Proposed Rule2024-00988
Television Broadcasting Services Waynesboro, Virginia
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Published
January 19, 2024
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Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a petition for rulemaking filed January 9, 2024, by VPM Media Corporation (Petitioner). The Petitioner requests the allotment of reserved noncommercial educational (NCE) television channel *12 to Waynesboro, Virginia (Waynesboro), as the community's first local television service and its first NCE television service.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3624-3625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00988]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 24-4; RM-11974; DA 24-30; FR ID 196932]
Television Broadcasting Services Waynesboro, Virginia
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a
petition for rulemaking filed January 9, 2024, by VPM Media Corporation
(Petitioner). The Petitioner requests the allotment of reserved
noncommercial educational (NCE) television channel *12 to Waynesboro,
Virginia (Waynesboro), as the community's first local television
service and its first NCE television service.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 20, 2024 and reply
comments on or before March 4, 2024.
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: Ari Meltzer, Wiley Rein LLP, 2050 M Street NW,
Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Harrison, Media Bureau, at (202)
418-1665; or Emily Harrison, Media Bureau, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c391115100552341d0e0e150f13123c1a1f1f521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0540686c697c2b4d6477776c766a6b456366662b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Petitioner states that Waynesboro
qualifies as a community for allotment purposes. In support, it states
that Waynesboro is an independent and principal city of the Staunton-
Waynesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 Census,
Waynesboro had a population of 22,196 and the Staunton-Waynesboro
Statistical Area had a population of 125,654. In addition, Waynesboro
has its own ZIP Code, two post offices, city council, public school
system, police department, and library. The Petitioner states its
intention to file an application for channel *12 if allotted, and take
all necessary steps to obtain a construction permit.
We find the proposed amendment to the Table of TV Allotments
warrants consideration. The Petitioner's proposal would result in a
first local service to Waynesboro under the second priority of the
Commission's television allotment priority standard. The Petitioner
demonstrates, and a Bureau staff engineering analysis confirms, that
channel *12 can be allotted to Waynesboro, consistent with the minimum
geographic spacing requirements for new allotments in section 73.623(d)
of the Commission's rules (Rules), at 37[deg]38'24'' N and
78[deg]27'11'' W (allotment point). In addition, the allotment point
complies with section 73.625(a)(1) of the Rules as the entire community
of Waynesboro is encompassed by the proposed 43 dB[mu] contour.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 24-4; RM-11974; DA 24-30, adopted January 11,
2024, and released January 11, 2024. 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#cf898c8cfafffb8fa9acace1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1e7e2e2949195e1c7c2c28fc6ced7">[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.
Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act: The Providing
Accountability Through Transparency Act, Public Law 118-9, requires
each agency, in providing notice of a rulemaking, to post online a
brief plain-language summary of the proposed rule. The required summary
of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking/Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking is available at <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings">https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings</a>.
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 Virginia, add
an entry for Waynesboro 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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Virginia
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Waynesboro................................................ * 12
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[FR Doc. 2024-00988 Filed 1-18-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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