Rule2024-05369
Television Broadcasting Services Waynesboro, Virginia
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Published
March 14, 2024
Effective
April 15, 2024
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
On January 11, 2024, the Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition for rulemaking VPM Media Corporation (Petitioner), requesting the allotment of reserved noncommercial educational (NCE) television channel * 12 to Waynesboro, Virginia (Waynesboro), in the Table of TV Allotments as the community's first local television service and its first NCE television service. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC regulations by allotting channel * 12 at Waynesboro.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18553-18554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05369]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 24-4; RM-11974; DA 24-212; FR ID 207908]
Television Broadcasting Services Waynesboro, Virginia
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: On January 11, 2024, the Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau)
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in response to a petition
for rulemaking VPM Media Corporation (Petitioner), requesting the
allotment of reserved noncommercial educational (NCE) television
channel * 12 to Waynesboro, Virginia (Waynesboro), in the Table of TV
Allotments as the community's first local television service and its
first NCE television service. For the reasons set forth in the Report
and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC regulations by
allotting channel * 12 at Waynesboro.
DATES: Effective April 15, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Harrison, Media Bureau, at (202)
418-1665 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8fdd5d1d4c196f0d9cacad1cbd7d6f8dedbdb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0e5cdc9ccd98ee8c1d2d2c9d3cfcee0c6c3c38ec7cfd6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 89 FR
3624 on January 19, 2024. The Petitioner filed comments in support of
the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel * 12. No
other comments were filed.
The Bureau believes the public interest would be served by
allotting channel * 12 at Waynesboro, which, as of the 2020 Census, has
a population of 22,196 and clearly qualifies for community of license
status for allotment purposes. Waynesboro has its own ZIP Code, two
post offices, city council, public school system, police department,
and library. The proposal would also result in a first local service to
Waynesboro under the Commission's second allotment priority. The
Petitioner demonstrates, and a staff engineering analysis confirms,
that channel * 12 can be allotted to Waynesboro consistent with the
minimum geographic spacing requirements for new DTV allotments in
section 73.622(k) of the rules, at 37[deg]38'24'' N and 78[deg]27'11''
W (allotment point). In addition, the allotment point complies with
section 73.618 of the rules as the entire community of Waynesboro is
encompassed by the 43 dB[mu] contour.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket
No. 24-4; RM-11974; DA 24-212, adopted March 7, 2024, and released
March 7, 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 for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic
files, audio format), send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#593f3a3a6c696d193f3a3a773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d9bfbabaece9ed99bfbabaf7beb6af">[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:
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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 Virginia, by adding an entry for Waynesboro to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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Virginia
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Waynesboro............................................. * 12
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[FR Doc. 2024-05369 Filed 3-13-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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