Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 171 / Friday, September 4, 2009 / Proposed Rules 45797 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 09–1922; MB Docket No. 09–156; RM– 

11556] 

Television Broadcasting Services; 

Jackson and Laurel, Mississippi 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed by 

commonly-owned WLBT License 

Subsidiary, LLC and WDAM License 

Subsidiary, LLC (‘‘Petitioners’’), the 

licensees of stations WLBT(TV), 

Jackson, Mississippi, channel 7, and 

WDAM–TV, Laurel, Mississippi, 

channel 28. Petitioners request the 

substitution of channel 30 for 

WLBT(TV)’s assigned channel 7 at 

Jackson and the substitution of channel 

7 for WDAM–TV’s assigned channel 28 

at Laurel. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before September 21, 2009, and reply 

comments on or before September 29, 

2009. 

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: 

Jennifer A. Johnson, Esq., Covington and 

Burling LLP, 1201 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004– 

2401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce L. Bernstein, 

joyce.bernstein@fcc.gov, Media Bureau, 

(202) 418–1600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 

09–156, adopted August 25, 2009, and 

released August 27, 2009. 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.) This document may 

be purchased from the Commission’s 

duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 

Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, 

telephone 1–800–478–3160 or via e-mail 

http://www.BCPIWEB.com. To request 

this document in accessible formats 

(computer diskettes, large print, audio 

recording, and Braille), send an e-mail 

to fcc504@fcc.gov 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 are 

prohibited in Commission proceedings, 

such as this one, which involve channel 

allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for 

rules governing permissible ex parte 

contacts. 

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, Television broadcasting. 

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 

1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

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

§ 73.622 [Amended] 

2. Section 73.622(i), the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments 

under Mississippi, is amended by 

adding DTV channel 30 and removing 

DTV channel 7 at Jackson. 

3. Section 73.622(i), the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments 

under Mississippi, is amended by 

adding DTV channel 7 and removing 

DTV channel 28 at Laurel. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Clay C. Pendarvis, 

Associate Chief, Video Division, Media 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E9–21318 Filed 9–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 09–1969; MB Docket No. 09–159; RM– 

11557] 

Television Broadcasting Services; St. 

Petersburg, Florida 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed Bay 

Television, Inc. (‘‘Bay Television’’), the 

licensee of station WTTA(TV), channel 

38, St. Petersburg, Florida. Bay 

Television requests the substitution of 

channel 32 for its assigned channel 38 

at St. Petersburg. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before September 21, 2009, and reply 

comments on or before September 29, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 

445 12th Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 

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, 2300 N 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037– 

1128. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrienne Y. Denysyk, 

adrienne.denysyk@fcc.gov, Media 

Bureau, (202) 418–1600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 

09–159, adopted August 28, 2009, and 

released August 31, 2009. 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.) This document may 

be purchased from the Commission’s 

duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 

Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, 

telephone 1–800–478–3160 or via e-mail 

http://www.BCPIWEB.com. To request 

this document in accessible formats 

(computer diskettes, large print, audio 

recording, and Braille), send an e-mail 

to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 

Commission’s Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 


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