Rule2022-11031
Television Broadcasting Services Bozeman, Montana
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Published
May 24, 2022
Effective
May 24, 2022
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
On March 10, 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 (Petitioner), the licensee of KBZK (Station), channel 13, Bozeman, Montana, requesting the substitution of channel 27 for channel 13 at Bozeman in the Table of Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC regulations to substitute channel 27 for channel 13 at Bozeman.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31433-31434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11031]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 22-114; RM-11920; DA 22-539; FR ID 88331]
Television Broadcasting Services Bozeman, Montana
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: On March 10, 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 (Petitioner),
the licensee of KBZK (Station), channel 13, Bozeman, Montana,
requesting the substitution of channel 27 for channel 13 at Bozeman in
the Table of
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Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order
referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC regulations to substitute
channel 27 for channel 13 at Bozeman.
DATES: Effective May 24, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
(202) 418-1647 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8f2d7c1dbdd96faddcad6cbccddd1d6f8dedbdb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="763c190f151358341304180502131f183610151558111900">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 87 FR
16158 on March 22, 2022. The Petitioner filed comments in support of
the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 27. No
other comments were filed.
According to the Petitioner, it has received many complaints from
viewers unable to receive a reliable signal on VHF channel 13, and the
Commission has recognized that VHF channels have certain
characteristics that pose challenges for their use in providing digital
television service. The proposed channel 27 contour would continue to
reach virtually all of the population within the Station's current
service area and an analysis using the Commission's TVStudy software
tool indicates that KBZK's move from channel 13 to channel 27 is
predicted to create a small area where 675 persons will lose service.
The loss area, however, is partially overlapped by the noise limited
contour of Scripps' owned television station KXLF-TV, Butte, Montana,
which, like KBZK, is a CBS network affiliate. Taking KXLF-TV into
consideration reduces the number who are predicted to lose CBS network
service to less than 500 persons, a number which the Commission has
found to be de minimis. In addition, viewers in the loss area would
continue to have access to other major network programming.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket
No. 22-114; RM-11920; DA 22-539, adopted May 17, 2022, and released May
17, 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#54323737616460143237377a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7c1c4c4929793e7c1c4c489c0c8d1">[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 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 Allotments, under Montana, by
revising the entry for ``Bozeman'' 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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Bozeman.................................................... * 8, 27
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[FR Doc. 2022-11031 Filed 5-23-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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