Proposed Rule2025-04411
Television Broadcasting Services Portland, Oregon
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Published
March 18, 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 KPTV(TV), channel 12, Portland, Oregon (Station or KPTV(TV)). Petitioner requests that the Bureau substitute channel 12 for channel 21 at Portland, Oregon in the Table of TV Allotments (table).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 18, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 12509-12510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04411]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 25-132; RM-12000; DA 25-212; FR ID 285067]
Television Broadcasting Services Portland, Oregon
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 KPTV(TV), channel 12, Portland, Oregon
(Station or KPTV(TV)). Petitioner requests that the Bureau substitute
channel 12 for channel 21 at Portland, Oregon in the Table of TV
Allotments (table).
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 17, 2025 and reply
comments on or before May 2, 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: Shaun Maher, Media Bureau, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#beedd6dfcbd090f3dfd6dbccfed8dddd90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="10437871657e3e5d71787562507673733e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-2324, or Mark Colombo, Media Bureau, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#206d41524b0e634f4c4f4d424f604643430e474f56"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="773a16051c5934181b181a15183711141459101801">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-7611.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 7, 2021, the Bureau granted a
petition for rulemaking submitted by Gray to substitute channel 21 for
channel 12 at Portland for KPTV(TV). On August 10, 2022, Gray was
granted a construction permit for its new channel, with an expiration
date of August 10, 2025. In its Petition, Gray states that it is unable
to complete construction of the channel 21 facility by the expiration
date. Thus, Gray requests amendment of the table to allow it to
continue to operate on channel 12, and proposes to specify the
technical parameters of its currently licensed channel 12 facility.
We believe that the Petitioner's channel substitution proposal for
KPTV(TV) warrants consideration. KPTV(TV) is currently operating on
channel 12 and the substitution of channel 12 for channel 21 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 12 can be substituted for channel 21 at Portland as proposed,
in compliance with the principal community coverage requirements of
section 73.618(a) of the Commission's rules (Rules), at coordinates 45-
31'-18.0'' N and 122-44'-57.0'' 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. 25-132; RM-12000; DA 25-212, adopted March
11, 2025, and released March 11, 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#7d3b3e3e484d493d1b1e1e531a120b"><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 Oregon, revise
the entry for ``Portland'' to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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Oregon
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Portland.................................. * 10, 12, 24, 25, 26, 32.
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[FR Doc. 2025-04411 Filed 3-17-25; 8:45 am]
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