Proposed Rule2025-16162
Television Broadcasting Services West Point, Mississippi
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Published
August 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
This document proposes to amend the Table of TV Allotments (table) of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) rules by substituting channel 26 for channel 16 at West Point, Mississippi in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by WLOV License LLC, the licensee of full power television station WLOV-TV, channel 16, West Point, Mississippi. The staff engineering analysis finds that the proposal is in compliance with the Commission's principal community coverage and technical requirements. The substitution of channel 26 for channel 16 in the table will allow Petitioner to transition from STA to permanent, licensed operation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 41023-41024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16162]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 25-247; RM-12008; DA 25-709; FR ID 309396]
Television Broadcasting Services West Point, Mississippi
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This document proposes to amend the Table of TV Allotments
(table) of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) rules
by substituting channel 26 for channel 16 at West Point, Mississippi in
response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by WLOV License LLC, the
licensee of full power television station WLOV-TV, channel 16, West
Point, Mississippi. The staff engineering analysis finds that the
proposal is in compliance with the Commission's principal community
coverage and technical requirements. The substitution of channel 26 for
channel 16 in the table will allow Petitioner to transition from STA to
permanent, licensed operation.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 22, 2025 and reply
comments on or before October 6, 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: Daniel Kirkpatrick, Baker & Hostetler LLP, 1050
Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Harrison, Media Bureau, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e0a58d898c99cea881929289938f8ea0868383ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fcae2e6e3f6a1c7eefdfde6fce0e1cfe9ececa1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-1665, or Mark Colombo, Media Bureau,
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eba68a9980c5a8848784868984ab8d8888c58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f426e7d64214c606360626d604f696c6c21686079">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-7611.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 25-247; RM-12008; DA 25-
709, adopted August 11, 2025, and released August 11, 2025. The full
text of this document is available online at <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/edocs">https://www.fcc.gov/edocs</a>.
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.
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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 Mississippi,
revise the entry for ``West Point'' to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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Community Channel No.
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Mississippi
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West Point.............................................. 26
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[FR Doc. 2025-16162 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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