The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking (Petition) filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Gray or the Petitioner), licensee of KCBD, channel 11, Lubbock, Texas, ...
[MB Docket No. 21-61; RM-11885; DA 21-204; FR ID 17519]
AGENCY:
Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION:
Proposed rule.
SUMMARY:
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking (Petition) filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Gray or the Petitioner), licensee of KCBD, channel 11, Lubbock, Texas, requesting the substitution of UHF channel 36 for VHF channel 11 at Lubbock in the DTV Table of Allotments. Gray states that many of its viewers experience significant difficulty receiving the station's VHF signal and that all but 350 of the 414,091 persons currently served by KCBD will continue to be well served by at least five other stations, a number which the Commission has recognized as
de minimus.
DATES:
Comments must be filed on or before April 1, 2021 and reply comments on or before April 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES:
Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for petitioner as follows: Joan Stewart, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006.
This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
MB Docket No. 21-61; RM-11885; DA 21-204, adopted February 22, 2021, and released February 22, 2021. The full text of this document is available for download at
www.fcc.gov/edocs.
To request materials in accessible formats (braille, large print, computer diskettes, or audio recordings), please send an email to
FCC504@fcc.gov
or call the Consumer & Government 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,
see44 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.
Members of the public should note that all
ex parte
contacts are prohibited from the time a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is issued to the time the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or court review,
see47 CFR 1.1208. There are, however, exceptions to this prohibition, which can be found in Section 1.1204(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
See Sections 1.415 and 1.420 of the Commission's rules for information regarding the proper filing procedures for comments, 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.
www.fcc.gov/edocs
Public Law 104-13
47 CFR 1.1208