Proposed Rule2025-18342
Television Broadcasting Services Hutchinson, Kansas
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Published
September 22, 2025
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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 *33 for *8 at Hutchinson, Kansas in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc. (Kansas Public or Licensee), the licensee of noncommercial educational PBS member television station KPTS(TV) (KPTS or Station) channel *8, Hutchinson, Kansas (Hutchinson). In support of its channel substitution request, the Petitioner asserts that allowing the Station to move from a VHF to a UHF channel would serve the public interest by improving signal reception for viewers. The staff engineering analysis finds that the proposal is in compliance with the Commission's principal community coverage and technical requirements. The proposed channel change is predicted to result in service to more viewers, both through better signal quality and an expanded coverage area.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 181 (Monday, September 22, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 45367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18342]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 25-287; RM-12010; DA 25-854; FR ID 313820]
Television Broadcasting Services Hutchinson, Kansas
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 *33 for *8 at Hutchinson, Kansas in response to
a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Kansas Public Telecommunications
Service, Inc. (Kansas Public or Licensee), the licensee of
noncommercial educational PBS member television station KPTS(TV) (KPTS
or Station) channel *8, Hutchinson, Kansas (Hutchinson). In support of
its channel substitution request, the Petitioner asserts that allowing
the Station to move from a VHF to a UHF channel would serve the public
interest by improving signal reception for viewers. The staff
engineering analysis finds that the proposal is in compliance with the
Commission's principal community coverage and technical requirements.
The proposed channel change is predicted to result in service to more
viewers, both through better signal quality and an expanded coverage
area.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 22, 2025 and reply
comments on or before November 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: Derek Teslik, Gray Miller Persh LLP, 2233
Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 226, Washington, DC 20007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Harrison, Media Bureau, at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aaefc7c3c6d384e2cbd8d8c3d9c5c4eaccc9c984cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84c1e9ede8fdaacce5f6f6edf7ebeac4e2e7e7aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-1665, or Mark Colombo, Media Bureau,
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a5e8c4d7ce8be6cac9cac8c7cae5c3c6c68bc2cad3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f022e3d24610c202320222d200f292c2c61282039">[email protected]</span></a>, (202) 418-7611.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 25-287; RM-12010; DA 25-
854, adopted September 16, 2025, and released September 16, 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.
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 Kansas, revise
the entry for ``Hutchinson'' 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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* * * * *
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Kansas
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* * * * *
Hutchinson.............................................. 19, *33, 35
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[FR Doc. 2025-18342 Filed 9-19-25; 8:45 am]
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