[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 14, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 60670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24303]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 08-2147; MB Docket No. 08-199; RM-11486]


Television Broadcasting Services; Kearney, NE

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a channel substitution 
proposed by Pappas Telecasting of Central Nebraska, L.P. (``Pappas''), 
the permittee of KHGI-DT, DTV channel 36, Kearney, Nebraska. Pappas 
requests the substitution of DTV channel 13 for channel 36 at Kearney.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 13, 2008, and reply 
comments on or before November 28, 2008.

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: Kathleen Victory, Esq., Fletcher, Heald & 
Hildreth, PLC, 1300 North 17th Street, 11th Floor, Arlington, VA 22209.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce L. Bernstein, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c4643554f49024e495e425f584945426c4a4f4f024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e48e8b9d8781ca8681968a9790818d8aa4828787ca838b92">[email protected]</span></a>, Media Bureau, (202) 418-1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 08-199, adopted September 
19, 2008, and released September 25, 2008. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9dfdada8c898df9dfdada97ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e88e8b8bddd8dca88e8b8bc68f879e">[email protected]</span></a> 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.


Sec.  73.622(i)  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.622(i), the DTV Table of Allotments under Nebraska, 
is amended by adding channel 13 and removing channel 36 at Kearney.

Federal Communications Commission.
Clay C. Pendarvis,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
 [FR Doc. E8-24303 Filed 10-10-08; 8:45 am]
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