Rule2023-06235
Television Broadcasting Services Lufkin, Texas
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Published
March 27, 2023
Effective
March 27, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
On December 9, 2022, the Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Petitioner or Gray), the licensee of KTRE (Station or KTRE), channel 9, Lufkin, Texas, requesting the substitution of channel 24 for channel 9 at Lufkin in the Table of TV Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations to substitute channel 24 for channel 9 at Lufkin.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18072-18073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06235]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 22-436; RM-11941; DA 23-175; FR ID 132825]
Television Broadcasting Services Lufkin, Texas
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: On December 9, 2022, the Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau)
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition
for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Petitioner or
Gray), the licensee of KTRE (Station or KTRE), channel 9, Lufkin,
Texas, requesting the substitution of channel 24 for channel 9 at
Lufkin in the Table of TV Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the
Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) regulations to substitute channel 24
for channel 9 at Lufkin.
DATES: Effective March 27, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
(202) 418-1647 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b311402181e55391e0915080f1e12153b1d1818551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88c2e7f1ebeda6caedfae6fbfcede1e6c8eeebeba6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 88 FR
1038 on January 6, 2023. The Petitioner filed comments in support of
the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 24. No
other comments were filed.
The Bureau believes the public interest would be served by
substituting channel 24 for channel 9 at Lufkin, Texas. The proposed
channel substitution will resolve significant over-the-air reception
problems in KTRE's existing service area, reception issues which the
Commission has recognized results from the propagation characteristics
of digital VHF signals and the deleterious effects manmade noise has on
the reception of digital VHF signals. Furthermore, the existing KTRE
tower has significantly deteriorated and cannot be reasonably repaired,
and thus the Petitioner proposes to relocate the proposed KTRE facility
on channel 24 to an adjacent, shorter tower. 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, only
448 persons will lose ABC network service, a number which the
Commission considers de minimis.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket
No. 22-436; RM-11941; DA 23-175, adopted March 3, 2023, and released
March 3, 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 for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic
files, audio format), send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e383d3d6b6e6a1e383d3d70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f595c5c0a0f0b7f595c5c11585049">[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.
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 TV Allotments, under Texas,
by revising the entry for Lufkin to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of 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. 2023-06235 Filed 3-24-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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