Proposed Rule2023-03588
Television Broadcasting Services Coos Bay, Oregon
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Published
March 6, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Sinclair Eugene License, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KCBY-TV, channel 11, Coos Bay, Oregon. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 34 for channel 11 at Coos Bay in the Table of Allotments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13770-13771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03588]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 23-43; RM-11944; DA 23-92; FR ID 127701]
Television Broadcasting Services Coos Bay, Oregon
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed
by Sinclair Eugene License, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KCBY-TV,
channel 11, Coos Bay, Oregon. The Petitioner requests the substitution
of channel 34 for channel 11 at Coos Bay in the Table of Allotments.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 5, 2023 and reply
comments on or before April 20, 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: Paul Cicelski, Esq., Lerman Senter, 2001 L
Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eba18492888ec5a98e9985989f8e8285ab8d8888c58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d09abfa9b3b5fe92b5a2bea3a4b5b9be90b6b3b3feb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 418-1647.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support, the Petitioner states that the
Station has a long history of severe reception problems as a result of
its operation on a VHF channel, and that the Commission has recognized
that VHF channels 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 result in large variability in the performance of indoor
antennas available to viewers with most antennas performing very poorly
on high VHF channels. According to the Petitioner, KCBY-TV has received
numerous complaints from viewers unable to receive that Station's over-
the-air signal, despite being able to receive signals from other local
stations.'' Petitioner asserts that its channel substitution proposal
will serve the public interest by resolving the over-the-air reception
problems and enhancing viewer reception in KCBY-TV's service area. An
analysis provided by the Petitioner using the Commission's TVStudy
software tool indicates that all but approximately 392 persons will
continue to receive the signal, a number the Petitioner asserts is de
minimis. Furthermore, in addition to maintaining full coverage of its
community of license, Petitioner notes that the proposed change to
channel 34 will result in a predicted increase in service to more than
11,000 persons.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 23-43; RM-11944; DA 23-92, adopted
[[Page 13771]]
February 1, 2023, and released February 1, 2023. 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#b8fefbfb8d888cf8dedbdb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fd9dcdcaaafabdff9fcfcb1f8f0e9">[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 (j), amend the Table of TV Allotments under Oregon
by revising the entry for Coos Bay to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Table of TV Allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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Oregon
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Coos Bay.................................. 22, 34
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[FR Doc. 2023-03588 Filed 3-3-23; 8:45 am]
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