at Billings.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21030-21031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07636]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 22-39; RM-11917; DA 22-359; FR ID 81399]
Television Broadcasting Services Billings, Montana
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: On January 26, 2022, the Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau)
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition
for rulemaking filed by Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC (Scripps or
Petitioner), the licensee of KTVQ(TV) (KTVQ or Station), channel 10,
Billings, Montana, requesting the substitution of channel 20 for
channel 10 at Billings in the Table of Allotments. For the reasons set
forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends the
Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) regulations to
substitute channel 20 for channel 10 at Billings.
DATES: Effective April 11, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
(202) 418-1647 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#90daffe9f3f5bed2f5e2fee3e4f5f9fed0f6f3f3bef7ffe6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eca683958f89c2ae899e829f98898582ac8a8f8fc28b839a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 87 FR
6473 on February 4, 2022. The Petitioner filed comments in support of
the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 20. No
other comments were filed. In support of its channel substitution
request, 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, and that the Station has
received many complaints from viewers unable to receive a reliable
signal on channel 10. An analysis using the Commission's TVStudy
software tool indicates that KTVQ's move from channel 10 to channel 20
is predicted to create a small area with 3,624 persons. That loss area,
however, is partially overlapped by the noise limited contours of
Scripps' owned TV translator stations K15LB-D, Red Lodge, Montana, and
K28ON-D, Castle Rock, Montana, both of which carry the CBS network
programming aired by KTVQ, and it appears that due to VHF reception
issues and terrain, most of the viewers in the loss area already
receive their CBS service from these translators. Accordingly, taking
into account service from the Scripps' translators, only 483 persons
would lose CBS service if KTVQ moves to channel 20, a number which the
Commission considers de minimis. In addition, the loss area is also
partially overlapped by the noise limited contours of KSVI (ABC) and
KULR (NBC), Billings, Montana; KHMT (FOX), Hardin, Montana; and KSGW
(ABC/FOX), Sheridan, Wyoming, so viewers in the loss area will continue
to have access to major network programming.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket
No. 22-39; RM-11917; DA 22-359, adopted April 4, 2022, and released
April 4, 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 for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic
files, audio format), send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f090c0c5a5f5b2f090c0c41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="34525757010400745257571a535b42">[email protected]</span></a> 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 the 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.
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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 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 Billings 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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Billings.............................................. 11, * 16, 18, 20
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[FR Doc. 2022-07636 Filed 4-8-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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