[Federal Register: October 20, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 203)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 62237-62238]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[DA 08-2117; MB Docket No. 08-194; RM-11488]
Television Broadcasting Services; Huntsville, AL
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a channel substitution
proposed by Local TV Alabama License, LLC (``Local TV''), the licensee
of station WHNT-DT, DTV channel 19, Huntsville, Alabama. Local TV
requests the substitution of DTV channel 46 for channel 19 at
Huntsville.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 19, 2008, and reply
comments on or before December 4, 2008.
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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: Scott S. Patrick, Esq., Dow Lohnes PLLC, 1200
New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036--6802.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Brown, david.brown@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. 08-194, adopted September
12, 2008, and released September 23, 2008. The 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 [Amended]
2. Section 73.622(i), the DTV Table of Allotments under Alabama, is
amended by adding channel 46 and removing channel 19 at Huntsville.
Federal Communications Commission.
Clay C. Pendarvis,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. E8-24911 Filed 10-17-08; 8:45 am]
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