Proposed Rule2023-05117
Television Broadcasting Services Kalispell, Montana
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Published
March 14, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Sinclair Media Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KCFW-TV, channel 9, Kalispell, Montana. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 17 for channel 9 at Kalispell in the Table of Allotments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15637-15638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05117]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 23-79; RM-11947; DA 23-160; FR ID 130305]
Television Broadcasting Services Kalispell, Montana
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed
by Sinclair Media Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KCFW-TV,
channel 9, Kalispell, Montana. The Petitioner requests the substitution
of channel 17 for channel 9 at Kalispell in the Table of Allotments.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 13, 2023 and reply
comments on or before April 28, 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 PLLC, 2001 L
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#0a406573696f24486f7864797e6f63644a6c6969246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="571d382e343279153225392423323e391731343479303821">[email protected]</span></a>.
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. The Petitioner further states 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, KCFW-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 in by
resolving the over-the-air reception problems and enhancing viewer
reception in KCFW-TV's service area. An analysis provided by the
Petitioner using the Commission's TVStudy software tool indicates that
all but approximately 75 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 17 will result in a predicted
increase in service to more than 38,000 persons.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 23-79; RM-11947; DA 23-160, adopted March 1,
2023, and released March 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#c5838686f0f5f185a3a6a6eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce888d8dfbfefa8ea8adade0a9a1b8">[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
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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 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.
Sec. 73.622 [Amended]
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2. In Sec. 73.622 in paragraph (j), amend the Table of Allotments
under Montana by revising the entry for Kalispell to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Table of allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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MONTANA
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Kalispell.............................................. * 15, 17
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[FR Doc. 2023-05117 Filed 3-13-23; 8:45 am]
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