[Federal Register: October 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 199)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 60670-60671]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[DA 08-1503; MB Docket No. 08-100; RM-11437]
Television Broadcasting Services; Columbus, GA
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a channel substitution
proposed by WTVM License Subsidiary, LLC (``WTVM''), the permittee of
WTVM-DT, post-transition digital channel 9, Columbus, Georgia. WTVM
requests the substitution of digital channel 11 for post-transition
digital channel 9 at Columbus.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 13, 2008, and reply
comments on or before November 28, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary,
445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing
comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for
petitioner as follows: Jennifer A. Johnson, Esq., Covington &
Burlington, LLP, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004-
2401.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaun A. Maher, shaun.maher@fcc.gov,
Media Bureau, (202) 418-1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 08-100, adopted September
25, 2008, and released September 30, 2008. The
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full text of this document is available for public inspection and
copying during normal business hours in the FCC's Reference Information
Center at Portals II, CY-A257, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20554. This document will also be available via ECFS (http://
www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/). (Documents will be available electronically in
ASCII, Word 97, and/or Adobe Acrobat.) This document may be purchased
from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing,
Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554,
telephone 1-800-478-3160 or via e-mail http://www.BCPIWEB.com. To
request this document in accessible formats (computer diskettes, large
print, audio recording, and Braille), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov
or call the Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at
(202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). This document does not
contain proposed 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 do not apply
to this proceeding. Members of the public should note that from the
time a Notice of Proposed Rule Making is issued until the matter is no
longer subject to Commission consideration or court review, all ex
parte contacts are prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this
one, which involve channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules
governing permissible ex parte contacts.
For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments,
see 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television, Television broadcasting.
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
1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.
Sec. 73.622(i) [Amended]
2. Section 73.622(i), the DTV Table of Allotments under Georgia, is
amended by adding channel 11 and removing channel 9 at Columbus.
Federal Communications Commission.
Clay C. Pendarvis,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. E8-24319 Filed 10-10-08; 8:45 am]
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