Proposed Rule2023-22062
Television Broadcasting Services Jacksonville, Oregon
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Published
October 4, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Video Division, Media Bureau has before it a petition for rulemaking (Petition) filed by theDove Media, Inc. (Petitioner), requesting the allotment of reserved noncommercial educational (NCE) television channel *4 to Jacksonville, Oregon as the community's first local television service and its first NCE television service.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 68557-68558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22062]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 23-285; RM-11959; DA 23-904; FR ID 176385]
Television Broadcasting Services Jacksonville, Oregon
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Video Division, Media Bureau has before it a petition for
rulemaking (Petition) filed by theDove Media, Inc. (Petitioner),
requesting the allotment of reserved noncommercial educational (NCE)
television channel *4 to Jacksonville, Oregon as the community's first
local television service and its first NCE television service.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 3, 2023 and reply
comments on or before November 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: Howard M. Liberman, Esq., Wilkinson Barker
Knauer, LLP, 1800 M Street, NW, Suite 800N, 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#42082d3b21276c0027302c3136272b2c022421216c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93d9fceaf0f6bdd1f6e1fde0e7f6fafdd3f5f0f0bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Petitioner states that Jacksonville,
Oregon qualifies as a community for allotment purposes. In support, it
states that Jacksonville was incorporated in 1860 and had a population
of 3,020 as of the 2020 Census. Jacksonville has a mayor and six
council members, police, fire, public works, planning, and other
government departments, an elementary school; a historic district; and
a chamber of commerce. The Petitioner states its intention to file an
application for channel *4, if allotted, and take all necessary steps
to obtain a construction permit. The Petitioner's proposal would result
in a first local service to Jacksonville under Priority (2) of the
Commission's television allotment
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priority standard. The Petitioner demonstrates, and a Bureau staff
engineering analysis confirms, that channel *4 can be allotted to
Jacksonville, Oregon, consistent with the minimum geographic spacing
requirements for new allotments in section 73.623(d) of the
Commission's rules. In addition, the allotment point complies with
section 73.625(a)(1) of the rules as the entire community of
Jacksonville is encompassed by the proposed 35 dB[mu] contour.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 23-285; RM-11959; DA 23-904, adopted
September 28, 2023, and released September 28, 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#ffb9bcbccacfcbbf999c9cd1989089"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="470104047277730721242469202831">[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 Oregon, by
adding, in alphabetical order, Jacksonville to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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(j) * * *
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Community Channel No.
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* * * * *
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Oregon
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* * * * *
Jacksonville............................................ * 4
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[FR Doc. 2023-22062 Filed 10-3-23; 8:45 am]
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