Proposed Rule2025-03468
Television Broadcasting Services Monroe, Louisiana
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Published
March 4, 2025
Effective
April 3, 2025
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Gray or Petitioner), the licensee of KNOE-TV, channel 8, Monroe, Louisiana (Station or KNOE-TV). Petitioner requests that the Bureau substitute channel 8 for channel 24 at Monroe, Louisiana in the Table of TV Allotments (table).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 11147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03468]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 25-106; RM-11996; DA 25-166; FR ID 282584]
Television Broadcasting Services Monroe, Louisiana
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 by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Gray or
Petitioner), the licensee of KNOE-TV, channel 8, Monroe, Louisiana
(Station or KNOE-TV). Petitioner requests that the Bureau substitute
channel 8 for channel 24 at Monroe, Louisiana in the Table of TV
Allotments (table).
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 3, 2025 and reply
comments on or before April 18, 2025.
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: Joan Stewart, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, 2050 M
Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Harrison, Media Bureau, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d381014110453351c0f0f140e12133d1b1e1e531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dd98b0b4b1a4f395bcafafb4aeb2b39dbbbebef3bab2ab">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-1665, or Mark Colombo, Media Bureau,
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b062a392065082427242629240b2d2828652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ec3effce5a0cde1e2e1e3ece1cee8ededa0e9e1f8">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-7611.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 11, 2022, the Bureau granted a
petition for rulemaking submitted by Gray to substitute channel 24 for
channel 8 at Monroe for KNOE-TV. On March 1, 2022, Gray was granted a
construction permit for its new channel, with an expiration date of
March 1, 2025. In its Petition, Gray states that it is unable to
complete construction of the channel 24 facility by the expiration
date. Thus, Gray requests amendment of the table to allow it to
continue to operate on channel 8, and proposes to specify the technical
parameters of its currently licensed channel 8 facility.
We believe that the Petitioner's channel substitution proposal for
KNOE-TV warrants consideration. KNOE-TV is currently operating on
channel 8 and the substitution of channel 8 for channel 24 in the table
will allow the Station to remain on the air and continue to provide
service to viewers within its service area. Given that Gray proposes to
utilize its currently licensed parameters, we believe channel 8 can be
substituted for channel 24 at Monroe as proposed, in compliance with
the principal community coverage requirements of section 73.618(a) of
the Commission's rules (Rules), at coordinates 32-11'-51.0'' N and 92-
04'-14.0'' W. In addition, we find that this channel change meets the
technical requirements set forth in section 73.622(a) of the Rules.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 25-106; RM-11996; DA 25-166, adopted February
25, 2025, and released February 25, 2025. 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#b2f4f1f1878286f2d4d1d19cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d1b1e1e686d691d3b3e3e733a322b">[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 Sec. 1.1204(a) of the Commission's
rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
See Sec. Sec. 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 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 SERVICES
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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 Louisiana,
revise the entry for ``Monroe'' to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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Louisiana
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Monroe.................................... 8, * 13.
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[FR Doc. 2025-03468 Filed 3-3-25; 8:45 am]
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