80 FR 22965 - Television Broadcasting Services; Providence, Rhode Island

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 79 (April 24, 2015)

The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by WJAR Licensee, LLC (the Licensee), the licensee of WJAR(TV), channel 51, Providence, Rhode Island, requesting the substitution of channel 50 for channel 51 at Providence. 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. The Licensee has entered into such a voluntary relocation agreement with T-Mobile USA, Inc. and states that operation on channel 50 would remove any potential interference with authorized wireless operations in the adjacent Lower 700 MHZ A Block.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 22965-22966]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09728]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 15-98, RM-11748; DA 15-481]


Television Broadcasting Services; Providence, Rhode Island

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by WJAR Licensee, LLC (the Licensee), the licensee of WJAR(TV), channel 
51, Providence, Rhode Island, requesting the substitution of channel 50 
for channel 51 at Providence. 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. The Licensee has 
entered into such a voluntary

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relocation agreement with T-Mobile USA, Inc. and states that operation 
on channel 50 would remove any potential interference with authorized 
wireless operations in the adjacent Lower 700 MHZ A Block.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 11, 2015, and reply 
comments on or before May 19, 2015.

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: Clifford M. Harrington, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop 
Shaw Pittman LLP, 1200 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Miller, [email protected], 
Media Bureau, (202) 418-1507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 15-98, adopted April 21, 
2015, and released April 21, 2015. 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.). 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

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1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

     Authority:  47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336, and 339.


Sec.  73.622  [Amended]

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2. Section 73.622(i), the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments under 
Rhode Island, is amended by adding channel 50 at Providence and 
removing channel 51 at Providence.

[FR Doc. 2015-09728 Filed 4-23-15; 8:45 am]
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