Proposed Rule2023-16040
Television Broadcasting Services Knoxville, Tennessee
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Published
July 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Tennessee TV, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of WKNX-TV, channel 7, Knoxville, Tennessee. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 21 for channel 7 at Knoxville in the Table of Allotments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48784-48785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16040]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 23-244; RM-11955; DA 23-622; FR ID 157779]
Television Broadcasting Services Knoxville, Tennessee
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed
by Tennessee TV, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of WKNX-TV, channel 7,
Knoxville, Tennessee. The Petitioner requests the substitution of
channel 21 for channel 7 at Knoxville in the Table of Allotments.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 28, 2023 and reply
comments on or before September 11, 2023.
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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: Coe W. Ramsey, Esq., Brooks, Pierce, McLendon,
Humphrey and Leonard, L.L.P, Wells Fargo Capitol Center, Suite 1700,
Raleigh, NC 27601.
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#743e1b0d17115a3611061a0700111d1a341217175a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e2401170d0b402c0b1c001d1a0b07002e080d0d40090118">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support, the Petitioner states that WKNX-
TV's proposed channel substitution would serve the public interest by
resolving current reception challenges within the Station's existing
service area. Viewers within the Station's currently authorized channel
7 service area have experienced difficulty receiving the Station's
signal, particularly since the June 12, 2009 digital transition.
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
large variability in the performance of indoor antennas available to
viewers, with most antennas performing very poorly on high VHF
channels. The Petitioner's engineering analysis shows that the 50,322
persons currently located in the loss area along the eastern, southern,
and western fringes of the proposed channel 21 facility would continue
to be within the noise limited contour of least five other full power
or Class A television stations, including four other Knoxville
television stations.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 23-244; RM-11955; DA 23-622, adopted July 20,
2023, and released July 20, 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#aceaefef999c98eccacfcf82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="60262323555054200603034e070f16">[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 Tennessee,
revise the entry for Knoxville to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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Tennessee
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Knoxville................................. 10, 15, 21, 26, * 29, 34.
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[FR Doc. 2023-16040 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am]
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