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47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 21–49; RM–11874; DA 21–
524; FR ID 26159]
Television Broadcasting Services
Augusta, Georgia
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
On February 12, 2021, the
Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau)
issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
in response to a petition for rulemaking
filed by Gray Licensee, LLC (Licensee),
the licensee of WRDW–TV, channel 12
(CBS), Augusta, Georgia, requesting the
substitution of channel 27 for channel
12 at Augusta in the DTV Table of
Allotments. For the reasons set forth in
the Report and Order referenced below,
the Bureau amends FCC regulations to
substitute channel 27 for channel 12 at
Augusta.
DATES: Effective May 14, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Manley, Media Bureau, at (202)
418–0596 or Andrew Manley@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed rule was published at 86 FR
13278 on March 8, 2021. The Petitioner
filed comments in support of the
petition reaffirming its commitment to
applying for channel 27. No other
comments were received. In support,
the Petitioner states that the
Commission has recognized that VHF
channels have certain propagation
characteristics which may cause
reception issues for some viewers, that
the reception of VHF signals require
larger antennas relative to UHF
channels, and that many of the WRDW–
TV viewers experience difficulty
receiving its signal. In addition,
operation on channel 27 will not result
in any predicted loss of service.
This is a synopsis of the
Commission’s Report and Order, MB
Docket No. 21–49; RM–11874; DA 21–
524, adopted May 5, 2021, and released
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List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff Media Bureau.
Final Rule
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as
follows:
PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICE
1. The authority citation for part 73
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303,
307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.
2. Amend § 73.622, in the table in
paragraph (i) (Post-Transition Table of
DTV Allotments), under Georgia, by
revising the entry for Augusta to read as
follows:
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§ 73.622 Digital television table of
allotments.
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May 5, 2021. The full text of this
document is available for download at
https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request
materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (braille, large
print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call
the Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202–
418–0432 (tty).
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.
The Commission will send a copy of
this Report and Order in a report to be
sent to Congress and the Government
Accountability Office pursuant to the
Congressional review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A).
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47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 21–50; RM–11875; DA 21–
523; FR ID 26168]
Television Broadcasting Services Cape
Girardeau, Missouri
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
On February 12, 2021, the
Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau)
issued a notice of proposed rulemaking
in response to a petition for rulemaking
filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC
(Petitioner), the licensee of KFVS–TV,
channel 11 (CBS), Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, requesting the substitution of
channel 32 for channel 11 at Cape
Girardeau in the DTV Table of
Allotments. As a result of the
Commission’s Incentive Auction and
repacking process, KFVS was repacked
from channel 12 to channel 11. For the
reasons set forth in the Report and
Order referenced below, the Bureau
amends FCC regulations to substitute
channel 32 for channel 11 at Cape
Girardeau.
DATES: Effective May 14, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Manley, Media Bureau, at (202)
418–0596 or Andrew.Manley@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposed rule was published at 86 FR
13516 on March 9, 2021. The Petitioner
filed comments in support of the
petition reaffirming its commitment to
applying for channel 32. No other
comments were received. In support,
SUMMARY:
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the Petitioner states that the
Commission has recognized that VHF
channels have certain propagation
characteristics which may cause
reception issues for some viewers, that
the reception of VHF signals require
larger antennas relative to UHF
channels, and that many of the KFVS
viewers experience difficulty receiving
its signal. In addition, operation on
channel 32 will not result in any
predicted loss of service.
This is a synopsis of the
Commission’s Report and Order, MB
Docket No. 21–50; RM–11875; DA 21–
523, adopted May 5, 2021, and released
May 5, 2021. The full text of this
document is available for download at
https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request
materials in accessible formats for
people with disabilities (braille, large
print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call
the Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202–
418–0432 (tty).
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.
The Commission will send a copy of
this Report and Order in a report to be
sent to Congress and the Government
Accountability Office pursuant to the
Congressional review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES
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.
2. Amend § 73.622, in the table in
paragraph (i) (Post-Transition Table of
DTV Allotments), under Missouri, by
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47 CFR Part 90
[WT Docket No. 02–55; FCC 21–41; FR ID
26200]
Improving Public Safety
Communications in the 800 MHz Band
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) brings the Commission’s
800 MHz rebanding program to a
conclusion, eliminates rules that are
now unnecessary, and terminates this
proceeding. The rebanding process is
now essentially complete: Over 2,100
800 MHz licensees have successfully
relocated to new channels in the band
and the few licensing and
administrative matters remaining can be
completed outside the rebanding
program.
