This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

10033 

Vol. 86, No. 31 

Thursday, February 18, 2021 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 21–10; RM–11873; DA 21– 

41; FR ID 17400] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Jefferson City, Missouri 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed by KRCG 

Licensee, LLC, (Licensee), licensee of 

KRCG, channel 12, Jefferson City, 

Missouri, requesting the substitution of 

channel 29 for channel 12 at Jefferson 

City in the DTV Table of Allotments. 

The Licensee states that the Commission 

has recognized that VHF channels have 

certain propagation characteristics 

which may cause reception issues for 

some viewers, and also that reception of 

VHF signals require larger antennas that 

are generally not well suited to the 

mobile applications expected under 

flexible use, relative to UHF channels. 

KRCG has received numerous 

complaints from viewers unable to 

receive the Station’s over-the-air signal, 

despite being able to receive signals 

from other stations and that its channel 

substitution proposal will result in more 

effective building penetration for indoor 

antenna reception and will also greatly 

improve the Station’s ability to provide 

ATSC 3.0 service to homes, vehicles and 

portable devices, etc. Licensee further 

states that operation on channel 29 will 

not result in any predicted loss of 

service and would result in a substantial 

increase in signal receivability for KRCG 

viewers. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before March 22, 2021 and reply 

comments on or before April 5, 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: Paul 

A. Cicelski, Esq., Lerman Senter PLLC, 

2001 L Street NW, Suite 400, 

Washington, DC, 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media 

Bureau, at Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 

21–10; RM–11873; DA 21–41, adopted 

January 12, 2021, and released January 

12, 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 & 

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, 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. 

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 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. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

on January 19, 2021. 

Proposed Rule 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 

part 73 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 is 

revised to read as follows: 

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

and 339. 

■ 2. In § 73.622 in paragraph (i) amend 

the Post-Transition Table of DTV 

Allotments under Missouri by revising 

the entry for Jefferson to read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(i) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

MISSOURI 

* * * * * 

Jefferson City ............ 20, 29 

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