Proposed Rule2022-28332
Television Broadcasting Services Lufkin, Texas
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Published
January 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Federal Communications Commission (the Commission) has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KTRE, channel 9, Lufkin, Texas. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 24 for channel 9 at Lufkin in the Table of TV Allotments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28332]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 22-436; RM-11941; DA 22-1281; FR ID 120700]
Television Broadcasting Services Lufkin, Texas
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (the Commission) has
before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee,
LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KTRE, channel 9, Lufkin, Texas. The
Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 24 for channel 9 at
Lufkin in the Table of TV Allotments.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 6, 2023 and reply
comments on or before February 21, 2023.
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: Joan Stewart, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, 2050 M
Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
(202) 418-1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f1530263c3a711d3a2d312c2b3a36311f393c3c71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="115b7e6872743f5374637f626574787f517772723f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support, the Petitioner states that the
proposed channel substitution serves the public interest because it
will resolve significant over-the-air reception problems in KTRE's
existing service area. The Petitioner further states that the
Commission has recognized the deleterious effects manmade noise has on
the reception of digital VHF signals, and that the propagation
characteristics of these channels allow undesired signals and noise to
be receivable at relatively farther distances compared to UHF channels
and nearby electrical devices can cause interference. The Petitioner
further states that the existing KTRE tower has significantly
deteriorated and cannot be reasonably repaired, and thus it proposes to
relocate the proposed KTRE facility on channel 24 to an adjacent,
shorter tower.\1\ Although that facility would result in a slight
reduction in KTRE's predicted population served, once terrain-limited
coverage predications and coverage of same-network (ABC) alternative
stations are taken into account, the Engineering Statement submitted
with the petition demonstrates that only 448 persons will lose ABC
network service, a number which the Commission considers de minimis.
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\1\ Petition at 3-4.
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This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22-436; RM-11941; DA 22-1281, adopted
December 9, 2022, and released December 9, 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#65232626505551250306064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="64222727515450240207074a030b12">[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 Section 1.1204(a) of the
Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
See Sections 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 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, in paragraph (j), amend the Table of TV Allotments
under ``Texas'' by revising the entry for ``Lufkin'' to read as
follows:
Sec. 73.622 Table of TV Allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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TEXAS
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Lufkin................................................. 24
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[FR Doc. 2022-28332 Filed 1-5-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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