SUMMARY:
Effective June 14, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as
follows:
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§ 73.622 Digital television table of
allotments.
DATES:
Final Rule
PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICE
revising the entry for ‘‘Cape Girardeau’’
to read as follows:
Roberto Mussenden, Policy and
Licensing Division, Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418–
1428.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of Commission’s Order, in WT
Docket No. 02–55 (Terminated); FCC
21–41, adopted and released on April
22, 2021. The full text of this document
is available for public inspection online
at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/
attachments/FCC-21-41A1.pdf.
In 2004, the Commission’s Report and
Order (800 MHz Report and Order) (69
FR 67823, November 22, 2004) initiated
the 800 MHz rebanding program to
alleviate harmful interference to 800
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MHz public safety radio systems caused
by their proximity in the band to the
800 MHz commercial cellular
architecture systems, principally those
operated by Sprint. To alleviate the
interference, the Commission
reconfigured the 800 MHz band to
increase the spectral separation between
cellular architecture systems and socalled, high site systems occupying the
band. The Commission adopted a band
plan that required the relocation of the
bulk of Sprint’s system (and the other
similarly situated cellular-based
licensees) to spectrum at the upper end
of the band, and the relocation of public
safety licensees (and the other similarly
situated high site system operators) to
spectrum at the lower end of the band.
The Commission further required Sprint
to pay the accumulated relocation costs
incurred by public safety and other
high-site licensees in addition to its own
relocation costs, in exchange for which
the Commission awarded Sprint 10
megahertz of spectrum rights in the 1.9
GHz band. The 800 MHz Report and
Order required that ‘‘at the conclusion
of band reconfiguration, the Transition
Administrator shall provide an
accounting of the funds spent to
reconfigure the systems of incumbent
operators in the 800 MHz band. This
accounting shall include certifications
from each relocated licensee that all
necessary reconfiguration work has been
completed and that Nextel and said
licensee agree on the sum paid for such
work.’’ Those requirements have been
either complied with or waived.
Nearly seventeen years after the 800
MHz Report and Order, the 800 MHz
band reconfiguration program has
achieved its objective—substantially
alleviating the interference risk to
public safety in the 800 MHz band. The
800 MHz Transition Administrator, LLC
(Transition Administrator) reports that
2,169 licensees have successfully
completed physical reconfiguration of
their systems, and that only two
licensees remain with unresolved
administrative matters.
In the 800 MHz Report and Order, the
Commission adopted certain rules
specifically relating to implementation
of the rebanding program. With
termination of the rebanding program,
there is no continued need for these
rules and we therefore delete them. We
conclude that this deletion does not
require notice and comment. An agency
may forego notice and comment
rulemaking ‘‘when the agency for good
cause finds . . . that notice and public
procedure thereon are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest.’’ Here, notice and comment is
unnecessary and contrary to the public
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket No. 21-50; RM-11875; DA 21-523; FR ID 26168]
Television Broadcasting Services Cape Girardeau, Missouri
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: On February 12, 2021, the Media Bureau, Video Division
(Bureau) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in response to a
petition for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC
(Petitioner), the licensee of KFVS-TV, channel 11 (CBS), Cape
Girardeau, Missouri, requesting the substitution of channel 32 for
channel 11 at Cape Girardeau in the DTV Table of Allotments. As a
result of the Commission's Incentive Auction and repacking process,
KFVS was repacked from channel 12 to channel 11. For the reasons set
forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC
regulations to substitute channel 32 for channel 11 at Cape Girardeau.
DATES: Effective May 14, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Manley, Media Bureau, at (202)
418-0596 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 86 FR
13516 on March 9, 2021. The Petitioner filed comments in support of the
petition reaffirming its commitment to applying for channel 32. No
other comments were received. In support,
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the Petitioner states that the Commission has recognized that VHF
channels have certain propagation characteristics which may cause
reception issues for some viewers, that the reception of VHF signals
require larger antennas relative to UHF channels, and that many of the
KFVS viewers experience difficulty receiving its signal. In addition,
operation on channel 32 will not result in any predicted loss of
service.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket
No. 21-50; RM-11875; DA 21-523, adopted May 5, 2021, and released May
5, 2021. The full text of this document is available for download at
https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials in accessible formats
for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files,
audio format), send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432
(tty).
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.
The Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order in a
report to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office
pursuant to the Congressional review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
Final Rule
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE
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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. Amend Sec. 73.622, in the table in paragraph (i) (Post-Transition
Table of DTV Allotments), under Missouri, by revising the entry for
``Cape Girardeau'' to read as follows:
Sec. 73.622 Digital television table of allotments.
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