Proposed Rule2023-05227
Television Broadcasting Services Elko, Nevada
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Published
March 16, 2023
Effective
April 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Reno (KENV-TV) Licensee, Inc. (Petitioner), the licensee of KENV-DT, channel 10, Elko, Nevada. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 20 for channel 10 at Elko in the Table of Allotments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16205-16206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05227]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 23-78; RM-11946; DA 23-159; FR ID 130447]
Television Broadcasting Services Elko, Nevada
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed
by Reno (KENV-TV) Licensee, Inc. (Petitioner), the licensee of KENV-DT,
channel 10, Elko, Nevada. The Petitioner requests the substitution of
channel 20 for channel 10 at Elko in the Table of Allotments.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 17, 2023 and reply
comments on or before May 1, 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: Scott Flick, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
Pittman LLP, 1200 17th 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#87cde8fee4e2a9c5e2f5e9f4f3e2eee9c7e1e4e4a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="feb491879d9bd0bc9b8c908d8a9b9790be989d9dd0999188">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support, the Petitioner 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, KENV ``has received numerous complaints from local viewers
who can receive signals from other local stations but are unable to
receive the Station's over-the-air signal on Channel 10.'' Petitioner
asserts that its channel substitution proposal will serve the public
interest by ``improving the receivability of the Station's signal and,
in turn improve over-the-air service to local viewers.'' An analysis
provided by the Petitioner using the Commission's TVStudy software tool
indicates that no persons within the Station's current noise limited
contour will lose service and an additional 1,367 persons are predicted
to gain service.
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This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 23-78; RM-11946; DA 23-159, 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#15535656202521557376763b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b1d18186e6b6f1b3d3838753c342d">[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 the table in paragraph (j), under Nevada, revise
the entry for Elko to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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Nevada
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Elko................................................... 20
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[FR Doc. 2023-05227 Filed 3-15-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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