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within the Station’s current service area 

and fully cover the city of Butte. An 

analysis using the Commission’s 

TVStudy software tool indicates that 

KXLF–TV’s move from channel 5 to 

channel 15 is predicted to create an area 

where approximately 3,000 persons are 

predicted to lose service. The loss area, 

however, is partially overlapped by the 

noise limited contours of Scripps’ 

owned CBS network affiliates KPAX– 

TV, Missoula, Montana; KBZK, 

Bozeman, Montana; and KRTV, Great 

Falls, Montana. Taking these other 

stations into account, less than 500 

persons would lose CBS service if 

KXLF–TV moves to channel 15, which 

Petitioner argues is de minimis. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22–115; 

RM–11921; DA 22–249, adopted March 

10, 2022, and released March 10, 2022. 

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 § 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 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

■ 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. 

■ 2. In § 73.622(j), amend the Table of 

Allotments under Montana by revising 

the entry for Butte to read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

MONTANA 

* * * * * 

Butte .......................... 15, 19, 20, 24. 

* * * * * 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 22–114; RM–11920; DA– 

22–248; FRS 77585] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Bozeman, Montana 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed by 

Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC 

(Petitioner), the licensee of KBZK, 

channel 13, Bozeman, Montana. The 

Petitioner requests the substitution of 

channel 27 for channel 13 at Bozeman 

in the Table of Allotments. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before April 21, 2022 and reply 

comments on or before May 6, 2022. 

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: 

Christina A. Burrow, Esq., Cooley LLP, 

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20004–2400. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647 or Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

support, the Petitioner states that the 

Commission has recognized that VHF 

channels have certain characteristics 

that pose challenges for their use in 

providing digital television service, 

including propagation characteristics 

that allow undesired signals and noise 

to be receivable at relatively far 

distances. According to the Petitioner, it 

has received many complaints from 

viewers unable to receive a reliable 

signal on channel 13. The Engineering 

Statement provided with the Petition 

confirms that the proposed channel 27 

contour would continue to reach 

virtually all of the population within the 

Station’s current service area and fully 

cover the city of Bozeman. An analysis 

using the Commission’s TVStudy 

software tool indicates that KBZK’s 

move from channel 13 to channel 27 is 

predicted to create a small area where 

675 persons are predicted to lose 

service. The loss area, however, is 

partially overlapped by the noise 

limited contour of Scripps’ owned 

television station KXLF–TV, Butte, 

Montana, which is also a CBS network 

affiliate, and reduces the number who 

are predicted to lose CBS network 

service to less than 500 persons, which 

Petitioner argues is de minimis. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 22–114; 

RM–11920; DA 22–248, adopted March 

10, 2022, and released March 10, 2022. 

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. 


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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 § 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 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

■ 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. 

■ 2. In § 73.622(j), amend the Table of 

Allotments under Montana by revising 

the entry for Bozeman to read as 

follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

*****

MONTANA 

*****

Bozeman ................... *8, 27 

*****

[FR Doc. 2022–05933 Filed 3–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 22–118; RM–11924; DA– 

22–252; FR ID 77497] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Helena, Montana 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission) has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed by 

Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC 

(Petitioner), the licensee of KTVH–DT, 

channel 12, Helena, Montana. The 

Petitioner requests the substitution of 

channel 31 for channel 12 at Helena in 

the Table of Allotments. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before April 21, 2022 and reply 

comments on or before May 6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by MB Docket No. 22–118, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the internet by 

accessing the ECFS: https://

apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. 

Filings can be sent by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 

Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 

20701. 

• U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

• Effective March 19, 2020, and until 

further notice, the Commission no 

longer accepts any hand or messenger 

delivered filings. This is a temporary 

measure taken to help protect the health 

and safety of individuals, and to 

mitigate the transmission of COVID–19. 

See FCC Announces Closure of FCC 

Headquarters Open Window and 

Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public 

Notice, DA 20–304 (March 19, 2020). 

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcccloses-headquarters-open-window-andchanges-hand-delivery-policy. 

People with Disabilities: To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202– 

418–0432 (TTY). 

In addition to filing comments with 

the FCC, interested parties should serve 

counsel for the Petitioner as follows: 

Christina A. Burrow, Esq., Cooley LLP, 

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20004–2400. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647 or Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 

22–118; RM–11924; DA 22–252, 

adopted on March 10, 2022, and 

released on March 10, 2022. 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). 

In support, the Petitioner states that 

the Commission has recognized that 

VHF channels have certain 

characteristics that pose challenges for 

their use in providing digital television 

service, including propagation 

characteristics that allow undesired 

signals and noise to be receivable at 

relatively far distances. According to the 

Petitioner, it has received many 

complaints from viewers unable to 

receive a reliable signal on channel 12. 

The proposed channel 31 contour 

would continue to reach virtually all of 

the population within the Station’s 

current service area and fully cover the 

city of Helena. An analysis using the 

Commission’s TVStudy software tool 

indicates that KTVH–DT’s move from 

channel 12 to channel 31 is predicted to 

create an area where 2,168 persons are 

predicted to lose service. The loss area, 

however, is partially overlapped by the 

noise limited contours of other NBC 

affiliated stations and reduces the 

number of people who are predicted to 

lose NBC network service to 226 

persons. Taking these other stations into 

account, less than 500 persons would 

lose NBC service if KTVH moves to 

channel 31, which Petitioner argues is 

de minimis. We note that in its 

calculation of viewer loss, Scripps relies 

on the NBC network service provided by 

Class A television station KDBZ–CD, 

Bozeman, Montana, as well as low 

power television (LPTV) station KTGF– 

LD, Great Falls, Montana, which is the 

NBC network affiliate in Great Falls. 


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