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FCC Seeks Comments on Television Broadcasting Services for Kansas City, Missouri(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Federal Communications Commission published the following proposed rule in the Federal Register: Television Broadcasting Services; Kansas City, Missouri A Proposed Rule by the Federal Communications Commission on 09/12/2014 Publication Date: Friday, September 12, 2014 Agency: Federal Communications Commission Dates: Comments must be filed on or before October 14, 2014, and reply comments on or before October 27, 2014. Comments Close: 10/27/2014 Entry Type: Proposed Rule Action: Proposed rule. Document Citation: 79 FR 54675 Page: 54675 -54676 (2 pages) CFR: 47 CFR 73 Agency/Docket Numbers: MB Docket No. 14-140, RM-11733 DA 14-1274 Document Number: 2014-21750 Shorter URL: https://federalregister.gov/a/2014-21750 Action Proposed Rule. Summary The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Ion Media Kansas City License, Inc. ("Ion Media"), the licensee of station KPXE-TV, channel 51, Kansas City, Missouri, requesting the substitution of channel 30 for channel 51 at Kansas City. While the Commission instituted a freeze on the acceptance of full power television rulemaking petitions requesting channel substitutions in May 2011, it subsequently announced that it would lift the freeze to accept such petitions for rulemaking seeking to relocate from channel 51 pursuant to a voluntary relocation agreement with Lower 700 MHz A Block licensees. Ion Media has entered into such a voluntary relocation agreement with T-Mobile USA, Inc. and states that operation on channel 30 would eliminate potential interference to and from wireless operations in the adjacent Lower 700 MHZ A Block. DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 14, 2014, and reply comments on or before October 27, 2014. 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: John R. Feore, Esq., Cooley LLP, 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004-2400. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, [email protected], Media Bureau, (202) 418-1600. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 14-139, adopted September 4, 2014, and released September 4, 2014. 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 email www.BCPIWEB.com. To request this document in accessible formats (computer diskettes, large print, audio recording, and Braille), send an email to [email protected] 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 (other than ex parte presentations exempt under 47 CFR 1.1204(a)) are prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1208 for rules governing restricted proceedings. 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 Federal Communications Commission. Barbara A. Kreisman, Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau. Proposed Rules 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, and 339. section 73.622 [Amended] 2.Amend S 73.622 in paragraph (i), Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments for Missouri by adding channel 30 in numerical order and removing channel 51 at Kansas City. [FR Doc. 2014-21750 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P [*Federal RegisterVJ 2014-09-12] For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. TNS 22VistaJ-140912 gv-1175187 (c) 2014 Targeted News Service |