Rule2023-22857
Television Broadcasting Services Knoxville, Tennessee
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Published
October 17, 2023
Effective
October 17, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) issued a issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Tennessee TV, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of television station WKNX-TV (WKNX-TV or Station), channel 7, Knoxville, Tennessee (Knoxville). The Petitioner has requested the substitution of UHF channel 21 for VHF channel 7 in the Table of TV Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC regulations to substitute channel 21 for channel 7 at Knoxville.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 71490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22857]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 23-244; RM-11955; DA 23-937; FR ID 178083]
Television Broadcasting Services Knoxville, Tennessee
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission's
Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) issued a issued a notice of
proposed rulemaking in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by
Tennessee TV, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of television station
WKNX-TV (WKNX-TV or Station), channel 7, Knoxville, Tennessee
(Knoxville). The Petitioner has requested the substitution of UHF
channel 21 for VHF channel 7 in the Table of TV Allotments. For the
reasons set forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau
amends FCC regulations to substitute channel 21 for channel 7 at
Knoxville.
DATES: Effective October 17, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at
(202) 418-1647 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdf7d2c4ded893ffd8cfd3cec9d8d4d3fddbdede93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="347e5b4d57511a7651465a4740515d5a745257571a535b42">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 88 FR
48784 on July 28, 2023. The Petitioner filed comments in support of the
petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 21. No other
comments were filed.
The Bureau believes the public interest would be served by
substituting channel 21 for channel 7 at Knoxville, Tennessee. 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. In its Supplement, the Petitioner
provided a technical analysis showing that while 50,322 persons located
along the eastern, southern, and western fringes of the Station's
authorized channel 7 NLSC would not be within the proposed channel 21
noise-limited service contour, the entire loss area was within the NLSC
of at least five other full power or Class A television stations,
including four other full power television stations licensed to
Knoxville or a community in the Knoxville Designated Market Area.
Although the Petitioner's proposal would result in a number of persons
no longer being within WKNX-TV's NLSC when the station moves to channel
21, all of those persons will continue to be well served by at least
five other full power or Class A stations, and we find that the overall
benefits of the proposed channel change by resolving reception issues
outweigh any possible harm to the public interest. This is a synopsis
of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket No. 23-244; RM-11955;
DA 23-937, adopted October 6, 2023, and released October 6, 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#bed8dddd8b8e8afed8dddd90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f4929797c1c4c0b4929797da939b82">[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 this 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.
Final Rule
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 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 paragraph (j), amend the Table of TV Allotments,
under Tennessee, by revising the entry for Knoxville to read as
follows:
Sec. 73.622 Table of TV 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. 2023-22857 Filed 10-16-23; 8:45 am]
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