[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 130 (Thursday, July 9, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32856-32857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16088]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 09-1490; MB Docket No. 09-115; RM-11543]


Television Broadcasting Services; Fond du Lac, WI

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed 
by WWAZ License, LLC (``WWAZ''), the licensee of station WWAZ-DT, DTV 
channel 44, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. WWAZ requests the substitution of 
DTV channel 5 for DTV channel 44 at Fond du Lac.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 24, 2009, and reply 
comments on or before August 3, 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: Kathleen Victory, Esq., Fletcher, Heald & 
Hildreth, PLC, 1300 North 17th Street, 11th Floor, Arlington, Virginia 
22209.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Brown, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#650104130c014b07170a120b250306064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="563237203f327834243921381630353578313920">[email protected]</span></a>, 
Media Bureau, (202) 418-1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 09-115, adopted June 29, 
2009, and released July 1, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e2848181d7d2d6a2848181cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8bede8e8bebbbfcbede8e8a5ece4fd">[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

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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 Rulemaking 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 Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments 
under Wisconsin is amended by adding DTV channel 5 and removing DTV 
channel 44 at Fond du Lac.

Clay C. Pendarvis,
Associate Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications 
Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-16088 Filed 7-8-09; 8:45 am]
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