Rule2022-27039
Television Broadcasting Services Missoula, Montana
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Published
December 15, 2022
Effective
December 15, 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 KPAX-TV (Station), channel 7, Missoula, Montana, requesting the substitution of channel 25 for channel 7 at Missoula in the Table of Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) regulations to substitute channel 25 for channel 7 at Missoula.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 240 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 76582-76583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27039]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 22-116; RM-11922; DA 22-1233; FR ID 117287]
Television Broadcasting Services Missoula, 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 KPAX-TV (Station), channel 7, Missoula, Montana,
requesting the substitution of channel 25 for channel 7 at Missoula in
the Table of Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and
Order referenced below, the Bureau amends Federal Communications
Commission (FCC or Commission) regulations to substitute channel 25 for
channel 7 at Missoula.
DATES: Effective December 15, 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="b8f2d7c1dbdd96faddcad6cbccddd1d6f8dedbdb96dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 87 FR
16156 on March 22, 2022. The Petitioner filed comments in support of
the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 25. No
other comments were filed.
The Report and Order substitutes channel 25 for channel 7 at
Missoula, Montana. According to the Petitioner, it has received many
complaints from viewers unable to receive a reliable signal on VHF
channel 7, and the Commission has recognized that VHF channels have
certain characteristics that pose challenges for their use in providing
digital television service. The Engineering Statement provided with the
Petition confirmed that the proposed channel 25 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
Missoula. An analysis using the Commission's TVStudy software tool
indicates that KPAX-TV's move from channel 7 to channel 25 is predicted
to create a small area where 444 persons are predicted to lose service.
The loss area, however, is partially overlapped by the noise limited
contour of Scripps' owned television station KXLF-TV, Butte, Montana,
which is also a CBS affiliate, and reduces the number who are predicted
to lose CBS service to only 121 persons, which is a level of service
loss the Commission considers to be de minimis. Concurrence from the
Canadian government was required and has been obtained. This is a
synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket No. 22-116;
RM-11922; DA 22-1233, adopted November 29, 2022, and released November
29, 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#9ef8fdfdabaeaadef8fdfdb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="066065653336324660656528616970">[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.
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 Missoula 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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Missoula.............................................. * 11, 20, 23,
25.
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[FR Doc. 2022-27039 Filed 12-14-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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