FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                47 CFR Part 73
                [MB Docket No. 21126; RM11893; DA 211190; FR ID 50305]
                Television Broadcasting Services Monroe, Louisiana
                
                    AGENCY:
                    Federal Communications Commission.
                
                
                    ACTION:
                    Proposed rule.
                
                
                    SUMMARY:
                    The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Petitioner), the licensee of KNOE (CBS), channel 8, Monroe, Louisiana. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 24 for channel 8 at in the DTV Table of Allotments.
                
                
                    DATES:
                    Comments must be filed on or before November 1, 2021 and reply comments on or before November 15, 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 the Petitioner as follows: Joan Stewart, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006.
                
                
                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                    
                        Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 4181647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 
                        Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov.
                    
                
            
            
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                In support, the Petitioner states the proposed channel substitution serves the public interest because it will resolve significant over-the-air reception problems in KNOE's existing service area. The Petitioner further states that the Commission has recognized the deleterious effects manmade noise has on the reception of digital VHF signals, and that the propagation characteristics of these channels allow undesired signals and noise to be receivable at relatively farther distances compared to UHF channels and nearby electrical devices can cause interference. Finally, the Petitioner states that the proposed channel 24 noise limited contour extends beyond the current channel 8 noise limited contour, and thus, no existing viewers will lose service and an additional 12,868 persons would gain service if the channel substitution is granted.
                
                    This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
                    Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
                     MB Docket No. 21126; RM11893; DA 211190, adopted September 21, 2021, and released 
                    
                    September 22, 2021. The full text of this document is available for download at 
                    https://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 and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 4180530 (VOICE), (202) 4180432 (TTY).
                
                
                    This document does not contain information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. 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 107198, 
                    see
                     44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601612, 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, 
                    see
                     47 CFR 1.1208. There are, however, exceptions to this prohibition, which can be found in  1.1204(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
                
                
                    See
                      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.
                
                
                    List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
                    Television.
                
                
                    Federal Communications Commission.
                    Thomas Horan,
                    Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
                
                Proposed Rule
                For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
                
                    PART 73RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE
                
                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.
                
                
                     73.622
                     [Amended]
                
                2. In  73.622 in paragraph (i), amend the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments under Louisiana by revising the entry for Monroe to read as follows:
                
                     73.622
                     Digital television table of allotments.
                    
                    (i) * * *
                    
                        
                            Community
                            Channel No.
                        
                        
                             
                        
                        
                            *    *    *    *    *
                        
                        
                            
                                LOUISIANA
                            
                        
                        
                             
                        
                        
                            *    *    *    *    *
                        
                        
                            Monroe
                            * 13, 24.
                        
                        
                             
                        
                        
                            *    *    *    *    *
                        
                    
                
            
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