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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 100392-100393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29049]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 24-224; RM-11988; DA 24-1188; FR ID 266282]

Television Broadcasting Services Lubbock, Texas.

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in response to a Petition for 
Rulemaking filed by Gray Television Licensee, LLC (Gray) and 
SagamoreHill of Lubbock, LLC (SagamoreHill and collectively, the 
Petitioners), the licensees of two Lubbock, Texas stations; KCBD, 
operating on channel 11, and KJTV-TV,

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operating on channel 35. The Petitioners request amendment of the Table 
of TV Allotments to substitute channel 11 for channel 35 and channel 35 
for channel 36, respectively. The Petitioners filed comments in support 
of the Petition, as required by the Commission's rules (rules), 
reaffirming their interest in the proposed channel substitutions and 
that they will promptly file applications seeking authorizations on 
channels 11 and 35.

DATES: Effective December 12, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule was published at 89 FR 
64851 on August 8, 2024. The Petitioners filed comments in support of 
the petition reaffirming their commitment to apply for channels 11 and 
35.
    The Bureau believes the public interest would be served by 
substituting channel 11 for channel 35 for KJTV-TV and channel 35 for 
channel 36 for KCBD. Gray previously requested the substitution of 
channel 36 for channels 11 and the Bureau granted the request. 
Accordingly, channel 11 is no longer allotted to Lubbock in the Table. 
Gray was also granted a construction permit to construct a facility on 
channel 36 at Lubbock, but was unable complete construction of the 
channel facility by the expiration date. According to the Petitioners, 
KJTV-TV's channel 35 tube transmitter is failing, replacement parts are 
not available, and the cost for SagamoreHill to replace the transmitter 
for KJTV-TV's 1000 kW facility is prohibitively expensive. The 
Petitioners' proposal will allow SagamoreHill to replace KJTV-TV's 
failing equipment with the equipment (i.e., antenna, transmitter, etc.) 
currently used by KCBD on channel 11, which is in good operating 
condition. Because Gray had already planned to invest in a new 1000 kW 
transmitter for KCBD on channel 36, it has the funds necessary to 
replace KJTV-TV's failing channel 35 transmitter and operate KCBD on 
channel 35. There would be no predicted loss area on channel 35 when 
compared to KCBD's previously-authorized channel 36 facility and the 
proposed channel 11 facility for KJTV-TV would result in no loss and 
instead provide additional service to approximately 8,000 persons. The 
Bureau finds that channel 11 can be substituted for channel 35 at 
Lubbock as proposed, in compliance with the principal community 
coverage requirements of section 73.618(a) of the rules,\1\ at 
coordinates 33[deg]-32'-29.9'' N and 101[deg]-50'-13.6'' W, and also 
meets the technical requirements set forth in section 73.622(a) of the 
rules. We also find that channel 35 can be substituted for channel 36 
at Lubbock as proposed, in compliance with the principal community 
coverage requirements of section 73.618(a) of the rules, at coordinates 
33[deg]-30'-08.3'' N and 101[deg]-52'-21.3'' W, and also meets the 
technical requirements set forth in section 73.622(a) of the rules.
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    \1\ 47 CFR 73.618(a).
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    This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket 
No. 24-224; RM-11988; DA 24-1188, adopted and released on November 26, 
2024. The full text of this document is available for download at 
https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials in accessible formats 
for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, 
audio format), send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer & 
Governmental 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. The Commission will send a copy of this Report and 
Order in a report to be sent to Congress and the Government 
Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Television.

Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.

Final Rule

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE

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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.

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2. In Sec.  73.622(j), amend the Table of TV Allotments, under Texas, 
by revising the entry for Lubbock to read as follows:

Sec.  73.622  Digital television table of allotments.

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                 Community                          Channel Nos.
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                                  Texas
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Lubbock...................................  11, 16, *25, 27, 31, 35
 
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[FR Doc. 2024-29049 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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